THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1913,
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DAY BY DAY.
THE FLOWER SELLERS. the English watering places, is a thing of beauty; the flower market in Wyndham Street is not.
Street
There is no doubt whatever Some Observations on Wyndham Suroly a lukong could be told off that, sooner or later, life plug- inrises almost all the creations of the human imagination.
Siberian Mail-Despatched per 88. Goeben at 10.30 am.
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Waa man
"LES MISERABLES"
Great Film Displayed in Hongkong.
A DOUBLE RESCUE,
SPLENDID WORK BY THE MANCHURIA.
41
How the Crew of the Nippon were Rescued.
to her
Santa Cruz and take off the ten men who had landed thers from the wrecked steamer; this was done and they were taken to maintain order and to see that
to Manila. The skipper added that two sach man kept behind a given
aleo dogs wore line, and refrained from annoying
rescued from the Nippon. The Last Friday a leaderette, headed passers-by, whether with his
wrecked stesmer was bound, he The Malls.
"An Excellent Precedent," ap language, his unoleanliness or
It is ealdom that a steamer in said, from Manila to Singapore, German Mail-Arrived per 6.peared in the "Telegraph," his noise. This at least is not such a comparatively short run and had got blown out of her
Goeben last evening. Per Doz. German Mail.-Despatched gere.. language used towards women by payers to ask.
drawing attention to the offensive too much for Hongkong rats-as that from Nagasaki to Hong-course by the typhoon. She was kong, via Manila, is called upon very badly stranded and seemed Buslow at 6 p.. yesterday. the Wyndham Street flower-sellers
to effect the rescue of distressed to have her back broken; share American Mail-Arrived per a and recording the summary
mariners from two vessels. But was no possibility of saving her. Manchuria at 5 p.m. yester punishment that befel one of
that is the record of the Pacific "Always Lives to be Saved." day.
those gentry. By a coincidence,
Mail Company's liner Manchuria, On the remark being made German Mail of 10th April.-
on the same evening, a well-
which arrived in port last even that he had had a most adven- Delivered in London on the known local solicitor gave in
ing. First of all, almost in the turesome voyage, the Captain 14th inst.
height of a typhoon, she took 14 observed, "It's all in a day's" charge the man who appareatly wan responsible for the main-
Filipinos off a sailing schooner, work; you never know what's tenance of order among the talked-of film, was shown for the uning 27 Swedish sailors from the ness. Thore ate plenty of typhoons 1.es Miserables," the much and later she sacceaded in res going to happen in this busi- flower-hawkers, for causing an obstruction. The
first time in Hongkong at the wrecked steamer Nippon. It is about just now, and after a ty to bail, which Victoria Theatre last night. It a five record, all the more so in phoon there are always lives to be admitted she estreated; but that is only
is being produced under the com- that every man from each boat saved, even if you are not in the bined direction of Mesara Ramos was saved; and it need occasion typhoon yourself. The Nippon, detail. Before the magistrate, Ramos and Oo, and Mr. R. H. no wonder that the rescued mari- though, was a rather unusual the following morning, the gen Stephenson, and these gentlemanners are load in their praises of case; she was badly ashore and Amongst the gentlemen called teman who had taken action re- to the Bar at the Middle Temple marked that these men were are to be congratulated on their the coadnet of Captain Dixon and the crew were in distress; and on 16th ult. was Mr. F. T. Cheng, making so much money that they enterprise: The great film quite those ander him. This morning common humanity would natur- LL.B., London..
| realised expectations, which can- E "Telegraph" representative ally prompt one to ought to be licensed, since they A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.
could afford to pay; and this not always be said where an went on board the Manchuria and assistance at once." Captain 419 Telephone No. Captain J. R. Colville. Corn-statement was burns out by the entertainment of any kind has had a chat with the skipper, who Dixon added that he was only
16 tion, has been posted to the lat who observed that, when arrest from the pictures and it is which stand to his credit. 436 wall Light Infantry, on promo- inspector in charge of the osse, been well announced in advance spoke in the most unassuming glad to have been able to do what
The story itself is easily followed manner of the accomplishments he bad. Battalion at Tidworth.
ed, the men in question had no Child Drowned,
The First Rescue. A child, aged 8, was drowned less then $1,500 in his possession. farther interpreted, for those who have not read the The rates of Subscription to the "Hongkong Telegraph" will whilst bathing in the Harbour,
"We had a good trip as far as The Licence Question. book, by some copious notes Nagasaki," he said, "but on be as follows:-
near the China Merchants Wharf, With regard to the matter of which appear in a programme making from that port to Manila yesterday.
licensing, the present writer is booklet issued by the City Print-we ran into a heavy typhoon on informed that the hawkers cor-ing Press. This was an excellent 9th inst. In the height of the Mr. V. W. Daniel has taken tainly are licensed, or are suppos- and helpful idea on the part of typhoon we were about 50 miles over the sole charge of Michael ed to be; but, as we all know, the the promoters. The picture it from its centre and tremendous About 11.30 yesterday morning Co., sole agents for San Miguel fact that a man possesses a lic-self is finely clear, and the seas were running we sighted says the "Cablenews" of the 10th draft beer in Hongkong. ence does not necessarily prevent adaptation of Viotor's Hugo's a small two-masted schooner, inst., the Inaba Maru came limpingTM his being a nuisance. A mangey great story has been cleverly dismasted and flying signals in after an hour's reat outside the or a rabid dog may be licensed, done without doing violence to of distress. The condition, of breakwater to catch her breath but his existence is none the less spirit of the novel in any way. the weather then was such that and stand inspection. She pre- an offence to ecciety: One glance There was a very large audience nothing could be done to save sented a rather woeful spectacle. at "Flower Street," as it in at the last night, and it hung enthralled those in peril, but when the The topmost timbers of the cap- present in ment, should be auf- on every scene, to the last, des-weather moderated we went back tain's ' bridge were torn ficient to peruvia the Government pite the heat. "Les Miserables" and searched for the disabled craft. away. by the force of the that it has by no means done all that should prove a big success in the We eventually found her, but wind. Stanchions were broken Hongkong residents have a right Colony and is a picture which even then the conditions were too off, iron bars which supported the to expect when it has merely should not be missed. exacted a tax from the hawkers.
It is interesting to take a glance back, and to see how Wyndham Street, came to be what it is in this respect.
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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1913.
G.B.S. AND FAMILY LIFE:
a
Captain_Colville D.CL 1.
Notification.
Interim Dividend.
The Chinese Engineering and Mining Co., Ltd., has declared an interim dividend of 35 per cent. for the year ending 30th June, 1913.
Rats and Plague.
We are informed by the Medical Officer of Health that the Sanitary Board's rat-poisoning compaign for this Spring is just at an end.
Missing Camera. Lieutenant Bisbee has reported to the police that he left a kodak on Murray Pior about three' o'clock yesterday afternoon. He went back for it but found it had
gone..
Fell from Cockloft.
A godown keeper from West Point, has been sent to the Government Civil Hospital suffer
Honoured,
LOCAL SHIPBUILDING.
Contract For Manila Steamer Placed with Local Shipbuilders.
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We understand that the Cap- tain and members of the crew of the Nippon whom the Manchuria brought to Hongkong bave been handed over to the Swedish Oon- sal here, who will make arrange- ments for sending them Home.
The Typhoon.
bad to risk putting out the boat's deck rail were bent and twisted, crew; so at length we laid along and the skylight over Captain side the schooner and were able to Tominaga's stateroom on the rescue all on board-14 Filipinos. bridge deck was broken by the The ship's name was the Sauta force of a wave, letting the water. Santiado, bound from Manila to in to flood the cabin,. An item of History.
Vigan in ballast; she was about. A huge wave crashed against At one time the Hongkong Club
80° tons burden. All on board the port hole of a stateroom. The occupied the block in Queen's
were in a very bad plight, having window gave way, a flood of water Road between Wyndham Street Messrs W. 8. Bailey, & Co. Ltd. been without food or water for entered and washed the tre and D'Aguilar Street, and, as men have just signed the contract with two days, but we were able to velier's baggage out into the woro continually passing in a Manila firm for the construction give there every cars and atten-ballway, down the stairway to or out of the Club buildings, of a Steel Sinale Screw Steamer, tion on the Manchuria and land the dining saloon, where it flosted it occurred to a number of Chinese Length 188'0" Overall, Beam them the next day in Manila. The about and was part recovered ing from injuries sustained by that, if these could be persuaded 30'6", Depth 15'6", to be classed diemasted schooner we had to later piece by piece, badly soaked, accidentally falling from the to buy buttonholes, the sale there 100 A. L. at Lloyds and built leave drifting shout 30 miles and part of it lost. conkloft of the godown.
of would be a very profitable under their Survey.
N.N.E. of Piedle Point.'
One of the passengers spent Kailan Mining Administration. undertaking. Hence quite a The new steamer will be The total output of the Kailan number of hawkers began to hang of the single deck type with for some detaile of his rescue of room, unable to reach his state Captain Dixon was then asked eleven hours in the smoking Mining Administration's mines about the doorway and soon found one large bold having no crew of the Swedish steamer Nip-room. According to the Homo preas, one of Mr. Bernard Shaw's latest for the week ending 26th April, that their wares were in great pillars, special web frames pon. "Well," said the captain, Captain Tominaga, who has eccentricities is an article in a Berlin paper in which he is kind the Sales during the period, to did the nosegays become that lieu of same, in accordance with from Manila to Hongkong a cable Sound run until recently, and who amounted to 34,164.90 tons and demand. So popular, in fact, and deck girders being fitted in just as we were about to sail been on the Hongkong-Paget enough to inform the German public that there is hardly any family 44,205.10 tons.
many business men, who liked to the latest practics. Two large reached the Bureau of Navigation visited Manila 14 years ago, ssyn life in England. Marriage and the family exist to-day," he says,
Former Hongkong Bank Man have their costs decorated, entered hatches are fitted with two Steel from Santa Cruz, 100 miles north it is the most severe typhoon he "merely as purely economic accidents." It's an ill bird that fouls,
Amongat the 16 gentlemen who into little contracts by which, for so maste and powerful winches and of Manila, stating that the Chief has experienced in twenty years,
About two p.m. the British its own nest, and we should have thought better of Mr. Shaw had he have just been added to the much a month, the hawkengreed derricks for rapid handling of Officer and nine men had arrived
there from the steamer Nippon, steamer Taming, record of hun- kept such revelations to himself, or at least not given them to Commission of the Peace for the to leave flowers at their offices heavy cargo.
county of Kinross is Mr. Robart daily. When the Kowloon garden
The propelling machinery con- which was atrandet on Scar dreds of trips across from Hong. foreign-and not infrequently anti-English-press.
Wilson, of Balgedie, late of the lots wore opened up, and flowers aits of one Marine Bailer and set borough Reef. The telegram kong to Manila, many of
became cheaper and more plenti- of Compound Surface condensing stated that the ship was badly them stormy ones, “A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies," aaye Hongkong and Shanghai Banking fal, the little baskets of nosegays engines to give a sea speed, of 71 ashore and that immediato assiet slowly through the breakwater orept Tennyson. The mischief of such a statement as the prophet of Corporation.
"Empress of Russia."
displayed at the corner of Wynd-knota loaded. A Donkey Boiler auce was needed for the saving channel, up to pier 3. In ap socialism has made is that, if one half is false the other half is
The local office of the O. P. R. ham Street became big ones; and is also fitted for working cargo of the crew. The Bureau des pearance much like the bed- lamentably true. But why had he not the common honesty to say Company, has issued invitations the step from buttonholes to winobes in port. Electric light-patched the revenue cutter Min-raggled Inaba-Marn, the Taming, or the common perception to see-that this "economic accident" for inspection of the new liner bunches of cut flowers, and ing will be fitted throughout the dors to the assistance of the too, presented a sorry spectacle
to thence Empress of Russia to-morrow
wreathe, crosses vessel. business (how these people do love cant phrases)) is largely due to afternoon from 3 to 6 p.m. Laun- etc., was bat a short one.
distressed vessel, but Mr. Helm, with sections torn out of the top The
the Chief of the Bureau.considered of her bridge deck, awnings, rip- the evil influence of socialistic writera and speechifiere? That ches Bying the Company's flag sellers increased in number, HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS, the situation of the Nippon so red away and starchions missing. family life is on the wane in all the would-be "up-to-date" countries will leave at frequent intervals and spread farther and farther
serious that he asked me to proceed Two of the life boats were carried there at once full speed:
away and the other two had huge -in England no more and no less than in others-ia self-evident from Blake Pier to carry visitors along Wyndham Street, till
that thoroughfare gained its Corps Orders issued by Cap The Nippon's Perlious Position. holes stove in their sides by the enough; and the reason therefor is twofold. In the first place the on board.
tain O.V.8. Skrimshire oro as The Scarborough Reef is most force of the waves which smashed present alias. spirit of socialism is to blame; in the second, the spirit of slavish The conclusion of the addresseR
follow:- "Flower Street" To-day.
dangerons; it is some ten miles in them against the deck, Of ita condition to-day, it is not is the Order of Merit of Units in N. W. of Manila. I got in the per?" WER
Efficiency Cap. The following extent and is about 180 miles N. and snobbish imitation-imitation by every grade of society, down by conneel was reached yesterday
"How was the weather, akip to the lowest, of the monoyed ar d leisured classes. Let us deal with afternoon after we had gone to necessary to say much for avery, this Competition-1st 10 Pr. vicinity of the stranded vessel at friends put to the master of the the question his ****press, in the case of Messrs W. R. one knows that is the home of the second first, because it is the more quickly dismissed. Loxley and Co. v. the Nam Mow tumult, disorder and antidiness; a G. Co., 3rd Left Section H. G. the 13th and the work of transfer- glass be rejoined, pointing to Beation, 2nd Centre Section Habont 7 a.m. on the morning of Taming. "Do you fee that The five hundred different sections of middle and lower class over a question as to the alleged spot where the coolie clase can Co., 4th Enginear Company, 5th ring the orew and their belongings the cyclonometer. It registers society see those who can afford to be idle, devoting a great-perhaps oil. His Lordship the Paisne offensive as they choose, and Bection, 7th Right Section H. G. of the Nippon was very glad to gister 28, es it couldn't go much non-delivery of 825 picals of squabble and be as generally Bronte Company, 6th Howitzer immediately began. The Captain 28.06. It was only made to re- the greater part of their time to amusement. Therefore they argue, Judge, before whom the matter where there is a never-ending Co, and it is human enough that they should do so, "Why should not was tried, reserved his decision conflict between the scent of flow-
see me, as his ship was hanging lower. It was the worst blow I Special Envoy.
ers and the stench of decaying
Promotion: Pie. R. G. Berlow on to a ledge of the reef with a have ever seen" he concluded. we seek pleasure too?" That pleasure they find in "gadding. The special envoy on his way vegetation-and other things. In Civil Service Company is pro- sheer drop of 300 fathome some "We were twion in the centre about "because the classes above them gad about: A great portion to London to arrange the Tib-tending purchasers are literally motel Sergeant, with effect from 25 feet outside him, and was of the storm," said one of the Tam- of their day is necessarily taken up with bread-winning, and. what stan impasse with Sir Edward mobbed by the vendore, and
afraid that his steamer might slip ing's officers. We ran into it ever remains is liable to be devoted to "going out" instead of to the Grey, ie Wea Tsung-yao, a Hong-women, whether European orbers having joined the Corps are We rescued all on board-27 calmed down towards morning Joined: The following mem off into the deep water any minute. Thursday night about 11, then it Next, the socialistic factor. The socialism of Mr. Chaw and assisted as interprefer to SirJamte stivo, se subjected to the allotted Corps numbers and post- in number, all of Swedish birth but Friday morning about nine
as est abute or personalities if they ed as follows:-1425 Sapper W. and most of their belongings. The we ran into it again his fellow visionaries would, if allowed rope enough, take away all Mackay in the lekin and the trace object to buy, or to pay the price. Trueman to Engineer: Com work of transfer was done by one The Rubi arrived shortly after responsibility from the parent and put it on to the State. Socialism finance negotiations of 1903. On originally asked; leaves and comes along with its quaok remedies, telling a man that the State December 28, 1911, he was ap-flower waste are scattered broad-ny, 1426 Pte. P. D. Wilson to of our boats and a damaged boat the Taming, and seemed to have will educate his children for him; and a very large class of people retary of State for Foreign to collect in the gutter, to stop the resigned his Commission dated side the wrock. The vessel had centre of the storm did not strike
pointed Republican Under Sec cast over the roadway or allowed
Civil Service Company.
belonging to the Nippon, the, lat- farod best of all. Some heavy Resigned-Capt. C. H. Roster of which we left floating benwells were encountered but the are only too ready to listen to the voice of the tempter. Then it goes Affairs, acting also as one of the drain, and to become breeding 5th May Sergi-Major H. Obsen stranded on the reef for five it. a step farther and talks claptrap about eugenics and sexual selection Peace Conference delegates. He places for flies and mosquitoes. to him; and he listens; and from that to bare-faced attacks on is a man of agreeable manners,
It is unfortunate that the 7th May: Sapper O. Silva is per- the vessel was badly damaged and Joass is permitted to reaigo dated days, the holds were full of water,
Shao-i showed at the Shanghai allows thers hawkera to mono, doctrines is a simple transition indeed. It is this sort of teaching Conference) a bit of a time-server police should be a street that in that we have to thank for the fact that family life threatens to become He is, says a correspondent in already over marrow; otherwise, Zanzibar as a British Colony plained that, in the meantime be a cobra 10ft. long and 8 inches a thing of the past in England. We say "threatens" because we are the Westminister Gazette," a in point of position, it is well The Berlin" Lokal Anzeiger," had received a wireless message in girth, with a ration on the not pessimistic enough to believe that Englishmen will be content specious, plausible man, but Sir situated for a flower market. A raports that England intends to from Manila directing the revenue 30th alt. Ite mate, which was a to give ear forever to the dictates of socialism or of pleasure. In the Edward Grey does not need to go flower market, properly conduct remove the Sultan of Zanzibar cutter Mindors, which arrived at larger reptile, managed to long run the pendulum is bound to swing back to common sense and all the way to China to discovered, as is the case in most of the and make Zanzibar a British the scene of the wreck some three but not until Mr. Stephens and
| diplomats of that type,
Continental oities and some of Crown Colony.
hours after he did, to proceed to wounded it eovernly, common decency; at lejat let us hope so,
The Wood Oil Case.
the 13th instant,
marriage, the advocating of divorce made easy and of Malthusian but (as his treatment of Tang locality which the Government mitted to resign dated 2nd May. all the boats were gone save the
d.
Cobras in the F.M.S.* Mr. Stephens, Chief Engineer damaged one." Captain Dixon axat Sempom Power Station, killed
cape