PEAK WATER.
July 21.
By Saturday Peak residents should be assured of a fuil supply o: water for a period of three to four hours a day, a "China Mail" representative who made enquiries this morning was informed. By that time it was expected that the ne engine which was intact at the Pokfulam pumping house station would be connected up by piping underneath the boulder that has
fallen.
When it is possible to bring into operation another of the auxiliary engines which
being re assembled at the time of the dis
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hater to the pumping house and several parts of which have been kat, then it Inay be possible to run a full Bervice for eight hours during the day time,
This may be effected within a fortnight according to the time taken to re place the lost parts and connect up by means of pipe lines.
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The greatest delay will be that in connection with bringing into operation the main engine of the Pumping station which has been greatly damaged. This capacity of the two others com bined. The two dock entopanIPS
be able may
cat certain parts but in the words of an official approached this morning i will probably be "months and months" before this engine will be in service again. However, with the two auxiliary engines in opera- tion the Peak will be assured of a regular daily supply, and it is on bringing these into service that the department is concentrating present.
At present the Peak is restricted to the "dribble" which it is pos- sible to get from the reservoirs which are cut off from the pumping station, and the Condult road level to the supply from a service re- servoir into which a stream hus been diverted. Within the nex few days, however, the Conduit Road level will be assured of u better supply as the services of Uhr Fire Brigade are to be available
for pumpmg water up to this level. Difficult Task.
The task with which the waler authorities are faced is one of con- siderable difficulty particularly in regard to the Eastern filter bod which has been damaged by the fall of a big boulder. Pipes have also been carried
entail away which
to
considerable difficulty in replacing.
having Colies
Carry pipes weighing a ton each up the hill- vide. In certain cuses staging has had to be erected.
With regard to the lower level supply the work in connection with necessary repairs and clearances is proze using space and it is expect ed that the next few days will sea u return to normal.
OVERLAND CHINA MAIL
PEAKITE'S
LETTER.
July 21. Received too late for insertion yesterday, a reader of the "China Mail" sends the following letter from the Peak.
It is typical of the experiences of residents from topside-and very modest.
The Peak, Tuesday,
It is very seldom that Peak re- sidents are put to any inconvenience but this time they have been badly. hit after the recent storms
Lights went out about 8 at. yes- day when one could hardly see only for a short time. ope's hand but fortunately it was
Rain was pouring down and ome found that the chair shelter's tela. phone was out of order.
and arrived
I sent a coolie down to get chairs at the tram station dry to find no cars running and chairs would Hongkong
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down
many Lathlexa Peakites this morning.
In spite of all weathers, the Dairy Farm milkman turns up at his appointed hour. He is a very old servant of the company and serves Chemi faithfully. Re gladdens many a mother's heart when bad weather is about.
FLOOD THIEVES.
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Sades from twn shops in the main Thoroughfare of Shek-tong-tsui, the Chime » locality in the western dis trict, were carried away by the forrent of gain water on Monday.
Such was the flow of water, mud, rocks and debris from the hillside near No. 3 pumping station, that
ueen's Road West Wak under several feet of water Gooie from exposed shops were swept away and two safes were embedded in the slime.
still ran
When the "current" Lo
high, a number of men are alleged have salved one safe and fade off with it.
As there was nothing to do but
walk, I arrived at the office soaked through, and had to remnín so until dry clothes could be got.
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Searched at the station. sexpo Samud with small rums rang no a few dollars to twenty
Tiny are accused uf having peised it open. The report goes Housewives sent to the Dairy That they were arrested by deter- Wiseman's and Lane, tives from No. 7 station when in Crawford's, only to find that there the very art of dividing the con- in males and was nothing to be hud. but were
obs, tosdly ** MIĻ coin. expecting to do business at about 2pm. but nothing was to be had
Home
all day. The next drawluck was the water shut off. This caught my napping and until the papers appeared in the evening they did nul know how badly they were placed. The rain having ceased. it was impossible to rely on rain water. It was a great relief to get 4 telephone message last night to say that water would he turned on for one hour taily. There will be
Photos by Ice Fong.
de Hars or go, but one man had ov $100.
The Yokohama Specie Bank. Ltd. (Hongkong Offices) is remov- ing on July 25, to Prince's Build- ings (No. 1, Des Voeux Road Central), formerly occupied by the Russo-Asiatic Bank.
This is a scene outside a Government market at Shektongtsui, the Clonese seatre in the western part of the town. It is at the foot of the nullah below the pumping station. The rocks and rubble unloosened by the boulder have
been swept down the nullah and accumulated in a pile, having "jumped" a high
wall, on to the street.
[No. 2998-July 22, 1926.
FREAK
ARBOUR.
An ingenious device, as yet un- heard of in Hongkong, has been adopted by up-country shipping, reported below:-
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
Pakkai, Kongmoon, July 17. The "Tung Wo" towboat has installed a set of machinery, com- prising a system of iron netting which completely covers the ship and is charged with electricity. This is to safeguard against pira- tical attacks.
Another part of the defence consists of a powerful new search- light on the towboat's bow.
The "Tung Wo" plies between Canton and Kungyick.
A day after the "Tung Wo's" freak armour had been put on, pirates showed their utter con- Tempt for such measures by suc- vessfully attacking the Shekki- Kongmoon towboat, when off Kongmei. The bout, all the cargo and passengers were taken away.
New Aircraft Carrier. On July 14, we heard that Kwong Hoi had fallen into ban- Members of the dits", hands. Kongmoun Red Cross who were attached to the punitive expedi- tion lost all their effects, escaping with their lives only in the nick of time when the outlaws launch- ed their offensive.
An armoured ship, as big as the ordinary Hongkong river steam- boat, named the "Chee Yau" (meaning Liberty or Freedom) is acting as aircraft carrier for the
Canton Government.
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It arrived here on July 14 with an aeroplane from Canton, to be sent to Kwong Hoi fo against bandits. The "Chee Yau" left the same day for Can. ton.
General Notes.
H.M.S. "Cicala" arrived here on July 15. (This gunboat left and was at Macao on July 18.)
On July 14, the Customs launch "Foo Moon" arrived here with Col. F. Hayley Bell, Commission- er of Customs at Canton, and left with the Colonel on July 16.
The Sanwui magistrate has been ordered to provide 800 ecolies for transport work with the Northern Expedition. The Tung Tak guiki offered 400 volun- teers.
Telephone employees at Kong- noon are striking for higher pay. The service is being maintained and it is hoped that mediation will succeed.
The river flood has gone down gradually. On July 17, the sound- ing outside the Customs House was 9 feet 7 inches.
No. 2998-July 22, 1926.1
A MEDICINE DEAL.
July 21.
OVERLAND CHINA MAIL
whether Yueng was still a part-
ner.
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He under-
A witness was called by the de- with Yueng himself. fendants who said that he was stood he was a partner.
Mr. Brooks, in cross-examina- salesman and accountant of the Yueng Wai-cheung gave evid- A curious dispute concerning a
tion of the plaintiff, asked him if Sui Cheong firm. It was he who ence and deposed to being inter- deal in medicines by the Yeung it was not a fact that the pur had caused the endorsement on exted in the firm to the extent of Yui Chung Medicine Depot of 201 chase money was to be $6,000 and the bill to be crossed out as the $3,000 which had not been paid in Queen's Road Central, a firtn
come to that only $3,000 of this had been firm had which was described as having paid. This plaintiff denied.
an arrange respect of the purchase money. ment with Yueng whereby they He had then come to an arrange- considerable interests throughout
Mr. Brooks also put it to plain- had 60 per cent, discount and the ment with the plaintiff firm China and the Malay States, tiff that in view of the non-pay price on the bill was too high. He whereby he is to resume his in- came before Mr. Justice Wood in ment of this amount Yueng be- had dealt with the plaintiff firm terest in the business. the Summary Court this morn- ing.
The above firm claimed for $299.16 for goods supplied to the Sui Cheong firm, of 41 Wing Lok Street.
Mr. Leo d'Almada represented the plaintiff firm and Mr. E. S. C. Brooks the defendant firm.
Mr. d'Almada explained that the plaintiffs had purchased the goodwill of the business from Yueng Wai-cheung, the former owner, for $3.000. There were certain subsidiary arrangements, one of which was that the pur- chasers were to provide Yueng with an annuity of $1,200, that they should have the right to use the figuration of Yueng's father (the founder of the business) an their trade labels, etc., that the Sui Cheong firm, defendants, should have certain concessions in dealings and that a debt of $1,000 owed by Yueng to the Sui Cheong should be paid by purchasers. The terms under which the Sui Cheong was to obtain goods were that 45 per cent, cash should be paid and 55 per cent. discount allowed.
60 Per Cent. Discount, Plaintiff went into the witness box and said that the agreement referred to by counsel had been drawn up in Mr. Hall Brutton's office. The indebtedness of Yeung to the defendant firm had been met by the plaintiff firm. Goods had been supplied to the Sui Cheong firm on June 12 in ac- cordance with order and payment was asked for by the foki. Ile was told that payment could not be made then but if he left the goods payment would be made later. The bill submitted by the foki was endorsed but on his re- turn, the endorsement was erased by another representative of the Sui Cheong and the foki was told that they had come to an arrange- ment with Yueng, whom they re- garded as a partner of the firm, whereby they received 60 per cent, discount. They had already paid him for this amount and a re- ceipt was produced.
The plaintiff denied that the chop on the receipt in question was the chop of the Young Yui Chung firm or that Yueng was a partner or had any authority to conduct transactions for the firm. His Honour remarked that the whole point seemed to be as to
firm.
came again the manager of the for 10 years and since the death His Honour, after hearing fur- of Yueng's father he had dealt ther evidence, decided that there Was no evidence as to Yeung being a partner and found for the plaintiffs with costs.
photo by Ying Ming.
Here is farther evidence of the violence with which the death-dealing boulder charged down on the pumping station. This is a mullah, by the public mortuary, all my confusion because of the debris winch the landslide sent down. The nullah leuds from below the weerkoil sortien to West Porat
Photo by A Pong,
OUR MAN SEIZED.
July 21.
A runtour is current in town that six Hongkong policemen have been captured" by Canton strike pickets, together with a motor-boat, River.
on the Samchun
Two of the six prisoners are members of the British section of the Force, viz., Lance-Sergeant Ryan and Lance-Sergeant
Hughes, both attached to Lok-ma- chau station.
The other four were Chinese seamen, of the Water Police.
under The motor-boat is also the Water Police and is used regularly for patrolling the Sam- chum River.
the
No other information could be obtained, not even from people who had crossed the frontier and come in to Hongkong on British section of the Kowloon- Canton Railway. It is only known definitely that the men and launch were taken away by arm- ed pickets.
Lok-ma-chan is the station that overlooks the frontier.
Between the New Territories And the Chinese district of Po On is the Samchun River, which is crossed by the steel bridge
which the railway runs.
se side of the border.
for
On
year.
Samchun market is on the Chin- A camp strike pickets has been established there for a Obviously some of their number met the Hongkong police launch, out on patrol on the river, and took them into custody.
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Later.
The "capture" was due entirely The Police motor-boat retning ogrround, on the Samchun River, during the flood.
Both the sergeants had gone ashore when the picketa took them fulo custody.
The boat was taken further up The River, and then into Chinese Irritory.
A fairly strong detachment of ufantry from the 1st Battalion,
The Peak Tram, at the Keasedy Road Bridge. On the left, the "overhead East Surrey Regiment, has bern track can be seen. The euafusion in the middle and to the left cells why the sent out to the frontier to recover delay is necessary.
the motor-boat and the captives.