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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1901.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Notes by the Way.

Bangkok papers announce the dently on the 16th October, of Mr. G. S. Blakeloy, of Messrs. Windsor, & Co., of liver com plaint.

Speaking of rife' matches, that was a close one between Middlesex, Surrey and Devonshire, when the respective aggregates The BEST VALUE. of twenty men were 1095, 1604, and 100%.

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

News from the Philippines.

Manila will have a mounted contingent for the police force.

The Manila Band of Health proposes to place all plague patients in a segregated village,;

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1, 1901.

TELEGRAMS.

·LOCAL AND GENERAL:

Bangers Football Club.

[REUTER'S SERVICE] THE NICARAGUAN CANAL TREATT

The opening match of the season will ako place to morrow (Saturday) on the old V.R.C. ground at Happy Valley v. H.M.S | Ocean ; kick-off, 4 s'alvolt, net 2.15 as abated -

LONDON, 50th October, 1901 yesterday, The following will represent tha

The Washington correspondent of the Raugers-Goal, 1. Gilley backa, Daty Chronide states that His Excellency

Fittock and H. S. Spurge; halvos, W. A Landios Euchre Club, which maste weekly, is one of the features of Mauila afield, fourniru, and W. Andrews

forwards, H. A. Seth, D. Smillie, G. Ruby E, R. Horton, and R. Henderson,

suoial life..

The Malay Mail ways: An order has gone forti that the capatation of Straits

Judge Kincaid, of the Court of First cricketers shall not be endangered by the Instance, bas meigned, and his resignation absence of F. M. S. men after all. The is accepted by Governor Taft, voice is the voice of but the hand is the band of Our readers can fill in the

blauke. Mr. Ellerton will take over the duties of the peripatetic magistrate in the Ulu when Mr. Whitley faces the dangers and discomforts of that vasty deep called the China noa. But then Mr. Whitley is supposed to revel in typhenin blasts and cyclonic blizzardi.

The King's Own.

Maxilom, a prominent insurgent chief, with his guerilia band, has surrendered to the U.S. authorities in Cebu.

Chovalier Ricardo Motts, the recently appointed Italian Minister-Resident toSiam, is expected to arrive at Bangkok about the beginning of next month,

Cadets

the British North Bernen service will now start with a salary of $1,440 dollars a year, rising gradually to $2,400 á year in the sixth year of service $200 per month.***

Mr B. Hajirin Doole has bees appoint

To-day, at the Magistracy, W. Tag, nearly 800 men for service in Southed a Lieutenant in the Coylon L. I. Votun- Martin, gamer instructor, H.M1.S. Aurora, was fined $10 for behaving in a disgraceful manner in Peel Street, also by the Stag Hotel. The fine was paid.

The Rec. J. F. Wilson, the Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Peng,

has been very ill with besin fever at the Jet-Grand Pugilistic Contest at City General Hospital, and is, it is understood,

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The elasticity of the English language sometimes jende spoakers into dificulties, This was once the case with Mr Joling Well,

shelter for many during the dark days of whose largo house at Mafoking provided

the siege. He was put up for the town in the Cape Legislature, and addressing a crowded meeting of miners, referred to the sorvicon he rendered to the township in its encly days. 'Gentlemen,' he said, "four years ago, when I first emo amongst you, there was not a child in the place. He paused for a moment, then continged,

Now. gentlemen, there are over hundred." effectually prevented any continuation of The laughter which followed

the oration.

Lord Pauncelote, British Ambassador to America, has received authority tu negcolate and sign the new Nicaraguan Canal Treaty-

BOTHA NARROWLY ESCAPES

CAPTURED.

Colonel Rimington, by a long night arch, nearly captured Louis Botha, who bolted hastily, leaving papers babind.

· SOUTH AFRICA.

More Fighting and Capturesy

LONDON, 20th October, 1901. Colonel Byng's column has captured 22

Bour, including two Field Cornete.

Colonel Forcao's column after a run- ing fight all day, killed four of the enemy

and captured fifty-four, also 36 waggons

and much stock.

The New Rickshas.

The lat King's Own (Royal Lancaster Rogimont) were ander orders to hold hem. selves in readiness to proceed to Malta for duty at about the end of October. This fine regiment, which has famished, since it went home from Singapore somu two years

St. Andra' at Pouang.

To-day, Inspector Ford inspected and The Rev. J. S. MacKnight presided issued licenses for filig more of the new Afrin, ruuinly in mounted infantry, is at teer Corps. This is the first Ceylon Malay over the gathering of Sectamen which as Japanese public tickshas owned by Ngan present quartered at Aldershot. Orders Volunteer on whom such an honor has sembled in the rooms of the Chamber of Wing Chi, which seem to be giving so much. have also been issued for the 17th Compo been conferred by the Governor of Ceylon. Commerce at Penang on the 16th alt, tisfaction to those who use them. An site Company Mounted Infantry from the

discuss the due celobration af St. Andrew's Luthor fifty, making a tútal of 200, will ho Between 500 and 600 Filipinos em Day. There was a good attendance, and placed in the streets to-morrow, Royal Lancaster and the Worcestershire Regiments to proceed at once to the Cape,ployed in a hat and unbrella factory much time was spent in considering the da

Manila are ont of work, as the proprietor desirability or otherwise of reducing the Music at Hongkong Hotel. has shut down because he says he cannot subscription from $20 to 815, and its By kind permission of Lieut-Col

tective saf is imposed,

The Effect of the N. E. Monsoon.

At yesterday's invoting of the Sanitary Compete against German hata unless a pre-altimately decided that the sam should Baillie and Dicors, the Band of the Band

Board the usual weekly mortality statis- tica were submitted. These showed that,

pears in that country.

Colonel John W. Hannay, of the 12th The following paragraph taken from a during the week ended 19th October, there US. Infantry (formerly Major of the 3rd recently received Themes Courier refers war death-rate of 27.8 per 1.00 per annum Infantry in Mauila), has retired from the to the trother of Air Duncan Mackintosh, of the population as compared with 20.1 in drsice. He is a native of England, and it of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank staff, the previous week and 20.9 in the corres-is expected he will spond his declining Home time Hon. Secretary of the St. ponding woek of last year. Hom A. W. Andrew's Society hero :-Many friends will. Brewin asked if the mortality from mal- rogret to see the announcement of the death aris was abore noraial, and Dr Átkinson,

An American infantry officer was 117- of Birs Mackintosh of Daviet, a lady long the President of the Bimod, replied that it well known in Inverness and neighbour apparently was and was more or less evenly rested on board a transport, and taken hood, though latterly resident elsewhere. distributed. The increased mortality was here at Maails. He had adopted the ox Mis Mackintosh wan a fine type of the due to bronchitis and pneumonia, conse-pedient, act anfamiliar to us in Hongkong, kindly, courteous, Highland lady, whoquent upon the setting-in of the north-east of getting rid of inconvenient debts, by was always thoughtful for those around her, naoon, which principally affected elderly | slipping off without paying them.

unfailing people. and combined dignity with sweetness and charm. Her father, Major Alexander Macleod of the Drynoeh family. Football. served with distinction in India, and died

at Forres. Mrs Mackintosh passed away

To-morrow niterncon, at the Happy Valley, the Hongkong Football Club will

Governor Taft is reported to be ser iously ill from on intestinal complaint said to be caused by severe overwork and exces give sedentary habits. His medical advi sers have suggested that Mrs Taft, naw in

at Strathpeffer, to which she went as an play A Company of the Royal Welsh invalid, and her remains are to be interred Fusiliers; kick-off at a quarter-past four, Japan, should be sent for.

The following will play for the Club --H.

to-day (Tuesday) at Davior.

Williant

remain as before. An addition was made Bombay Infantry will play at the Hongkong to the rule about guesta. The subscription | Hotel to-morrow (Saturday) evening from of 820 entitles the subscriber to invite two 8 pm to 9.38 p.. guests; it has not foen decided that any Lancers... Jully Bays additional guests must be subscribed for as Selection...

Reminiscencer Bi follows ladies 81, bachelors 80 and ar- Vase Happy Thoughts.....Prout

Sootland Godfrey zied couples So.

Intermezzo Onthe road to Moscow. Loetz

Blum- Song Sunshine and Rain"

witho Solvation, Patience

German Rice Monopoly.

Consular-Assistant Carlisle, in his

• GOU SAVE THE KING.

Boxing Contest.

Suliran

report on the trade of Bangkok for 1903, points out that the increase in the total

We would remind our readers of the value of foreign imports, and exporta has been £8,447. The writer then goes on to great boxing contest in the City Half to deal with the question of German competi morrow night. The principals are to fine tion in his district, and the facts he puts taim, having pudergone herd training forward are not reassuring. He says that during the past fortnight, and the suppor a powerful combination luas recently been tere of both Bentley and Phillips are con- formed by German millera in respect to ident of their favourite pulling off the Siam rise, for the purpose of kooping honours We believe that the meeting is prices down, and it is reported that they put up by the man themselves, and that a buvo obtained control of a local German genuine test of akill and endurance will awned rice mill. This, taken in conjune be the voteome. It is a fact that heavy tion with the fact that the regular boste odds are giver on both sides, and that both Germon, and that the two principal lines of which goes to prove that the match is not from Bangkok to Singapore are nearly all men have an equal following of hackare, ateamers connecting Singapore with the likely to be a runaway victory for whoever Germen rice ports-the Norddeutscher wins. The arrangements are in well-known Lloyd and the Hamburg-American lines and capable hands, and the bill of fare, preponderating interest in the export of advertising enlumus, ought to attract a good- aru Gurpian also, now gives Germany, ade nils of which can be seen from our

S. Bovau, gond; J. B. Macdonald, R. A., and It acarus likely that all Filipinos in Sa- Marriage Bells

J. W. C. Bonar, backs; I. V. Bennett; C.mar, whether or not interested in the recent Melbourne Punch is responsible for the T. Kew, and E. H. Codling, halves; 3. D. massacre of the 9th U.S. Infantrymen, will following: -She was widow, with no non-Daby, N. H. Ratherford, D. F. Tulloch, receive short shrift at the hunda of the large about her, and was taking to herself R.A., H. Von der Pardten, and A. R. Amerionn punitive force sent to the island a new hubby of mature yours and experience. Lowe, forwards. Boil tesus are strong, It is stated that no prisoners will be taken. The wedding ceremony was to be of the and an excellent match will be witnessed. General Lukban, now leader in Samar, simplest order, but up-to-date. She told After the match Mra Stoyart-Lockhart has should he fall into American hands will no the organist that The Trier that Breathed kindly consented to present the cup and be given a long trial. It is not surprising rice to Europe. In fact, Britialy Fishōuse **

therefore, to hear that the natives are fice. ing from Samar:

'or Eden, and Mendelssohn's Wedding Murch

were a bit atale-fd something new, The wedding guests in All Saints' Church, Brisbane, were moved to something more than tears when that Organist 'played out the bride and bridegrown to the straina from the Belle of New York, of When we are moneried, what will you do?

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medals to the winners of the six-a-aida competition.

A Hunghom Convenience.

At yesterday's meeting of the Bitary Board, correspondence relative to the tree- tion of a latrine on the west side of Gillios Arenue, Hunghon, was laid on the table, Dr Clark moved that the Intrine be removed

apting firms insy be said to be no lonter engaged at all in the European trade. The what the Sanitary Inspecters Do. rice prospects for 1001 are stated to be very: bright, and Stain is looking forward to a profitablo year.

British Subjects in Slam.

Yesterday, meeting of the Samiary Board waa held, the Promdent, Dr Atkin sor, in the chair. The report by Dr Atkin Hon and Mr Fung We Chun, two of the members of the Quarterly Inspection was haid ou the table. The report dealt Committer, for the third quarter of 1901,

with the results of visits to houses, latrines, clo in Elosith Districts 7 and 8. A minuts by D Clark, showing what stops had been taken to carry out the recurmmendations of

As a result of the Fire Department enquiry and the charges of incompetency brought against Captain Dodge, chief of the Department, that official has tundered his resignation. It has been alleged (says the Manis Times) that Captain Dolgo incompetent in fill the responsible position to the north-west end of the same lul, as of Chief of the Fire Department. It is es At yesterday's meeting of the Sanitary an objection had been raised that the lat-sential that the chief of an important, public Buard, Dr Atkinaca, President, in the vine, where it was proposed to plass it, departinent should be an efficient, well chair, verrespondence was fid on the table would be situated on the high road between trained man. Capt. Dodge held the post relative to a Memorandum in the Influence the landing-sture and the village. By puttion of Fite Chief ander the Provost Mor to change their nationality at Bangleck haa uf Rots in the Disserainution of Plague,ting the latrine on the north-weat end of shal and performed the duties faithfully naturally excited considerable interroin minuted-The Medical Officer of

Not Worth trying Here.

This Memorandam, which is printed for same lot that objection would be overcome. the use of the Colonial Office, is the work of Professor W. J. Simpson, M.D., F.R.C.P., Leetarer on the Hygiene of the Tropice, London Selwol of Tropies Medicine. Referring to the femorandum,

Hon W. Chatham said he had no objection to seconding the motion, but he was afraid it would not overcome the real objection, because the intrine, on the new site pro- posed, would be in equally close proximity

H.E. the Governor minuted —'I find in a to the houses in regard to which the chjec- note on p. 9 that an investigator; Danysz, tion had been raised. The motion was of Paris, bad obtained excellent results in agreed to. destroying rats in Paris by incubation T

Water Meters.

and with satisfaction. For this sad in consideration of his faithful and valuablo services as a volunteer officer, he was ro commended for the permanent appointment under the civil government.

Money not Spent Money Saved.

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It is eo unusual (enys the Straits Times); for a British subject to seek to forwe allegiance to his own auvereign in order to become the subject of the ruler of A king do not get admitted into the comily of civilised nations, -enlled, int the action

of the three individuals who recently at the Committee, was attached. Hon A. W.

Health his stated what action he has taken on the Inspection Committed a report, but I should like to see some explanation of the condition of affairs found by the Commit

From what we gather however, the British Cheryl d'Affairer at the Court of Siam will have perinitted ro irreparable loss to the Empire even if all three of the would-be Dr. Clack, Medical Officer of Health, recalcitrants are as successful in their apinated in reply The district inspectors plications as a boda Mr. Arclübad

visit euch house in their districts at least? McLean, whose expressed reason for dear once in two months, and deal with such

usiness

done. It is rarely that a summons is appli

in writing has been issued, # Custham: rensarked that the

If the canings of the jinriksha cooling alienation rested in the fact that his illegalities as they then find These is Singapore he estimated at the low average mother, who why a Siamese, was not ample time between cine visit and the next of forty cante per day per man, it may be worried to his father. Another applicants for such illegal structures as cubicles to be any further report has been made upon this

enlcuinted says, the Straits Times that the Mr W. A. Turner, applied for aliens put up again, and the fact that between Bubject, I shall be glad if the Grown Agents-

From the following getuncks in Indian public of the town has been saving over tion on the grounds that his will kindly lot raslave it, and, if necessary, Engineering, it would appear that Hong 65.000 on 'riskiss hire in every twenty-interests would be furthered by his are applied for shows that this is constantly two.andtheo thousand summonses & year BLEND. obtain for this Colony some of the inoculat kong in not the only place where water four hours, and the guildare losing the same becoming a Siameso cabject. Bis ing medicine, so that the experiment may meters have been introduced with pomplex-amit. The sun seeras no extravagant | hopes were shattered by the fact that be tried here before next February, at the ing results: Certain officers of the Both one, but the figures ara plain enough. There! Siam has no usturalisation law. The 1 for until after, at least ong, Warning end of which month, or the beginning of bay Municipal Executive liave long deter- aro 25,000 pallers in the town and forty-third application was from a certain spray VERY OLD LIQUEUR March, plague usually reappears. Drmined that the introduction of the meter hundredths of 25,000 is 6,250-the number Mr de Wind a Singapore-born Eura

Clark replied to this minute as follows:- Systern will kill all the evils of the Bombayf dollars per day that the coolies scorn to swa, against whom had been issued a mainoses must have been going on for some

Professor Danysz's virus has proved a water-supply. They have preached the

to earn because they have to walk, or run,

touance order under the British Court. Myears it Hou failure. I submitted an account of some gospel in and out of season in spite of the

they were still at work in was the left side of the street, the same we do Wind contended with come premature experiments I had conducted on this subject hostile attitude of the population. An s6-

any other people, or suffer arrest for infringexultation that, never having been register. in another. C.8.0. in August last. Since tempt to partially meter the team has been, ing the trafic regulations. Meanwhile beed a British subject in Siam, he was of use that report was presented there have been made, and it hardly as much for, thenriksba owners are losing about $1,500s free to become a Stamens subject. reports in the medical journals showing the soundness of the belief we have referred today in jinriksha hire at 20 cents for each Datural response to this was that num coàn inutility of the virus, and the Directer of that not only wore there not enough meters

vehicle, per day. the Hygienic Laboratory at Washington available, but those at hand were not of WHISKY. has reported similarly. Rat-runs have been the right sort. The meters here avem. to trested here with crude carbolic acid in go on registering whether people get water.

Paleness is a truc indication of blood neglect all houses that have been disinfected, since or not, and as this tells in favour of the poverty. It indicates that the health in Council, it the suggestion was nade by Professor Government, and the Goreminent are the not perfect. Health cannot be perfect Simpson. The President, recuckig upon sole arbiter on the matter the public have the report, Team Washington showing the no redress.

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Pronounced by Comoleseurs to be the inutility of this virus in killing off rats, said he thought they might conclude that the

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