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HONGHONG, SATURDAY, JULY 26, KHUS.

is previous articles, we have dealt with

might shirk the payment of compensation while imposing the new regulations should the rebuilding of the property be undertaken, thereby co ducing the earning capacity of the property. The Housing of the Working Clasan Act of 1990 contains some very arbitrary provisions, as must it Acts

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Notes by the Way,

were to be

Horses with unchats on seen on the streets of Victoris to-day.

There were 3048 foreign residents in Kobe on the 30th altitan. Of these 549 wore Britici, 186 German, 163 American, and 1891 Chinese.

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1902.

TELEGRAMS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL..

The Lottery Man Agniu.

Today, Lain Tio, tender, was fined

CHINA MAIL PRECISTSERNION.}

$25, with the alternativa of sis works TERRIBLE EXPLOSIONS AT

imprisonment, fou reading in Macao, nud Kang Nam lottery tickets.

The Plague

There were für Chinese naken af pằngue. reported day. One buily was found oai The Bell Tower of St. Mark's, in the mad below the Mortuary, another où

Venice, was placed some divance in front of the cathedral, like Giotto's Campenile pieted in 1510, was 133 feet high, and 42 feet wident the base.

in Florence, It was began in 902and com-

the one wharf at Thikokut, and a third in the washed of Tang Ki on Holineon

Kowl. The total is nog 487.

A Dangerous Game

SEASONABLE »érīdus matters arising from the mports | prossed to enforce public improvements; of the Sanitary Experts sent out by the bat in applying the Home Acte here it Secretary of State for the Colonies to mast not be forgotten that all the examine the unitary condition of houses in this Colony are or have been Hongkong. Mr Chadwick, as was to built in accordance with the laws of the en expertal, ophold the soundress of Colung for the time being; and if the

To-lay, Sergeant Mollady, who is vetlo sojurate deninage system intrudnen) | Cinverument now introduzes stipulatiņnsi Capt. R. Le Coispallier, of the M., now la charge of the Stanley District, was per Dozen reconciation, and reports affecting the rest-prodaning capacity of steamer Armand Belve, was charged at the means of using a Chinaman named that in spite of a few structural defects a site, it should be prepared to grant Sydney the other day with being the Wong Kiu fined $26, with the option of six €-50-40 › $19 00

master of a vessel from which a prohibited rocks' imprisonmott, for convoying thir immigrant, no Arah, entered the Ausam teen dynamite cavitidigos by road with- lian Counsouventth. A fine of £20 without having the conspicuously, labelled casts fin default one month's imprison dangerous' in English and Chinese.. The

cartridges icere dieciuri forfeited. ment) was imposed.

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Complete sets, ranging:

in Price from $1 to $15.

DRESSMAKING

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an experienced Dressmaker.

NOW MILLINERY,

NEW WASHING

SILKS.

NEW SUMMER

DRESS GOODS.!

13 00

* "file"system" cuust be condemned as compensation to the property owner; ntributing to any epidemic or other and if Section 153 of the Public Health 4.40 1300 disease in the Colony. Mr Chadwick Act of 187.5 is departed from, then, the and Profescer Simpson agree that the proposeri legislation is not calculated to -100 fahief use of plague in the Colony is give to property owners in Hongkong overerowiting, sneises crowding, the the same rights granted to property 3030

£fandia ginstruction of the city of Vic-formers in the British Isles. It ought tor and the houses generally to his murale perfectly clear by the new Isknoughout the Colony, the absence of legislation, that where an obstructive | light and ventilation in large wrens of or institary house is removed as part

the vits.

According to the een of any scheme of public improvement. !principles of sanitation, there is somerly | (mrking allowance, of course, for cul- a sanitary isup in the Colony. Tarpably insanitary property) the owner experts suggest, remedios, and it seem sught to be compensated, and that where ¦te as that, aport froms trekniest points an owner is not allowed to rebuild so as regarding construction of houses con- to obtain his former income from a tained in the Bill now befor the Lagis house (overcrowding or illegal occupa lative Comal---technicalities which tion excepted) the Government shall archi orts alone can criticize with any composate text owner. pertension of comprehensive and exnet

H. PRICE & CO.,

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DIEMOS. FOR MONDAY.

Auction.

po Action of Cross Lands at the Public Works Department's Offices.

Mectinga

3 pan. --Mentive of Shaelokiers of The Cited Asbestos frontal Agency, Il.,

nt Mesars Dodwell & Co.'s Office Dividend of $1 in Shares of The Hong-

kony lee Co., Ltd., payable.

Miscellaneous.

date subject is it.

pricional Custle undelivered after this date subject to rent.

General Memoranda. Trash, July 20

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The Stocks Revived.

He

FOOCHOW.

GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. (From Our Go Correspondent).

Fanera, July 5, There have boon tremendous explosions in the Powder Magazine outside the west gate of Fossbow vity.

Great excitement prevails here. There has been a serious bas of life, bus the number of casunities has not yet heer.

ascertained.

[RECTER'S SERVICE, J MILITARY SENTENCES IN

SOUTH ‘AFRICA. Y

Losos, July 24, 192.

BOTHA AND DELAREY AT DAPETOWN,

At a reception held at the Dutch Church, Capotowu. General Both said that he wished to inpress upon the Africaulers the absolute necessity of working hand-in-hand. with the Governing, as this was the only country they could call one.

The vicar was questioning a small

On the 9th August, a Royal Commission, eines of infauts in die Old Testaraunt. Today, a very effective fixou of pun composed of Julgus Alverstone and Bighans

• And now," said he, very blandly, "ein ishment fie Chinese was revived by Mr P. | and Major-General Sir John Ardaghi, vill my child tell me in what way the Creator A. Hazeland, at the Police Court. A proceed to South Africa to opquire into the punished Adam and Eve for their trans-Chinese boiler-maker and Ip Yik was entences imposed in the wifitary courte Aression in the Garden of Eden? A tiny charged by Mr T. Elvine, head writchman under martial law, and to report winther it bot staggered our of the line, with uplifted at Hunghom Docks, with stealing 22 11x. | is expedient that such sentences: the venaitted. finger. Pleus; he sent them, baby. A of house pita. Ha was seen at 7-33) yester- ir retvool, shader ran down the class,

| day morning walking by the funpel of H. 118. Wizen, which was où efore, with A gentle ogged in wining in something in his band. When he saw that Waler recently placed a cap of blasting he was discovered, he threw the parcel gotating between his teeth and gave it a

among somó timber, and juneda good queers. This was to facilitate it's gang of workaron beginning work. going of. It did go off, and the minings not caployed at the Dock, and had no businese re join the gang, gentleman now hes abed suffering from fractured jaws and minus all his teeth. Withead recordingly arrested him, and searching for tu perol found it contained five, belts and nuts belonging thoir Mausers and their flag, but not their to the Dock Company Defendant, in un-traditions. swar to Mr Hazeland, denied stealing the nuts, and said he was looking for a friend.

There is growing agitation in France in Mr. Hazenod passer sentence of eight wooks' imprisonment, with hard labour,scquenes of the anti-derical measures adopted by the Government. Arjutus and in fier of one week of the note the demonstration has taken place in Paris, defendant to je exposed in the stocks at resulting in the temporary arrest of MÍ. the Tack for two logo.

François Coppée, Deputy Terolle and others.

It must not be overlooked in this connection: that these properties repre- sent capital brought into the Colony,There would seem to the anhiasal spectator to be a want of proportion between the without which the extraordinary deve

result anticipated and that actually lopsment that has characterised the last decade could not have been effoited

achieved.

Overheard on the 'Ferry."

Good per Gleafing not cleared on this knowledge-the main principle to be considered in relation to the veradial insatsures proporse? is that of compensa- tion to progarty users. No one has any sympathy for the property owner who allows his property to become mor the public exchequer brucfitted, and insanitary G$ itself who luts out that many of the local Joint Stock Com-

The following remarks overheard on the rack-renting panies and private concerus have inrge Star Party may serve as a hint to tan property ,sale trunnits ur resorts to overcrowding proportions of

reserve funds localadministration: --First Wag-- Gotting | t mortenges on pro Ion with the new Clock Tower, aren't they? ender to curitis himself, regardless of invested de consequences to the community.perties in the Colony, securities which Secund Wag-Yos, foundation's down Not long ago, Lord Rosebery delivered

anyway. First Wag-I'm going Loze in him-et of a sadhing demurelation of

another two years, old chap. Chathu the stam tradlont. In May of this year,

Pier, and let's see what like it to be be. wight stick up a steleb of the Tower on the for I go away.

Dividend of $# un Plures of The Hong- hong Land Investment & Agency Ung Tad", pagalle Dividend of $1,60 on Shares of The West

Wise. Hailé,ag Co.. Jad., pagi, hike. 2.30 p Auction of Household Farni- fure, at the Resulance of Mr. Galt, No 13. Kauzlond Pernice, Kowloon, kreatin your Filfgles utilelivered after this

dato sulpot to mak Winston, July 30:

22004.

Austion of Eluasebalų. Purni- at Nos 3 fimulen Road. Kowloom.

Lisaais, per diranca umilis ered after thas

date subies to pend

Purray, August 1

pm.

Sales Returns.

t: 2 Losas e Me Go P. Lammert's

REV. As a Register of Shares of The Longkong nad angi Batkin operation, closed from the date to the Bath Angst,

ais

their

must be affecter by the proposed legislation. Of course, iye, im proved properties and an improved city

Mr Walter Long, President of the Loval | will arau improved securities and less Governorest. Board. replying to a de- } interference with the continuity of the

all welcome comprehensive unitary

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The Knife Again..

General Delarey waid that they had buried

FRENCH AFFAIRS.

THE CONFERENCE OF PREMIERS.

Last night, a serious stabbing case Read, as the result of a long-standing loud took place in Wing Lok Street, off Queen's

The Colonial conferences will coetude" heeen two clansmen. Some time ago, a curly in Augnat, but there will be bre house in which an illicit traffic in opios qront infermal conferences of Promiers Aurion of Laresvlak. Eu pertyputation from the leading municipalities, trade of the part; but while we would Serious Clan Fight.

was going on, was raided by the Police. with the Admiralty and War Office Off- aid the entirely contarred in the view

About two o'clock yesterday afterquon, The accupier of the place blained one of icials où details of Imperid defence, expressed, that the owner of a slum pro reforms excouted with all possible a clan ight took place in a boarding house is sequaintances for playing the informer party who allowed that property to get despatch, cure suust be taken not to at No 200, Des Voeux Road, in which one and a bitter, quarrel arome. last month is THE ANTI-CLERICAL MEA- into a disgameful coalition, and im- create any viclem upheaval calonated man got a blow over the left ope with was accentuated by micul the men secusing SURES IN FRANCE. perilled the lives of those who lived not only to cripple the revenues of the hainboo which fractured the skull. Am- the other of kidnapping a friemi und solling There has been a sharp fall in French

pon it. was entitled to no consideration. Colony but to strike a blow at the und certainly no sympathy, a remark stability of local somacitios. which was meelived with applause.

bot be forgotten that, the Government We are in accord with the exprus is primarily responsible for the disgrace stons of opinion, and we believe that fully overcrowded rate of the city the sanitary condition of Hongkong can- | Hvery hech of grouwd was let in order { not be unproved mutil ís slum property | in raise revenue; and the Government

is deal with by the local authority in a want, at this late hour, they all the the Coronation Contingent.

inclusive

LIMITED.

It must

of the Government.

TYPHOON WARNING.

man was als injured on the head him to ma in Singapore. They had a Buntes on the Paris Bouras, in consequence with a simile wongen. Hugh rows are of flexe fight then, in which the first-monof the apprehension of disturbances in furquent uncurrence in the western part of ❘ tional got tha wout of it. Ile, however, connection with the autí-clérical incasares" the City, and the police have great difficulty bada uerrible rorange. Secing his enoury in acing the instigators. Today, one about to enter an spioni dávan, last night. arm was fined $4, by Me Krup, for par. | be followed up buhind, seized him unawaren ticipations in the above raw.

(by the queue and swiftly plunged a sharp

kuife deep into his side. He then pushed. his wounded iversary over and buiten, så bwo and cry wos-rais; the police were soon on the spot, but no trace of the would-be arderer chuid ba fourd. The poor fellow who had been stabbed vas in- stantly taken off to Hospital, where it was found that a wound, one-and-a-half inches sends us the following telograni krite having penetrated so far as to cut lung, had been inflicted, the blade of the

open the gut and allow part of the internal orguns to protruda. The injured man's life

cost of public improvements apen the At the entertainment given to the

property owners,

A. S. WATSON & CO., drastic manper. Nevertheless, the public rasant guard against an excess of

The Government1gkong Coronation Contingent at Mon zeni, and taust not allow a sudden zeal which is, in other words, the comtraal on the 12th u., P. G. Yi-Pin. a For reform to peer-ride other consider munity must bout its fair share in the corporal of the First Chinese Regiment of tions. In their joint report, dated May improvements, and this it ought to do, me a net speech in his putave 34 best, the Sanitary Exports, eument by the payment of reasonable compense, R. Purdon. Vi-Pinsaid in substanes tongue, which was interpreted by Color: fag og the outline of a new Publication. It would he very convenient that at one time he thought the Emperor Health Dalinance suggested by then for the Goverment to ignow its past, China was the greatest man in the world saidt :- With regard to the resumption policy, but it would not be fair to and that all creation hoved down before is despaired of: of insanitary property, many blocks of make the property owners bear the him. Now he knew that it was otherwise,

b

ÆRATED buildings throughout the City of

WATERS

SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES.

type.

Vic-

toria will undoubtedly have to be gýnd- mally bought up by the Government and the areas laid out in a more sanitary- manner, more open space around each building being on especial desideratur in many of the test congested areas, and we have accordingly incorporated

vision,

the

burden of the Government's past sing, as Mr Chadwick and Professor Simp. son coolly auggest fr the paragraph we have quoted.

Mission Work in the Delta

is eyes were opened, and he was being bora aney, Since he had left his native jects, and it seemed that there was nurent] hand he had met nothing but British sub.

f them. He was going to London, of which he had heard au ranch, and lu hond to see the great King before he died. This was

The Mekong

The Mekong hardisappointed many high hopes, says the Bangkok Times. Once it was believed to be the high way to a great empire, over which would be borne the trade of Indo-Chind of soath westen China; and its possession regarded as an

On Thursday hot, we published a short not the desire of his life, and die full short of the first importance. For a good article on Missing work-la" the Catonent was close at hand.

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The Central Police. Suition Rafurins e hnt the red cote, indicating the centre of a typhoot more than 300 miles from the Colony, was hoisted at 10 o'clock this morning.

Mr W. A. Rublee, U.S. Conaci-General,

Mauila Observatory, ftly 26, 10 o'clock nim

y lles North Mananering to N. W. The typhoon crosses. Luzon and rages by N

The following notice is issued by che Hongkong Observatory

On the 28th at 10.5 an Red Drum hoisted..

Typhoon in the neighbourhood of North Luzon, probably moving, West-north-went at prosent. But woyther in the Pion Ciannel and N.E. part of the Chinn Sen.

At 10.56 a.to. The barometer is falling coast of China. Pressure is high over in Luzon, and wer Formoso and the B. Tapaiz and the E. coast of China where the barometer has zison

many years now, however, the accepted in this Bill this clauses of thas: Crown River delta, to which the following facts

belief his been that it en nerer carry a Lands Resumption Ordinance, which are supplementary. To seven and gehalf

great trade, ad that the valley it raising during the next 24 hours; fair at first,

Forocast-N. winds, probably tushen THE WATER used is THE PUR- appear to follow dosely the pro-yeurs' work, the Her. Dr Hager, of the The Hongkong-Canten Railway,

is unt likely ever to become a centro of dull and equally later, Bumours have been cirklaring in the population of any great interest to the Imperial Housing American Bound, has received and baptised EST that can be obtained, and is

uk the Working Classes Act and to nearly 1400 tives, mul during that time Colony recently to the effect that work is foreign work. The difficulties of naviga The Late Mr Mudge. skilfully FILTERED ON THE MOST provide all necesary powers for the

has raison? orez $76,000 to the father on Hely to begin at an early date on the contin are enormous, but we learn that The Streits Times of the 13th it. fuct of the work. The number of stations struction of the long-delayed and much the French authorities are still ensays:he George Mudge, who has repre resumption of insanitary or obstructives zinutes from 4 to 25, a very talked of Hongkong-Canton Railway, and caged in trying to surmount theux, by seated several European firms in the Far buildings. In sucrcises, compensation tixtury eristics of the sale of the the rumours have been received with a THE MACHINERY employed is of far resumption is always given, but the work,aceqdisřed.

Beggen of credence in some quarters in conblasting the rocks in the more dangerous Rast for a nuraber of years, died at Riffley pids. There is one question involved of Hotel yesterday afternoon, after a compara the latest design and most approved ill does not propose to wley compenî,

sequence of the anxiety of a pambar ofimediato interest. Can a teak raft betively short illoss. Mr Mudgee wel The Water Açcquet. ... sition to the ownerą for the crection of

speculatori, innstly Chinese, to acquire brought down the river? Hyberte it jm known in Singapore and oven better known A statement of water negunt for the Lubling lots on the water front in the een impossible, but we are inforud alat in China and Japan where his gosial dis sanitary dwellings on land at present year ending at Decemties, 1901 is neighbourhood of Blackhead's Point, Taller attempt was made zecently, and position and, extrémne goed nature soured THE BEST AND MOST EXPEN-occupied, nor for the re-erection, on published in the dimette The Revenue, shatsui, which, it is generally swepted, is our informant saw it so far down the river him a host of fronds. The illness which SIVE INGREDIENTS only are need, fiind skently occupied, of dwellings of which enists of charges by meler unt to be the Kowkor: "terminus of the venture that he believes it to be at Saigon by this tecinitiated in his death, seems fo

ay improved type to those now in weer rules, amounts in 2169,000, and theif qror it comes into being. Thessumoto The stimpossible part of the whole originated frvin sleeping in a canivas-backed existence. The right of an owner of Expenditure, Le, Maintenance of Works, were, however, set at rest to-day by Mesere property to re-orcet dwellings of an cost of such per works as are la progress Jardine, Matteson and Co. who are the is perhaps of the island of long deck chair while on the way to Sir gapore insanitary type, becnas his present

and the Military Contribution is $100,000, incl ugents of the concern. In miswerterne, which oft gods are now carried by from the north, A srollen roho is the leg dwellings are insanitary, should not be does not appear to be paying concern, that arrangeraents had yet keen cont Site side which entirely gets over this death, jesterday afternoon. The funeral Leaving » Imbued of 263,000, Kowloon our representative inquiries, they said railway. But a small loop of the river has laid him up, and infortunately the circula

boon discovered running some way into the tion of the bed was affected, causing admitted. In his minority report un fet, while the amintenance darunted to pleted with the Chinese Governant, and difficulty, it is said that this loop is big tooli plago of Bukit Timah Road ce motery the Experts' Reports sont down to the nearly $18,000, the receipts were only therefore, it was impossible for a star: 10 enough to get an ordinary mand raft this morning, the few. S. H. Walker oth Sanitary Board for consideration, Mr about 815,000. When the new supply 13 is made. Chinese, they said, might through. Une is inclined to be very scupciating. A considerable number of Singa Lau Chu-pak, evidently refers to this obtained and the cost of pumping aruided gambling in land in the neighbourhood, but tiesi, bat further evidence will be awaited pore residents, including sevenil members paragraph when he says he considers it is to be hoped the balanco will be the the premioters of the proposed railway had with great interest since there are huge of the Masonite body, attended out of the proposals not only drastic and other way.

not unde any Mirantes to land owners in teak forests in the moth of Siam, for which respect to a man who was much cakeemed arbitrary but contrary to the principle

Kowloon, nor were any materials for the work to hand or sa order.

the only possible cutlet to down the and who will be greatly missed, especially Mekong

up to

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THE HONGKONG DIEPENSAEJ.

NOT A MINUTE

symptoms of cholera infantuin.

The deprost peronnut always remembers

A SEVERE STRAIN TSUALLY disables the injured person

that it is water to be interviewed than it for three or four wäcke. Curet have

of British justice and fairplay. We de ROULD Eo lost after a child shows not know exactly what was in Mr Ladest wallsund looseness of the bowels should The Cho-pak's mind, but he is evidently of be sufficient warning. If insolite mud

PROMPT ACTION. pinion that the improvement of the proper treatment is given, serious cust

quences will be averted. Chamberlain's in dealing with what may be only a slight to fly. sanitary condition of the town should Colic, Cholera ned. Diarrhoes Remedy is cough will often avort some mort serious be undertaken systematically, as in the sole reliance of thousands of mothers lines

MESSRS JULES BOUCHET & CO and by itsaid they harp often saved their STEARNS COUGH GURË

CANAC France, desire the calls usually done it Home, by what is bildren's Krew Every household should

boration of an energotis Agent for the sale is just the thing for thus, ne it is always of their goods in Japan. Feest als refer- known as Improvement Schewes," and have a bottle at hand. Giet is to-day.speedy and effective. Wholegle from A. mquired. Write Crect to the

hay save a life. For cle by All Dealerson & Co., Ltd., Hangkeng that sum property shoch dot be. Watars Lid., General Agents.

Cognac

often been effected to less, that are week pulping Chamberlain', Poiu Dam. this kurzu has great herding pe Que application gives relíd,« Try in Vor Milly All Dealers Geren