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THE CHINA MAIL.

At the Magazine Station, Penang, on the 2nd August, the wife of Inspector E. GAR POLE, of a Son

The pubiscation of this issue commenced

at 5,10 pm.

The China Mail.

BONGBONG. THISDAY. Apr 14, 1902,

EDITORIAL COMMENT.

NONGKONG'S

Tota

The public will be pleased to see that COLLAPSIBLE Mr Payfair is not content to leave the subject of long- kong's collapsible houses to Mr Gal- loway Weir in the Tarperial Partingent There is a good deal of public feeling on this subject, and the concensus of opinion is that the time has come for the salutary punishment of the party or partics responsible for these fatal col- Lapses. As in most choos, properly qualified architects have been employed to design tho now and altered buildings, And as the plans were sanctioned by the skilled elicits of the Public Works Department, it may be inferred that, in principle, the houses are properly de signed, and that, if wrected of good. material and in accordano with the plans and specifications, there is no in- is still negotiating theherent reason for the collapse. Turt new qonuravial treaty with the Chinese being so, it is not likely to be beli chat, Commissioners at Shanghai. While we the architects are weaponsible, although 50.00 all regret the delay caused by prolix that should be made subject of enquiry Chinese wethods, it is satisfactory to nevertheless, and the next inference is know that the failure of the Chinese to that the material and construction were i ratify the new trenty dil sot bring the faulty. Who is responsible for this? negetations to a close. Until a new is it the architect or his foremen? Is treaty is arranged and something like it the contmetor or his wen? Or is it stability and certainty restored to tinde, Į the Government's Inspectors of Build- it is reedless to expect any improvemrotings? This is motter for judicial en- | in the foreign trade of the country, and,quiry, but it may be súd now that a

LIGHT HOCKS

WHITE WILES

CLARETS..

per Dozen. $6.50 to $19.00

6.00, 13.00

4.50 13.00

ST. LEHON TONIC

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BURGUNDIES

14.00 ,

408

21.00

H. PRICE & CO.,

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MEMOS. FOR TO-MORROW.

Auctions.

at Messrs Hughes & Hough's Sales

Runs, 2.30 p.m. -Atason of Susan Launch Faxrilo, at Mesa Douglas Laprsik & Co.'s Wharf.

INLAND

NAVIGATION

IN CHINA,

Our Special Telegram from Shanghai contains the satisfactory news that Sir James Mackay

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Notos by the Way.

More than 2,000 people make a living Paris by fortune-telling

The French Mail of the 14th July was delivered in Lomilag on the 1311i inst.

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Among the recent matrimonial nesneements in a contemporary was that of a Mr. Swallow to a Miss Martin.

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„John North, the well-known billiard-

THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1802.

TELEGRAMS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Alice Memorial Hospital,

The Hon. Treasurer of the Alica

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CHINA MAIL MPEGAL GERVIOR.]

Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals begs to THE TREATY NEGOTIATIONS. seknowledge with thanks the following. donation to the funds of the Hospitals --- › Phosařlion '.

Cholera in Java

.....$10

Statistics sent by the British Vice Consul at Sooraja show that up to July- 19 the total sauber of cases of cholers was 8,146, with 5,556 dente. 156 Eur-

player, was killed in London on the Etapcan dentha are recorded. July as the result of a juribus accident.

The prisoner in the Wanchai stabling

altair, which occurred in an opium divou test month, was sent to prison for two months

Siam is threatened with a fresh cholera season wwing to the scarcity of rain thân year Already there have been several cases in the Korat district.

The new Editor of the Pony Gates

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Hongkong Volunteer Contingent.

INLAND NAVIGATION,

Tho Signing of the Specifio

Tarifl.

(From Our Orm Correspondent.)

*SILANGAI, August 13; 1.49 p.m.

Sir Janies Mackay, the British Commis- sionor, is still negotiating with the Chinese

Mr D. E. Brown, Goners Agent of the C. P. I, toyal Mail &.&. Line, inforam authorities with rufatens to Jaland Navi- us that he is in receipt of a telegram fromgation in China. Montreal advising that the Hongkong The Japanese Commissioners have open- Coronation Contingent will retärn by the

ed negotiations on the proposed .commue?'- Empress of China, leaving Vancouver on the Bil. September, aral due to arrive here sial treats, and are also taking up the | inland navigation, question. The Chinesu Lon tho 30th September.

stubbornly resist the demands of thu Japanese:

Hongkong and the Coronation. Mr H. F. Skerickley, las had unfortunate The Grenland China Mad of the 16th

The rcprosentatives of the Foreign to spend his first month in Penang ininst will contains the fullest report of the hespital, suffering from malarial fever. local celebration of the Coronation. Powers have decided to wait till the Chi- Anyona desirous of (anding away copios by nese Commissioners have received Imperial The other day, the s.a. fa dis-Saturday's mail shout send to this office authorization to sign the specific tarif

list of addrorece, and the copies will be despatched by us. Cash should company drawn up and anbritted for signaturo inst the order, the price per copy (including week. The authority is oxpected to arrive postage) iwsing 14 cents. Ofers with which about the middle of next week. Should it cash is sent will recgive inz attention.

not arrive, the Power will then consider what steps should be taken to anforen Intelligent Officers

Articlo VI. of the Pear Protocol.

* Delayed in transmission.

charged 7.000 tons of coal at Colombs in six and a half days. This is said to be a record for the port, the facilities there being none of the best.

The US, monitor Modunes, thich

4 pm. Aucten of Japanese Omios, in the end, Chim will be in a sorry wall that collapses because of a shower has ind a long journ in Hongkong, lávesa swa for Shanghai, where she relieves the plight to arct the financial obligations of main is not a good und well-built wall,] Jamborey. The Ainterey will then he arising from the Boxer madness of 1900 and for that somebody isresponsildo. We stationed at Canton or Hongkong. One of our Shanghai contemporaries ex have no sympathy withthase who would | presses regret that the signing of the throw the responsibility on the Inspectors Bague

There were three cases of plague new trenty should be delayed by the of Buildings. Unless it is proved that Chinese rejection of the clause dealing the Inspectors necept bribes to overlooked to day, bringing the total up to with inland avigation and residence, scumped work, the responsibility aust We uil regret it; but the reason ad-

rest uponthic party who is likely to vanced by par northern contemporary | bribe these. Inspectors. Now, it is tunt-

-During last night, the verandas of ten houses at Mongkoktsui coll.psed. for dropping our claims at present to re- ter of common knowledge that houses

Nobody was injured. Thirty yards of the new them elsewhere and at another

are built in Hongkong with the mini-ring wall at Teipingshan also collapsed tirasi- fur fron, convincing, (!ar four-

mam of mortar, and that the bonding at twelve mid-right. The wall is 50-feet temporary says :- 4 As far as we know, of house wall is very porfunctory.high; mo injuries were The Hongkong and Whana Dock there have been no large foreign firms | Contractors continually scump work, so anyone.

General Memoranda.

SATULONY, Aogası 18 ---

Set-Meeting of Shareholder of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banting Cor poration, at the City Hall.

Brækhurst, 4.30 pm. Auction

situnte at Bant Gough in the Prak District at Meses Hughes, & longh's Sales Romans.

MoNDal, August 19:---

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11.15 Meeting of Shareloklers of

C. Lat.. at the Company's Ricus.

Friday, August 22

11.45 am-Estenordinary Moating of Shareholders of queen Mines, Ltd.,

the Company's Office. Soc Extrinstinary Meeting of Shares bidders of livers Freehold Mines, Lad,, at the Company's Offices.

STEREON. August 20,

2.30 p.us.--Aation of Household Furni

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When a few weeks ago & correspondent writing from Lydenburg informed me, says a writer in the Enginent, me the captain of his eocapany, in his zeal to [Articlo VI. deals with the payuscar of re-eep the men capiel, had elqued the Treaty mode of payment, the 500 them to wash the mags used for cleaning mining of the acid, the salt gabelle, the thair rifles, I recorded the order as the administration of the Native Curtning at most inane I had heard of. This week the oper-porm by the Imperial Maritime Standerton correspondent forwards me Customs, and the improvement of the order which absolutely places the navigable chamuels of the Whangpoo and Lydenberg one in the background. It Peilo.-E.. (M.) was issued to a section of one of the blockhouse lines, and rm: No one will

"[REUTER'S SERVICE.} sleep outside the blockhouse, except the THE KING'S HOSPITAL FUND. sentry.

A Munificent Coronation Gift Loxnos, Augus: 12, 1002. One of the most interesting of siz His Majesty the King to-day received Viceroya, bomo for the Coronation, is Sir | the Lord Mayor, who handed hịm £115,000 Henry Blie, the Governor of Hongkong, sterling as a Corocnikom gift subscribad by Married to a daughter of Bernal Osborne all classes, the money to be devoted to His brother-in-law of the Duchess of St Majesty's Hospital Fund, In replying to Albans-and a man of great natural ability the Lord Mayor, His Majesty remarked and much force of character, he has been an that he should continue his efforts to free: active and successful Goretur in various the Lotion hospitals from debt so long as Bad he been parts of the world. He is an extremely God spared his life.

able and close observer; indeed, I may say 1 learned more in just ten minutes' can- versation with him about the Far East than I could have done it a year over boules.*

An Impressionable Volunteer.

The Commercial Review."

'M.A.P.' on Sir Henry Blake.

A CHINA WAR MEMORIAL. Admiral Seymour yesterday unvaded at Portsmouth a memorial to those who fell during the war in Chinn.

OBITUARY..

Mr Alexander Michie, author of Au

THE COLONIAL CONFERENCE..

that have taken advantage of the Re- much so that some local architects of s griations of 1898 by which the inland conscientious nature never build a house

A private letter from a member of the water of China were opened to stem without having doubts of the stability of

Singapore Volunteer Contingent conveys navigation. Many storm kauches have the building. The Colony is far to face

the intelligence that one of the men, who gan to ply, bat in almost every case with a serious public dungur, ami it, is is neither Firoponu nor. Eurasiau, has got they are owned by Chinese, and only the duty of the fovernment and the himself into trouble for being just a little registered in the name of suman for-toicial Members of Couril to re-ton gallant in his attentions to an English eigner. The foreigners who have album- move this danger. This can be done, kdy. The lady reported him, and the then names to be used can scarcely in a mensere, by passing into law as matter was settled by a court-maxtial which in ang instance be classed among the speedily as

pusible the Public Health punished the offender. important and influential members of and Building Ch dizance now before the taken before a london magistrate (says the out commercial circles. The only inter- Council: bat, in addition, a serious Tires), the chances are that this punishment wunk be much more heary est which the large firmas take in the effort should be made to fix the respon than it is. solject seems to be confined to the in-sibility for recent collapses and to secure sistence that some means of rapid tran- the adeqante punishment of the respon- kit shall be provided whereby goods can sible parties. If it is onee impressed Reise ist to hand, is very interesting... A very nasty occurmec took place in

The annual number of the Churria Murderous Assault at Skargiai. he conveyed promptly to wal from in upon the local contractors that they are containing as it does a lot of interesting the camp of the 10th Jason Saturday last Englishman in Chin' is deact terior points. The other questions in fiable to penal servitude for jerry-build-items, gleaned on the spot, about China says the leury of the ith inst.) One of volved are simply those of administ-ing the evil will soon disappear. In the The number contains mong its numerous the tuen, for punishment inflicted by a tion, in which the interests of the meantine, Mr Playfair night ask the photographs a full length picture of Vic-native commissioned other, seized his rifle Router learns that the Colonial Confer Tamperini Customs, where the lunches Director of Public Works for a return toria, evidently the work of Mee Chung, and tired, the ball passing through the chest ence passed a resolation, subject to the are registered, and the avoidaner of of all houses completed sine the typhoon and also views of Yoliouma, Meje hih, of the ofiter in question, Lieutenant approval of the local legiehtures, in favour litigation between foreign and Chinese of 19th November, 1900 (or in course Shanghai and other parts. The matu Mukhram. The assailant was at once seized [ of the metric system, a policy of proferential berlants are the only points to be of complelution), tiur have collapsed or relating to China is incesting by his companions, while the wounded tariffs between the Colonies and the corseed. It is evident from these required staying ra purvent collapse, the formation is all that could be desira

The pictures are all right, and its inofeer was taken to the can inspital and Mother-Country, similar to that which heaths that the Shanghai. Mercury is not umber of persons killed, with the

As attended w. The ball passed through his Canada has, and largely increased Colorial aware that Messrs Jadline, Mathieson names of the architects and contractors, is unextolled.

business magazine, the Commemal H-chest, inffering a very wely and dangerous contributions to the imperial aary. Canada attal Cr. and Messra Butterfield the amount paid or being paid for the

woond, but up to to-day hopes were euter jani Australis promise to keep loyal forces tained of weovery. The case will ultimate-in a state of efficiency to assist the lapocial Swire made an attempt to construction of each house, and the 'Stand at Ease."

ly be deal with by the military another Government in the event of an emergency. open op the island waterways of number of times ench house was inspec-

The Military authorities have discover-

itics. South China, and were compelled ted during construction by Govern

en a now method of standing at case.' I:

TYPHOON WARNING, to withdraw their vessels becausement Inspector of Buildings, the In

appesas that the present method is po New Water Ordinance. of the obstructive regulations of Sir spector's unie, the hours of visit and martial enough. In futuro, soldiers are to

The 'Objects and Reasons' appeaded Robert Hart. But it seems to us that the time spent on each visit.

adopt the Napoleonic attitude, that is to the bill providing for and regulating the the time has gone by when treaties this information before them, the Un-ingthe left about ten inches to the loft maintenance and repair of the water works, say they will keep both legs stmight, carry-supply of water in the colony and for the should be considered solely from the official Members will be in a position to and at the same time, mining both hands which passed the third reading at yester point of view of the important and submit a nation which will strengthen behind the back, where they are to termin, day's meeting of the Legislative Council, The Ginger Beer wo supply is pre-intuential members of our commercial the hands of the Government in dealing the right hand being grasped by the left. are as follows-Toned and solidate pared in oor well-known factories from circles. The world's affairs wove quickly with this important question.

It sounds very difficult en paper, is the the existing law us to the supply of water the freshest and best ingredients, and nowadays. The small trader must be

movement is in reality nothing more than in the Colony with a view to prevent a considered and his traie interests pro

putting your hands behind your back and recurrence of the late water famine by exists to the East ri. Lazon, where the On August 14, 125p.m.. A depression holds the unique position of being the

tested quite as much as the larger trader New Manager for Tanjong Pagar.

barometer continues to fall. Prassure is. Sailors only Ginger Beer in the Colony that is and his larger interests. If there is to Mr John Romney Nicholson, formerly

also inclined to give way in the neighbour be my great developement of trade in Engineer to the Bridgewater Trust one of Book ie that it abolishes the famous 'goose

beed of Hongkong.

the interior of Chim, it will be

the canal Companies that were practically step for recruits. of the highest standard of excellence through the sunll trader. The large Canal-has been appointed Managing put out of business by the Manchester Ship

The Sea-Serpent. and purity, our Ginger Beer forms & sad inportant hunuses of

to-lay Director of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Co.,

The latest news about the sea-argent had their small beginning in

comes from Australia, under date Sydney. refreshing

the to succed the late Mr Rutherford. Mr health-giving and

pioneer days of foreign trade in Nicholson is one of the youngest of the Captain Firth, of the steamer Chillance, or occupier, In the case of tenements not

I which we have entered will be creat-thonseres at home. He is still in the Port Picic, esports that he sighted a huge fountains will be ercoted at suitable place of St. Francia's School, Maleck, for WRINA-

Choa; and the new trade of the decade engineers who have aiready made names for which arrived there on the 11th July from supplied from the waterworks. public

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Manila and Brazilian

Straw Hats:

also, the Latest Shapes in

JUST ARRIVED.

'Ping Pong.'.

Complete sets, ranging in Price from $1 to $15.

DRESSMAKING

A SPECIALITY, All cutting executed by an experienced Dressmaker.

NEW MILLINERY,

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BREWED

GINGER BEER

IN STONE BOTTLES.

actually BEEWED.

most

beverage.

ed and fostered by the sunil trader. It middly thirties, says the dimrits Fisca.

is cncntial for his existence that the

Price in Stone Bottles: --

Per dozen....

.$1.75.

With

shifting one bot ten inches to the side.gulating such supply and reducing waste to lut the great thing about the new Drill. ii. It is proposed effect these objects by cuacting that in the case of etory tenement supplied with water from the waterworks such supply shall be regulated by meter, and that excesa con. sumption as defined under section 2 of this Ordinance) shall ius praid for by the owner

Mr W. A. Rubleo, V.S. Consul-anieral, sends us the following tolegrai

Manila Observatory. August 14, 8.30 o'clock .. Depression of the E. Lavon near 16th parallel approaching ct present.

The following notice is issued. by the Hongkong Olmarvatory, Pr

and North cast over the NE, partof the Wind probably freshening from North China Seu.

Forecast Variable winds, light, show- ery to fair. No reports received from Chins coast.. Formes and Japan.

Scholastic Appointment

Mr W. G. Gray, who was head master

four years, has been appointed. English.

Bet Serpent off Ram Head. The object was to meet ach demand. As the waste seen by several of the crew, the ship surse principally occurs in Chinese tenement inland waters should be thrown open to Tuesday' and the King.

was altered, and a close inspection proved houses and the cost of exte consumption muster in the Dante School of Languages. it to be an immense serpent. As far as in nine cases out of ten wijl live to be paid Batavia, and loft Singapore for his sum steam launches, so that, rapid transit

The Lancet has unearthed the curious could be judged it was from 30ft. to 35ft. by the owner, it is conceived that such past on the 5th inst. Mr Gray was formez- may be assured for his shipments into fact that nearly all the important events in in longth, with four dorsal fins about Sit owners will elect to disconnect their services ya tuncher in Hongkong. the interior. Past experience of Sir the life of his Majesty King Edward VII. apart, and standing about it, or äft. high. and allow their tecants to have recourse to Trooping Arrangements, One dollar per dozen is allowed for the HolertHart does not impressus favou have happened on a Tuesday. He was Its head rescalind that of a seal. When the public fountains, a sister which used An Allahalad We bottles when received back at our Fasabig with our contemporary's suggestion born, baptized, and manied on a Tuesday: the ship approached within 100 yards the to be universal in the case of such tene home truping arrangemește nee DOW thus the details of the Inland Navigon a Tuesday he was appointed a member monster taised its head. locked it the ments. At the same tins any person who settle, and the relies of the British Re- tories in good condition.

tion Regulations could be safely left in of the Privy Council on Tuesday it was vessel, and disappeareil.

profers to be connected cau beso. Tregiments serving in India can he worked definitely portained that he had con.

vision is made for conferring on the Water mit and inay be expected to be ununest the hands of the Customs and the tracted typhoid fever, sud it was on station which hol & large bravery biting, Authority, the necessary powers to enable hostlý To Nutire reliefs will be settled A WITTY hishop, getting out of a rilmay Waiwupu on the one hand and the Today he attended the public thanks noticed the flag at half-mast, and inmuired him to marry out the above-mentioned inter an whom the home authorition have Foreign Ministers at Peking on the giving service for his recovery. On a Tues- the reason. The brewer's grandmother is other. We in South China would rather day he succeed to the throne; ou a Tues-und so go into mourning as a compliment. Hon. De Ho Kai and Hop Woi A Yok.

dead, my lord, said the station-muster, posals The only dissentients were decuted which of the regcts of the Indian, Army now serving in the Colonies see the question settled before Sir James day the Royal Standard was first hoisted to the brewer, Ab, yes! sighed the

will continue to be copied thero. Mackay left China

at Martheroagh House, and on a Tuesday up. So Isco; even the barrels aro

in tiers, his Majesty onder-wont an operation for

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