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121 SI THAJUAL TACAUTAS SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1914

JAM AUVO SUP

THE CHINA MAIL.

BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH.

(Rauter's Service to the China Mall) } (Reuter's Servics to the China Mail.).

BRITISH SUBMARINE

DISASTER.

· MANY LIVES LOST.

LONDON, Jan. 17. Submarine A7 has been lost off Plymouth.

-will be saved.

"FRENCH FINANCIAL

SMASH.

OVER A MILLION AND I HALF STEALING DEFICIT

LONDON, Jan. 17. The Paris Bourso yesterday was There is little hope that the crew unsettled by the aunouncement that the Societe Auxiliaire de Credit had been compelled to liquidate.

The deficit today is estimated at

The losses chiedy fall on brokers and small investors, and it is feared that the smash will react in other quarters.

Hopes of Rescue.

Another telegram states that the A7 | £1,680,000, sank in White Sand Bay.

The parent ship is now communient ing with the crew, who were still alive - at 5 o'clock in the afternoon (yesterday.) A salvage steamer is on the spot, and Más hopeful of raising the vessel.

The flotilla was exercising in the morning. When the others rose to the surface it was instantly noticed that the i „A 7 had not risen; and since 12.30 an anxiety was felt.

A lieutenant and twelve men were on board.

It was reported that the vessel had wot been raised at 8.30 p.m. but it was stated that the crew would be able to live submerged for twelve hours.

JAPAN'S TERRIBLE

DISASTER.

RIPORT BY EY:-WITNESS.

LONDON, Jan. 17.

A representative of Reuter's Agency has arrived at Kagoshines to ascertain the actual condition.

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE WATER SUPPLY.

(To the Blitor of the Carra Maz

A SHAUKIWAN MURDER.

MAN ARRESTED" AFTER TWO YEARS.

In 1913 oder Sza To Chi was brutally mindedd at: Sunukiwan,land now, nosiy two years after the commission of the crime, a man has been arrested and placed upon his trial in comporlice with...

the affair.

Sir.At the last mesting of the Sanitary Board the President answered certain questions relating to the water supply of of the Colony pub by Dr. Fitzwilliams, bat | with regard to cortain questions which I

desired to put on the same subject skater through the chest, and alter Ale The deceased was stabbed with a maid that he was Dirented to state, that the tedy had been hacked about with a chop mattor dealt with in my questions did not per it was thrown ove■ fanco Into the Ho states that 200,000 took refugt me within the purview of the Board.pworks in the villago, in the mountains and forests, lubevent

The distinction is too fine for me to follow, ually they reaclied places of anfety,

if I had drawn it myself no doubt it would The death rull has been much ex-have been dubbed a logul quibble, "ggerated, and tobula shout 600,

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Athes are everywhere, and the roads have been obliterated.

AN OFFICIAL REPORT,

The Bank had connections with keng has courteously sent us the follow- The Japanese Consuf-General at Hoag.

China.

ing official report of the terrible dia aster in Japan, reference to which has already be made in the Chins Maill":

THE TURKISH ARMY.

Enyer Boy's Proclamation.

LONDON, Jan. 17.

On 19th lust. di eruption cocurred at the racano at Sakurajima, barning about half the housew in that island. The total

A sufficient supply of pure water is as essential to the Public Health and Sanitation of the Colony as any other matter within the purview of the Sanitary Board. Without such a supply all efforty at Sanitation are wasted and the Sanitary Department might as well be abolished.

The man in custody Sze To Lu, a tanaman of the deceased, was arrested st Wanchai by Dabetivo-Sergeant Clark on his return from the country after two years" obserica from the colour and was formally remanded in custody for ce

Mr. Notington, of Mr. Brutton's office. appeared for the-dalence,

reck.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Questions dealing with the water supply have been put and coswered or and over again as meetings of the Board, and the particular questions which I desired

M. Polacare dompleted to-morrow: his to put arose out of-answers given by the first year a President of the French President to Dr Fitzwilliams at the pre-Republic. vious meeting.

As the Government will not condescend

to give the information asked for, I crave

A telegram from Constantinople number of houses there was about 0,500, reasons for asking the questions and my Manager leares for home to-day by the

Tenyo Maru...

the hospitality of your columns to give my four years at Taikoo Dock as assistant Mr. T. E. S. Robson who has been for

guesses at the correct replica

our experience of last year, when evon the ridermain supply

supply was eat off and the Chinese residents, who pay. the bulk of

Among the passengers who arrived to-day the taxes, were compelled to join the Aght

dicum by the .*. Mongolis were Mr. and Mrs. round the standpipes for a daily hardy enough to suggest that tur water Kai and Miss and Master Ho Kai.

upply 18

is suficient, and the report of the Bacteriologist in 1911 threw doubts upo

upen ita certain defects.

All the inhabitants went on board ships states that Eaver Boy, the use war

aud took refugo on the opposite shore, minister, in a proclamation to the Army The exact number of those killed or in declares the disasters that had befallenjured is not yet known, "but the total The officials have almost abaɛdoned the nation and the most proporous | tien vas powerful, but it has now sub. of the Decessary lingid, no one will be D. E. Clark and Sir Kal Ho Kai, lady Ho

will probably not exceed 200. The erup districts of the Fatherland had been wide. In the City of Kagoshims, there due to the failure of the Army to ac- were earthquakes and ashes fell. The Governmetits purity and pointed out

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hope.

Hope Abandoned.

complish its duty to the Sultan," who had in conesquendu teen so profoundly

A later telegram states that the tap-flicted that be had ordered Enver Bay ping from the submarine in reply to to prepare the Army with a view to tapping by the divers had ceased when preventing a repetition. He would the latter again descended at 6 p.m.

therefore require absoluta obedience and incessant effort from the Army,

The divers were unable to find any defects or damage on the outside of the vesac), and it is assumed that the pump went wrong.

Hope has been abandoned and the operations suspended.

THE DIVINE SARAH".

HONOURED.

Lexpos, Jan. 17.

Madam Sarah Berhardt, the cole brater actress, has been awarded the

Legion of Honour.

PRUSSIAN TREASURY BONDS.

Kew Series Issued.

THE HOME RULE · CON- TROVERSY.

Party Leaders' Conversations Fruitless.

LONDON, Jan. 16.

inhabitants fed. Those kiled or injured

and telephone communications barere wers about twenty. The houses are more or less damaged, but railway, telegraph

under investigation, but is not so severe as the rowspapers report. The Hisishima ary! Aso volcanoes were also active, and ashes fell in the neighbourhood with little damage.

sumed. The extent of the damage is

On account of the inundation and famine since last summer, the crops in eight prefectures in the North East (Nilgsta, Soitama, Miyagi, Fukushina, Iwate, Yamagata. Aomori and Acita) together with the Hokkaido were reduced from 25 to 95 per cent. The poor have

M. W. R. McCallum, agent of the

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carried out as the result of the report of Dr. Fitzwiliams on the 30th December last enquired what alterations had been the other things) that a storage reservoir to Bacteriologist, and was told (amongst contain 1,500,00,000 gallons was in conrad of construction, and that negotiations were secure a site for the additional filter bede ficulties to the extremely capable Engi pending with the War Department to which are admittedly required to secure neer in charge of the work" (I quote from 8.8, EGREMONT CASTLE proper fitration, Whenever

is

referred to

11

October

naver the question of water supply His Excellency's speech of 25th

1912) brought up before the Board we are re-

The big dem at Kowloon was; I believe, to this reservoir in coarse construction and to these projected filter the stream, and Taitam and Intermediate

of bailt

in the stream hed without divorting beds, a summary of the recent history of dams appear to have been similarly built, these works may therefore be interesting.

On 25th October 1919 the

question Water

Judging

suffered most. Donations from Imperial lativo apply was debated in the other is litt present state of affairu |

aye Caunen |

Family, together with the help of 20000 ven from the National Trea. 10ry, and the foon of eight million yen from the Government has been given, as

prospect that water will be available from the Taitamtuk valley in

October next or that the work will be

upleted within contract time. I may be perfectly wrong in my deductions, but it

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considerable length. Mr. Osborns put the provision of plenti- ful water supply second in importance to the efficient protection of life and property; and asked that nothing should be allowed

C4 Proposed. Bailings fruim Hongkong the new to info the Government should refuse the taxpayer who hire cheer- reservoir in the shortest

Rösumer troia Hongkong. { Du or abori ↑ Connecting at Calcutts with {'du on abouă and MF

Mr. Pollock, expressed regret t

.

gret that the literally thirsting for results, whether it is NAMBANG sum of only 8250.

$250,000 was laid"

31st Jan, in the not possible to expedite t the work? estimate for 1813 for the big reservoir. The

ONSANG To rovert for a moment to the additional A. APOAR Works in reply to Mr. Service reservoir and filter beds a West YATSHING

23th Fab

while local profectural offices are also to stand in the way of compile time, fully voted the supplies and who are i

sparing no afferta to render assistance.

BRITAIN AND

THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

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Jan. 93.

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Mr. Boner Law, sparking at Bristol, haid there had been conversations re. garding Home Rale between the Party lenders, but ro far they had been with- out result. He thought it his daty to say that, so far na be could judge, there could be no result. He was sure that the Government desired a peaceful selation, but the position ander which

for further sms if no LONDON, Jan. 17,

it held ofEce rendered it imposible for

cessary, and stated that a contract, had been in the Estimates large suma are pu For Freight and further particulars spply to

Lut nothing is done Berlin correspondent it to take the only step which rendered

signed two days previously for carrying outry

between

the Negotiations The British Olympic Fund Com-the work withla & bat that ho

Colonist and JEATH,

Military Authorities are set usdaly telegraphs that Prussia has issued a peaceful solution possible. He in-mittee has resigned. Only £11,000 that within two years (from the time of markable for expedition, but is it t twenty million sterling 4 per cent. tended, with the help of the Almighty, has been subscribed, while £100,0 each a tago as to enable the Colony to negatiations for the site of Filter Beds,

speaking) the work would have reached

it too much bed to ask the Powers that Be to expedit the derive some benefit from it in the way of which are of equal importance to the health an increased supply of water. The Director of the Garrison and to that of the drilian of Public Work's statement that every step would be taken far endeavouring to carry out the work within the contract time H was received with applause.

Beuter's

Treasury Bonda at 97 in sixteen to support Ulater if it resisted.

equal series, one of which will be

redeemable annually by drawings at | their face value.

TROUBLES.

CANADIAN PARLIAMENT

OPENED.

THE SOUTH AFRICAN LABOUR Naval Bill Dropped Temporarily.

LONDON, Jan. 16. LONDON, Jan. 17.”

A telegram from Ottawa stater that Reuters Johannesburg correspond-Parliament opens to-day. ent states that the surrender of the It is understood that the Naval Bill Trades Ball followed upon an imposing

LONDON, Jan. 16.

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Batavia, Samarang and Sourabays.

The water in storage for the City and Regular Service of Steamers between Japan, Hongkong. Slagunery

District on the at instant was 500

was the amount aimed at.

The Amateur Athletic Association, to which £3,000 has been signet, appoints a Canadian coach named Knox as Olympic trainer for three years, at a salary of £400 per year.. His Excellency assured the Council that million gallons, the dry weather fow of

they need not fear any delay in the work,reme is estimated to yield 1.000.000 8.8. BANEI MARO For S'pore, Batavia, Q'bon, Samarang di Sourabaya. Dişli Jan. ADD

gallora dally, and the daily consumption that balf-yearly progress return with the rider mains working 2 hours would be furnished to, mam)

In the revised estimates for 1013 it wis

13 it was day only isn

AMERICAN LABOUR LEADERS-

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where

the

8.8. HIOJUN MARU, For Moji & Kobe

Sailing

12th February, -

of 8130,000 only was Sanitary Departmes the Head of the 8.8. HOKUTO MARU, Fur S'pore, Baris, Obon, Samarang & Bours bays 22nd Feb.

If the

4.000.000 gallons shown that

contianes

very to be expended on the new reservoir in

antil the Ist LONDON, Jan. 18.

1013 heavy drop from the $250,000 and will be only one month's stor supply in

and probably ought

Mxy, there A telegram from Houghton (Michi-possible further sums referred to by the hand then. If this is the state of affairs will not be introduced.

Worke your previously, ALD) states that Mr. Moyer, the Mr. Hawott in apaking on the estimates Taitam fall to the brim on 1st January. after a season of late satuan raios, with President of the Western Miners' for 1914 on the 23rd October 1913 uid And The Canadian Government considers Federation, and other officials of the that he and his unofficial colleagues did not and is a month of short commange for here was lined up outside the Trades it neither desirable in the interests of Fedemtion, have been indicted for feel satisfied that the work could not be Red Cainese, what would our position hara Hall, with a twelve pounder and a pib Canada nor the Empire to proceed wish I conspimey to prevent, by force of Pushed on more quickly, and urged that no they sometimas; do, in the middle of cessed, as

display of force. A command of burg-

of ammunition, the gun being trained

on the front of the Trades Hall, ·

the Naval measure till the majority of arms at Calumet, the copper miners

from pursuing their vocations.

Ji

the Senate is in accord with what the

A parley ensued between Mr. Bain, Government believes to be the popular who spoke through a window, and will. When that time strives the Gov. Major Douglas, the Deputy Commis-ernment firmly intends to provide the

ioner of Police, Major Douglas said three promised ships.

!

Governor-General's Speech.

LATER.

if the people in the hall did not sur. -render he would have to use force. Mr. Bain replied, "The force is on your sida to-day," then left the window

Another talegram from Ottawa states and came down to the main entrance, that the Duke of Connaught, the Gov. Besides the leaders, the occupants of ernor-General, in opening Parliament, the Trades Hall comprised over 200 referred to the remarkable expansion prominent followers.

of Canada's trade. No allusion was made to the Naval policy. His Grace expressed thanks for the universal sympathy on the occasion, of the illnes of the Duchess of Counaught,

The ringleaders in Cape Town and Orange Free State hare also been arreated.

A STRIKE AGITATOR'S · SUP- PORTERS.

LONDON, Jan. 18.

THE BRITISH NAVY,

The Question of Armaments.

LONDON, Jan. 16.. Lord, Haldane, the Lord Chancellor, speaking at Haxton, declared that the Government had so intestion of weaken ing the Navy, by departing from the standarde publicly proclaimed in Furlia- ment. A redaction in armaments was only possible by co-operation. Experienes had shown that if nation laid down armaments before others a re-action LONDON MASTER BUILDERS AND followed.!...

Me Herbert Samuel, the Postmaster- General; speaking at Cardinbow, naid that the Government adhered to the] policy of a 60 per cent. suneriority above the next strongest Naval Power

(Wah Taz Yat Po's Service.)

FOREIGN - LOANS,

PEZING, Jan. 16.

A Conference 'will sit soon to con sider the question of foreign loans and Customs. The Premier will at tend and take part in the discus- sions.

THE PROVINCIAL SYSTEM.

PEKING, Jan. 16. The proposal to abolish the

pro- vincial system is meeting with great opposition.

CHINA'S RELIGION.

Pzxia, Jan. 18.

oor Public Work

Is it

be

De been if the monan raine had steps should be omitted in pushing forward September? completion. He also asked when a com.

The M mencement would be made in collecting the Railway

Mongkoktrul Bofuge is in me and working the improvement as the reservoir would take any of the water supply is the ment argent of Feare to fil.

At the meeting Mr. Lau Cha Pak

SAME referred feelingly to the hardships outailed on the Chiuze, who had to light fur the daily supply of water in the streets.

The Director of Public Works replied that a deep

eep channel was being cut through a ́solid måna of rock, and that no work on other portions of the main dam could be undertakan until that was completed, and the stream directed, and raid that when the culvert was constructed better progress would-lands.

ho through the valley of the future

Appointed

I was much din

it anticipated that the Reservar will completed by the 23rd October, 1917 How many years are likely to clapas be available 7. before water from the now reservoir will

Is it not possible to expedite the work 7

Your &,

F. B. L. BOWLEY. Hongkong, 16th January, 1914)

after Christmas

se that the exovation for the Chung Sau in case in the Full

Our account of to-day's proceedings of

the foundations of the main dam had nut Court this morning will be found on page been commented, and that work was still

conlined. apparently to cutting channel

for the culvert which will run under:

of the dam.

The old

wiog stream-bed a

was still in its

10.

Ap lice order rego'ating the firing of

riginal condition exo-pt that a coffer-dam crackers during Chinese Now Ye, is was being constructed noruss it by few published in the Government Gazette." workmen with a single pile-driver-the Cracker Bring in corain portions of the hed of the reservoir has beep cleared of city and Kowloon is prohibited, and in all Erden, but still pecupied by a village, a.

pisces is confined to pertaio haura tube number of pigsties (inhabited), and the of poultry, pige and agglomeration of

puppies.

The German cruiser Uneisenau," with Capt. Zur Soo Bruninghaus in command, arrived in port, yosterday from Amoy

to will remain tera intil the 19th, but

her next destination is unostain, says the

Straits Times of January 9th. The

I must say that I do not relish the ides The Conference met yesterday and of drinking the water which will (according Eight supporters of Mr. Larkin, referred the question of a State reli.to the Director of Public Work's statement the Dublin strike leader, were candi-gion to two different committees one next. I

in Octoba 1012) be giedy for use in targ dates at the Dublin Municipal elec of which will consider the merits of alter the ramdral of the pigsties and other Garisene has a tonnage of 11,800 mad

mather

er wait a little longer tions, and two pero successful in

amenitice

villageenager Carrie a crow of 766. To-day the cup- 8sQuring sents.

thing for a way to

tain, compacted by the Consul Genora, criticiso ingleseming works, but at 11a, sik

STRIKES,

would

о

Confucianism. The committees will in four Chinees PTRINGENT

report on Saturday:

· PRESIDENT'S NEW YEAR WORSHIP.

of being sorardly sosubad I venture to sub- Mr. Feindel, called on the Governor. To- mit that the atcavalion of the fomdations morrow, at 10 am, a church worries will of the central and deepest part of the main be hold on board and of who understand dam might have been eminenced as inom

PERING, Jan. 18:

The President proposes to worship

the

Gorman are invited to attend. For this

cemalon Lanches will leave Johnston's Pier af 40. In the evening Mr. and Mrs. A. Dich will entertain the

as the food waters of October had run of

Tam stream across which this dam is to be built

in fed principally from two valleys, itam Byewds and Intermediate dans, officers and a number of the reading mem

drainage

inage of which is held up by the et the Temple of Heaven at Chinese and is further diverted by the Taifa bens of the German community, diance Now Year.

CUBE THAT COUGH::

esteru calebrater •Fooh Wilder a Pat their resalene: while during the Get- thems works: U sgait checked by a small, dip b the Imction af

of the two valleys, an's star how there wild probably be hence

plifte the water lato celebrations at ha Teutonia. Citib

ARTSTRAA Or the Intur

A Drustio Step.

LONDON, Jan. 16. The London Master Builden. As- sociation will present an ultimatum: ECHO OF THE RITUAL MUR-to the men on the 24th inst., offer-

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ing the option of signing individually an undertaking not to strike against TXTHEN you have a troublesome cough mediata Raarvira LONDON, Jan. 16.

the employment of non-Unionists, or W it does not mean that you have amount of water coming down to Taitam Beilis, who was the central figure in immediate dismissal. About 160,000 consumption or they you are going to have tak must be of limited volume, and T the ritual murder trial at Kief, hemen are affected. -

Ihat it do mean this cour. langs ara think the averflow muslly ours gone to Jaffa with his family. Is

the side and fake Chamberlain's Cough remaining 10 mont be of the year the diver. Bemedy is the beat for and amers and ^in thresknod; and it is just en wall to liv.95 | 'Angust and September only. During tha|| 1 hesrin mind that Chamberlain, Cough Guderatood that Baron Rothschild has

Remedy before it in to late. For sails by plow of the Teftamtite, skraam would (ous soping cough, and that fi cONDIN TE bought him as estate in Palestine.

all Chonists and Storage

Imagines) not represent insuperable harmful drug. For aslo by all Chumley

There lave been 20 such strikes since May, despite agreements to the contrary.

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