[ { "id": 297973, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-173 - Sir Kennedy - 1876 [1-3]", "page_number": 434, "title": "CO129-173 - Sir Kennedy - 1876 [1-3]", "content_text": "Magazine wither the advantage to the Colony of the great public improvement projected nor the prospect of an increase; however Material to the Colonial revenues by the sale and rental of valuable building ground imported into the question; the conditions suggested by Colonel Moggridge as opposed to those laid down by General Brunker and Colonel W. Bullets are analysed upon their own intrinsic merits, and the remarks which follow may apply equally well to any Magazine, whether or not debarring the realization of any important improvement.\n\n13.\n\nApart from risks from within due to the careless handling of Guns, Cartridges &c, the dangers from without to which a powder store is exposed are of two kinds, that is, danger from accidental fire and danger from incendiarism. As regards the first it is noted that there are to be no buildings of any agreed kind in the vicinity and therefore the only accidental risks to be provided against would be those arising from the incautious lighting of Matches by passers by, from the throwing of lighted Cigar ends or Cigarettes, or the knocking out of burning Ashes from a pipe or any similar act of thoughtlessness likely to occur on a public suburban road. But against these it seems almost impossible for the most cautious and prudent mind not to concur in the protections determined by General Brunker and Colonel W. Bullets. In addition to the usual sentries, they provided that the road was to be removed twenty feet from the outer edge of the enclosure yard in which the Magazine stands and therefore fifty feet from the Magazine itself, and not only the Building itself, but the compound encircling it to be screened off from the public view by a Masonry wall running along the edge of the new road and of a height as lofty as the Commanding Royal Engineer thought fit to prescribe. Adhering to these conditions the safeguards interposing between the powder and a person standing over the road would be the following, First the Magazine Wall itself which is, I understand, of granite Ashlar 18 inches thick, supporting...\n\nPage 431", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-173 - Sir Kennedy - 1876 [1-3].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 499760, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-488 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1925 [1-7]", "page_number": 164, "title": "CO129-488 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1925 [1-7]", "content_text": "## \n\nOne $1.00 note on achiree bank, Swatow.\n\n158\n\n(e)\n\nOne 5 Piastre note, Saigon.\n\nThe 2nd prisoner gave his name as Hong Tuk Fee and was in possession of 5 .38' S.& W. revolver bullets.\n\nThe 3rd prisoner gave his name as Fong Tuk Yung and was found in possession of 4 rounds of Mauser rifle ammunition. The 4th prisoner gave his name as Fong Tung Tai, but beyond the fact that he was with the first 3 prisoners mentioned, there was no evidence to show that he was a bad character although Colonel Tong Fuk Chi stated he was known to be an associate of pirates.\n\nAfter the above particulars had been obtained they were put through the \"3rd degree\" by Colonel Tong Fuk Chi and his officers to get further information. The \"3rd degree\" consisted of threatening them with instant death and repeated slashes with a double bamboo cane on any part of their anatomy which happened to be in the way.\n\nThey, however, refused to give any information and after about an hour were taken away. At about 16.00 hours a 5th prisoner was brought in, also securely trussed with rope. He had been captured at Hoi Chau leaving the village.\n\nHe gave his name as Chan Ah Hong. At the time of his arrest he was in possession of the following articles:-\n\n(1) One new blanket, in which were:-\n \n| Item | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | One new alarm clock |\n| (b) | Ten yards new black cloth |\n| (c) | One new European cut grey jacket |\n| (d) | Two new Straits cut white drill jackets |\n| (e) | One pair white drill trousers |\n| (f) | One new white singlet |\n\n(2) Two leather suitcases in which were:-\n \n| Item | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | Two new white shirts |\n| (b) | Several yards new black cloth |\n| (c) | One pair new grey trousers with a tailor's name and Singapore marked on the buttons |", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-488 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1925 [1-7].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 507375, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-500-1 Canton situation- governor's despatches 18-5-1927 - 9-6-1927", "page_number": 106, "title": "CO129-500-1 Canton situation- governor's despatches 18-5-1927 - 9-6-1927", "content_text": "**CONFIDENTIAL**\n\nCopies to: \nCanton No. 208 \nPeking No. 51 \nNaval C-in-C \nBasterin No. 145\n\nCOLONIAL OFFICE \n26001 \nRECEIVED \n27 JUN 1927 \n105\n\nCOL. OFFICE\n\nGOVERNMENT HOUSE, \nHONGKONG, 24th May, 1927.\n\nCopy \nCom Ana Secret (2) \n~ 3 der 7994 \n§ 1.001 920 \n17 NOV 1927 \n198\n\nSir,\n\nDuring the week-end 14th to 16th May, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. W.T. Southorn, was on a visit to Canton; and he happened to be in Mr. J.F. Brenan's office in Shameen on the morning of the 16th May, when Mr. G.H. Madden, master of the British river steamer Lungshan owned by the Hong Kong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company, called at the British Consulate and reported to the Consul General that the Lungshan had been fired at by a number of Chinese soldiers in uniform, without any provocation, at 7 a.m. that morning, from the East or left bank of the river at a point slightly above the lighthouse marking the point of Dane Island, and not far from the Whampoa forts. Fortunately, there were no casualties but the ship was repeatedly struck by bullets, and about fifty rounds were fired at her. Brenan at once went into Canton City to see General Li Chai-sum, the head of the new Cantonese regime. He had to wait two hours before General Li, who was out...\n\nThe Right Honourable \nLieutenant Colonel L.C.M.S. Amery, M.P., \n&c., \n&c., \n&c.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-500-1 Canton situation- governor's despatches 18-5-1927 - 9-6-1927.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 } ]