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This Battrmbong cormapoolest of the Siam || carried out Hongkong will be known throughout the East as the town of the sixObserver reports that the Grest Lake is akid months, water supply-not a cheerful to be silting up. This is confirmed by the

fishernion, who may that the banks last dry sea prospect, as our correspondent anys Wayson wore loss high than in former yours, and by should this be so, however? This bringe the fact that the steamers are later every year us to the other cause of the scarcity; that in coming up to Bak Precar, which goes to allow is, waste of water by the more ignorent that they must wait longer for the accusation

sunong the residents, which in Hongkong

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Chinese. These people do not know and it is difficult to suggest how they cam be taught that waste of water in a city like Victoria is actually a crime against the Before 1890 tenements occupied by Chinese were not supposed to be supplied with-house-services-of-water, though some of them were, either because originally occupied by Europeans or because special indulgences nad been granted, WHISKY The Water Ordinance of 1890 alterad this, placing all ratepayers on an equal footing The effect has been terrible waste of water, the introduction of CELEBRATED the intermittent systent as

institution, and finally anything but an equal distribution of water. It has become plain that, so far from the general distribu- tion of water having resulted fairly all round, it has made those who observe the VERY OLD LIQUEUR SCOTCH | rules of sanitation and good citizenship

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TELEGRAMS.

"DAILY PRESS" SERVICE.

THE SHANGHAI EVACUATION QUESTION.

(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]

LONDON, 3rd December, 6 p.m.

DETAILS OF THE INTRIGUE.

CANTON.

[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.]

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents).

THE RIDER-MAIN DANGER.

Cantor, 2nd December

THE STATE OF THE CIFT,

TO THE EDITOE OF THE DAILY FRIE The city is at present in D somer bat

Ki Hongkong, 3rd Documber. unsettled state, and while thieves are fairly

SIE,--No subient of vital interest to the numerous, the fear of them is still grester, among the anthorities. The gatav aze olond Colony has roused more attention during the regularly by 6 o'clock, including the big Sonth last year or two then the water supply. Gists, and much inconveniouse has been fanged, Colima have boon written on it, gentlemen notably to bridal parties. Ries, though the loadly declaimed what they would do if cheaper than it was a month ago, is still thole follow-townamon would only roto them into the Legislative Council, Honourable mem- expensive as spared with previous years; and bers have repeatedly asked verations and it is natural that the ocolie should waffer, as in Canton the natural conservative tendencies trilling questions, but with it all we have ret keep wages from rising, but cannot provest no "forrarder", than, if the Government had been left alone. Now, however, there appears prices from doing so.

With regard to the mobbing of three Bour generals at Cambridge, " A Cambrid go Under- graduate" writes to the Times from 8. John's The official correspondence with regard College:-Air, Notices that have appeared in

to the evacuation of Shanglial was published many of the daily papers dealing with the some- what hot reception accorded the Baer generals to-day. It appears tint Germany, in in Cambridge on Monday last insinuate, if they response to Lord Lansdowne's enquiries,

There have boon numerous robberies in all to be battle-impending which will tax the do not directly state it, that the rough handling was on the part of the underginduates. I would consented to the general terms for the

parts of the city'; and one of the last cases was energy and ability of every honest man be obliged, Sir, it, in justice to the University, evacuation of the port; but in October she flist of a man named Chan, he is, I believe, a amongst them. In all that has been said or you would allow me empathivaly to deny this stipulated that the Peking Government and Hongkong merchant, and who had over $1,000 written, rd attempt, so far as I am aware, has been made to point out the dangers of llegation. The circus" in which the lecture the Yangtze Viceroys should engage not to stolen from his house in the western suburb on the rider main scheme which seems likely was deliverest is "out of bounds" to under-

grant any Power special political, untary, Thursday last. A siste of murest and an re be forced upon us. Rider-main is a good graduates, and the disturiances in the stressts

shundanes of robberies of course bring numerous word and seems to have boot lugged into din- a regular were the work of the townspeople (as oue maritime, or economic or to executions, strangulations, and confinements in guise the real issue, which is, fros vagliecked

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suffer for the sins of those who have no notion of such rules or wilfully disregard them. To put a penalty on the waste of water, which it is hopeless to try to stop by educating the people, the water meter system was recently brought in. At once the Chinese were up in arms, and having gained the official ear their lendurs nye advocated an alternative which has some advantages, no doubt, but threatens never- theless to condemn us to a continual repeti- tion of the history of recent years. What is The following are also recommended, and more, it is much to be feared that, unless the are unsurpassed in quality:

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European residents recognise the dangers of the situation at ones and make a vigorous protest, the weight of Chinese influence. will carry the day and we shall bare au expensive and pernicious addition to our water system faisted on Hongkong, Wo use the word "pernicious" advisedly, for since the advocacy of the rider-main scheme,

TWELFTH NIGHT."

Last evening's was the final production of Twelfth Night by the Janet Waldorf Company and the comedy was again well received by a goud beure. To-night Damas" great drama. Cumille will be staged. This is a play that has always been successful in houses at home and on the Continent, and it is strong in dramatic situations. The loading part, Camille, will be taken by Miss Jaunt Waldort, and Armand is to be assumed by Mr. Afmoh interest has been Norval Macgregor.

centred on this production, which is one that Mica Waldorf's Company should be seen to advantage in.

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- THE KOREA'S" TIMES.

beat the record in her time from San Francisco

The Korry which arrived here yesterday, to Honolula, 5 days, & hours, 5) minx, sod her time from Honolulu to Yokohama was also excellent, B days, 20 hours, 47 mins, From Shanghai to Hongking it was a record-45 bours, 47 mine, She left San Francisco on Nov. 7 with nearly 200 passengers, treasure worth $1,000.000 gold, and a cargo of our cotton and other miscellaneous freight Visaan t

points enge, and it is a very unfortunate chance that above or the place considered most suitable for the two latter punishments is the wharf near the Custom House.

PRINCE CHING AND GREAT BRITAIN.

Prince Ching denied to Sir Ernest Satow, H.B.M. Minister at Peking, that Germany had submitted any conditions to China, but Sir Ernest, Satow ascertained that Prince Ching had already accepted: Germany's proposals. Lord Lansdowne then instructed the British Minister to inform Prince Ching that his double-dealing was deaply resented and that Great Britain would not be bound by any pledgee limiting China's and our freedom of action regarding the maintenanes of order and the protection of our interesta in the Tangleze region,

Japan cordially supported Great Britain. WHOLE OF CHINA GUARANTEED.

Germany intimates that she has received assurances from China, and regarded her conditions as fulfilled. Lord Lansdowne

NEW MILITARY SCHOOL AT WHAMPPÄ. On Monday the Governor want down to Whampoa to open the new Military School, for which attempts are being made to provide an up-to-date equipment, and intly a large supply of arms and fittings has arrived from Japan. On Friday another fresh departure took place to the reception by the Taxtar General of those

grataster who desire to become teneberg în local Government schools. In future they are tot to be appolated haphazard, bet are to go to Peling and undergo a course of instruction for four years, and then retura to Canton to undertake their duties, On this necasion only fre presented themselves; they duly gave par ticulars of their family and qualifications, and proceed to Peking for their course of study. Each one is to receive $200 for his passage, and $30 a month during his stay at Peking.

SHAMGEN AMUSEMENTS.

On Shameen the winter guleties are once more in fall swing. Tomorrow there is a bazaar which has been organised in old of the Wesleyan School: energotis pripartio re have been made

we have learnt sufficient to show that the Ingaye, who has been Japanese Consalin Berlin replied that ho understood that the for it, and it should be a great enccessive

most expert opinion is against Ita introduc- tion into Honkong. Some of the reasona we have attempted, to show above. The

was one of the passengers, as also was Mr. Tom McKay, general passenger agent for the San Francisco overland rente, whose face is a

A. S. WATSON & CO. question is one of such very great impor-well-known one in Hongkong.

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tance timmt we shall return to its considera- tion to-morrow; but we trust that we have said enough to prove that the European residents cannot afford to sit still and watch the persuasion of the Government to adopt a system which will not only not improve our present water supply but will Betially tend to make it worse than it is..

THE HONGKONG ODD VOLUMES

SOCIETY.

At the general meeting of the Hongkong Old Volumes Society which was held recently. His Excellency the Governor was re-plated President of the Society. We understand that this Society proposes to give a series of lectores dning the coming winter. The opening meeting will be held at the City Hall, on Monday, the 15th inst, whe1 Dr. J, C. Thomson will lecture ́oa “Malaria and its Relation to the Mosquito," with naked eye and microscopie demonstrations

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HONGKONG, 5th December, 1902.

A risksha-asohe died in hospital on Wednes day night from injuries sustained by a fall down a fight of forty stops at the house whore he lodged. He was reported by his friends to

necilent.

A battleship and two gunboats of the U.S. feet-viz., Kentucky, Helena, and Ficksburg and the US. transport Saturn from Anny, and the Russian oraiser Admiral Nakimoff from Nagamki, arrived yesterday. The British gunboat Brit mart loft yesterday for Bangkok,

Excellency the Governor has kindly consented to take the chair on that occasion. This subject is one which should appeal to every resident in the tropics, and no doubt the Hongkong pablo will be glad of the opportunity of receiving information with reference to the latest re searches on the question of malaria in conNEO- tion with mosquitoes. Mr. II. E, Pollock, K.C., las resumed the post of Hon. Ecoretary.

THE CORONATION MEDAL.

assurances referred to the whole of China, excluding the sovereign territorial rights already alienated,

EVACUATION DEPENDS ON

TRANSPORTS.

The subsequent correspondence indicates that the evacuation of Shanghai is now only a matter of tmnsporta.

GENERAL NEWS.

[FROM OUR COLLESTONDENT.]

SHANGHAI, 4th December, 9.5 p.m.

DEATH OF US. MINISTER AT TOKYO,

POLICE COURT.

Thursday, 4th December.

BEFORE ME, J. H. KEMP (ACTING POLICE MAGUSTEATE);

Some rears ago, on the completion of the Tytan reservoir, the Chinese property owners raised the ery for unrestricted water, and the Government, most deplorably weak-kneed in this respect, gave in to them. The Chiasse bad never known what it was to save water in street hydrants in their own cities; in their wildest dreams they had never imagined such a thing as fragrant and filtered waters murmuring through their houses; int when the possibility was pointed out to them they were willing to pay a little more rent, and in an evil hour the Gororamcat garo in. In a few years the demand began to overtake the supply and the result was brought home pretty furcibly to us last season, and now this.

As I have said, the rider-main system will simplify the application of the intermittent supply, and we will find that intermittance has come to stay it will be always with us. It certainly sounds very reasorlag to be told that in a year or two we will have n

reservoir

at Tytam Tak capable of holding twelre hundred million gallons, but how about the

years of normal rainfall, when Tytam sent or even itself scarcely fills Increase your resserðir capacity if you will by twelve hundred million galkins, but you cannot increase your catalimient

ATTEMPTED BURGLARY AT AN HOTEL Cheng Fat, a coplio recently dismissed from his employinent st the Kowloon Hotel, wasures in austhing like proportion," and if this charged with altempled burglary, and pleaded not guilty b

It appeared from the evidence, that the Indian watchman at the hotel saw the def end. art on the promises, and gave chase when the suspect ran away on being approached. The acoused took shelter in the lines of the Bombay Light Infantry, where he was arrested by a sentry and in the morning taken to Tsimsha. tani Police Station ca a charge of trespassing Mr. A. E. Buck, the United States Soon afterwards Mr. Daly, manager of the Minister to Japan, died suddenly of heart-hotel, arrived at the station and reported that a disease at Tokyo to-day.

REUTER'S SERVICE.

LONDON, 2nd December.

pane of glass in one of the outhouses had been broken by a coolls whose intention unmistak ally was to commit burglary Enquiries showed that the prisoner was the colie in question, and the more serious alarge was nonordingly preferred a rainst him.

EVADING THE SAW..

For throwing into the harbour a quantity of cost which she was suspected of having unlaw fully obtained, and which she had evidently determined tho water policeman following her should not seixe, e simpan woman was fined $50 or two months' imprisonment with hard labour,

Vader the heading of ***Bosa' locutus est," Mr, B. B. Cunningham Graham writes one of his characteristic letters to the Saturday

TEA GROWING IN RUSSIA.

His Worship canvisted the defendant and Review. protesting against the election of Mr.

Owing to the remarkable success of tea-grow-sentenced him to four months hard labour. Carnegie, the millionaire, to the Restorship of The Coronation medela ordered from England 8. Andrew's University. In conclusion ha for presentation to the naval and militarying in the Canes, the Russian Ministry of say: I wonder, sir, if the Divinity students Garrison of Hongkong (who were here at the Agriculture has decided to establish the approve the economic morality of their Rector? time of the Coronation) and the Police Forms Industry on & soned basis, and to this end Froo Trader in Europe for platform purposes, arrived by the Bombay on Wednesday and will will import experte from Chine, India, and and Protectionist in America on account of bis in due course bo distributed among those who Ceylon, The pricos realized for this season' A' res angusta domi, as I suppose, now that he is are to be the recipients. It will be remembered yield of fourteen tons varied from twenty-six

that the question arose whether a souvenir of to fitty two pence per pound, Rector, he would describe it, Mr. Camogie is a

the Coronation or an entertainment of some perpetual, commercial Janus, with an open eyo upou both hemispheres. But the Restorial Address itself is a part above all pearls of eloquence. We are to stint ourselves in amuse- ments and in tobacco in order to produce more What an ideal to hold up wealth, it appeara before a body of young men! Fancy the future ibisters in their púlpits, in humble imitation of their Rector, waling the judicious text, Blessed are the rich, for they have inherited the earth."

THE letter which appears in another column to-day from a correspondent who sigas himself "AQUARIUS "deserves the earnest attention of all residents in this Colony, official or unofficial. Concerning as it does a question of the most vital import to the welfare of Hongkong, it calle notios in particular to a new development which may arise with regard to that question. It is now three weeks since the influential Chinese of Hongkong met and decided on a resolution in favour of laying water-pipes to houses in lieu of having peters fixed, H.E. the Governor having previously expressed his willinguess to meet the shos of the Chinese in the matter of water. meters. The action of the Chinese was held up in some quarters as an example of public spirit, and the advantages of the rider-main were extolled. Writing on the 22nd

The Good Hops, which was selected to carry altimo, we called attention to the obvious. Mr. Chamberlain to South Africa, is one of fact that though, the auxiliary pipe system class of four smmoured cruisers, the korest in might be of great benefit to the users it the Navy. For sisters stemmed the Leviathan, would in no way increase the storage. Druke, and King Alfred; they are of 14,100 tons capacity for water in Hongkong. Indeed, dispiacement, 3001t, lear, 71ft, team, and 20ft. in so far as it is a means of check draught. The Good Hope, which was built by the Majesty the likeness is very striking.

LONDON, 2nd December

THE STRIKE AT MARSEILLES.. Qwing to the accumulation of destitute persons at Marsailles awaiting passage to

Government bus ordered unval seaten to m Algeria, Tunis, and Indo-China, the Franck

GREATER BRITAIN AND HER the mail steamers.

COLONIES.

kind should be given to the Garrison to com- memorate the event, and the former alternative was decided upon as being the general wish of the man of the Garrison. To Messrs. Edmonds & Co., 67, Baker Street, London, was entrusted the task of making the medal, which was to be of bronze and distinctly characters of Hongkong. Now that the medal. hame to hand, it is not too much to say that quite up to the best expectations of the Cortation Committee, does credit to Messrs. Edmunds, and will be prized by the recipients and generally admired. The design is excellently executed. On the obverce are the bast figures of their Majestice the King and Queen in their Coronation robes. The figures are in relief and especially in the case of His Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Com. this side is inscribed Edward VII, R.I. pany, was delivered at Portsmouth early in the Alexander R. On the reverse is engraved year and has undergone with conspicuous success the Hongkong emblem-a picture of the Peak a long and interesting series of trials. On her and the Harbour with a tes-clipper and a

The Borneo dinner has been held in London, junk in the middle distanco and an English full-power runs the power and speed anticipated and a Chiness merchant bargaining over bales two hundred guests assaulting måder the pre- from the question of reservoir capacity, is even better results were attained. Those vessels Hongkong, 1902. Sir Henry A. Blake, Chairmanofthe British North Borneo Company.

ing the introduction of meters and gives the Chinese tenement dwellers water unmetered, it makes greater demands on that storage capacity.

On

Rt. Hon. Gerald Balfour, replying to Mr. Gibson Bowles, said that the Brassels Conven tion resorvos undoubted liberty to Great Britain in regard to her fiscal relations with her colonies, and that Great Britain had declined at the conference to apply the penal clause to. colonial products:

Hider main system is carried out Hongkong will soon be known throughout the Bast as the town of the six months water supply. That does not appear to be a cheerful prospect for investors,

In addition to this eril there will be the tearing up of the entire towe, and when once this is begau when will it be finished? We seso how long it takes the P.W.D. to pat through small jobs, how many years will it take to complete this gigantic sobome, and how about

sweeping disruption of the streets, to say the postilence which seems likely to follow this nothing of the block and congestion of trific?

The simple and effective way to guarantee fall mains, and the only way, is to prevent Chinco waste. Give them the choice between meter and hydrant, as originally contemplated; In other words treat them exactly as Europeane are treated, and the mains will be always full and there will be no short supply for half the your. If the Government permits this scheme to go through it seems a pity that the Governor (provided he is the resensible parte) should not stop hers and enjoy the effects of 16 | but if he doesn't stop he will have the estisfaction of belug long remembered in Hongkong, for the people will carve his memory, as the Kaiser would put it, for a thousand years. As to the bland and Honourable non-officials who favour 11, it will take something more to embarrass

AQUARIUS.

them—Youra ető,

AIDING AND ABATTING, STOWAWATEN Cheng San denied that he had sided and abetted & countrymap in obtaining a surrept. tions passage in the Chingtu from Part Darwin to Hongkong on or about the 21st ult, but was tarned King's evidence, and sentenced to pay a convicted on the evidence of the stowaway, who THE HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA fine of $250 or go to prison, in default, for thres months, with hard laboured

Lau Kwas, the stowaway, was fined the modi. fied sum of $100, or two months burit labour.

DOCK CO.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS,”

whp Hongkong. th November. SIE-In a few days we shall be called upon to decide whether the now dock scheme is to be carried through or not. Bofore the decision PACTION POLICE STORED. Entertaining a grudgs against some of the becomes irrevocable I would like to say a fer Causeway Bay, a number of mufees from One of your contemporpties published the employees of the Steam Laundry Company at words to my brother shareholders. Kennedy's stables on Wednesday night armed olier evening a long letter from a "Local themselves with slicks iron bars, and stones, Engineer giving a very fall and, I laust say, lay in ambush for the objects of their enmity. more rosy view of the scheme that I had been The palice, however, got to hear of the affale accustomed to regard it, endpointing out how the Loxpox, 2nd Desember. before the parties met, sad routed the mafoos, prozent No. 1 Dock was opposed by shartighted

I had intended. who fled to the stables and from there directed shareholders fourteen years ago, sakower of stands against their pursuers. The arguing some of his points, but last evening's police were kept back until assistance arrived paper contains a letter from "Investop” which for them, when the afables were entered and covers exactly the fome ground and with whose marching their prisoners off, more stones were particulare. Up to three years ago I myself wie

TH BORNEO DINNER-LOAN APPLIED FOR

smallness of the rainfall, while the other is ing for the greater part of the length, but Coronation of their Majesties the King and Directors, announced a hops that the British

The email rainfall, of course, cannot be is a transverse falkhead bin, thick, and for the size of a war-medal, one and a half inches in a loan of half a million sterling, wherewith to

unprotected by sida armour, there is an extra

dock. The present No. 1 Dock is admittedly the

The case was remauded till the 11th inst,

of

the congestion of work another similar dock

until the 18th. Mr. G. K. H. Brutton and Mr

The scarcity of water in Hongkong, apart were 30,000 2,b.p. and 23.knots respectivaly, bat of tas ou the shore. The inscription fera issidency of Mr. Richard R. Martia, M.Pine mefoes arrested. As the police were opinions I cordially agree except as one or two due to two causes, one of which is the hares 6in. armour belt 11ft. 6in. broad extend-| G.Ø.M.G., Governor. To commemorate the Mr. W. C. Cowie, of the London Court of thrown at them, but without doing harm strongly in favour of the construction of a new the waste of water after it has been stored. tapering to 4iv, and 2in. forward, while aft there! Queen." Each medallion, which is about the Government would assing the company to raise when the heading will be further adjourned most useful of the series, and if only to relieve it eured, though an increase of the catchment / 105ft. of the vessel at the storm, which is diameter, is enclosed in a suitable orso bearing redeem its debentures and praseente promising J. Hays appeared for the defence: Z are tends to counteract it to a slight thickness of protective desks. The bow and in gilt letters the inscription "Hongkong, developments. Bir George Goldie advocated Extent. If the storage capacity is brought stern chasers are 9.2ia. gaas in barbettes of fin. 1902. It should be mentioned that the design the wholegate introduction of Chinese labour.

Bauteris informed that the Borneo Company up to the proper level, in good years we armour, and there are also 16 6in, quick-firers from which the medal was struck was prepared

bere by Mr. E. A. Hewett, the Hon. Secretary has applied to the British Government for a shall have engitgh to allow of the wasten 6in, armoured usaemales, besides smaller gulf of the Coronation Committee, and is after the loan or the guarantee of a loan, of half a mil. arrived st Muroran on the 28th ult. which goes on regularly; in bad years we All the vessels of this class have made enccessful design of the medal presented to the Jubilee on starling bearing interest at the rate of shall still have a deficiency. AQUARIUS trials, and are now being completed for Committee during Bir William Robinson's

three per cont. per annum. prophesies that if the rider main system is ommission.

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LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS

was required, and while about it, it should be made large-enough to take in any ressek afloat; the trade of China 2-as yet very small compared with a similar length of seaboard in Europe or America The Boston Tow Boat Co's steamor Zyader with an equally dense population behind it, and Hongkong is very far from having reached its zenith. It is therefore essential that the docking accommodation should not only keep pace but

The O. & 0, steamer Doric, with mails, &, arrived at San Francisco on the 2nd inst.