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chattels disinfected. They dread the visite of the Banitary inspectors worse than tho plague. Why is this? It is the result partly, it is to be feared, of roughness and want of consideration on the part of the

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY öri, 1933

"The following appointment has been made at the Admiralty-Staff-Paymaster A. Wilson, to the Tamas, to dato April 2,

Tho. Kowshing case has been settled. The amount paid by the Chinese Government in stated

À. S. WATSON & CO., coalies employed in the disinfecting work, to be £33,000, which represents about the sum

LIMITED..

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

and partly to the Oriental dislike of having their privacy invaded. Yet what is to be done? The disinfection of premises can not be conducted without turning things awry and possibly causing soms incon venience and occasionally a certain amount of loss. It is, we are sure, the desire of the Sanitary Anthorities to carry out this Per dos. Pox bot. cleansing, deodorising, and purifying work

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1941.

SHERRY,

B. SUPERIOR FALE DRY, Dinner Wine, Green Seal Capule

...812.00 $1.00

C. MANZANILLA, PALE NATURAL SHERRY, White Capsule

CC. SUPERIOR OLD DRY, PALE NATURAL SHERRY, Rand Heal Capsule

13.50

16.00

D. VERY SUPERIOR OLD PALE DRY, Choice Old Wine, White ScalCapsule 14.00

1.20

1.4 i

1.50

with all possible expedition and with every regard for the rights of individuals and for the sanctity of property. But, as we have said, it is aut possible to disinfect without giving some annoyance and trouble.

of the original claim, which, however, had grown nearly double by interest.

Ous of the largest ordem for North Conatry coal ever giren was reported on the Newcastle Exchange ou 1st ult, the Russian Admiralty requiring 110,000 tons of Northumberland steam coal for naval purposes.

The London papers announce that a marriage has been arranged, and will shortly take place, between Captain J. B. Arbatkant, Scots Guards, eldest son of Colonel George Arbuthnot of Nartan Court, overstershire, and Oiire nly daughter of Sir Henry Blato, G.C.M G., Governor of Hongkoug, and of Lady Illako.

five dollars.

3. William Stauton, formerly elief inspec-

The question that semains, therefore, in whether the weat of the community or the A slight outbreak of fire cecureed about prejudice of a section thereof is to be allowed midnight on Monday in a house at 119, Queen's to tave priority. We unhesitatingly say Rod West. It was discovered in time and that the greatest good of the greatestxtinguished by the inmates and police. I be number is to be sought before pandering not requires. The dange muonated to only Fire Brigade turucunt, but their sárgies were

to race prvjuice or class ignorance. It is the bounden duty of the Government to pol a stop to the dumping of dead bodies in the streets or public plass, and it will be riminally responsible if it fails to do so, It is ille to say that the laak is beyond Ele 2.25 powers possessed by the Government. To B, C, & CC are excellent Dinner Wines,nake such a plea would be to golemnly D and E are After-Dinner Wines of aadmit its own grievous and shameful in

capacity. It is absolutely monstrous fo very fine Vintage. - GUARANTEED SUPERIOR XERES suppose that my Administration possessing

WINES.

E. EXTRASUPERIOROLD

PALE DRY, Very Finest

Quality full boitle]), Black Seal Capsule

27.00

G. SANDEMAN, Sons & Co., of London, Oporto and Xeres:--

LIGHT DRY

SOLERA ...

5.4 {} ]

VERY PALE DRY

24.00

FELL GOLDEN

PALE DAY NUTTY FINE OLD BROWN

MADEIRA,

Per dox Per besti $16.50 $1.40 2.60 2.00

27.4 9.

30.000 2.50 40,00 3.50

ter of the Hongkong sinative fores, road an |intarusting papar at the Liskeard (Cornwall) Literary Institution last month on the Taiping rebellion. The lecture, which was illustrated by means of forty lantern views, gave a vory vivid and cumplets account of the rebellion, and at the close a vote of thanks was awarded to

Mr. Stanton.

TELEGRAMS.

REUTER'S SERVICE.

THE KING IN PARIS.

I-ORDON, 3rd May,

starving, will be to sell cheap rice within Kwei-|HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER

OF COMMERCE.

shen itself. It was recoruriendid that the prica should be 10 cents a picul more than the cost- The additional 10 cents a pioul would pay for mitteo of the Hongkong General Chamber of

At a monthly meeting of the General Com incidental expenses, while the reconversion of

Commerce held in the Chamber Room, City rice sold into money would ensure the con Hall, on Wednesday, 15th April. 1903, at 339 tinasaco of the supply and thereby compel the The King's reply to the address from the local rice-shops to reduce their prices. I think. Present:-Mr. E. A. Howatt (Vice- Chairman) Hon, O. W, Dickson, Messrs, D. R. Britieb Chamber of Commerce was unusually that this recommendation is worth wareful Law, C. Nicholau, N. A. Biebs, J. K. M. Smith,

consideration, The rice would be sold only H. E. Tomkins, R. C. Wilcox, A. G. Woo warm and is regarded as extremely important. in Kweishen, where the country people could Hon. E. Sherau (or officio) and A. ft. Love, His Majesty said: "Providlenes has designed come and made their purchases, in order that its France to be, our dear neighbour and I hope sale only to the rolly indigent may be insured. elrayn our dear fricad; all misunderstandings Europeans: and if Your Excellency approves 24th March were read and confirmed.

The minutes of the last Mating bekl on the and differences of the past are now happily of the suggestion in my letter of the 28th inst.

NAW AEMBERS OF COMMITTEE, removed and forgotten, and I trust that the

an umpassed cadet might be appointed to co-

The VICE-CHAIRMAN said he felt suru tlist friendship and admiration we all fuel for the operate with a missionary in the administration in welooming Metire, D. B. Law Fronel and their glorious traditions may

of the supply. In Kwelshen, as at Ta'sm-eban, Wood who bad accepted seats on the Counittes since the lust meeting, he was voicing the develop into a sentimal of the warmest affo c- tion and attachment."

THE GERMAN EMPEROR AND THE POPE,

LONDON, 3rd May. Tho Kaiser has paid's visit to the Pope in

tale.

PAMINE IN KWANGSI.

His Excellency the Governor has received the following Report from Mr. Clementi, dated Hi voi hon hang. April 8th

The control should, I think, vest in two

Cantonese in the local dialect,

From Ts'am-chau to Kweishen thore travelled

Secretary,

MINUTES.

NEW MEMBERS.

with me two representatives of the Kwong Yan wishes of the rest of the Committee.

Charitable Society at Canton who

The SECRETARY reported that since the last had, like myself, been sent to report on the mosting Mr. Ferd Borneman bat been elected famine for the relief of which subscription has to numbership, subject to the usual confirmation been organized by the officials and gentry at at the next nunnal general meeting: Canton, the Fío Tui named Toog (T) Mr. H. E. POLLOCK, K.C., was also elected

making a large contribution. On my return to membership on the sau torins. to Canton I will ascertain and report the COLL SIONS BETWEEN JUNKS AND STEAMERY. details of this attempt to relieve the Kwong The following letter was read Bui famine: but in the meantime it will

Colonial Secretary's Ofke, to easy for Your Excellency to obtain

March 23rd, 19 kl. through the Tung Wi Hospital a copy Sir,-Advorting to Mr. Wilcox's louter of thes of any report made by the representatives of the (25th April, 1902, and the Acting Calonis Kwong Yan Shin Tong, who rotura to Cauton Sucretary's reply No. 995 of 7th May last, Ina's to-morrow, togather with, the details of any directed to refer you to Ordinance N«.99 £ scheme of relief formulated as the result of such 1992. the provisions of which it is lined wil report.

I have arranged with the District tend to prevent allitions between Jucks and Magistaate of Kweishen, that any money con- Steamers, and to state that as at present tributed by the Cantonres merchants shall be odvised this Government is not prepared to ast mued in other famine centres than those set on the suggestion contained in the lat apart for the Hongkong fund, and in any cases paragraph of your letter under referase I there is little fear that too much will be con- have, etc. tributed considering the enormous area of distress.

I

The SECRETART,

F. II. May. Colonial Secretary.

Hongkong General Chamber of Commercs," The VICE-CHAIRMAN said that the new from this Chazabei practically pintud jasks and Ordinance brought ia to meet representations

as far as that went it was a great improvenient,

YOUR EXCELLECY-I left Tw'onchao Fu by launch at 7.15 am on the 27th inst., su arrived in Kristen shortly 4 pm. on

aiter Magistrate Chen King Wa received

same day. The District me with the greatint coneway and during my stay here I am living in his Yamên, The Magistrate isau caergetic man, 4 years of age, s native Nary and Army thinks the Shanghai Volan- all the powers of a laurentaracy cannot, Leers should be very satisfied to bare acquired of Hingshan, throughly familiar with Hong when it chooses, put an tairo stop to this neh an experienced and able commandant as

kong and Macao. He has studied Western aciones aud methods of government with the The following Wines, bottled in Europe, most dangerous and rockless practer by Brevat Major W. M. Watson of the Wort.

result that he combines an enlightened effort have been specially saferteil, and provired which the health sud lives of the coa- [Riding Regiment, Major Watson was for

However, In view of the fact that the Cantonese fran the celebrated firms of Messrs. Geo,munity are endangered and the trudofmerly in the Chines Regiment at Weihaiwai, at improvement with patriotie devotion to bis

country, The Magistrato tells us that be representatives have turned back at Kweishen, the port adjected to an annual loss and was mentioned in despatches for his share aointing to an enormous sum.

If the in the China expolition of 193). He previouslyquently walks on foot through his district bave decided to push on as far as Nauning, al- city, visiting the shop and talking with the though the country is in a disturbed condition. Police Force 52 ፖር really incapable of a service in the operations in Matabelelo

people under his administration: and this The Kweishen magistrato assures me that he is dealing with this grave offence against in 1893-94.

aflernen ho walked with me to see the prin- prepared to guarantee the safety of Hongkong ships on the high on un equality before tho the law and sanitary regulations, then As the passager rates upon the Siberian ripal places of interest in Kweishen. Any Tico transported up the river and will forward court as regards lights in colision caus, DJ further pesistance shutid he invoked, Railway or very low, the cost of a third-class paitioner is admitted directly to presence of it under such escort us will prevent any possibility it was pointed out in the discnsejosa shith the Magistrate as would be the case in Hong-of its seizure by pirates or robbers, Morenver, followed that the overnment declined wo ail if these

Ticket from: Hamburg to Shanghni by tho measures also fail to pat

kong. Moreover the Magistrate has at last both the Governor and tho Kweisbea Magistrato protect owners of steamers by making a reuma Siberian and Eastern China Railways, inclusive stop dumping of the deusi,

of food during the jonenery, iwing little over

succeeded in practically clearing his district of declare that the distress in Nanning is most able time limit fist the occurreres of an then such ladies found ownerless au£14, while from Humbarg to Shanghai by robber-buds. The Magistrate in person leads acate. I am therefore leaving to-morrow on accident, subsequent to which it would not le

milentifed should be cremated. There

water costs £l, the great differenca has led are, we know, serious objections, to the the German Government to decide to sond exceation of some 20-robbers, but characters horseback in order to inspect the country as I possible to commence any action for damages

go, and will report by telegram. have found it advisable to move claowhere, In this first soldiges serving in the Far East, and who,

The harvest in Kweiskon district promises place there is no crematorium in the Colony, ¦retary' to Germany wither on furlough or on

But the result of robber-warfare, drought well: the weather in favourabla: seasonable rain and the process is expensive. But neither jedes have, by way of the Sihina Radway, and flood is now apparent is the direct destituh

tion. In the company of the gentry I visited A.S WATSON & CO. difficult or expence must be allowed to

A Berliu telegram the Octasiatische Lloyd

the village

this morning stund in the way of preventing this method says. The Russian Telegraph Agency pab

where I found the people living on grass, tree- LIMITED.

of spreading the plugin. Nor must sen-

ishes a strong deomti, stating that whateverbeves and the so-called woodon potatoe" of timental considerations for the prejudices hus hon said in English and Japanese papers

which enclose a sample. Even those who of the Chinese be suffered to intervene. It about now demands of Russia with regard to

Manchuru is nirge.

have a little rice or

(also called The Agency announces — is not proposed to cremate any bolies but

these dumped and unclaimed, and ample gin that the evacuation of Manchuria by

mix it whh cooled tree-leaves in oner to increase the quantity. Boys, girl-and notice could be given of the intention of the

women are sold daily at the river side. I Government to adopt the course, No 1.hu

attended such a sale this afternoon and saw

they were pigs come to market. Some are so thin sad starved that no one will purchase them. The Magistrate informs me that at first he saw tha naless the children were sold he wished to prokizil the sale, but that when

JOOD

FINE

Perden. Per hot $16.50 1.40 27.08 2.25

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

The Daily Press.

31

TUNUKONG OFFICE: 1-9, DESVœux ROAD CI,

cremation of these bodies..

d

his tronps to the fght; and as the result of the

LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STRERT, B. Persons camiting the offence would incur Powers, in this questien, they are, moreover, of habies and children hurdled and felt as though

Ifonokoze, 6th May. 196.

ARE we to have the plague, like the poor, always with us? Every year, as it comes wand, brings this dreaded visitant, which appears first in a sporadic then in epilenic

the responsibility with their eyes open, and uo hardship would be inflicted. We trust 'there is not a single person to be found in

Hongkong who would be prepared to place the prejudices of law beakers before the

common good,

Russia is being carried out. The Timemtions Japan to be calm, The Washington Govern. mant declines to take part in joint steps of the

the same opinion as tiernany, viz. that Man- ¦churin has politically gone to Eussia.”

Shortly before, the beginning of the Easter

Holidays the German Government brought in motion in the Imperial Parliament to the effect that the time of service of sach German post and telegraph officers who are employed in

bath children and parents must starve he changed his mind and allowed the sale to contiuxe. The gentry Patimate that somƏ

fallen and oratiover to fall. It is probable that relief will only be required until the next rice harvest at the end of July.

I am,

nor had they met the request of the Chamber that the junk fwier should faruish security. for the defendant teamslup owner's boss unles able to prove that he was a resident iu tau... Colony and possessed of property within the jurisdiction of the Court.

The Committee decided to record dissatis Your Excellency's obedient servouf, faction with the decision of the Government, C. CLEMENTL and it was agreed to task, the Government to P.S--I have this day sout the following reconsider the mater with low, to patting a teogram to Your Excelleney After consul stop to the numerous speculative actions for ting District Magistrate and gentry recommend excessive collision damages against Heswer! free distribution daily in tan contrer Kreisben brought by owner of old or worn-out junks în district of gruel made from

otherwise the hope that the steamship owner night be induced to make. some offer to settle the case known as 雿 *This food is more

before going to trist accustomed to it: price is considerably loss. satisfying than rice genel and the people are

Estimate total amount of required

A lottoe was roud dated 20th March from the at 400 piculs weekly. Relief -comsary till

Colonial Spcretary informing the Chamber that next harvest end July, Recommend slac sale within Kweishen elty of cheap rice of 10 couts a telegram had been received from the Gover spionlabore cost price for the relief of those munt of Burms stating that Hongkong bad

been declared to be infected. not actually starving but unable to purchase

QUARANTINE DECLARED AGAINST

HONGLONG BY HURMA.

form. Since its first at break in epidemic Ws publisir to-day another letter which East Asia, outside the Kitchen Settlement, 1 10,600 children (boys and girls alike) have at famine prices. The additional tea conts. form no year has been free from the pest, His Excellency the GOVERNOR has received shall in the matter of prouation or prasiou already been sold and that eight wires out of will cover incidental expenses and the recourer of rovising the prosent rules and brews led

Other places which have suffered from its nwages have suice enjoyed some immunity; Hongkong and Canton seem destined to

cases is apparently as high as ever, and the

from Mr. C.MENTI. This communication shows in even a more striking manner than the last the terrible chracter of the distress

If a

years in China these 10 years in view of the love order will count is 20 years,

1

THE PLAGUE RETURNS.

NEW RULE AND REGULATIONS. The Vice-Chairman said that the question be counted donble, such as is the case with the

sion of the rice into money will prolong the been before the Committee for some tians and German officers who is employed in Kiaschanmry tea in this district have also ban sold,

With a view to the all-viation of this period of relief. Advise that poistral control the late Chairman, Mr. C. 8. sharp, le given. and other over-wa German territorios.

distress the Magistrala and the gentry are

be placed in hands he annually afflictal with it. Even Pak-prevailing over an enormous area of the German post or telegraph offer thus kas served making free distribution of genel made from resident in Kweishen.

of two Englishmen much time to the matter. The present rules Bnggest co-operation some of which are out of date, had been in farci in variona centres (1) Within Kwei- for this purpose of ous anpassed calet and one the table were the result of the work of the since 1874, and the new regulations new laid on bui, which was the first port in Kwangiang province. The statements that women and to suffer from plagte, which is believed to chibles have been sold like cattle in order

stan itself daily distribution is made to upwards missionary. Will telegraph name of missionary Sub-Committe formed at the last monthly have been introduced there from Yunnan, to lusure that they shall be provided with

In the Canadian Parliament recently Sie

of 2 (90) sone in the temple of Coufu ius. The later, Mounwhite forward to care of mosting. Raiss last alan hean drive up fur is clear of it this year

In this British jud, are verified by Mr. CLEMENTI, who Wilfrid Lan:ler introduced a Bill to increase

District Magistrate weal with me this afternoon fee at Ts'am-chau for transmission to Kweisheni regulating the procedure ut General Meetings to attend such a distribution which lasted from as soon as Europeau can take charge. Hare called for the purpose of electing a represents Colony, where a Sanitary Bound watches personally witnessed a public sale at the poll-lax ea Chinese immigrants from $100

pm top. But when the gra I was all highest opinion of Kwoishon District Magistrato live of the Chamber in the Legislative Concil. over the health of the place, and all the Kweishes, and he adds the remark that to São This is tantamount to prohibition, aed up there still remained over 100 persons distributing relief at several cautres. Letter by Regulations, subject to a few minor alterations, who will give all assistance and is already After some discussion the new tales and resources of medical science are available, the gentry estimate that some tea thousand The Prime Minister said that the question of

Wahn which were agraal to, were ordered to be the plague is rampant every year, and all children (boys and girls alike) have already Immigration of Japanese into Canada had been he had to be tarued away empty. (2) At post. Proceed Nanning to-morrow.

settled by Japau prohibiting immigration to distribution & made daily to upwards produces is can probably also be printed and circulated to all the Menbors at least 10 days prior to the annual maling to the efforts put forth to arrest its spread and been sold and that eight wives out of

Chauls. As to the ice of Japan revoking of 1,000 persons: At where the bought at Lantau ar Hongkong

allow the Meubers at that meeting the mitigate its virulener alike scem hopeless every ten in the district have also been this order, Sir W. Laurier said "We have distress is terrible, to upwards of 2,000 persons,

opportunity of adopting them as provided by. and useless. The percentage of deaths to

sold. A further telegrams, we understand, assurances, through the Japanese Consni, tha 4 At to more than 1,100 persons:

Rule 18.

SCALM OF COMMISSION AND BROKERAGE. has be received reporting that acute there is not the slightest lutation on the part and at which I visited this

The VICE-CHAIR SAN said the revision of the The return showing the number of cases of scale which had been in fores since 187 had distress prevails at Wongsun, near Nanning, of the Japanese Government to revoke its pre-morning, to 1,000 persons. The relief is communicable diseases notified as securring in been engaging the attention of the Contitus where 60,000 people are starving. It is sent order." This settles the question of Chinese roughly estimated that at least 10,000 picats and Japanese Immigration as far as Canada is uittedly insufficient to meet the demand: the Colony during the week ended May 2nd during the past toal

bat the district is impoverished and money is show 95 cases of plogus (1 Jew, 1 Indian and Certain alterations were made and the revised concerned. of rice or maize will be needed between

scarce. Here also tae pawnshops are closed. 93 Chinese). 3 of these cases were fatal, scale ordered to be printed and cireubted for now and the end of July, if the distress

the information of the Members in order that After comentation with the gentry and the A. Vienna telegram advises that arrangements

Since then, viz., for the two days ended at it may be confirmed at the forthcoming genera is to be alleviated. What the Hongkong are being made by powerful financial and District Mavistrate, I have concluded that the noon on Monday, 45 now eases have been noti- meeting. Committee will do towards supplying it, will, commercial interests for the establishment of un. best method of relieving those actually starvingfied. No fower than 18 of these case wore. of course, be regulated by the amount of Austro-Chinese Bank with capital of will be free distribution of grusi (chak) modo | dumped in the streets.

A letter was read from a member of the the subscriptions received. Up to the 24,000,000 kronen (say £1,000,000 sterling).frou at 10 centres in this district At Only fire cases of plague, all fatal, wero notif. Chamber requesting the Committee to agitate present the Committee have sent three The Government is supporting the project. fint I suggested rice-gruel, but the gentry and ed during the 24 hours ended on yesterday. against the manner in which the sharbrokers and it is expected that it will either grant a the Magistrate agreed in declaring that of cases notified since the bogizing the year

Two of them were dumpel Jhe total number, or the Colony charge both the bayer and the shipments, each of 150 piculs of rice, and enbsidy or guaranton the payseat of interest was far more sustaining. I find also that as brought up to 491.

Ja the dis. seller of shares with brokerage. enesion following, the legality of the double propose to continue regular shipments to on the capital. which is to be subscribed by peopleare acestomed to it and that in good years

charge was questioned and it was posted onl Austrian fiosaciers at home and Austrian Kavished exports large quantities of *

that a broker cannot act for both parth parties ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB impartially, merchants in China, while it is also thought for consumption' elsewhere. It is also, I under- Ân Ámoj telegram: states that plague is possible that some Chinese capital may be stand, considerably slapar than ries and con- obtained. The object of the bank, tho obief sequently more can be supplied. Wahu on the

CAFT-IN'S. OUF AND SILVER MEDAL FOR epidemic there.

The following cards were returned - office of which will probably be at Tient in with augte is the port from which meet Dr. W. T. Martin....

8 == 80 branches at Peking and other portes is China, is is exported: but it comes also from Tongking Mr. A. J. Williams. The returns of the number of cases of com-

1580 Capt. H. Crichton,,. wunicable disease other than plagas, notified in to develop Austrian trade in the East, which is and no doubt can be purchased at a reasonable Mr. E. J. Grist

16 == 81

81 the Colony last week show two cases of cholera said to be greatly restricted owing to the lack price in Canton. The 10 centres agreed upon Mr. &. B. Lomon...

returns show that though so for the season has proved fairly healthy and seasonable, the number of cases is more or less stendily advancing. Why is this?

Is it all in vain that we have notred and trapped the drains, used disinfectants lavishly, whitewashed and cleansel tenements periodically, close) insanitary dwelling-houses, and waged, constant war against filth gesorally? It would indeed seein au. The returns for the

forty-eight hours commencing at noon on Satur lay and ending at noon on Monday

showed that there were 44 cases, of which 18 were dumped?

Does the last figure throw any light upon the subject P We think it dose. The practice followed by the Chinese of dumping the bodies of those who have died of plague in the streets is #n- doubtedly the cause of infection.

the extent the Fund permits.

B8

95

97

A.

The

of the Hospitals:

W. Donglas Graham

Hon. R. Showan

$13 10

(1 European and 1 Chinose), 1 European case of of proper banking and financial facilities. are (1) Kweishen itself (2) HD.... practice is resorted to for the double pur-diphtheria and one Chinese case of enteric forer. As the L. and C. Express remark, it will,

橘城(4)木格5羅日 Lt. D.C. H.Dairymple.. pose of getting rid of a serious trouble in

apparently, not be long before, every burying the deceased and of subjecting the The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorisi nationality having treaties with China will be (7) 107#!Mr. J. C. Gmy house in which he died, and which hand and Nethersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge represented by a financial institution. (6)大墙:30) 山西: The mesewy

with thanks the following donations to the funds

tobe doled out is cue quart of gruel ; and the amount of required for this purpose at each centre is estimated at 700 catties daily,

Mr.

98 12

Mr. C. E. H. Beavis

35 entries.

FOOL

A WELCOME ANNOUNCEMENT.

Hon. W. Chatham, the Water Authority, a total of 490 picule weekly.

-10

become infected, to proper disinfection by the Sanitary Authorities. The latter is, of course, the chief reason. The Chinese care little or nothing for the risks of infection compared to the inconvenience and trouble of having their homes and

W. J. Urchatt

W. J. Wright.

C. Abdals & Co.

H. C. Gotla

annomoes that on and offer to-morrow #

constant supply of water will be farand on in the gentry that a mithod of helping those who It was also suggested by the Magistrale and

the public mains.

are in great distream, although not sofnally

Dr. W. L. Martin... Kr. 4. J. Wulfams NE. E. Deacon.. Mr. B. J

Grist

Lt. D.0. H. Dalrymple Mr. T. C. Gmy Mr. C. E. H. Bearin

KNO

BOKERAGE OF STOCKS AND SHANS.

The following resolution was unanimously MAY,passed

"That the Committee of this Chamber depre cates the castoma of stock and share brokera taking commission from both the buyer and seller of shares and that the Stockbrokers As ciation of Hongkong be asked to arrange for brokerage to becharged to the seller only." It was further agreed that a letter to the above efect be sent to the Secretary of the Stockbrokers' Association.

DATE OF ANNUAL MEETING. The VICE HAIman stated that through the lelay in printing the great mass of matter required for the suunal report and the recent holidays it would not be possible to hold the sunual meeting netil next month and tast another Camwaitton Meeting would be called shortly to consider the report and the Chair. man's speech, which he would draw up for approval if so desired,

Whis was agreed to nem, epn. The mosting ther terminated.

SUPRE

IN ORIGI BEFORE HIS E BERKELEY (A)

The bearing we which the Nau Loo Steamship Compa with the alleged th defendants' stevans) Mr. E. H. Sharp barrister-at-law (in) Helt of Merera solleitors, are for t Pollock, K. C.; and barristers-at-law (id

of Messrs. Diacon

the defendants..

The special ju

T W. Belles A

A. Turner, G. Maye

man, Mr. Hooper." Mr. Sharp, K.C plaintiff, was not i continued attack of

David Auderson

was the first witres Morgan I billipe, H to the Parla belong; 19th September Zajtro which was t about to proceed to About 11 o'clock carrying a box; abi him. The other m

butter dressed Chif with him, send the box to Me second mate. Wit the drawer and he down to the attor two Chinament, one

He

be took out was f

Ho oponed the do

box put it down

roon. Witness 1

they were broken,

the Clisman to p -the second officer s got all that move? second ‹fficer was

of the box, whe notes. The sco Witnes tried second officer tri key of tho stro locked it in od the drawer in between 4guil IF of the strong-reon gave him the key. key back from the before. The ship afternoon.

Bo

koy of the stron and the key of trousers pocket on he turned in, his t The strong-rcom They arrived at anchored about 3. for the key of t mails out. He g the small drawer

mate about 10. m latter gave him th of the dmver. came with a deli gare the second room and followe

way down be,

reported the box the strong-room did not find the

lighters alongsid purpose. Is sez

the master, Theve saloon deck to të man, who carried did not seem to carrying it down

By the Court opa carries a chil

Examination & 'tween dock were whether or not t steadied himself

Cross-szamino

no cibing on th carried on the '

on the "tween de

in the strong rop

docks was cattlez from the shore,

decks putting th

ald bot go to Me the cattle wore

of the crew.

36th, some of

box was disco cattle began bet

man carns att 11.30.

Befor ahip for the s the strong res with; it had not

the strong roo look of the dra

signs of kaving notraes of waz

with the mails were put into t

The floor of the

silk. There wa still there wher

ed. Only the loss of the bor

box was brang