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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18гa. 1905

which Mr. PELLING, the Potticary, tells her is good for her cold." Mr. PELLING, the Potticary, had sold the ten to Mrs. Perys at a most chorious price-n crown an ounce at the very least. She had tasted the liquor one before; but then there was sugar in the infusion-a beverage only for A. S. WATSON & CO., the highest, She reflected that if tea

LIMITED,

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

the last century tea which sold for eight TELEGRAMS.

shillings in England could be procured for

fourtcon pence in Hamburg. Plic very ex-BY COURTESY OF THE JAPANESE CONGUI] ponsiveness of the article, combined with the avowed hostility of the brewers towards it, RATIFICATION OF THE PEACE

TREATY. probably only increased the eagerness" of the people to procure it.

Ar the Hongkong branch of the Royal Sanis fary Instituto lust night. Dr. Pearse, M.01 lectured on *This Atmosphere,”

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Yesterday most of the Voluntors left can after the morning drill with Marim and 15 B.L. gans. For those who remained there was

skotry practice, and in the niternoon work- with the maxins unl big guns was coonmed.

should become fashionable, it would cost as much as their claret. in house-keeping Parys, however, assured his wife that the

The Chief Justice, Sir F. T. Piggott, "is price was coming down; and be produced the brandbill of THOMAS GARWAY, in Ex-expected to return from his holiday in Japan this morning by the C.P.R stramer Afkenium. change Allay, which the lady peruseri with great satisfaction, for the worthy merchant says that although "tea in England at [ been sold in the leaf, for! six poumis au

sometimes for ten poils the pound weight," he "by continued are and in- dustry in obtaining the best tes" was now able in sell tea for 16s, to 5th_per_1b." GARWAY mentions that be not only sold LIGHT ALE. tea in the lear but "many noblemen,

"BULL DOG"

THIS ALI

ÁLE, brewed expressly for ROBART PORTER & CO., LIMED, is bottled ander a special system which enables the best. characteristics of a good English Ale to be combined with oitreae lightness of character and a practical FREEDOM FROM SEDI. MENT, result Litherto deemed unattainable. Per Care 4 doz, qts. $18 Per dor, qiz. $4.5y pts. 24

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12

splits

physicians, merchants, etc., daily, resort to his house to drink the drink thereof."

Coffee and tea came into England as twin brothers, and y-and-by there sprang up all over London the famous coffeehases. many of which have their merits enshrined in some of the best literature of the

country.

It has been mid that the history of tea froin its first introduction to England, may be read in the history of taxation. The first tus is, indeed, a curious illustration of the mode of its sale. By au act of CHARLES ps 3.0011 (1670) a duly of eighteen pense was splits 240 imposed upon every gallon of chocolate, sherbet, and tea, mado and soki, to be paid by the makers thereof," and we may inter From this that ten WALH practically unknown as a general article of diet oven of the wealthiest. This mode of taxation must have required the presence of an excise officer in every suffee-house. Though the A. S. WATSON & CO.. | aforesaid Mr. Ganwar proclaimed bust phy.

SOLE AGENTS:

LIMITED.

ALEXANDRA

BUILDINGS.

ESTABLISHED A.r. 1841.

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

should be addressed to Tux EDITOR.

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sicinus among others daily resorted to his house to drink tea, there is abundant record of fut that doctors generally denounced its use and wits railed against it; but it never- theless grew in favour. In 1688 the method of taxation was changed to a Customs duly of live shillings per pound, and this insted for half a century.

Tea was so expensive a luxury apparently that in the Tatter of 1710 it is stated on the authority of an “antiquary who has searched the registers in which the bills of Fare of the Churrare recorded." that instead of tea and bread and butter, which

bad prevailed of late years, the maids of honour in QUEEN ELIZABETH's time were allowed three rumps of beef for their breakfast" ! We have no record of the number catered for, but in charity assume Yet the number to have been large indeed. in spite of probibitory tariffs tea forced

way into

use, and when

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1745 the Government reduced the taxation to "la. per lb. and 25 per cant, on the gross price" the consumption increased by leaps and bounds. In 1745

On 14th October, at Canton, the wife of E. the home consumption was 730,720 lbs,; DATENIGHT, M.R.C.S., LEO.P., M.B., London,

the following year that figure was trebled. Mau begun to coil at the excessive use of tea which in 1748 was described as having become so common that the meanest

On 16th October, at Canton, ARCHIBALU CAKEDEL2, chief engineer, un Fuen. Acci- dentally drowned.

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The Daily Press.

HONGKONG. OCTOBER 18TH, 1905.

We gather from the London papers to hand by the last mail that Sir Henry Irving was to | comneues a 'pearinchi tour on Delaber 2nd. It was not intended to be his farewell visit to the provinces.“ Ha intanded to go on tour in

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Ameries eat year.

There is no more convincing evidence of the poverty of the people of the Philippine Islands. says Lho Cablemos, than the great luck of cattle and logs arory where uoticeable in the country. This is particularly true because of the excellent facilities which the islands afford for rearing these unitoala.

Scottish newspapers announce that the Rev John Walsun; who has been minister of Kolo

North United Free Church for ten years, is accepted an invitation to return to missionary work at Amoy, under the auspices of the Eug- List Presbyterian Church, and will shortly be Gedained at Berwick.

Yi, High

This Excellency Tong Shao Commissioner of the Imperial Chinese Mission to Thibet and India, is, with his staff, returning, Hearrived by the Fetisong yesterday on his way to Peking from Tulia. His Excellency will try to send a day or two at Canton, bin native city, but will proceed to Paking via Shanghai Ho is and Tientsin by the curliest boat. travelling privately and is not likely to stop in Hongkong at all..

Speaking at Gravesend on behalf of the Watersidlu Missions, the Bishop of Rochester said sailors were the nest type of humanity on God's earth, and that there was no man to whom

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Toxvo, 16th October, 7 p.m. The Peace Trenty of Japan and Russia was ratified by His Majesty

the Emperor of Japan as well as by the Czar of Russia on the 11th instant and information of the ratification of the Prenty was exchanged by both the Governments on the 15th instant.

The whole of the terms come into foroc from the date the information

was received.

The Japanese Government is promulgated it in the Government Gazette of the 16th instant by Imperial De rec.

"DAILY PRESS

SERVICK.

HONGKONG SANITARY--

BOARD.

A meeting of the Sanitary Board was held yesterday afternoon at the Board Room. Bon. Dr. F. Clark (presilent) provided, and there were also present: Dr. W. W. Pearse, M.O.H., Major Josling, Mr. A. Rumjaho, De Macfarlane, Mr. II. W. Slade, Mr. A. W. Brewin, Hon. Mr. W. Chatham, Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., Me. Lan Chu Fak and Mr.

G. A.Woodcock (sacretary).

CLEAN HILLS OF HEALTH.

Mr. POLLock bad given notice of his inten- tion to move the following the resolution That, in view of the small number and the

inelead of being washed into the lone; at the corners of the varandahs four inch pipes should be fixed to take all washings to the hopper heads, so that it could not splash below; a smalt surface channel should be formed along one side of the kitchen and the Alcoreloped to it. Those requirements were all that should be necessary to stop the nuisance, but, of course, it was impossible to prevent servants from wilfully throwing filth into the lane, and this prasties could only be dealt with by prosecntiou

of the offender, should be luckily bo caught.

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The PRESIDENT said there had been a lot of complaint about the refuse from those offices recently built on the Fryn front, and officers of the Sauilary Department had gone intermittent scenerance of cases of plague at

considerable amount of trouble in the close of the plagun sonson, it is desirabl5 | oudcareuring to obtain an abatemout of the that the present practice to as granting clean nuisance. Do thonglit under the cir bills of health in connection with plague cases camstances, and as the matter bni beeu should be modified. Mr. Pollock now asked discussat more or less publicly, that some of the po mission to postpone the motion motil the correspondents should be laid before the Board. next meeting of the Bourit, as he ll not got The Buaitary offers were doing their best to got the nuisance abated; letters had been together all the data and figures which ho

written to the firms whose servants wore offending in the matter ned, accompanied by would like to place before the meeting when moving such regalution.

the Sanitary Surveyor, he had paid a number of visits to the place to sen what could be done- Everything under their present powers was being done that could be done but, at the same time, he thought the mattor should be bought before the Board. He thought that if they referred the mattor to the Medical Offleor of Wealth and the Sanitary Surveyor to take such steps as they found necessary to abate the nuisance, it would serve as an sestirance to tba

Thore being no objection, a postponement wes granted.

ENSUTFICIENT LATIUNE AND URINAL

KCCOMMODATION.

With regard to the report as to insufficient THE LATE SIR HENRY IRVING. | nocommodation of this sort at Talmhatsɔi Point the M.O.Hani A.M.O.II. reported aA follows it is impossiblo to suggest a site

LONDON. 17th October. The burial of Sir Henry Irving, the famous actor, is to take place on Friday in Westminster Abbey. GERMANY'S SOUTH AFRICAN

TROUBLE.

LONDON, 17th: October, Several German successes in the operations against the Hereros in South Africa are reported.

REUTER'S JERVICE,

GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY. LONDON, 15th October.. The North Cerman Gazette, confirming Reuter's of the 14th instant, says that Great Britain's communication, which was spontaneous and confidential, was received

ho would more readily raise his silk hat mein Germany in the same loyal spirit in to the British marinar. He bad learned that which it was made the assertions of Admiral Togo was baptised at Gravesend, and Le Matis bad not given any occasion for an ho invited all the local clergy to sach their

Anglo-German diplomatic insidont, and the registers in order that the interesting event

semi-official statement was regarded in might he more prominently recorded.

Berlin as closing the matter.

SUPREME COURT.

Tuesday, 17th October,

An induential committee was formet in London to accord to Mr. Eugen Sandow a public reception on his return from the Far East A special train was chartered by the committee, to meet the stdamer at Dovor. Mr.

A largu Sandow was to relnen by this train. number of applications had been received for the reservad enclosure at Charing Cross Station, while a crowd of admirers of Mr. Sandow and BEFORE Mr. A. G. Wise (Priaxe Judge)" his work were expected to join in the popular welcome.

The growing importance of the marine service in Colo-Chion has rendered it necessary to appoint a general officer, who will exereiso his authority over all the personne! and matériel in

IK SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

CLAIM FOR GOODS SUPPLIED,

Tak Cheung Tai, truder, of No. Circular Pathway, shed Tung Tai and Cheung Hop, lately trading under the style of the Yan Wo

Chung, te recover the sum of $18.63, balance due for goods supplied.

Indo-China. The local Taukin station will Mr. R. Harding (of Mossrs. Eweusi, Harston not in fro have a supurior officer. In and Harding) appeared for the plaintiff, and accordance with this decision. Rear-Admiral | Mr. R. A. Harding represented the Tang Tai da Maroles has been nominated to the command in Indo China, and Ror-Admiral Bonus appointed commander of the division of the French squadrou in the Far East.

The Government Gazette of the Straits coù-

administered in the Colony. The Bill was andortaken in consequence of the repeatedly expressed desire of the Chamber of Commerce and the mercantile community to bars all the law in one Ordinanes framed on the model of

ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.

The quarterly mesting of the Golf Club was held at Happy Valley on the 14th to 17th instant when the folowing returns were made,

fina:

for a latrine which will not easy some persia or persons to complain, but we think that the site which would be least objectionable and, at the same time, convenient is a piea of ground near F. L.909. Wohnicealso interviewe Jthe societary

of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co. on the question of latrine accom modation in the company's ground. It appears that shortly the portion of Chater Road on the Harbour side of Macdousell Road is to he

enclosed by the company and the secretary saggests that ho will then close the entrance

Board that everything possible was boing dono.

Mr. BBEWIN--In the report I notice that soveral inadequate sinks have been placed in the verandahs. Does that mean that they have been

placed there since the erection of the builling?

The PRESIDENT. Yes.

3TY. BREWIN—And are the occupiers allowed to use these rooms as kitcheus!

The PRESIDENT--I don't knów that we have any power to prevent it; but they have to.. comply with the kitchen regulations.

to bis coolie latrine from Macdonnell Road, and

Mr. BungaHN wished to draw the Board's also the windows of the latrine opening into

|attention to paragraph 3 of the Scavenging the road, making an entrance only from the

and Conservancy bye-laws where it was stated company's prirute laud. Should this nut bo

that the occupier or landlord should make found sufficient to remove cause of complaint be

doo provision for the removal of all refuse, is prepared to do away with the latrine and

waste, etc. IIs thought the occupier of replace it by areating one ou the roof of the whole building was responsible for the the coolie quarters on M. L. 1. In this throwing of urine into the downpipe and that position it is not likely to give cause of corait was his daty to cause its removal into dust plaint as a similar structure has for a long time boats. He took it that if servants threw any excreta matter into downpipes the occupier was existed on the roof of the company's qu setera on M.L. 10 without causing annoyance to any responsible. one. In addition to this, to prɔvent the lutrinus

being a nuisance through being inadequate to meet the requirements of the coalies employed during the day by the company, the secretary is willing to erect here and there, close to the front of the company's property, several small latrives.

The PRESIDENT mored that a copy of this eport be forwarded to the Colonial Secretary for the information of His Excellency the Governor.

Mr. RumJAHN Becouted the motion, which

was carried.

A QUESTION OF LAW.

The general manager of the Electric Tram. way Co., Ld, wrate bringing under the "notic. of the Board tho want of latribe accommodation at Kennedy Towa.

The PRESIDENT-That is a matter which

man be decided by a magistrate. If it wers the wish of the Board, La M.O.H. cлak to instructed to institute a prosecution to reo

whether the magistrats held Mr. Rumjabu's view.

Mr. RUMJAHN said offences like the prosent of a case where the occupier of a top floor Ind one were the general practice hero. He know been repeatedly cautioued..

Mr. Lau CHO PAK thought it was unrenson-

able to proceed against & master for the action

of his servant. The master could never find out what his acrvont did, and ia bis presence the servant would not do anything of the kind, He did not agree with Mr. Rumjahn.

The PEFSIDENT, quite agreed with Mr.

Lau Chu Pak. There were many actione

of servants which a tenant could be hardly The M.O.H. minuted" There is already a held responsible for, and this was one of public latrine close to the junction of Queen's them. What they could do as a Sanitary Road Woat with the Prayu at Konnedy Town. Board was to require provision of downpipes I do not think there is at present any urgent and ordinary sanitary arrangements which necessity for another further wast"

would render the execeta junocuous if run into such pipes. He moved that the mattor be referred to the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Surveyor to tako ezch stops as might be necessary to abate the nuisance.

Mr. LAU CHU PAK seconded and the motion was curried.

If

Mr. Pozzock did not think it desirable that

meeting, and moved that the matter be referred to the Crown Solicitor for his opinion.

produce an acknowledgment that the money was uving the Yan Wo Choung.

On the evidence his Lordship gave judgment The motion was seconded by Mr. RUMAHN for the defendants with costa.

DES VOEUX ROAD FIRE INQUIRY.

and carried.

▲ NUISANCE AT ALEXANDRA BUILDING.

Masar. Lane, Crawford and Co., wrote to the Board complaining of a nuisance caused by the state of the lane between their building and Alexandra Building, through refuso being dumped into the lane by the different doors of Alexandra Building.

Mr. F. A. Hazeland, who had conducted the inquiry into the circumstances attending the resont tire in the Cheung Los furniture store in Des Voeux Road, yesterday gare bis judg- ment. He mid that the question which he had He was to express aa opinion whether the investigation did or did not dierlose any facte, and the only suggestion in

The MOT, who visited the lane with a

EXAMINATION OF SAMPLES. Mr. Frank Brown, Government Analyst, reported having examined amples of milk, Of twelve samples of milk only one was found adulterated, while the examination of four samples of whisky and four

LIMEWASHING.

For the fortnight ended 19th October, 4412 houses were limawashed in the Eastern and 3,705 u the Central districi.

BAT DETUEN.

. For the week onded 7th October 599 rats were caught of which 21 word found to be. infected. Of the 872 caught for the week ended

14 October, 18 were infected.

The President in a minute wrote that he considered it was the duty of the Tramway Co. Mr. R. Harding stated that all the goods in

to provide accommodation for its employees respect of which the money was claimed were

in this part, and it was not clear from the delivered to the Yan Wo Cheung, montioned in manager's letter whether he wished the the writ as having as partners Tang Tai and Government to erect the latrine or proposed HONGKONG OFFICE: JA, DES Verz ROAD CL. families, even of labouring people, particu fains the draft of a bill to cousafilate the law Cheung Hok. In the middle of the present that the company should erect it.

larly in boroughs, make their morning relating to merchant shipping, a consolidation Chinese year the Ynu, Wo Cheung closed and the Tramway Company was an industrin the Tung Tai sprang up in its place. It was establishment,” section 163 would require them meal of it, and thereby, wholly disuse the which has long been desirable. The draft with ale, which heretofore was their accustomed summaries, etc., fills not for short of 200 pages of practically the same firm, and he would prove to erect the latrine to the satisfaction of the whisky and rum.

to his Lordship through a partner that the Board. drink; and the same drug supplies all the the Guzotte. It is stateil that the whole object. Tung Tai tool over the business of the You Wo labouring women with their afternoon's of the Consolidation Ordinance is to provide a

manual of the law of merchant shipping as Cheung, also its assets and liabilities. He could this question of law should be discussed at the of ram proved that all were genuins. entertainments to the exclusion of the The British people have long been regarded toppenny." Notwithstanding the ridicule of the wits, and the prejudices of those who us the greatest tea-drinkers in Europe, but until the Board of Trade published its urged that the populer use of tea would rinu agriculture by diminishing the demand memorandum which we briefly summarized

for mult liquors, a view taken by various the Merchant Shipping Act 1894. in our issue of yesterday, few of us can administrations in the eighteenth century, have imagined our ters consumption in

wins accordingly adopted as a policy the the United Kingdom to he so enormously.

fiscal folly of prohibition-the tea-drinking greater than the consumption in any other habit had become so rooted in the people that country of Europe. We have it, however, no efforts of the government could destroy officially set down that in the United Kingit. When the excise duty was repeated in dow over Gibs. of tea per head of the popu. 1834, and retail prices were brought down lation are consumil yearly and that there is to a figure within the

wenus of the no other country in Europe, with the general populace the consumption increased exception of Holland, where the causump-remarkably. In 1838 the consumption of tion exceeds 1. por boad. In view often in the United Kingdom was ten million what the memorandum tells us of the compounds more than it was sixteen years sumption of tea and the decline which has before. In the next fifteen years, bringing taken place in the cost of it to the con- us down to 1848, the nation was consuming summer, it is very interesting to glance hack seventeen millions more than in 1833, the over the history of tea in England. One total amount retained for home cousump. of the earliest recorded instances of tea-tion in 1848 being 48,735,701 lbs. When it Arisking to England probably is to be is stated that the consumption in the United found in the eternally interesting "Diary Kingdom is now over 250 million pounds a of SAMUEL PEPYS. In 1660, Praya wrote: year, it simply shows what "hardened and "I did send for a cup of tea (a Chins drink) shameless tea-drinkers" the English people of which I never had drank before," but it have become. It is an interesting specula. was not uncil seven years later apparentlytinu whether the fact of the extraordinary that "the herb" found its way to his own popularity of tea in England is not traceable house. At all events it is recorded in the to the probibitive taxation placed upon it. in year 1667 in these terms: "Home, and its early days. Even in the early part of there find my wife making of tea: 2 drink!

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Mr. W. J. Saunders swept the board with a fine net return of 73.

MOZWED CUP. Mr. W. J. Saunders Mr. W. D. Kraft... Mr. C. M. G. Burzie Mr. A. B. Rouse

86-1373 876 77 + 1 991 MARTIN CUP AND BOGEY.

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Mr. T. 8. Forrest

Dr. W. L. Martin

Mr. C. M. G. Buraje Mr. C. E. H. Beavis

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to try was ander section 5.

Mr. BoмJAHN minuted-"The practice of emptying arizals into down pipes has become Sanitary Inspector, reported that he found general among servants in large blocks of every justification for Mosers. Lane, Crawford bailings cansing a great annoyance and & Co's complaint, the nuisance being caused nuisance to the stores below. This should bo

the following waysThe servants rigidly stopped."

Mr. H. E. POLLOCK, K,C., agrond with Mr. Brojaho

in which there could have been any evidence sweep all the dirt and rubbish from the was the suggestion that the place had teen verandahs of their quarter into the lane understocked. On that point the evidence below. Several absolutely inadequate sinks Mr. Lau CHU PAK was also of the ame way so conflicting that he was not prepared, had been placed in the verandaus with small epision. But whero was the urine to be taken to? down sitting there as a juryman to say that the connecting pipes leading into a dowa pipe with The people living in the houses were not allowed down place was understacked. That boing so, he hopper loads below each verandah lovef, and 1 down found that the investigation did not disclose when the sinks are used the water splashes over the drains. A place should be provided for its to carry pots downstairs and empty them into any facts and therefore he would order the

the verandabs into the lane balow, and the inquiry to be closed and the premises to be 83 77 78 released if they were not already released.

Inspecter Warsock stated that they had been 14 85

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conduct. Mr. Plowden, the well-known wit of In the case of a man charged with disorderly. the London magisterial bauch, asked the policeman if the prisoner was drunk at to. The constable was ramarking that he

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really could not eraecisuti.usly say that." when Mr. Plowd n interrupted him with, “Oh, don't, for any enko, do hurt to your conscience. Most of us haven't got ole. When you hara one, treat it tenderly.".

Mr. Harding (for the owner of the Cheung LeopAnd the books to be returned,

Mr. Rochu; on behalf of the Insurance Companies, objected.

Mr. Harding replied that there was no power to detain them.

His Worship said the books were not in the custody of the police.

This concluded the proceedings.

hopper hosts are not adequately connected with the verandahs. Several of the rooms are used. as kitchens-by the servants and the food refuse washed over the floors into the lane. He therefore recommended the following stops to abate. the nuisance: The pressut open. work railings should be replaced by solid stractures so that no refuse could be washed through to the line the sinks on the vorandabs should be removed to within the kitchons: the hopper heads should be connected to the verandahs, so that waskings from the kitchens would be carried into the

reception in every house.

The PRESIDENT, in a minute, said the trouble was to catch the offender. When he was caught in Nagrante delicte be could be prosecuted. The Saaltary Surveyors required the owners to provide a trap.connecting to the drains, and this was being done.

Three novel tests for drunkenness, ware described by a prisoner at the Mansion House yesterday. He was compelled to walk a line on floor, read from a nowapaper, and stand on one fit with the ball of the other foot resting on the calf of the leg.