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FRUITS OF THE COMMISSION.

THE CHARGES AGAINST INSPECTOR

J. J W. MIDLEY.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30TH, 1906.

carried on business at Queen's Road West and Boubam Strand West. When these notices of intention to inspect the ground surfaces were served on the Yuan Fat people they became rather excited and annoyed, and if there was one thing a Chinaman disliked more than another it was to bare bis ahop turned out and the

Bo warrant would be required, to make a surface examination.

SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY COMPANY.

CONDITIONS IMPOSED UPON THE CORPORATION.

The hearing of the charges of bribery pro- ferred against Inspector Hubert J. W. Gidley of the Sanitary Department was squtinned before Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz at the Police Court ground surfaces taken up and rolaid. Then of No. 3 Queen's Road West was sub-let. The | The instructions are signed by the Ministors

yesterday afternoon. The charges were that the defendant did on November th. 1905, unlawfully accept from Chuk Hok-king a bribe of $250 with a view to influence bis conduct an

such public servant in relation to an inspection of the ground surfaces of 136 to 148 Queen's Boad West, Non, 3 and 5 Quien's Itoad West

and No. 8 and 10 Bonham Etrund West; that on December 291, 1995, the defendant did accept a bribe of 850 with reference to the ground sarfares of No. 177 Winglok Street. and No. 13 Bonban: Strand West.

Mr. F. R. L. Bowley, Grown Solicitor. proscented, and Mr. C. D. Wilk-nson (of

Chung Yau-shak, declared, said he was chief accountant of the Yuen Fat hong, which'ürm occupied Nos. 3 and 10 Benham Strand and Nos. and 5 Queen's Road West, which houses communicated with sach other. The front part

Yuon Fat also used Nos. 30 Boalam Strand and 177 Winglok Strest as a godown. The Yuen Fat hong had been established for oarly fifty years, and the present master was named Ke Kai-shun, who was also the owner of Nos. 6 to 148 Queen's Road West. Witness kept accounts for the master in respect of these

The following are the instructions issued by the Government to the Promoting Committee of the South Manchuria, Railway Company, for Communications, Finance, and Foreign Affairs:

came the broker asking them to go to Lik Kop

They sent to him and told him the zations but

been bor ved (he was alrendy aware of the fact that they were going 10 E served), and would tell his

following terms are imposed lau Worship he went to 40 the defendant in his quarters, had conversation with him, and asked him if he could not pass the doors for the Yura houses, if a payionet was made in counertion compliance with the prod on December

I made

Fat hong. Defendant said he would do it if he thewith he would entor is ander thennus Sing received $25 for each house, there were eleven Kes, one of his mastor's names. beuses altogether. Defendant arranged with Pryment of $250 last year which was entered Lik Kes to go and see the houses on the followin his book. The money was paid on November ing day, and an November 6th, 1995, the. Yuenith, so that the firm, would not have to repair Fat long sout $250 to Lik Kre's skap. It was

Mr. Wilkinson objected to this statement,

certain comerating.

The Committee being entrusted with the management of alt affairs relating to the for mation of the South Manchuria Railway, the Artiels I. The company shall carry on rail. way truffle on the lines specified below, in cof ushered to the Japan China Treaty 22nd, 1905, in regard to Manchuria:

btroun laine and Changeling. Nankwaning and Port Arthur, Tafeushing chwang). Yentai and the Yontai colliery. and Linssin, Tashichao and Yingkou (New Suchainn and Puchun and Mukden and Autung. Article If. The railway lines enumerated in the preceding Article shall be reconstructed years. fan

the date of which the bariness of the company is opened.

The line shall be made double on the setiou holwoop Tairon and Snehatan on the line

Memes. Wilkinson und Grist) represented the hunded to: Lik Kee, who would toll his Worship saying it was got stilenco against his cliost into a gange of 4 feet 8 inches within three)

defondant.

Mr. Bowley, in outlining the case, said the defendant had held the offics of a sanitary inspector for gewe live yeupe.

$

recent years ho had }jr: ពក។ of the plague inspectors. Plaguo inspectors were separated from the ordinary district inspectors,

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that he went with dis inspector to see the inspeis it was payment made to his clisut. ion aride: that after it had bron and he went with the inspector to his guerlens with tha notices which had been served, and that he asked the inspector to write on the notices a sort of certifiende to the effect that the concreto bad Rofendant been examined and was good.

Mr. Hawley agreed that the statement should be struck out of the avidence.

wrote such a certifiente ou to two papots, and Lik Ken paid him $250), out of which he gave Vik San for his trouble, and returned the papers to the Yuen Fat hong where they remained nati! the present investigations COM menced A similar notier was served on the

Witness, continuing, said the two polica (prednood) wore taken to him by a sanitary inspector two or three days before the money was paid. He received them personally. bat could not remember the inspector who gave them to him. The paper produced, which was given him by nn interprete, bure the name of Lik Kee, contractor Prior to

bet woon Tairon and Changchun.

Article III.The company shall provide all the n-cessary accommodation at the principal stations on the company's line for giving lodging and food to passengers and also for staring goods.

At

INBAT

where the railway line reaches a seaport accommodation shall be made in connect the traffic between land and sea.

Artich FV-The company may carry on the

the

this he had not board of Lik Kse. Having following business for the bearfit of

railways":- Ynen Pat bong towards the end of December foki to Lik Ker, who sant a broker to sse biawing, especially the working of the

and emel of thein had, tro' health district ander his charge for the purposes plague cases. The alleged bribes were said to - have bent given in Nurember and Timber respectivity, a time when it is believed there were no plague eres in the Colony. During the winter season plague inspectors were engaged in a general disinfection and cleansing with regu ef to their godowa, which was opposite ol premises within their districts, and amongst the shop, sad urcopied I Bochum Strand West the other duties which the defendant had to faml. 177 Winglok Street. The same sort of discharge about.ihat time was one of inspecting | transaction was gons through. Defendant ground surfaces. His Worship was no doubt recited Sy and returned $10 to .Lik aware that under section 111 of the Public | Kee, whó ndutard the papers, to Health and Buiklings Ordinanen il

You WAK

Fat lag Ou April 2516 down that round surfaces of any VEHI to defendunt in th course of his domestic building should be properly' covered | duties kul urusion to visit 177 Winglok over with a layer of not less than six inches of Street again, and after this vid is reported to good line of cement, enterale. Section 112 the seerolary, of the Sanitary Board that the required the owner of any domestic building to concrete mrface was broken, and advised that keep the ground-surfaces in repair, and if it, netlon should be taken to repair it.

Last year

this

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an Yontai collieries -Harioo transport. 3-Electric works,

4--Sale on couzigament of the principat goods

rail.

524d by

6Construction and administration of land and houses on the land belonging to the railway

Artlein VT nompany shall, with the approval of the Government, make necessary previsions in regard to ebreation, health, and engineering works with the limit of land belonging to the railway and other works of the

oompany.

consulted his master regarding noticeu, ho sent After that he gave $250, in Hongkong nud Shanghai bank notes, to Knok Wing-kiu, the bill and rent collector of the Yuen Fat hong. Kwok took the money away. He remember or sanitary inspector examining the door of the thehang after the money was paid, but could not identify defendant. Workmen attended with the inspector who be made the examination. Tiles were taken up, bat no concrete. Witness subse- quenily recivola notions referring to 177 Wing Lok Street, and paid Kwok $56. It was paid on account of Sing Koe. An inspection was made

Article V-The company, with the approval of Government, any colhet fees from the of the house after he paid the money. He did inhabitats within the limit of sd belonging to the railway andother works to defray expenses to get receipts when he paid money but in this can it couldn't be done. In addition to these Article, nu-i niso impose other nedesxry charges. two he did not make any other payment for the

Article VII The totai ospital of the em work of inspecting the doors.

pany shuli be Y200 000,000, of which sum Cross-examined Witness was present when | Y160,000j009) shall be contributed by the Guy- to inspector inspouted the floors of the shop.ticle VII The share of capital to be tiles being taken up. He did not chat. Since contributed by the Government shall consist of he had been in the shop, about five years, the following property: -- flour had always been in very good condition.

Railway lines under operation. Thus case was adjourned until this afternoon.

KODAKS AT HOME PRICES.

No. 3 FOLDING POCKET KODAK 3-12-64.) $98,00

4 CARTRIDGE

(£5-15-0d) $60.00

LONG. HING & CO..

THE

No. 17, QUEEN'S ROAD.

CH

$

(35

AMPAGNE

OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

MOET & CHANDON.

DRY IMPERIAL. GOLD FOIL.

PER CASE 12 BOTTLES

SOLE AGENTS:

261

H. PRICE & CO..

WINE MERCHANTS.

of dividend for euch nairess period. Approval [ hell he similarly htaited for any alterations

Ariel XXI.The company shall report! on the following matters as directed by thu! Goversment:

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expenditure on works and receipts cod expenditure as they stand at any time,

ondition of busiures in general, Article XX11-The company is not au therised, without obtaining approval of the Government, to dispose of mportant rights and property or to pledge them for security.

Article XXIII-When de mod necesary the Government is authorised to order the

company. by reduce the freight on goods under special

o: reunustaners.

Article XXIV-The Government is autho rised, in enge of need, to order the empany to their bastion with the company's sinuss. Arw provisions or alteration lo existing works Articl XXV The company inander obliga. its railway land, and other properly at ang time, as directed by the Governm-1.

home damaged in any way to make it gond, when this my was paid, the plague inspec, ¦ mot get a receipt for ths85. It was his east you for sarpses specified jà fhjo.proceeding to placerat thủ dữ posiỉ of the Governhushit

of

inspecting

During the months of November and December¦tors were entrusted with the duty of Lise defendant inspectes a very large number of concrete, and getting it made good if ground surfaces within his district, which ¦ necessary, lut in April of this year. comprised a considerable part of Queen's Road, in cinquatre В Damber nť West, and he thought the whole of Bouhuin plaints male. ths Board directed that in Strand West. Before inspecting. that was to futuro Mr. Cartor, sanitary surveyor, should say. examining critically,

ground take part of the comerate works. For this case surface of any house, the inspector chtained a jio April the d-fendant's report passent through | sort of warrant from either the sherotary of the Mr. Carter who Puspected the ground surface Sanitary Beard or the Medical Officer at Health, ¦ of 177 Winglok Street. On his inspection. That was under No. 1 of the bye-laws in the schedule of the Ordinances, which stated that the secratury of the Board should furnish inspectors with a gondra: authority in writing, in English and Chinese, treator buildings and The defendant obtains a examine them, number of warrants from the Medical Officer fealth at different times during these menthe, and Mr. Howleg would call before his Worship a witness whese name appeared in the obarges as Chak i ok-king, but who was better known by his shop

of Lik batus

Koo.

Sering that this notice referred to the defsind- ant, Lik Kes went to hisquarters and saw him. They then, mutually recognized the fact that.

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thes Board issned a notice to the owner to re- concrete the ground surface. Shortly after. wards, the Yun Pat hong wrote into the secretary asking that they night he exempted Trom complying with the notice, and subsequent inprins being tands they gave information about these payments and the present proelings were institutes.

He was in the accountant's room and saw the

BUELOW'S SUCCESSOR.

HEER HALLIN MENTIONED AS PUSSTALE CANDIDATE.

the

All property belonging to the railway, exclusive of the property within the limit of the district under the lease of the Government, which will be specified.

3-Collieries at Faebun and Yentai, Article IX-Rolling stock now used by the Government and the rails of light railway Herr Maximilien Harken, writing in the between Mukdea and Antang and accesseries Zukunft." suggests that Herr Balliu, the

he delivered at managing director of the Hamburg-American

X-The shares other than those held a proper price in the Line, may be Prince Buelow's successor as Ger by the finrarament shall be sold to the Japanese

Article man Chancellor. Hear Ballin's

The writer relates an anecdete illustrating Ballin was the Emperor's guest at the Imperiul sintimaey with the Emperor. Herr

hunting lodge at Hubertastock, and, after a walk together the Emperor, Prince Baslow, and Horr Ballis antered a small room of the lodge sat aside for Herr Ballin.

The room containels bed, a chest of drawers, and one chair. The Emperor swang himself on the chest of drawers and Prince Buslow sat on the bed, while Herr Ballia occupied the only chair between them.

A long, serious conversation ensued, and then Prince Buelow suddenly romarked

Buelow

at to

and Chiar

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per cent of the paid-up amount of the shares hold by the shareholders, other than the Japanese and China Goverucarats, the Govern mort shall grant subsidy for dividend for fifteen years, or thirty lauess priod but under un circawostanens shall the subsidy exceed 6 per cent of the amount paid up by share holders,

Artida NIE-When the dividend of the company for each business period does not exceed per cent of the amount paid up by the dividend on the cascos held by the Governmen shareholders, the company need unt pay a

rink X-When the dividond of the

for each business poried does not reach

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Article XXVI. The provisions relating to the Government subsidy and purantes specified in the instructions shall become binding with

approval of the I iet.

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It should be understond, not the Japan Chronicle, that these regulations are open to amendment. The clause (Art. IV No. 4 denoted by By neterisk, for example, has been dimpproved by the Promoting Committen, and the Govern

nent has consented to the withdrawal of this clause.1

THE KRUPP WORKS

NOME DEMARKABLE FIGURES,

serce has just been published, and it con- The yearly report of the Essen Chamber of

Jaime some interesting statistics concerning the famous Krupy Works at Essou, in Rhenish Prussia. The Krupp Works are not confined

ic Essen, for toy comprise firing grounds for sing guns at Meppen and Tangarhatte, steal works at Anaso, in Westphalia, the Grusom works at Buckay, near Magdeburg. the Gertasnin shipbuilding yard at Kil, the melting works, steel works, and rolling mills steinhausen, the blast furnacesur Newwind and Eugera, the melting works, machine works, and from foundry at Saya, three cost mines, and a large number of iron-store nines in Germany and Northern pain, and a steamship company at Rotterdam. On Apri 1, 46, all these Krapp works employe

INKA

The

1. W. W. Parr, Modical Officer of Health, said the deferint was a plague inspector, and last year he was in charge of districts 7 and Ille quarters wors at the disinfectant station, Ha KOH A. contractor, and would fell Taipingskan. In the autumn and winter lust his Worship that some than in Ootcher a year witness gave the d-Fondant an authority to honss owner er occupier ale wed him ong of the oxamine the concrets of a great many houses, notices already mentioned about concreting. It was his duty before inspecting a surface to obtain a written nathority from witness or the secretary of the Board. The form produced addressed to Mr. Ko Pak-shun, of Nos. 3 sud 5 they had beth beer at Queen's College at the Queen's Road West, was signed by witness, who saw a like this we should read to same time, and some friendly conversation į also signed similar forms for other houses. The borrow that Herr Ballin is shortly to have a he shares lacht by the Chinese Government 0055 oficiale and 62,535 workmen, as compared send in the Cabinet," The Emperor added, cussed. Then the contractor fuld the defend-untiers were tesand undur bye-law No. 1 of the Or that he will be Chancellor, my dear ant he wasted some jobs in connection will entry and inspection of buildings by-laws. Herr Harden suggests that Herr Wiegaad, sanitary work, and the defendant promised the All the premises mentioned in the notices were

the managing director of the North German contractor that he would get jobs for him, and in No health district. Haring attained the Lloyd, is also a calidate for the post of told the contractor that he must remember him.

ecessary authority he defendant's next duty Chancellor, Mr. Wilkinson-If this witness bos given would be les seves the notice on the owner. any evidence before the Commission I shoukt Then he might consult the owner regarding be supplied with a copy. It is only fair that the time of inspection. After 1 hours lapse I should have a copy,

from the time of surving the notice it was the | duty of the inspector to make an inspection by opening the ground suface and examining the ecncrete. If au inspeter wished to examine a for he could call au wutside contractor to open it up. Witness understood the sanitary depart went paid expenses Thero was no set of re- galations controlling the examination of concrate in the departinut, If the eviterste was good the hole should be filled up by the Board; if it was bad the inspector's next step would be to report to the Board, and a notice would be forwarded requiring the concrete to be made good. The defendant had an authority to write such certifiestax as the one he put on the neticus produced. He did not remember ever having se similar sertificate, hat sich

Mr. Bowley-This case has nothing whatever to do with anything that rame before the Commission.

Mr. Wilkinson--I would ask your Worship to direct the Crown Solicitor to furnish ma with a copy of that evidence.

His Worship I think you Lad better applyį

to the invernment.

Mr. Bowing-This case has nothing to do with the Commission. I am not going to refor to any vibes given before the Commission.

His Worship-If you can get it from the Crown well and good, but I don't se inw you cn kek me i muke vu order.

Mr. Bowley-I am conducting this enge in the ordinary way without reference to the

ZULU REBELLION OVER.

COLONEL MACKENZIE DENUES BARBARITISA,

DURBAN, July 28th, Colonel Mackenzie, who leaves to-morrow for the frout; states that the rebellion in Natal and Zululand is at an end.

and the Irregulars in a fortnight. A. composite The Militia will be recalled in a week's time and the regulars in will be formed later, sud remain in the field for six months. He has doubts as to Dinizulu' loyalty.

Over 200 rebels have beru killed, and about 3,00 taken prisoners, ha colonel vehemently resents the allegations of barbarities. He saw notting in the field to warrant the abominable charges, and be gives them the lie direct.

WEATHER · KEPORT.

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issus the following report

On the 29th at 745 am.-Orders issued to

1,360

kind.

$57,00

$60.00

12, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,

BABY TUCKER'S

WONDERFUL CURE

Covered from Head to Foot with Hu- mours Forty Boils on Head at One Time-Could Not Shut Eyes to Sleep-Doctors Did No Good.

CURED BY CUTICURA

IN ONE MONTH

Mrs. George H. Tucker, Jr., 335 Green- Geld Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis. is a grateful mother. When six months old," she says, "my little girl weighed a pound and a half legs than at birta. When one month old a scab fomed on her face, spreading until it completely covered her from lead ta foot, followed by boils, having forty on her bel at one tine, and more on her body. Then her skin, started to dry up, and it became Bo bad she could not shut her eyes to sleep. One mouth's treatment with Cuti- cura Soap and intuent made a com- plete enre, and now my child is us large, strong, and healthy as any child of her age. The doctor's al drug bil amojutel to a large sum, and my baby grew worse all the time. Then we got Cuticura Soap ahil Ointment and cured her at trifling expense."

CUTICURA A BLESSING

To Skin-Tortured Babies and Tired Mothers. The suffering which Cuticura Soap and Cuticura intinent have alleviated among the young, and the comfort they have afforded worn out and worried parents, have led to their adoption in countless homes as priceless curatives for birth humours, milk crust, scalled head, ecirmas, rashes, and every form of itch- ing sealy, pumply skin, and scalp Bumours, with loss of hair, of infuucy and childhood. A warm bath with Cut

Soap, and a singl: nuirting with Catirara Ointment, purest and sweetest of emollients, will permit of sleep for

cuta

baby, and rest for mother, au point to a speedy and permanent ence in the most distressing cases, from infancy to age.

Cericure down, pitement, And Fila, er- old throughout the world. Depunelazusterlaager No.: Pace, & Bad In Phim: „uzerable. X. Top & Buy My dog. Punter Doug Chen, Cary, tostar, 17. 9. An, bode Projes

The Glove.

goud to own Cure Baby Humours,” BİLANI FOL 56-14

shall be treated on the same level as those bold with 4,612 ofloials and workmen on April by The Japanesan (torernment,

1. 90%. Of this huge tofal thern ware employed guarantee the interest on the debentures to be

Article XIII.The Government shall in the steel works at Essen 35,977 met

compared with 19,900 Last year. issued by

the company for raising the fund for the reconstruction of the railway lines on! report doesact mention the total um paid outf

in sainries and wages ducing the year; but the for conducting the complementary businesses

tables of

shoe that, while the average THEUS of the company, or for the adjustment, or

daily wage of a workman in 1853 was only 38. relemption of the debentures so issued, and ia it risente 58 d. in 1906, case of need the Government many guarante Communication, is carried on between the the principal as Tail. The face vaine of the various workshops by means of a railway syalom and £11,021 7a. 6d. to the pension fund of the debentures to be jusned the company shall of normal gangs, and 42 mile in length official. The grants made by the firm from the not exered the balance ramsiding unpaid of the Fifty trains run daily on this set, inclusiva of the grants trade to the different

the special institutions and the

Tarious funds. private capital (100,000,000),

rolling-stock consists of 17 comotives and The debentures specified in the first clause waggons. Then there isu narrow gauge railway

fands o

and to objects conducive to the geuerai of this

this article shall be redeemed within twenty miles in long, with 29 locomotives and wifare of the workmen, aonated in 14-4 to five years from the date of issu a subsidy on the debentures issued for the ends miles of wire; during 19 4.5, 24,630 messages fra kmen during 1904 was 1281,7

Article XIV-The Government shall grant waygous. The telegraph system consists £113,796 . Thus, the total ataonat contr

stations and 7 apparatus, and it kas 50 bated by the Kropp firm towards the insurance fund, savings bank, and other funds on behalf prescribd in the first clauses of the

preceding were dispatched. The telephone system has article. The sum of such subsidy, shall be equal 309 connections, with 2874 miles of wire. to the amount of interest, due

and granted the month following the

dre brigade of the works comists of thres month in which the

fears and 11 mev. 'roughout the work payment on the debenture has been registered and ite colonies

LORD CHARLES BERESFORD, there are altogether 57 When the dividend payable to shareholdersyrants, 40 suergency-woils for use in the excevils li per cent of the amout paid up by cuse of fire, 1st ulectrical upparatus for giving

On July 29th publicity was given to a report the shareholders, the amount eres ding the rate the alarm, and other appliances of a similar that Admiral Lord Charles Beresford intonded shall to tirat appropriated for the interest

to resign the command of the Mediterranean .on the deb-utore, and an amount equal to thin The system of insuring the workmen aguiust Fleet, which he has hald since June of last year, shall be deducted from the subsidy payable ou

aceulent and sickness, and the general methods and that be will be accorded by Vice Admiral the debentures,

employed on behalf of the workers well Sir Assbeton Carou-Howe. It was ascertain of Article XV. Any surplus proft, after protein at Essen and in the adjacent colonies that the Admiralty are not aware of any such viding interest on deboutures, shall be allotted are on a seale commensurate with the great intention on the part of the Commander-in-Chief

and Chinese Governments up to s ́rate equal to vis, Weet nd, Nordbof, Baumhof, Sebedorbos, Curzon-Howe, at present in command of the all the paid up capital.

Krauenauf, Alfredshef. Fri ichshof, and Channel Fleet atScarborough, had no knowledge prescribed in Articles XI, and XIV. Bhuli be

Article XVI-The Gorerament subsidies Aktenhot. The last place is set aide for in of the change associated with his name,

Falir

and pensioned workmen. These "erdon- It is common knowledge, a naval correspon debited each year with interest ut the rate of ice, inclusive of the scattered dwelling-houses, dont writes, that Lord Charles does not view per cent, per apuum and made a liability of th used by workmen in Exseu are 4,491 in number. the reduction in the British naval forces in the company against the Government, and when The other establishments at Essen consist of a Mediterraneau with favour, nor does his natirely dividend payable on the total shures pail-up hospital, two isolated hospitals for infectious approve of the new system of training for officers. exceeds 10 par vest, per annum, the amount ex- dise set, a cour lescent hate, baths fitted up It frequently happens, however, that officers do coding the rate shall be pail for the redemption for giving various kinds of medical baths, twe not see eye to eye with cuthority," but this of the carorary's liabilities, specified in the

alms-Lousce a "Workman's Home," with rooms has saldon led them to take upon themselves a preceding Articles

for 613

3 persons, and capable of giving manis to responsibility which is not theirs. Individual about 2.400 persons de ly, five refreshment and commanders-in-chief are in no way responsible dining rooms, two lodging-beares, each secom for naval policy, but merely for the well-being modating 30 unmarried special werkmen, a a club of the foot or squadron committed to their for the officials and another for the foremen, a charge, Policy is dictated by the Lords of the school for teaching house-keeping, one in. Admiralty, who are naturally better placed to dustrial seboot for adults, three industrial take a wide view of the naval situation. reading-room in the colony" at Friedrichstof, schools for girls sttending school, a library, a

dental hospital.

savings bank, a life insurance society, and i

Commission, wid I em afraid I cannot assist my clices were the property of those on whom hoist the Red Drum. Indien vs a typhon for dividend on the shares held by the Japanest works. There are eight of these "colonies, of the Mliterranean Float, while Admiral

friend in any way.

Continuing, Mr. Bowley said that this een tractor, Lik Ke, made an appointinent, with the defendant to meet him at the house at Hollyword Road and inspect the ground surface with the result that the defendant condemned the ground surface, and obtained the necessary authority from the Board to havs it re- concreted, and Lik Keo got the job.. That was the commencement of the renowal of their acquaintauership. After that, the neatructor would tell his Worship that he from time to lima obtsivedi iaformation in advance from the Sanitary Office as to what floors were going to Las inspreted, and acting on that information is employed a broker to go round to different hops, mostly large Chinese hougs, and to solicit orders in advance for Yik Ker.

His Worship--Un the strength of the infor- mation he got from the Board?

Aud

they were served, therefore it was not likely the East of the Colony more than 10 mika he would ever come across uny,

away) and at 11.05 am. hoint the Black Cross-examined If witness were a property than 300 miles away),

Drum dyphoon to the East of the Colony las owner he should expret some sort of certifiente barometer has risen considerably over Meiaco At 11 am. The from the inspector to show that the work was

Sima done, Scutelines witness

the Loochoos and fa len rapidly over directod

Fermosa and the S, and S.E costs of Chim. the inspectors, and sometimes the inspectors

The typhoon has passed over 8. F 100s, the suggested to him the houses to be examined.

cante being new situated to the South of to Pescadores. It continues to more towards West and threatens the ecust in the neigh

At the end of last plague season witness made up his mind to have the concrete examined in a very large number of honses in the Colony. He did not give directions as to the actual manner in which floors should be opeard up, but the inspector should open them if he ind an authority. So far as witness knew it was not suggested that defendant did not open up the premises. Since the inquiry witness had heard it suggested that the concrete in the houses in question had been improperly passed. Except for these proceedings the doctor would say that defendant bore an excellent character.

Re-examined-Witness

Mr. Bowley-On the strength of the informa tion he get from the Sanitary brauch office.

Mr. Bowley, continuing, said the notices were served at the offices of the oor, whe is the whether he

eculd

initiated

the

Bot examination

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master of a very weil-known and old established of the houses in question before defendant firm known as the Yuen Fat hong, which bad the forms made out. No notice and

be rhood of Swatow.

Pressure has given way in N.E. Japan, but r. maíos in excess of the normal by 0.1inen and upwards over Japan generally. At the S. Formosa stations it is in defect by about 0.7 joches.

Bad weather is indicated along the China const between Hongkong and Shanghai.

Hong ong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10a.m. to-day, 0.00 inches.

to-day is as follows:-

The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon

Hongkong & Neighbourhood * Fermoss Channal..

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Cyclonic gales, Lengkong and Lamecko Semoas No.2 South coast of China between N.W. & W N.W. winds, increasing considerably; squally, Hongkong and Hainan ...... winds; fresh

some rain.

Article XVII.--Any surplus of money raised by the debentures spreified in Article XIII. efter using it for the ends specified, shall be deposited in the Deposit Burean of the Govern ment,

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Article XVIII-The company shall obtain of share money to be paid each year, and of the

approval of the Government of the estimat debentares to be issued, setting forth their face value, the issue price, the rate of interest and the date of isone.

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

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Under the terms fixed by the Imperial Law The C.P.E. atr. Empress of Japan arrived at Article XIX-The company shall draw up concerning jasaraner, the Kropp works, includ. Kobe at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, the 28th inst, and regulations relating to the accounts anding the works outside Essen, paid 247,686 10s left again at midnight same day vis Nagasaki of the Government thereof, Simdaz approval against accidents, and 218,663 6s. for old-age night on Friday, 0.3%, otr. Sfe management of the business and obtain approval for sick insurance, £68,102 10s. for insurance for Shaughai, where she le due to arrive at raid- must be obtained to any alteration in the said pessicas daring 1904. La the same period the The 0.8.8. & C.M, Stentor loaves Kobe

obtained for projected works, estimates of regulations and the Articles of Association. ir contributed the following sums to objects, on the 30th Aug,, and is duo here on the 6th

Article XX-Government approval shall be which do not come within the Roope of the law: September

The str. Braemar sailed from Singapore on £630 68, 6d. to assist needy families, £34,802 expenditure, receipts and expenditure, and rate 15. to the fund to provide workmen's pensions, the 29th August for this port.