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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBRE 24TMm 1908.

doing more than the fly on the axle-tree, Mr. 8. D. Setas courteously inform us that but we can assure our contemporary that he received a telegram from Bombay youtarday she protest of this community has been reing announding that the anal of the Triangular Cricket Match played at Bombay voiced quite as effectively as the protestanulted in the victory of the Presidency team of the Straits Settlements. The press by 119 rans. telegrams announcing that the Secretary of State for the Colonies had telegraphed

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| Dr. Bushell, C.M.G., formerly physician to TELEGRAMS.

Hin

H.B.M. Lagation in Poking, whose death in announced by our London correspondent, was a recognised authority on Chinese · urt.

warsations are mentioned in "Who's Who" s being "pursuit of Chiness surios, oniņs, books, and antiquities; whist." DeBushell, was a A telegram received from the Manila Ob-member of the Conneils of the Rogal Asiatio

the directions unknown,

A. S. WATSON & CO., peremptory instructions sufficed to stir the oratory last night by the American Consulate community, and emphatic proteste were states that a typhoon was between the Visayan made in the Legislative Council and by the Islands and Luzon, moving W.N.W. Another General Chamber of Commerce. Hong-yphoon was went of the north Carolines, bat kong's grievance has also ventis lated in the House of Commons, We do not see that a Hongkong Anication such Rs our contemporary suggests would have done more. We hope to learn from the Governor's speech on the Estimates to-day that the protests of the community have had some influence on the policy of the Itaperial Goverament,

TOBACCONISTS AND CIGAR MERCHANTS

CRAVEN

MIXTURE

Fine, and Broad Cui.

ARDATH TOBACCO forts for the initigation of the abuse of

The eighteen. Chinese samen obarged with wilfaily disobeying the lawful commands of the master of the British steamer Harbart were yesterday sentenced to eight weeks hard Isbrur, and to forfeit thirty days pay by Commmuder Basil Taylor at the Marine Magistrate's Court.

"A figury which reminded the beholder of the motionless creatures associated with some of tire Eastern religions attracted considerablo utten- tion at the Magistracy yesterday. This man, who had been arrested for som: offence under the opium regulations, eat on a bundle at the door of the court, with feet aroused under him and eyes closed. He was prastically motion.

The resolution of the Chamber of Commerce strongly protested against any arbitrary orders from the Imperial Govern ment to close immediately the Upium divnus in Hongkong, and, while expressing entire sympathy with all reasonable bona fide opium, the resolution expressed the opinion.lear and he might well have presed, for one or buat any action, having for it object the other of the wooden representations which

adorn gateways in Chian. immediate suppression of the sale and use of opium in Hongkong would have serious effects on the economic conditions fore and lead to disastrous results to the Colony's MIXTURE prosperity unless similar action is enforced

STECIAL.

JOHN COTTON'S

SMOKING

BLACK CAT.

in China. The Hongkong Government was therefore requested to inform the Imperial Jovernment that any basty au lill-consider CIGARETTES sa action taken in this matter to the detriment of the interests of the Colony would be generally resested, but that, on the STATE EXPRESS

other band, a policy of gradual reduction CIGARETTES similar in its notion to the Imperial Govern

And all Brands of the Best Makers,

MANILA

CIGARS In Fine Condition, Specially Recommended LOLITAS, ARCMATICOS, CULERERS ESTRELLAS.

A. 8. WATSON & CO.. LIMITED,

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

AND

KOWLOON DISPENSARY

Bengkong, 17th September, 1908,

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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ment's agreement with India would be loyally supported.

We may add that besides the Legislative Council and the General Chamber of the Commerce, the Colony has an China. Association [ third mouthpiece What can the Chine Amociation know or care about the Crown Colony woes of Hongkong?" asked our custuporary in its first article on the subjet. A better Loquamanes with the unui reper of the China Association would have saved our contemporary from doing this very useful body the injusties of declaring that it neither knew por cared anything about the Grown Colony woes of Hongkong." As the Hongkong Branch is evidently the most active unit in the organisation of the Chiua Association, and as the London Committee embraces members who are thoroughly:

and Royal Numismatic Societies. He has published a book on Orien's Ceramic Art, and is the author of a Handbook on the Chinese Art Collection in the Victoris and Albert Muream London Nainerous papers by him

[DAILY PANG” WIOLUSÍVE ARKTICE.]

THE POSITION IN

LANCASHIRE.

or, September. 28rd.

The crisis in the Lancashire cotton

on porcelain, samimation, geographical and trade is growing worse. There are Raw cotton logical subjects connected with the Far now 530 mills closed East are to be found in the transactions of the

has dropped to 3/8 and yarn has various learned societies.

THE BUILDING COLLAPSE AT

YAUMATI,

COLOMER'S INQUEST.

Before Mr. J. H. Kemp, sitting as Coroner and Meners. "F. Austin, Hugh Dinning and G. G. Catollak (jurors), an inquiry was held concerning the deaths of six Chinese who were Lilled as the result of a collapse which occurred at No. 36, Portland Strel, Yaumati, daring the typhoon of 27-28th July.

Mr. P. B. L. Bowley, Crown Solicitor, ap peared for the" Crown. Ho staled that the inquiry was into the deaths of aix Chinese, who appeared to have been resident at 36, Portland Street, Taumati. Between one and two o'clock

on the morning of 28th the house in question

and a number of adjoining ones collapse. In the course of the same day six corpses wore.~.

A school for Europeans has been advocated risen to 3148. by one of the Yokohama papere, and the Japan. Mail bar draw attention to the greatest BRITISH RAILWAY COMBINE. taken out of the debris. The object of the

diffoulty" in the way in those tres-If one enquires into the uses of the failure of the Victoris School twenty years ago, he would soon be forced to the opinion that the chief of them was of a social obnzacter. Would thon

inquiry was to ascertain whether the falling of. 'the building was due to the culpable negligence of any person concerned in that building. No.

LONDON, September 23rd. The negotiatious f

the British 1-58, or properly 35, was the end house of a block

of thirteen, and along the side wall ran 'a atzést, completed.

called Pitt Street. These buildings were on

DEATH OF DR. BUSHELL

parents who helped to bring tint land-railway combine are ate attempt to nothing, by withdrawing their sins and sending them home for social riteone or would, their succutors, do-the- same again! Are thess prejudices of Yokohama plique and class dead, or not? The corolusion of the whole matter, in our opinion, is this. The great dipity lies not in the endowment, W. Bushell, C.M.G., for many years

nor in the fees to be charged or oven in

LONDON, September 22nd. The death is announced of Dr. S.

diferencas of discipline and carrionla-though physician to the British Legation at On the 18th instant the premises of Meaare all of these are knotty points is their way---but Peking. Skott and Company in Des Voeux Road were in the peculiar constitution of the community entered by a former bookkeeper by means of itself. Can pelty differences and individual duplicate key. He made away with the con- whims be awak for the common good! Can the

tents of the cash box amenoting to $2,308 and men of this ast, and the women of that, oo

The operate togather whole-heartedly in the same took several others, articles of value. police who had been searching for him dis- good cause? Then in the atmosphere of mingled Govored him two days ago as he was trying to enthusiasm and reasonableness which no whole- board the Charles Hardonia" for Canton.

De a combination would create, the thin.

Be had a quantity of dollar bills in his socks. He was brought befors the Magistrate yes: terday and remanded for a work.

A wedding which attracted no lítils attention wai pelebrated at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church; yesterday afternoon, the contrasting partine baing Mr. Carlos Augusto da Ros, and Alisa Aida Maria Alves. The coromony was The sonducted by the Rev. A Poletti. bridesmaids were Miss Lola Gailiers (comic) and Mia Leonor de Roza (sister), while the bridegroom was supported by Mr. J. L. de S. Alves fancla of the bride) and Prof Emil Dazer. borg (uuole of the bridegroom). A reception use afterwards held at which Mr. J. L. S. Alven proposed the health of the newly married couple...

Java is becoming incro-ingly popular as a holiday resort and now that at Ooist Tourist Offs in established at Batavis to make the great attractions of the island known, the amber of visitors every year is certain to inorease. From the General Agant of the Chins-Japan Lijn, who represents the Official Tourist Ofise in Hongkong, we have

bristling with dificulties though it be can be. done.

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BEUTER'S SERVICE.]

GREAT FIRE IN PARIS,

LONDON, September 21st. The huge Central Telephone Exchange at Paris was, yesterday evening, gutted by fire, thereby destroying cominunications with the provinces and abroad. The damage is estimated at a million and a half sterling. THE KAISER'S DESIRE FOR PEACE.

LONDON, September 21s. H.LH. the Crown Prince of Germany

The most brilliaut gensy in the August magaxiasa, remarks a reviewer, is Mr. Edward | Foord's papar entitled "China and the Roman Empire." It is a somewhat terrible paper to read, recalling sa it does stories of centuries of merciless lighter, extending over twa con. tinents, bot īt, le originil and most suggestive. Mr. Edward Ford maintains that a Chinese-in-taking farewell of the Inter-Parliament. Emperor, whose name few of us have ever arinn on behalf of H. M, the Kaiser, and beard, and none of us can pronounas, who died that throughout his reign his father two hundred years before Christ, was the res had made the maintenance of peace his author of the downfall of the Rosy Rupire foremost care ii had often beer uphill work, This Emperor, whose name is Ch'in hi-hung but it was worthy of the unremitting efforts 1, was the man who built the Chinese wall, a feat which in Mr. Foord's opinion, satitles. him to cank with Julius Caesar and with Khem. mar.bi as the greatest mer who have ever appeared on the world's stage. By building that wall he raised se impenetrable rampart against the Hunnish tribes, who fading all progren Eastward barred, turned Westward, and ultimately destroyed the Roman Empire The original osuse of theimpulse which had a its ultimate the sick of Rama, and a thousand years later the capture of Constantinople, was

Foard concludes his article by an ominous-

the noblest of all nations.

AN AMERICAN SENSATION/

lot moquired from the Crown by the Humphreys Estate and Finance Co. in 1898, sad in 1900 they prcosided to build. The plane in this ES WONG prepared by the well-known firm of Messrm, Palmer and Turner, and they gave notios to the Director of Public Works on July 18th, 1900, to the effect that they were about to areat there

19 house, and also_13_on « lot on the other side of the rest. They submitted plaas which

cuma before Mr. Tooker, who made a note on "the architeats' oction to the effect that they did not comply with a certain section of the Ordia. ance. The notice was referred back, and per- mission was eventually granted. The next material foot was that on May 14th, 1902, fve verandahs, of this block of henses collapsed. On June 6th Mr. Haggard, of the PW.D., re- commended that the whole of the verandak down as there were some very serious oracks. and front walls of the north blockshould be pulled

Dr. Macfarlano, modieal officer in charge of the mortuary at Kowloon, dep and to inspecting the bodies of aix Chinese reported to him to have some from 36, Portland Street. He found the cause of death to be multiple injuries and aiphyria.

Lum Shiu, shop coolie, spoke to being at 36,1 Portland Street on the night of the typhoon. He was awakened by the breading open of the side door. Witness and several fokis tried to mend the door. Just then several bricks fell from opstairs and the people above called out "The house is going to fall? Witness-and-the- fokis ran into thoshest and escaped,

Chung Yang said he was in house No. 26 on the night of the typhoon, but osoaped through ‘a broken door before the collapse. Outside, hə beard other houses falling."

Sanitary Inspector Charles Ward, in charge of the Disinfecting Station at Yaomati, said that while soucing his own quarters, dur jug the typhoon of 28th July he heard

Witness went out at 4,15

LONDON, September 20th. The millionsira newspaper proprietor Hurst has orented a sensation in America by producing letters showing that the three crashes. Republican Senator Foraker, the Democrat in the moraleg, and saw that 36, 38 und 10 Barley, and other prominent Republicans Portland Strest had collapand. The roofs of and Democrats have been in financial all the houses wore sdompletely gone. Witnear then proceeded to the polios station, but learn-

ONLY communications relating to the news com-informed our Hongkong poitic, the Ghinaressived copies of the pamphlets issued by the the building of the great-wall of China. Mr.ulations with the Standard Oil Companying that, the police were engaged elsewhere,

should be addressed to THE EDITOR.

Correspondents must-forward their names and ad

Cerpen communications addressed to the Editor, not for publication but as mndence of goop

with.

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All letters for publication should be written on

one side of the paper only.

No

Association appears to us as competent as any other Association can conceivably be to concern itself with "the Crown Colony woen At least, it is quite within of Hongkong.

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Tourist Office, one outlining a seven days trip reference to the possibility that Chins will once Further revelations are expected, and it is in Java, the other describing how ten days a more change the course of the world's history considered likely that these will upset the be spent on the island. Accompanying these is a beautifully illustrated guide and tourist's Hand-if

abs is goaded into setion by half a century of calculations in respect of the Presidential insults from the pack of starling, jackal-like elections.

o anonymously signaḍ communications that has the piovines of the Aociation to protestbook entitled Jars, the Wonderland," which states calling themselves the Great Power of - Order for extra-copiss of Daily Faxes should beat the threatened action of the island and satisfies the reader that he cannot

already appeared in other papers will be inserted.

ent before 11 cm, on day of publication. After that spur the supply is limited. Only supplied for Cash

Telegraphic Address: PRESS. Codes: 4.B.C. 5th Ed. Lieber.

P. O. Bez, 81. Telephone No. 12. HONGKONG OFFICE: 10a, Das Vœux ROAD LONDON OFFICE: 131. FLEST STREET. EC

The Daily Press.

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furnishes a more elaborate description of the select in the East country in which he on- speed a more enjoyable holiday. These guide books, we may add are obtainable from Mess re Thos. Cook and Bon.

Government now referred to. Whether the Association has done anything in the matter is unknown to the public, The Committee call no.. ' general meetings of its members, nor do

The American sailors of Admiral Sperry's they communicate to the Press · their

round-the-world Seaf, anya a New York dispatch, resolutions, as is done by the Hongkongill not be permitted to beask the hearts of the General Chamber of Commerce. Does Japanese geisha girl if the Young Men's tho Straits Association dider very greatly Christian Association of Japan, the native from the China Association in the sper Christian obrobes and the missionaries are able Information from Tokyo was Except at the annual gathering we seem to to prevent it, hear no more of the Straite Association than, received at the beadquarters of the Young Men's

and

Europe.

and

AN UNNECESSARY MOVE BY "PARSEE NOBODIES."

We zoo, mys the Kadri-Hind, that some nobodies, without experienos, without sagacity, and, without age counsel, have been busying themselves in the Parsee community-com- unity whose staunch loyalty to British rule is, like Caser's wife, beyond the remotest suspicion. besides patent to all as the noonday sun, getting up, for their own self gloriastion, & requisition calling upon the Trustees of the Punchsyst Fund to convene a meeting to express their extisfaction at what the Government has recently done. We need not say that in all

thoughtfal quariors, this affair of the mobcdies is

returned and got. 32 of his own coolies. These he took to 50 Portland Street, and started them

to work. They heard ories coming from the raies, and eventually succeeded in rescuing ning persons. Three corpses were also unearthed. THE CANADIAN FOREST FIRES.

The renonery had to work by hand. There were „no shovels available. Withers thought the and LONDON, September 20th.

wall fell outwards, and the party wall between The Canadian forest fires continue to do 36 and 38 fell into 36: When paling down the incalculable damage. Large areas of timber and wall witness notiosd that it was built líka. in the mountain of New York, Maine, and | two nine-inch walls with a hallow in between.

Was there any oros-bonding between the Pennsylvanis, and two towns in Wisconsin have also been destroyed, rendering four portions of the wall P-Here and there so hundred persons homeless.

ARE GERMAN COLONIES WORTH THE PRICE?

Valuable light on this question is shed by B. Yon Koenig in the piper on German Colonies After a great array of statistion, he auma tip the

case as follows:-

odd brick.

Did the fallen brickwork fall in masses or notIt foll loosely, and the bricks were por.. fectly clean.

Did you see anything like morter?—It was an' apology' for it; you couldn't ouill' it mortar.

What did it look like ?—Red parth.

In order to resene people and aud lo gel oni

crowbars to break up the debris. —No, we used ★ compte of shovele. We wouldn't dare use a

Constable Conlan deposed "to attending the..

"HONGKONG, SEFTENBER 2rn, 1908– W redoutly raproduced from the Singapore. Free Preas an article (nuent the order to

as a rule, we hear of the Chin Association, Christian Association in New York on the 24th enlightened and red a work of supererogs- which he contributes to the Economie Iasiew the bodies, did you have to use picks and close the opium dvaus) in which it was

we suspect that if the Hongkong alt, that the Christian religions organisations of tion. The wine Government of Sir G. Clarke urged that Hongkong abould provide itself with a “Hongkong Association" to deal ex-Association suggested by our routemporary Jp are circulating petitions among the does not stand in need of a testimonial from the citizens of Japanese cities which the men of the Parses community, and the Parsee community were formed we should hearing just an American flash will visi', protesting against the in its ten staads in no need of a certificate from clusively with its own interests as a Crow little. In the Eastern communities there is oki style of Japanese hospitality, which is the feelings and sentiments of this class of the authority. And we think we are echoing Colony and to secure. That these shall be

girls. The object of the movement in samouneed less and ill-considered requisition needs to be to be a celebration more in keeping with altogether abandoned, It can serve no useful American ideale. It fu asid to be desired that purpose while making the community look

supremely ridiculous. a precedent be established of eliminating geisha girls from entertainments in Tapau.

directly represented to the Colonial Office an inveterate tendency to leave everything expected to include introduction to the geisha | thinking people when we say that this thought Empiro, with a population of more than 12

is

the Committees, we

The V. R. C. Sports open to-day. The programme is ratied and as all the entries are well find the exhibition ought to be very enjoyable,

when bccasion arises. Our contemporary apparently somewhat distressed to bad that the Proes of the Colony has given the iden no siga of support, “As we are rowing in the same boat with Hongkong," it says, "it will he a great advantage to us to hear According to the typhoon wraing received that an Eastern Crown Colony, threatened by the same dangor as ourselves, though in n. less degree, will help to contribute to its own safety by ceasing to be a passenger And by taking an oar itself." The metaphor is a little puzzling. If Singapore is rowing with Hongkong, how can it be said in the same breath that the latter is merely skulking

The Rev. I. Grenaar begs to acknowledge passenger? We suppose that our conters porary means to suggest that it has been with there the following donations for the

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left to the Straits Association to make a cor motion about the ill considered instruction sent by the Imperial Government to the Crown Colonies with regard to the closing of the opium divous, and THAT stands to gain by the activities of that Association and not by any effort it is mak ing on its own babalf. There is something about this represention of the situation

A telegram has been received at the Colonial Secretary's office from the Disal-General at Shanghei etating that declaration of infection su regards Hongkong and Canton has been withdrawn from 26th September.

"Blindhome."

wards.

WEATHER BEPORT.

Striking the balance of the figures we have saamined, we have on the one side an expenditure pick, side territory five times the sins of the German Portland Bizent collapse shortly after 7.30 sm. of less than 800-million marke, and on the other

on the morning of the 28th. On that day and millions, a commergiat turnover of abont 250 million marks, enpital Yalne incessantly the next, assisted by a number of ocolies, be noressing, and estimated at the present time of turned over all the rains in search of bodies, and more than 1,000 million marks. We find also rescued one hoy on the first day. No part of that the budgets of the colonies affrd hopes of the building was pulled down by witness's * near equilibrium of receipts and expersen,

Herr Dernburg, the new Colonial Secretary, colles during the seash. He found it neces has characterised the finsucial development as aary to use a pick to remove matting and pieces King Sisowath of Cambodea was recently

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued extremely favourable. Due credit must be given of wood. The bricks were single, not in masses, for this fair state of things to his predecessors. Mr. H. Haggard, assistant engineer in the by the American Consulate General, Hongkong,vacinated and a perfect crase for vaccination the following report:

On the 22nd at 5.00 pm.The typhoon to It could not have been brought about but for

the provision of yesterday the typhoon was over the eastern set in at his court. The plague broke out some

means of communication by Public Works Department, said the plans before time ago at Facmpsub, and the French doctors the S.B. L'on appears to be moving Wash-

land and water; by opening out new roads for the Court referring to the buildings in question, Visayas, moring W.N.W.

wished to vascinate the people, but one of

trade, and 1 fostering the interests of the colonies were passed in October 1900. The next memo Sisowath's sons. Duong Mathura, declared a fallen quickly over the Philippines owing

On the 23rd at 11.55 am. The barometer in every way. It is true that the railways built resorded in the Department as the report of himself against vaccination, and although one to the typhoon which is moving towards and planned do not represent a total length of the falling of five verandahs to these houses. of his wives died of the plague, he refused to W.N.W. over the Archipelage to the South of more than about 1,250 miles, which in very little. The plan of vorandshe put in was passed by for so vast a territory. The administration had, Mr. Ormsby, then Director of Public Worke allow her body to be removed. Soon afterwards Luzon

Preasury bas increased moderately to slightly however, to contend with the opposition of those on October 20th, 1940 Oa Jane 18th, 100% he caught the plague himself and died Eisvar N. Chins and the Sea of Japan. It is low who did not understand the importance of witness inspected the houses at Isumati and father, the King lmmediately sent for the to the N.Ef Japan, and high between Central colonial railways to the growth of trade, or their reported that the whole of the verandabe aud strategis vaļņu. That period of hostility has front walls in the north block (the block includ. He wanted to be China and 8. W. Jupin.

passed. The German colonies will now being the hours which have collapsed) should be doctors, and was vaccinated, Faccinated four times, once on each leg and once Formosa Channel

Strong N.E. rinds may be expected in the endowed with railways into the interior. A pulled down as there were some

I and the N. part of the China new development of their trade and resources cracks, and men were packing these up. The very serioas on each arm, and the doctors had the greatest Ban

will undoubtedly follow.

front walls had then fallen away from, the party difoulty in making him understand that this Bad weather will probably set in again over

walls. When that report was made there 785 was unnecessary. Then all the ministers were the latter res to-morrow,

bonding bet

between the p

party walls, and Focinated, all the King's wives, and all the at 10a.m. to-day, 0.06 inches.

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending

propelitaminebakly and thaizashita,follow their k example was such that more vaccine had to be

The formoset for the 24 hours ending at noon telegraphed for from Stigon. The only people

to-day is as follows:----

freak or strong (NE. winds,

fair.

N.E. winds, ***strong,

Hongkong and Lamecks. 3 words on them, but just shut them up in the South coast of China between Same as No. 1.

Hongkong and Haipan.....) palace until they changed sheir minds.

Sum already acknowledged

...$722.00

W. Pattender, Esq...

15.00 Lai Fak Ch'i, Eeg....

5,00 Meth, Ep. Misstou, Local (Chinese) 2,40 Hakel Missiou, Local (Chinese) 32.07 w amluc-on-TEuhmay y

Considerable inconveniente was experienced at the Magistrany yesterday through Mr. Kemp not being able to take his set in the First Court till after yoon. Several business people who had occasion to be present fretted not a daughter-in-law of the King. They threatened Formosa Channel...

of any distinction in Prompent who refused to Hongkong & Neighbourhood. to vaccinated were the Minister of War sud a

that irresistibly reminds us of the ancient little at the delay. The explanation, we under- to commit saïcide if forood to allow the dvotors South coast of China between Same as No. 1.

stand, was that Mr. Komp we engaged on fable of the fly sitting on the axle-free of axtradition proceedings of an urgent nature, chariot wheel orying “Lol what a dust do the Hongkong authoritisa being auxious, to I make The Straits Association may be secure several people who are at Masno,

to operate on them, The King wasted no.

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS,

the front walls: Mr Tooker examined the

the collapsed verandahs

орищ.

The M.M. str. Caledonien with Franel Mail report to Mr. Tooker the matter passed out of of the 30th ult; and Mails from London of the his hands for the time being. The next thing inst, at 7.0, and nay be expected to arrive 9th October, for inspection. This was passed to 29th alt, left. Singapore on Tuesday, the 22nd on record was the exchitecte application, dated here on Monday morning the 28th fast, and witness for report by Mr. Tooker. He inspected will leave for Shanghai and Japan the same the buildings with Mr. Crisp on 22nd October

afternoon.

The N.Y.K. str. Nikko Meru (Australian and the report put in by the latter to the feet Line) left Kobe for this port via Moji and that the whole blook was in a very unsound

condition, was correct. Nagarski on the 22nd inst, and is expected

At this stage the inquiry was adjourned until here on the 10th inst.

Tresday,