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TELEGRAMS.

I DER USTASIATISCHER LLOYD

SERVICE:

CHINA SERVICE:

PRESIDENT AND THE KWANG

TỪNG PROVINCE.

PEKING March 26th.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH 27TH, 1914.

THE REMOVAL OF SEWAGE,

WATER CARMAGE HAND CARRIAGE follows

SEPARATE SYSTEM COMBINED SYSTEM.

CONTRIBUTED;}

NTON NOTES.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.}

THE GAMBLING QU

CANTON, March 24th.

BTION="CENTRAL

S DECISION.

RICSHA COOLIES ASSAULT UPON

A HAWKER

INTIMATIONS

OPINION

At the Magistracy yesterday, before PUBLIC

Mr. J. H. Wood, a vissha coolie umployed

by Dr. Fitzwillinins was charged with assaulting a hawker, and with daringing

The objections against the water Carriage system may be summarised ne

(1)Pollution of the harbour (2)-Insuficient fall of existing sewage drains (this applies to Kowloon only).

The following lation of a telegram (3.)-The interference by Croes with

recently repsivad from the Kuowuyuan sewage draine on the upper levels. (National Counsj)) will be rend with | his stall, Objection (1) may be regarded as & interest joke so long as a boob population 40,000 and all the numerous steamora passing through dump their crores and refuse in the harbour, not to mention the Sanitary Board refusa basts which dump three-knot current, deep water and plenty of fish and these are suficient to keep the harbour clean against ten times the pollution provided the refuse does not float Floating refuse should he burnt.

The question mooted by Mr. Bowley at the last Sanitary Board meeting in regard to fushing of storm-water drains and A Presidential Mandate announces the the Vice-President's replice thereto only suppression of the disturbances in the touch the fringe of the question. Follow districts of Tao-chow, Hai-chow ending up his own questions to their logical Yang-chang is the Province of Kwang-conclusion M Bowley might well have just outside. Fortunately, wo bavo & province, and the Board of Finance was something Complainant, did not answer

bung, after the capture and excoution of the rebel emissaries sent by Sun Yat-sen for the incitement of the troops to

fion

CHINA AND EDUCATION

NO NEW BUILDINGS FOR FIVE YEARS

PEXING March 26th. The President has forbidden the Ministry of Education to erect any new buildings within five years.

PRINCE CHING IN PERING

PEKING, March 26th,

asked, why are we get the separate syntes and why have we got the hand-carriage system. That the former is a failure so far as Hongkung is concerned few will deny and that the latter is beneficial is extremely questionable. The separate syetem, whatever ita merita may be -nšionget some of the cleanly and sanitary peoples of Europe (who notwithstanding mostly adopt the combined system), is a failure

here, for the sewage drains only take away the ballied water from the

kitchen and bath-rooms, and the storm-

(2)-Is a trival objection, inasmuch no it involves the expenditure of a sum of about $10,000 at most laying new in Kowloon,~-

- (3)—This objection might hold good in respect of the old sewer drains în us 20 years ago, made of stone or brick and pointed with lime mortar, but would not apply to earthen-ware pipes pointed in

oment or iron pipos.

To Tutuh Ling and Civil Admini strator Li. Lately numerous telegrams have been received from the various guilds of Kwangtung asking for the rescission of the order prohibiting gambling in the

directed by the Preadent to request the Provincial Commissioner to go fully into the mattor. Now a telegram has been received from Mr. Li, Superintendent of

From the complainant's story it appeared that he was returning from Wanchai, where he had been hawking his wares to Fest Point, and when approach ing the City Hall, the defendant called out to him and requested hire to sell him

the coolie, and continued on his way. The defendant and two other coolics, apparently enraged at his manner, came up and taunted him, and made the

proud and saucy man! Complainant

the Government Mint, wading very norious allegation that he was a PUTS JOHN HAIG'S WHISKIES

"The proposal to abrogate the order against gambling is only supported by

a

gured the epithets of the coolies AT THE TOP. RECOGNIZED EVERY- two of whom then divided four kicks at

few dishoneat merchants and notorious blacklega who make the excuse that it will help to keep up the value of the paper currency. Ein a disgrace to the country. It leads to demoralization and can nover be permitted 'Dawker

his stall. Their wounded dignity having WHERE AS THE HIGHEST QUALITIES been mollified, they walked away. The

hawker followed them, and demanded OF WHISKIES IT IS POSSIBLE TO Another message from Wong Hak payment for the damage they had crented Chung states that all the telegrams asking to his portable shop. He talked rather BUY. for the revocation of this order wore sent loudly and forcibly, and numerous com

SOLE AGENTS

Now that separate hous with ground at the instigation of Ip Bhun-kam and natriots drew around to awet dove op- OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE water drains, which are intended to carry round them can be enjoyed only by the To Ming-sam and asks that they be monts. The coolies apparently che further telegram has not appreciate the audience, and away storm-water only, carny away mois very well to do," ɑn account of the reprimanded. Prince Ching stays this week at Peking sewage than the sewage drains. It 18. increased cost, of building, increased value also been recaived from all the members requested the hawter to follow them for the celebration of his birthday, and common occurines to see coolies emptying of land and increased Crown of the 7g Guilds stating that they cannot Had he done so he would have trespassed in likely to call on President Yuan Shil buckets of excreta into the storm-water modern flats are becoming more and more recognise the various telegrams purported on a prohibited area, so he refused, and kai He has already had a visit from drains, yet few, if any, prosecutions occur necessity and will in the future become to bear the Guilds signature dispatched

by the gambling merebante.

Sun Prochi

EUROPEAN SERVICE.

A FERRYBOAT SUNK

BERLIN, March 25th. A ferryboat has been run down on the Upper Spree River, eight lives being lost. *~ OROWN PRINCE'S VOYAGE

BERLIN, March 25th. The intended voyage of H.I.H. the Crown Prince this Spring has been post poned, so that his term of service with the General Staff will not be interrupted. He will also gain time for preparing himalt for the trip to acquaint himself with the Colonies.

A FANTASTIC BUMOUR.

The Auraja describes as the product of a journalist's phantasy the report of another St. Petersburg paper to the effect that a high functionary has been specially instructed to go to Paris and Berlin for pourpariers regarding the re-grouping of the Powers on the basis of partitioning Austria. Buch ideas, says the Roseija, are not entertained in leading Russian

at the instigation of the police. One there was quite recently at Kowloon hy the representatives of a public company

who noted as their own policeman and

public prosecutor the penalty, a fine of 93 or seven days, is hardly calculated to put a stop to this nuisance and menace to the public health. Yet the water from kitchens and inth-rooms which might help to keep these storm-water drains flushed during the winter drought is turned into separate channels with the result that the storm-water dra us, which their very name suggests as being healthy and clean, are for the most part fouler than the fouleer sewage drain, during the winter months at all events.

has been said that the præcipa reason" given for having the separ

the

still more so. In such buildings the hand-carriage systera ie insanitary and abhorrent, the coolies, antess continually watched (which is impossible), empty the sewage down the storm-water drains, as the tenants of the flats in Humphreys Buildings, Kowloon, can testify

HONGKONG TENNIS CLUB

One more game only has been decided in connection with the tournament of the Hongkong Tennis Club. In the doubles andicap F. Maitland and H. A. Nisbet King (rec, 1/8) 88, (-). _____ (owe 20) beat R. O. Hutchinson and T. H.

No doubt to compensate for the games

|

fendant paid hin, but the other two did

"unusual

again asked for compensation. The de "It was not without difficulty that the not looker-on, with smbling evil was removed from Kwang generosity, gave him the money demanded tung, and the sudden rush of telegrams from the other coolies, and the hawker asking for the an

acnulment of the pro- went away. He walked towards the hibition alone that some dishonest tier Prava, and unhappily crossed the path of chants have been inciting the sender to the rickslut coolice, who were now pulling do what they have done. The Govern | a ricksha. The sight of the hawker roused

RUTTONJEE

&

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14, QUEEN'S ROAD CESTEAL

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ment will not grant the request, and their in, and they went for him CHS. J. GAUPP

besides, handing over the telegrams to the Boud to be dealt with, you are hereby accordingly advised."

ANOTHED LOAN HEPORTED

First they matched the bamboo he was carrying from his hand, and need it union

The shop also came in for some bad treatment, and the

en

him

& CO.,

AND

JEWELLERS.

A report has best published to the hawker's warts were soon adorning the WATCHMAKERS effct that the authorities contemplate road. Defndant inflicted a wound on anual interest of 83 per cent. with pla nent decided upon fight and left his closing negotiations for a loan of 8500,000 the ni by some instrument The com

which had to be withdrawn a mixed

French bank. It is said that the local stall in the rond, yelling for the police handicap has been arrangx, the draw for

rande. He mar a constable, who A branch of the bank in question has wired which resulted as follows:

The defendant alleged that he went to buy something from the complainant, but the latter wanted too much. They became

declared that he was alone at the time the angry, and the hawker insulted him. He

cht took place. He could not find the AMERICAN WATCHES.

hand.

THE PANAMA EXHIBITION.

(rec, 4/6) v. R. D. Stewart and Mrs. Maitland (owa 2/0), G. Hastings and their intention to participate in the About 30 shops have, so far, signified Mrs. Potter (rec. 3/6). Bevington pana Exhibition, the goods com and Mr Harvey (rec 15/1), J. B.prising embroidery, silk chinaware, Penmen and Mrs. Penman (ecratch) silverware, bamboo-ware, tea, glassware, R. L. D. Wodehouse and Mrs. Malcomson incquer were, ete (rec. 5/6), H. A. Nisbet and Mrs. Gedge (owe 15/1) ». J. Bouch and Mrs, MoMunn (scratch), O. Willson and Mrs. Moxon (owe 8/6). Major Bowen and Mrs. Cooper Hunt (owe 15-3).

T

CORRESPONDENCE,

PRIVET

other coolies:

His Worship fined the defendant $20

HIGHEST GRADE ENGLISH SWISS

AND

AGENTS FOR

- and orderen him to pay ao compensation AMERICAN HOWARD WATCH.

to the hawker, or go to prison for a month.

system in Hongkong was economy. That L N. Murphy and Miss Wallor (scr.) to the head office, and that the dent will arrested, the defendant

steep gradients of Hongkong, com- CE. H. Beavis and Miss Leach (ret be closed as soon as the reply comes to bined with an excessive rainfall during 6/6), Major S. Palmer and Mrs. Forsyth BERLIN, March 25th...

certain months of the year, rendered it compulsory if the combined system were adapted to have very large drains all the you to cope with conditions which only obtained during a few months of the year. Why not have had very large draine? Cheap things are usually the dearest in the long run. But allowing that the argument above recited it sound as applied to Hongkong it so facto becomes unsound when applied to Kowloon, where there are no steep gradients, yet we have Byes-H. Humphreys and Mrs. Arm- the separate sydem there. Anyone rend-strong (Owe 1/6), P. H Holyoak and ing the above and the Vice President's Mrs. PD. Wilson (rec. 15/3), F. Mait answer to Mr. Bówley 3 (5) " In any case land and Mrs. Giles (rec. 5/0), A. H a storm water drain is not usually flushed Tomes and Miss Tomes (owe 15/3), H. R. since it only takes storm-water" must Phelips and Mrs. Nisbet (owe 15/1). lcome to the conclusion that either the Capt. R. J. Clarke and Mrs. Sanderson reussuring character, and the Italian writer of this article or the Vice President (rec. 16/1), A. B. Linton and Mis. I arrived in Shanghai in December, than in January. The amount of tin ore Press warmly greets his meeting with must be guilty of a "terminological Thomson (owa 2/4), R. Hancock and Mrs. King Victor Emanuel and the Marquis inexactitude," in which case let him keep | Beavis (owe 1/6), P. R., M. Cillios and di San Giuliano.

his eyes and particularly his nose about Miss Robertson (rec. 5/8), J. R. Wood him for a bit, and then pass judgmont,

and Mrs Turnbull (ree 15).

Ducles.

THE KAISER'S TRIP

BERLIN March 25th. The utterances by HM the Kaiser on the European situation Bro of

The French Press interprets as peaceful aigns the meetings of the heads of the Triple Alliance and the Kaiser's trip to Corfu.

On the return voyage, H.M. the Kaiser will visit H.L. Baron v Mumm, ex

To turn to the water carriage systau

to the combined system-expense-hardly hand-carriage system. The objection

applies to the water carriago system, since the system would be purely voluntary and most of the expense would fall on those who wished to avail themselves of it.

The first and second rounds are to be played off by April 11th, and the third

round by April 18th.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE “* BONOKONG DAILY PRESS,"

THE TRONOH MINE OUTPUT

EFFECT OF THE LANDSLIDES,

Hongkong, 26h March, 1014,

The return of the Tronoh Mines for DEAR SIR-In reference to the effect of February, issued yesterday, says The privet, I can vouch for the absolute truth- Times of the 4th inst, again shows a loss of the following statement ---

on the operations for the month, but less

produced was 110 tons, valued nå: £12,366; the cost of productio was £13,000, leaving an adverse balance of you be against £1.160 From this has to deducted a profit of £20 realized on four tons produced by tributers. It will be recalled that in December a serious land- slide occurred on the property and that the manager stated that it would interfere with the output to the extent of reducing it by about 50 tons for the month. This has proved to be the case, but it may be

persistent decline for some time past, owing partly to a series of slides and

1904. In March, 1905, I bought a large branch of flowering privet from a boy in the street, because it reminded me of Spring in Tngland.: The branch was put into a vase on the hearth, and I thought no more of it. Next morning I awoke with a sore throat, a rough, grating, dry, irritated sensation and nothing pure to breathe the nasal passages were also dry and inflamed. I at once threw the

HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB.

The following will represent the Triangular league to-morrow on the Club something to relive my throat.

Anibassador to Japan, at his castle at That the hand-carriage system is revolt HK.CC against the Navy in the plant away and went to a chemist for noted that the profit has shown a

Portofino, in the province of Liguria. ing to most people goes without saying, The Press announces that Baron v. that it is healthier than the water Mum will return to the diplomatic carriage system remain, to be proved

That it is responsible for a large number of typhoid cases is practically certain.

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THE KIAUTSCHOU ESTIMATES.

The Montos doctrine of the Banitary Board in regard to W.C.'s is said to have been propounded by Mr. Edward Osborne. "It was to the effect that general

R. Hancock (Capt.), B. N Anderson;

A few

ground, play to commence at 3 pm dags later letters appeared in the C. C. Clarke, D E. Donnelly, RO Daily News and Shanghat Times Kennedy, M. M. Maas, 6. 8 Moore, T. E. attributing to the privet the po Peare, I. A. Stokes, R. P. Thursfield, produce or induce just such sym and R. L. D. Wodehouse.

THE SILVER SYNDICATE.

1TS TABK ALMOST COMPLETED.

BERLIN, March 25th. The Reichstag in voting the estimates for Kinutection, acknowledged the pro installation of W.C.'s was not to bẹ It will be remembered, says The Times gress made in the protectorate. Admiral encouraged, but that exceptions might be of the 4th inst; that we announced on v. Tirpitz laid stress on its importance in made in the case of Hotels, Clubs, large December 6th last that the entire un the promotion of legitimate interests,

WARSHIPS AND OIL FUEL.

by the Indian Specie Bank had been taken

Representatives for-

MAPPIN & WEBK, LTD., London.

Carl Zeiss, Jena,

WF STANLEY & Co., LTD., Londen.

E. R. WATTS & Son, London,

VOIGTLÄNDER & SOHN, Braunschweig.

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS,

CHATER ROAD,

CALDBECK,

heavy rains, and partly to the fall in the MACGREGOR&C». price of the metal. A comparison of

recent monthly restilts is subjoined -

Tin Ore. Value Frost.

to

1013:

March April

180 23,900 $10,260

182

24,600 11,000

May

162

21,600

9,550

Isina

138 16,500

3,250

183

20,700

6,000

182 20,200 – 8,800 %

August

September

176: 20,800 4,500%

"October

Kovember December

1014.

January February

183 20,000 148 16,650 194 14,200

110% 11,460 110 12,350 Laks

4,000 1,300 Nil

150

The profit from tributers has also showed a sten ly decline in recent mentis.

ESTABLISHED 1864),

THE OLDEST FIBM OF WHISKI

BLINDERS IN THE LAST.

V.O.S. WHISKY

AND

CALDBECK'S

LIQUEUR

WHISKY

I folt.

The whole of that Spring I had to avoid, in so far as possible, certain di tricts; one part of Bubbling Well Road, July and the British Consular grounds, na the effect of the air in the vicinity of the trees was suffocating. public and semi-public offices provided realized stock of silver formerly held here Since then I have always been subject an independent water supply was forth over by a powerfus London Syndicate to the privet cough, and a week ago in coming. Evidently the propounder of The announcement came as a great relief passing the Naval Yard and buildings to the silver market, and also to Indian I distinctly felt the grip of the privat this doctrine considered it more sanitary and Far Eastern markets generally. We are on my throat, though I have not seen that Chinos should incturate on the glad to be ablazow to stato that luring In the House of Commons last month kitchen floor instead of in a white the past two months the syndicate has a single shrub in the neighbourhood. Mr. Churchill rofused to inform Mr. porcelain reptacle flushed with water disposed of about three-quarters of the Possibly not everyone susceptible to amount, approximately £3,000,000, which that special form of irritation, but I am Falle how many ships of all classes, built Notwithstanding this, the doctrine was was taken over, and the silver market is and building for the navy, wers to be subsequently stultified to some extent by no longer liable to disturbance on account sure that all who do suffer would be mest fitted for burning oil fuel only, how many the erection of public latrines, in various of this big mass of the metal being unsold grateful if the plant could be exter The operation has been conducted with m'nated and no further cultivation of it ships are to burn oil and cool, and the place on the water carriage system and, no pero ptibla disturbance to the markel attempted Yours

At the Supreme Court yesterday in the maximum oil capacity for each ship, The information, he said, was contiden notwithstanding the doctrine, several The mangers of the syndicate have is Attempted Yours faithfully,

case of Hang Lim Shears The Jui tial, and could not be disclosed without people have obtained for themselves the played considerable skill in a situation

Yue firm and Tam Pong Woon, in which which, at the outset, was not without

tac claim was for $980, due on a pro- BRANDS OF NO. 1 WHISKY injury to naval interests.

inestimable privilege of W.O. in their

difficulties, even for the powerful comm Mr. Churchill, replying to Mr. Edgar

missory note, his Lordship decided to Jones, aid: The Admiralty have made houses, two of these being ex-members of Bination which was devised to deal whWe have to acknowledge receipt of s some experimental extractions on a small the Sanitary Board, whilst the principal it; and though the members were, of drawing of what at first sight we assumed adjourn the matter until today on the CONSUMED IN THE EAST. scale of oil from certain chales in the

Curse ind-rectly safeguarding businees to be a tulip, but a few lines at the bottom understanding that the money would be United Kingdom and the various com opponent of the water carringe syst

of their own when taking over the explain it to be Pag of tiger, actual paid into Court before 10 am, along dangerously big mass of silver and silver size drawn from print in garden Hang with the costs of the adjournment mercial processes for extracting oil from (Hon. Mr Hewett) hat WC installed com and sunle are being watched with his office without an independent commitments in which sow of them hul kong. Compliants of B.8. Wa-wild Judgment was given for pl

should be part with being obtained little or no direct int

rawing without reluctance action Li Fook Hang v. the kernest interest. It is not practicable

rognized that they

the Museum if he will claim being for 9600 due on to give any comparative details as much water supply, the water

note freen the public, mains.

dorn, a public service. inental work is still being done.

ally to the curat

call for it

KAMASSEY.

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