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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 9TH 1916.

THE SITUATION AT CANTON.

FIERCE FIGHTING AROUND PAK HO TONG.

LUNG'S POSITION PRACTICALLY SECURE.

(FROM, OER SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE).

CANTON, Tuesday..

The most determined atineks so far were made at all points on Sunday, but Long was able to repulse them, and also the further attacks on Sunday night and Monday morning. At Sam Shan, Lung's assailants lost 400 killed and at Kaotong thunder they were driven back in storm.

Lung's guaionts are moored in the front reach around the Admiralty and on the "back reach" at Macao Fort, At Macao Fort to day there were the Kong Hon, the Kong Kung, the Kwang Lee, the Kwang Puk, and the Kwang Fuen, all boats of the first or second class; also two torpedo-boats and several small boats of the third class. These boats are Round, abuut Pak He Tong, which is ustensibly defending Macau Fort and tón fly back reach nearer Hongkong | keeping a look-out for Shum's fleet, which duan Shok Waí. Tong, and where the is further down the river, about Tai Shek Standard Oil Co.'s Godowns and Tanks barrier.

Fort

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AN ULTIMATUM TO LI. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

ORDERS

HIM TO STOP FIGHTING.

The Central Government have sent n artination 1 bích Chúa giving hin three days in which to stop fighting and. disarin his soldiers. If he does nół- dó se troops from Pukien and Kinngsi will be sent against him.

SWATOW NOTES.

IFROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Sarow, August 3rd. "SWATOW HOSPITAL. The Swatow Hospital report is soine What late in making its appearance this most interesting and -year, but it is a

gratifying report. The port itself has

INTIMATIONS

LANE,

CRAWFORD &Co.

SOLE AGENTS FOR

teen wonderfully free from hubonic SPALDING'S ATHLETIC GOODS.

This news points to the fact that the Government are determind to support Lung as the official responsible at prescat |plizar, and the few cases of paemannig for the preservation of law and order in plane were confined ia one street Canton,

*mostly occupied by Cantonese? That this dreaded form of the plague did not: TALK OF A TRUCE. The latest reports state that on Mon-spread is attributed to a spell of warth

weather. day night, attacks were made by the rebels to the north-west of the City. There wILS

This excellent philanthropic bstituțion a great deal of fighting, but all the curtailed in its activities owing to the attacks were repulsed by Lang's soldiers, additional cost of drugs, and 20 the who are now in a stronger position than difficulty of obtaining them. That the Chinese appreciate the hospital more and. more is evidenced by their feransed liberality.

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guaboats, made on Lung's troops below There was an attack, supported by Macao Fort, but this was also repulsed with comparative case,

At present Lung is in a very strong position and would seem to be able to deal with the rebels without belp.

There is some talk to-day of a settle mont being made and a truco declared while terms are talked over,

THE POSITION ON THE RAILWAY.

I had an interview with one of the officials of the Canton-Kowloon Railway. He told me that the railway from Shek ng-to the British border at Stum Chun is in full working order, and thai also from Tai Sha Tan, the Canton terminus, to Nam Kong, about 17 miles away, everything is going smoothly."

Only one train a day is running from Tai Sha Tau to Nam Rong, as there is practically no traffic.

Through the gifts of a few Chinese gentlemen a much-needed addition has heen made to the buildings in the form of private wards for a better class of Chinese. Of such wards there are Bow

twenty-six.

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modera improvements Swafiw strives to keep abreast of the times. For drinking water Swatow has always been in a bad plight. Foreign engineers have tutt secured for the intåbitants 12 bountiful supply from the Hau, river. An electrical plant has also been in stalled.

EVERY REQUIREMENT FOR GOLFERS.

WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A SPLENDID SELECTION OF GOLF CLUBS.

FROM

FROM

....

75 CESTS EACH. GOLF BALLS 75 CESTS EACH,

ARCH-COLONELS

(FLOATING AND HEAVY). $1.50 Each.

PATENT COLONELS $1.25 Each.

GLORY DIMPLES

$1.50 Each..

NEW BLACK & WHITES $125 Each.

MIDGET DIMPLES

$1.50 Each.

THE CINCH"

$1.00 Paoh,

THE "BOB" 75 Cents. Each.

SPALDING “GOLD MEDAL" CLUBS.

DRIVERS AND BRASSIES,

$5.50. EACH,

IRONS, 84.75 Esc

R. FORGAN'S CELEBRATED CLUBS.

TAYLOR'S

MADE AT ST. ANDREW, From 84 EACH.

ALL MODELS,

AUTOGRAPH

CLUBS.

PRICE $3.50 EACH.

The Outstanding desideratum |LADIES' AND LEFT-HANDED CLUBS.

Care sifnatexl, there has been fighting aan te

At this barrier to day Sbum had the on all week-end. The fighting was start.png Tai, the Kony Tao, the famous Po ed by Saura's troops at a village called Pik, which has been reported sunk Tung Long about daybreak, and thus several times, but which I am assured is soldiers thereafter advanced to the river still afloat and in food condition, the Front Pak He. Tong. Lung landed {Sin Pat and the Tang Fat. The first cabut 100 men hope to assist those who three of these might be called first class hand been guarding the back of Macao and the other two are second class. Also On these men landing there was Shum has a very large number of smaller skiraish and Lung's soldiers suffered boats. fairly heavily, but eventually they were

One of Shun's gunboats has been sunk Huccessful in driving the enemy back and the Tai Shek barrier and is lying in in capturing a gun on the hill at the the fairway. Though it is a nuisance back of Pak Ho Tong. Heavy firing was and will not be able to be moved for

acquire this addition need a - going on in this district all day and nosome time it is not bindering haviga-

£150 is necessary. sarapans or jusks were to be seen any tion Shum's idea would seem to be to

The total number of individual patients avoid a direct naval action with Lang's

treated is given as 14,995. A very interest, gunboats, but to try and take Macro to keep himself isolated for the presenting fact to note is that in districts Fort in cooperation with his land forces. He has not sufficient troops to make any In the evening one of Lung's gunboats, Shunt's army is reported to have been re-to keep lang from sending any punitive against plague

ind velon Canton aad it is to his interest where the people desired innoculation there has been great the Kong Hon, fired shrapnel across Pak [cruited just lately by the addition of a expedition against hini.

It is rather interesting that Kam Kong. diminution in the number of affected

pirates and from which all

where near

HANG HÓW, VILLAGE PRACTICALLY

DESTROYED.

THE POSITION. IN HONAM.

Ho Tong and bit Hang How village number of ex-pirates from Tui Shek several time Hang How is a sumil | district and also by the men of 24 villages village of about 100 houses, and as at the back of Pak Ho Tong, who have result of the firing aboat 100 of the houses resolved. to join Shum's army on account were buried. They

word afterwards of the looting of Hang. How village by looted, supposedly by some of Long's men Lung's troops. If this is true, it will give who had got out of hand. Everything Shum a thousand more ing badly was taken from the houses and the pawn-clothed and with practically no ammuni- shops were absolutely stripped. In this tion, but with good rifles. district on Sunday night and Monday- morning an could buy articles, like blankets, etc., for exeredingly small prices. Janks have been pirated a. feu Li Fook Lam, who has been called the miles from Macao Fort by Sham's men, King of Honam," has 6,000 well-armed' and traffic on this part of the river is and well-equipped men and is standing. almost entirely suspended. There is by in Honam, So far he has done no sort of hull to-day, and Shum is said to fighting, but if he joins in he will most be giving up the idea of using infantry likely, take the side of Lung. He will be and file fire to gain a footing on the a very important factor in the trouble Canton side, and to be bringing up heavy if he chooses to throw his soldiers into guns to the back of Macao Fort, Shum's the fighting at the right time. At the host, plan would seem to be to cross ver present moment he is policing famam, to Honam somewhere about Pak, In Hok, | where everything is 'quier and orderly, and to mount his guns on a hill just lar hind there: From this point he could shell the Kim Yau hill, where Lang is supposed to be at the present tiam,"

FIGHTING AT FATI

There was fighting also at Fati on Mon- day night and the usual firing around the railway aren at Shek Wai Tong. At Shek Wai Tung, Lung's men have:

Li has been in charge of the soldiers in Honant for some years now and has been very successful in keeping the peace, and a good deal of confidence is reposed in hire at the present time..

LU YUNG TING,

Lu Yang Ting, who is supposed to be on his way to take over the Governor-

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Shek Lung is 40 miles from Tai Sha Tau, and between Nam Kong and Tang Mei, which is 23 miles from the Canton terminus, the line has been broken. It is not serious breakage and might be easily repaired but for the fact that Lung, and who is against Lung, wishes Tang K'eng, who is in possession of Shek

STOCKED IN ALL MODELS.

for the Hospital, and indeed for Swarow," at prezent is an X-ray, appulatus. TO CADDY BAGS. TEES, GOLF GLOVES, BALL CLEANERS,

sum of

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which used to be a perfect hot-bed of cases. This surely indicates that if the HONGKONG, CANTON, MACAO

sorts of

troubles used to emtuate, is very gaict Chinese desire to stamp out this chenry Just now. All the bad characters seem of their race the means for combatting to be busy elsewhere. fren Bien Taun, 29 miles from the Can-stitution is attended to by two foreign it is at their disposal. This large in From to-day a slow train will ran for terminus, right through to Shun doctors, with five Chinese assistants and Chuan and connecting with Kowloon,

Everything is praceful at the Canton éleven: students, who are being taught end of the line and at the Railway the elements of medicine and obtain very Settlement at Tung Shan, where all the Europeans stay, one would never know good practice in the profession. that there was any fighting going on.

HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD,

QUESTIONS BY MR BOWLEY.

At the fortnightly meting of the Hongkong Sanitary Board, held yester day Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, pursuant to notic, asked the following questions

(1) What is the reason for the delay on the part of the Government in dealing with the recommendations of the Board with regard to No. 1, May Road and No. 10, Peak Road (Ian Mor)7)

(i)-What arrangements are made by the Sanitary Department for removing cattle to Hongkong? Can the Head of manaro from river steamers bringing the Sanitary Department suggest any im provement, in such arrangements.?

(H)---Will the Head of the Súnitary Thepartment lay on the table and supply members of the Board with prints of the manual Medical and Sanitary reports for last year, which have been laid on

Alongside this hospital there is also n large Women's Hospital Chinese beart a large proportion of the expenses of upkeep. Two well qualified foreign lady doctors, with a foreign nurse and Chinese women assistants, are in charge. This huge Republic is blessed in many of its populous cities and towns with institutions of this character. The people thus have ever before them a prac tieel demonstration of how

to battle with the diseases that threaten thein. One would like to see more "nursing fathers and nursing mothers rising up among them,

THE RECENT MAGISTERIAL TRANSFER The Kiyang magistrale has been removed to Tapu, which is by no means so fat a living as Kityang. I have not yet heard that the recent rebbery cases have been settled. Tapu magisterial cases are in a very backward condition and-

gained a footing along the river front Generalship of the province, is no nearer the table of the Legislative Couneil! man. of capacity is needed to overtake

which they have continued to hold with

the trouble. After dark they advance inland and endkavour to consolidate a

Canton.

This latter fact, rather than the

the exception of one night all through Kwang Si and is supposed to be ori his way from Kwei Sio zi Wa Chow. The position further up the line, but so far river is low at this time of the year and they have invariably been driven back may be experiencing difficulty in fight- by Li's men, whose headquarters are into Wa Chow; bur many people in and around five-eye bridge,” the first Canton seem to think that he wants to station on the Canton-Samsui Railway keep out of this trouble and to postpone line. During the afternoon, firing was his arrival as long as possible, it not the coolies and cart. Previous to the war parcelling our the hill portions of gra heard from this quarter, and there was û altogether. Although Lung is unpopular in the early morning or in the evening, arrangements. Each local authority will these vessels used to arrive regularly either for each village, of making the people constant booming which seemed to point with the Cantonese, Li would find it and it was easy to arrange ordinary to a gun of fairly big calibre. I was very difficult to fill his shoes at anwerk so that the men would be available have both deliberative and executive pose- shown a shell of about 16 lbs. which was ordinary time; at the present montent. both overnight and morning arrivals certain amount of geuins for managing in the morning to clear the manure from ers. As T. Bhao Ji says, the Chinese have a he might be the cause of a very Now the boats arrive at all hours of the fortunate situation. The general opinion make immediate clearance of the manure contains the promise of sucessful repub day and it is not always possible to their own local affairs. This in itself seems to be that for the present he does without detriment to the ordinary cav not count in the situation and will curve would be easy it is only a matter of

onging service. Improvement of the sericanism. tainly not arrive fill the present difficul cost. This manure must be regarded as ties are settled.

trade refuse which the trader must either.

It is considered illegal in China for remove to the refuse depûts himself or a woman to choose to die along with her pay us to remove. At present 8 vessels husband. Such a thing, however, hap pay us varying sums amount ng la 820-

The HEAD OF THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT arrears, Hy is the Ex-Governor of replied as follow:-(1)~The recom

mendations of the Board are being son matter of robberies, probably acount for question of the drainage of Hongkong. sidered in connection with the general the magistrate's transference. the reply to the Beard's recommendation

MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. will be given as soon as possible.

We expect that before long powers of men and a foreman drawn from the ordi

(2.)-The work is at present done by 3 local Government will be granted to] pary scavenging star of H.D. . It is towns, that cach local body will have the cattle boats are due and to arrange for the city of the foreman to find out when power of opening schools, building roads,

picked Up hereabouts.

ON THE RIVER

THE OPPOSING NAVAL

FORCES. On the river all seems to be quiet, but there are a very large number of gun. hoats around. These gunboats are of three kinds. What one might call first class are apparently converted merchant- mont, with wireless of about the size of

- THE WOUNDED.

A WIFE'S DEVOTION.

PEKING AND LJUNG TS KWONG..

On the Fati side and also on the band or mensen for this service; but investi-pened quite. recently in our neighbour- Shck Wui Tong soldiers can be seen shown that there are 8 vessels including The natives regard the wife's action as badgations following a recent complaint have hood. Both husband and wife were young,

the ordinary China Coast steaner, or carrying away the wounded, the dead thing. If the charge is raised to a uni-highly commendable and wish to commem

the complainant's vessel which pay no smaller. Then we have two-funnelled and and dying at all times. Very occasion form monthly fee of $1 per vessel we grate her secrifice. Ope-funnelled gunboats, with wireless, ally one sees a stretcher and usually the should realise an additional £2 per about the size of our own river gunboats, unfortunate man is strung on a bamboo and a foreman who could be detailed toensen, which would provide 3 coolies which might be called second class. pole like a pig and enrried sometimes by specially for this work at a charge of And lastly, we have a motley crowd of two soldiers and sometimes by two coolly El per mensem to the public. launches with a machine-gun mounted in wao look as if they had been pressed into reports were received the day the ques The third question answers itself. Such the bows. In addition to these there are the service. The Canton hospitals are

tions arrived a number of very small torpedo boats,

This was all the busincas of public im full up with the wounded.

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