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HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL.

A meeting of the Council is called for to-morrow

The business includes:

1. Financial Minutes (Nox. 17 to 50). 2. Report of the Finance Committee, རི 1:|:ཀ

Rekujions under the Advertise meate Regulation Ordinance. 1912.

4. Amendment of the Offensive Tende

By 'aws.

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HOSPITAL, QUESTIONE,

The Hon Mr. P. H. Holyoak has given nge of his intention to ask the following questions:--

THE HONGKONG DAILY" PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE -

STRANDING OF THE

**** FAUSANG." INTERESTING MARINE COURT ENQUIRY

MASTER'S CERTIFICATE SUSPENDED FOR A YEAR.

What was your object in heading for this buoy -To get in the south chant"}

What is the item of making a difficult manonere, in a side when you have an open channel. Is there any reason -No.

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to par Mr. D. H. Blake, "of Mears, Wikinson to io.

the beacon

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that be might substantiate his statement no bearings or angles of any sort. Witness said be was Hurried at the time and did not think of taking angles.

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By your chart, the beacon marks the end of the reef. The foul ground is. 100 feet further on --Ye

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There is no reason why you should not Bhave had a thoroughly up-to-date chart !..... There is no reason. "The other chart had een used in December. The reason I did not get another is because of Jardine's new regulations. I knew I was going on the Jarun and Liutonded asking for a

Java chart.

So you elected to use your old chant ? Why did you not riect to use the same contr and the same distances as laid down in the sailing directions, which required you to pass 3 cables from the beacon i-1 thought cables was ample, with the set of the tide flowing away from the beacon.

Capt. Wheeler informed the Court that the black boy used to by moored on the on fathom line. It was taken off in 1918, when the beacon was put on.

Capt. Wheeler, to witness; I suppose you. know, riccording to the saling directions, a rocky shore should on to account be

Lae fcquld not take sounnings when my approached nearer than the tes fathom *hip was muring.

your own soundings, you According soundings were from 45 Fathonis to 8 were inside the five fathogi line-My fathoms.

You have to get round a strong tide set. pojuż to get into a narrow channel when A Marine Court of Enquiry, composed you have a straight line in Hongkong,

In answer to questions by the Conet, Commander ('9 11. Beckwith, RN, Marine Magistrate, (President). Lieut-witas said it was his first trip on that Comadr, R., Stopford, D.S.C., H.M.So for some years. He was master of the Litania, Mr. W. Davison, of the Canadian Tak Sony several years ago. He had used Pacific Ocean Service, Ltd., Mr. W. J. the south-eastera channel because he It did not Resolution approving the erection of Barkis, master of the British str. Si thought it was going to rais. a`Public katrine and Urinals at Sham-king, and Mr. E. D. Blackburn, master rain. If he had taken, the open channel of the British str., Kashing, sat yesterday he would have been through by Dea.m. It He thought to enquire into the circumstances of the did not rain before s

was really a sufficient distane stranding of the British steamer Fau Sany cabin

he intended in the Hainan Straits on. May 28th.

When he struck, he was 1. In view of the shortage of hospitalį & Grist, represented Mr. F. J. Gill, the armly of the opinion that he had struck in this Colony will the master of the Fau Sang, and Captan ancharted rock. He did not take any accommodation Government sanction the attendance of Wheeler, Marine Superintendent ques extant bearings after he had struck, o pasients' own physician or surgeon desirtioned the witnesses in the interests of ed, at the Government Civil Hospital and Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., the the Barker Road Hospital, and will the agents of the Indo-China Steam Naviga Government also arrange for an addition Co., to whom the vessel belonged.

Capt. F. J. Gill, in evidence, stated that

In answer to Lieut.-Commander Stop tional number of private moins for this

erected channel before the beacon was purpose both in the fat and 2nd class the Fau Sung left Hongay at 3.40 p.m. on ford, witness said he had been through the

May ith, with 3.02 tons of coal.

That was on the Tak Sung, sailer wartis!

He read his ailing directions They was passing through the Hainan Straits vessel.

May 23th. The Captain's story was before going through the channel.

Intelling the Court that you truck an As the vessel could not get through before rade no mention of the beacon: When be struck, the red Buoy was right ahead. dark, I anchored in Hainan Bay for the When he was going to Hongas, be used per incharted rock you numit that you did No pilot was on nothing to obtain the ship's position, either centre channel. open night. A 5.30 a.m. on May 26th I have!

hoard on this trip. He reckoned the tin rounding the point or after the ship was purchased by the Government for the panchor and proceeded towards the of the tide through the channel was one, struck ?---1 did nothing.

It was low water at the Capt, Davison: Who supplied the charts I

Mitaess! The Company. Witness Baid his compass was time. Narrows, making allowance for the strong to two knots,

Mr. W. Litkin, chief officer of the Fes reliable. It had been rectified ust rea.. side which was then setting East. When about to sendior to the North of flainan As for who was awate, his ridder was Sang, corroborated the master evidence Head beacon, the vessel struck a rock druidships. He had had some light troubegard the movenwats_of_the_vessel. On sounding with the steering gear, which would not before the vessel struck, Witnes said that on the chart.

when the ship struck, he took an angle of unmarked

answer on the starboard side. about the vessel; deep water, was found all

Commander Beckwith asked witness if it 17 minutes from Unidan Bluff. The Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyyoak will round her,-41 to fathoms of water, the would surprise him to know that his ship hud struck 701 feet from the centre of the In view of the dangerous condition rock apparently being completely under beacon--that is, a little over one cable of some of the new motor roads, both in the vessel's bottom. Immediately the vessel from the beacon. This measurement was Victoria and the New Territory and the struck, I stopped the engines and ordered taken seientifically, with estant bearingsad worked it pit on the chart. approach of the rainy season which will full speed asters, but owing to the rapidly and angles

Witness anid it would surprise him, 1 Questioned by Mr. Blake, he, and the make them more dangerous, what stepat-rising water in the engine room the last

Commander Beckwith yn it was never ship seemed to be 21 cables-judging from the eye--from the beacon, at the time she hathe Government Laken for a daily users were imposible in carry out, the patrol an "and repors of all the important Chief Engineer jeporting about 7 feet of theless a fact

struck.-- roads in the Colony and New Territory water in the engine room, which was maki

ng water fast.

2. What steps has the Government taken to provide hospital accommodation fur maternity" easy on the Peak

3-is it not a face that the house called Lyman" next the Victoria Hompil expres purposes of turning it into mater nity anexe of the Victoria Hospital, and if so why uns it not been put to such

DANGEROUS CONDITION OF THE SEW MOTOR ROADS.

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THE TREATMENT OF RABIES INFECTION. The Hon My Holyoak has given notice of the following question:

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fre vessel took a heavy list to starboard and settled down by the bend. I then mistered the crew on deck and orders the In view of the fact that during the last starboard lite bouts to be lowered, jt being 10 months and even within the last 10 days possible to wing out the port beat several cases of supreted rabies infection owing to the heavy list. Theo have had to leave the Cnny for treatment was at this time passing through in Shanghai, will the Government im mediately take steps to provide the same treatment here!

BRDERS OF THE DAY.

Questioned by Mr. Blake, wild that other vessels used that aside ebane when bound for Hongkong. Witness said that another chart besides his own had the beacon marked in red--this was the chart of B.M.S; Fame Blake exptain that he had endeavoured to get that chart, to show that the beacon was currect-mark- Led in red on the edge of the reef but the the Straits bound for Hoitos, Isignalled Fame being at sen, it was not possibie to her to stand by. As the ship appeared 19 get her chart..

Questioned by Caps Wheeler, Marine be firmly settled on the bottom. I sent the Second Uffeer with 40 of the Chinese crem Superintendent of Messrs, Jardine, Matha to the Hob tanlon and asked the Lapatinson & Lo,, witness said that, necording to ant report me ushere of Hainan Head, so the sailing directions, he should have pass

that the agratan de Consul could cable to: 26 north of the black buoy,

First reading of a Bill intituled, Ordinance to and the Trade Stark

dinance, 1903.

On the

First reading of a Burfatituted-an-to Ordinance to amend the law relating to societies"

First reading of a Bill intituled, an Ordinance to amend the Public Health and Building Ordinance, "190

"1901

A DUTCH OR, GERMAN

"SUBJECT?

A YOUNG STOWAWAY,

to

Chinese

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Hathow

Will you tell us how you came to be no far out your estimate of the distance from the beacon-1 cannot

Cape Wheoier produced a look to show this angle was impossible. To get an angle of 17 minutes the ship at have been 5 miles a

With persisted in this statement. He

In answer to Capt. Wheeler, witness said the ship was 8. to . when she truck. He was not car. The beacon was right alma. He did not lay it out on the chart. dain whether the compass was correct, or not. Witness had access to the log book after the accident, He did not mark the a small sketch showing the angle.. angie he got from Hainan Head. He made. was forwarded to Hongkong on a Portu. gee steamer.

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Mr. J. A. Lindsay, wand officer, said that after the stranding of the Fan Sang The master askel high questions arout how withes went on board the #ok Canton. the Law Nowy got into that posilian and remarked that he woud or ser bow they have touched anttung di Ley were" could have the ant

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of the ross-examined by Cap. Wheeler, witaess haid that be remarked to the captain of the uk Eniten that the red buoy was ahead and the beacon alam. He, however, did not give the bearing of the red buoy to the Captain,

The Ending of the Court was follows:

to send a bout, and shorter seeing it in the sailing regulations that bej We find that the British as. Fan Sang

Arded us, and I gave him a plan showing |

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charged with stowing away on the Nile the engine, room door, and told him to asks id he could not remember, now necessary to anchor for the night in Hai

John Oswald, the Eurasian lad, who is from Singapore to Hongkong, was again before the Magistracy, yesterday. He was taken to the Dutch Consul, as he claimed to be a Dutch subject. The Consul said adidas know the youth and it w later ascertained that his name wae Grazer. The Consul said the name was German and not Dutch.

Mr. Hutchison asked the Police what

the agents and attend to our safety, dist. Capt. Whether wked witness whather, according to the sating relations, the of May 27th, I decided to el auld have passed three miles out remainder of the Chinese crew on side the bacon, Witness said that be as the water and praxisions thought sabes was a plea that that

Commander Beckwith id wern getting rather low, I had decided to remain by the vessel until the last, and ment witness was putting his opinion officers and engineers agreed to stay also. against the sailing regulations, Did wit

At p.m. on day 27in and the Tak Sang russ intend to do that seriously! arrived on the scene and asked if 1 Witness snid that he did not remember required any assistance.

Mr. should have sailed niles outside the

of London, official number 10,3800, of whom the Chief Officer of the Tak Sang bences.

Capt. Wheeler put it to the witness that F. J. Gill, Esq., (Certificate of competency bow the vessel lay. I niso showed him how this was to be found on page 352 of the is 040049 of Dublin) was master Inft the vessel lay. also showed him how the regulations, which witress had aiready told Hongy on Mar 24th with a full cargo. vessel was beginning to train herself about the Court he had read before entering, the coal (3021 tons) bound to Hongkong. That, owing to the light, it was found Captain Ritch to report me in Hungkong, and to say that if the present weather whether he had read this statement in the Pan Bay on May 25th and wait for day- lasted it was possible for the vessel to sailing regulations on the day in question. light to pass through the Narrows. That remain safe and that we had sufficient Capt. Wheeler. You were going to pass the ship weighed at 5.35 a.m. on May 26th water and stores to last for about four cables away from the braton; the cur. and proceeded on her voyage intending to days. At 3 pm, on May 27th, thinking the rent was running east; you were first steer pass through the South Chung) and that vessel was opening up, I ran two wire ring north and then falling owly round 16.10 am. the ship track of the foul ropes, one from each side of the fore part to the east; the current would then be bear ground. witaated North 20 degress East from" Black Beacon Hainau Epit. The of the bridge deck to the stern mooring ing on the port side; in heading to round tourt is of opinion that the stranding of they intended doing with the boy and was Pipe, so that in the event of the vessel | the bend you would be steering N.E. by the ship, was due entirely to the careless!

breaking in two those wires would act na E., gradually hauling round. Under the navigation of the master in electing topEA told that the best thing would be to plackedges holding the fore part of the vessel conditions you would be setting off the this beacon at 23 cables distance, which we him in the House of Detention.

on the rock.

At 9.10 p.m. on Alay 27th the veci began straining badly, I ordered all Sergeant Stimson replied that they officers into the boat and pulled off clear would try to get the youth a jcb, Failing of the vessel. We had not left the vessel's side two minutes when she broke ber back. that they would send him to Singapore.

Mr. Hutchison: What has that got to I then decided to lay off the vessel in the bout all night and board her again at day- la with the Dutch Consult

Sergeant Stimson: He claimed to be a light: At-d-u.non-May-28th, we began

The Chief Officer would have had time palling towards the Faa Sang, but, owing Dutch subject,

Defendant. I was born in Sumatra and to the strong tide we were set some dis- to take a vertical angle off Haion Bluff Taken to Singapore when young. I am a tance off the vessel during the night and He may have had time. I do not know printer. The salary. I received, 85, was this was very slow work in the life boat, whether he did so or ze

the Second Officer and myself took the jus sufficient to support myself in Singa smailer bont and pulled towards the vessel, but did not arrive there till 9.30 am. By this time there were about 20 to 30 native

Mr. Hutchison You cannot keep him there for ever.

pore,

Mr. Hetebisu renanded the ease and ordered the Police to make arrangements to send the youth hack.

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beacon}

Witness: Yes.

You would not be setting to S.E. 1-No! You took no precautions to see that you were 2 to 3 cables away when rounding. the beacan -No!

How did

your position 1-I had no time to do so. did not ebeck my position

you check

consider to be a dangerously clone distance, and also in taking no steps to check this distance so that when the ship actually struck we find the Faa Sang was only 701 fect from the beacon. In view of this fact the Court order the master Mr. FJ, Gil's certificate to be suspended for twelve months, but grant a first mate certificate during this timer-

BOILING WATER POURED ON THLEF.

The immediate need of the ship was to take her position, rather than for the Chief Ocer to take azimuths - don't know which was the more important. At that INCIDENT AT JARDINE'S WHARF. A tallymau, employed at Jardine's

bots alongside taking everyth heregel, salse naimuths, rather than to find out the

time I considered that it was necessary to le

When we were getting close to the

they went away, hut, seeing only two Europosition of the ship. That is my point of wharf. noticed a Chinese stealing rice peans in the boat, they came back again view.

remaining things When You do know that if

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from a bag which was lying on the wharf,

man vertical angio The was standing underneath the

A TROUBLESOME AMERICAN to get the few all boarded the off Hainan Bluff, which is 173 feet high, pier and when asked to, give himself up,

SEAMAN. John Nelson, an American seaman, was charged at the Magistracy, yesterday, with assaulting two Chinese and with disorderly conduct

is correct.

vesel, I went to my rabin and found every had given you two miles, it would have kept refused. The tallyman then brought a pot thing possible had been taken away, you clear of all danger Yes, but I do not of boiling water and poured it on the man's clothes, stores, etc. It was then impossible know whether the height of Hainan Hill shoulder, resulting in the latter taking a leap into a sampan and trying to make to sinnd by the vessel any longer, and,

No doubt having been cast on the height of Police whistles were blown, and a as the other boat was some distance from

of Hainan Hill, would you not take it iz

The man was ulti- the vessel, I decided to go to Haibow.

| commation' nhwned, The as hum Tug Firt, a Chinese preference to your own judgment-in-round matchy caught, and yesterday at the In reply to the charge Nelson said-be | supposed he was guilty. He knew he had steamer, passed soon after. I signalled in auberged danger? Yes, but I say Magistracy, he was sentenced to lour

her to stand by as I wished to go to that at that time the azimuths were a week hand labour. hit the Chinese.

Inspector Kent said that on Monday Hoihow. I arrive on board that ship at important as the ship's position,

10.94 a. About the same time the s.. Then the Court may take it that, at no Nelson was in the Praya East, without Childar had seen the other boat and steam. time, from the moment you hove the anabor coat or shirt. He struck one Chinese en theed towards her and picked her up and as till you struck the rock, was the ship's hrad with a bottle and broke the teeth she was proceeding to Hongkong I sent the position checked ---I did not take the ship's of another. He made himself a general second, third and fourth engineers and position. misanor to the Police. He should have third officer on to Hongkong, the first and Do you cast any doubt on the accuracy gone away on the Monteagle, but jumped second officers, the chief engineer and my of your chart-Nong whatever. the vessel. Nelson was apparently under self proceeding to Hohow, so that when You do not coutend that the beacon is the impression that when he was drunk the salvage bont came down we could marked on the end of the abore water her had a right to knock people about attend to her. The officers and engineers It is not. In my chart the beacon le mark

Nelson said he jumped the Monteagle did everything possible during a trying ed on the edge of the reefs

anchor on the 28th. He intended passing

RETURNED BANISHEES.

BTWO MEN IMPRISONED.

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Two undesirable characters, who, after nerving various tering of imprimcoment for larcenics, were banished from the Colony for period of ten years each, were found by the detectives walking in Hollywood Road on Monday. They were arrested and charged at the Magistracy, yesterday, with buing returned banishoes. Both Capt. Wheeler Outalde the point markpendel that they were merely pawing ing the beacon, do you see a faintly defined through the Colony. They were each line indicating the shorn water 1--Yes, on sentenced to nine months' hard labour and the small scale.chart..

Commander Beckwith: What is the date Capt. Wheeler said that the chart he was consuiting was dated 1018.

as he did not ant to go to Vancouver.wer to Comadr. Beckwith witness of your chart 1-Witness: 1812. He wanted to go to San Francisco.

Inspector Kent said he did not know said he had aiear weather when he weighed the American Consul had washed his hands of the man, He had received his pay and had been having “a glorious, time" since. Mr. Hutchison: Four weeks hard labour.

the beacon two or three cables off,

Do you consider 23 cables sufficiently safe

to pass that beacon Yes. I thought the tide would set me fürther off?

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