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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY,

SEPTEMBER 26ru, 1923.

BIG ARMS SEIZURE.

SANITARY BOARD.

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Our contemporary the Jezero Chronicle. THE CALAMITY IN JAPAN, aupplements phe Füregelng stories by the j following

HONGKONG RELIEF WORK,

A meeting of the Hongkong Japanese Earthquake" Disaster Relief Committee was held gesterday, Mr. 1. T. EDKINS presiding.

A RUMOUR DEN IAD.

Among well-known residents formerly in Kobe and now suddenly „driven back From Yokohama. Mr. W. W. Campled and Mr. A. L. Manleg both had as excit. | ing tunes is hundreds of others, Mr. W. W. Campbell was writing when the shock The Hon. Mr. A. G. Sternes took the came, and, after an exciting interlude of opportunity of informing de Connittee Holding on to the deerpet, got out safely. that the report which appeared in the His fami'y at the mucinout wers all in Telegrwp last night. quoted from a "ilifferent place, but all arrived sextoly, Į Manila paper, with regard to the atroci (and they took to the British Naval Hosties in Japan, was absolutely untrue. As pital volupenant, as "good" apn samen regards Mr. Morrison, he was not me When the fires gained grouid, however, a dered; he was killed in an revident, sudden „obnnge of wind made it necessary Jur them to get cat, and they found tlisuselves trapped." the only way out bying ove the cliff, Mr. Rowbottern, hien- self crally bereaved, did heroic work at the cliff edge, lowering people over one after another until the rape that he had sceared was worn out, and the rest had fwerblown. It was terribly hist i this time, and some Jagnasse in a frenzy jumped over and smashed to pulp at the

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FLOATING BASE AT YOKORAMA,,

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FIRST CLASS CABIN OF TUE SUN COMPANY'S PREMISES. PRESIDENT MCKINLEY."

PUBLIC" LATRINES ON PRIVATE, PROPERTY ·

Two Chinese were charged before · Mr. Wood at the Magistracy yesterday charged with being in illegal, possession of 40 patuser · pistols, 27 revolvers niet: 957 sounds of ammunition.

The Hon. Mr. H. T. Creasy. Director of Publig, Works, presided over the fort- nightly meeting of the Sanitary. Board, | Festerday afternoon. There were also present: Dr. Ozorio, Mr. S. W. Two, Mr. Wong Kwong-tin, Dr. W. W - Pearse the Medical Officer of Health) and Mr.S.

Pavies (acting, Secretary).

Inspector Spear, prosecuting, stated that Sergeant Snare boarded the President McKinley for the purpose of earching her when she arrived in the Harbour out evening of the 23rd inst. He went to the

After a number of formal items hal | first class cabins, and saw the first defeti¦

dant come out of Cabin No. 114 carrying been attended to, including the authoriss- u hundh" wrapped up in a pillow case, tion of Sanitary Inspectors Morgan anıl With reference to establish a floating He asked him what was in the case, and Elliots to enter premises and inspect and base at Yokohama, it was stated that on searching found a quantity of ammani-seize' unwholesoiue meat, some disenssion since the last meeting of the Committention. Defendant trial to get away, but arose on an application from the San messages had passed which intimated the sergeant pulled him back. He then Company for the modification of section. that the Kobe Foreign Board of Trade the alleyway with a similar bouille, and Ordinance in respect of their premises.

the second defendant coming along 178 of the Public Health and Buildings had chartered the Xamsang and it was on saw him enter Cabin No. 120. Hr search- Lits way to Yokohama. Pending the reed this bandle also, and found more am-

It appears that the Company sometinie eript of information as to when the ship munition. He then marcher Cabin No. 114, of the Ordinance by obtaining the Board's ugo secured invitification of the Section would be available for relief work, the and found under the bel amber permission to enver in a certain portion suggested guarantee towards expenses, pistols, whilst in the floor of the adjoining of the premises with a skylight. [ promised by the Hongkong Comnfitters bathroom he discovered the rest of the|

was held in abeyanes

scizira. "Both of the men were employed

LADIES' COMMITTEE. '

The -work was completed and now the Com

on the ship, and they must have segreted they were applying for a further modifea- arms without the passengers occupying the tin of the section of the Ordinance in enbins Spolving anything about it.

Mr. Campbell made his way along the bund and got bis sendo sc bring a dinghy road, to where the others were, but by the tinie this was done, the party had

The CHAIRMAN sail the Ladies' Com- grown too big for the dinghy, but a sammittee, under the direction of Mrs. Wolfe, After various adven had been working very efficiently and A was secured. tarry the party made themselves as com- fortable as possible on the two ailing effectively and had collected a total of craft Dolago and Janee, but their ad some 3,000 articles, which led been put viptures were not finished, Next day, ¦ juto'enses and marked in accordance with | $1,300 in each'ense being allowal, when the fires on the harbour surface:

curred, the Duringu only just eared their contents.

ear.

The ladies who help

the Enepress of Australi, whose captain were Meslames Marston, Benvis, Sayer, shouted over the side to Mr. Campbell | Roffey, "Hornell, Sutherland, Cock, King, that if he did not get out he would be Redmond and Blaker. The Committe ent in two. finppily be just drifted

deciled to send a letter of appreciation Mr. Many was in his offier at the to those ladies for their assistance. time of the quake, pairs. By the time | It was mentioned that special arrange- the vibrations could be said to have stopped, there was not very much of the ments had been nude by the Japanese" Iling left but it was possible to effect authorities for the reception of this cloth. a leent to the debris within, and thening, which had been forwarded to Kobe to get out through what had been the leorway. After a while he found himself surrounded by firy, and was driven into the goa, as, were so many others. The situation was a very uncomfortable our Here, and the lent was intolerable, Mr. Mauley swam for a lunch that was ap Froneling, but could not make it against wird and tide, and was becoming exhaust ed. The men on the lunch, asked for n pipe, said that there were nong, but a foreigner on board Bi-covered one threw it and missed. Another cast was luckier,

GELIEF FOR PASSENGERS IN TRANSIT,

It was reported that relief in "ntoney and kind had been supplied to about six- teen Europeans passing through on the engele, who were amongst the first to leave Japan and who, in the pressure of work there had been unable to obtain little more clothing than that which they had ou, The Chairman, said be consider

Mr. W. B. Hind appeared for the fondants and asked for a remamı,

The application was granted bail

PASSENGERS AND CARGO

FOR JAPAN."

respect to the erected skylight.

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The Admiral Oriental Line inform is that they are in receipt of the following

instructions

Yokohama. You may book passer gers a legitimate business, advising them that no train accommodations are: available Yokohama-Tokyo. Cargo mails tube hookesi Yokohaman and Kobe, dis charge to be at ship's option."

Yokohama is teraporarily with the Ameri The Admiral Oriental Line. Offer in

ean Consulate,

Mr. Wong Kwojg-mis asked for in- formation as to whether there were modi- fcations of a similar type in the city?

The MEDICAL Offices of Health, after replying in the negative, said that when, the question was discussed a year ago a committee was appointed to go into the The Committee recommended that the Section of the Ordinaner he modified as a temporary, meašure until this departmental store had moved to the

master.

aite for the new building. The store was composed of Chinese tenement houses which were unsuitable for their presept purpose; nerertheless in view of the mature of the business carried on soche concession was granted and the Company

portion of the premises. A large number was permitted to erect a skylight over a

of shopmen were employed in the estab lishment and worked very many hours every day, and they had to be considered : especially as there was such a lot of tuberculosis in Hongkong. "He moved. disaster was the fact that a great hunny that the Board decline to grant any fur- foreigners-British or others with busier modiñcation of Section 175 of the

Ordinance. ness interests of varying importance had

Dr. Ozole seconded and after some gained their livelihmal in Japan and further discussion the Medical Ofeer's having now "lost everything, were no doubt | in extreme distress. As soon as it was

DISTRESSED FOREIGNERS, The GritaMAN said that an outstand-

ed the help given had been usefullying feature of the distress caused by the expoyled.

TENIS FORWARDED.

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and Mr. Manley was pulled on borð almost at his het gasp. He was then transferred, with the rest of the company en banal, to the Dougola, whence he land- It was also stated that in tents, very ed again, in a borrowed pair of troussers promptly made by the Kowloon Dock and a pair of much-mented boots that Company, had been forwarded to Japan did not fit, and so equipped sturtel out for Ninomiya, some thirty miles, in by the Harna Maru. search of Mrs. Manley. The going (was

ADVICE FROM JAPAN.

ardaous, and he was soon footsore. He As decided at the last meeting, a sub-implicated to the Committee that relief sunnaged to get a motorcycle, however, committee had beca formed in Japan and which avèrngel five miles an hour, owing

Streams

to it being secessary to carry it through had sent the Committee a great deal of and over other instructions useful information. A message from them Fortunately it was a light one, but 200 stated that the principal need of the 1bs. is a pretty streanous lift. Happily

motion was carried..

A QUARRY BAY MATTER.

Dealing with an application for, the erection of three public katrines on Quarry Bay Inland Lot No. 5. Dr. Ozonio asked if it was not a fact that these latrines Perhaps it were to be erected on private property,

of this kind was needed he thought they should be prepared to give a prompt response. The best means, of course, was to put these people in the way of re- establishing their business.

He found Mrs. Manley safe, and stood by Japanese at the present time was help in would le.as well to let the subcommitteelunging to the Taikoo Sugar Refinery,

for a few, days, As Mrs. Manley had the form of remittances. The Chinese Ben in bad health or some time and could had ample food supplies, it required

not undertake un ardums walk, he made

blankets and warm clothing for those romaining in Japân and inaney to repatri- ate those returning to China. There were

her comfortable in such sheds as mined of the house, and left her well cared for while be made for Kobe to look after his Business, affairs.

Mr. Manley'spunks, as do so faune about 1,-100 Chinese refugees in Osaktion relief fund, for British destitute. ner been found that the Chinese tenants used

others, to the extreme kindness of the Kobe and Nagasaki, besides about 2,000 people in the country parts, who. not-students and labourers" in Tokyo, The withstanding their own distress, bad sympathy and help to mare for athers committee suggested a contribution + and faced their "ruin with the bravest you 10,000 to the local Chinese Fund. The cheerfulness. But, as so many others Tulians were amply provided for; the have also testified, the disciplined forces | of any apd navy did not seem to have message stated, by their own organisa- the elasticity is take an immediate res-, tions. Foreign clothing was required and ponse to the aved like individuals did.

THE CHINESE REFUGEES.

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The Consul-General at Kebe recently telegraphed Suggest apply certain por

chants?

Japan know that the committee was and if so was this in order. prepared to support them when they madeing. said the property did belong to the The Menica OFFICER OF HEALTH, reply- definite recommendations.

Taikoo Sugar. Refinery, who had sub

itted the application for the public latrines. The houses in the vicinity had been supplied with latrines, but it had

them as store, rooms. If they used the Mr. SUTHERLAND asked as to the avail- private latrines they had to pay someone to keep them clean and therefore they ability of the Mansion House Fund.

preferred to use the nearest"public latrine, The Hon. Mr. STEPHEN sail that the The latrines would be privately owned ense for substantia! grhuts for this purnt they were liable to be used now and again by outside members of the publle, pose from the Fund was being strongly but that did not mean that there could ressed in London by Fir Newbut Stabb be any objection to the latrines being find the Chief Manager of the Chartered erected... Bank

F later money would be needed to provide

Bustenance and for repatriating forsign refugees of all nationalities. The cost on Russians to · various

In proportion to their numbers, the transporting 200 Chinese community of Yokohamia were among the heaviest sufferers. We are places would probably fall on the foreign informed by the Chinese Consulate that Relief Committee. the Chines residents at Yokohama un- bered more than five thousand, of whom not less than a thousand are killed,or!

COLLECTIONS BY LOCAL JAPANESE.

It was reported by the Japanese repre- mising, including the Chinese Consul sentatives on the Hongkong Committee General Of the 4,100 Chinese refugees that some $30,000 had been collected removed from Yokohama by the various locally by the Japanese. foreign steners. 870 elected to" proceed straight to Hongkong by the Java liner

On the motion of the CHARMAN, second Tidak. The remainder are being coreded by Mr. W. B. WALKER, it was agreed for by the Kobe Chinese community to remit 100,000 you to the Belief Bureau ling lodged in the Chinese Guildkah, to Tokyo and mention that it included the Cantou, Fukien and Shankiang Cham- 1rs of Commerce, the Chinese school, $20,000 collected by the Japanese in Hong and a few in private residences, Local kong Chinvar have becribed Y.50,000 for their relief. Three thousand Chinese, mostly students are supposed to have herty in Tokyo at the time of the disaster.

Mr. Shib Liu Pun, acting Ministry "te Japan. has arrived at Kobe from Peking and after arranging measures of relief for his compatriots and reporting to his Government, he intended to proced to

Tokyo.

THE SAFES AT YOKOHAMA.

Mr. R. C. Graff, agent of Hegers. Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co. for Yoko hama, has arrived in Kobe with all the office records that were in the safe, which he opened in the presence of the author- ities. He found the records undamaged. Luckily the afe was closed at the time of the shock, but it is to be forfed that many safes were open at the time of the disaster and that there was no time to shut them. Probably those stated to be looted were Bmong those which were closed but not locked.. There, is-a story

of a number of charred Japanese bodies being found in one strong room, but it Jacks confirmitien at present..

CHINESE COLLECTIONS AND RELIEF WORL

In this connection the Committer con- Hidered a telegram asking for a grant to Masunie ladies in aid of relief of uein-

ers rendered destitute.

Dr. Ozonie then asked under whose control the latrines would come and he was informed by the Medical Officer that there were Bye Laws covering this class sufficient: of building which he though were quite

The CHAIRMAN said he had visited some It was felt that if grants were made foors small latrines in the neighbourhood of these houses and he found on the lower societies a great many such applications of the kitchens. This was very objection- would be received, with grave danger of | abic,

He did not sce what objection over lapping, and it would be better there could be raised to the erection of the

latrines under discussion, fore for cases of destitution amongst foreigners to be dealt with direct by the relief committees in Japan.

It was decided to put the question in this light. before the Kobe Telief

mittee.

Dr. Ozono said he was satisfied and the application was agreed to.

THE QUALITY OF THE WATER SUPPLIE Referring to the report from... the Com-Government Analyst on the public water supplies the CHAIRMAN and the Analyst had reported upon the water being matia- factory and of good quality with the exception of the supply to Shaukiwan which was not quite up to standard. Steps had been taken by the Water Authority to rectify this immediately.

This was all the business before the Board.

CONTRIBUTIONS PROX CANTON "AND BOIHOW.

CONGESTION. OF SUPPLIE55" AT 'KORE. Mr. WALKER intinted that, according Mr. Ho Kwong, reported that the Chi-to Teports received, Kobe was severely aesë had collected locally about $38,000 congested with materials of all kinds sout and had remitud, tó Kobe, two Rums of by way of relief and it was decided not to ship any further consignments except 5,000 yen each. Also they had given after advice from the sub-committee in several hundreds of refugees small suns Japan of money to assist them in getting home, which came to shout $20,000 extra. The night boats had given free passages to all refugees. Another 500 were expected shortly and the Chinese were informed that there were still about 1,000 refugees who would be coming southward to either Hongkong or Shanghai. The balance in hand of the Chinese fund was now 35,300,

Acknowledgement was made of contri- butions of 83,500 subscribed in Canton, and of $700 by Hoihow residents, and it was reported that the local expenditure now amounted to $118,000, leaving a balance in hand of $241,000.

BUTULL NEEDS,

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HIGHWAY RUBBERY IN

KOWLOON:

Read, Kowloon, at about a quarter to A highway robbery occurred in Nathan

éleven on Monday night. A Chines woman was returning from Yaumati with a male relative to her home at 57, Hai- The CHAIRMAN remarked that relief phong Road, and had reached the Indian work might be expected to besume even Mosque, near Whitfield Barracks, when pro- he was getting in business letters tended into the eyes of herself, and her friend. nóre urgent in the winter. The reports three men jumped out and threw pepper to show that the devastation had not been Two of the man pushed the woman to the exaggerated at all and Tokyo had been ground, and the third dealt with the male more badly damaged than the newspaper relative. The two called for help, and the reports indicated.

robbers made for Yaumati after having funds must be conserved as far as possible was subsequently arrested and has since The opinion of the committee was that stolen a few articles of small value. One

with a view to mecting future needs.

been removal to hospitale

The Hon. Mr. A. G. STEPHES: pose that we remit 10,000 more for the benefit of Chinese still in Tokyo.

The Hon. Mr. HOLKOAK seconded and this was carried.

Mr. Ho Kword said that the vote would be highly appreciated by the Chinese (Continued at foot of dizt colunina)

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