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When the steam locomotive was intro- A Chinese cyclist, alleged to have col duced, special highways had to be confided with two rickshas, causing an amah structed for them, yet the motorist who to be thrown out, and injuring a ricksha frequently travels faster than the locomo coolla' who had to be taken to hospital, was remanded at the Central Magistracy tive has been allowed to encroach on the yesterday, on a charge of reckless riding pedestrians right of way and finally up- He bom Tong, who was in one of press it altogether. Here, even in the the rickshas, also had a narrow escape
precincts of the city, the ronda were from being precipitated into the roadway.
always necessary to resort to the roadway to make renacnable progress,
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- LOCAL WILL
FORMER KOWLOON. HEAD-
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The election of Dr. Koch to serve on the Legislative Council is a break in routine." Lawyers are very useful on the Council for the purpose of criticising the form in which legal enactments are draft-binadmistres of the Diocesan Girls' ed and because they are, by training, ableSchool, Kowloon, who died on July 7th,
to
Miss Catherine Ann Ferguson, formerly
think on their feet, but they lack that 1995, in Glasgow, left estato in Hongkong
intimate touch with social problems that amounting to $10,600 Her English estate never meant for last moving traffic.
President Lincoln (Dollar doctors acquire in the course of their was valued at £358.10. There are few side walks, and where they
Resealing of the letters of administra- exist they are so crowded that it iLine) arrived yesterday from San Fran- labours. Dr. Koch's election indicates a
cisco sid Honolulu, Japan ports and desire on behalf of the electorate to focus tion have been granted here to Mr. G. Shanghai, she carried or first-class attention on domestic problems and make G. W. Tiason, the lawfully appointed European passengers, 911 Arst-class the Colony a land fit for the ordinary attorney of deceased's brother, Mr. J. H. Asiatic and 386 third-class Asiatic pas folk of Hongkong, who are all heroes, to Ferguson, of Barrow-in-Furnesa, England, sengers. Among the passengers dis- live in. It was time that fresh blood the sole beneficiary.
at Hongkong were Mr. should be infused into the Council. Dr. embarking Stanley A. Martindale, of Shanghai, and Koch being a medical man ought to be Mrs. Tse Fong.
able to perform that operation success- fully.
The Chinese, being an extremely pro- lic race, overflow on to the streets in a manner not known in Europe. A de serted street is not a characteristic of an Eastern city in the normal hours of the day.
The Chinese "have not the
THE QUALITY OF MERCY.
KOWLOON MAGISTRATE'S HUMANE DECISION.
For the theft of several shrubs, which
Mr. Lester's generous benefactions to OLDEST procurable. traffic sense of the Westerner. It used he uprooted from a pot in the old
to be considered vety ill mannered, un-Botanical Gardens, a Chinese was sen-Shanghai, so liberal as to be without pre
STORY OF A CHASE BY NIGHT. seemly and undignified among Chinese tenced to three weeks' hard labour by cedent, ought to do much to create a
"I have no hesitation in convicting to run or hurry for anything-a tradi- Major C. Willson at the Central Police better feeling between the Chinese and
Court yesterday. In reply to the Lagis.the British in that city, for a large tion not yet extinct-nor is he generally trate the prosecuting police officer saidtion of the money is intended to benefit you as a rogue and a vagabond, but an alert erough ner sufficiently agile to get that the inducement was the medicinal the Chinese community. It is an excel-I think you have already suffered enough, quickly out of the way. In his own city value which is supposed by the Chinese lent gesture, all the more praiseworthy. I have decided to bind you ever in the
because it was voluntary and spontane sum of $50 for six months." the streets are so narrow, that in order to be present in the plants.
ous, and obviously inspired by a genuine So said Mr. J. H. B. Nihill, the Kow- Lto advance through them, it is necessary
affection for the people among whom heleon Magistrate, yesterday, to an earth_ to walk in single file; this is done with
spent so many years of his life. A man coolie, charged with being-a-rogue-and- can afford to be despised the first thirty a vagabond."" years of his life for being mean, and cavied the next thirty for being rich, pro- vided he wins the admiration of all by
as has occurred in the case of Mr. Lester.
Messrs. W. & A. GILBEY, LTD., being the "proprietors of Three Highland Distilleries are in it
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The case in which five Chinese are charged with "holding-up three Chinese the full and sure conviction that no dan girls, near the railway bridge at Hung- ger will ensue, for nothing speedier than hom, and stealing a pair of bangles from a human being is likely to come that way. one, was concluded at the Kowloon Magis. The bewilderment of such countrymen-tracy yesterday afternoon, Mr. J. H. B. and there must always be some of these Nihill committing the defendants for trial-sach an intelligent disposal of his wealth,
the coastal towns-must be very great at the Criminal Sessions. The first de Probably before such a Chinese realises fendant was also committed for trial on a charge of receiving stolen property,
my be obtained at the above Office between Warehouse, and has been special that, he has no right to the centre of the Mr. W. B. Hird appeared for his defence.
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MOTOR TRAFFIC.
Tas alarming increase of accidents shown by the latest statistics from Shanghai, invites attention to conditions prevailing ia Hongkong A prominent commercial FOR TENANCY" ANCHORAGE," man ten years ago was naked to take
No. 9, Magazine Gap BOAD $275, Furnished. "HOUSE near GLENEALY HOTEL over an agency for motor-cars here, and Nide Rooms $400 DERBINGTON," he refused because, in his opinion, there. Nine Room. Two Tennis Courts-$450 plus Taxes. Ground Floor FLATS, CAMERON was no likelihood of much development ROAD, near KGSCLERA-$115. Houses & Flats also Required. HONGKONG SKALL of the moter-car business in the Colony SHARE & REAL ESTATE CO. There was no road round the island then,
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One has only to be in Shanghai a very short time to realise that the life of the pedestrian there is not a happy one. He is very liable, unless he is alert, to suffer in life or limb. The motor is a continual
Whatever
road he is knocked down. happens to him," he certainly hindrance to the motorist, for all his training tends to make him think that the individual pedestrian is the most
A Just over 200 bags of mail from U.S.A, Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai were landed from the .8. Lincoln, yesterday morning. The P. &
"important thing-on-the-road
It would be interesting, also, to know whether there is a larger proportion of deaf among the Chinese than among other peoples. The motorist, of course, thinks that an enormous number of them must be stane deaf, judging by the noise he has to make before they hear his hora-te-it possible that the probing of the ear, practised by the barber with his crude instruments after the hair cutting. is productive of much serious ear trouble. The driver who wants to get along is primarily concerned with getting along quickly. He is therefore not likely to be kindly disposed to those who obstruct his progress, and anyone who impedes "him or imperils the safety of the car by step. ping unwarily on the road is treated with scant courtesy.
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But even if the Chinese were not, so woefully lacking in traffic sense, the danger of motor congestion would still be greater in Hongkong than elsewhere for there cannot be much more than forty or fifty miles of road in which to dise tribute that trafic. Had it not been for the set back caused by the boycott, there is little doubt that the past year would have seen an enormous increase in motor car development. That development is only postponed, and the time is soon coming when here as well as in Shanghai the people will have to realise that they cannot afford to be both carless and careless.
Mr. T. A. van den Holk, chief officer of the 2.5. Tjikini, bas reported to the police that someone entered his cabin and stole 53 guilders."
On July 29th the maximum tempera- tufe taken in the Cathedral Compound, Shanghai, was 101 degrees. On July 30th it was 1015 degrees.
Three Chinese were each fined $100 at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, for possession of 358 sticks of dynamite, 400 capsules and four fuses. The dynamite was found on a junk off North Point.
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5.5. Kalyan, with Home and Europe mail Suez, which was originally due res terday, was delayed in arrival here and is now due to arrive this morning at nine o'clock. The 8.x. Delta is also due from Shanghai with mail from that port and also letters from the United Kingdom and Europe ri Siberia. The steamer will bring 14 bags of Home mail.
Deserving Institutions seeking financial support would do well to print off copies of his will and distribute them, pour. encourager les autres.."
The defendant had been in hospital for a month at a half, suffering from a broken army, caused by his falling into a nullah. According to the prosecution, it happened when he was being chased
by some watchmen at Messrs. Trollope and Coll's Company's works at Shek Li Più, when he was running away with a plank
Two previous convictions for tree- cutting were produced in substantiation of the charge brought against him."
In his defence, he said that he had lost
A certain individual, a victim of the boycott, who had laboured up and down the Peak for four or five days, had en dured the tag for six or seven mentes, his way and on passing the contractor's had been scared out of his wits by the works he was attacked by the watchman, lightning display and been without a pro- who fractured his arm. The defendant per bath for six days, on being told that denied that he fell into a nullah the storm damage would cost at least a million dollers, to repair remarked with feeling that it wasn't worth it. Be i CIGARETTE SMUGGLING RIFE. timated that he would not give eighteen pance for the whole island. The recent storm seems to have depressed a good many of our local residents and, I under We-learn-iron-the-San-Francisco
stand, that there are dozens, who, white Sir that Major-General
waiting for the next typhoon, are assidu- Charles Herbert, Powell, K.C:B., veteranously studying the Book of Job, feeling of the British Army, who was Staff that the hand of the Lord is heavy upon Officer in China, 1000-1, was injured by $5. a taxicab almost immediately upon his arrival at San Francisco. Travelling
l'hronicle
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RECORD NUMBER OF BAGS
It is always pleasing to know that
QUANTITIES BEING BROUGHT
FROM MACAO..
Recently we reported that a Chinese- had been arrested for smuggling ciga rettes into the Colony from Macao.
tities varying from a few hundred to The smuggling of cigarettes, in quan-
thousands, from the Portuguese Colony to Hongkong is very rife among the Chinese at the present time and it is causing a considerable amount of work and trouble to both Police and Revenue Officers engaged on search duties on the. wharves, at which, the steamers from Macao tie up.
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with the general from Shanghai, were superimen sufer from the same human Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Bothwell, local re-frailties that afflict ordinary rtals. sidents en rate to England. Mr. is said that, Botved, the famous Danish Bothwell who is with the well-known flying man, who passed-through-Hong Mesars Palmer kong recently after making the hazardous local architects, Turner, left Shanghai, on May 27th, journey by air from Copenhagen, was with his wife on Home leave.
quite upset by the journey in the Peak A Chinese who disembarked from the Tram. He simply could not bear the s.s. Taishan on Tuesday was arrested. nervous strain of seeing May Road housesWhen searched 900 cigarettes were found defy the laws of gravity and appear at on him, and when he subsequently ap- such peculiar angles. It is a fact, of peared at the Central Magistracy, he was course, that there are several people in sentenced to fourteen days' hard labour, the Colony who cannot stand the mental without the option of a fine. strain involved by this journey, and were British made digarettes, such as "Three it not for the motor road they would have Castles," "Capstan," etc, can be pur no alternative. but to walk down or live chased in Macao för less than in Hong-- below. On the other hand it is dificult kong, as they are admitted duty free to for those who have had this experience the Portuguese Colony. Thus there is a and have got over it to recall the in- great temptation to Chinese to purchase mail department staff of the Post Office perience can be extraordinarily vivid and facilities at their disposal, smuggle them
The reason for this delay was that the
pression of the first journey. A first ex-amall or large quantities according to the
had to prepare for an outward mail to intense, as for example a first dive or a into Hongkong, and dispose of them to Europe on the day in question as well medical nurse's first operation. It may street hawkers." as two inward Europe mails, besides be a pleasant or an unpleasant experi other smaller ways, both outward and ence but when the "novelty," if it may inward. In addition, a matter of 200 be so expressed, has been worn out by men also had to be paid, as it was the end of the month.
HÅNDLED IN JULY.
Complaint-has-been-made regarding the delay in the delivery of newspapers arriving in Hongkong on Saturday and received on Monday morning
constant repetition it is quite impossible to recapture the exact sensations of the original ordeal. If Mr. Botved bad per- up by reading his, newspaper on his Peak issisted it is probable he would have ended tram journey utterly oblivious of freak bridges and air pressure in the ear drums,
The present staff at the Post Office quite sufficient in normal times, but it should be borne in mind that a large number of the clerical and outdoor staff comprise men who have been englged since the strike, and who, while doing their best, are as yet comparatively new to the work, compared with the older hands. This necessarily incura moro supervision.
of
The Japanese, as is well known, have exploited the islands in the past and for a time had possession of them, but since. the establishment of the wireless station by the Chinese they have relinquished all claims to sovereignty though their boats atill get what they can in the season. The Pratas Bhoal which has just been The shoal is extremely difficult to find included in the wireless chain-lies mere and, being found, more difficult to ap- or less on the route to Manila and there fore on the high road of typhoons. There proach. The first Chinese who settled is a coral reef, which forms the lagoon there were forgotten by the authorities and on which at low tide it is possible to and perished. A accond group, appointed walk provided there is a small boat to look after the wireless station which handy to jump into when the tide is
rising, for it does so rather quickly was then very defective, suffered severely Samples of coral which have been brought from beri beri. It is to be hoped that a back are very beautiful and indicate that better fate will be meted out to the pre- this substance ought to be a useful means
Family, Reached, Four Rooms, Sez-menace to his existence. We have not
During July the number of bags Tante Quarters, Modern Bathrooms, Hot Water Pipes, Math System, Gas, Electric in Hongkong reached such an impasse,
mail received here was a record for one Light, Occasional Use of Tennis Court, Ground but things are tending that way. A golf
month, the gure being over 21,000. Floor--8180. Other Floors-$20, HONGKONG
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Extensive use is it present being made who are stationed on the island. The thirty, all well housed in concrete struc At the Central Magistracy yesterday, TET. C. 4630,
when there is danger of overcrowding but
product for from it is derived iodine the most violent typhoon. They are pro- not so the governing authorities of a town a Chinese workman at the Naval Fard of the Siberian route for transportation prayed out there is also a valuable tures which are guaranteed to resist, öven with regard to motor traffic. Licences was sentenced to one month's hard of mails, particularly with regard to the which, since the war, bas become so im-vided this time with wireless apparatus labour for stealing two pieces of lead despatch of newspapers and periodicals portant in medical work It is not only set up by Siemens of Germany which is an antiseptic but is also now introduced likely to function efficiently, so that they are issued on the assumption that the covered cable. The pieces were found from Europe to Hongkong. The as an element, though a very minute one, are not likely to lose touch with the outside tity seat from here sid, the above route in ordinary food preparations salt, world. At any rate the attention to duty capacity of the roads is unlimited and, hidden in his trousers.
is much less. The opening up of the chocolate, etc. It has some effect on of this small community is not likely to c/o Hongkong Daily Press of course, any other policy would put an
The demonstration in occuit science Tientsin-Pukow railway enabling mail the thyroid gland, so the experts tell ut. bo interrupted by any emotional stresses Baatonin, too, it is believed, may be for there is not a single woman on the FOR TENANCY CONDUIT BOAD, 3PV EX unwarrantable restraint on trade. It is
Drawing, Dining and Card- Toom, Four Bathrooms, Tennis Court, Use obvious however, with the reduced oost Professor, Langaner, which should have for North China and Europe via Siberia obtainable from the seaweed of the island. The men are more completely. Pearls have been found but not in quan strictest order of monks confined in some of Flower and Vegetable Gardes and Garage of cars, sad the consequent increased taken place at the City Hall yesterday to be forwarded to Harbin by the rail Fratar but that remains to be proved shut off from such influences t Taxri Flat Wanted HONOTONG; SMALL demand, that steps will have to be take evening, was cancelled, as the Professor route has enabled the local authorities to tities that would justify investment of inaccessible, monastery on mountain $400-Unfurnished, 9450 Faraished plus
make more regular and reliable connec capital in the industry.
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