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THE "NÁMOA" PIRACY.

MAGISTERIAL INQUIRY."

(January 8th).

Mr. Wodehouse to-day continued the inquiry Into the circumstances connected with the death - of Captain T. G. Pocock, Mr. Petersen and others, who were murdered by pirates on board the British steamship Namon on the roth of December. Mr. Watton appeared to watch the case on behalf of the owners of the Namon.

STATEMENT BY A QUARTERMASTER..

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1891.

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they pleased. Supposing the birch were can- ducted by the Government be'd be inclined to think that what would be done would be

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THE IMPERIAL INITIATIVE.

The Decres, which was published last week,

on Board Thipu leaving "Chinese" pó-in The | repetition of details of which the testiniogy of did not have in his mind! the caseriefetheny oë Witheis might have sufficed, still I was Sparks which inapenior, Matheson painted out necessary to record all that has been said in

nitude of the conception, of: the plracy and the necessity of steps to prevent any the foreign Ministers”in, Andlerco, in the first mson of next year-the-17th of His Majesty's rear ence of auch extrages. Further, it, was necessary to go fully into the evidence to reign—will have been › received with general illaqirate, in all its fextures, the alarming afste

atisfaction throughout the world. It would be of things in which an enterprise of much

lo utter a breath that woold: dim the lustre of rganization was cattled out in our midst without The very lightest knowledge or inkling of it on

arure spontanicty, which in the saving virtue of the part of those whose business it is to look after his Imperial Decree. The salution of the long such things. I have concluded the inquiry by obtaining the opinions of some witnesses as to pending and apparently unmanageable question what, preventive measures, if any, should be could not liævel taken a happier form, ansl if it adoped in future. It is not for me to express an

Tere permissable to deduce from this one act of opinions, or on any of them, but they will be useful in mnabling generally, to come to same kind of concision as to how these events, which are, a strigma on our existence heremra soba prevented; and, in forwarding the cridence for the information, of the Gavern- menti:shall consider it my duty to direct atten tibn Jspecially to the suggestions offered on very waluable and 1 feel convinced that if thesertoists, msay, of which are, no doubt, attention is paid to the matter, by all who are concerned in the security of our lives and our commerce really effective preventive measures

reign, we should be tempted to say that the star of hope had arisen on this country:

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room a plate came to him and asked for His valuables. He, witness, said he had two dollars only, but if he wanted them he was welcome. The pirate didn't take the dollars, to restrict the hours of boarding" vessels ; as being piraled -between Canton,xyd. Macao order to grasp, in all its bearings, the -full-mordering arrangements to be made for receiving but ransacked the room, taking what they and in, the case of steamers lying alongside shaving left Canton mhere" therm (walk, Custom wanted a few odds and ends. About 4 p.m. wharf, allow ne passengers to board, a vessel House in By legislation passengers, could be they came to him again and said, "Are you the from sampans, but make them land first and prevented from taking valuables on board, but pass their baggage through an examination shed, he would not suggest that there should be any carpenter? We want you to bring your instru macals, and open same boxes." At first heirefased, He would suggest that an examination shed eps taken to prevent passengers from taking but subsequently he was taken to the 'tween be established at each wharf. One way might valuables on board. He did not think it was deck-the Chineng passengers quarters, The be that the sheds be erected by the company secessary for the safety of ship, that proponting studs and insolalog somuch forethought and cly, in the first flush of this new departure, latter were not there, for they were packed into to whom the wharf belonged, while the shed quartermastere should be carried-Malays were the saloon and forecastle. He

and noticed ment whose sole duty it would be to look after cartoon it neat or most fa abrupti skaists

outgoing passengers and their baggage. He lots of smaller, boxes had been,smaxbed. ореп Sarab, quartermaster of the Namos, sald he and the contents, strewn about At about thought it should be by the Government because was on board on the roth ultimo. About 1 pm. Bis room. He has not been there long of any one company good deal of pdium would 5 p. he finished apasing the boxes and if the examination were conducted by employés he was in his cabin, on the upper deck, when when the pirates demanded a lamp from him attach to such company, and unless all firms did bad, said in the mair... He thought, the scheme options to the value to be placed on those The Emperor an nýgury of the character of his

He got it, and then went back to his cabin.it, it would work very injuriously on these who About 7.30p.m. he saw several jonks come along adopted such preventive measures.

At this juncture the inquiry was adjourned side and money, clothing, etc., was put on board them. At about 5.10 p.m. the pirates ordered until Saturday morning, the roth inst. him to let go the anchor. In reply he said "T don't knew how to do it. I must ask the boxt- swain,” So, be went for the boatswain, who brought a third man to help. Then the anchor was let go. He "paid out" about 30 fathema of cable. When that was done the pirates ordered him to destroy the windlass, so as to prevent the foreigners from lifting the anchor. He did not damage it, but was about to do so when one of the pirates" shouted out that "the firemen have drawn all the fires, so there's no need to break the windlass Then the boatswain and the third man were sent below again,and the chief ordered him to mall up the room where the foreigners were confined. Four pirates stood over him while he kim back to the forecastle. He went back there but before doing so, he saw the pirates stove In' the boats with a bar of Iron. He did not hear anything of a woman and chlid being killed by the pirates. Several women and children were in the forecastic, which was densely crowded. He could identify at least two of the pirates. He had seen nothing of the pirates since the toth ultimo.

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GENERAL PREVENTIVE MEASURES.

G. B. Eldridge, chief officer of the Namon, recalled, said the examination shed, he referred to the other day as desirable, was one similar to that which was now in use on the Cantos steamer.wharf. He would suggest that the duty of preventing passengers from coming on board

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The more reception of the foreign Ministers may not in itself be a matter of much practical importance, for it is not to bb: supposed that business will be transacted, or even alluded to,

will no danbt prevail, much as it has done are at the Imperial. Audiences. The official routine

tofore. But the granting of sudience redowes star which has rested for thirty years on the de sombly within the resources of our foreign representatives, and places their relations civilisation orting tapemantirati pwith the highest officials in light which in t once clear and defénsible,-while it, at the same

THE FINDING)endlite tank

constantly on the bridge, and it was he who | carried out their orders. After that they ordered The Government might place an officer on board would inform the officers and the latter would / Hrhise-kraber Péterskli and othéri kère, wilfully: thao that, however ¿„În an authecratic country.

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NOTHER, MEASURES, - menta FH Mackintosh, chief engineer recalled said he did not free with what the last will for searching passengers baggage was unworks able and ineffective, waleis very rigidly carried out. Hegard with the chief officer regards the armament of the ship was concern He thought nothingɛmnegi was necessary stăim || what MI, EldĦage had suggested. Ayond the uscletiness of a stand offårmis her agreed and also as regarded, the sentry, also on the number of passengers allowed on deck at one me. He could not suggest any structural Improvements: Helbedichought good oftal about the matter aka had come to the conclesion that the simplest way would be to mustel the At the deck and allow couple of from boats ought to rest with the Government. || passengers As a rula vessels commence to receive passengers detectives to go through them before, salling. twelve or eighteen hours before starting. Then, if there were bad characters on board, her have then? Edräëd out. He thought if that was done it would be almost innecessary to arm the ships, for the fact of it being known that such was done the search hy, detectives) pirates would not come on board. He would not have the luggage searched it being sufficient to turn badacharacters out of the ship-for one or two men could net injure the ship's company. The hose in the chrine room was for drowning-abes,--cooling hot bearings using 1 for protective suposes for it was only long enough for the engine room itself. I hit opinion, even adpposing it to be suitable for turning steam-on-pirates, the fact that the hose would, got stand the pressure of steam 70 80 pounds it wou'd take to long to get it ready. He thought it would be a very good thing to have a hot water hase connected with the bridge so that it could be turned on at any mothent. It would neither he notice of danger to the baller...nor difficult to work The hot water would be in the pipe connected with the bridge whenever there was large crowd of passengers on board.) When no attack way possible or prabable he would have

was no prospect of an outbreak on the lower deck

he heard the report of firearms. Another quartermaster who was in his cable ran out on deck and he did not see him again. He stayed in his cabin until called out by the carpenter and was then ordered to go on the bridge by the | pirates. The pirates were steering the ship and be took charge of the belm by their orders. He steered to the E.S.E. by ordm of the pirate chief. He subsequently steered to S.S.W. and walle continuing to go on that course saw a steamer pass towards Hongkong. · She was s long way off and he could merely, see, the smoke on the horizon. After that he steered due East and the course was often altered up to about 7 pm, when the pirates set the course at North which was followed until the chief came and ordered him to go to the N.W. The pirate, chief was invariably gave directions as to the steering and

the steamer twenty-four hours before that, to other matters. At 8pm. the course was set

prevent the passengers from boarding them from West and at the same time the order to slow

boats. He did not think' cargo should be so the engines" was issued. About twenty minutes later he saw two junks, one on the port and the

treated; that could come on board from any boats other on the starboard side of the Wasted. The

He presumed the Government might pay the junks appeared to come from the land known as

expenses of the Preventive Service out of tonnage Sienyanay polat." They came alongside

dues or something of that kind. In the case of and made fast. He, witness, was kept on

abips not lying alongside a wharf the preven the bridge all the afternoon by four pirates. When the junks came alongside the pirate

tive officer on board might receive passengers chief left the bridge and shortly after the

Leung Wan, No. 3 fireman of the Namen, by permit" issued from the offices on whares engines were stopped and the anchor let go.wald he was amongst the firemen who where the passengers could be examined previous At the same time the chief called him from

were on board the Namon on the reth to going on board. He did not think it would be the bridge and told him to for ard. He

At about 4 p.m. all the firemen sufficient to onlysearch the luggage of passengers. did so, and was accompanied thither by three ultimo. of the pirates who had kept guard over who were off duty came down into the stake-If the search was conducted on board all ships him on the bridge. He was then made hole. The second engineer and third officer it would entail the employment of a large to go down below into the allors' fore.

were chased down into the engine room. At staff of officers. Chinese passengers were very casile where he found a large number of the passengers. He stayed in the forecastle until about 1.45 p.m. one of the officers called them seldom transferred from one'ship to another with that it was safe to go on deck. He was not hurt | bad arevolver but he did not fre it. After they should be conducted as regarded Chinese by any of them. When brought out of his cabin left nothing special occured and no one was in passengers only. Under the system, he to go on the bridge the pirates searched him. charge of them, below. They drove the engines suggested passage money might still be received on board, because some of them had no He had round his waist two marlinespikes which they took away and threw overboard. He would if about 7 pm. when an order to "slow" was engineer cate naif way down the engine room the skylight. The man who chased the second regarded such late passengers they should steps. He did not turn back because he was fired

an examination shed, for they could do that at

themselves. On one occasion he was called up

an improvement to bave tickets far passengers sold at the examination sheds, so to speak English. That was when he was com

as to prevent passengers from coming on board manded by the pirates to call the foreign passen-

without tickets. It might be done," but there gers out of the saloon and tell them to go into

would be difficulties. In most cases a boarding- the captain's room. The carpenter accompanied

house master takes tickets at the office, for

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STATEMENT BY ONE OF THE FIREMEN,

I find that Captain-Thomas Gey Pocock, lats | ime removes from the Imperial pathway a straine er 24the British steamship Names, light bling black of a really dangerous character, Moro murdered on the rpth December last, on board the s'enmer Naina, while that, vessel was in there are always undeveloped potentialitics, In the personality of the soverclan in the beginning Chinese waters, by a gang of pirates who took

↑f his,reign, and widespread interest has already their passen op hoard, that day from the colony. of Hongkong en route to Foochow

heen shown in the supposed idiosyncracies of the roung Emperorof China, which have hitherto heen wrapped up in Palace mystery. He comes of a handy stock, "noted- for-independence of character, and his not very remote, ancestors' have evinced special curiosity in foreign matters, 11 well as considerabla originality in statecraft. |- There is no antecedent reason, therefore, why his Majesty should not take a personal interest internal, nor why he should not find a certais satisfaction in cultivating friendliness, with foreign Ministers at his Court, and thus a real revolution may be silently effected in the mode of conducting public business.

MEETING OF THE SANITARY BOARD.

etc. There never was any idea of ben

A meeting of Sanitary Board was held on the gh Inat, There were present:-Mr. S. Binwn President 'Mf. W. M Deane, Vice Piesident; Dr. Ayres, Colonial Surgeon; Mr. J. H Stewart-Lockhart, Registrar General; Mr. Wang Shing, Dr. Ho Kai, Mr. N. J. Ede, Mr. H. McCallum (Secretary).

MINUTIS.

in the alisims of the Empire, external as, well os

informed that the pirates had left the ship and up. They went on deck. The second engineer out landing. He would say the examination Such a Eose, could be turned off.at any moment 26th vltimo, a públic holiday, at which none to be impeded in its administration "hy the very

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The Imperial power: in China, hampered and almost stifled 'as itils by concentric circles of The minutes of the last meeting, convened for officials of every grade in thick set array, seems of the members appeared, were confirmed after overgrowth of the machinery which consthates Amendment the words "on quorum formed "the instrument of Government. How 'is even an Empeior to break - through- these - serried being inserted instead of the phrase "ap meeting

ranks how emancipate himself from the thraldom of one set, without getting mera hona- The President in signing the minutes remarked teasly entangled in the tails of another? How invariably have their baggage passed through only. He did not think that there was any these are the iminates of a meeting which was

in events Son of Heaven, la learn, what-is vassing on the Earth, while he is surrounded be throughly au fait at the usual work, steering at, but because the third officer and engineer hid any hour of the day or night. It might not be necessity for searching the Chinese crew. It mot held

by an army of eunuchar,and Ministers of State, who, neither...dure, nor scare.... ta transmit truths to the Imperial car? Is it not then just possible that the lotroduction of an entirely new element in the Imperiak entourage may open up a channel for the conveyance of

was more necessary to examine passengers' persons than to search their biggage. He thought if the passengers werd examined by detectives and the hot water hore kept ready there would be no further danger of piracies or steamers, 75 T ............-INSPECTOR MATRIÉSON SPEAKS, ...)?

d'etat. None of the other pirates talked to him, him to the saloon. He thought he could not hatches of passengers. It would have been pos- Joba Mathieson, inspector of police, said he/stating thet the importance of, having a calf } useful knowledge such as no Emperor has control of their chief. In addressing their cogaise any of the pirates again. Just before sible, under existing arrangements, for the pirate agreed with the last witness"as to the hot-water person need be vaccinated directly from the cojoyed for 100 years.

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they left the ship he heard something falling into the engine room. It was a bag of money. The No. 1 fireman handed it to the second or third caglucer.

chief to

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THE CULTIVATION OF VACCINE LYMPH, A report by the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon on the subject of the cultivation of calf lymph in Japan, was laid on the table. A

There was a minute appeaded by Dr. Cantlle

vaccine stution was not so much that every calf, but that the store of lymph might be replenished now and again, Lymph from the calf organism became more potent. It was only that had passed twice or thrice through the human when it had been so used, say, ten times, that it failed to give the protection needed. Therefore it must not be given to the public to understand that eslflymph vaccination was necessary in: individual instances, med

The Secretary said's recommendation had the Government' some time go by the Board, that an establishment for the cultivation of calf lymph should be erected, and the answer that was sent back was that the

been forwarded

The President-It did not appear in the estimates.

Mr. Ede-Vaccine has been cultivated at West Point by Mr. Ladds, I know, since last

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-If there be anything in the notion to which -wa' bave repeatedly given publicity that the exclusiveness, the insolence, and even brutality subjected are esscutially the outcome of the of manner to which foreigners have been Chinese mature combined with Chinese traditions, and especially Chinere Ignorance, there ought to be a good hope of better things in gaining access to the person of the Manchu out, five years ago, the foreigners who came la Sovereign. When the Seventh Prince" came contact with him were charmed with hisaffability and modest demeanour and by the Interest which he evinced in the personal concerns of those with whom he conversed;, it is no mere idle

spirit of Chinese foreign latercourse may undergo a change.

The recent public acts of the Sovereign to which we drew attention last month appear to be but the prelude to an Imperial career in which the Sovereign Intends, as his heroic contemporary

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the German emperor has dong to take the reins

be able to identify the pirate chief and several given. The order was shouted down through opportunity to go to the office for tickets. As the hot-water turned off at the boiler, There was held others. The pirate chief said he had been quartermaster for eight years. He appeared to etc., of a steamer. The chief made the state mnt about being a quartermaster while in con- versatio with him, witness, onthe bridge. The chief also told him that he bad thirty men in h's gang, and seemed to be satisfied with his coup

and they appeared to be under the complete chief they used the expression "Heng Tal" The pirate chief was very particular about the courses he followed and the words north, south-east he spoke, as is customary, in English. etc, The land was in sight all day. While

THE THIRD ENGINEER'S STORY. aavigating the ship after dark the pirate chief ordered the port, starboard and misst-head lights

Alexander Jones, third engineer of the Names, to be put ls their proper positions, and his orders stated he was on duty in the engine room at the were promptly obeyed. By the time he came time of the attack. He heard shots on deck but out of his cabin the firing had ceased. The chief remained below, at his post. A few minutes: had no altercation with alt men during the after the first sets were fired the third officer period of their control of the ablp. They appeared well acquainted with their work. They did came running down into the engine room saying not all wear the same kind of clothing. They he had been shot at while on the bridge and that wore ordinary coolle clothing-loose, pants, a gang of pirates were in charge of the whole jacket, etc. Some had stockings and shder, but others were bare-footed. They all wars their ship. He asked him to connect the steam gueues round the neck. He saw three junks hose, fe did so, but being too short it come alongside and two others in the distance was useless." It would not reach up to the deck when he was ordered down into the forecastle. The second engineer (Ramsay) then came down He could not make out what class of junks they and said he was shot in the arm.. He had a Were. He had been "coasting" for about three revolves in his hand. A few minutes later several pirates appeared at the engine room door and commenced firing at him. They all sheltered themselves behind the boilers. While this was going on the third officer went out and threw con at the pirates, which resulted in his being shot in the arm. The second engineer shot one of the pirates in the leg. He fired and said the shot took effect. He though that the shots took effect for after that there was good dead of shouting in the engine, room and the pirates got up on deck. The second engineer told him that he had' shẹt a pirate. In the tween deck prior to being chased down in te the engine. room Later on we were "all taken to the captain's, cabin, and there shut Yung Sing, carpenter of the Namon, wild that up with the European passengers and other he was having his tiffin in- the-forecastle mť, 1 efficer of the ship. Personally he was not kurt,

.. when he heard the report of Arzarme on the When he came on deck sae of the pirates, who duty. He did not think a stand-of-armis, for wifi Wonhip:There are now on official record. The. President-1 was under the Impression! It may bethat such a'ruler is now on the corone,

appeared to be second in command, seized upper deck: Before he went up on the deck twee by the throat and searched him, in a very er three shots were fired into the forecastle. As rough and insuling man, and struck him he was going up the ladder to get on deck ke with the fat of his award." He could identify that man at any time, as well as the pirate , was fired at, ; the ballet-whirring partɛhis ear. chief

He was terror-stricken andɛ so hid in ase of the sallor's books. Later on the pirates ordered all the firemen on deck. When the frenses went up_be, witness, saw - seven-pitnies at the top of the steps armed with swords andzevolvers, The pirates said to them, the, firamen,” if you as dead now. The Bremen agreed to shey and gave evidence respecting the receipt of orders as were sent down to the engine room. They to firleg up and slewing and stopping the engines. continued saying, when you go down la the Hạ saw a bag thrown into the engine-room by engine room you must follow our instructions. If the pleates prior to their departare, but did not we say fas), you must go fast. If we asy slow, go „kuoy what it contained.

At this juncture witness was shown a book containing the photographs of several notorious wanted criminals, but failed to identify the chief or any others.

Witness (continuing) said; that the chief did not say what line of steamer he had been employed in as quartermaster for eight years. The courses set by the pirate chief were E, S.S.W.. S., S.E., E.S.E, E.N.E, N.N.W.,

and W. When we were on the westerly course the engines were sloppet ́and the anchor) was Jet go.

THE CARPENTER'S EXPERIENCIA,

"was another tribute to the skill of the pirate;

think. 1..

tauntely, when in Japan, only sew the military establishment. The place where we get our exccine from is a sort of private sanitary society. This society did not appear to care to show his

of Government into his own 'hands and role

perceptionsund clari tatal,

Many depressing pictures of the future of this great empire have occupied the columns of. The Chinese Times We have honestly coat our eye to the, north, and south, to the esu sud

taken all the tickets

for bir men and have distributed them as he pleased. hose. There should be a search of the passenger It would also have been possible for all the baggage on the gangway, f

fos, arms. It might be men to have been in the same boarding dage by the Government at the caponse of the house. Under the present system there was no guarantee that a man who might be compelled shipowners. He alio agreed with the chief to take a ticket at a wharf, after his baggage officer that there should be, examination sheds was examined, would not transfer his ticket to on the wharves. He had no remarks to make another Chinaman, and his baggage also. as the case, in general, The, police had There should be an examination of the person inkling of what was about to happen, which of Chinese passengers, as well as of their luggage. It should be done as they pass

was surprising. The arrangements for such an through the barrier (the shed). He thought, affair must have been very elaborate, and then that after the gangway was up some detectives there would be, perhaps, only one or two, men might look about the tween decks s0...,09 connected with the Force who would know that see whether any well known bad characters something, not knowing what, "was" golog 10 matter would be considered at the time of fram fancy therefore to think and hope that the very were going in a ship, and if they found any happen. It was very strange the Chinese policing the estimates. such on board, they should inform the chief kan nothing of it The Chiness delectives were officer. It would not be necessary to adapt cognisant of all crimes that were perpetrated these preventive measures at any ports and very little, went, on that escaped their other than Hongkong. He had mentioned notice. He bid no, reason to suppose that all the precautions be considered necessary Chinere detectives were in, collusion with, the prior to a ship getting under way. With regard pirates, and the fam that they did fint know phost The President Only as an experiment, to the ermanent of vessels all officers of ships should be efficiently armed. Every officer's Ehtef: He thought the Chinese passengers qugut The Colonial Surgeon-Mr. Laddz, unfor.according to his conselence", and his · OWA'. room should have a revolver and a Winchester repeating rifle in it. There should be the same armament in the wheel-house and engine room. He would not recommend that arms be placed in the passengers' cabins, and it should be left optional to the officers as to whether they would wear arms. If there was large number of passengers on beard they should wear their revolvers when on duty. The army when not worn should be kept in some convenient place easily accessible in the officers, cablon. The ammunition should be kept c'ose to the arms, handy for use. The quartermasters should be armed, with sevolvers to be worn when os each vessel, was any good when a vessel was surmised. It was not necessary to carry details of the most darling, best organised and heavy guns. At present no restrictions were best carried out pigacles that has even disgraced placed on passengers on board. They were allowed to roam all over the ship, except on the these seas, and deeply regret, that the inquiry quarter deck aft, which was reserved for first was ever, spaloned, not lo consequence of the class passengers. He would say that an armed arrest of the perpetrators of the daring outrage, sentry, be stationed at the top of the tween deck bar of the lamented deaths of Captala Thomas companion ladders allen Tage number of Guy Foce lighthousekeeper, Petersen, and passengers were carried Such sentry might

lso be possessed of a police whistle to ethers. It is unnecessary to go through all the ANOTHER FIREMAN'A FEATLINGERIE A In

STATEMENT, as to be abla..to..give warning in the event particulars of this piracy which his engaged the of any attempt by the passengers attention of this Court for so tokny days. They spoke

of should be kept, loaded,

The sentry should be a Malay. It should be his special of command which is at once, admirable, and duty to see that the passengers make no rush appalling and, there are very few who could on deck. These were the only restrictions he have carried out such an achievementpresent would place on the passengers. He would not ng as it did numerous difficulties without "contretemps of some sort. Every detail The present crew, could conduct the extra

At this point the witness looked over a book of photes af motorism characters but failed to and the photo of the man who was second in command Rmos get them frons - Tekst

to be kept in the 'ween decks, and nong but a very few at time allowed on the upper dick European quartermaster should be stationed at between deck companion, stred with Tevolver und entlang"-Soch, quáits mastēra should be retired man of Navy of Naval Reserve men having a kodwledge of the use of arms, Only one half of the officers should be allowed to go to meals at one time. should also be a signal-such as three biasts With the whistle when an outbreak took place, was contemplated/ à ð "dig s

THE SUMMING UP AND FINDING.

There

the

wast, without discovering any signs of the

much, and he had grost difficulty in seeing anything at all. When I was there myself I bad the greatest difficulty in seeing anything. coming regeneration, of the Government and The Vice-President--There it no lack of the social system, and if, as we believe, some thorough regeneration is necessary, to the pro- vaccine in the colony at present ?) dh

servation of the empire, the qutlook is anything The Colonial Surgeon No, we can get it as bat encouraging. There seems to be but me ray uruif from this society. It is very good lymph of hope, and that is in the personal initiative of Indeed, I gave Mr. Ladds some of it for his own a Sovereign resolute and strong, and with a long use when he was experimenting, life before him in which to develop bis reforms...

that when the matter came up before, the Govern- me wanted recommendation from the Board as.io establishing such p institution in thei Colony

and his proceedings will be scanned with very eager interest by both natives and forelesers

The SecretaryYcs, and such a recommanda ton was made, lo tantangen vi

The Chairman-No provision was made in the extimates, and the question. it, whether tea désirable to take any further steps in the maiter. ideal

he Colonial Sergeon-We cannot take any farther steps without the money being voted for

the instituilon, da

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obey, we'll spare you, but if not you. Are nå gondi | b4ko No. 1. freman was then examined and to make a rush on deck. All the revolvers, he reveal k ́power of organisation and a schiumessa The Registrar-General-If the Board is "of the earth, and are outside of practical.cal

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The new relations which have been enablished by Imperial decree, and which may open a door to the exercise of benthy and living farelge Influence, put the Emperor In possessing of Auxiliaries such as were not available to any

But this to an local cordblasting that points for the indulgence, of the imagination. tom for the consideration of probable, actualities; for great Eichirare, exccodingly rare, blīds is culation, Indeed, this novel state of things epision that its last suggestion holde good, the would, havar, special dangers only thing to do is to call the attention of The Koreign Ministers could scarcely ba Government to the last recommendation, which expected to rise, to the highest, conception the Vice President-To judge from the tone sense of public duty might in some cases has apparently been overlooked.

of the occasion, for though Delerated

the Finance Committee would Have sanctioned ordinates the minor to the major, the temper ary to the permanent, it would be en idi" dream the expense stad az elm and merch formately it was agreed to forward the report to expect a whole corbz diplomailque to be to the Government calling attention to the pre-inspired by ideals extending much beyond the le recommendation, edg [f] || sphere of their patelotic duties. They bave their "stars" and "croires", to gain and perhaps sub- SINFLUENCA IN HONO

stantial pecuniary promotion, and such personal The Vice-President asked if there was any Interests will always, with average men, overule There will probably be in the future, as there

great deal of resting and, hosting merely le

notice and to secure, peitYANG M

slow, and if we say stop, you must stop,, Later in Jones, second-anginger, recalled, stated Angel that the passengers be separated in suppears to have been very carefully con of the discussion on the estimates, I do not think | bring,about,,that: self-effacement, which ; sub-

the afternoon the No. 3 fireman came down into the forecastle and said one man must go to the that after the pirates h had taken their departure pirate chief, it must be amas) who knew he went down into the engine room and found English The boatswain went up and, in the Nex fireman in possession of a afike bag was promptly told to tell all the foreigners on containing money. - He asked him what he was: beard that we want to lock them up in a room, doing with is and in renly was told that it was We will give the ship to them about 8 o'clock. one thrown down by the pirates which he

creased mascul matter to kid superiors in due course,

NECESSARY PREVENTIVE MEASURES,

The man who gave, the orders, the boatswala, the Fréman,” did not want?" He reported the hip simultaneously. In speaking of the and wahabiuinly:show of rexistence was a ton ra., INFLUENZA” IM, HONGKON

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sentry duty. He had no suggestions to make sidered before hand, and not single emer as to constructural improvements in ships. Hogency-left without proper provision to meet it did not hear any firing forward before he heard ofthe European crew rithe ship was not weak in it in the after part of the ship. He was in the cumbere aherawere offciently commanded and saloon, when the outbreak occurred. The bad Malays and Chinese to support them; Gring commericed at the after and fore parte of nevertheless they were bonpletely paralysed, said he did not know English but that the

officers of the ship be relented to the deck officers made--ggless we except the shots fired by Carpenter could speak well. So he the witness,

and engineers. Had all these precautions been the engineer in the engine ro was detailed, for the duty”.

adopted previously be considered the "pirates, méments time, the whole of the 252 passeri must go and fell the foreigners to surrender. If

Mr. G. B. Eldridge, chief officer, re-called, would have been repaised with marked, success, czew, off fers and all on board were at be m they don't, well, kill them all and seattle, the stated that he had now had plenty of time to It would be, the duty of the master of a ship to see of these forty pirates, and to such

hip.". He refused at first, but when he felt the consider the affair and was of opinion that all that such precautions were taken, and she dusty of that on perusing on forced to the

ton the gridence and cont steel of revolver on his forehead, he passengers, Inggage should be, searched before ete were supplied, in the case of the Wames that opposition on the pare of the

the company to see that the necessary, revolvers complied. He went down to the au

unicom, with the capota prender or wantone in other ports on the court of Chlas deck, for he was the last to come long the but wicked for greater loss of life zerok

withcalagon board ships in this harbour.at there must have been a rush of passengers on and officers would have been not the captain who agreed to ther arms that he spoke to the chief engineer, who also for there Customs officers did it. It was not upper deck to the saloon, aft, for tiffin, and then inevitable that no greater loss of life took place agreed... He saw the captain going up, on deck done by any company or vessel in this port The the Chinese were wil below except one who was than is nowzeerdeal. Tuthe whole of title In accordance with the demands of the chief search should we done by the Government on the pirates, it was impossible for him to straling about -- Whelber or not be was dus of that he should do so. Whist

up en much the semelines sur Custom House conducted say.. Emringírush he t

& thought the sentry would

and", also asked if he

foreigners, what they "muut' de,

In the affirmative, Hò, then deck and was passed on

going on deck

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“All right” and ba fi you can go quarine" of am" kadi" utter, he'

bid, all the such work. ke passengers skenld be searched | have nothing to do, except prevent very large Box replied; to see that they do not take any arms or dangal numbers, from coming on dežk at any "ond en rons rank bustibled on board with them. Thit ime. Two or three minutes after he lêh his sfond could not be dona equally wall on board by the cabin lë go`t

5 to the saloon the files commenced, outers of the shiorire always o her pirate chiefs He could identify the chief at any "It could not be done. The man walking about the deck was not the effectively by the afters whp, boobs." wist engaged.". One officer if detailed for such time. It did not appear to him, thật they could bout, daly, could not de it propstly because they (the LAVE SPEGIA FRAOns for attacking the Yampa on passingers) Came aboard we may chat? 240 17 img.When viking that Windy would nei soeur

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drsthila the rumens that influenza was, prevalent all coelfish aspirations, lagi þeen in the past,"

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The Colonial Surgeon said so far as he knew there was nothing more than the usual number are of cases of colds. He should lay there was care of foreguen being made subservient nothing like ap, epidemic Mate any, high nime of the Court, it seems just an Mr. Edo said he had heard there was a great probable that it will degenerate Into a bot-bed of deal of fever about, and he should like to knowvantine scramble,? Not from that therefore, if the recent earth cutting was auswerable for it but from quite other faces of foreige fofluence

The Colonial Surgeon ald he thought it springs the true hope of the regeneration of was not attributable to that cause. The cutting Chiba Those who have? the responsibility of that was now being done was not on virgin soil cottide the State must have their interests and the cams he had at present under his chargy, and ambition" consolidated in Chios:- mit po bad occurred very far from where there was say "amount of wisdom, szer, deration, and kgua cuilles, going on

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The con avention of the Mozd didance, the italoage of two new house an inland lot. No, Lipojite defective? condition of draingoat Bey, moap Terrace, and, improvements, in the system pf the Dating Service, also, occupied the arten. sion of the Board, which adjoan

the aged fastant,

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