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Hongkong Regiment, came on again to-day' before Mr. Kemp.

It was on the oth December. when he felt n hand in his pocket and saw defendan running away. He had collected the money as loot.

His Worship remanded the case till the 9th instant.

HE GOT INTO THE WRONG HOUSE AND GETS

PUT INTO ANOTHER.

Wong Tam, bricklayer of Possession Street, was charged before Mr. Kemp to-day with en- tering a house, No. 65 Second Street, with in- tent to commit a felony early this morning: The eviience was that he was found in the house by the occupâni and arrested by a con- stable.

He said that be hind got into the wrong house, and His Worship sentencud him to six weeks' hard fabóny.

THE FORTHCOMING GLOVE CONTEST.

Our sporting contributor writes as follows: I had promised to give the a men's ring records to-night, but I prefer giving Riley's at present and holding Mustoe's over till to:

nrrow.

Riley stanle graf and when in the pink of condition turns the seales rao lbs. As I said last night, Mustae is sliply the taller man and could not. I think, sink Riley's weight. The latter's build is, 1 comsider far more powerful,- his chest bring 17" nomal and 5" extended ald he is, as I say, generally of Pureer make With the training he is undergoing now, he will, I imagine, step into the ring in periect condition. Te an interview with him this morning eliited the following facts. Born in Boston, Massachussets, in 1874 he is now 26 years of age. The calling that he tollowed was that of a blacksmith, 2nd, as he says, ever since he was "a stipper" he has denied the gloves to be best hat. The following are his inest upor In 1892 at San Franchen be opposed Dan Kerwin of Sydney in a so and conest, when the authorities intervened at the eighth round, and the restit was a diaw, no preference being shown for either side.

tant tussles.

At the same place and in the same year, he knocked mu Fred Ackers, a local heavy weight: of good standing, in five rounds, and in 1994 defeated Joc. Maher, champion of the Pacific Coast in four rounds. He linked Alex. Greegans in a six rends draw in 1996. Greegans, it will Le remembered, fought Dan Crecilon for the middle weight championship of the World at - Chicago in 1894.

He defeated Jan. Kennedy of San Francisco in 1897 in four und, and was afterwards defeated by Kennerly in ten rounds. Kennedy, as is well known, defeated us Ruhlan, the Akron Giant, and fought Peter Maher for the beavy weight Championship. Ritey then met Theodore Van Buskirk and saw him off in six rounds. He then came to the Far East and, as everybody knows, contested for the Cham pionship of the Colony last year against Ben Hughes, winning the ligneur in one round. It will be seen from this that ao pugilist has entered the ring in Hongkong with so many laurels, and it is not hikely that he will neglect to acquit himself worthy of a well earned reput ation reputation well sustained during a boxing career of nearly saveri years.

CRICKET.

The Club will play the Royal Hongkong Golf Club at 11 A.ni, tomorrow.

The following are the elevens::---

CLUB.

J. Sercombe Smith.

A. Mackenzie.

Capt. Ainslie.

Wall

Waymouth, R.A.

1.t. Orton, K.N.

.R. J. Guard,

Lt. Uiggon, RW.F.

Lt. Lamb.

"

Nicholson,

T. Hooper.

R. IK GOLF.CLII.

.A. Ward,

G. F. Náble,

Major Dyson.

D. Wood.

K. W. Meunsey. Lieut. Krickenbech, C. P. Hay.

A. R. Lowe.

I'. A. Cox.

T. A. Woodgates. A. N. Other

FOOTBALL.

THE CHALLENGE SIDED COMPETITION.

The first round in the competition was played at the Happy Valley yesterday afternoon. After a very good and exciting game, in which neither side had the advantage for a consider able time, H Company of the Royal Welch Fusiliers defeated Company by iijrze goals

10 two,

This leaves II Company to meet A Company in the second round, the whole of which eight matches are to be played on or before the gth February.

Tomorrow afternoon à VR.C. team will play a team from the s.8. Empress of China. Kick off 4 pm.

Guat. Henderson,

Bachs.

Breit, Lapsley.

Andrews.

Halve. Craig. Loureiro, Forwards.

Yule Fittock. Smillie. Ilarion. Duncan.

A Rugby Match will be played on the Hongkong Club's Football Ground at 4 pm. sharp to-morrow.

CAPT. 1ORING'S TEAM.

Back.

Russell.

Halves,

Gibbs. Hawkins.

Three-Quarters, Harman. Beattic. A. N. Öther. A. N. Other. Forwards,

Ridrop, Clark, Loring, Stevens.. Kitto, Sinclair. Sandford. McMurtric. LIEUT. STEVENS' TEAM.

Back.

Wall.

Halves.

Forsyth Stevens:

Three-Quarters.

Grinfinton. Wilson,

Forwards.

England. Grieve. Campbell. Wilson. Bongly. Lewis. Stockwell. Watson.

Capt: Loring's team will play in colours Licut Stevens' in white.

Referee Mr. Williamson

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1901.

BANITARY BOARD. - Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the Hong kong Sunday Board was held. The Pre- sitlent (the Hon. R. 1). Ormsby, Director of Public Works) occupied, the chair, and there were also present Hon. F. H. May, c.M.G. (Captain Superintendent of Police), Dr. Bell, (Acting Principal Civil Medical Officer), Major Brown, Mr. J. McKie, Dr Hartigan, Mr. E. Osborne, Dr. F. Clark (Medical Officer of Health), Mr. Chan A. Fook, Mr. Fung Wa Chuen, and Mr G7. A. Wandcock (Secretary),

MALARIAL RESEARCH.

Dr. Hartigas thought a motion proposed by Mr. Osborne had been passed requesting the Government to let the Board know exactly what steps had been taken down at West Point in this direction.. He did not remember that an answer had been received.

The Secretary-No feply has yet bech re- ceived,

Dr. Hartigan--I think we might ask, for a reply. Something has been done, I know. It was agreed that this should be done.

SUGGESTFI VERIAL AMENDMENTS JO EXISTING BYE-LAWS.

The following letter dated December 27th from the Medical Officer of Health suggesting certain verbal amendments to existin. Bye-laws, was subunitted:-

"1. Drainage Bé-laws-It will be seen that Bye-law. 44 of the Drainage Bye-laws quotes Bye-law as requiring notice to be given to the Board by any person bout to construct, re construct, alter, or amend any drain on his premises, but a reference to Bye-law i will show that this speaks only of a person about to construct any drain. As it is clear that the intention of the Bye-laws was that notice should be given for re-construction and alteration as well as for construction, we recommend that the words 'reconstruct, alter, or amend' should be added after the word 'construct in the first Jine of Bye-law 1.

In Bye-law 12 of the Drainage Bye-laws it is provided that no main house drain shall be less than six inches in clear internal diameter. As it is not uncommon for four:inch pipes to be used for this purpose, we recommend that the word 'six' be altered to 'four,'

"In Rye-laws 5 and 34 of the Drainage Bye laws we recommend the substitution of the wont water and air-tight instead of water or air-tight.'

No. 16, from which it will be seen that the Board made certain recommendations to the Government on the subject in July last, to which no answers have yet been received.

Dr. Hartigan" The question finds its an- swer here."

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The President said the only answer he could give al present was that the Board forwarded as number of preliminary recommendations to the Government in July of last year, and no reply had yet been received to them. A genera) scheme of sanitary improvements in the Colony was a very big thing indeed, and it might be that what was everyboily's business had been looked upon as nobody's business. Inless some members of the Board could spare a good deal of time to prepare a scheme, they must go on as they had been doing. He thought the Government might be asked to reply in the

matters to which he had referred

MOTION BY MR, OSBORNE, AN IMPROVE

MENT SCHEME.

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most important in his opinion. It was far more important than any other point in connection with the sanitary reforiu of the Colony. Then the Board asked the Government to consider the question of forming a subordinate medical staff for dealing with epidemics, but had had no reply to their suggestion. The Government in July last gave the Board to understand that they would erect European houses in Taiping shan for the staff of the Board, and yet there was no mention of that in the estimates for this year. He felt bound to support the resolu tion of Mr. Osborne.

Major Brown also notified his intention of supporting the motion, observing that though he did not consider it the duty of the Board to make a condition with the Government, stifl when the Board did work they liked to feel there was sonic return for it.

The President said he could not support the motion because it seemed to imply a want confidence in the Governor, who took an extreme interest in sanitary work. Ordinance 34 of 1899 was effecting a vast improvement in the Colony, in the concreting, draining, and lighting of back lanes, opening out backyards, and in various other ways. He thought the Government had also gone ahead in building latrines and in providing more water. Perhaps, he was optimistic with regard to Hongkong, but it seemed to bim that they were living, in a city which certainly was not notorious for its death-rate and for the amount of serious dis-

hond, and the prospective footpassenger and -road imftic, but the schemes of the P. W. Din Kowloon show no foresight. They are a very tight fit for present nécils, and in a year or so will be too small, allowing for the growth at the present rate of this new population. For instance take the main road at Yaumati just beyond the waterworks engine house, the soft. road with a narrow side walk is already too. narrow for the traffic and yet this is the main road into China, to accommodate trame, motor-, cars, rickshaws, bicycles, carts and ladened coolies. The dinucnsions are inadequate, á 100-foot road and a 15-foot side walk are the very smallest compatible with comfort. The P. W. D. have no more grasped the require- mens of the future traffic than they grasped the requirement for Kowloon Water Supply or for storm water outlets on the road beyond Kowloon City. You have reard enough about: Kowloon water, and as for the last named, you will find the mad a wreck to this day. Errors in road and sidepath making are serious" and expensive, and the short sighted policy of nanow, roads and sidepaths ought to be stop, ped. London is widening the Strand and Fleet Street at the rates of 6 and 3 millions respectively per mile, and enormous expense will be necessary in Kowloon in the not dis tant future, if streets are made wider. Wide streets and wide sidepaths are essential to health. They increase traffic and they save tir. Narrow streets have the opposite effect and narrow sidewalks become rubbish heaps. Regarding Police supervision of street obstruc tion, in England : obstructions on side walks are at once removed by order of the police, but. in Kowloon District police sepervision is in this "matter conspicuous by its absence. Apparently any Chinaman can block any side walk without any fear of the police. The facts mentioned in connectify with the first part of my motion prove this and if anyone doubts it let him walk I think strict through Kowloon and Yaumati orders should be issued to the police to prevent anyone depositing earth, stones or any rubbish, on any sidewalk or obstructing the sidewalks by any produce ofpitter goods, unless while în the art of carrying them across.

Mr. McKie, in seconding, said he was quite sure that if the matter were brought before the- Government it would be attended to.

The Hon. F. H. May said he proposed to vote against the notion. He said that when Europeans, especially members of the army and ravy, stopped from walking in the middle of the read he would clear the side-walks and not till then. He added that at the next meeting of the Board he proposed to move a resolution to the effect that before the open spaces on the proposed reclamation at Praya East be decided upon, the matter be referred to the Board for their consideration and advice.

1. The motion was carried.

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE AT TOKFULAM,-

MR. LADD'S REPORT COMMENTED

SEVERELY ONL

The reply. Dlated December 28th from the. Colonial Veterinary Surgeon relative to the causes of the recent outbreak of foot and induth disease at Pokfulam which we published yesterday, was submitted:-

Dr. Bell and Major Brown further com- mented on the flippant style in which the report was written. Dr. Bell thought the end of the report very impertinent, whilst Major Brown said that it was written in an unofficial and improper tone.

ralities, and he certainly thought that, as far as the work of recent years was concerned, Mr. Osborne had grossly overstated his case. Taking the administration of the present Governor, he did not think there was a single quesion of any magnitude which that The Hon. F. H. May:-" In reference to. Dr. Board had approached His Excellency, upon which had not been taken up with great en Hartigan's minute, I may say that if this is thic answer it is a very poor one. Mr. Oshorne's 'ergy, and which has not led to a number of

measures being taken for the sanitary improve minute of 11th July exactly hits the mark."

The Hon. F. H. May said: I beg to ask the ment of the Colony. Take the Insanitary Pro- question which stands in my name, and in do-perties Bill. It had been on the tapis for years when the Governor arrived in the Colony, and ing so I would beg leave to rafer briefly to the report on the matter which forms the subjert--| mainly through His Excellency's exertions it was Dr. Hartigan-i beg to rise to a point of put into law. It was the best law they had to The reply from the Colonial Secretary rela tive to the reports of Dr. Thomson on the sub-order, I do not think you are allowed to day, and the reason it was not better was because in certain quarters opposition was raised to cer- ject of malarial reseach which appeared in our speak, but to simply ask the question,

The Hon. F. H.May-1 am allowed to ex- tain of its provisions, and it was the very same opposition which emasculated Ordinance 24 of

Mr. Osborne said Mr. May hatt charged yesterdays issue was submitted

plain my question.

Dr. Hartigan-I think not. I was not allowed 1887, the Public Health Ordinance, and then men to say a word the other day when I asked a came and held the Government officials to him with dealing with generalities, but fre blame for everything. Then the Board pressed thought that charge had been fully met by Dr. question.

the Government to augment the sanitary staff, Clark. He had contended that one of the first and five inspectors were added and one or two things the Government should tackle was the clerks. The Board got everything they asked terrible question of overcrowding.. It must be for, except an assistant Medical Officer of common knowledge to every member of the Health, and considering the increase granted Board, the appalling condition of rents in this only the year before, when a chief inspector of Colony, the way that the poorer classes were nuisances was appointed, he thought the Gov-being literally robbed and squeezed out of their ernment was right in waiting to see what the food and clothing in order to pay excessive rents. Floors, which a year ago were rented Board could do with the increased staff before

at $6 now paid Sro, which meant that the anything further was done. In fact he did not

poorer classes had to herd and crowd together It was not in mind telling the Board that when he had the honour of acting as Colonial Secretary such much more closely than before. was his own advice. Then the Hoard, in reply their power to obey the law, because they did to the letter asking what sanitary improvements not cam sufficient to do so, and they had to they had to recommend, asked for more urinals starve their stomachs and backs to pay these I have the honour to report for the informa

and more latrines. This year four latrines bad excessive rents, The Government could de one been built and more were provided for in next thing with the Taipingshan area-they could do of the Board that the Attorney-General has

Mr. Osborne had given notice of the follow-year's estimates. The Board asked for more what any private individual wonid do if he had isolated the 15 Public Health Ordinances imo one Bill, and that I have in consultation with him collected and classified the various ing motion :-

water, and there was being inserted in next the ground. They could build on it. They could Bye-laws made under these Ordinauces. These "That in regard to the Acting. Colonial year's estimates a "small" item of $140,000 for have done so. two years ago. The Board re- that purpose, and a special engineer was being commended them to do so, and it would have Bye-laws will be re-enacted as a schedule to Secretary's letter to the Sanitary Board of 1st

sent from England to carry out the work. The been so much relief to that part of the town the new Ordinance, but there are several small May, 1900, asking the Board to formulate a amendments which might with advantage be comprehensive scheme of sanitary improve only item the Board did not get was their old had the recommendation been carried out, and well-worn friend the refuse-destructor, and, Mr. May had stated that the Government had male at the second reading if the Board approvements, a reply be sent that the Board are not

done a great deal meet the wishes of the of them. The following are the ammendments disposed to formulate such a scheme unless

as he had said before, that was thrown out by which have been agreed upon by the Attorney-some assurance be forthcoming that the Govern the Public Works Committee, upon which Board, and it was only fair to say that in one sense he was right. His Excellency the Go- ment will give immediate effect to some at there happened to be a majority of unofficial General and myselhas desirable.

members and let them not forget that. He did vernor had taken a personal interest in these least of the Board's recommendations."

not want to say that the unofficial members ought matters, much more so than any of his prede- Mr. Osborne said-The motion standing in

cessors that he knew of He had put forth the my name is brought forward as a sequence to- to have passed the refuse-destructor, but what Mr. May's question enquiring what steps the he said was that many of the Sanitary Laws of schemes and the proposals which the Sanitary Board had taken to formulate a comprehensive this Colony which were not as good as they Board had made and they were now assuming scheme of sanitary improvements, and in view ought to be, and which they blamed the Govern tangible form. He was sure the Colony was ment fer-let the blame be put on the right grateful to His Excellency for what he had of the censure implied by that question, it would be well to review the circumstances under shoulders and let the community, which did done. But they wanted more when their re not take sufficient interest in the matter, and let commendations were rejected, they wanted to which it has arisen. In the early part of last

the representatives of the community who voted know why they were rejected, and not a mere year the Board proposed to Government that a Trust should be formed, having for its object against certain provisions in those measures, "Yes" or "No. They wanted the public of the Colony to know the reason. No one would the prevention of overcrowding and reduction and who threw out certain other recommenda

cavil at that. But when the Board asked for of rents by opening up new building areas, and tions, take a share of the blame. It was no by gradually resuming and rebuilding the un- defence at all to say that the Board had not things and they got the answer "No," that was

not satisfactory. "In Bye-laws 2 and 3 the word 'new' should healthy parts of the city. Into the details of sent to Government any exhaustive and com- have been deleted by the amending Bye-law-the scheme it is unnecessary to enter, as the pro- prehensive scheme of sanitary reform because posal was rejected. Undeterred, however, by they thought the Government would not take recently approved, but as this was not done wer recommend that it be done now.

this rebuff, the Board again approached Go- it up. That was no way of doing their duty, verniment with the proposal shaped in a differ even though it was true. It was their duty to ent fashion, viz, that a percentage of the rates put before the Government what they thought and premin on land sales should be set aside was right, and if the Government did not choose annually for purposes identical with the objects to do it, that had nothing to do with them. They of the Trust. This the Government also re- might as well fell him he was not to run a man jected, but in doing so asked the Board to draw in and prosecute him because the Magistrate up a comprehensive scheme of sanitary im- might not convict him or a jury find him guilty. provements, from which it was presumed that, He did not want to get into any heated discus. whilst unable to adopt the recommendations sign. They were entering on a new year, and as put forward, the sympathy of Government what he did want to see was the Board setting In Bye-laws of the Drainage Bye-laws it was with the 'Board, and we might therefore to work and tacking this question. They bad is provided that the Sanitary Surveyor shall hope that if a comprehensive scheme were for not yet touched upon a comprehensive scheme.ense, with the exception of the plague which

was a still a mystery to everyone. With regard The President proposed a resolution to the approve of all drainage works, and in. Byelawmulated embodying our various proposals made They had spent a lot of time over details, and he

to the proposed European reservation at Row-effect that Mr. Laids be informed that when 4 it speaks of plans being approved by the from time to time, it would at least receive favour thought they should take up the question' pro- Board and amendments required by the Board. able consideration. Stimulated by this prospect perly. He did not care who carried out a toon, he had not the slightest hesitation in the Board requested him to write a report, the We recommend that Bye-law 45 be altered so the Board set to work. Meelings were held, sug- scheme of sanitary improvement in the Colony, saying it was impracticable. At the time it Board expected from him a careful report

was first put forward he estimated that the of facts, all other remarks to be avoided. as to correspond exactly with Bye-law 3 as, to gestions made, resolutions carried, and there He did not care whether it was carried out by a

Government would have to pay $500,000 in approval of plans.

seemed every prospect of arriving at definite Sanitary Board, or a Trust Corporation, or a In Bye-laws 1, 2, and 3 of the Bye-laws for conclusions, when unfortunately the late Colon-1 Municipality, or by the Governor, but lie wanted compensate the land owners in order to carry it out, and he thought the sum had been more the notification of infectious Diseases, medical Ryan, who took a leading part in the dicausa comething done. He wanted to see

than doubled since on account-of-the-increased practitioners and others are required to sensions, was removed by death, and from that day some plan formulated for getting this city into certificates of infectious diseases to the Secreto this nothing further has been done. Now, a better state, and not only that, but some plan value of the land. It was absured to think tary of the Board or to the Registrar-General. sir, there must be some good reason for this upon which the Colony could grow. The Colony that the Government could expend a million was not yet in its teens. It was only a child, dollars in reserving an area for Europeans. In practice these certificates have always been apparent abandonment of a good cause, this

Another area which was suggested the Govern- sent to the Medical Officer of Health, and in seeming surrender by the Board of its aims and and it was going to grow into a very big man, England the Infectious Diseases Nalification

ambitions. That reason is, I think, to be found and if it was allowed to grow, the way it had ment had been prevented acquiring by the Act requires that they be sent to the Medical in the fact that from the commencement of the grown, with that stupendous want of foresight military going there. Officer of Health. We recommend, therefore, enquiry it was felt that, as each of our recom- and forethought which seemed to be the char that the Bye-laws be amended accordingly, mendations had in turn been rejected, there was acteristic of the British race, all he could say was that it would be a very bad thing. At the but retaining in Bye-law 2 the option of the very little hope of a comprehensive embodi occupiers of premises to notify the officer in ment of them being accepted. It was felt that next meeting of the Beard he would propose a charge of the nearest Police Station, who our suggestions and recommendations made resolution that the Board appoint a committee to draw up a scheme of Sanitary reform for the should, under Bye-law 3, immediately inform little or no impression en Government, and the Medical Officer of Health.

that having been refused half the loaf we were city of Victoria. Let them begin with the city not likely to obtain the whole. This, I take it, of Victoria, and he thought that in a very few is the reason why members of the Board have sittings they would be able to get out a scheme not been disposed to re-open the matter or which would have something to recommend it, spend further time in preparing a scheme. It and if it was a reasonable scheme, such as is because we fear, and have good reason to recommended itself reasonable men, he ven. fear, that our recommendations will be ignored, tured to think that there was no man in the our proposals rejected, and our labour wasted. whole Colony who would take it up with greater Let the Government support the Board in its pleasure and zest than His Excellency the efforts to cleanse the slums of their filth, to Governor, and he was quite sure the officials improve the surroundings of the working who sat in high places would take it up with The following minute was appended:- classes, in whose cheap labour lies the key zest also. The Hon. R. 1. Ormsby "I think six-inch stone of Hongkong's, commercial progress; drain pipes should be insisted on. Four-inch let the Government give tangible proof of its drain pipes are too small and ton easily choked." sympathy in our crusade against plague, awake

Major Brown said-If you look at the The President said he presumed the mem-

from its apathy in regard to the serious ques-

ditions of the scavenging contract for Kowloon bers find all read the proposed amendinents. tions of overcrowding and burdens le long

you will see in the 1st paragraph that he shall They were mostly verbal. In going over them apathy which finds illustration in the Taiping

daily sweep and cleanse the surface of the side he was struck by one point. It was te rule that shan resumed area, where land has Jain waste a six-inch pipe should be the minimum to con-

for years past, because Government will neither

walk, in the villages of Kaulung point, Hang. necta house with a main drain, and it was pro- build on it nor sell at a price which will enable

ham, Yaumai, and Taikoksul. This is very named commencing from Elgin Road you will posed to reduce this to a four-inch pipe, be private enterprise to do so. Let the Govern-

satisfactory, but if you walk round the places cause, it was said, the four-inch pipe was con-

inent do these things and These will be no lack stantly being used. le must say that he

of responsive energy on our part. But until Dr. Clark said he thought every member of find that the sidewalks are used for every other thought it would be much better to insist upon some such assurance be forthcoming, until we the Beard was in accord with him in wishing purpose than that for which they were intended. the six-inch pipes. The six-inch pipe was con

can be satisfied that our labour is not in vain, for the sanitary improvement of the Colony, They are made use of as the most convenient sidered the minimun in Europe for connecting I for one, and, I think other members of this and especially of the city. At the same time place to deposit refuse of all kinds, from akdi houses with the main drain. He moved the Board are with me, have neither the desire nor the point was not what they had done during tins to the spare earth left over after a house and high bamboos, which make handy latrines adoption of the amendments with the exception the intention of occupying myself in the pre- the past 12 months, but whether they had laid building or road-repairing contract. Low bushes of that substituting a four-inch drain for a six-paration of elaborate reports, the utility of which before the Government sufficient schemes to

to the passing stranger, grow on them. In inch drain.

will be ignored and their value unappreciated. come, or whether they were at present in a

Dr. Hartigan, in seconding, while admitting position to undertake some further large Yaumati the shopmen encroach on them and use them as their own private and lawful pro- that, the Government had attended to some scheme. He would just recapitulate a few of small matters, spoke of how indifferently the the things which had been laid before the perty, and not once but several times. I have seen them obstructed by the tables and chairs reports of the Inspection Committee had been Government. For the past five or six years treated. He said that these reports showed the the Board had been urging the necessity for of a Chinese eating house keeper, who used the whole width of the pavement as his public absolute necessity of some-form of Artisans public latrines and public urinals, and yet it Dwelling Act being introduced, with the view was only during the last nine months that any dinning room. They are also used as drying

THE ATTACK ON THE GUARD STATION.......... to providing tenements for the poorer class of attempt had been made to provide additional grounds for orun, e peel, for tea leaves, and the

wrote you that a guard station in the Pan people to prevent their being driven irto the latrines and public urinals. The public urinals clothes. You will also find hand trollies and streets; and yet when the Board, after extensive in the city were four in number, each capable building materials effectually blocking them, enquiry, after a great deal of trouble and pet of holding one person at a time. They were and last of all as you return from Yaumati to. U district had been attacked by, robbers and more of the soldiers were wounded and yester sonal inspection of the slums, had tried to for totally unfit for Europeans to enter, and they the Ferry Piar you will find for some dis- four of the soldiers had been killed. Three mulate a report, in which work Mr. May took an could hardly consider that the question of tance the side path taken up by Admiralty coal. important part, nothing whatever was done by public urinals had yet been touched. For the. With this state of things it is impossible for day found their way to the Canton Hospital. One of the men was shot in the neck, the bullet the contractor to sweep and clean these side. past two years the Board had been urging upon theks, and, all these obstructions should be re-passing completely through it. It is a wonder the Government, cold water being thrown on

that the man was not instantly killed. As it is, their efforts from beginning to end. Hethought the Government the necessity for a refuse that was the reason why the Board felt it was destructor, which was a scheme which the moved. The fault originally lies with the a loss of time trying to formulate big schemes, Government had yet to carry out. Last year Public Works Department for making narrow he is likely to be all right again in a few days; It had been pointed out that improved means of the Board also considered seriously the ques- 3 to 7 feet sideways. Such paths are no use the other men have bullets in their legs. transit to outlying portions of the Colony would tion of the night soil, at the Peak. It was a to the ro to 20,000 foot passengers that pass These wounded men say that the robbers made be a very efficient means of increasing the matter of cammon knowledge that the night along these streets in the day; Thus they are a desperate attempt to get possession of the. accommodation in the city. A scheme had soil at the Peak was.frequently thrown into the not used, and they become rubbish heaps and rifles and ammunition, but failed.

A STRANGE AMUSEMENT. been talked about, but the Government itself open gulleys, the storm-water drains being nuisances. We shall be told that the China- fouled thereby. With the view of mitigating man will not use sidewalks, but this is the.

Every country has its days for games and had made no attempt to forward it. And now a sort of slur was sought to be cast upon them the trouble, the Board recommended, the greatest possible mistake, No one likes a by one of the members of the Board, because establishment of a small sewage farm, which sidewalk where he will not be jostled better amusement, but it is doubtful whether any other. be insinuated they had not done what they would not have been a nuisance either to the than a Chinaman, and where there are proper people find amusement in the game in which should have done. They were like the per city or the Peak residents, and which would sidewalks, as opposite the Hongkong and hundreds of Chinese, joined to-day. The waiting at the gate of Paradise and when that have mitigated to some extent the foul smells Shanghai Bank, you will scarcely ever see a parade ground just outside of the East gate of rising from the storm drains on the lower levels inainan walking in the road. The road and the city was crowded with eager sportsmen all

"Bye-law of the Bye-laws governing re- moval of patients, etc., seeins to require the word 'shall' instead of 'may' before remove in the first line and before 'bury in the fourth line.

Bye-law 3 of the above-quinted Bye-laws ap pears to be merely a repetition of section 35 of the new Ordinance (section 29 of the Public Health Ordinance, No. 24 of 1889) and might therefore be repealed."

Dr. Clark, in seconding, said that in regard to the size of the pipe, the Bye-law could be left as it stood It was merely a matter of opinion. The Surveyor to the Board said that a four-inch pipe was as little likely to choke as a six-inch pipe, because they had no night-soil or kitchen slops; but if the Board held a different view it was simply a question of leaving the Bye-law as it stood. He had ascertained the fact that a number of four-inch pipes had been put in by architects and no objection fiad been raised, And he thought it would be absurd to have a law saying that four-inch pipes should not be used and yet to allow them to be used...

The motion was carried.

THE WATERING OF THE STREETS.. Dr. Hanigan, said he thought they could congratulate themselves on having gained one step in the right direction,

The President-We have agreed to accept the tender of Bailey and Murphy, and the older will be given to them at once.

On the question as to the labour to be em ployed being mentioned, Mr. McKie said they would have no trouble in a month or two in that direction.

The President said, he understood an im- mense number of bellacks would be offered for sale shortly, and they might be used.

THE SUGGESTED SCHEME OF SANITARY, -IMPROVEMENT.

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gate was going to be opened, he could not

say

Dr. Bell said he did not think the Board had any right to make conditions with the Govern ment. If they were keen on sanitation as members of a Sanitary Board it was their busi." ness to lay down their requests, and go on working, but to say to the Government "We work tie you no advice, and do nothing for the sanitation of the Colony unless you bind yourselves to do what we want" was, he thought, bad policy. Therefore he proposed voting against the motion.

as ferng, had not been carried out, yet

Dr. Hartigan-Shall I be in order in saying a word

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The Hon. F. H. May-No, you are not in order. You shut my mouth before, and I will shut yours now.

The motion was put to the meeting and carried, Dr. Bell and Mr. May voting against.

THE SCAVANGING OF KOWLOON,

It was decided, however, that no motion should be put, but that-the President should. sce Mr. Ladds on the matter.

“QUARANTINE.

A letter dated December 8th was submitted from the British Consul at Batavia stating that a nominal quarantine only on vessels arriv.... Dr. Hartigan minuted - Why is Singapore, 10g from Singapore was imposed. .where cholera exists, thus favoured, as against

Hongkong, where the plague has ceased ?

MILK AKALYSIŞ.

In submitting an analysis of a sample of milk purchased from Kennedy's Dairy, Garden Road, on the 17th December, Mr. T. Wild (Acting Governinent Analyst) reported that he was of opinion that the sample was one of

Major Brown had given notice of the follow-genuine milk. ing motion:

"That the Board draw the attention of the Government-() to the fact that the Kowloon scavenging contractor, is, unable to carry out condition No. 1 of his contract, namely, the daily sweeping and cleansing of side-walks, owing to the low vegetation, undesirable trees, and refuse heaps which now obstruct them; (2) to the desirability of orders being issued to the Police to prevent the recurrence of any obstruc

tion un the side-walks in the future."

THE LIMEWASHING RETURN.

It his limewashing return-for the fortnight ended 31st December, Mr. J. H. Dandy (Chief Inspector of Nuisances) reported that since the previous report, 685 houses in the Western District had been limwashed.

·PRECAUTIONS AGAINST PLAGUE.

Mr. Osborne suggested that as this was the time of the year when plague generally made its appearance, the Medical Officer of Health. should give special instructions as to the lime con-washing and cleansing of the different districts,

The Hon. F. H. May said, it would not be out of place to ask the Government to take the same steps that they took last year, with the from the mainland at the Races-that was, to view to reducing the attendance of Chinean restrict gambling.

It was decided to adopt these suggestions. A confidential meeting was en held.

CANTON NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent). HEATH OF GERMAN MARINE.

CANTON, January and...

A German marine from one of the gun boats at Canton was brought to the Canton Hospital yesterday, suffering from an acute, attack of peritonitis, He died at seven o'clock this evening, and will be buried to-morrow,

fidewalk, requirements of Kaulung district day. The game consisted in pelting each other

The Hon. F. H. May said he read the other Then the Board had strongly urged the forma: have not received proper attention, and show a with stopes. The stones were thrown with a THE ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT - CLUB.

The Hon. F. H. May had given notice of day about an address being given to a number tion of a European reservation at Kowloon, surprising want of foresight. As an example will, and many hard knocks were received. e following question

of young men about to coter business. They Nothing bad been done in this direction, though of this look at the sharp turns when crossing leads were cut and bruised. The only rule, What steps have the Board taken to answer were given a lot of advice about putting the every day's delay made it more difficult to Robinson Road from Elgin, Road, and yet which seemed to be observed was that the The Fifth Club Race will be sailed on Sunday to an invitation made to the Board in May last right letter in the right envelope; keeping carry out In July the Board asked the GovernI suppose every official who passed that person must be notified before the stone was next, the 6th instant. Course from Police Pier by direction of the Officer Administering the copies of telegrams, and so on, and the lecturer ment to extend their powers with regard to scheme is, drawing his full pension, and thrown at him. This amusement prevails in the passing Cosmopolitan Dock Buoy to port, North Government to formulate a scheme of sanitary ended by advising them never to over-state dealing with insanitary property, and to intro- never thinks of the annoyance daily caus many parts of the province, and it nat infre Fairway Bhoy in starboard, Mark Best off improvements in this Colony Ita their case, but rather to understate it, if any duce further legislation in regard to the exces-ed by his stupid and irreparable mistake queady happens that several lives are lost i Chung Hue tu staiboarch Stonecutter's Island | The following minutes were appended thing From Mr Osborne's lips there was not sive height of buildings That clause was cut Schemes for roads and sidewalks bystan- day's sport. So far as I am aware, this is f

Imagine aliould be pased opon first time the people of Canton have indulged to starboard and retum to Police Pier Di De Clark These are not by any means ons kingle fact in his landictment against out of the Ordinance of the year before last der would Tance fourteen miloradova

papers" have attached cop fmlandı 119rwerment. There thing but genes and on star of 1857, but it was one of the the probable future densijr of the neighbour in this game for many year