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To-day's Advertisements.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1901.
Entimations. EYESIGHT.
cleansing work. They say they would be perfectly ready to cleanse their premises at stated intervals and would do so if the Government appointed some specified time for the whitewashing and cleansing of each street. Then too, they point out that Occulist-Optician,, of London, and cut, in the cleansing and disinfecting of No.
Health District no consideration was shown
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them at all. No provision whatever was
made for their comfort and the result was that men, women, and children, the sick, the balt and the blind were turned out into the street without shelter of any sort for four hours, while the disinfection was being carried out.
Had sonte temporary shelter been found for the women and children they would not have objected.
MR. C. E. Warren, the well-known contractor, | THE Universal Gapril of the 4th inst. lays that THE curious fact is pointed out by the BestOM reports plenty of business but like most others it is reported that a certain Foreign represents Transcript that, the date or turned upside his profession is affected by the exodus ofive at Peking has demanded the Chinase down makes too, in which year Edward the Chiasse during the plague season.
Peace Envoys to cede his government the Confessor, the first king of that manis, reigned Shan Shan islands near Ningpo, but Li Hungover England. The B. 7. will likely hit on chart courteously rejected the claim while he something good if it keeps on long enough. We suggest the following for its nolice --Dog
No cooler or prettier place to pass an hour or tifo on a hot evening can be found than the
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Overlooking the gardens, well, there is nothing|
They emphasize the fact that they have no objection to sanitation if carried out on broad lines. Every Chinaman would like to live in a house with plenty of light and air, if his purse permitted him to do so, but | he has to rent what he can afford and hence
verandah of Mr. Osbome's Kowloon Hotel.
on Hongkong side like it. THE N. C. Daily News, says Mr. Charles Fondey, of Shanghai, whose March of the Allies," dedicated to Admiral Seymour, was favourably received on publication, has com posed a gavottry, which was heard for the first time at the Astor House musical, dinner on Thursday night. The music is pretty, and will doubtless be heard in many other places than Shanghai.
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MAJOR-General Richardson, General Creagh's successor in the command of the Shanghai British Garrison, arrived here to-day in the transport Formers from Taku, says a Shanghai paper of the 3rd inst.; he was accompanied by Captains Stewart and Rose of his staff. The Formosa (the well known Douglas liner) brought down four splendid chargers and a few mules, all of which looked in beautiful condition as they landed.
GREAT proportion of cataracts and diseases affecting those advancing in life accur to those having some deficiency in the construction of the eyes-the many years of 'Eye Strain' ending in serious forms of disease. Glasses specially adapted in youth to those requiring them save and preserve the sight.
A PYTHON of about nine feet in length was Constantly recurring headaches, spells of
killed in the Windmill road recently, says a dimness when reading, weak eyes, the letters
IT is with great satisfaction we report, in an:
Bangkok paper. The Kling who shot it left running together; any of these symptoms indi-
ather column the arrest, trial, and punishinentit lying in the middle of the road. Shortly cate a deficiency in the form of the eye requir-the overcrowding and squalour. It is difficult of the two scallywags who stole Mrs. Sparling's afterwards a Chinese funerat came by and the ing Glasses only to correct and cure.
bearers of the coffin on seeing the defunct burden to the Chinese cemetery by going superstition this would be hard to beat... around by Klong Foh Yome, As a sample of
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THALES," Captain Robson, will be despatched for the above Ports, on THURSDAY, the 11th instant,
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The Honghong Celegraph
to regard the laws of decency and sanitation watch. The Chinese detective Chan Shap
spelt backwards is, and, curious fact, lived Spelt backwards is
in a room eight feet square, if one's whole No. 154 did a smart bit of work that no doubt reptile immeniately turned and conveyed their routine garrison duty with British troops. It family has to occupy it. The Chinese have no objection to a large scheme of sanitary reform if it is carried out once for all and they are compensated for any loss occasioned by it; but they do abject to trivial alterations in existing laws which necessitate a certain amount of expense without any apparent
enefit and no compensation.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE.
LONDON, July 6th.
The Australian Defence Bill provides for a small force of Regulars, large forces of Militia and Mounted Infantry Volunteers, and the classification of all adult males.
July 7th.
The Thibetan Mission to Russia was
received with ceremony by the Tsar at Peter hoff The Mission handed valuable presents to His Majesty.
will be recognised in the proper quarter, and the whole case, in the hands of Inspector War- nock, showed care and thought. No loophole was left; with the result as given. MR. ASAHINA, the well-known and able editor of the Nichinichi Shimbun was to start on the 26th ulto, for his tour in the Russian Empire. From a gentleman of his standing and reputation, we must hope for something more than a merely pleasant and agreeable trip, says the Kokum Shimbun. We expect that this trip may serve to widen his already wide range of information, and that through his mediums the two neigh bouring nations-fapan and Russia-may come to a better understanding of each other than ever. With these hopes in view we are glad to see him start.
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BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA.
FUKTHIN information from Shanghai papers THE RECENT TRAIN WRECKING.of the 6th inst. of the accident which occurred to Messrs. Arnhold, Karberg & Co.'s steamer, In addition to the killed, ten men of the the Sutan, is to the effect that coming down Gordons were wounded in the train wrecked the river from Hankow, which place she left by the Boers near Naboomspruit.. No details on the last day of June, and when near, leng- whatever of the disaster are yet to hand. chou, in the night time, a very strong current caught her port side. Before she could manage THIBETAN MISSION TO RUSSIA. to clear she was carried on to the cable of
Chinese man-of-war. The cable carried away a large part of the guard deck on the starboard side, but fortunately the hull did not sustain any damage. On Thursday afternoon she went into the Old Dock for repairs. The steamship is commanded by Captain Fublers, ACCORDING to the American papers, says | Fairplay, all insurance matters in connection with the wreck of the Rio de Janeiro have been settled. The underwriters have paid $900,000 to the owners of the cargo, but the loss on the vessel is known only to the officers of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. There was $35,000 in treasure, on which insurance has been the collector of Cusions at Hawaii, on which paid, and there was $30,000 more, shipped by there was no insurance, besides a considerable sum belonging to the Mail Company. It can now be set down pretty accurately that the total loss was $1,500,000, Raw silk, it is stated, was the article in the Rio's cargo that cost the underwriters most money.
UNIVERSITY CRICKET. The University Cricket Match has been drawn.
THE POPE AND THE FRENCH RELICIOUS ASSOCIATIONS' LAW.
A letter from the Pope, couched in plain. five terms, condemns the French Religious Associations Law, as injuring and impairing the power of the Church.
OBITUARY.
LATER!
Prince Hohenlohe, Ex-Chancellor of the German Empire.
RUSSIA AND THIBET.
WEATHER REPORT.
THE following note must be taken with a grain change, were puzzzled some time ago by the case of salt-The French Courts, according to an ex- of a nan who lost a bank-note under remark- able circumstancances. Dining in a restaurant, at Narbonne, he let a bank note fall into his soup. He laid the note on the table to dry, and a gust of wind carried it away. A passing dog swallowed it. The owner of the note sued the owner of the dog for a hundred franes, the value of the note. The Court arrived at a decision which surprised most people, ordering the owner of the dog to refund the hundred francs.
A CORRESPONDENT (a Scol) sends us the following clipping:-Talking of the heat out there, (Calcutta), my friend declared it was something to conjure with. One day; he said
some 26 years, died. Before his death he one very old Scotchman, who had been' out desired that his retains should be cremated. His desire was attended to. Everything was arranged, and the body was shot into the furance. After the sorrowing relatives had waited the regulation time, the door was opened to collect the ashes, when an angry voice thundered out" Shut that door: there's a draught !"
THE Ching Gasetit learns that acting upoh instructions issued by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vice-Consul Fox will open a formal enquiry at the British Court, Shanghai, upon the return of the German ss. Awanghing, into the death of Captain Cleniens which has already been the subject of two enquiries at the German Consulate, with the finding of which the relatives and friends of the deceased evidence or opinion to express upon that are dissatisfied. Any person who has any mysterions occurrence will be enabled to make his on her statements upon oath before the Vice-Consul, and we believe all such statements will be "privileged" as if given in a regular court of law, while any tampering with truth may be punished as for perjury.
THE Deutsche Asiatische Warte of the 12th has the following criticism on the new
SOME curious instances of the over-officering of the medical arrangements of the China Force, a matter which we referred to in some detail a few months ago, are now coming to notice, writes the Civil and Military Gazzite. During the winter there were no less than seven sections of Native Field Hospital quar- tered at Hongkong, and there was little more than routine garrison work for any one to do." While it was considered necessary for some. reason to place a native regiment (3rd Madras. infantry) in charge of an officer of the Royal Army Medical Corps, the superfluous members of the Indian Medical Service were assigned
secins to have been the universal opinion in China that the China Expeditionary Force was mich "overdoctored," and at a time, too, when India was in urgent need of commissioned medical officers-Bombay Gazette. The Pall Mall Gazeite is again pitching into the Daily News, and apparently not without reason. That once well-written and courteous paper appears to induge now in petty person alities as a regular thing. The Pdf. G: says:- We cannot congratulate the Daily News on the wit or the manners of a note in its leading columns this morning, entitled, "Lord Milner missed his train, and that his luggage arrived at Birmingham." It appears that Lord Milner
without him. Upon this our pro-Boer contem porary waxes facetious. Of the travelling bags it remarks, with that quiet taste for which it is so conspicuous, that there has not yet been time to impose the coronet, over a proud and solitary M." Is not this very vulgar persiflage?
It is certainly not the kind of comment which we usually associate with the name of a reput alc London daily. Lord Milner's luggage may be of interest to Daily News men; but in curiosity to themselves, and not flaunt it in common decency they should keep their.
the columns of the paper. It is the sort of comment which would not be out of place in the servants' hall, but is unusual among people
who do not happen to live there.
THE F. M. Gazette gives the following account of the military riot at Shomcliffe on the 1st plt.:-On Saturday night a serious affray oc curred at Shorncliffe. Cap, in which the Dublin Fusiliers, the Mounted Infantry, the Royal Fusiliers, West Kents, and the Royal Dragoons were involved. Through some alleged grievance, the Dublin Fusiliers commenced a disturbance and began to wreck one of the rooms. The guard was called out, and while.
they were in the act of arresting some of the men, shots were fired. Blank cartridges appear to have been used at first. The barracks were aroused, the Royal Fusiliers and other guards reinforced, and on their advancing on the Rilsborough Camp they were met by bayonest and a ball cartridge volley, Two of the guard were seriously injured by bayonet thrusts, and were at once taken to the
PROMENADE CONCERT OF THE HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.
SERIOUS work on the sunken dredger Canton River statted again at an early hour this as idle talk, the rumours of a Russian pro pumping was carried on equably from the port
The St. Petersburg Viedomosti describesoming, the steain connections held good and postage-stamps which were sent from home to hospital, where one lies in a bad state. The the German postal authorities at Kiaochau fortunult continued for over two hours, in the tectorate over Thibet, which, it says, must and starboard holds and the engine room aft." issue These postage stamps are very pretty, course of which a whole company of men with remain no man's land,
When raised to near the surface it was seen but are of no use for our colony. The deno-fixed bayonets were paraded. Ten of the that the attempt was doomed to tailure. Theremination is printed in German instead of in Dublins were in the end arrested, and yester were two or three ugly, lurches threatening dollar currency: What do we here care for day the general inspected the damage done to destruction 10 even the solid structure marks? You cannot buy stamps for German their quarters. As a precaution against a The Observatury report says:-
that had been built round her. Recognising money, not even at the post-office. Therefore repetition of this disgraceful affair, the guards On the 9th at 11.45 am. the barometer has the tremendous leverage of the top hamper it what is the use of putting the denomination of have been strengthened risen on the China coast, and in the South.
was considered unsafe to proceed further, and a currency on a stamp which is bere valueless? The depression has probably reached E. Japan.reluctantly she was allowed to fill and return A ten-pfenning stamp costs four cents, but four Pressure is highest over, the Pacific in the
to her resting place. This is particularly hard. cents are not, ten pfenning. The worst is that neighbourhood of the Loochoos. Gradients
on M. T. 5. Morton, who has faithfully carried the Chinese make a lucrative trade in selling slight for S.E. winds on the China coast. Fore
out the plans. It is now suggested, to remove stamps. They sell a ten pfennig stamp for cast:-Moderate S.E. winds; showery.
most of the top hamper.
five cents. Now this could be easily stopped if the proper price in the prevailing currency LOCAL AND GENERAL.
RATHER a curious case is reported on the 3rd of the colony were printed thereon. As it is, inst. at the Shanghai Mixed Court:--- CAPTAIN Bancroft of the R, W. F. is leaving for ployment were charged with being concerned Two shopkeepers and a man of no known emi- together in uttering spurious cash. The evi dence showed the shopkeepers had 7,000 bad- They said in defence that they were only pass cash on their premises done up in strings. ing on to others what had been passed on to them in the ordinary of course business.
Inspector Bourke contended that this con- statuted fraud..
a term through sickness.
Me. W. Farmer of Messrs. Madar and Farmer leaves for Canton this evening on business connected with the Victoria Hotel, Shameen. THE fly-sheet in this issue is another tribute The Field Mercantile Company of San to the enterprising Mr. C. Coy, representing
Francisco.
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1901.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The Chinese and Sanitation. There has been a deal of talk of late anent: The Bannard Troupe are at the Peak to Chinese opposition to sanitation, and it has night and merit every success for their enter been rumoured that a Chinese petition is inprise under existing circumstances, preparation as a counterblast to the one now in preparation asking for a Royal Cum mission to enquire into the question of sanitation in the Colony. This being the case, we have caused enquiries to be made, and as a result can assure our readers that no such counter petition is in course of preparation. To say that the Chinese either look forward an sanitation, or are indifferent on the sub to a Royal Commission ject would be untrue. They take the most lively interest in the question, as well they may considering how many wealthy Chinamen have adopted Hongkong as their home, but to tell the truth Chinese support for the petition has been lost owing to the fact that they fear that the Commissioners may overlook the fact that drastic changes may pecuniarily affect the poorer classes, and the petition makes no mention of any sort of compensation being paid them in the event of their being adversely affected.
The Magistrate said this did not seem to a different matter. This passing interior caslı affect foreigners. · ·Manufacturing bad cail: was
was no worse than foreigners using coins underweight.
The band of the 3rd Madras L. 1. were in attendance and gave great pleasure with their three selections.
his two songs, and refrained from lapsing into Sergt. French, R.G.A. was in good form in
falsetto. Sergt. French has too good a voice to need to descend to false methods to gain applause!
A most enjoyable evening was spent at the of their Concert in aid of their Band Fund. Headquarters of the Volunteers on the occasion
Sergt. Major Power, Lt. Mossop, and Captain Pritchard had worked hard to perfect arrange there is no remedy, and the wily Chinesements, assisted to a great extent by Mr. G. gathers his 20 per cent.' profit. English post- Lesbirel. age stamps in China have their denomination printed thereon in dollar currency, and the in the denomination of the currency prevalent Stamps of other nations are also always printed
in the country where such stamps are sold.
"As soon as the Lizard arrives from the north, the Pigmy will leave Singapore,” says “Caius ".
Seldom has Corp. W. J. Terfill breh beard un in the Straits Times. When she arrived resonant he was as clearly heard at the back of better advantage than last night; tuncful and here the "Number One" pet of the officers the ground as close to the stage, Pte. Tonly and men was a highly sociable pigeon that was
was deservedly encored for his cornet soin M. Mayers said they took bad cash and fat from overfeeding. The bird deserted at
practically as tame as a dog and was frightfully although slightly marred by a dog fight that occurred amongst the front seats. Wrruin the last fortnight there have been
mixed them up in a quantity of good.
Sergt. Major G. P. Lanimiert gave a very, fini- Inspector Houtke said it was the same as Bangkok, and its place in the hearts of the shed rendering of a Border Ballad and was three cases of robbery from the person, one
getting brass dollar for 30 cents and then Pigmites was taken by a white goat that particularly happy in What care. ” — Mr. gentlemen had his trinkets snatched in Queens that this mixing of coins was a fraud, and was
trying to pass it for a good one. He maintained thought it could eat anything. Bread, cigar Lammert has that rare gift of selecting songs Road near the Clock Tower, a lady walking the worse fraud because it injured poor people.
butis, rope ends, paint, paint brushes, match that exactly suit his voice and method; a through musician with good style, and manter across the same street at 11.30 am. had her chain stolen and now, to-day's case of watch tob
Ultimately the shopkeepers were fined $100 boxes and the like, all seemed pleasing to the he would always give pleasure to an audience. each, while the man who tried to pass the cash
voracious appetite of that goat. The natural Arm. Sergt. F. R. Viggers lightened the pro- bery. We can conimiserate the pour individual
was sentenced to 200 blows.
results ensued. He grew liverish, later hé gramme with his four songs and did exceed. whose vanity prompts her to place in full THE danger attending the navigation of the a frightened quartermaster hastened aft to
began to ewell and get pully. Then one nighting well in spite of difficulties. The piano was placed in such a way that the accompanist was view the trinkets she is lucky enough to Whangpoo was demonstrated this morning, the wardroom with, the news that the un
sititng with his back to the vocalist and remembering the utter disregard of time and possess, but heartily condemn the male for the
says the Mercury of the 5th inst., when the fortunate animal was dying, and before, Dr.
tune that the comic singer affecte, it was lin- same fault, while articles of value are openly steamer Heikow, in attempting to round the Nimino could tender any professional assist possible to pick him up exactly at the moment. flaunted in the teeth of poverty and want, so bend of the river opposite the Soochow Creek, ance, the spirit, of the white goat had gone Gunner J. A. Woodgates" Uncle Tom Cobley
when the best effect would have been produced. long will these crimes continue. Many an inspector while taking a charge must think toto. answer her helm, took the ground at the as a result thereof it was announced that the with great interest in that, there was the fear was caught by the strong ebb tide and failing over. An autopsy was subesquently held, and is evidently a favourite and was listened to himself, “Serves you right.”.
Garden Point In the efforts to get her off deceased would have blown up had he lived that ones name might be omitted added to the pleasure of hearing it mentioned Lieut. J. she rolled in a somewhat alarming inanner, an hour longer." But the Singapore people Plossop, has oft times recited with good effect, but her, anchors being dropped before she are still unacquainted with the scope of that but The Lay of S. Aloys although well de- grounded she was worked off, but fell down goal's capabilities, says a Bangkok paper.livered was chiefly remarkable for its length, stream again. In a second attempt to nego. It could'nt exactly cat glass, bpt, all the Sergts. French, and Simmers repeated their latest Buccess in the duet "Excelsior," although tato this bad part of the river the current, the same; a "turn, it performed here onents autoction was to a great extent taken up which was running at the rate of fully seven day after tiffin might be put on with advantage in dodging falling Chinese lanterns, The knots, again caught her bows, and she was, at the Aquarium. In succession it chewed selection by the 3rd Madras L. I brought a swung round broadside on to the stream, and up and swallowed three Turkish cigarettes, & most pleasant evening to a close.
• There was a large nod fashionable audience" it was, only the prompt dropping of her bow long and strong Burman and a shredded numbeijing about 300 present, hended by his anchor that, prevented the steamer again taking Mauila, immediately afterwards gobbling up Excellency the Governor and suite, wan took the ground. A third oftempt, however, was all the available match-boxes and cigar ash, a lively interest in this proceedings. In fact more successful, and by the aid of her anchors and, as ons veracious chronicler has it, making during Mr Viggers songs, seeing that the occu- pants of the front rows were, amused, the audience suddenly remembered, they allowed to laugh and many did quite out - But it was dimcult to raise any enthusion amongst the too deadly respectable audi
What the Chinese say, and not without reason, is, that they are getting rather tired of the law being changed so often, and they fear that the result of the Royal Commission will only be more changes in our sanitary M. LABOUCHERE, writing in Truth states: laws and more experise to the poorer Chi-An account of the execution of a Dutch private nese. They bitterly complain, for instance soldier in West Java for striking an officer has of the manner in which the law relating to been forwarded to me from Singapore by a cocklofts and cubicles has been changed correspondent who thinks that Truth may like from time to time. One year, they say a cock in comment upon what he stigmatises as this loft is allowed measuring eight and a half feet; the next year the measurement is made try murder. It is of little, use to criticise nine fect and all the eight and a half foot here the adininistration of justice in the Dutch cocklofts become illegal. This does not, Colonial Army, but the case is instructive as an on the face of it, appear to be a matter of example of the ferocious sentences that are very great moment, but we are assured passed abroad "in the interests of discipline. that to the Chinaman-on ten dollars a British courts martial are sometimes accused month such a slight modification of the law of an excess of severity. It is, at any rate, a cans what is, to him, a big expenditure. consolation to know that discipline is very They complain too of our methods of doing well maintained in the British Army and Navy everything in a huny, Take for instance without such extreme measures as thisenang
she was successfully worked past the dangerous very business-like maltempt at swallowing the points, and steamed up to ber bent in the Up. trays, Bangkok was mther proud of that goat per Harbour. The steamer Srechtian also took | Perhaps the Singapore climate, disagreed with the ground this morning at the:
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