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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1901.

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No. 386.

THE following Particulars and Conditions of Tale of Crown Land by Public Auction,

to be held at the Offices of the Public Works

Department, on MONDAY,

e 20th dity of July, 1901, 3 P.M., are published for general information.

By Cominanc

H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office,

T779c Hongkong. 13th july, 1001. Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 20th day of july, 1901, at 3 P.M., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of CROWN LAND), at Queen's Road East, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a terin of 75 Years, with the option of renewal at a CROWN RENT to be fixed by the Surveyor

of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 75 years.

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circular in the China Sea to the S.S.E. of Hong-WE learn that both the West and North rivers | A CONTEMPORARY, says that Professor Vogas, kong in about 16 Lat. Gradienis slight for E. are, badly in flood On the former several the Director of the National Board of Health winds on the China coast, moderate with strong junks and boats have come to grief, one Hong- at Buenos Ayres, according to a report re N.E. winds in the N. part of the China Sea. Kong Chinese gentleman having lost no fever.ceived at the State Department at Washington, Forecast-Fresh to strong N.E. winds; fair at that five of his craft used for the carrying of has discovered a remedy for mosquito bites.

limestone.

The professor states that he discovered it by first, squally with main later.

accident during his trip to Paraguay to study the pest. He had been supplied with all sarts of remedies, among them napthaline, an article of no value against the pest, but on using it for mosquito bits he found it of good effect. It neutralizes the poison, even when the spot bitten is greatly inflamed. If fresh bites are rubbed with napthaline no swelling follows, The professor considers napihalice almost a specific against mosquito poison.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. We understand that H.M.S. Glory, with Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge on board, is ex- pected to arriva here shortly.

JACK McAuliffe is staying in Kuala Lumpur till the Penang meeting and is giving lessons in boxing, club swinging, etc. THE Naval Autuorities advertise in another coluna information about torpedo running on the Torpedo Range at Kowloon, now taking place.

A BOARD School class, says a morning paper, was asked what is the chief food of the people of India. After some time, a little girl held up her band and piped out Famine"! Two Americanstowaways named Edward Harry' (16) and Frank Kelly (17) arrived at Yokabama. by the fongkong Afars on the roth inst. and were handed over to the Harbour police.. THE piling of the foundations for Messrs. A. S. Watson & Co.'s new store goes on apace. If the new building is on the same scale as the notice board on the site, it will be a grand affair THE latest return complied by the Com munications Department shows that the total length of railways in Japan is 3917 miles 6 20.40 | chains, and that of overland telegraph wires

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13, 6, and CC are excellent dinner Wines D and are after-dinuer Wines of a very Superior Vintage. ALL ARE GUARANTEED PURE XERES WINES.

We guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be gemine only when bought direct from us in the Colony or from our authorised Agents at the Coast Ports.

A. S. WATSON & CO. LIMITED, THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

5,246 coolics are known to have absconded from their employment in Perak last year, ckoning that each man owed his employer $5, this comes to a direct loss to the masters of $26,230.

THE Kokumin Shimbun understands that the Japanese Government is investigating the pro bability of floating a loan in the European Continent, the hope of raising it in England and America being small.

MR. HAZELAND gave his decision in the ad- journed case where Messrs. Siemssen & Co. were charged with illegally baving arms in their possession. As expected by everyone who had read the evidence, Messrs. Siemssen & Co. were exonerated from blame and the summons was dismissed.

MK. CAMERON, one of the superintendents at the American gold mines at Unsan, Corea, was brought to Chemulpo recently suffering from a discuse whose nature was at first not

The Hongkong Telegraph known, but it soon developed into the most

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1901,

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Death Traps.

malignant form of smallpox and he died on Saturday, the 22nd June.

We shall be obliged if any subscriber on receiving his paper late or irregularly will write on the Wrapper of the paper tite Time of delivery, etc., and forward the Wrapper to the

.

WE cannot say if the report is true, but a tale is in circulation to the effect that an enterpris: ing gentleman has, in view of the present high price of land, purchased the sunken dredger and intends erecting a summer residence upon her. The reason he gives is that he can then be sure of having his foundations well sunk." There is no truth in the story that the Govern-

In view of the loss of life that so frequent-Manager, Hongkong Telegraph Co., Ld, 50 Queen's Road, Central. The wrapper will ly occurs in the event of a fire in the Colony, enable us to check the delivery coolies. we think the Government would do well to consider sonic means of safeguarding the public in this respect. Take the ordinary type of Chinese house; it is about fifteen feet broad and from forty to sixty feet deep; with one staircase about three feet in width and boarded in with China pine match the most inflammable boarding about material one could possible find' for such a purpose. The house may be as many as four storeys in height and may or may not have an outlet to the roof, while there is seldom une to the rear, unless it be into à small backyard or lane and then this is usually only accessible from the main stair-pondent of the Morning fest, blames Singa

pore for the transfer of the Bangkok Blue- Fannel line to German hands says the Bangkok es. Why does he not turn bis eyes to Liverpool for the cause of the mischief, now repeats the Singapore Free Press as the Dang. kok Tints said monits ago. Go and call on the real party to that transaction in the person of Mr. Alfred Holt.

case.

In these houses it seldom happens that a fire takes place without the staircase being one of the first portions to take fire and this, from the very inflamable material used in its construction, burns fiercely and cuts off the inmates of the upper storeys from all escape, unless a trapdoor to the roof is in working order and they can get away by . And one never sees a house fitted with an iron fire escape such as is in use at home, or with a block and pulley ar rangement to work from a verandah or win dow. As for the Government fire escape, we believe that there are many of our narrow lanes and alleys into which it could not 160, QUEEN'S ROAD EAST. Hongkong, 23rd July, 1901.

1781c possibly be taken, and ordinary ladders would be too short to reach the upper storeys of ÁUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STEAM NAVIGA- the great majority of our newer houses.

TION COMPANY.

BOARD

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RESIDENCE.

MRS. HUBBARD.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,

FROM BOMBAY,,

HE Steamship

THE

"MELPOMENE,”

having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Ilongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, whence delivery may be obtained.

Optional Cargo will be discharged here, unless notice to the contrary be given immediately.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Claims must be sent in to the Office of the. Undersigned before Noon; on the 29th instant, or they will not be recognised.

No Fire Insurance has been effected, and

Could not the Government, in consider ing the Building Regulations which are so much talked of, make some rules for the provision of some means of escape from a building in case of fire other than the main staircase? Were this done, we fancy that we should not have such a big list of fatal accidents at our fires. The matter is cer- tainly one which is worthy of careful co

sideration,

ment are contemplating using the site for the new l'ost Oflice.

APPARENTLY Mr. Knight, the special corres-

THE Nagasaki Press learns

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THERE was another very fine sunset yesterday, probably attributable to the presence of the depression reported from Manila. If only the typhoon, if typhoon there be, would hurry up and cool us down a bit many people would be devoutly thankful.

CAPTAIN A. C. Loggin, the master of the P. & O. 5.s. Arcadia, has been appointed to the post of Commodore of the P. & D. fleet, in succes sign to Capt. Reeves, R.N.R., of the Australia, A CONTEMPORARY says that the United States who has retired. Commodore Loggin is now

are showing us a good example in the vigour, and determination with which they have the senior officer of the P. & O. ACCORDING to the latest returns the number of recently get about the abatement of the spitt- ' foreigners living in Tokio was 993. The differing nuisance. Arrests are cominon, and New ent nationalities were: British 207, French 97, York magistrates are beginning to deal serious German 80, Austrian 4, Russian 1, American ly with the offence. Mr. Sexton, President of 267, Chinese 181, Portuguese 1, Italian, 14, the Board of Health, not long ago assigned seventy of the one handred policemen detailed Danes 3, Swedish 8, Dutch 8 and Spanish 1.

for tenement house and other sanitary work to the special duty of riding about the town in HAVING regard to its population and interests, England has the smallest number of judges of any country in the world. Ireland, with a population of about five millions, has 17 judges, while England and Wales, with a population about seven times as large, have no more than 29.

THE latest fad adopted by our local architects appears to be that of the false gable. We cannot see that it lends any particular beauty to a build- ing and, as it is, simply a wall extending some distance above the rot, we are rather inclined to think that it may prove a positive danger in the event of a heavy blow. It will be interest ing to note how these erections stand'in a typhoon. By the way, the craze for dotting pepper, boxes over buildings seems to have

died out.

A MAN named Kinoshita Tatsuzo, a gardener in Aramaki maru, Kawachi gori, Japan, shot Yano Ikusaburo, a dyer in the same village, and his two sisters with a revolver on the 12th inst. The would be murderer shot Ikusaburo first and his sisters afterwards. Ikusaburo and one of the women were badly injured and were brought to the Kobe Hospital, After commit ting the triple crime, the man shot himself dead on the spot. The tragedy is reported to be the outcome of disappointment in a love affair.

A FEW days ago, A. de Silva and P. H. Klyne were arrested at the Singapore Botanical Car- dens by a lance-corporal in charge of the place; the former for the alleged theft of a black swan," the property of the Forest Department; the latter for aiding and abetting the theft. The bird was found in their possession squeezed in. to a carpet bag, far too small to hold it The men were also in possession of firearms. They were taken before Mr. Green and the case was postponed till the 22nd inst, to enable them to produce witnesses.. Bail of $200 each was allowed.

EVERYBODY will, we think, be sorry to hear of the death of Mrs. Kruger at Pretoria. How it comes about that she did not join her husband after his flight to Europe we cannot say. There would not have been any objection to her doing so, we imagine, for we do not war upon women, and if Mrs. Botha can be allowed to leave, it would have been equally easy for Mrs. Krager to have done so. No doubt the hypocritical pro-Boers will lay her death at our door, but they may rest assured that she

captured capital. received all attention at British hands in the

LAST evening a five-oared boat race was rowed between the European and Chinese members

of the Police stationed at the Water Police Station, Tsim-tsa-tsui. The Europeans had completed about half the course when their stroke had the misfortune to break his oar. Nothing daunted, however, the men stuck to their task and finished the race but a boat's lengh astern of the Chinese. Considering what a capital lot of carsmen the Chinese crew was composed of it is very creditable to the Euro- peans that they did so well. We hope to hear of another trial between the two crews unat tanded by any accident, when a capital ase should result.

surface and elevated railways, and arresting

those whom they saw break the ordinance against expectoration on the floors of street and railroad cars and other public vehicles, ferry boats, and public buildings. We think, how ever, that they will have to abate a great deal of expectoration before they can set us much of an example.

REFERRING to the Washington cable dispatch, saying that the United States does not mean to protest against the maintaining of a garrison at is a very sensible conception of the situation Shanghai, the Frankfurter Zeting says: "This since Shanghai is Chinese and not English,

is China, Germany has precisely the same and the only country having the right to protest

right to take care of her Yangise interests and commerce that any other country has". A number of German papers dering the week intimated that Germany, Great Britain being practically powerless for the time, used strang

presure to bring about the Anglo-German Yangise Agreement. The Tageblatt says! The abandonment by Great Britain of her Yangtse sphere of interest iden, is, perhaps, the most severe blow Great Britain has sustained since the South African War began:""

THE PLAGUE.

Number of cases reported (Chinese... 499 up. till noon of the 22nd Other Asiatics 51 July, 1951...........(Europeans......29 Number of cases reported Other Asiatics o

during the past 24 hours

(Europeans.....

(Chinese...!

Total number of cases reported to date 1,585 Number of deaths reported (Chinese......1,463 up till noon of the aznd Other Asiatics 34 July, 1901

Europeans...... 9 Chinese.... Number of deaths reported Other Asiatics o

during the past 24 hours'

Europeans.

O

Total number of deaths recorded to date 1,507 . Since noon. on Saturday last the cases and deaths are

Cases Chinese.....

11

£1

Other Asiatics ......... European

Total

Deaths Chinese

Other Asiatics Europeans

Total

The plague returns for last week were

Cases Deaths..

AT THE MAGISTRACY,

UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF HOCK. L. S. A. Terrett, No. 21, charged Yeung Muk with the unlawful possession of two bottles of hock. The defendant was sent to prison for 14 days. The fate of the bock can only be surmised.

WELL CONDUCTED CASH.

Wong Chi was charged with stealing from the person a purse containing $9.30. Inspector, Kemp was in charge of the prosecution and sheeted it right home, with the result that the defendant went to prison for 6 weeks' hard labour.

DISCHARGED.

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STEALING A WATCH AND CHAIN. Mr. Sultára, of Kennedy Road, charged Chin pencil case. Chin Yuen went to prison for three Yuen with stealing a watch and chain and months and Li Chi, a pawnbroker, was ordered to return the goods without repayment of the loan.

that several changes in the Corean Customs have lately taken place, Mr. Laporte, who was in charge at Gensan, succeeds Mr. Chalmers at Chemul- po. The latter gentleman has been transferred

THE death is announced of Mr. Wooyeda of to Seoul, where he will act as assistant com- missioner under Mr. McLeary Brown, who, it the Mitsui Bussan Kaislu, Tokio, from con- is reported, will shortly proceed to England on sumption. The deceased gentleman, who was in his forty-seventh year, was a native of leave of absence. During Mr. MacLeavy Nagasaki and fourth son of Mr. Ikeda, a Brown's absence, Mr. Chalmers will act as retainer of the Yangawa Han when in his third

John L. Reilly, of Scotland, was discharged Chief Commissioner.

year he was adopted by Mr. Wooyeda of on a plea that he was disorderly and assaulted the police. E. H. Evans of the R. W. F. and DR. Dowie, of Chicago, has assumed a new Nagasaki. After studying he was sent by, Mr.W. Smith P. S. 54 gave evidence, but it was not conclusive and the defendant was dis rule, though one in strict logical progression R. Irwin, formerly Minister for Honolulu, to with his pretensions. From the platform of the Commercial school of Boston. He return charged. the Auditorium the "Doctor" recently made ed to Japan in 1870 and entered the Mitsui the following announcement:1 am Elijah Bussan Kaisha, Mr. Wooyeda was a Director the prophet, who appeared first to Elisfia and of the Shanghai Cotton Spinning Co., and then to John the Baptist. Now, all who believe Auditor for the Kiushu Cotton Spinning, Co me, stand?" Three thousand people rose. and Japan Brick Co., besides being a member Dowie, continuing his speech, denounced of the Tokio Chamber of Commerce. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

ཧཱུྃ་ everything outside Zion. With prophetic fire in accordance with the plan formulated some he cursed the Pope, the Freemasons, and the time ago by the Government at Washington, DEATH OF MRS. KRUGER,

newspapers. You have listened to the first LONDON, July 21st. message of the prophet," he cried, "you must to re-establish the European naval station, says Mr. Kruger, wife of the Ex-President of pay tithes and offerings into the storehouse of the Manila Times, the cruiser. Albany and the gunboat Nashville, now on this station, have the late Transvaal Republic, has died at God." A collection followed:

received orders to, sail on 1st: July' for the ness. It is understood that the Ex-President smiths and artisans of all sorts who now cycle joined by additional vessels from the home was privately informed by wire of his wife's to and from their work,

imagine that the stations. It is rumoured that this station, the death before the news was made public.

new tramway should prove, a decided boon.headquarters of which are not yet known, will be The sooner it is completed the better, say we opened by Adiral Romey with the Brooklyn, TYPHOON WARNING. In the mean time it would doubtless pay some which is now on her way from Australian waters enterprising builder 10 Lake up lots well out of either to Manila or direct to the new European the town and crect comfortable dwellings. We station. The American navy has had no a certain that a good number of Mr Fung Wa European naval station for some twelve years, Chun's semi-detached Chinese houses would be the only vessels that have cruised in European roidily snapped up by the artisan class so soon waters having been the training ships. The as the tramway inade then fairly accessible last naval station was at Ville Frauche between. Why does not the Government erect a few Nice and Monaco, where a naval atorehouse model dwellings on this plan? The experiment was maintained. Previous to that and up to would be well worth trying. If the Chinese about 1870 the headquarters were Lisbon, artisan can live in comfortable quatters cheaply Portugal where a storehouse was located, and and come in to his work by tram, he will, do in olden tinies Port Mahon, a small island in so in preference to inhabiting the crowded the Mediterranean, was the rendezvous for the

Steat dwellings in town.

FR. C. E. WARREN begs to inform, his any Goods remaining in the Godowns after the Pretoria from pneumonia after three days' il FROM the number of Chinese fitters, black- Mediterranean, where they will probably he

REMOVE his Office to more commodious Premises at WYNDHAM STREET (Opposite to the CLUE GERMANIA) on the 1st August next.

Hongkong, 23rd July, 1901. "

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THE CHINA AND MANILA STEAM- SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED, 'FOR MANILA VÍK AMOY

THE Company's Steamship

-"#ESMERALDA,”. Captain J. McGinty, will be despatched as above on THURSDAY, the 5th instant, at P.M. This Steamer has Superior Accommodation for Passengers and is fitted with the Electric. Lights th

A Doctor is carried. For Freight or Passage, apply za

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co 2) General Managers. Hongkong, 231d July, 19013

Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

SANDER, WIELER & Co., Agents.

1756% Hongkong, 23rd July, 1901.

AN APPEAL... HE SUPERIORESS of the ITALIAN

THE SUPER ROAD, begs most respectfully, to APPEAL to the Residents of Hongkong and the Coast Pons, for their kind: patronage, and support, and desires to state that she will be pleased to receive orders for all kinds of NEEDLE WORK.

Gentlemen's Shirts made to order, and Cuffs and Collars renewed on old ones.

Ladies and Children's Under-clothing Chi dren's Dresses, and all kinds of Embroidery, Materials can be supplied, if required.

The Superioress will also be most grateful for any. PAPER, or old. ENVELOPES to be made into Books for the Children of the Foor Schools, who are taught by the Sisters,

WARNING. FROM -MANILA,

Mr. W. A. Rubice, U. S. Consul General, kindly forwards the following copy of a telegram. which he received from-Manila (o-day

MANILA OBSERVATORY, July 22nd, 4.39 p.m. Depression crossed Luzon undeveloped now lying West Dagupan..

HONG

HONGKONG OSERVATORY REPORTS. The Observatory report says:— on the 23rd at 11.45 atm-baronietric changes are slight. Probably the depression has become

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·OMUM CASE, Tang Lan was convicted of having 25 taels of prepared opium in her possession, as well at tacks of raw. Mr. Kemp fined her S250 Jor

3 months' hard labour. She went to prison.

BURGLARY AT LANE, CRAWFORD & CO. Chan Tsoi was charged with breaking and Messrs. Crawford entering and stealing propeny to the value of opery of Messi, Lane Crawford

$314, the

Mr Duncan Clark, a partner in the firm be ing sworn, said; he recognised the defendant as a coolie that hangs about the premises and does odd jobs, but he has no right to be within the premises

Bert Eustace sworn said, he was an outfiller in Mestre, Lane, Crawford & Co, and identified the property produced as belonging to the firm. He valued them at atout $3000

Li Pio, P. C. 173, said he was on duty at Praya Central. He stopped the defendant carrying bag. The defendant said he was engaged to The Indian Watchman also gave evidencev carry the bag. He arrested the defendant; /**

The defendant said he was simply engaged.

to carry the goods and did not know they were

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