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THE HONGKONG POLICE.

THE CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT.

Of all thankless tasks commend us to that of Captain Superintendent of Police. Three nationalities to arrange for and the European section divided up into innumerable cliques not in accordance with the code fait down. The men full of complaints and suffering from grievances that, under the present regime, hever come to the light in a proper manner (when many a sore point would be cleared away). There is an absolute want of mistual trust between master and men. The master is full of an overweening confidence in him- self and his methods, but appears wanting in that tact and the capability of ruling men so necessary for a #body of head of police. The men us the other hand fear and distrust him, hence, chaos.

Yet the Captain Superintendent is not want ing in all things. If he is a hardman, he has a number of hard cases to deal with, if his ways are not the ways of his officers, surely he should know best. What branch of the Government service have received a rise of 20 per cent in pay in the last few years such as Captain May; after an immensity of trouble, has secured for his particular branch? What man could have done better with regard to policing the New Territory? Taking over a large district with an insufficient force and inade quate means, with bad housing and, a number

of unacclimatized new ecruits?

can-

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1901,

INTERFORT ORIOKET MATCH.

We are tonned by the Committee of the Hongkong Cricket Club that the Interport Cricket Week has been definitely fixed for the tth-16th November, and these dates have been accepted by Shanghai and the Straits.

AT THE MAGISTRACY.

REFUSING TO PAY UP WHEN DRUNK. Henry Lewis was fined $2 for being drunk and reftising to pay his 'rickshaw fare.

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GATHERING THEM IN, Robert Christian was declared to be R vagrant and sent to the House of Detention.

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'CREATING A DISTURBANCE, Emil Johnson and Barmara Berg were charged with creating a disturbance in the Sailors Home. Percy Hardiman said he was Assistant Superintendent. The two defendants were fighting about 12 midnight. P. C. 9 arrested them. They admitted being drunk and fighting and were fined $2 each.

FIGHTING,

August Anderson was fined $3.00 or 8 days for disorderly conduct in Queen's Road. He said he was not very drunk-what an awful thing this drink must be that we hear so much about it. We never hear of men fighting on milk or cold tea; perlaps that accounts for the supremacy of Great Britain. She can drink, and she can fight.

NOW PRO-BOERS GET THEIR FACTS.

THE REFUGEE CASIPS. Mr. Adrian Hofmeyr, in a long letter to the Times, says

1 have seen more of those camps than Miss Hobhouse has, because I visited those in the Transvaal also; and after my visit I can only say that I thanked God that England was acting so generously and kindly towards the women and children of my poor people. I went among them as their well-wisher, not hiding the fact, however, that I was a tuyal British subject.I spoke their language; I met them alone, and got them to pour out their

and though there is no real reason for alarm, and not a shadow of cause for panic, we can take out no better insurance policy for the Empire than that of furnishing Sir John Fisher, by quiet and steady reinforcements, with the numbers which, in Nelson's famous phrase, can alone annihilate.

INCINERATORS AND THE DESTRUCTION OF REFUSE IN

* CALOUTTA..

Some of our readers, in view of a Refuse Destructor being installed in Hongkong, may be interested in the following article, from Indian Engineering. We only "print it for the perusal of those incompetant to judge, as of course those who will, at some future time, have the fixing up of the business, have already had it under anxious, consideration for many years, and presumably, what they don't know about destructors and incinerators, is'nt worth knowing,

and no nuisance either from fumes or dust is created.

We, think it is upon these lines that a destructor for ludian refuse should be adapted."

Indian Engineeringe

company hitherto making the river service. When I first went to the Yangise the only steamers plying on its waters were those be longing to four British companies and one Chinese company, but now there are two Ger- man lines and a Japanese company seriously THE GREAT PRO-BOEK MEETING, competing Certainly the German competition is regarded as the most serious, but it must be said that the competition is fair and above board, and it is the general opinion, that there is room for both,

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SOME IMPRESSIONS.

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Being settled in the calm water of my stall

Recent events (he continued) have but slight- (at Queen's Hall) I had leisure to look about me, says a writer in The Outlook. All parts of ly affected the Yangtse trade. The outward the ball were pretty comfortably filled. The transit trade from Chinkiang has been affected orchestra groaned beneath a banked-up dis-awing to the disturbed condition of Shantung, play of lovers of peace, not a few of them in but this is about the only result of recent po The outward and inward litical troubles. bonnets, and stretched along its front there transit trade has decreased to a considerable scribbled and chattered all that is eminent in London journalism. To booing and cat calls extent owing to the exceptional dryness of the and cheering and counter-cheering and feeble creeks. The export trade has shown no fail- playing on the organ we were treated until the off except as regards goods brought down under an outward transit pass. But there can great ones of the evening began to arrive. We

be no doubt that British. trade still largely pre- | were also treated to sundry examples of the prowess and methods of the organisation, who dominates, although, as I have said, the Ger

mans are running us pretty close. began to exercise their benevolent office of throwing people into the street long before the meeting commenced, and they went to work with such purpose that when Mr. Sauer made his appearance on the platform cheers and the waving of pocket-handkerchiefs bail it all their own way. ***** Litle Mr Laboucliere turning up at length, we greeted him with tremendous enthusiasm, and be fell to business. Little Mr. Labouchere had not got more than twenty words out of his mouh before some tem-

erarious individual in the body of the hall

and simply bore reference to a question fict. said "No." It was the mildest of interruptions,

"The installation of additional incinerators for the destruction of refuse in Calcutta ought not not to be much longer delayed. With the advantages which modern plant offers it is ridiculous that over thinly thousand wagons of ten ton loads each should continue to be-hauled down to the square-mile annually at a cost of nearly forty thousand rupees, in addition to the tons of refuse which are dumped into the outlying paris of the suburbs daily. Modern destructors are capable of not only destroying refuse and converting it into elinker, but af de- veloping power which can be utilized in several directions: It is necessary to adopt high tem perature destructors with artificial draught in order to thoroughly destroy the refuse and avoid A nuisance. Every refuse destructor also should be combined with power plant. The high temperature destructor may be combined with a steam boiler which can be utilized for, say, mortar mill, clinker crushing, or sewage or water pumping. We can hardly compare the results of the work of incinerators in Europe with those hitherto installed in India. The refuse of most Indian towns and cities varies widely in its proportion of water, as this may be zo per cent, or it may be 200 per cent. It is lacking in coal cinders sa common not be she did not call ford Milner "a despicable

On these grounds it must ex- cities. pected that refuse destructors will be so successful in India, bat they may prove that burning is less expensive than removal by carts

But the

In any ordinary assemblage it would have passed without remark. Little Mr. Labouchere took no notice of it. It did not give him the smallest pause.

stewards of the meeting had orders, which orders they were simply lusting to obey, and a flying column of at least twenty gasworkers, navvies, and Covent Garden porters swooped down upon that mild interrupter and lugged him away without ceremony.....

Curiously enough, the only really reasonable and tolerant speech of them all came from Mr. Sauer. He had nothing ill to say of England; he did not call Mr. Chamberlain “Judas," and

penny-a-liner; neither did he demand a settle. ment which would involve the absolute, inde pendence of the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies. All we ask for," he said, "is equal rights and terms of peace such as can be accepted by brave men." But the meeting, though ostensibly pro-Boer, was not in Mr. Sauer's

One of the chief grievances is the manner in which the men are received if they venture to bring forward any of their troubles. It passeth all understanding, say they, that an otherwise sane man should have so lost his identity as to forget thatthe suppliants before hint are men be fore they are policemen, and that be in a small minded manner should try and imitate fove in the Central j'olice Station. The dissatisfaction amongst the men is not so much caused by great abuses, as miner harassings, worryings and a general feeling of unrest and distrust, in a great manner caused by the underlings, who, in copying the manner of the Captain Superintendent, think it the sincerest form,

flattery.

in. having be, winng gal copiry into the working of the Itongkang police force? The men would welcome it and whether the Cap Superintendicut to bide? Before it starts, we venture to predict that Captain Mar would

There are several directions in which im- Come off with fiying colours, the complaints of

The universal opinion enter

provements have been recently effected. In he pen would melt away like snow before the

tained by the men and the women was that the first place it must be remembered that low sun, the men who talk loodest in a back street would have least to say in the witness box, they were treated by the officials with the temperatures and natural draught cells are greatest courtesy, and that under the circum-always liable to be accompanied by nuisance, d each would give evidence for his own articular good, forgetting the good of the stances nothing more could be done for them and that they do not inevitably destroy all the unless it were to send them home. Naturally refuse. We therefore advocate the high tem- many. Never before has a more disunited body of men come under our observation, they would have preferred the latter, though perature cells with forced draught.

the wiser among them said, "It will do now, destruction of refuse is the primary object of The man with a Sow'West of Ierland! al.

but after a tile while we are afraid great the plant. By having the boiler in the proper cent that, you could cut with a knife is made to feel out of the running in comparison trouble will come to us if we are found on our place it is now quite possible in addition to raise a large volume of steam after the cells teams. with the pure wang hailing from Aberdeen.

"Naturally, when Miss Hobhouse condoled have fulfilled their primary object. When we The fact of an enquiry being dought necessary

with the refugees, and old them that, as an speak of high temperatures we mean consider is strong presumptive evidence of mismanage

English lady, she so heartily sympathised with ably over Boo F. Some authorities say that ment, but it will settle the question once for alt. On the one side (we presume nothing to hide.hem, they male the most of their grievances, 1250 F. is sufficient, but the higher it reaches on the other much to say, and the men dis and were shrewd enough to see that through the more serviceable is the plant. Those de- structors, which are the most efficient as trustful of one another will make such a bash Miss Hobhouse, an Englishwoman, they were of that, in the end, the one who at present in damaging their enemies, the English people, destructors, are the most efficient as steam include the complete independence of the two

raisers

his might is said to be lost to all sense of pro- ponion will be rendered more secure than ever.

FIRE IN QUEEN'S ROAD.

This morning there was an outbreak of fire in the back premises of A Chec, the well-known But for the tobacconist of Queen's Reach. prompt attendence of the Fire Brigade there might have happened a big fire, including the burning out of the Hongkong Telegraph offices.

MESERS. W. S. BAILEY & CO'S

LATEST ACHIEVEMENT.

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Very few people. living in Hongkong are aware of the industry that is growing up ander the capable band of Messrs. BaileyandMurphy, otherwise Messrs. W. S. Bailey and Co. Some fifteen months ago these gentlemen decide to go into the ship building trade. Having just about as much work at the time as they were able to do they decided to push abead and do a bit more, and the premises which the party invited to the trial trip of the new water boat were shown over yesterday are the result of the firm.

hearts to me.

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in the eyes of the world. Let me give one incident. I visited the Bloemfontein Camp the very day after Mics Hobhouse did. I had a lang meeting with the men in the com- mandant's big tent. and was surprised at the questions they asked ine, nainclyIs it true that the Liberal Government will be in power soon? Is it true that English public opinion is coming round rapidly, and that we will get back our independance after all? frue that some foreign Power or other is sure to interfere shortly? I explained to these men that, as far as human foresight went, nothing of this was going to take place, and said, Who told you at this rubbish Their answer was, The English lady who was here yesterday. Imagine my surprise and sorrow. I do not say that Miss Hobhouse did make such communi- cations to them. I only repeat what happened to me. I argued with the men, trying to prove how futile it was to go on fighting, and urging then to influence the men still in the field to stop fighting. They agreed with me, and said how they longed for peace, but every one can understand how visits of such English ladies must unsettle their minds again."

THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.

In view of the letter from the Navy League which which we published on Monday, the following extract from the London Daily Telegraph of 25th instant is of interest-

One is amazed on landing at the many evidences of resource and management. The machine shop is, naturally, the show place, and there are no better specimens of the output of Great Britain in the engineering line than Mr. Arnold-Forster was asked in the House the long rows of lathes, planing machines of Commons last night whether official atten drills &c. Nothing cheap or shoddy, but all of tion had been drawn to a letter from Lord the best, showing it is no idle boast of the firm Charles Beresford complaining of "the want hat their work is the best.. They secure the of strength and the want of proper war best workman by the sure way of paying the organisation "in the Mediterranean Fleet. It best wages and looking after their comfort. would be impossible to condemn too strongly Right throught the earinus departments the the indiscretion, ant, presumably, the fault same throughness is apparent, moulding room, of Sir John Fisher's second in command, by foundry, carpenters shops, fiting shed and stove which such a communication bas found its way rooms all bearing evidence of the personal into paint. There could be no more irregular supervision of two men who thoroughly know method of exciting public interest in a subject their business. Small wonder then, that Messrs which in itself is of supreme.importance to the Bailey & Co, are kept as busy as they can be Empire. The Parliamentary Secretary of the when other yards are complaining of slackness, Admiralty admitted by implication the authen- as soon as one boat is launched another keel is ticity of the letter, but pointed out that there laid down. There have been fourteen launched was nothing in it to show that it was deliber from their works in fifteen months, the workman-ately intended for publication. "It seemed higlily improbable," continued Mr. Arnold- ship on one ensuring an order for another.

The water boat the party were yesterday invit-Foster, "that the Rear-Admual would take a ed to inspect was built to the order of the Hong, kong Steam Water Boat Co. and is a credit to. the firm that turned her not. Designed, built, engined, and furnished in the one yard, there is no trace of the shoddiness one sees on some of the launches built in the Chinese yards. 100 feet long with a beam of zof, and about jo feet 6 inches draft, she is a very powerful boat, well able to carry the 174 tons of water she was built for. Fitted with compound engines she made 7'knots with 80 tons of water in her tanks and again with zo tons did a bit better than 8 knots. She is fitted with the boiler on deck, tested up to 25 lbs. to the square inch and working at about 120 lbs. Great satisfaction was expressed yesterday by Mr. J. W. Kew, Manager of the Water Bent Co. Mr. Kew's idea in these boats (and many an important suggestion has been made by him in the building) is to ensure perfect clean liness, and the plans of the contractors should ensure this. The water is obtained from the Government filter beds and under the existing arrangements in these boats must be free from all contamination. This must tell, and it will hot be long before Mr. J. W. Kew's Co. has the monopoly of the water supply. One diing seems certain that Mesars, W. S. Bailey & Co. will be hurd inen to compete against in future orders after the work they have turned out in the new No. 3

After tiffin Mr. Chau Siu Ki proposed the health of the contracting firm in a few well chosen words, and was replied to by Mr. W. S. Bailey. Success to the Water Boat Co. was proposed by "Misther" Murphy in his happiest manner and responded to by Mr. J. W, Kew, The visitors and the press irere also toasted. A start for home was made and Blake pier reached about 345 the boat travelling well through the water without fuss, completing a most enjoy able and instructive trip,

or rail.

The

The steam boilers ased in connection with the destructors have been vastly improved of late years. Some have been recently made for use to work at a pressure of zco pounds to the square inch. The steam boiler must not be used as a kettle, as this thwarts the primary function, of the destructor.

It should be set upon approved blocks and all unnecessary brick- work must be avoided. Flues should be capacious as deposits are rapid and great, Roomy flues allow a freer circulation of the gases and tend to a better utilization of the heat. In fact all flues in connection with the cells should be large. With the best form of destructors the chimney can be reduced in height, the high temperature of the gases being reduced by absorption for power purposes, When this is not done high chimneys are a neces- sity and they have to be provided with good fire brick linings. Artificial draught is an absolute necessity. It burns the fuel indepen: dently of the chimney, and it is more under control. The steam jet blower is mostly in evidence with modern destructors, but the fan is also extensively employed: With a properly designed destructor and power plant the com- bustion chamber temperature may exceed 2000 F., and yet by poilers of ample heating surface the temperature of the gases at the chimney base may be reduced sufficiently low

as not to be destructive.

There is another important difference in the modern incinerator. The grate area is now made much smaller. The larger furnaces are more suited for low temperature combustion, but for reasons already given we think this method a mistake. Whether the large or the small farmace is better adapted for the Bulchra of India must be a matter of experiment, but we fear that large furnaces and comparatively low temperatures will necessitaic some form of fuine cremator. To adopt this is to go back to what was discarded many years ago. Large masses of material, especially if holding much moisture, are proportionately more difficult of combustion, and therefore we come back to small furnaces with artificial draught.

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NOT ANDA.

CALENDAR.

JULY. Afetemological means based on fifteen years, observations to 1598," flarometer öniglun Thermometer Humidity... Rainfall

20.738.

81.6

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WEATHER REPORT.

On dates

On Patent

101, M.

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29 79

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2971 $6. 70

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Barometer.... Temperature

Humidity Rainfall.

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Wednesday, 31st July, 1901, Chinese-16th of 6th moon of 27th year of

Kwang-sk. Sun-Aises

Sels

5k7, zamin. bhr. brin .....dhr, somun. a.m.

Moon-Full Atoon High water-Aforning : Afternoon. Low water-Mering ....

Afternoon ANNIVERSARIES.

Shrerrmin. Johr. omin

tár, qzmin, zhr. 22min.

Labouchere, who is nothing if not acrimonious, 1556-St. Ignatius Coyola died. and the pathetic Mr. Lloyd George, with his 1865-Union Dock Co., Hongkong, formed. painful inexactitudes about the torture of little 1875--Baron yon Gumpach died at Shanghai. children. And, more than all, it was in the 1876-Execution of the Malay murderer Toply

in Victoria Gaul. armed with 1584-Fleet of the China Merchants' S. N. Co.,

transferred to Russel & Co. hands of a couple of cheap Socialists fron Bat- bludgeons, knuckle-dusters, large fists, and

It was the cheap 1896-The Italian barque Lothaire towed into kindred aids to peace. Socialists from Battersea who transformed a

Hongkong dismasted. troyed, 20,000 yen damages. culous and impossible one, by moving that the moderately reasonable resolution into a ridi-1890-Fire al Tampadori Kobe, 20 houses des

such terms of peace shall be Gal words

offered to the Boers of the two Republics as a brave and freedom-loving people could accept," should be supplemented by "these terms to Republics." And the cheap Socialists had the meeting with them, for the resolution as amend ed was adopted nemine contradicente amid fearsome yeils of "Good old Battersea!" and "Another Socialist victory !"

SHOCKING DEATH OF MR. A. S. HAY.

TO-MORROW.

Thursday, 1st August, 1901, Chinese-17th of 6th meon of 27th year of

Kwang-si Suni-Rises

Sets

High water-Morning

Afternoon.... Low water-Morning

Afternoon.....

ANNIVERSARIES.

5hr, 18min.

Ohr. samin.

Shr. samin. rohr. 25min. ahr. 3rmin.

3kr. 55min.

·July 26th. Mr. J. M. Wright, chief officer, Loksang, on- teave, has rejoined his ship.

Mr. J. Duncan, acting chief officer, Lodgang; has resumed duty hs and officer.

Mr. S. K. Gordon, acting and officer, Lak sang, has been appolated and officer, Viksang. Mr. H. Cuthbertson, from leave,, bas gone and engineer, Lobsang,

Mr. J. E, Myhill, and engineer, Loksang, is on leave.

Mr. A. A. Chalmers, chief officer, Yiksang, is on leave.

Mr. A. E. Mongor, zud officer, Vikṛang, is acting chief officer, same steamer.

Mr. J. Lennox, chief engineer, Shansi, is on shore daty.

Mr. P. Blair, and engineer, Wenchew, is transferred to the Pekin.

Mr. D. Peebles, supernumerary 3rd engineer, Pekin, is appointed and engineer, Wenchow.

Mr. H. Copeland, Chunsang, has been ap pointed and engineer;. Fausung.

Mr. F. Brice, 3rd engineer, Chihli, is on

leave.

Mr. G. Paxton, 3rd engineer, Mini, has been transferred to the Chih

July 31st.

Mr. Walker, and officer s.s. Wingsang is on leave.

Mr. Weare, inre of the Tairang is appointed. 2nd officer of the Wingsang....

SHIPPING AND MAIL HEWS.

MAILS DUE",

English (Massilia) 2nd pros. Canadian (Tartar) 3rd prox. American (Doric) 6th prox. Australian (Eastern) úth prox.

German (Prinses frene) 6th prox.

German (Stuttgart) 7th prox.

American (Nippon Maru) 14th prox. Canadian (Empress of India) 20th prox.

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The 'H. A. L. steamer Sibiria from Ham-. burg, left Singapore for this port yesterday and may be expected here on or about the 4th prox.

The Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s R.M.S. Empress of India left Vancouver on the after- noon of Tuesday, 30th inst, for Hongkong via the usual Ports of call.

The Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s steamer. Tartar arrived at Shanghai at 11 pm on Mon- day the 29th inst., and leaves again at 9.30 p.m. to-day for Hongkong where she is due to arrive at 7 any, on Saturday the 3rd prox.

BONG KONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK RETURNS,

al Kowling

Sishan Honghong Marie.

Y. Sontán Canton River Likin... Zaire. Sungkiang Colonies.. Taishan

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Cosmopolitan

PASSED THE CANAL

Dork.

Outward 10th July-Pisa, 12th July Idomeneus, Strathord, Yangtise, Yarra, 16th July-Glenshiel, Shinnuo Maru, Princess Irene, Satsunia. 19th July-Andalusia, Sanuki Maru, St. Andrews, Rein, Stynenten. 26th July-Willenberg, Ajax.

Homeward-25th June-Canton, Preussen, Silvia and JulyCalchas, Ceylon, Laos, Lammas Day. 1894-War declared between China and Japan. Inaba Moru. 5th July-Afridi." 9th July- Hamburg 16h July-Dardanus, Nazal, 26th 1895-Kucheng Massacre.

July Sydney.

AGENDA.

TO-DAY.

Australian Vaudeville Company at the Theatre

Royal.

TO-MORROW!

Mr. Adalbert, S. Hay, formerly United States Consul at Pretoria, and son of Mr. Hay, Secre tary of State, fell from the window of the Newhaven House Hotel, at Newhaven, Con- necticut, on Sunday morning, and was instantly killed, says a mail paper. The employés of the hotel say they believe that Mr. Hay was watching the workmen engaged in laying a Dew track in the street and lost his balance. Mr. Hay was a graduate of Yale Universary, ant had returned 10 Newhaven to attend the 8.30 for 9.p.m.-Meeting of Zetland Lodge. triennial reunion. The sad news spread with rapidity, and many of his class mates had al- ready gathered at the hotel when a Newhaven medical man arrived. This tragical occurrence has cast a gloom over the commencement of the celebrations at the university, which are now being held held. Official action will prob ably be taken by the university authorities, Mr. Hay, it appears, returned to the hotel between midnight and one o'clock, after spending the Cargo ex Bombay subject to rent. evening with some members of his class. He went directly to his room. A beli-boy stationed near the Chapel Street door of the hotel, heard something strike the sidewalk at about half past two o'clock. He ran into the street, and found Mr. Hay lying unconscious. Before the physician who was sent for arrived Mr. Hay was dead, his skull having been fractured. A later despatch received. from Newhaven says that the mystery as to how Mr. Hay came by his death has now been fully explained. A study of Mr. Hay's condition by several physi- cians-among them Professor C. J. Bartlett, of Yac-convinces them all that the young man was dozing at the window of his room, and that he leaned too far out and fell on to the stone pavement fifty feet below.

SATURDAY, 3rd. P. & Q. Co's steamer Bengal leaves for

Bombay. 2.30 p.m.Public Auction by Messrs. Hughes

and Hough at No. 7 Caine Road.

SUNDAY, 4th.".

ON THE YANG-TSE-KIANG.

ANGLO-GERMAN COMPETITION. INTERVIEW WITH A CHINESE CUSTOMS OFFICIAL

We do not question that there are more diffi- culties to contend within the town's refuse in India than there would be at home. There the matter has been practically settled, seems to us that it is a question of adopting the modern plant to the more bulky and less step so contrary to the discipline of the Navy." combustible material to be consumed. The It is, indeed, much easier, in face, of the un-varying conditions of moisture of the refuse, pleasant alternative, to accept the hypothesis and the varying relation of the bulk as com

Reuter's representative has had an interview of breach of faith in some other quarter rather pared with the weight must be calculated for. than breach of professional duty on the part of and may require some modification in the form with an English official in the Chinese Customs and construction of the furnace cells. It may Service who has just returned home after six Lord Charles Beresford. British officers on active service have not been in the habit of he found necessary to assist combustion of years' service on the Yangtse. This gentleman ventilating general criticism of the forces under refuse by the addition to it of more combusti expressed some amusement at finding the be- their command, or of making public property ble material. As coal is cheap in Calcutta this, lief prevalent in England that the Yangtse was of the opinions at which they have arrived if found necessary, should not prove an insu-a "British sphere" He said:

Of course the Chinese Government agreed while in a confidential position. To divulge perable difficulty.

The Hantington incinerator in use in Calcutta not to alienate the Yangtse Valley to any foreign inside professional knowledge or judgment in this way would be like revealing Cabinet for a portion of the refuse is an alleged im-Power in the same way that the British Govern secrets. It would be a method undignified provement on the inventions of Garlick and ment would assure the Chinese Minister in in itself, gravely prejudicial to public policy, Christenson, which were tried in Bombay. It and setting an example of irresponsible criti-is said to dispose of 12 tons per furnace a cism which if followed, would be subversive day. It appears in be necessary to cromate of the discipline of the Fleet from top to the smoke in combustion chambers. bottom. We are, therefore, entitled to assume, types of destructor vary in the method of charg. with Mr. Arnold-Forster, that the charactering the cells: some are fired by hand. others istic views of the Admiral second in com- through hoppers, and a third kind from hoppers mand in the Mediterranean could hardly over the back end of cells by means of travelling have been designed for publicity. They are trolleys or tanks with automatic outlets. There liable, for this very reason, now that they have is a point of great importance in the regularity of been rushed into print, while expressed with charging the cells and again in the avoidance all the vigorous latitude of private remarks, of a dust nuisance. We may perhaps meatinn to create exaggerated apprehensions. There other forms of Destructors, wie "Fryer's" can be no dispute, for a moment, as to the improved by Messrs. Boubois, Wood and

The Yangtse, however, cannot for any reason immense gravity of the issue raised by any Brodie's Patents; the Horsfall Destructor question of the efficiency of the Mediterranean still very popular; the Warner "Perfectus be described as British except in the sense squadron. No matter where our chief fighting Destructor; the Beaman and Deas Patent that British trade predominates. But in this fleet may ride, that point, and no other, is the Refuse Destructor; the Willoughby Refuse matter the Germans are beginning to run s vital spor of Empire. It is the very centre of our Destructor; the Meldrum "Simplex Baker's very closely, and are more active than any strategical system, and the backbone of aur Refuse Destructor; the Acme and the other foreigners in endeavouring to compete whole defensive organism. Ifthe Mediterranean Pneuma Destructors. Each has its good with us in the carrying trade, of that region. force were crushed in some swift and stupendons points, but they are, all constructed for During last summer they put on four specially disaster, following instantly upon any unexpect Western types of refuse, The best forms: built steamers for the river traffic, and it is ed outbreak of was, our entire naval organisa have small fornaces with artificial draught and their avowed intention to provide sufficient tion, for all ultimate purposes, would be like require a comparatively low chimney. The boats to make a daily service up and down, the a watch with a broken mainspring. What temperature is: very high and the hot gases river between Hankau and Shanghai. Their the Mediterranean fest needs is a greater mare given off are utilized in a steam boiler for declared policy is to break up the pool existing gin of strength than it at present possesses; power purposes. No fumo cremator is required between the two British lines and the Chinese

London that it had no intention of alienating the Valley of the Thames, and would no doubt give a written assurance to that effect if neces- Gary, but that does not make the Yangtse a British spliere, Manchuria is practically Kus sia. Shantung is German in the sense that no other nation will be allowed to exploit it for railway or mining purposes, but it cannot be described as "German" as Manchuria is "Russian," inasmuch as, except in the im mediate neighbourhood of Kinochau, the Ger mans do not interfere in the government of the province, or dictate to the Chinese provincial authorities.

Bank Holiday.

MONDAY, 5th, (About)-"New York" line steamer Arara Cargo ex Temba Maru subject to rent. Cargo ex Denvenue subject to rent,

leaves for New York via Suez Canal.

TUESDAY, 6th.

A. L. S. N. Co.'s steamer Melpomene leaves

for Manila, Singapore. Bombay, etc." Noon-Half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Hongkong Canton & Macao Steam- boat Co., at the office of the Company.

WEDNESDAY, 7th.

0. S., K. Co.'s steamer Mailzura Maru will leave for Anping, via Swalow and Amoy

FRIDAY, 9th. Cargo ex Magni subject to rent.

SATURDAY, Toth. (About) The steamet Knight Companion will

be despatched for Portland (Or.)

MONDAY, 12th. p.m.-Public Auction of Leasehold Property at Yaumati by Messrs. Hughes and Hough.

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SHIPPING CAZETTE.

In future the Telegraph shipping form sup heading for notices, of officers and engineers plied to Captains of vessels will contain a transferred or on leave, etc. Friends will much oblige by giving this information:-

July 22nd.

Mr. Mann is promoted to and officer of the laiching

Arrivals at Home-16th July-Hamburg, Sternia, 19th July- Ulysses, Segovia, alth July-Glenshiel

Shipping,

Arrivals,

MOGUI, British-steamer, 2.354, D. S. Bailey, 30th July, Singapore 24th July, General.

- Dodwell & Co., Ld. * SULLBERG, German steamer, 732, J. Jessen,

30th July,Cantor 30th July, General. Siemssen & Co.

HAILOONG, British steamer, 876, H. Bathurst, 30th July,-Hoihow 29th July, Rice, Sugar and General-Jardine,. Matheson & Co. HOLSTEIN, German steanter, 1,120, M. Ipland,

31st July, Singapore 24th July, Sugar - Order.

HANOI, French steamer, 768, Merless, 31st July-Haiphong and Hoihow 30th July, General.-A. R. Marly. TELEMACHUS, British steamer, 1,379, J. Wil.. liamson, 31st July, Saigon 27th July, Rice.-Chinese.

MARA KOLD, German steamer, 2,766, G. Kraeft, 31st July-Moji 15th July, Coal-Jeffries & Co.

July-Moji 24th July, Coal-Jardine, ON SANG, British steamer, 1,787; Davis, 31st

Matheson & Co.

TAI CHEONG, German steamer, 82, Ahrens, 31st July, Mauritius 8th July, and Singa-. pore 24th, Sugar.-Meyer & Co. VICTORIA, Swedish steamer, 989, J. A. Hill- berg, 31st July,-Sourabaya 21st July, Sugar-Chinese.

Clearances at the Harbour Office. inping Maru, Japanese str, for Swatow.. Maricr, Austrian str., for Moji.. La Rhone, French str., for Canton. Wo Kwai, British steam-launch, for Wuchow, Chelydra, British str., for Singapore. Sullberg, German str., for Chefoo. Konguam, British sir., for Canton. Diamante; British str., for Manila.. Glenogle, British sur, for Moji.

P. C. C. Klao, German str., for Bangkok. Tamba Maru, Japanese str.. for Kobe.

Departuron,

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July 30, Amiral Charaer, French cruiser, for

Taku.

July 31, Pakshan, British str., for Swatow, July 31. Bombay, British str., for Shanghai. July 31, Hongkong, French str, for Hoihow. July 31, P.C.C. Kiao, Ger, str, for Bangkok. July 31, Sultan von Langkat, Dutch, str., for

Fulo Lamboe.

July 31, Chelydra, British str., for Calcutta. July 31, Diamante, British. str, for Manila. Mr. Smallwood recently acting and officer of July 31, Apenrade, German str. for Haiphong Mr. W. Shipbill, and engineer Hongkong- July 31, Glam, British-str., for Shanghai. the Hatching, has gone back to the Thales. July 31, Clara, German str., for Hoihow. Afaru, resigned his berth at San Francisco.

Mr. H. D. Louth is appointed and engineer July 31, Glenogle, British str., for Tacoma. to the same vessel..

Passouzers-Arrived. July 23rd. The officers of tite Tsinan (Capt. 0. Ander son) are; chief officer Mr. C. Webb, 2nd Mr. A. Bum, 3rd Mr. F. Catle, 4th Mr. D. Smyl). chief engineer Mr. J. Runcie, 2nd Mr. M. Mur ray, 3rd Mr. P. Macquire, Doctor, J. Baxter, 21.3. chief steward, Mr. J. Wilson.

Maj, July 25th,

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The officers of the steamer Australian (Captain P. T. Helms) are chief, A. H. Schat, 2nd, A. W. Marshall, 3rd RJ. S. Sippe, chiel engineer, A. W. Wildridge, and, D. Young, 3rd-Timons, 4th P. Pickburn,

Per Mogul, from Bingapore-25o Chinese. Per Hulloong from Hoihow--Mr. and Mrs. Judell, and 27 Chinese.

SHIPPING REPORTS.

Cant H, Bathurst, of the steamship Hailong, from Hoihow, reports:-Light winds and calms, showery in Hoihow

Captain D. S. Bailey, of the steamship Mogul,

light variable' winds. from Singapore, reports Fine weather with