Intimations.
WHAT TO DRINK I
AND THE TIME TO DRINK IT !
Before Breakfast.
CHAMPAGNE BITTERS
AND
CROWN SODA.
Before Tiffin.
CHAMPAGNE BITTERS
AND
SHERRY.
Before Dinner.
THE SAME.
At other times and at all times Champagne Bitters and Whiskey is good.
Stick to this advice and you'll never know you have a liver.
WATKINS
LIMITED.
Chemists and seruted. Water
Manufacturers.
Hongkong, 13th August, 1901,
THE
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1901,
To-day's
Advertisements.
To-day's Advertisements,
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
DEATH, 2* At Macno, on the aird instant, at 5:30 am MARIA ANNA JOSEPHA PEREIBA MARQUES, the beloved wife of Lourenço Marques, Aged 16 years,
BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND Jamsui ( he foug
OF
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE Company's Steamship
"HAIMUN
MESSRS HUGHES and HOUGH will Captain Passmore, will be despatched for the
Sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION,
at their Sales Rooms, Ice House Street.
on
THURSDAY, the sih September, 1901,
at 3 PM
in two Lots
THE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD
PROPERTY,
situate at Victoria Hongkong..
LOT
The Valuable Messuages and Premises known as No. 34, Lower Lascar Row and No. 33 Upper Lascar Row held for an unexpired term of 94 years at the Annual Crown Rent of $11.
LOT 1.
The Valuable Messuages and Premises i-known as No. 237 Queen's Road Central, and No. 52 Jervois Street held for an unexpired term of 942 years at the Annual Crown Rent of $18.
For further Particulars and Conditions of Sale, apply to
DENNYS and BOWLEY,
Solicitors,
Supreme Court House,
or to
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Government Auctioneers. (9410
Hongkong, 29th August, rgon":
BELILIOS. PUBLIC SCHOOL.
THE above School will Re-open on MON.
DAY next, September 2nd.
Hours from 0.30 AM. 10 3.39 P.M.
[9596
Hongkong, 29th August, 1901, ROWLOUN „BOWLING GREEN CLUB.
THE MEMBERS of the KOWLOON
TBOWLING GREEN will be AT
HOME to their Friends on SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 31st August, from 4.30, on the occasion of the Opening of the New Greens on Austin' Road.
JOHN CALT,
Hon. Secretary. Hong kong, 29th August, 1901.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
L
ROBINSON THE.&O. 5. N. CON Sunship
*PIANO CO., LIMITED.
BEST VALUE IN
PIANOS.
MONTHLY PAYMENT
SYSTEM.
Hongkong, 19th August, 1901.
COTTAM &
Co.
(571c
Q. S. Steamship
"CHUSAN,"
[9370
FROM BOMBAY, COLOMBO AND
STRAITS.
Consignees of Cargo by the above-named ressel are hereby inferned that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company & Godowns at Kowinon, where each consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are handed..
This vessel brings on Canjo -
From London, &c, cë “S.S. Himalajı and
Mallu,
From Australia, ex S.S. Britannia.
From Persian Gulf, er B.1.5.N; and B. & P.
S..N., Co.'s Steamers,"
---Optional Goods will be landed there unless instructions are given to the contrary.bespre 5. M., TO-DAY.
Goods not cleared by the 5th September, at 4. P.M. will be subject to rent.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by me in any case whatever
All damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns and a certificate of the damage ob-
NOW offering, Special Sample Consignment tained from the Godown Company within ten
K
BOOT,
ENGLISH MAKE. Hongkong, 26th August, 1901,
KELLY
'NEW BOOKS,
days after the Vessel's arrival bere, after which no Claims will be recognised.
H. A. RITCHIE,
[G710) Hongkong, 29th August, 1001
Superintendent,
WALSH, LD.
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&c.
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3.50
AMERICA, by A. G. Bradley
4,13
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10,00
BEAUTY'S AIDS: OR HOW TO BE BEAU-
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.2.25
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6.75
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1.75
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2.25
THE LAST OF THE GREAT SCOUTS:
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fus SOLE-AGENTS, FOR THE
YOST TYPEWRITER.
Price for No. 4 or Ordinary
Size Machine, $225.
A. CHEE & Co.
17A, Queen's Road, Central..
ESTABLISHED 19.
FURNITURE DEALERS:
IMPORTERS OF EUROPEAN COODS OF ALL KINDS;
Silver Plated, Glass and China Waies, Iron Bedsteads" and Mat- tresses; Cutlery and Dinner Services Cooking Ranges and Kitchen Utensils, Aspinal's Enamels, &c, &c.
Our store is situated between the Principal Banking Institutions and Hotels in Hongkong,
Hongkong, 25th July, 1909;
[777C
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND
SALE! SALEI
OF
SALE!!!
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Half Hose and Gloves.
_above Ports, TO-MORROW, the 30th instan,
y
For Freight or Passage, apply 10
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TO LET
1933
POSTLE ON CASTLE ROAD."
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Apply to
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THE OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA LIMITED.
FOR TAMSUL (DIRECT), - THE Company's Steamship
"DAIGI MARU,"""
[9350
BATISH SOUTH AFRICA, BRITISH CONVOY ATTACKED. BY BOERS.
A squadron of Yeomanry whilst escorting a convoy were attacked by the Boors, losing
hich
-In, is really amusing to seu tie,
Mr. Kruger still continues to try the public - His hurried flight ought to, hava proved to everybody that he himself lonked upon the Boer cause as lost, and yet he would now have us believe that the only hope of
elegraph nie killed and twenty three wounded. The peace is the granting of complete independence
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1901.
NOTES AND COMMENTS. The Case of Inspector Mills. In another column will be found. corre spondence dealing with the case of Inspector MILIS which will, we imagine, serve to show that Government service is not a particularly desirable occupation nowadays, at least in Hongkong. What strikes us as so parti cularly hard in this case is the fact that; apparently, the Government made not the least effort to defend MILLS, but allowed him to engage his own lawyer at his own expense, only telling him that his expenses would be refunded to him in the event of his being acquitted. That is to say, the Government practically told him that he was guilty in their eyes and must do the Captain T. Kitano, will be despatched as above best he could for himself, but that if by any on SATURDAY, the 31st instant, at Daylight.chance he could prove his innocence, then
For Freight or l'assage, apply to
they would be only too happy to take up his case and see that justice was done to him."
This is not by any means pleasant reading for an Englishman. We pride ourselves, or perhaps it would be better to say that we pretend to pride ourselves, upon the fact that, under British law, every man is innocent until he is proved guilty. In order that this may be clearly shown to the world it is the Custom at home an capital charges to supply represented persons with counsel at the public expense, in order that nobody may be able to say that they have been found guilty pwing to the fact that they lacked knowledge of the points of law raised, and were left to fight the best legal talent by themselves. But here, as shown by the case of Inspector MILLS, a man is looked upon by his employers as guilty until he can prove his innocence; which is manifestly unjust,
THE MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA Agents, Hongkong, 29th August, 1991. 1938 AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STEAM NAVIGA-
-TION COMPANY.
STEAM TO SHANGHAI THE Company's Steamship
"CARINTHIA,"
Captain Marocchino, will leavefor the above place, on THURSDAY,the 12th September; P..
For Freight or Passage, apply to
יד
ΤΟ
SANDER, WIELER & Co., Agents Hongkong, 28th August, 1901. [934c THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGA TION COMPANY, LIMITED.
TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE
VICTORIA (B.C.) AND SEATTLE. Calling also at TACOMA and carrying, Cargo on through Bills of Lading to NEW YORK. and other points of the United States in connection with the GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY CO's. LINES. HE Steamship
apply to
"MOYUNE," Tons 4,646,
is due here on 6th September, and will have quick despatch.
For Rites of Freight and further Particulars,
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO.,
Agents." Hongkong, 25th August, 1901, '-' (pase
Entimation
Estancished A.D. 1841.
attack was repulsed.
BARON MILNER AT GAPETOWN. Baron Milner met with a splendid re ception on his arrival at Capetown.
"AFRIKANDER LEADER" ARRESTED.
Mr. Merriman, ais Afrikander leader in the Cape Parliament, is under arrest on his on farm.
WEATHER REPORT.
The Observatory report says:- On the 29th at 11.55 a.m. the barometer has risen slightly po the China coast. Pressure is high over the N.E.. coast of China, and relatively low in the neighbourhood of Formosa. Gra dients slight for N.E. winds onshe China coast, and for SW winds over the middle part of the China Sea Forecast Modernte N.E. winds; fair.
LOCAL AND GENERAL. THE new time ball was dropped at one this afternoon.
o'clock
WHAT a relief the N.E. breeze has been to. day Yesterday one wandered about in a hath of perspiration and to-day it is almost plea santly chilly in the wind.
to the two states which we have annexed by force of arms, and the pardon of men who can only be looked upon as traitors. Of course Mr K. does not think Boer methods of warfare irregular. How can he do so when he himsel! walked off with all the available petty cash of the Transvaal? We have no doubt that, had he the pluck, he would be only too glad to Join in the irregular warfare himself, but as matters now stand he finds it pays better to masquerade as an exile and live comfortably upon the purloined funds of the burghers. What an" arrant old bumbug the man is I
ACCORDING to a writer, the shell-fisla that grow in the waters of the Pacific on the California coast are a poor lot, and repeated attempts have been made to improve their quality, Oysters from the East have been planted in San Francisco Bay, but they don't thrive. Lobsters also have been carried there. The first lot of young lobsters that went out quarrelled sa violently in their tanks that they arrived in a deplorable state of dismemberment. Many were dead, and the bot-" toms of the tanks were strewed deep with claws. "We can helter that,” said the fish commissioners; so when they shipped another lot (at a cost of 10,000 dollars) they put wooden wedges in the big claws of all the young lobsters so that they could not fight. They arrived in good order, were put into the bay, and not one of them was ever seen alive again. After a while it was remembered that the wedges had not been THE other day we noticed what we presumetaken out of the lobsters' claws before they was one of the new. water carts wandering aimlessly along the New Praya and attempting to lay the dust. We have not seen the water car since and the Praya is as dusty as ever, How much longer will it take the Government to make up its mind to attempt to lay the dust? WITH reference to a recent paragraph in the Bangkok Times containing the words "An American subject," an American correspondent writes An American subject, indeed: There are none. We resent the imputation. Britains may be "subjects" if they like; Americans are citizens. The people are the sovereigns. The public officers, from the Pre- sident down, are the servants of the sovereign people."
Another thing which must not be lost sight of is the fact that MILIS, was tried on- a charge arising out of an act of duty per- formed at the direction of the Government which he served. Therefore it was, really the Government, through Milus, which was being tried for manslaughter, and one would have naturally supposed, that the Govern ment would have taken steps to provide We have heard many people speak well of the itself with the best available legal talent for Steam Laundry, The washing is well done his defence. It did not matter, so far as we and is delivered to time, which is a great con can see, whether is, was guilty or notvenience. There is no haggling over prices guilty; he was acting in a public capacity or the number of pieces sent, either, for a re and therefore he was entitled to the ceipt is given for each batch of washing sent protection which Government could posibly. afford him in any trouble arising out of the down and thus, much worry and trouble is execution of his duty. Had MILLS been act. avoided. This is an institution which deserves. ing on his own initiative, without any instruc-ve think, every support at the hands of the tion, thic case might have been different and public. he would have had no ground for complaint If he had had to defend himself. But this as was plainly shown at the
Police Courty was not the case. -
Apart from the fact that Mills, owing to the failure of the Government to supply him with proper legal assistance, and to the fact that they have now punished him for taking steps to ensure his obtaining legal help, has been put to great inconvenience and has been wronged, we think that the whole affair will serve to damage the public
THESE are some of the Geneva'rules, govern ing modern warfare You must not kill or maltreat unarmed prisoners. You must not |"violate flags of iruce in any manner or for any purpose. You must not poison the water supply of an army; you may interrupt or cut it off, but you must not poison it. You must not use poisoned or explosive missiles, or those made in such a manner as to cause unneces- sary suffering from wounds. We notice that the Ferry
were turned loase. Consequently they could not shut their claws; consequently they could not get their living; consequently they starved. -Doce anyone know a sadder story than that?
THE LASCAR ROW COLLAPSE.
An enquiry into the death of the man who was killed in the collapse in Lower Lascar Row on 21st instant was held before Mr. Hareland this afternoon.
Dr. Bell stated that death was due to suffoca
tion.
Mr. H. P. Tooker,' Acting Assistant Director of Public Works, said that the collapse occurred in, one of a row of houses fronting on Lascar Row and backing on a laue ten feet wide. The ditions, an additional story being added to each whole row was undergoing alterations and ad
additional floor of the kitchen had been con house. On visiting No. 21 Witness found the
structed, but that all the old kitchen doors (3.in
number) had collapsed. These had not been interfered with in any way by the new work, The floor joists on examination were found. to be completely decayed by dry rot. (A portion of one of the joists was produced). Witness auributed the collapse to the, decayed. tumber in the floor joists of the top, kitchen, floor
Mr. P T Crisp, Inspector. of Buildings, said: he was called to the scene of the collapse. on the 21st instant. He found new bricks and tiles amongst the debris of the collapse, probably about half a ton's weight. This weight bad caused the ends of the rotten joists to break completely off. The cause of these beams dry rotting is that the architects allow
A. S. WATSON & CO., service. Is it likely that our Sanitary Staff is were in a tot Stage for X Compare them to be built right, into the walls, thus
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will care to raid houses in search of over sheep pens on their Kowloon Wharf. It would excluding air from the timber and causing the .crowding now that they know they will not be interesting, we imagine, from a shareholder ends to rot and break off short with the face. be supported by their employers in the case point of view to know just what all these of the wall with any extra heavy weight,
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of à fatal accident arising from their carrying out their duty? Will any respectable man care to take up a move too well paid job when he knows that at any minute his duty may lay him open to a charge of manslaughter or murder, and that in such an event he will be denied even thic legal assistance which is granted to the criminal at home? We think not
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different alterations to wharves and so on have cost and low much the Company has benefited by them. When, by the way, are we going to have an opposition Company start? Competi tion is always a good thing!
THE Kowloon Bowling Club have laid out some very fine bowling greens and erected a nice little club house on a piece of land off Austin Read, Kowloon, We hear that the new greens are to be opened on Saturday next by His Excellency the Governor, When, we wonder, is Kowloon going to have a cricket and football ground of its own? Surely the place is quite important enough now for such a very: necessary matter to be taken in hand. Did Kowloon possess a proper recreation ground, the Band of the Third Madrasses would not. have to play on a bit of waste land with no seating or other accommodation for those who like to enjoy a little good music. What a pity it is that none of the taipans live at Kowloon!
leaving the broken end still in the wall. In his opinion the collapse was due to this faulty construction.
Mr. Tooker, recalled, did not think it could" be called faulty construction in this case, as at the time the houses were built the building of beams into the walls was allowed by law. It was not allowed under the present Building Ordinance. He agreed with Mr. Grisp that the collapse was due to decayed timbers, but could not say if the accident, would have been prevented had the beams not beer imbedded. He was of opinion that the floor would have collapsed under any cir cumstances, but thought the half ton of bricks and tiles made it collapse sooner. It would be risky to pus half a ton on an ordinary Chinese
Aloor....
Another question we should like to ask is, why have we had no trials for manslaughter arising out of the many deaths which have occurred owing to raids by the police upon gambling houses? It is by no means an uncommon occurrence for a man to fall from a roof or verandal in the rush to escape on these occasions, but we never hear of a criminal prosecution being in stituted against the Police. We think that the whole matter requires thorough investi gation. MILLS may have broken Govern ment rules and regulations, but, according to him, he was, forced to do so in order to obtain legal assistance: Another question we should like to ask is, why do we see a An interesting incident is related in The Field.sjon of 44 Laels and 6 mage prepared chium mention of a detective being present when
Mr. Hazeland found that the death of the man was caused by suffocation owing to his being buried the debris of the collapsed floors, the collapse being occasioned by dry rot.
AT THE MAGISTRACY.
IMPORTANT OPIUM CASE. Wong Fong was charged with illegal posses
MILLS was trying to repay one of his loans night dog was brought to a show, and The defendant surrendered to his bail of $1,000,
It seems to us that if a man is to be dogged everywhere by detectives that the Govern ment service is not worth entering. No
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. MR. KRUGER AND LORD KIT- CHENERS' PROCLAMATION, LONDON, August 27th, Mr. Kruger being interviewed by a repre: sentative of the Daily Telegraph, indignantly) denied
nied that the
the Boer warfare was irregular. Lord Kitcheners proclamation, he said, would only intensify resistance; and that the only basis for peace was complete indepen dence of the republics, and pardon for the Colonial Afrikanders. E
POND LATER.
THE FRANCO-TURKISH DIFFICULTY
M Constans, French Anibassador to Turkey, has left Constanti -and-it-is "officially announced that his departure in relations pture of Plies between the two countries,
France is not satisfied with the irade isuued by the Sul tion PENSARY! clajm
Mr. F. B. Deacon appeared for the prosecu tion and Mr. J. F. Reece for the defences
offered to any person who could escape from it while securely muzzled. One of the spectators who had had experience with dogs volunteered.
Kea Sing, the complainant said, he was and amused a large assembly of sportmen excise officer No: 77. He saw the defendant and keepers, who had gathered there..
on the Praya Central Wharf on the 21st instant The man was given a long start, and at 3 pin. coming from a launch he had a the muzzied dog slipped after him. The bundle with him. The witness asked him. animal caught him immediately, and knocked what it contained. The Defendant replied down his man, the first spring The Medicine" but afterwards said opium. The Tatler bravely tried to hold; his own, but was
defendant produced 40 certificates. The wit floored every time he got on to his feet,ness arrested him because the certificates ultimately being kept to the ground until the owner of the dog released him. The man had
To Mr. Recce is master was the opium three rounds with the powerful canine, but was farmer. He could not read Chinese. - He beaten each time, and was unable to escape did not kn
know the licence for the New So the little difference between France and Territory His master, had told him to ar Larkey is not amicably sellled yet. France'is rost
people with pink certificates coming to not satisfied, the French Ambassador to Turkey and is Opido Farmer's opium, Inspector Hongkong The papers covered the opium has left Constantinople, and diplomatic relations Warnock refused to take the charge at the are broken off. It is passing strange that a station. He took the defendant to the. Opidma rupture should occur between the two ries. Farmer, who told him to charge himalay at a time when the Tsar-15; just France, and it will be
course of events and
using France-AB-R chispa own
'visit the
related only to the New Temitory.
For the defence Mr. Reece called W. G. Warnock Being sworn, he said, the first witness brought the defendant to the station, He found the certificates covered; the amount of our the opluns. He told the excise officer, to take in the inam to the Opium Farmer, They returned against asking me to
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