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ÚTHE NOTED CRISP CASE.

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Before Mr. Komp this afte̱moon the re- bearing of the case P.T. Crisp, Government Inspector of Buildings, versus; Woo Ker, con- tractor, for contravention of the Building. Act, was heard, Mr. Grist appeared for the defendant. Without discussion, Mr. Kemp decided on a point of law, as to a contractor's liability and held that a contractor who had not signed a notice of intention to carry out altera tions was not liable.

The sunimons was dismissed and the fine $200 refunded.

AT THE MAGISTRACT.

STEALING.

Chau Yung dropped in for three weeks' hard labour for stealing a pair of brown trousers from a Chinese shopman.

OPIUM.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1901.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not neceuarily andome the opinions expressed ty

Correspondenta la this column.”

To

BUILDING HOUSES.

The Epitom of the “ Hosaxašą. Telegraph,”

SRHappening to be at the police Court this afternoon I heard the result of the rehear ing of the building case. That one adjoining the Cochrane Street collapse-wherein Mr. Crisp was prosecutor. I can assure you I was very pleased to hear that the summous was dismissed and the poor hard working Con tractor was going to get his money back. For this reason, I am just starting to build a house for myself in Kowloon I am going to let it when built. I went to a European firm of architects to get out plans and specifications, the work to be done under their personal supervision. The estimated cost fightened me and I was on the horns of a dilemma as to what to do. On hearing the result of the case beforemen.

Pun Man Hing paid $100 fine for being intioned 1 smiled, fand went away quite light

illegal possession of 40 taels of prepared opium and 35 taels of dross,

GAMBLING.

L. S. J. Quinn took a hand in the gambling raids and brought up 23 Chinese. The first and second defendants were fined $25- cach and the rest $2 each.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT.

Li Hun a resturant keeper, charged Harry Grover and another with 'creating a disturbance in his place of business. Both defendants pleaded guilty and were fined $3 each.

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THINGS CHINESE.

Lo Cheung was charged with pledging his wife for the purpose of prostitution, and the second defendant, Lam Kwan, with receiving the woman for the purpose of prostitution.

Both defendants pleaded guilty and the 1st was sentenced to 3 months' hard labour. The second defendant, represented, by Mr. Reece, was sent to yaol for one month.

* * STEALING,

Lam Sing was charged by Wallace Shane, and, officer of s.s. „Szahuan, with stealing one iron windlass chain compressor.

hearted. intend to cancel, at once, my arrangement with the architects and am going to superintend the work myself. Its no use talking to me now of so many hundreds of thousands of good bricks costing so much. I know where I can go and get broken bats and pieces by the cargo boat full and, you bet, I am going to buy them. Then again, what is all this trouble and expense that I was going to be put to about the mortar containing so much lime? What is the matter with mud?

can get plenty of that cheap and I see other People use it and it' passes inspection. An- other thing the timbers. I find the P. W. D. cannot bind me to any particular site or quality so I am off to buy an old matshed and use the wood and bamboos out of it. In fact that sudden burst of activity on behalf of the P. W. D. quickly passed and I no doubt can do as has been done before and as is going on now.

Yours, &c.,

ABAWBEE. Hongkong, September 11th, 1901.

H. M. S. "ALBION" ARRIVES,

ANOTHER BATTLE-SHIP FOR THE CHINA STATION,

His Majesty's battleship Albion, Capi. W..

heerness this morsing and exchanged the customa y salutes, She is a sister ship to the Glory and Goliath, now on this station.

Chun Wai Ching said he was a carpenter on board the s.s. Seechsan; he saw the defen.W. Hewett, arrived here from dant and two other nits.come out of the hold with the compressor and take it in a small boat. He told the defend te bring it out. He brought it out and was arrested. Defendant was sentenced to three weeks' hard labour.

STIFF SENTENCE,

Chan Kam was sentenced in one year's im prisonment for disobeying dy order of banish

ment.

STEALING "A" WATCH,

Mr. S. E. Sykes lost his watch, and the defen dant Li Kwai was arrested by Sergt. Ken, after A prolonged search, for stealing the same. He was sentenced to one month's hard labour, and the watch, which had been pawned, was ordered to be restored to the owner.

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UNLAWFULLY ENTERING.

Wong Ping Man went to gael for six weeks for unlawfully entering the house of Li Tai.

CANTON NOTES.

DYNAMITE..

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

CANTON, September 10th. There is unusual activity shown by the officials in the city. A rumour has reached them that a large quantity of dynamite has been smuggled into the city. For several nights bands of soldiers led by officers of high rank have been parading the strects and searching houses. So far no dynamite has been found nor have any arrests been made, That the officiis believe the report to be true is seen from the fact that the officers of these search parties are not the men usually found at the bead of twenty soldiers, but officers who are employed on important occasions. It is

said that the dynamite reached Canton-over- land from Shui Tung or Kwong Chau Wah.

THE MILITARY EXAMINATIONS, The abolition of the military examinations has caused a good deal of feeling among the candidates for these examinations. A com- pany of students numbering about two hun- dred, with their teachers, called upon. the Viceroy and Inid before him the hardships such an order would entail upon them, They had spent years in preparing for the examination. There was nothing else, they could turn to to make a living, The Viceroy replied that this matter belonged to the Governor of Canton and he could not help them. However, he was willing to unite with the Governor in sending a telegram to the Emperor asking for further ' information 'regarding the change. The tele `gram has been sent but no reply has been received. And now the officials are connect- ing the presence of the dynamite with the dissatisfaction among the students for military hongura. They think the students have the dynamite ready to enforce their demands for a continuance of the old order of things. There Are rumours abroad in the city and it is evident that the officials attach considerable importance to them.

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EXECUTIONE.

The Albion, having been launched at Black wall on June 21, 1893, when a deplorable accident resulted in many of the spectators be ing drowned, was delivered by the conffactors during last year, and began her trials on March 14,1901, with the following results-The vessel left the Nore and a course was steered down the English Channel to the Start Point. The

THE PLAQUE,

Number of cases reported (Chese......1,553 up till noon of thể roth? Other Asiatics 53 September, 1901. Europeans...30 (Chinese✪ Number of cases reported Other Asiatics during the past 24 hours (Europeans....

Total number of cases reported to date 1,636 Number of deaths reported (Chinese.....1,519 up till noon of the roth Other Asiatics 35 September, 190......(Europeans......11 Number of deaths reported Other Asiatics o

during the past 24 hours)

(Europeans....

Chinese 9

Total number of deaths recorded to date 1,563 Since noon on Saturday last the cases and deaths are

1

Cases Chinese

Other Asiatics European

Total

Deaths Chinese

Other Asiatics Europeans

Total...

The plague returns for last week were --

Cases.......na Deaths...........

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were arrested. There was plenty of evidence, engines are of the usual vertical triple ex- and 600 villagers signed a petition praying for pansion type, steam being supplied by twenty their conviction. They were found guilty, but Belleville boilers, arranged in three stokeholds, the death sentence was rejected in favour of The results of the eight-hours' full power trial hard labour for life. For the jury decided that carried out on Märch 28 were also satisfactory, | there were extenuating circumstances.-Morn- speed more than 17 knots. the power obtained being 13,805, and the ing Leader Cor.

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cloths, the seeds are then beaten to remove In the House of Commons Mr. Henniker the busks and empty pericarpi, then slightly Heaton asked whether the Postmaster Lieneral damped and twice ground the result being n had inspected the red colour penny stamps of fine flour, this is either first mixed with rice: the various Colonies of the British Empire or "lower," or eaton alone after being cooked and when a definite reply would be given to into flat cakes known locally as "chapatis." the petition of 200 members of the House of This flour is considered nutritious, but the pez- Commons for the abolition of the present penny centage of proteids has not been ascertained. stamp, and the introduction of a royal scarlet About 6. of flour is obtained from 8. of of several shops he fled to Macao and then to Hongkong. Here he was arrested and handed or red colour penny stamp in England. Mr. seeds, and that yields about 30 of the flat cakes over to the Canton officials. His guilt was

A. Chamberlain replied that the colour of the previously mentioned, which are reckoned, 'folly established and now he has been executed.

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