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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1901.

To-day's Advertisements.

·HÔNGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

WE

Hongkong, 1st October, 1901.

[7:46:

THE

ROBINSON

PIANO CO., LIMITED.

BEST VALUE IN

PIANOS.

MONTHLY PAYMENT

SYSTEMS M

KELLY

Just Received.

THE FIGHTING IN NORTH CHINA, by-

G. Gipps, R. sonnen. The Eternal City, b Hall Caine

A Secretary of

Dawlish

.....$ 2.00 3.50

tion, by Hope

The Gamblers, by W. Le Queux The Training of the Body for Games,

EATHER permitting, the SHOOT for the IMPERIAL RIFLE MATCH will take place TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), the 5th instant, commencing at 2.45 PM. prompt. Members of Committee are requested meet on the Range at 230 P.M. to make Final Arrangements.

ALEX. MACKENZIE, Hon. Secretary. Hongkong, 4th October, 1901..

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. THE following Telegram received by the Commodore from His Excellency. Vice- Admiral Sir CyrRIAN BRIDGE, the Commander- in-Chief, is published for general information;

TELEGRAM.

"The Taungming Crossing entrance to the Yangtsie is reported to be unsafe for all vessels."

By.Command,

Co-day's Advertisements.

EASTERN AND AUSTRALIAN STEAM- SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE. (Calling at TIMOR, FORT Darwin & QUEENS-

LAND PORTA, and taking through Cargo.!

to ADELAIDE; NEW ZEALAND, TASMANIA, &c.) THE Steamship

"AUSTRALIAN,"

MESSRS, COTTAM AND COMPANY, have

he Hongkong Celegraph just received a lar, e assortment of the latest

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1901

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The Height of Buildings, We are pleased to see that the Sanitary Board are doing their best to keep down the height of houses. Everyone who does not Captain Heims, will be despatched as above happen to be a landlord will probably agree on THURSDAY, the 24th instant, at 4 P.M.

This well-known Steamer is specially fitted ATKINSON, who both wish, not only to put a with the remarks of Doctors CLARK and for Passengers, and has a Refrigerating Cham-stop to houses being erected to a greater ber, which ensures the supply of Frosh Prov height than one and a half times the width sions, Ice, &c., throughout the voyage.

This Steamer is installed throughout with the of the street on which they front, but wish Electric-light.

to make this law apply also to the reconstruc A Stewardess and a duly-qualified Surgeon tion of existing houses which are at present in excess of the height recommended. We can quite understand that the landlords any great satisfaction, for a reduction in the affected by such a bill would not view it with

height of a house must necessarily entail a similar reduction in rental, and thus they will be the losers. But the question is not so much what is good for the landlords, as what is good for the tenants.

There are many more tenants than landlords in the Colony and it would be much better for the few to suffer than the many.

are carried.

N.B.-Retura Tickets issued by this Com return by the Steamers of the CHINA NAVIGA pany to and from AUSTRALIA, are available for TION COMPANY and vice verså.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co.,

Agents. Hongkong, 4th October, 1901. fiogic [1092c FROM HAMBURG, COLOMBO, PENANG

AND SINGAPORE.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office,

Hongkong, 3rd October, 1901.

TO LET.

"WELVE EUROPEAN HOUSES; No.THE N.D.L. Steamship

TWEL

"BAMBERG,"

14. 18, 22, 26, 18, 30, 34, 36, 38, 42, 44 and 46, L'IGHTON HILL ROAD.

Captain Zurbonsen, having arrived from the Apply to

above Ports, Consignees of Cargo are hereby THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON requested to send in their Bills of Lading for LAND & LOAN CO., LD. countersignature by the Undersigned and to No. 8, Queen's Road West,

take immediate delivery of their goods from Hongkong, 4th October, 1001 [rog3c alongside. DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,"

LIMITED.

FOR SWATOW.

THE Company's Steamship

"HAIMUN," Captain Passmore, will be despatched for the above Port, TO-MORROW, the 5th-instant, at Noon.

For Freight or Passage, upply to

DOUGLAS LAPŘAIK & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, 4th October; 100.

(10820

FOR YOKOHAMA AND KOBE. HE 'N.D.L. Steamship

TH

Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless notice to the contrary be given before Noon,

TO-DAY.

Any Cargo impeding her discharge will be landed into the Godowns of the Hongkong. and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Limited, and stored at Consignees' risk and expense.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remain ing undelivered after the 11th instant, will be

subject to rent,

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 11th instant, at 3 P.M. No Fire Insurance has been effected.

HAMBURG AMERIKA LINIE, Hongkong Office. Hongkong, 411 October, 1901.. [rogoc

BAMBERG," Captain Zurbansen, will be despatched for the above Poris, on MONDAY, the 7th instant,T"

at Noon.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE, Hongkong Office. Hongkang, 4th October, 1901.

[tage

INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION

COMPANY, LIMITED.

FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG. AND

CALCUTTA.

HE Company's Steamship

THE

P.M.,

" KUMSANG," Captain Butler, will be despatched as above on TUESDAY, the 8th instant, at instead of as previously advertised,

For Freight or Passage, apply to

JARDINE MATHESON * Co

Lag Kamremena Managers. #vanging, 4th October, 1001. Глобус

WA

SH, LD.

Corresponden, respecting the Imperial

Railway in Yorth China

1.3.

1.50

Athletics and other Farms of Exer cise, by A. Schmidi, M., and E. H. Ailes, M.M ......

1.50

Disturbances in China

Hongkong, 28th September, 1901,

THE

Further Correspondence Respecting the

SANDOW'S

AN APPEAL. HE SUPERIORESS of the ITALIAN CONVENT, CAINE ROAD, begs most respectfully to APPEAL to the Residents of Hongkong and the Coast Ports, for their kind patronage and support, and desires to state that she will be pleased to receive orders for all kinds Gentlemen's Shirts made to order, and Luis and Collars renewed on old ones.

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

of NEEDLE WORK.

Anybody reading the discussion which what a very bad state of overcrowding now took place at yesterday's meeting must see' exists and that it is evident something must, be done to mitigate it. As Dr. CLARK poin ted out, the Hill under consideration would not tend to mitigate the overcrowding in the least, though it would stop its increase. This is simply closing the stable door after the horse has been stolen. If existing houses are allowed to be rebuilt to their present height then no mitigation of the evil will be possible, for the sites of such buildings will always be the most valuable and it is difficult to believe that any landlord, be he never sa philanthropic, will refrain from getting the best return that he possibly can for his property.

patterns in golf and bicycling stockings, cricket belts, &c,

NOW IS THE TIME to procure a banjo, Robinson Piano Co. are selling off their mandoline or guitar at cost price, as the

Washburns" is order to made room for fresh importations.

CORRESPONDENCE.,

[We do not unconacfly endorse the opiaison depressed by

Correspondents in this column:] BerryA

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG TELEGRAPH." S TWELVE EUROPEAN HOUSES are ad-

SIR-1 am very glad to see that you do not vertised as to let on Leighton Hill Road. If endorse the idiotic pile that, I presume you only the number were multiplied by twenty it feel compelled to publish under the heading of might mean a reduction in rents,

correspondence. The latter signed." Em- FREDERICK TWYNAN, the store orderly, ployee must have emanated from an imagina who was convicted for stealing articles from ation as diseased as no doubt the writer is restaurant does not belong to the RA, M. C. corporeally. I quito agree with "an Employer as stated in our yesterday's issue.

of Labour," the avenge rate of wage in Hong. kong is not only sufficient but ample to meet

&c. in the light of necessaries, he should all the requirements of pure living, but when a correspondant writes about drinks, tobacco, be bounded down as a loose, immoral and dis

same kidney, enables so many of our poor lost solute person and no doubt, with others of the

ones to live in gilded infamy. I have a clerk in my employ who has served me faithfully for over seven years. He is a unost regular atten- dant at divine service and with the exception IT IS ANNOUNCED in Singapore that the about two years ago (for which I fined him of one slight irregularity in the stamp book, general manager of the Austrian Lloyd had

one month's wages) is a model of what can be started for England for the purpose of purchas-done on a salary of $18.00 a month. intend ing or ordering to be built four large steamers: The acquisition of six more boats is be post poned till next year.

THE CASE of C.P. Holdaway was before Mr. Hazeland this morning and stands ad- defendant was accomodated with a chair in journed for a week. Owing to sickness the

front of the dock.

WHAT WE ARE COMING TO-Working man's Wife (in 1910): "What's happened, Danny ?

Her Husband desperately); : "Well, I've been fired by J. P. Morgan, and there's nobody else in the world to work for!"

on the birth of his third daughter, by raising to reward his consistent efforts in my service,

his wages to $30, and in view of this would. point out to your disreputable correspondents what can be done by steady perseverance and

I remain,

thrift.

Yours,

"ANOTHER EMPLOYER OF LABOUR,”

Hongkong, October 4th, 1901. [We compliment the writer on his thrift. His

letter was written in well-watered ink on ai half-sheet of note paper-evidently second hand-Ed, H., TJ.

Number of cases reported (Chinese......,562 THE PLAGUE.

up till noon of the 3rd Other Asiatics 54. October, 1901.....

....Europeans......31 Chinese... O

Europeans...... 0

י,

during the past 24 hours

THE ENVY POISONING CASE is creating some diversion in Singapore. The Free Press says" Rarely has such an amusing scene as this been witnessed in the Singapore Law Courts. At times, jury, counsel and speclators were convulsed with laughter and only the and temporary refusal to answer questions annoyance caused by witness's interruptions. seemed to cause His Lordship to refrain from As a matter of fact Hongkong has been run smiling. The remainder of the trial will be from the start on a very short-sighted policy. I watched with a peculiar interest." A report of Number of cases reported Other Asiatics o for which we are now suffering. Streets have the first stage of the trial is given elsewhere. been laid out of insufficient width, breathing; BY KIND PERMISSION of Lieut-Col. spaces have been nelected entirely, and

Baillie and Officers, the Band of the 2nd Bom- no steps have been taken to provide means of cheap communication in order that the town might have room to ex- pand. It is an acknowledged fact that the whole of the available building space in the city has been used up, and that the tendency now is to build skywards to afford increased accommodation. This, simply. means overcrowding, and Dr. CLARK shows us very plainly to what a disgraceful extent this has been allowed to go on unchecked.

The whole crux of the matter lies, we con- The Superioress will also be most grateful, stands to reason that nobody doing business

tend, in want of cheap communication." It. for any PAPER, or old ENVELOPES to be made of any sort in the city can afford to live für lote Books for the Children of the Poor Senolsther away from the scene of his daily labour who are taught by the Sisters.

Hongkong, vivid Am3, 1800,

skutimation

bay Infantry will play at the Hongkong Hotel to-morrow (Saturday) evening, from 8 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.:-

Lancers: Selectica...

Vale........

PROGRAMME.

Any - Arriet

"Iolanthe

***...... Croot.

Prist Happy thought. Sullivan. Baran Dance Happy Darklau”. Godfrey, Selection******

........." Love's Old Sweat Song ....., Molloy. Nell Gwynne"...... Planguetié. "Ged save the King."

Broca Rozario on Lista, Band Havildar,

ORIGKET.

kong Cricket Club will play "All Comers," To-morrow, on the Gricket Ground, the Hong- the match commencing at 11 am.

teams are as under-

rent keineck

H. K. C. CLUE XII. J. A. Woodga es H. Arthur.

•The two

ALL COMERS.

W. E. Dixon. P. W. Goldring. Major Dyson, A.P.D. T. C. Gray. L.Clifton Browne, R. M. J., H. Smyth. ·

Capt. Waymouth, R.A. Capt. Rotherham, R.W.F,

J. P. Jordan. Major Dorelill, R.A. Lt. McCleverty.

than will permit him to go back and forth cheaply and quickly. Now had tramways WE ARE NO doubt if any such state of affairs would have arisen, for it would have meant that the outlying districts of the Colony were brought closer to the City and people would have been able to live further afield. To remedy matters, let tramways he pushed. E. Lee. $0.85A. S. WATSON & Co., building sites will be brought within easy ahead as rapidly as possible! Then new reach of the city, houses will run up and the overflow population will be gradually drawn off. Nobody would live in a crowded tone X, W. Mounsey. ment house if his pocket would allow him-P. A. Cox.

OWN COMBINED DEVELOPERS

AND

PATENT.

GRIP DUMB BELLS.

LIMITED.

WINE MERCHANTS,

[690c

ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY, LIMITED.

WASHBURN" BANJOS, MANDOLINES AND GUITARS,

AT

COST PRICE

TO CLEAR PRESENT STOCK.

Hongkong, 3rd October; 1931.

WILLIAM POWELL, LIMITED,

*

GENERAL DRAPERS AND FURNISHERS.

Opposite Post Office, ( Up Stairs).

A LARGE QUANTITY OF

BEDSTEADS, COTS AND SPRING MATTRESSES, NÓW IN STOCK.

DRAPERY DEPARTMENT,

CONTAINS

די

EVERYTHING FOR LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S WEAR.

A. CHEE & Co..

17a, Queen's Road, Central,

ESTABLISHED 1859.

10:

FURNITURE DEALERS: IMPORTERS OF EUROPEAN COODS OF ALL KINDS

Silver Phite, Glass and China Wales, Tron Bedsteads and Mat tresses; Cutlery and Dinner Services; Cooking Ranges und Kitchen Utensils, Aspinal's Enamels, &c.,

Our store is situated between the Principal Banking Institutions náð Hotels in Hongkong.

Hongkong, 45

ESTABLISHED A.D), 1843.

WATSON'S.

CELEBRATED

LU

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BLEND.

VERY OLD LIQUEUR

SCOTCH

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THE HONGKONG DISPENSAR

F. Maitland.:

to do otherwise, and the Government should T. Sercombe Smith.

sce to it that tramways are provided in order

to facilitate the moving to and fro of the public and so reduce the overcrowding.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS:

SOUTH AFRICA.

BOERS SURPRISE A VOLUNTEER

POST

LONDON, October and.

A strong force of Boers surprised a volun- teer post on Talana Hill on the 26th Septem-

ber..

THE ENGLISH TURE,

A JOCKEY'S LICENSE WITHDRAWN.

The license of Lester Reiff, winner of the Derby, has been withdrawn, and he has been warned off the Newmarket course.

PRINCE CHUN'S RETURN. Prince Chun has sailed from Genoa on his return to China.

LATER.

SOUTH AFRICA. THE ATTACK ON COLONEL KEKEWICK'S CAMP.

Lord Kitchener reports that in the attack on Colonel Kekewick's Camp, which was made in the night, the enemy numbered at least one thousand, and were repulsed with considerable loss.

The British lost two officers and thirty one men killed, fourteen officers and 114 men wounded, Colonel Kekewick slightly.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. PARCEL MAILS for Europe, &c., per ss. Palawan will close at 3 pm: 'on Friday, the fith inst.

THE HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION will shoot for the Imperial Rifle match at 2.45 to-morrow afternoon.

SHIPMASTERS TAKE NOTE 1 The Taung-

Capt. Cadogan, RW.F E. J. Davice.

J. Hooper.

Capt. Radcliffe, R.E WJ H. Russell, Lt. Edmonston, R.A. Lt. Claphani, R.

A. R. Lowe.

G. Grimble,

R. Pestonjee.

M. E. Asgar.

C. M. Burnie.

G. H. Edwards. Private Preedy, R.W.F.. Corporal Letten, R.A. Private Smith, RA.. Sgt. Meader, R.E. E. Mast (Captain),

AT THE MAGISTRACY.

STEALING A WATCH.

Li Sun was charged with stealing a watch from Muntaz All, a surveyor in the Indian Survey Camp...

Taal number of cases reported to date 1,647

Number of tenths reported (Chinese......1,527 up till noon of the 3rd Other Asiatics 36 Ocioher, 1901...... ....(Europeans......12 Number of deaths reported) Other Asiatics o

Chinese during the past 2 hours

Europeans....

Total number of deaths recorded lodate 1,575 Since noon on Saturday last the chees and deaths are

Cases Chinese,

Other Asiaties......... European

Total.

Deaths Chinese

Other Asiatics Europeans.......

The plaque returns for last week were:

Cases Deaths

CANTON NOTES.

MILITARY EXAMINATIONS, (From Our Own Correspondent). ⠀

CANTON, October 3rd. Notwithstanding the fact that the Imperial Edict has put an end to military examinations: so far as the Government is concerned, yet we are having military examinations at present in the city and conducted along the old lines, The officials fist urged the students to go quietly to their homes, but this the students refused to do. Then, probably to keep the students quiet and finally get them off to their homes in good humour, the officials arranged for the examination for the first degree, and for this year only..

THE REBELLION, |||

The trouble near Swatow has caused some excitement among the soldiers, For two or three days large parties of soldiers have been moving up and down the river. This we are told is preparatory to sending large numbers to the seat of the trouble,

MISSIONARY CONFERENCE. The anton Missionary conference mat yesterday. The attendance was large. Rev. C D. Cousins read a paper entitled "Christianity It appears the complainant was sleeping and in Relation to Chinese Customs. It seemed had his watch on a bed alongside him. He. to be the opinion. of the essayist, that, where woke up and saw the defendant walking away Christianity conflicted with Chiasso Customs and at the same time missed his watch. A the Chinese Christians should be instructed. riend of his stopped the defendant, and found the watch in his jacket pocket The thief was sent to geol for 3 weeks.

*

STEALING,

Chan Pat, for stealing clothing, was sent to gaol for 14 days. Chan has been there before..

* +

DRUNK AND INCAPABLE Max Vagt, beer, whisky, policeman, $z..

until they gave up these customs from choice, and that legislation should not be resorted to in order to lead the Chinese Christians to abandon heathen practices,

DANGER IN STRAW HATS,

The bacteriologist's latest discovery is that the straw hat is a sort of playground for germs

and bacilli.

Those who have had the privilege of seeing 4 Core Dean was fined. Sto for assaulting a lovely woman fasten on her hat, says the Bir bar boy. The fine was paid.

PLAIN

PLAIN DRUNK.

mingham Daily Mail, recall the fact that some-“ times she holds her hatpins between her pretty lipp. This characteristic has been noticed by the Heinrich Holm, for being drunk and incap bacteriologist. The pins, after being thrust able was fined $2,

through the straw, are covered with the minute bacilli, and when placed between the. John Sanders of America, for the same lips they find a congenial region in which offence, parted with $3.

OPIUM.

Kwok Teus was fined $250 or three months for being illegally in possession of 20 taels of prepared óptum...

| ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Chung Fun, for failing to kill himself, was ming Crossing entrance to the Yangtse is re-discharged into the cold world again this ported to be unsafe for all vessels.

to develop their activities. Thrice happy, in their dalliance on the lips of beauty, the tiny organisms multiply, and, passing through the mouth, enter the system and, it is feared, bring about that debilitated state which blanches the cheek and roba the eyes of their lustre.

This now terror also concerns man. With bacilli on the lips of women there is the danger of them being soon conveyed to the lips of

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