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HONGKONG, TUESDAY, JUNE 24,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

-TO-DAY is Mid-summer day.

CHOLERA RETURNS show 15 cases and Dine deaths during the past week. TWO CASES OF ENTERIC FEVER, and one of small pos occurred in the Colony last

week.

UE

ring the week ender aths had occurred and 49 frets. notified. Stuce the beginnies

have been 329 cases and 323 death twenty-four hours ended at noon to-day eigh fatal and two non-fatal cases were notified. INFECTED PORTS—At this afternoon's meeting of the Sanitary Board, Mr. E. Osborne

A SEARCH LIGHT was switched on board proposed. That the Board recommend the Government to proclaim Shanghai, Tientsin the Terrible last evening.

(including Tongku and Taku) and Saigon as places infected with Cholera The President reminded him that all ships äriving from Shanghai were examined, and Mr. Osborne pointed out that that was only for cases of scarlet fever. Dr. Atkinson replied that should cholera be on board the medical examination would bring it to light, and steps could be taken accordingly. Mr. Osborne recom- mended that the Govemment should obtain information by cable respecting cholera at the ports mentimed, and the course was agreed to A SAD INCIDENT is mentioned by the Outlook in connection with the death of Cap Ussher in South Africa. Seeing no prospect

'A, REGULAR MEETING of Zetland Lodge will be held at the Freemasons' Hall on Tues., day, July 1st, at 8.30 for 9 p.m.

THE FRENCH MAIL, bringing replies to letters despatched from Hongkong on the 26th- April, is expected here on Sunday next.

SIX SURVIVORS of the Ehrenfels have been

landed at Naples. The report that twenty of of coming home, he telegraphed to his young

the Camorta's crew have landed there is un- founded.

THE SLEEPING SICKNESS" The Royal Society has voted six hundred pounds sterling to send a Commission to Uganda to investigate the sleeping sickness,*

Memòriai.

two.

'tha'

28th inst refers in two distin

attach reports of signed in each cas soldier who composed the visiting party.

(Sd) CHAN FAT KWO G **30th May;190250013

am, yours truly,

Hongkong, 31st May, 1901 On the 22ød inst., we were instructed by the Medical Officer of Health to visit the houses in Shelley Street, Stanley Sweet and Wai Tak Lane. Having visited the houses in Shelley Street from No. 1 to No. 11 we proceeded to house No. tz, where we saw a boy standing at the entrance of the ground floor. When we, attempted to go into the house the boy stopped us by saying "Get away, what do you want, We explained to the boy that we are sent by the Sanitary Board to see if any one is sick The boy then allowed us to go into the house, After finding dobody in the first part of the floor, we look part of the o

at the door of a cubicle in When

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A Marina hawker was charged by O'Sullivan, with, having in his possessions 1,603 De sugar suspected of being stolen or on the agrd inse. The unlawfully obtain defendant could not give a satisfact of how he came by it, and was fined $roo ar 14 days

ON THE BEACH Nichol McIntosh was charged by P. C. 657. with being a vagrant in the Colony on the 23rd inst. Defendant stated that he had a prospect of a job on the steamer Claverdale Mr. Kemp committed him to the House of Detention.

THEFT, OF MONEY

Brabim, Quaster, master. S. S. Beria, was

wife to start for the Cape. She sailed for South Africa, taking with her the baby born the central part since, her gallant husband went on active we were knacking the door, the boy, charged by a Chinese trader of No. 7 Burd service. But, liefore a meeting was possible, whom we first ani and who was steading us Street, with stealing a skin pillow, resembling he had been killed in action. Major Fieldes, all the time, said, "Woman inside! How can a box, containing $71, in cash and a sealing who perished in the same engagement, was How can we asked Is she alright? we chup, value Sz, on the 23rd inst. Defendaut reputed to be the handsomest man in the should like to see her. The boy answered admitted having taken the pillow, but said it As it was past ten o'clock, we thought, that Hazeland sentenced him to 6 weeks' hard at Dublin, he was known all over Ireland as

the beautiful A.D.C." He was a nephew of the woman was probably sick and in labour. Lord Newlands, the coaching yotary, who is accordance with our written instructions, we best remembered for his political services when considered it our duty to investigate the nature of such sickness. We explained this to the he was Sir William Hozier.

boy, After our explanation the boy spoke to some one inside the cubicle. Then a woman

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situated at No. 46, Queen's Road Central, with a depth of 13 ft., has been found by the Govera ment Analyst, Mr. Frank Browns, to be unfit for potable purposes, and is to be closed. THE TEXAS OIL GUYSERS have stopped gushing. The entire five hundred wells in

Beaumont Field, including Spindletop, have ceased an automatic flow. Some connect the phenomenon with, the recent Central American earthquake.

Purnea (Capt. Packham), which arrived at Rangeon from Calcutta on the 4th inst with the mails, brings news of the missing Camoris. At noon the previous day Purnea passed two-masts

FINDING OF THE CAMORTA :—The ss.

opened the door of the cubicle and the boy took

DISMISSED.

about the 7th February last, was again b

The Chinese clerk employed by the China. and Japan Telephone Company, who was charged with embezzling the sum of 525 on or brought us in. We found that the woman who opened before Mr. Kemp. After hearing the evidence the door at once returned to her bed and sat for the prosecution and the defence be on it. She did not look well so I (medical dismissed the case. Mr. Hursthouse appear. painted in the British India colour, a light student) asked her to show me her tongue.ed on behalf of the Telephene Company for the pinky white, standing 6 ft out of the water, Capt. This she did. I found the tongue was thickly prosecution, and Mr. Pontifex for the defence. Packham turned his steamer about and ex-furred, then I asked her permission to feel her amined the wreck. He found that the pulse which soe permitted. I found bey pulse steamer is lying with her head S. by W. was rather weak, but I satisfied myself that it in 15 fathoms, right in the track of the was not x case of plague or cholera. We then shipping, the Baragua lying N. 851 E., distance left the house.. A SPECIAL SERVICE of the Parsee Charity

zz miles. To make the wreck more distinct Fund will be held at their Club in Elgin Streete made a B. 1. flag fast to one of her masts. on Thursday, the 26th instant, at 3 pm, under There can be little doubt that the missing the auspicias of their President Mr. H. NI

GOLD CURRENCY IN INDIA-Sir Edward Sassoon purposes asking the House of Commons to grant an enquiry into the gold currency system in India with special reference to its effect on the manufacturing and agricul tural industries.

LEE HAN KEE.

Medical Student, Sapper R. LEE.

เ

ALLEGED LARCENY OF $10,000, **

The Chinaman charged with stealing $10,000 from a merchant of Bonham Strand was again brought before Mr. Haseland. Mr. Looker ap. peared for the prosecution, and Mr. Harston, for the defence. His worship, after taking

Camorta has at last been found, and from the On the 6th inst, we (party) two received several witnesses, committed the defendant Mody. It is hoped that there may be a large position in which she was found, sitting, upiastructions from M. O. H. to visit Shafor trial at the next criminal Session.

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A MORBID STUDY-From a study of

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ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE, HONGKONG.

with only a very slight list, it looks as if she must have filled and gone down. Cap tain Packham deserves very great credit, cou-

REMOVING A DEAD BODY.

Manage our Factories and their mummy statistics it has been found that there sidering how many steamers have been sent the ground floor, the door of which we found Kemp with removing the dead body of a

WING to the insufficiency of accommoda practical knowledge and constant

tion in the present building' and the in-.

creasing demand for admission, it has been found necessary to extend the wings of the supervision enables us to

main building and to enlarge the Chinese de. mum tetangy of all ends of Education. The establishment has been in existence for the last 25 years and is open to all classes. Much

purity.

of the clerical work of the city is carried on by

It pust pupils. As this is the first time we have i

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years is the expectation of life. Out of 100 modern English alive at ten years of age, 39 survive to be 68, while not nine survived out of 100 Rejuzno;Faxone has perfected an invention by which a watch goes by electricity. Its special feature is its accuracy, Severely tested by experts, it was found that it gained only seven-tenths of a second in five weeks. The watch costs only £12, and goes

applied for assistance we expect a generous A. S. WATSON & Co., for fifteen years without being rewound.

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A "TURTLE TALE-A wonderful story is going the rounds of how Hongkong sportsmen captured a huge turtle last Sunday. No one will make any confession, but from what one can gather the turtle would turn the scale at 290 lbs. Whatever its weight, there appears to be doubt about its destination for turtle soup is said to be down on the menu at our principal hotel.

MORTALITY STATISTICS-The death rate, per 5,000, per annum, among the British and foreign community for the weeks ended the 24th and 31st ultos,, shows 37.0 and 52.9 respectively, while for the corresponding week of last year it was 8.2. For the same period Among the whole Chinese community (land and boat) the returns are 23.5 and 54.9, against 54.1 for the corresponding week last year. HONGKONG'S POPULATION-At this

out specially to search for her without suc-

cess, for having made the discovery, which places beyond a doubt that the Camoria foun dered, and that all on board of her have

contrada e s.5. 1977 non tame into coll

HOUSE TO HOUSE-VISITATION,

SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST SANITARY

Street. We came to No. 12 Shelley Street about 10.30 am. Finding nobody in the outer room we proceeded to enter the inner room on

wide open. Then we saw an

an elderly Porti- guese woman lying asleep upon the bed. We hesitated before going any knocked at the door to awaken her. After

further and

we had knocked several times she awoke, and sion during the cyclone, and it is not imapper answered, we have come to visit the probale that the Intter vessel will be found house, The woman, in a rather insulting

ring near the Camorin, though her masts are.

manner, said "Get out."

I don't want the likes of you to visit my house, not high enough to show above water-Ren-

Then, I goun Times.

(student) explained the cause our calling there, and showed her at the same time the M. O. H ́s written instruction, which she totally ignored. I told her that we were doing our duty, and asked her if she was UD- well if so, whether she was being attended by any European dector. Then the woman A meeting of the Sanitary Board was held answered "Get out Get out. I won't have this afternoon, and use of the most im-you in the house. I don't care about the pariant.items down for consideration was the correspondence, relative to the staff engaged in house to house visitation. It appears that the question arose out of the following letter, published by our evening contemporary:

OFFICIALS.

DOMICILIARY VISITS.

To the Editor of the CHINA MAILA ME

Hongkong, May 26. Sir,Will you be good enough to allow me space in your journal to put the public in possession of the following facts?

Last week, a Chinaman and a European-1 presume from the Sanitary Board-entered my house in Shelley Street to search for sick

Sanitary Board or either of your so get out of it."I found that we could do nothing, in the house so we left it. We absolutely deny having used abusive language, as we are charged in the China Mail letter with having done. We believed we were carrying out the M. O. Hs instructions conscientiously,

CHAN FAT KWONG.

Medical STUDENT. Sapper DEENSING. Mr. Lau Chu Fak minuted "I have heard many complaints. of a similar nature. In any case the officers must be instructed not 10 interfere unreasonably, and to behave with.

Three chair-coolies were charged before Mr.

Chinaman, without a permit on the 22nd inst. Dr. Haster, Government, Bacteriol posed that a dead body was received at the

examined and found that the ma died of. Mortuary on the day in question, and be

was

cdo carry the man as he could not wall and the second said he was engaged to put him

into a chair, while the third said he

to take him on board the stermer Pawan, where admittance was refused. Mr. Kemp firisbell the yarn by saying the first and second defendants. are discharged while the third pays $25. does six weeks.

·BRUTAL ́ASSAULT,

Carmelino Francisco Gomes a coloured

gang, was charged, by a dust boat coolle, with mas,; employed as foreman of a cleansing

assaulting him, on the aard inst., Mr. J. Hast- ings appeared for the prosecution. The plain- i deposed that he was ordered by Gomes to carry some baskets of rubbish. He replied that he had no ropa and bamboo, and was going to borrow them, whereupon the defe ant kicked him on his side and chest, and disfigured his face lo such an exient that Dr. Clark sent him to the Hospital to he examined, defendant said. (ie, complainant refused to and fold him to summons the defendant. The

carry the rubbish when told to do so. Ho poked the coolie on the side with a small stick

whereupon four or five coolica:

afternoon's meeting of the Sanitary Board the People. My son was present, and he told them more consideration and courtesy.AYCAN him by the throat and attempted t

joint report by Professor Simpson and Ms Chadwick on the boosing of the population in Hongkong was submitted, and Mr. Fung Wa Chun reminded the Board that it had been agreed, though overlooked, to have both the report-and-bill translated into Chinese. He proposed that this should be done, and the course was agreed to.

PROGRAMME.

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that his mother was in her room in her night dress. Neither of them paid any attention, but entered my own room while my wife was dressing. The Chinaman seized her by the hand, saying! I am a doctor; I can tell if you have fever, and asked her to put out her tongue. (My wife was in perfect health). Do

you think the Sanitary Board is in order in giving instructions to carry out visits in this manner?

. Mr. Ed. Osborne minuted *** Prosecute

woman for obstructing the officers of the Board in the execution of their duty. Nothing like

having these matters threshed out in public.

The correspondence was laid on the table, the President (Dr. Atkinson); remarking there had been no further complaints.

into the harbour. Mr. Kemp hacd

a

throw

ALLEGE ·LARG The case in which a Chinai with larceny from the prej Kelly

salah occup

was chi

·Court: for

CHINESE MATERNITY HOSPITAL nesses were examined and

For many years those interested in the health

PROGRAMME OF MUSIC to be played by the Band of the 22nd Bombay Infantry on the New Recreation Ground on Wednesday of Health, who expressed his regret. next, the 25th instant, from 5 to 6.30 p.m. To-day, again, two other men-one Chi-munity have thought that something more

nese, one European without asking per might be stempted to reduce the very mission entered my house. My wife was death rate among parturient wome in bed. She asked the men to wait out en born in the Colny. A scheme

build a hospital, specially set ap side till she had dressed. They refused, and one of them went up to the bedside, and at and Nethersole Hospitals has

-nity cases and affiliated with the tempted to seize hold of her hand. She to which many frien refused to allow them, and he used abusive Colony have already language,

nity Hospital will

I reported the matter to the Medical Officer and welfare of the Chinese portion of the com

3. Seladon...The Ca.. Englander.

ca. Ove Lure Linha Gavary"

4. Valse Fleurs du Princeps

5. Gavette."The Finit

6. Selection..The Pirate of Perience

God Save the King.

Banaquet, Schuberc Sulivan,

A BUNGLE The following is from the Rangoon, Timer --A correspondent in the Rangoon Gaselle points out that a bungle has been inade in he municipal address to the King in describing Rangoon as a mere fishing village during His Majesty's life time. We have an English pensioner in the place now who arrived in Rangoon m 1849, in the City of London, Capaia Ball, owned by Johnson of Fenchurch Street. At that time the John Hepburi, the Ripsi, Anna Afaric, the Espiègle, the Cel Burney

I wish to wam all families in Hongkong of hind the Nethersole the way the Sanitary Board is treating site which European residents in the Colony. I have Plans have been suffered four times from the interference of the Sanitary Board officers, but did not like to

Public Works complain through the medium of the Press

Officer but I hope His Excellency the Officer Ad-

has bee ministering the Government will have enquiry.general ward

patients made into the matter Yours,

be instructed in the wes

[We have had a visit from the writer of this | retaining letter. He was in a highly excited state, and

Crisy, the Favoltrite, the Justice, ike Joseph Manoel and other vessels "used", to-come bele. we can readily Imagine the state of the other regularly for cargoes of teak, bides, horns &emembe

The export of nice probibited Johnson's firm had an

the 30

and women was the Gove

It is not the desire Sanitary Board to cause

um requ

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=refore to another summons could be ist

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