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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE FIRST CRICKET MATCH of the sea. son will take place to-morww.

| siR. H. E. FOLLOCK, K.G, the late Attorney- General, arrived yesterday from London by

the 5. s. Java.

THE 20TH CENTURY ENTERTAINERS give a "smoker" at St. Patrick's Club 10-morrow night, commencing at eight o'clock. CHOLERA ATILOILO. --A hundred deaths

a day for the last two weeks. Such is the sad recoml Asiatic cholcia has made in Iloilo since it appearance tire.

THE MOUNT BAKER HOTEL, a charming

summer resort on the sea-coast at Victoria, British Columbia, was burnt to the ground in an hour and a half a few days before the Em- press of China left there for the Far East. A LOCIAL TO-NIGHT:-The first meeting

of the newly-furmed Literary Club in con nection with the Union Church will be held ip the Church, this evening, from nine till ten o'clock. The meeting will take the form of social.

ENGLISHMEN ARE LAUGHING at the Co., American pavai manoeuvres and especially the

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TEA DRINKING IN FRANCEle trade returns show the use of tea is steadily growing in France

THE PASTEUR INSTITUTE—Mr. Wadia, a well known Parsee resident of Ulombay, has given 15,000 rs. to the Pasteur Institute

Kasauli.

WEST POINT, COLLAPSE INQUIRY

-FURTHER EVIDENCE.

In our last issue we gave an extended account of the 56, First Street collapse inquiry, but it was.continued as we were going to press so we take the liberty of clipping the subsequent, evidence from our morning contemporary.

the pulling down of No. 38 First Street had it lost its support 2-It had va

Can you describe the suppeftThe cross walls abutted against it. The other sid the wall butted on to a Centre Street wall,

Would the por ion of the wall that remained abutting against No 56 give any support? No.

London County Council. His duties as dilion. By the pulling down ot No. 580First inspector of buildings in Hongkong consisted Street it had been exposed to the weat of going through all plans sent in and referring them to Mr. Tooker, executive engineer, if anything was wrong with any of them; he had also to inspect buildings, and do other things, Mr. Tooker finally passed the plans. Looking at the pinn shown him, there was nothing to indicate that there was a house over the covered passage-way between Centre Street and No. 56, Flest Street: Witness did not Whose duty would it be to make up the want inspect the site ifter receiving the plans, of support?-The man who pulled down the from which he understood that. 27-10 41, Centre Street were to be pulled down. He should have removed the occupants of Ne, 16 the Palma trophy in the International Rifle Mr. P. W, Goldring, solicitor (Messrs. Deacon did not understand, however. that the plans and paled down the western wall p

CROWN PRINCE OF SIAM:-The Crown Prince of Siam sails from Southampton for New York to-day. After spending two months in America he returns to Bangkok và Japan. INTERNATIONAL KIFLE CONTEST:- The British team with a score of 1,459 has won

Contest at Ottawa. America scored 1,447 and Canada 1,372 points.

FOR INFRINGING the rules of the P.W.D. by having certain alterations made to his houses, viz, Nos, 16, 18, and 20, Cross Street, Wanchai, without the written sanction of the D. P. W. Tsin Chi Sang was muleted in the sum of Stoo or 3 months. Mr. Crisp prosecuted. WEAKENING GUR FLEET-The Navy Laque jourant complains that Britain, by maintining her present strong leet in the Far Est now that she has the support of Japan, weakening her fleet in Europe with results which may quite conceivably prove disastrous " TAP SHOOTERS--The Congress of trap: shooters of the world at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1994 will be the largest and longest shooting tournament ever held. any where. The main feature of the tournament will be a competition for the inanimate target championship of the world.

WANTED:

ELECTRICAL ENERGY Much interest is manifested in the offer of a $3,400 cash prize by the World's Fair authori ties to any person who shall successfully trans- mit without wires, electrical energy amounting le one-tenth of a horse-power 1,000 feet. This achievement if performed would mark a new step in the development of the electrical science. ] Many experiments. have been made in the

direction suggested.

It will be remembered that the inquiry is being conducted bohire Mr. J.-H. Kemp and a common jury. M... L. Dennys, Acting Gown Solicitor, appeared for the Clown, and

and lastings), for the lesser and the contractor

Tak Kec.

included the pulling down of the west wall of No. 58, Fist Street, . Dr. that No.

wall

How should he have done it?-1 think he

1s any mention made of houses in Firat

Street in the notice you received 21st May,

this year?-No.

Did you understand the notice to refer to any houses in First Street ?--No

If you had gone down and inspected the sile would you have given the inhabitants notice to quit and do as you have said --Probably

Would you have suggested pulling down the...

Do the plans comply with the Building or dinance? They do not.

Do they show the positions of the, surmund- ing grounds and buildings ?-No.

P. C. Crisp, inspector of buildings, P.W.D., 56, First Street would be affected by the pull. said he had never seen the contractor Tak.Kening down of these walls. Witness did not con- before, and he had never asked witness trgo sider that the plan produced showed the posi and inspect the houses in the vicinity of the tion and levels of the surrounding ground and collapse-; witness had never spuiten to the inan, buildings, as provided for by section 69 of the or had any communication with him. It was Ordinance. The plan was afterwards amended, conect, as Mr. Hazeland, in giving his evid- but even then there was nothing to put witness upon inquiry as to No 58, First Street. He did ence, had said, that it was witness's duty to

not inspect the old buildings in Centre Streetwertern wall of No. 567-Yes. inspect all the old buildings in the Colony, Tut he did not remember having inspectual No. 56, before they were pulled down, or give special. instructions with reference to No. 56, First First Street; he did not think he had, as

Street. He first visited No. 56 on 30th July j be he had no meio, in his book to that effect He was acquainted with the locality of had heard of the collapse on the afternoon of The first the 29th. Witness described the collapse as he First, Second, and Centre Streets. time this year, within his memory, that witness

saw it when he visited the place. The collapsed went down to inspect in Centre Strent, they

wall had not been solidly bulit; the bricks were "black," of indifferent quality, badly were pulling down the old houses, which were

early level with the ground. He went down bonded, with big mortar joints, and the mortar to inspect thinking they had started the new

was more like powder than monar. The house. It was at the end of May or the be remains of some broken shoring-poles were ginning of June, witness thought, that he went to be seen, and although, in the position: down to Centre Street, in pursuance of instruc in which they had been placed, they would tions from Mr. Tooker. fte could not give the be of some use, they would not have made exact date, witness said, on being pressed by

the wall safe; there should have been extra Mr. Dennys, but he had in his memo. book. shoring. There was nothing particular to see on the job when he got there, and he simply had a look round and went away. He could not say whether or not No. 58, First Street was in-

habited at that time; he did not look at the adjoining buildings, but he saw some shoring, although he could not say exactly where it was. He Had visited the houses in Centre Street

since then four or five times.

A POSTAL REVOLUTION: An Italian nained Tacggi has invented an electric auto- matic post conveyance for letters in aluminium

By Mr. Golding-Witness, inspecting the boxes un overhead wires, travelling at the rate of 40 kilometers an hour. The Italian governold buildings in the Colony, did not take them in rotation, as it were; he always found u ment has granted a concession for the establish-

bundle of chits on his desk, and attended to ment of the system between Naples and Rome.

Tueggi is coming to England where his scheme, which is characterised as a postal revolution, is attracting attention and is under the con- sideration of the post office.

| THE RETURN OF THE CORONATION | EMBASSY:- H.L.H. Prince Tsai Chên, a--Special Ambassador to the Coronation, returned to Peking from London on the 25th alt, having come home to China via the United States and Japan. The Prince was received by their Majesties in special audience on the morning of the 26th inst, His Highness's father Prince Ching acting the part of announcer for his son. Prince Tsai Chên gave a succinct résume of what he had seen and experienced during AThis mission abroad, and it is reported that their Majesties were quite pleased at the intelligent replies the youthful Prince made to their enquiries on the state of affairs in foreign countries, etc.

incident of the supposedly fearful hostilities being suspended to allow the Duchess of Marl borough and some friends to take tea on board of the battleships.

DEPOT

NEW CUSTOMS NAGASAKI :—The Nagasaki Press has been requested to make known the fact that the Customs depot established on the newly reclaimed ground in Ousa is now open for the storage of goods in transit, etc. CHOLERA IS RAGING in the island of Samar and threatens to depopulate the island. In many villages, where formerly there were 1,000 inhabitants, there are now only a dozen or so, the remainder having fled to the hills where dead bodies to the number of hundreds are lying about where they died.

THE CHINESE NAVY-In response to instractions from the Grand Council, Admiral Sah, the newly appointed Commander-in Chief of the Pei-yang Squadron, made a detailed report recently, to Peking of the actual numerical strength of the entire Chinese Navy, which is composed of the Peiyang, Nanyang, Min-Ché, and Kuangtung squadrons. We give below an outline of the report on the ques VOLUNTEER RECRUITING :-The tion:Thirteen cruisers (new and old) aggre.

FURNITURE recruiting of Volunteers for the year ending gating.32,500 tons displacement; thirteen gun

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FILTERS,

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WHITE TURKISH TOWELS.

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the 31st October is closed. The returns of boats, total displacement, 10,350 tons; ten fourteen metropolitan battalions show an aver transports, total displacement 11,000 Lons: age loss of 111 men. It is stated that a corres three torpedo boat destroyers, total 1,500 tons; panding reduction in the whole forty metro- and two dispatch vessels, total 2,520, or an politan corps is due mainly to the new regula- aggregate displacement of 57,870 tons. tions.

NOON GUN FUR NAGASAKI:—It is understood that the daily firing of a noon gun at Nagasaki-a project discussed by the City Assembly some time ago will very soon be commenced. Enquiries are now being made into the necessary arrangements and the expense which would be entailed, by the local

meteorological observatory.

LARGEST HOTEL IN THE EAST:-Ân

THE KOREA-After a description of the new P.M.S. Korea, which arrived this after- noon, the Kobe Herald says :-

With regard to her delay in arrival, it must be

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them. He would not usually go to a particular bouse unless he were specially asked, but some times paid such a visit. It was possible that a honse could go uninspected for years and years, unless attention were drawn in it, such as by

the collapse of the kitchen. Lots of houses could be built without inspection, and were so built. In that case the PW.D. did not know anything about the material used, and some- tines not even the measurements..

Witness-As to mortar, anybody knows they

have no proper mortar in the Colony. For nne thing, they have no lime.

If witness's attention had been. drawn beforehand to the condition of the wall, he would probably have served a notice to have it pulled down. Partions, of the roof, freat wall, and floor were still standing at No. 55 at the time of witness's visit on the 30th July; the new buildings in Centre Street were then, he thought, up to the first floor. It was Mr. Crisp's business to inspect the buildings

Centre Street. After the collapse, witness examined the shoring round No. go-an the thand the poles seemed to be a fair size. The joists in No. 56 were rotten-not very rot ten, but pretty bad; unless the wall bulged, however, and left the ends of the joists on the corbelling, the joists were not sufficiently bad to cause the accident. In all old houses the

timbers were more or less rotten.

By Mr. Goldring-Witness did not think that a covered passage-way op a plan neces- sa ily meant that there was a house over that passage-way; the passage-way in the present instance was only 6 feet wide. All that was done with plans seat to the P.W.D. was to see that they complied with the Build ing Ordinance.

Witness knew most of the sites in the Colony, but did not know theis

His Wors.ip--Answer the questions.

measurements by heart. The P.W.D. was Witness had never measured plans; it was

undermanned at present, and if everything that simp.y impossible for one man to do it. There Mr. Goldring suggested was done, they would was an engineer above bim now, and witness

never get through the work. As matters stood, had either to assist him or the engineer had to those in the Department were practically in the assist witness. The two of them had to do the hands of anyone who sent in a plan. Regard. whole of the Colony; ten to fourteen men mighting the collapsed wall, there were indications be able to got through the work-measure all the plans, and check everything. Witness had not inspected the house in First Street since the collapse; that was Mr. Hawgard's busiless. Witness did not see any shorings at or notice the condition of No. 58, First Street; there were shoring, but he could not say exactly where. He kept a written record of all his visits, and could tell the date of his first visit by looking up his book. Witness could not say how long it took the W. to answer a notice regarding commencement of work-it might be a week,

certainly more than a day. The fact of there being shoring did not necessarily mean that a building was in danger of collapsing. In view of the shoring he saw when he visited Centre Street, it was natural to suppose some building was in danger, and he should have looked at them and reported to the P.W.D., but he had no time to do so, owing to the undermanned condition of the P. W.D.

in the portion that remained that it was not sound. All three houses, Nos. 52, 4

20d

56, were in a similar condition.

By Mr. Dennys-Anyone could send in a plan to the P.W.D., and if it conformed with the Ordinance it would probably be passed. It was not necessary to know the architect.

TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.

The inquiry was continued this afternoon when Mr. P. H. Tooker went into the witness

box.

Mr. Dennys. You are an executive engineer in the P.W.D. -Yes.

Do you know No. 50 First Street ?--Yes. What sort of a house is it ?-A three storeyed

house.

What was on the west side of No. 56?— No. 58 First Street.

What sort of a house was that?-1 never saw it.

Mr. Dennys-If it was your duty to inspect these shored-up buildings should you not have the papers of the P.W.D. for entrys about Nos. Have you searched through the books and done it when you were on the building?-156 and 58 First Street 7-Yes, oue is an acknow. suppose I ought to have done so, but you might ledgement of a notice from Chiu Cheong as well say I should inspect every other build- There was no entry previous to October 1873-

As a matter of fact do you know when these.

remembered that the Kores left San Francisco four days behind schedule time. She started on 30th August, but was delayed 24 hours near the harbour entrance owing to a dense fog. This delay, with two days at Honolulu, ising I visit. accountable for her late arrival. Owing to Mr. Dennys-You have told my friend that some trouble with the authorities at San you considered it was your duty to inspect all houses, Nos. 50 to 58, were built ?--I do pot.... enormous and imposing new structure, which Francisco, Captain Seabury was obliged to sail old buildings. You were down there on the is at present known as Tata's Hotel, is now in

without his full complement of hands, The ground and saw the shurings-why didnt you the course of construction to the south of the chief engineer told us that the machinery then inspect the building ?—I had other work Apollo Bunder, Bombay. It is no exaggemtion worked without a hitch, and excepting the to say that when this handsome block of times she was in fiarbour the engines never

had to be stopped at all.

able to pride itself on having the largest, and no doubt the most luxurious, hotel in the East.

–Advocate of India.

PHOTOGRAPHIC buildings has been completed, Bombay will be

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much inconvenience by the habit of many masters of vessels anchoring quarantined vessels at far outstanding distances, often one

or two miles apart. If agents and pilots would note that the proper quarantine anchorage is abreast of Peak Island, and if all vessels anchor close together in the specified place, their speedy inspection will be facilitated.

CAINE ROAD MURDER CASE.

PRISONER COMMITTED FOR TRÍAL This afternoon, before Magistrate F. A. Hazeland, Fung Fuk Wing, a house boy, was charged with the grave offence of murdering a

carpenter, on the gik uit, ut a house under construction at Caine Road. The Hon. F. 1. Badeley, Captais Superintendent of the Police, prosecuted, and Mr. J. Hastings appeared on

prisoner.

the behalf of

to do.

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Can you say if the broken shoring was good- or bad?-It was the usual shoring. My im pression was that the shoring was not sufficient to support that wall.

The only way was to pull down the west wall of No. 56-That was the only effectual way of dealing with it.

Mr. Goldring. You say you never saw No. storeys it had. 58, and cannot say how many Surely the plans show? The plan fairly shows what I saw of the house after the collapse. There was one storey over the lane,

How many feet of the roof fell?-1 cannot say.

Did you inspect the house ?-Merely a casual inspection.

Is there any record in the P.W.D. showing

if these houses have been inspected since they

were built?-NO.......

Are there any officials in the P. W. D. whose business it is to find out the condition of old buildings in the Colony No. -- ----

And so it might happen, as in this particular case, that old houses might get in a dangerous condition without anything being done to prevent it? Yes.

And if the collapse had not occurred it may have happened that the cracks might not have been taken any notion of up to the present. time?-No one from the Government would have noticed them unless they had seen them (laughter),

You said the only way to support the wall) was to pull it down. (renewed laughter) ?--

did not..

How would you make up the want of support from No. 541-Oh! I don't know anything about No. 14.

What is the difference between this wall and an outside wall? They are the same class of, wall. An external wall and a party wall are required by the Ordinance to be the same thicknces if the same height NAV

In the ordinary state of affairs a well built party wall, ought to be able to stand by itself? What do you mean? A party wall standing all alone? (laughter), RAKKA

Are there many covered passages that have. not dwellings above them?-Not many

You would have sent a man down to look at tha house if you thought it had dwellings over. the lane --I don't know what I would do over an event that is passed (laughter),ayalew

Ought not some one to have gone down to see the surroundings No. We trust to the plans being correct. That is what we did in

this case. E

Did you see any of the joists of No 82- What do you mean by joists.

Those things that run through ? Oh 1 you mean the floor joists. No, I did not see any of the floor joists.

(The inquiry was again adjourned),

SINGAPORE

HONGKONG,

A match of two games played by cable has” beca proceeding for nearly six months past between the Singapore and Hongkong Chess Clubs.~ The Telegraph Company most gener- ously allowed the moves to be wired free of charge. The match came to an end a few days ago says the Straits Times, Hongkong affer ing a draw in the second game, which as

score 1 to in Singapore's favour. Singapore had won the other game made the

The games were conducted in Singapore cach by a manager who bad the right of deciding on

any/move he pleased, and who was assisted by aommittee of thres

In game A, an Allgaier Gambit, wan What do you conclude as to when the Singapore, the manager was Mr. J. B. Eicom, houses were built -Prior 10 1873

who had as his committee: Messrs. W. Craig That is under the old Building Ordinance of ] [; Rosenbaum and P. A. Reviens. 1856?—Yes.

- Mr. P. A. Reutens was manager of game. By When did you first visit No. 562-On the in which Singapore defended a Ruy Lope 22nd of last August.

and which resulted in a draw after a very lon struggle extending to over 50 mayes committee were Messrs. P. M. Melatyre R, Miles, and JR. Elcu

Had it fallen in or fallen out? It had fallen

Mr. Dennys-Have you received any instruc- tions, written or verbal, that you are in charge

What was the condition of the kitchen of all these buildings in the Colony-any state-wall?-It had fallen down, ment in writing from your superior officers in the Department saying you are in charge of all the buildings in the Colony? You have said you are. It is an understood thing. I am inspector of buildings, and inspector of build. ings always inspects houses.

Mt. Denny-in ordinary circumstances, you only inspect these buildings when you are ordered? Yes, when I get a chit. But I inspect buildings when I am not ordered to do so; I am supposed to do it..

Mr.Deunys-Do you consider it your duty, without receiving instructions from anybody, to inspect all these buildings 7-Yes, 1 do, and other people think so as well.. My superiors

think so..

out.

Well, as regards the internal portion of

of No. 567-The second floor had fallen down on to

the first floor."

• This is the third cable match played by Singapore Chess Club. «Five years ago, Hong kong was beaten by two games to love, and last year Balayia and Singapore drew, one game being played. The Club has there Did you look at the remaining portion of the fors a very creditable record in west wall?-I did.

and is especially to be con In what condition was it?-In a very bad lest victory, as the Hongko condition.

contains some very strong

Was the roof still standing ?—Yes.

Of what kind were the bricks ?-Blue bricks, Were they sound bricks 7-Yes.

Were they well put together-No, there was a cavity in the centre.

What about the mortar ?--There was, very, little mortar.

It appeared that on the 5th ult. at 10.30 pm the prisoner, accompanied by another China- CAPTAIN J. T. SMITH FOR THE man, had a quarrel with a bricklayer. The SIBERIA :-Captain J. T. Smith, the former deceased and another carpenter thereupon skipper of the Pacific Mail liner Peking, has tried to separate the combatants, and during

Diù No. 58 practically collapse ?--YER been designated by his company as master of the struggle, the prisoner set upon him with Mr. H. E. Y. Haggard, recalled, said he was

You say you had never seen No. 6be the second of their mammoth boats, shortly to the result that he was-fatally injured. an assistant engineer in the P. W. D., and was at STEAM PACKING, GASKETS and go in commission, the Siberia. Capt. Smith is After the deed, prisoner bölfed, but on the present carrying out the duties of an inspector

I had never inspected it.

Were you able to form any opinion FIRE-PROOFING MATERIALS.

one of the best known sailing_masters.plying matter being reported to the Police he was arof buildings. He was first in Mr. Danby's between San Francisco and the Orient, and his rested. The deceased expired on the morning office when be came to the Colony, and joined you saw it on the 22nd August concer

3 the P. W. D.' in February, 1902. Whilst selection as master of the new big liner will be of the 6th uit. good news, to his friends in Hongkong, Shang. The prisoner was committed for trial at the witness was in London he was assistant district on the kitchen, wal wall fell Because it was next Criminal Sessions.

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