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THE CAUSEWAY BAY BAZĖ,

PETROLEUM COMPANY SUMMONED.

17th it."

At the Magistracy this moreing, before, Mr. F. A: Hazeland, Messrs. Meyer and Company were summoned by the Police for discharging oil into the barbour, which was responsible for the recent fire, in which a couple of sampans were destroyed.

Inspector Gourlay prosecuted for the police, and Mr. H. W. Looker, of Messrs. Deacon, Looker and Deacon, appeared for the defends

ant firm

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, JULY 2r 1906.

HONGKONG'S DARKATT..

IN THE SOCIETY OF NOTABILITIES,****

May the Lord gie ús a quid conceito cornel's" is supposed to be the prayer of masy an boaest Scotsman, but a cursory glance at the first number of "Who's Who in the Far Ensi" goes far to prove that there are others

are

with the same' desire.

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1001

SIDELIGHTS ON RAND

COOLIES'. AFFAIRS.

18th inst.

la-Summary-Jurisdiction this afternoon, his Honour Mr. A. G. Wise, Paisne Judge, pre. siding, the case was heard in which Wang Pan Yu, a coolie returned from South Africa, sued Mung Hoi, a mandarin, and chief of Chinese Police in South Africa, for the recovery of the

of 3430, being the amount of money de posited with the defendant by plaintiff, for safe keeping white in South Africa, and not return ed to the plaintiff by defendant.

Mr. R. Gardiner, of Mr. C. D. Thomson's office, was for the plaintiff coolie, and Mr. R. A. for the mandarin defendant. ranged in Chambers that unless the plain

could

put up Stcoas security his Honour would have to give judgment with costs for the defendant. The plaintiff bad been unable to raits the money as he knew no one in the Colony:

ed guilty to it, adding that he was informed that all time in the red covered Who's Who HardGardiner, said that it had been ar

On the charge being rend Mr. Looker plead it was necessary to have a quantity of water at the bottom of each tank. This water was drained off annually when the tanks got low, and this draining process has been going on last twelve or fourteen years, and for the without

accident. On the last occasion, how ever, owing to the direction of the wind, and one of two other causes, the oil. Kute sing. m driven towards some sampans

were consequence of that some slight damage was the boats, but the damage would be compensated for. Messrs. Meyer,and Company were at present taking precautions that no oil got into the harbour in the future.

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was an excelent idea which duggested the compilation of valuing that should contain the sumes and histories of all the distinguished and notable men in the

Orient

ent. If purple people at home have their dames enshrined for which graces every drawing-room table, why should, the noble lords and aristocracy of the Far East be allowed to langulah in obscurity? It is a well known fact that whenever a

a griffin passes Suez he not only acquired a t thirst but he also acquires what is more important—a podi- gree. In the old country he might have been Pierre Ja a change it very port touched at in pinin John Smith, but the original name un- roule to the East, until at the end of the journey the transformation scene incomplete. Moreover, the sedate, modess, unesuming abful, innocent, genial Smith who embarked ut Tilbury has blossomed into an imitation peer of the realm, has developed a swagger and a mode, and is infinitely less com. panionable than the old J. S. who was

clover when he had saved enough to visit suthend and gorge himself on winkies. Naturally, when we received for review a copy "Who's Who in the Far East" we eagerly

Inspector Gourlay said that carelessness was mainly the cause of the fire, owing to the manager of the Petroleum works not watching the coolies while they were at work. Four inches of water was put into the tanks, and this underwent a survey once a year. Replying to question from the Court, the inspector said he had visited the oil works since the blaze.sed the pages to discover the ancestors and There he learnt that the defendants were caronetted dukes who bad the honour of leav. going to run 'h pipe out into deep water. Reng behind them the gallants who strut the ferring to the water which was drained just be fore the fire, Inspector Gourlay went on to say that it was well mixed with oil;for oil, about one inch thick, was floating in the harbour when he arrived at the scene of the fire. This was the first time that such a thing had happened at the oil works, and the speaker was understood to have said that the acting manager was not well acquainted with the work.

His Worship imposed a peanlty of $10, remarking that under the circumstances it would meet the care.

ALLEGED BRIBERY.

SANITARY BOARD FOREMAN ON TRIAL.

17th inst.

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His Honour: Then you can't raise the security?

Mr. Gardicer: No, my Lord, not at present, Uis Honours Then you won't put it up yourself personally, certainly not, my Lord.

Mr.

Mr. Harding: My friend does not appear to have as much confidence in his client as I have, my Lord; I put up 5150.security for mine.

His Honour: That was very good and trusting of you. (Laughter)

Mr. Harding: The plaintiff is not in Court, my Lord

Mr. Gardiner: l'are representing him. Mr. Harding: And there are no witnesses. His Honour: Well, the $100 security hus not been put up, and so I must give judgment for defendant with costs, and the money paid into Court will be paid out.

SINGAPORE DOCKS AWARD.

SHAREHOLDERS SATISFIED.

From the Singapore Free Press, of zib ist, wa clip the following telegram was received in Singapore this morning by the Honourable H. Fort stating that the arbitrators bad fixed the price of the Tanjong Pagar award at $27,929,177. The price to be paid to the London Consulting Committee for retiring them and doing away with thair London fico is £6,919, extras

·5448,939, 10,20

On the shareholders learning these figures "general satisfaction was expressad.

Mr. Fort in a short interview remarked that the award worked out excellently for the share holders; but not particularly well for the Government; but added that considering the matter from the point of view of what the shareholders had originally asked, and thought they might get, the figure was not so satisfac tory for them.

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SINGAPORE SCHEMES.

LARGE EXPEDITURE INVOLVED.

Financial schemes arid financial awards came with such, a rush on our devated heads on Saturday last, wriica the Singapore Free Press, what with the Governor's loan ap nouncements and the Arbitrator' award in the Tanjong Pagar Expropriation, that one had hardly time to consider what it all meant. True the main features of loans had been dis- cursed before the amoust of the T. P. award had been speculated upon; and estimates had been furnished for harbour schemes, whart

tions and railway extensions. But in constructions the excitement of dabbling in millions of poande sterling for loans and tens of millions of dilata for Tanjong Pagar; and calculating the capital in hard cash of our friends who are fortunate enough to hold Tanjong Pagar shares, we were unable to take a general view. of the probable finances of the Colony. It advisable to do so now, and draw up a rough budget, We have first

EXPENDITURE DECIDED ON.

TO-

203

FORBIGNKRS IN THE CUSZUMS 'SERVICE.

Ine flowing table compiled from statistics published in the Tsiapas (Tientsin) shows the number of foreigners of different nationalities employed in the indoor staff of the Customs at the present time, and five years ago.

British...... French German... American Japanese

Italian Russian Norwegian

Portugues

Dutch

1906 1901.

190

124 124949 48T16:

48

155

-31..

37.

nin

Austrian Belgian... Danish Spanish... Swedish.. Swiss

The salaries of the Customs officials are as follows:-

1. Purchase price of Tanjong Pagar £3,325,000 taspector-General

Reconstraction of Wharves 1330,000 Deputy

This works out at $755 per share. The following telegram has been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies. and is forwarded to us by courtesy of the Colonial Secretary:—,.

The following is the Umpire's Award;--

A. $27,929,177-For Company's Under

B.

taking.

$357,354-38 copts-For land for Rail Way Extension to Docks: see Sche dule D of Report of Tomlinson and Maclaren

220.10.0-For Annuity to Fraser.

C. 26912.45-Forcompensation to Lon-

don Committes.

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D. $418,937-For cost of Reinvestment. E $37,86-For cost of Liquidation.

(Sa) ELGIN.

Harbour improvements, Singapore 1,250,000 Commissionem......... 4. River Improvements, Singapore

"

500,000

150,000 Deputy

175,000 6,930,000

Assistant 1. A...

1. B..

H. A...

11: B

111 A

1. B..

IV. A... - IV. B

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5. Harbour Improvements, Penang 6. Railway Extension, Singapore

Amount of Loan (about) The first item will have to be paid almost immediately the second should be begun an soon as possible; expenditure on item three will begin next year; items four and Give ought nat to be delayed; the sixth item is already in hand. We want therefore immediately £325,000, and during the next eight years £500,000 a year (or perhaps L400,000 for ten years). Assuming that the Government can barrow at 3 per cent, with the solidity of the Imperial government at its back, the inter- est will be £125,or the first year, rising,

on look at possible new to years, Let us

SOURCES OF REVENUE,

£60,000 5,000 £35,000

.Hk, Tis; 34,000

+3

*18,000

1

9,300

to, 15,000

21

7,500

to

8,499

6,000

5,400

4,800

4,200

3,600

3,000

21400

to.

.H

1,200 1,800

The Tsinpuo uses these figures as part of an

end's forbears. If there be a bar sinister- fendant. He had evidence to show that the to-day writes “finis" for all practical purposes with sinking fund, to L175,000 in subsequent and Governor, while the salary of the Com

Honour'said he could not give damager in this suit; the defendant had better sue the plaintiff if he thought it any good, but if he could not furnish the $100 security he did not see how he was going to pay damages, and he could not send the man to gaol. There most be judgment with "costs against the plaintiff, and the defendant could, if he liked, sue the plaintiff for damages for wrongful arrest.

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article the tendency of which is shown in the following: "It will be seen from the above that the salary of the inspector General and Deputy 1.-G. exceets, that of, the Viceroy.

missioner and Deputy exceeds that of the Provincial Treasurer and judge; even the pay 1. Revenue from-Tonjong Pagar

of the Assistants is much more than that of the 2. Riparian owners, Singapore River

Total and Profect. With sach high pay to 3. Increased Liquor fax (4)

foreigners in all the Customs of Cbias, millions 4. From current revenue (balance) £75,000 of taels have been issued during these sevarai The figures here given are merely approxi- score of years; it is really a great drainage to mate, and disregard, for the sake of simplicity, the country. It will be a considerable advan many items of detail. For instance, railway lage if this sum is collected and circulated revenue may be expected to increase when the among our own people in our own country,"

After describing the qualifications and exam. extension to the docks is completed and the opening of the southern end of the Peninsulariations of candidates for appointments in the line. Then for budget purposes, ench and indoor staff, the Trimpeo concludes: altered and modified. The object of these every item, already only approximate may be remarks will have been attained if they set people thinking of the financial problem set the Colony, and remind them that great public improv improvements cost monty, which has to be found. It is possible that the owners of pro merist the river bank will look at improve called up to pay $45,000, extra assessment per

sireats of Hongkong, the Bund of Shanghai, and the esplanade of Singapore, The hall mark of good breeding and real taste, the surest evidence of blue blood and blue sashes; is a profound and accurate knowledge of your fida apa, as they say in the Straits. That does not affect the matter in the feast-indeed, it might almost be a recommendation in the Far Est. Accordingly, we dived with avidity into this new roll of honour and had neither time nor patience for mere sublunary pursuits. But, alas for human hopes! Those leading lights who had managed to creep between the covers of this "Who's Who" all came of pro- saically common stock, while the others who were looked for had 'either been omitted al together or relentlessly heaved out as unfit for the company of the sanctifed, It was a shock to read that one who was universally known and respected as the descendant of William the Conqueror or the Black Douglas or Bonnie Prince Charlie or any other freebooting, buccaneering swashbuckler could only boast of a plan grocer or cartwright or navvy for a paient. Not that there is anything to be ashamed of in that, but many of us are sensitive on the point, and in cold type it certainly does ook brutal in the extreme. Still, there are points of refreshment in the new "Who's Who" which will afford light and agreeable reading for departments.

Mr. Bowley, in outlining the facts of the case, the winter evenings. For instance, it will be of said that defendant was a servant employed by general interest to learn that one of our leading regrets those forly shares which he sold out old Bon Accord basin, so it suffices to say that nothing is to be got for nothing. Posterity is the Sanitary Board, as watchman on the leak dis. officials was born on 13th June, 1967/ but man. trict, and his duties were to supervise the work aged to arrive in the Colony in 1888 Thát bespeaks a conscientiousness to duty and an of the conservancy and scavenging contractors. The defendant accepted bribes on thirty-two auxiety to enjoy the breezes of the leak and the society of the blessed which is not merely different occasions-the earliest date being on

praisewa thy-it borders on the miraculous. October 4th, 1995, and the latest on 8th July,

hea the achieraments of these wanderful 19u6. Mr. Bowley said he would prove that on October 1st, 1905 a new sub-contractor-Im beings one of whose aims in lite has now been Sung, by name-was engaged by the con attained-they see their names in print | Une tells how he was actually captain of the junior servancy contractor for conservancy work at the

·Rabeem Bux, Indian foreman, in the employ of the Sanitary Board, who is alleged to have obtained from a contractor, of 9, Upper Rutter .Street, on divers dates, $370.37 as bribes, was charged on remand, at the Police Court this afteranon, before Mr. F. A. Haraland.

Mr. F. . . Bowley, of Messrs. Dennys and Bowley, (Crown solicitors) prosecuted while Mr. C. F. Dixon, in the office of Mr. Jalin Hastings, represented defendant. Chief De- tective Cuspector Hanson and Dr. Pearce, P.M.Q.H, watched the case for their respective

fier

had

A

Peak. On that day the sub-contractor we and. FAW defendant at his quarters on the leak.

they

prelimin defendant

"So said: ary. conversation you have taken over the conservancy coo- tract Theontractor replied in the affirm. 'ative and defendant informed him that what.

ever contractor took the job he (defendant) must be paid San a month. The complainant demurred at first, but ultimately acquiesced, and from books, which would be produced, the Court would see that the $40 was paid each month by instalments. Hearing that the Sanitary Com mission now sitting had seized the banks of several contractors, complainant became afraid that the payments to defendant would, become known and so did not pay any more. Then the accused started to ibresten him. dr. Bowley that frons the time-October went on to

kay last-that complainant look over the contract for the l'eak work delendnat never had him or his fokis charged for neglecting to do their work satisfactorily, but on 5th July--when he found his money stopped-defendant had two of complainant's fakts charged for depositing night soil in dmins and they were convicted. The circumstances became known to the police and a tap was laid for the accused. On Sunday, Bis July, the sub-contracter supplied with four S10 banknotes, the numbers of which had previously been recorded by the police. The contractus went down to a wharf in Concaught Road Central followed by a detec tive-and the defendant and the Chinaman was seen in conversation. At a given signal the de. tective arrested the defendant in charge, the latter was seen to take something out of his pocket and drop it in the street. I was the ingrked banknotes. The defendant was then

taken to the Station,

was

cricket team when he was at school! Another

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PACTS AND FANCIES ABOUT

Mr. Harding then applied, under section 571 of Civil Procedure Code, for damages against

The announcement we are enabled to make the plaintiff for the wrongful arrest of the de plaintiff had made inquiries as to the date of to the history of one of the most interesting. we had almost said romantic, enterprises, Sin: To write a history of the departure of the sa. Cranley, the sitamer. in which the defendant was going north, and gapore has ever seen. had ample opportunity to institute proceedings Tanjong Pagar Docks would mean writing the story of the progress and characteristics of Sin against him in the time, and the arrest of the defendant was altogether unnecessary and imgapore for not far short of half a century, and the detailing of the careers of half the men proper.

who in those near, yet far off, days were the merchant princes of their times and the founders of much of our trade. The Tanjong Pagar ducks scheme was evolved in the days of old Jan Kumpani, but six short years after the Indian Mutiny, when Singapore held many at expatriated Sepoy, and six years before the East the first ripples of that flood of commerce opening of the Buer Canal was to bring to the which has since lapped the cost line from Bombay to Nagasaki and far-away Vladivostok, To those days Colonel Collyer had ideas of a deep water pier running out far enough to give seventeen feet depth to boats berthing alongside, and it this notion which is said to have inspired a number of merchants in 1863 to start a docking business. It would be be yond the scope of these remarks to refer at length to the dock fiasco at Polo Brani or the in the year there was issued a

a prospectus company whose capital was to be one, hundred and twenty thousand of the dollars which then soared in the region of Your shillings. It may be of some interest to give the names of these early believers in the port, since no single one of them is here to day, They were Scott, Cramer, Davidson, Gilfillan, Harrison, Tan Kim Ching, Lalla, and Wilsone. Three years bare barely passed when we find the capital being increased to six hundred thousand dollars, and the subsequent additions to the company's resources will be within the know. ledge of all who have followed the more recent movements of the Company.

TANJONG PAGAR.

announcement.

The following scraps of information-ill pro- anbly be found interesting, in view of last week's A well-known local pilat probably now sadly recently at $200, He would be $8cco better

la-day.

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It is interesting to note that the money will go out to auch widely scattered places as California, Rangoon, Surat.. Suez, Nigeria. Amsterdam, blungen, Switzerland, Java, Justralia.

Our correspondedi "Accountant" who wrote some days ago his idea as to the amount of the award was not so far out, He named $34,585,000 at the amount likely to be awarded and $29,500,000 as the amount by right due. in the letter figure he was only about a million and a half out.

cember last.

a

of

Of the many notable events which happened during the life of the company we meation only two, the great fire which in 1877 caused inuch anxiety as to the fate of the buildings, and the acquirement of the New Harbour property for a million dollars in the early nineties.

be

therein in a different light when they are

unnum. This, however, will bring home to them, and to others, the useful lesson, that to be saddled with the bulk of the charges, a

will reap the benefit of them, but the price the present generation has to pay for its insist ence and its hope of future reward creased taxation or a curtailment of the money available for current works and services.

An in-

THE PLOATING MINE-DÀNGER...

boats were swung nut

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"Now according to these conditions there is no reason why, now that the assay system is abolished, our young men should not be able. to qualify themselves for the Customs service. The requirements are simple: geography, uni- versal history, and English; while the chief the means of rapid promotion for foreigners, knowledge of Chinese, is their native tongue,

so that there are now hundreds of our young men who are in every way qualified to these posts and they should come forward and prove their efficiency, Will not our young men exert themselves to try to do a service to their intherland ?"-N. C. D. News.

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SHIP-BUILDING IN JAPAN,

REMARKABLE PROGRESS.

Mr. Uchida, Director of the Shipping Bureau, who bus recently returned to Tokyo from a tour of inspection of ship-building and duck. yards in the Kwansai and Kyushu districts, in The course of an interview with a Shimpo representative, remarked!-

Bad

C. N. TAMER "NINGPO" STRIKES A MINE. proudly declares that he made certain recom.

The war has given a great impetus to the mendations :oacertain government about some

Shanghai was startled carly this morning, ship-building and dockyard industry, which thing or other. Thatthese recommendations were,

Amongst the big holders are the F.M.S, with

ways the Mercury of 7th inst. by the has made remarkable progress during the last ignominiously ignored does not enter into the

nearly 3,000, equal to two and a quarter mil-

report that the C. N. steamer Ningfo, 1228 Lew years. The principal ship-building yards I have just visited are the Osaka Iron Works," Bons, W. G. Guiland nearly three quarters of question. A devoted official almost stands on his head to shout that he built a road five miles

million, J. Cuthbertson nearly balf a million.

tons, Captain Eedy, had been blown up by a lang-the five should be in capital letters, but we

The Missions Etrangères about the same, it

fidating mine almost at their doors. The the Kawasaki Yards at Kobe, and the Mitsu up with orders. The total area of the premises retrain. We shall not say that the official in

is to be noted that our old friend Sir H. Mc.

Ning, which has been us the Shanghai Bishi Yards at Nagasaki, and all three are full of the Osaka firm is about 40,000 frubo, and Callum has a solatium for his Natal troubles

Yokohama line, operated by Messts, Butter- Geld and Swire for son.e time past, let here question might be likened to the gentlemau who

bound for Japan with a full cargo, on Thurs- about 4,000 men are employed; the Kawasaki used ear's soap azce, but the temptation is very

Twenty years ago the shares were quoted at

Yards are larger than those at Osaka, their in nicely with 3o. These figures are calculated great. I would be unfair to proceed in this 435 shares to realise, whilst Dr. Brown comes vein were it not that we recognise the goud on the fast shareholders list published in De- $169, ten years later at $335. In 1809 the day, the 5th inst. All went well until about

The the

the number of workmen employed 8,000. Company had a practical monopoly of all dock-3.30... yesterday. When the ship was dis- factory area being more than 60,000 frubo, and points as well as the humorous asides of

Mitsu Dishi Yards are, however, the largest hook. But one last item must be mentioned; a

What reward is due to the Captain of the ing lacilities, but in 1901 shares were obtainabic tant 30 miles, east of the Bell buoy, without local gentleman, who states that he was born Australian steamer, who being commissioned at $295, after having been halved in nominal any warning she collided with a floating mine,

which exploded with terrific report and in the country, covering some 100,000 timbo tore a frightful jagged hole on the ver of land, and employing over 10,000 men, in the seventies, attended an institution known by a indy in the island continent to sell out all value. They opened in 1904, which was to as the King Edward VII School. Either his her shares at any price when next he arrived a very fateful year, at $300, sank in March to

sel's bows, of about twn in extent. The Trees phily inadequardt, however,

the engines their capacity inadequatelto meet glowing ro in Singapore, found on arrival here that pricer $150, and after the resignation of Mr. Anderson education was badly neglected in his youth or

and are steadily engaged in ex- hurried investigation made to quirements, the school authorities were gifted with a pre were so high that he took his courage in both and his famous indictment of the company and

ascertain the extent of the damage. The stem tending their works. science worthy of Old Meare. Much allowance hands and held on tight. Romance would de. its methods, went down to 5240. This was stopped and

was badly twisted, while, a number of plates on "The factory arrangements bave much im. has to be made for a work of this character, mand nothing less than a marriage and living about low water for them, though they stood in especially on its first issue. It represents a vast happily ever after. The Captain with so high the second week of December, 1904, at 5232, the port side were denied. Several plates on proved since i made an inspection a few years amount of toil and industry. It is not an intel-

an urder of courage, will go far, but he must Then came a rise and the figure went rapidly

from $240 to $300 in a week, and them to $375 the starbo rd side were also bulged out. Tem ago. The building of torpedo-destroyers is have had some anxious momenta lectual pursuit, exactly; rather it demands ex- coeding care and exactness, for nobody likes

The talk about Singapore flourishing now in the first few days of 1905, In February, pay repairs were made with canvas etc., and quite a new feature. Already one of these bas to res his name and history botched. As years

that it is an "Imperial Raval base" is still however, the scheme of the Colonial Secretary the ship's head turned about and full speed been launched at Osaka, four at Kabe, and two made for Shanghai, where she arrived at 6.30 from the Mitsu Bishi Yards. The construction succeed each other the "Who's Who will current among some even old residents here, for the improvements to be effected, was doubtless grow in size, for there are many well Singapore is no more an imperial naval published, and shares fell to $340, perhaps in s.m. to-day and at once pe ceeded to her wharf of gun-boats for-the Chinese Government is

be noted that the

on the Pootung side near Watung. As soon going on at the Kawasaki Yards, two of them hase" now than it was before the local gov consequence, though it may

ern. as her cargo is discharged the vessel will be having already been launched. The building known names missing from its pages. it must

of ships of over 10,000 tour in Japanese yards ernment expropriated Tanjong Pagar. True, announcement in December, 1904, that Govern be tantalising to an employer to see his office

is now quite common. In the Mitou Binhi i boy's name, career and clubs flourishing in big men of war, as well as merchant vessels, willment intended to expropriate, was probably the docked for repairs. From an examinatios of black type while his own patronymic more easily find deep water berths for coaling cause of the rise from $300 to $375. Prices the hole made by the floating danger at seeme

But, of course, absent from the tome.

when the new, wharves are built (five years hung about the 5340 mark during the early part wonderful that no further damage was done. Yaids, for instance, & ship of 13,000 tops

But men-of-war will continue of year, but when the expropriation bill passed Ani on slipper on the bow which goes below the being built for the Toyo Kizen Kaisha, in ad- that will be rectified in time. It might hence, By).

//ztuchi-maru which was destroyed. by the its second reading in Council, the figure rose to waterline, undoubtedly broke ome ofthe force of dition to a ship to take the place of the besides the actual be suggested that

to rely on commercial stocks. of coal; on

Russians during the war. names of the parties allowed to dwell in

commercial supplies of provisions; and on $380, west back tea, and then steadily rose till the explosion, while the water-tight compariment in the bows prevented the vessel from filling with

Work in the smaller yarde has also greatly Who's Who," the Editor might also

Rive

non-naval docks and non-naval machine in September it stood at the figure Soo, in

water. The second officer, Mr. N. H. Leitch, was on the bridge at the time of the explosion increased since the war. The small chip-yards their soubriquem, or, to speak vulgarly, their shops for such small repairs as can be un October, a weak before the Arbitration opened

on both banks of the Kidzugawa have hitherto nicknames Many people would be unrecog

denaken here. There is no immediate, and the price fell to $479, some weak-kneed ones

and knew nothing until he saw the water and of ritable if we referred to their baptismal little future, hops of Singapore having an evident y getting a little fearful, but it was soon

thrown high in the air and heard the sound devoted their attention to the building of wooden vessels of 200 to 300 tons, but these adornment and family appellation. They are Imperial dock-yard establishment for repairing run up again, and has with temporary depres

deafening explosion. The ship was covered

are now able to build iron ships of 800 tons, UNREST IN- KIANGSI PROVINCE known as "Jumbo" or similar complimentary and refilling men-of-war. There is no imme-sion remained at the highest figure,

with spray from stem to stern, while pieces terms, and it is on record that one of there good diste, and but little future, hope of that 850 it. After the meating at which the accounts were

The Matsuo Yards as Kayokijim outsides, of the exploded mine, both steel and brass of The Shanghai mandarins have received tele-fellows signed his nickname to a cheque, long dock being constructed to the east of the called in question, there was a tendency to drop all sizes, rained down on the deck, but for Nagasaki Harbour, which have hitherto, bean

W. graphic news Team Nanchang that an in- baving forgotten his proper designation.

tunately not striking anybody, Captain Eedy, engaged only in repaising work, are fait de surrection has broken out in the district of

Who Who in the Far East present dock, in the bight between the wharves and the shares went down to 1470, buyers, but anticipate that

had happened.

At Innoshini, Bingo, there are two dockard Hainch'ang, Juichou prefecture. In Kiangsi,wan

was told that the ship had to be nowhere else than on the plans for many held out at $500 are now in a position to thank will prove a

I a handy and useful article

ars to come.

themselves for their speculative instincts.

evidently struck a mine which supposition companies, one of which possesses two, dock. trate of the city, assisted by a battalion

in every office

The reatest credit is due the

For the information of about ibree-fourths of

was soon verified when the gaping hole in yards mensuring 300 ft. and 364 ft. respectively troops under Lieutenant Colonel Cbên Chin

Editor and his staff for the careful manner i

in

the women (who sympathetically try to under

the bows was seen. The look-out man said while the other has a yard 410 ft, in length, and is about to open another measuring 300 5ft At CRAN is engaged in restoring order. The which they have arranged the information instand what the men are talking about) and half

btwas keeping a good look-out and the district magistrate Mr. Hu Wei-hsien, is the volume, for it must have bees a most the men with whom the Tanjong Pagar award

night was clear. He saw nothing till the Nochi and Kinos there are two ship-building younger brother of H. E. Ha Weite, the pres: laboring task. "Who's Who in the Far East" has formed the topic of conversation during the

water rose up like a waterspout and he added yards, each possessing a dockyard 200 ft. in ent Chinese Minister at St. Petersburg, and printed in clear type, on paper of excellent last forty-eight hours-we may repeat that it is

that the water that fell on him was quite hot, length. Kinoo-mura, has long been known as speaks and writer English quite fairly.qulity, and it is bound in such a fashion that the Colonial Government that took over by

The following passengers were on board the a centre of wooden ship-building, and the Another telegraphic dispatch, dated from it les flat on the desk an example which force expropriated. for the public gond-the In connecting with the new Order in Council ship at the time Mr. and Mrs. Farrel, 1.M. Iaunching of a ship of from 70 to go to is an Chianfu, a prefectural city of the same province. reports an uprising amongst the inhabitants de publishers might follow. The work has Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, Ltd; that it is.

we were able to learn The largest dock in Japan is the Mitu the other day, the Bangkok Timer in a leading one of the passengers

Bishi, which, measures 7a8 ft, the next being there, due to the harsi: behaviour of the cal. been compiled and published in the office of the Colonial Government that has to pay the to which we referred in our editorial columns Customs, and child, and Mr. Rurtwell. From almost daily occurrence.

the Child Moll, Hongkong.

$18,348.114 compensation which it will do by article says: in view of the opinions expressed that between 3.20 and 3.30 a.m. on the oth Colonial bonds, raised ander the authority of

iD an interview inst while all were asleep in their cabins they the Yokohama Dock Company with a dock of and violent 552 ft, the third largest belonging to the Hako- terrific the Imperial Government and backed by the by the doyen of the focal Bar

of the new British Order in were awakened by *ubject on the

ante Deck Company, being $34 it. long. The Imperial Exchequer; that the Imperial Govern In our editorial column reference is made 10

ment has nothing to do with the Docks and Council, it is of interest to find in a Hongkong pliching and heaving of the ship as if she were

andpaper (ust ic hand an article on one of the chief leaning over in a heavy sea. They all rushed floating dock owned by the Mitsu Bishi Com the proposed establishment of a first-class me-

wharves or their management, or their recan- points of interest in this new Order. In regard out in their night clothes and made their way pany, is 413 ft. in length and is capable of struction-unless it decides to construct a new dical school at Canton, being a development

and larger floating dock is now being built by twice as long as either of the to appeals from the British Judge, the practice to the saloon, where everything seemed to be floating a dead weight of 7,000 tons. Another of the work at present being done under the

Admiralty Dock 19th inst.

in Bangkok is, under the Order in Council as usual. It was then learned that the vesse)

in Hongkong had struck a mine but had not been yory the same company. The docking business, auspices of the Canton Christian College,

existing decks; that according to the recon.

seriously damaged, and that there was no like tha ship-building, is now in a very pros. These remarks have been founded on stale. Before Hon. Captain L. A. W: Barnes

struction scheme 1,53,000 will have to be 1906, assimilated to the practice

perous condition. ments which appear in the latest number of Lawrence, B.N., Marine Magistrate, this morn

spent in addition to the purchase money; and, and Shanghai. On the face of it, to compel a

"The technical knowledge of ship-building all at their places, crew cool and collected, and is an unsatisfactory procedure. But we the South China Collegian. In order to give ing, Wei Shan, clerk is the Harbour Office, finally, that good authorities believe that the Judge to sit on appeal and revise his own judg. danger to be apprebended. The officers ware of an emergency.

amongst the Japanese has also made much some idea of what is projected, a special edi. charged Wong Lau Shang, owner of steam

concern will pay a moderate rate of interest had never before seen any expression of dis boats swung out in case of tion is published giving a full description of launch Chun Hing, with unlawfully plying his

on these combined capital expenditures of satisfaction with the system, in the Hongkong Pices of the mine were strewn all over the ship progress, compared with eight or nine years when the Bitachi-maru. 6,000 tons, was £4,850,000 without any increase of rates, al the work done at Pennsylvania University, faunch in the harbour without a licence on the

experi. built, At that time tba engineers and mechanics whose Christing students are the prime

although, on the other hand no material reduc or Shanghai Press; and is seemed reasonable and all the 8th July, 1906.

to conclude that is practice the system did give infernal machine aame kathered pieces of the

in building the in the establishment of a medical annexo at Defendant said he was not aware the launch tion in charges can be made.

general s

Isatisfaction. The Hongkong Telegraph, ence. Not. a vessel was in sight when the experienced much dificulty i Canton. The articles are admirably illustrated plied for hire on that day; he only knew it

however, submits that this system as it obtains accident happened. The place where the mine steamer, but now thay are able to build larger was encountered is about half way betwess vessels with greater aase and expedition. Want and should afford those who have pot visited when she returned at 6 p.m. He then asked

avesaki and is right in the Is necessary in Japanese ship building is the American universities some conception of the the coxswain why he had let the boat out and THE great floating drydock Dewey, towed by in Hongkong is "aarirely unsatisfactory to all

the tugh Glacier, Casar and Brutus, satared concerned," Moreover, compared with Bang Shanghal and

further sub-division of labour amongst the large scale on which they are conducted Dr. cautioned him not to do so again, J. C. Mucracken explains the objects of the

Subig Bay at daylight on the toth inst. The kok, Hongkong is a big community, and as a track of vessels trading between the two ports.

The Detay rule there can be no tendency there for a Judge The Ninggo is practically a new ship, and has various

can be executed with more cheme to found a medical school in Canton, 1 responsible for the launch, and fined him Sro, tag Glacier was in the lead.

to be affected by local conditions, while that | only been on the cost for a couple of years. done shot of the industry. If this la of officers: dispatch and promplitude than is at present complement was towed to a, poskion in front of the town and ordered the coxswain to be brought before

of Olongapo On the following day sho must be more difficult in secure in Bangkok. The following is her. the advantages of educating Chinese young him to investigate into his conduct.

was towed to her anchorage in the inner her. The British community here will bave, however, Captain Eedy, H. J. Hobbs, chief officer, and the case. There is scarcely any doubt that women in medicine. The Collegian is rend

bour, and will lie not far from shore. The to make the best of it, and it will be lateresting N.H. Leitch, second officer; T. Simpson, chief with the development of the ship-building in able from cover to cover and of the utmost

to see bow the new method works out in engineer, J. A. Craig, second engineer, and dustry in Japan orders from foreign countries

H. E. Bennett, third engineer. interest to all who follow missionary effort on JAYAN is making extensive purchases of flour drydock is in excellent condition and is nona

practica. the waren for her long and hasardous trip. the metaland.

to supply the shortage in the rice crop.

and that Mr. Hu Wei-hsien, the district mags: newspaper min, Andork of reference in alt and Fort. It is on the plans; and it is likely † the markat soon recovered tone, and those who | who suched out of his cabin, on asking what valoping into a complete ship-building

lectors of the rice tax, which had been in arrears for the past two years.-N. C. D. News.

movers

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