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TELEGRAMS.

[Reuter's.]

- Russia.

LONDON, 29th July. The revolutionaries in Warsaw have at tacked a train, killed two generals, the cashier and five soldiers, and stolen rbls. 16,000,

Later: The Russian Labourite and Socialist parties are combining, and distributing broadcast, a proclamation calling on the troops to side with the people in the deci sive struggle now beginning?

Disturbances are reported from various parts of the country, but nothing serious up to the present.

The revolutionaries have robbed another train, near Warsaw, of rbis, 100,000.

COLLISION IN THE HAKBOUR.

CLAIM FOR DAMAGES.

In Summary Jurisdiction this afternoon, his Honour Mr. A. G. ise, Passne Jedge, presid- ing, the rase in which Leung Tak; owner and master of the water-boat Na 6,335, sued Au King Tsun, of 71, Des Youx Road Central," owner of the steam Tinnch For Sking, and Wao bre, of 3, Temple Street, Yaumati widow of the legal personal representative of i rung Yain, deceased, arccoverthe sun infigoo, brona the amount of damages sustained by the pauff by reason of the negligent navigation of the defendant's steam launch Fee Ahing, whereby the plaintiff's waterloaf was Aamaged in the waters of the harsour, was restmed.

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CORRESPONDENGA.

We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by Correspondents in this colues, I

SANITARY BOARD NOTICES. ·

To tuz Euron sy The "Royazowo TaLKONATIS,"

SIR,Quite recently it transpired in the course of proceedings at the usual Sanitary

Board met lings that notices for the abatement

The Public Health and Buildings Ordinance lys it down that printed notices can be served app.useholders in every rase that may De necessary for such te issue in pursuance of the requirements of certain provisions of the Taw. By the ruling at the Board meeting the other day a discrimination has been set up in ́practice between Government Departments and the taxpayers which should never be allowed to exist in principle. Yet such a distinction has been established, and to make it all, the mone marked, notices are served not only in printed lorins in the hot holders, a practice to which no seringus objection can be raised, but the aforesaid forms are actually only filled in in pencil, thus exhibiting an uncalled for lack of consideration of these upon whom notices are thus served.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1906.

"DISGAUNTLED GONGKUNG." | WHITTLING DOWN THE SHIP-

HOW MIRACLES WOULD BE WORKED

BUILDING PROGRAMME.

The announcement made with every appear. Referring to a recent article which recently appeared in the Hongkong Telegraph regard-ance of accuracy and "inside" knowledge in ing the salubrity of Bangkok, a genial contrithe Daily Telegraph and certain other journals huler to the Bungtok Times writes, under the that the Government contemplates a serions above leading :-Naught goot ever came out

reduction in the shipbuilding programme, will

of Nazareth, nor any better att of Bangkok, if

of nuisances by a Government department-our engkang critic may be believed." Peace like the Public Works Department, for exam.

be with you, brother slave of the quill, and God ple-could not he served in a printed form by send you a healthy liver! For why should not the officials of the Sanitary Band. It was rul.

we pour exiles in the "jungle" uumber a Mark ed that no less than a formal letter must be Tapley or so among us? Well, well, Bangkok addressed over the signature of the Secretary bath used me less than ill, and I have naught directing attention of the D.P.W. to the exit to complain of, unless it be an intolerable ence of the nuisance which it was desirable to thirst and prickly heat between the shoulder atmnie.

blades, the first of which many poor wights further north would give much to possess, and the hitter is not so bat as it might be there is a comfort in scratching as the galled horse knows, But our friends over-serious, an- less he be a Scotsman, and then there's no more to be said. It is long bowls iwixt here and Hongkong, to indulge in Eatauswillian controversy, the which, by is name, ought rather to end in good fellowship, flere nimi in Bangkok, and there are you in Hongkong, each striving to convince the other that he is in parlous state. I migaj take my text from the medical authority to gravely questioned the influence of your climate on th: meniad f.culties, and say this is a case in paint, a lachrymose person, a very inelancholi-1. And yet, I don't believe it. Had we him here we would alter his purview of things; he should- view "the beauties of, Kulalongkma's euy after he had gazed upon the juice of Scotia's. vine when it was straw coloured. Then would miracles be worked. But, perpend, let us be serions. This abuse of Bangkok is a thing accustomed elsewhere in the Far Fast. It is thrown at Bangkok that we have cholera, each year. That is true; yet it is true also of many other places passed over without a word be

Mr. R. Gardiner,, of Mr. O D - Thomson's office, appeared for the plaintiff, M, . K. Holmes representing the defendant, and Mr. F. Paget Hett, of Messrs. Bruftop and. Hett, watching proceedings on behalf the third party. The case afose as the result of a colli sinn between the launch Lee Shife and the water-bost, alleged 19 have en civsed hy the cartess and negligift avg stronardinary businesslike manner, if not out ofyond the statement of the fact that there is of the Eer Sking and the damages were apprateed at Scoo. Plaintiff stated that he was i formed that that defend he had agreed

Surely, a department which is responsible for tens of thousands of dollars expenditure a year can afford a patty extraexpense in providing its subordinates with, say, fountain pens for the purpose of completing the printed forms when it is necessary to address them in any individual instance in householders.

11, they must be communicated, with by the Sanitary Depart ment, they might at least be writen to in the common civility, as pencil scribbles often imply chutera. The death rate in Bangkok from Just the opposite, at least from simple courtesy cholera is less among Europeans than in which is net with in the ordinary course of many places-in India for example-where business daily.Yours; etc.,

to sell the lunch er Sking for 1,200 to Tong Les Chau of Shan-ki-wan and said that if that sale were effecies it would"abstruct the execution of any judgment he might get, as it was his only asset Defend int was called upon to find securly for $7 o, and the launch was seized, but subsequently released on the security being deposited.

Hongkong, 31st July, 1906 Wecommend the suggestion of "Taxpayer"

o the notice of the Commission new inquiring into the administration of the Sanitary Sews. A Sttle more delerence is surely due to the

be received with general dism by by those who

are anxious for the -trength and efficiency of the Navy. The original programme for the present year was by no means excessive; in. deed it failed in certain d rections to meet the needs of the fleet. It provided:

arnou ed ships.

5 destroyers.

12 submarines,

13 torpedo bonts (called "coastal destroyers" of the four armoured ships, it was understood that two would be battleships of the Dread. agt type and two large armoured cruisers ni a new type. The destroyers projected were not sufficient in number to replace the loss of the fleet thenugh antiquation and obsolescence of the existing destroyer flotilla, which num. bers roughly 150 boats, with a term of life, as calentated in Germany, of only 6fteen years, su that ten destinyers are needed every year mere. ly to keep up the existing strength of the flotilla,

As against this programme. Germany will

begin

battleships of, Dreadnought type. large amoured cruder.

3 small cruisers, 12 destroyers,

TAG "DAINAM" REDIVIVUS.

CAPTAIN JOSLIN KETURNS TO dury."

We have much satisfaction in recording the fact that Captain Joslin, who was in command of the steamship Suinam when that vessel was attacked and looted by pirates on the

Intimations.

THE

wet, unjured in fueled, 0, and who was ROBINSON PIANO

seriously injured in the fray, has now recovered from his woulds and felt the hospital yesterday. Captain Joslin was taken in the first instance to the Government Civil Hospital where, his vigorous constitution and happy' nature scon found him among the convalescents. He afterwards removed to the Peak Hospital and remained there until he had thoroughly regained his strength and the wounds he sustained in the fight bad healed. Allogether, the Captain was in hospital for sixteen days. Captain Joslin leave's by the Asn- shum to-night for Canton, to take up his old duties on the West River.

.COMMERCIAL.

TO-DAY'S INTELLIGENCE.

I p.m. Buyers-Unions $8co, Hongkong Fires $315. China Fires $89, K., C., and M. Steamboats $27, China and Manilas $21, Khubs $5. Cottons 513), China Borneos, 58, China Pro vidents $y, Tramways $135, Les $140, Light and Powers Sto

Nominal-Hongkong Banks $847). Na- tional Banks $47, Indos $70, Douelas s $47.

Hongkong Docks $15. Kowloon Wharfs $105, Shanghai Docks Tis. 91, Hongkew Wharfs Tis. 130, Humphreys Sur, Dairy Farms $161,. Powells $16).

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Cements $18. armoured cruisers, in addition 10 the small craft of the torpedu dotilla, which are useless without the support of heavy armoured ships, England for the first time in her history will be laying down no inre armoured ships than Germany. In 1905, it is true, this country laid dawn noly one battleship, a programme which at the time we showed to be inadequate, but sanitation has been tried these many she also began three armoured cruisers. Ger ---TAXPAYER_{years-The-water-scheme-for-1)+ngkok- is in my in 1905 laid down ago batleships and nund to be carried out in the near future, only one armoured cruiser, or three large ships in all; and probably the British armoured with that alone wa venture to predict that

cruisers were quite equal to the German batile- the scourge will be abated in very large men' sure. As it is, putting choleri aside--which a | saips. In the present year, however, the Ger careful routine in household managenentman Admiralty has made up 'complete depar reduces to a negligible quantity--what re

tore from past precedents in the matter of mains? A little lever, dysentery may be construction, and has decided to build battle. (wales again, lank 'tu that), and plague perhaps. | ships of the largest type, equal or superior to The list mentioned is na impartation, from these projected in England. The armament Bombay by all inferential reasoning, ni pos. of the new German ships is uncertain, as the

Odier dings we wot sibly from Hongkong.

secret of their design has been well kept, hut it is believed to be much more formidable than is represented in the Naval Return re- cently issued by the British Admiralty. That en credits the new German ships with eight réin, and twelve 7,5-in. guns cachi, It is knows, however, that a very powerfal 12-in. gun is now building at Krupp's works for the new German battleships, and those in touch with German progress believe that the anllery

The new German armoured of the new ships will include from ten in fe teen 12. guns. cruiser will be of the most powerful type and quite as heavily armed as her Brush rivals, ians it is clear that there is now little or no thing to close between the German and the Arish designs.

For the defendant it was held that under anmunity than is shown in the rough and charter party a contract dated the 12th rem ready method by which these notices are alleged ber, 1975, and made between the defendant of

in be served on certain householders. The the one part and Leung Yam of the other part,

bead that might be done is to have the sugges all such damies are payable by Leung Yan tion of our correspondent adopted in regard and not by the plaintiff, and he apple that

In the notices being completed in ink instead Leung Yam be added as a third party to the

olm pegel. Surely the slovenly method cum- suit. This was done.

plained of would not be tolerated in comme

His Bonour; thaven't you been able to set- tle this thatter?

Mr. Gardiner: Not so far, my Lord,

His Honour Then you ought to have done 1 don't mean you personally, but ail you three together. don't see how you' will all get your costs,

* Mr. Bett: Odi prstan is this, that we are ready to repair the boat, and have been seady

all along.

His, Honour Then you admit 1 ability Mr. Hett: No, my bird, I don't ademt liabi- lity. My client is willing to repair the damage.

His Honour: Then why does she not du so

Mr. Het: The other pirties do not agree, His Honour. We 1, if you go an live, his there will not be my money to meet the costs. Mr. Gardiner Bit 1 h did the first defendant is table.

His Honour but here in the chaster-party a it is laid dor da the damage by collision shall be paid by the liver and not by the owner, The hier here is the third party had she has tendered the money for the repaus, sa why don't you accept it and serle it?

Mr. Gardines: they will pay the whole- amount as clinned i will accept a.

His Honour: If I enter into a contract of the same nature and leader you the proper reparation wouldn't you accept it? Or woukl you force on proceedings for the purse of running up costs?

Mr. Gardiner: 1 am not bringing this nction for the purpose of toning up costs, my Lord; hold the fast delendant is able. There is a case in which the Government

Hi Hoan: h, yes; know the case; but the Güveninent can do anything You cannot sue the Govermenen ander a centrali,

Continuing his argnatent Mc Gardiner said the nwner was fiable, and a third party had been brought it.

His Hanour: Wh have you to do with the third party?

Str. Gürdmer: It was a surprise to us, as we did not know of the existence of the charter party when we brought this action.

His Honour: The cases you have quoted have no bearing on the case All I can do for you, as far as I can see, in to give costs against you for the person you have wrongfully sued, and then issue a win against the proper pet son. I hold that you have sued the wrong inan, though I cannot go so far as to say that you were wlong in sung hon under the cr Cumstances,

Mr. Holmes said that he mentioned to Mr. Gardiner that the defendant was the wrong man to sue, and also pointed out that as he bad brought in a third party, if his case tuled against the defendant it must fail against the the third party who had been brought into the case and inade a defendant,

After a few remarks trous Mr. Hett. His Honour said: There must be judgment for first defendant with costs up to the date of the notice given by defendant to plaintiff.

Mr. Gardiner: WiB your Lordship make the order as to costs up to date when the charter party was produced:

this Honour: No, no; up to date of the satice. -Mr. Hett :-That would be the 6th July,

His Honour: Very well, with costs up to 6th July.

Mr. Hen: And with reference to the second defendaut, my Lord? I was only made a second defendant yesterday.

flis Honour: Bat you have been in the case all along, Mr. liett..

Mr. llet: No, my Lord; I was dead before; I was only a third party, and yesterday was brought in as a defendant,

His Honour: Then I'll give judgment against you, with the question of costs reserved. The matter of damages will be decided by the Registrar.

Mr. Gardiner: Then I don't see where I am going to get my coat, my Lord,

Mr. Helt: I think we will be able to come to terms as to that, my Lord.

to

His Honour: Well, that's what I want you settin among yourselves. You can consuli together and see me in chambers on Saturday. Mr. Gardinar: an afraid we shall not agree, my Lord,

His Honour: I don'k at all suppose you will, but you had batter try,

THE WATER SUPPLY AGAIN.

Dayank Broken mit "Hashuong ThangHAIR," S-am pleased to sức a member of the

at houses transacting business in the Colonyant of, for a careful liver 'saves his organ of that name. We refuse to believe' our Bangkok inferior to any other place of the same or lower Intitudes. And you use yourself well will use you on warse. This is the experience of many who enjoy as good health as ever they might wish. There be others doubtless, but their example serves to show what in asyid. If we find it otherwise, will journey north, if it enly how very great a hardship we are forced toe for the pleasure of taking our critic by the dexter auricle and persanding him to the Contray.

commuany has come forward to try and olssin redress, through the melius of your valuable. columes, for what is a very real grievance, and I would like to mention a few lacts to show

labour under, and how hard it presses upon us, "Two days ago the Sanitary Board issued notices to the people resiling in the Eastern District of the city, that is a Kennedy Street, King Sing Street, Hing Wan Street, Leung Ou Street; and Kat On Street, to have their homes washed en the past July (turday) and this might five been done, but the water has been turned off since yesterday afternoon in that istrict, since when we have not had a single dng o Waller, for domestic or any other purp ses, thus the majority of the people were unable to wash themselves or cook their food, and had to go to cook-shops, some-di tance off to obtain some food for their dinner last night and breakfast this morning t is bad enough for a pior common conlie to be forced to go outside to bis coulie-bause to get his food, for which, he has to pay 10 or 15 cash more than if he got it

THE CHIT SYSPAM.

**VANISHING TRICK! IN RANGKOK,

From time to time we hear much clamour raised in Hongkong and Singapore concern. ing the modulajous evils arising from the chi; system as it maictains in those places, bui if we were to ddate on die evils arsing out of this pernicious system in Bangkok, says the Siam Free Press, our neighbours would sune ff that there are still other plices where the chat system forms an insurmountable obstacle to prosperity. Perhaps, in no other city on this siria of attez, is the chit system availed of gen- eally as in Bangkok; and if many citeers baye been blighted and business enterprises in his own place, but what must if be for poosned, it may be attributed to the baneful

do they must either, et food at the cook-shop na appear to give more than a

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It has been said that the Dreadnought rén. ders all foreign battleships of culier date obsolete. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander; in other words, if the British Dreadansght tenen alder German battle. shups olgaplete, s also du the German Bread- wch render the older British battleships obsolete,, The British Admiralty, after putting es haul to the plough and showing the way to foreign Powers, appears suddenly to have turned back. In the Cawiler Memorandum, which was understol to indicate the settled policy of Whitebail, the following plain state. ment was made:

At the present ine strategic requirements necessitate as output of four large armoured While the Board anti- shipsannually..

we can' of now foresee

Yet it seems that the Admiralty has already abandoned its policy, reduced what it pronoun ced to be the minimum programute indispen- sable, and at the same time failed, to meet the new, foreign programmes. For, since the Memorandum was drawn up, the German Admiralty has decided greatly to increase its programme, and the French. Admiralty has followed suit. urther, the British Navy has been weakened by the loss of the Montagu, which, even if she should be salved, will be so weakened and damaged in bull that she can never again be ranked as first class.

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cipate that at present the output of four large amoured ships a year should suffice to meet hat requirements, there would be no difficulty fas ifies, where these are a number of children, practice, more than to anything else. The

whatever in increasing this put to whatever some hardly able to walk, and all wanting to be fatal facility with which credit is pledged, and

extent may be necessary in consequence of washed and ferl? How are they to get their the great willingness on the part of the

any crease of naval power abroad.

To the Memorandum was appended a wat meals? Must they also be taken coes derable hotel-keepers, shopowners and others in distances to cook-shops? They have no change, cater for some of their customers, with doing note that the public cannot rely on the re- passing duction (in naval estimates) being continued in thought to the matter, offers every temp- future years if foreign countries in ke develop or starve.. It is useless to apply to the neighting to these people to adopt this system ments in their shipbuilding programames which b.mis as of course they are in the same pre- irrespective of consequences.

For years past dicament, or if they have collected a latiethe chit system in Bangkok has been play ing. have with persons of small wenue, and water they have only enough for their own needs, and, under the circumstances, dare not likely to continue doing so as long as it is carried out on present lines. Nor is this all. spare a single, drop of the precious did. To The tradesman equally suffers in the long rus either from the inability of his customer to pay add to their trials the Sanitary officials scem 10 pop in just at the very time the people are in his accumulated debts or from his expected such difficulty about water. If the houses me departure to sunnier climes. law dany have not been left lamenting on account of "vanish. not washed within the given time the Sanitary

ing tricks" unexpectedly played? Sill, we do coulies come along, remove the furgitute and

noi appear to improve the situation from such pitch it all over the street, and generally cause experience, nor turn it to account as a safe great inconvenience to the householders, and eward against future losses. Pothing of the

kind. The old, as well as the young, en Then give the plice some kind of a washing toniers are allowed to keep on increasing thei British Navy in matériel is due to causes with which could be done much batter and more liabilities--living on one's debis it is facetious which the present Admiralty has little to do. satisfactorily by the tenants themselves if only ly called-and the imprudent hotel owner after. These causes are the large shipbuilding pro grammer of past administrations, which looked they had a proper supply of water. Mareover, whispering his tale of woe into your ears,'

oper's au almirah and produces a waggon to the future, and did not think mainly of the tenants know that it is to their advantage load of unpaid old bills; and in reply to popularity at the moment, and the complete to do the washing well, and thas keep them your question why he had been so foolish destruction of the Russian navy in the struggle selves free from the Sanitary conlies' inter

to give the runaway unlimited credit re with japan. If a policy of inadequate and in fererce, and their bullying way. Numerous torts on you with the pathetic but illogical sufficient programmes is continued, in a very complaints have been sent to the Public Works Department, but no notice is taken of.

Within the last year, it may be safely stated, to 1914 will be lost, and the gravest danger' will them. fint it ridiculous to tell the people to that no less than a dozen proprietors of some follow to vital national interests, Whatever the wash their houses when they cannot even get Bangkok bar tuoms wore out summonsca

Cawdor Memorandum stated, the power to con enough water to wash their mouths, or cook against scores ni peccant debtors who have struct ships rapidly depends on the mainten ance in a condition of perfect efficiency of the their rice? Combined steps will have to be hopped the twig; while the bars changed hands taken by the Chinese community in pelition his almost every month. One would reasonably Government dockyards, private shipbuilding

Court Excellency the Governor to take steps to have suppose that the intervention of a

yards, and armour-Plants. The dock this thing put right. if our representations and Justice had some fears for these people. But yards have been complaints do not effect that end, because we As if to set in defiance the orders of the Court, that they are no longer so efficient as they all feel sure that his Excellency has but to be they make it a rule, whenever they are over- were, and now the private yards and armou made acquainted with the conditions for him taken with summonses from one bar room, to

plants must suffer from want of work. The to have them at once altered. There is no frequent another, where their claim had not reductions, if they are carried out, will react yet begun to assume serious proportions upon this iron and steel trades, and will cause and when the disappointed owner demands general distress. Not the least dangerous payment of the bundle of unpaid chile, lealure of the reductions is that they will en it is frequently without success, while the courage other Powers in their efforts. Once THE Company's Steamship former patrons turn their attention towards produce abroad the belief that England is same other shrine of Bacchus, Our Hongkong top self-indulgent or too poor to pay for the and Singapore contemporaries urge that such supreme Navy without which she cannot long being the state of the chit system in vogue it exist as a great Power, and her position in the is time that the botel keepers should attempt world is gone. The further question might same modification of it and thus save them- well be raised whether an unjustifiable reduc. selves much less and trouble hereafter, and tion in the Navy is consonant with the obliga- anthinking debtors much fature repentance tion which falls upon this country under the when it is too late,

alliance with Japan-Navy League JournO),

excuse that there is no water at present; there is plenty, so why not let the people have it, when it is so imperatively necessary for so many purposes? Friends af mino living near the Caine Road level tell me they have great diffi- culty also over the water scarcity, and are al- ways quarrelling with their landlords about it.

Thanking you to anticipation for inserting this in your very valuable journal, and in the hope that it may have the desired effect, Yours, cic.,

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