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ALONG THE" CHINA CUAST,

SOME NOTES DY A TRAVELLER.

[Written for the "Hongkong Telegraph."]

INTRODUCTORY.

fith inst.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 1906.

yang Hankow and Wuchang. Though afford. ing no comparison with this name sake, so far asmere magnitude in concerted, we venture. to think that it presents some warthy charms which the camera and not the pen aloue suffices to reveal.

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consequence is a complete wall, well maintained THE YUEH-HAN RAILWAY. throughout its whole extent.

So sudden and so voluminous floods of the Priver sometimes occur that it is becessary to maka adequate provision for barring the city gates against the rising water, and we found Starting from Swalow at dawn on a typical the same sort of huge granite grooves in the July day-one sufficiently sun-bright to satisfy, walls just in front of the gates as we had pro the most ardent lover of summer, and yet viously noted in the dykes along the river bank, canopied with drifting masses of white cumulusand heavy timbers were ready to hand to slide

acarly to an

an effec-

tive dam, when put bet

DESPATCH FROM H.E. SIR MATTHEW NATHAN.

VICEROY SHUM'S COMPLACENT ANSWER. 13th inst.

ACCIDENT IN SAMCHUN HARBOUR.

Samchus,

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veller as he passes northward from Hongkong, after some eight miles enters the river proper front. The street outside the wall in sometimes appointment of a Belgian engineer to super-choilly after noon,

ing glimpse of some of the things seen, heard and experienced by a not-over-observant tra- endeavouring especially to reach some of the hitie visited places lying between, or near, the major poste-though not altogether neglecting the latter.

WAS

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€160.

234

"A"DISPUTED SIGNATURE.

13th inst.

PASSENGERS SEVERALY SCALDED.

the Summary Jurisdiction Court this momolag, His Honour Mr. A. G. Wise, Puisne Frth inst. Judge, presiding, Suda Singh, an Indian watch- Passengers who embarked on board the steam launch Hung On, to make the Journey Sugar Refinery, for the recovery of tha 'sum man, sued Ha Hau, a. fitter, employed at the to Samchun yesterday morning, had a very of jo, alleged to be dus on a promissory note, Let us announce at the outset that these notes are meant only as fragments; that they clauds which serve alternately as shields and Finto position, and piles of earth as well as sacks | Governor of Hongkong, the British Consul- | morning, carrying some fifty or sixty passen office, appeared for the plaintif defendant

At the request of His Excellency the feasant experience before the trip was over, signed by defendant on 15th March last,

The steam launch left this port early in the

Mr. R. Gardiner, of Mr. O. D. Thomson's are in nowise intended to give more than a pass reflectors -ou, sempit passes, thanks to sail filled with it were in arren the fegular gale General has sent a despatch to the Viceroy gers, including Police-sergeant, and Mrs.

as well as pole, through one of the macy

in person. appearing rrow greeks which decimate the delta, and and this extra screen of timber arranged in of Canton with reference to the proposed Gerrard, who were returning to their station

chus, and arrived in Samchun harbour Sugar Refinery, and was the plaintiff in this Suda Singh sald be was a watchman at the of Ampu. Here the water flooded sufficiently to force the inhabitants to broadens considerably and wa ghde along seek the second stories of their bosses, and so

Defendant was also employed there. Immediately The Hung On's engines camo Witness lent him $30, and the latter signed under increased wind and less to provide an easy way of swiftly

OXICIT

to a standstill sampans flocked to the sides of this document produced. There were other The wall fiequent

A facking;

the faunch, to take passengers to the shore. bears openings opposite the various houses and

people present when the document was signed. It was ut

at first thought to be possible to jour.

Half the passengers had boarded sampans, The sum of Sio was still due, though he had slands now and again reduce planks can be laid from the windows to the ney all the way from Hongkong to the first the navigable width, but compensate for this wall, which at such times becomes one of the

when suddenly there was a panic among them,pplied to defendant for it many times. De reached by the regular coasting vessels, port

for the engineer of the launch had turned off fendant paid him $3 for two months' interest, inconvenience by the added scenic effects. A main thoroughfares of the city. viz, walow, by a series of trips on native sharp torn in the river affords the curious sight

steam on to

the sam

• sampana alongside.

And I then said he had no more money. launches. The coast line between Hongkong of a boat just ahead, bearing due northward, on

Before the occupants of the sampans had Defendant: When did I pay you $37- and

Swatow, while in

in general form suggesting a slender silver stream, and not far to the west

me to escape saveral received a severe scald- Witness: On the 15th April, $1.50 and on the south-easters quadrant of a circular cir- another, only the rails of which can be discern

ig, while the others, hearing the screams of the 15th May St. 50. cumference, resolver ftself upon cloiar acquainted, ploughing its way due south, apparently

who was searest to the exhaust pipe, was very those in agony, took to the ion. One coolie, Defendant: Where did 1 pay you thesh ADCE into a series of seven indentations, the

the through_an unwatered son," all gloriously thren more northern ones, Tuugao Road and W Iden with maturing rice, and yet both are

badly burnt on the chest, part of the skin being Haimun and Hope bays being considerably fourneying on the same stream and smaller than the four southern or western ones,

very critical. Mirs, Dias, Hong Hai and Hie Che Chin bays. Bong Hai is the largest (about thirty miles wide al its mouth,

and extending some twelve miles inward); and contrary to the expectation Bay (only eight miles wide at the mouth and inland but three miles). This lies

intend the construction of the Canton-Han- tow rallway. In the despatch it is pointed out that the proposal is inequitable to Great Britain, since it was with the assistance of British capital that China able to secure the redemption of the line from foreign concessionaries. The loan was granted on the condition that China would complete the railway to Hankow her self. If it were considered desirable, on the other hand, that foreign engineers should be engaged to superintend the work, England

pointment..

by the same breeze. This effect, polled throughout Kwanglung not more than six other | should be given the prior claim ta such ap. blown off by the steam, and his condition is

by the clearly reflected image of the first boat, and the variable shadows cast by its turning sails, together with the choppy yellow waves which submerge the hall of the other, as the hed, makes altogether a picture well worthy

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suma?

Witness: Outside Jardina's Bazaar. Defendant: Have you anything to show that I paid you those amounts?

Witness: No, I took so pote. Defendant: Where did I sign that document

Chinesa shop. Defendant: Whose shop was it ? Witness: only know the shop; I do not Defendant: Was anyone present when I signed the nate?

atoused by its name, the smalles is "Home" wird causes the riperied grain to toss its heavy dyeing of cloth are next in importance, while fere with the appointments and management follow, the policeman,seited his wile by the Baza: In a shop in front of Jardina's

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of uur attempted description to large rises.

Evidently this river is

Sergeant Gerard, who wan with his wife in another sampan, received some had burns on his legs. Without wailing for anything serious arm and together they jumped into the river. Gerrard is a good swimmer, and succeeded in

picked up by a junk.

As already remarked Chan-Chu-fu can boast a clean and well-kept main street and one is also struck in passing along it to note the pros perous and progressive character of many of the shops. Some estimates of the populatiut reach as bigh na 300,000 and while we cannot be sure of this, we should at least recall that

places, outside Canton, are at all likely to be comparable in size and much less in import- In response to the British Consul-Gen- Ance. The chief industry of the place seems eral's despatch, Viceroy Shum has replied to be the manufacture of shoes of all the various native styles. The making of indigo and the saling that the Consul has no right to inter pewter-ware and pewier fail to be used as idol of the Company. He states that he has money, and the

of grinding some attention. A

Picula also receive memorialized the Throne and has obtained, i keeping his wife afloat, until they were inter know whose shop it is.

effective kind for the merchants, the sole right of con- of fan with a barks are marked by substantial stone and split bamboo and coveret per part made of structing the line, and that the Company will with terror, womos and children, scream. Near the launch excitement ran high. Men, with decorated paper, being a commercial enterprise has the liberty concrete dykes-the tops of which, at this har- finds its sole place of manufacture here, and to manage its affairs without outside assist

ig with fright, all made attempts to get out very few pennies buy a fan which in Canten

of the way of the deadly steam, but in vain. The sampan people had or forty cents.

jumped [The information contained in the first the modern Perhaps

into the water on finding that escape was im over China is best attested by the changa the character of the better class of book-shopssion on Saturday morning last, but for reasons, the boats; These aterwards were. forced to as seen in Chau-Cha-fu-from, which most of which appeared good and sufficient to us, we

amchun was one mis of "swimmers."! which reached us yesterday, Sunday, morning)

who were for to Consul General Mansfield's despatch having

tunate enough be still an banrd the launch appeared in this morning's issue of our ver

and out of harm's way, had rushed to the head nacular contemporaries, the reason for with-

o the engine-room and acquainted the engineer holding publication of this important item of with what had occurred, and steam was turned news from our columns no longer holds good.ff; but the damage lad already been done. Ed., H.K.T]

for throughout a great part of its length the

vest scampo, are knowing

sheaves of rice

festooned with countless

supplied with a

ance.

Huge hommer-head, bears the "Good Hope These dykes are frequently a July Bup, brings some thirty, spirit which is spreading portion of the above report was in our posses: possible, leaving the helpless passengere on

ne south from Swatow about eight or ten miles, and is, in fact, separated from the latter by

what is really, by, vinue of being crossed by two fair-sized creeks, not a part of the mainland but a large twin island, the outer promontory of which, shaped like. Cape" Lighthouse, whose white gleams stream seaward some fifteen miles, and perhaps it is this beneficent factor which after all justifies the name from the mariner's point of view.

• Inland from most of these bays, at distances varying from two to twelve miles, we find several fair-sized settlements, as Bueleng, Hai- fung, Tai Sami (or Swabue), Lufung, Hweilai, Sualeng, and Chaoyang-four of them walled cities, and these with Swabue making five that are accupied by missionaries.

Besides these plates just mentioned, and relatively speaking they are of little or no im portance,

the only other place which it seemed desirable to visit in our casual survey of the coast before reaching Swatow, was Brenker Point Light, the first lighthouse encountered above Hongkong.

But the plan to reach these places by a series of trips on native launches sounds better when spoken of, and looks casier when studied on the Admiralty chart, than it really, proves to be when one actually attempts the initial stages with any desire for certainty in being able to ko on without inordinate delay. Though if one had decades of time at his command and were willing and patient he might spend a goodly portion of it in carrying out such a plan of coastwise travel.

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peculiar sort of water-gate, giving entrance to small canals, leading away into the midst of the cultivated fields-but quickly closed' at ties of too high water by heavy timbere slid into place in granite grooves.

Some of the rocky bends of the river bank afford quiet pools in an otherwise rapid current, and about them one sees ducks, geese, cows, and even the youthful herders, all enjoying the coolness of a submerged existence; while along the top of the dyke, not far away appear three dark figures silhouetted against the sky-a buffalo cow and two herders, one a mere mid- get, the animal, by all odds, wearing more keepers can boast of on is body than it

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Witness: Four or five men. Defendant: Can you produce theas four or five men?

Witness: I don't know where they are. ilis Honour: He is alleging a forgery, Channan Singh said he was a watchman at Wanchai. He had been in the Colony for two

the ancient and useless, stuff has disappeared withheld it for the time. The Viceroy's reniup into the harbour, and soon the harbour of 1 and a half years. He knew the defendant, He

and I really informing books on many subjects, as prepared in Japan or by the Commercial Press in Shanghai, are exposed for sale, together with the various other requisites of the modern student in China. In some cases athletic goods and sets of national history and minerological specimens filled the shop windows.

The following appears in 7he China (Chung Kwok Po) of to-day's date :-

the British Consul-General's to

By this tim

time those passengers

The exact number of passengers who were certain that no deaths have so far resulted from scalded is at present unknown, although it is

the accident.

The 'coolie who was so severely scalded

had to be brought back to Hongkong to go to hospital, and his condition, we are informed, is precarious.

We had pointed out to us a silk-shop which did a foreign export business direct on its own account, and a little further along we were at

"Viceroy Shum's reply to despatch sent by tonished to see over the portal of a thriving British Consul-General, Canton, relative to silversmith's the following Latin inscription: employment of foreign engineers in the Canton- 1994 Spoliata Iterums Extracta." This; we Hankow Railway. It is teported that Viceroy were told, was a shop owned by

converts of the

Shum sent the following reply: French mission and having been sucked as

Replying

The police here were informed of the occur piece of persecution by unsympathetic fellow despatch containing a statement from the Goverance, and when the Hung On arrived in port townsmen, had been reconstructed out of an inernor of Hongkong to the effect that be has this morning, the engineer was taken in charge. demnity received throughthe agency of the mis seen in certain of the Chinese daily papers an "The whole affair was an accident," said an sionary's consul, in any case it was a well-account of the Canton-Hankow Railway's in-officer," but we are holding the engineer until kept and striking shop, and this Latin super tention to employ Belgian engineers in the evidence arrives from Samchun. Then we will

construction of this railway, the Viceroy de- decide whether he will be charged, or not," Throughout its length the main street was at

sires to state that the Canton-Hankow Railway quite frequent intervals spanned by notable having received Imperial sanction to be under and substantial granite archies beating small

13th inst. mercantile management the employment of figures in full relief on the upper cross beams, men and the management of all money affairs After being detained in a cell for nearly The rising reform in municipal government are all under the merchants. As to the Rail-farty-eight hours at the Central Police Station was evidenced by the police in khaki uniforme,way Company employing engineers, the power awaiting the arrival of witnesses from Samchuo and a slight detour brought us to a large is vested in the Company; the Viceroy has

to prosecute, the engineer of the steam "launch requests that the above facts may be communi charge of "incompetence and negligence in caled to the Governor of Hongkong,

the performance of his duty," and subsequently liberated.

But perhaps the most characteristic thing encountered on the River Han is the peculiar sort of cinft used by the Hakka river-men. We have not seen them anywhere else, and never saw them pictured, high beak-shaped prow with flat sides and angular, not rounded, lines is the most striking feature. Down the sleep sloping sides of this beak the poleman treads as bending nearly three quarters over he p braced against bis shoulder. The second marked feature is the mail-no proper mainmast being used, but an upward spreading prong of bamboo poles around which at the lower half extends a stiff curved bamboo matting while cloth sail is bellied into a part of the prongs caled cone by the pressure of the wind directly behind., we imagine that this tig is of small efficiency where tacking is necessary, but we can testify from experience that when sailing dead ahead of the wind this curious craft makes

Actaeadway,

the boat ahead, by the usual long banscription but added

its unique character.

OWNER TO COMPENSATE.

near at hand, wat Tai Sami or Swabne (spit between the upperand wide portion of a fun- temple, the outer courts and side-buildings Of | sothing to do with it therefore, the Viceroy | Hung On was brought out this morning on a

So far as it could be ascertained beforehand, the only likely pince, omitting Mirs Bay as 100

end-or tail of the spit) to which there is s

ia daily

launch service from Hongkong the run requiring eight hours and the start being made at 7 a.m. From Swabus

but there the chance of getting a launch to Swatow about twice in ten days, though the service is far from regular We mention such details in this case and abail do so for others also, because judging from the difficulty with which definite inform ation has been secured-and that mostly by actual and sad experience, it seems desirable to present data which may be useful to other intending itinerants.

SWATOW.

Entering the outer harbour of Swatow in the early dawo, passing Double Island at least a couple of hours before the residents, who have come down there for a little respite over night, will arise, one passes through a narrow strait fato a larger estuary. On the north side of the strait the ordinary waterfront of a Chinese coast city is seen, with its Customs landing, mission compounds, and modern godowns pro minent in the foreground. The Customs fore

no mean

As twilight fades the night becomes radiant with a nearly full moon, and while other less ambitious boatmen ride at anchor, our crat glides silently on, and the traveller lying flat on his back on the praw can star-gaze and muse to his heart's content-his meditations now and again being broken by strains from the lute of some boatman he is passing, which come to his ear as a gross between the notes

a Scottish bag pipe and the sounds encoun- tered in the streets of Cairo, (with apologies to the former),

Hy midnight the objective "fu" is reached, and day-break is nwaited before setting out to investigate what it affords.

which were being used as police head-quar ICTS significant indicator of passing super- stition and rising law and order,

Here on Sunday mornings a weekly drill of police is conducted,

But of the three clocks prominent in the premises no two showed the same hour, and we received a timely warning that even am amid the present

ent show of progress all is not yet to be before China can boast a really efficient well-regulated and ordered A5 it will need. government, though here and there one sees grounds for congratulation.

la the yard of this police station stood a garbage cart which each week (though this is not over-frequent) makes the round of the prominent

thoroughfares drawn by a chain gang of convicts who are held to the task by a guard of police. Thus the clean condition of Chau-Chu-fe's main street is to be ascribed to an intelligent and capable Taptai, whose example might well be followed by númerous municipal officials elsewhere in China.

CONSTRUCTION RESUMED.

[From Our Own Correspondent.].

The particulers of the accident, which appeared in our issue of Saturday last, was to the effect that white the Hung On's passengers were boarding sempans to lake them to the shore, someone in the engine-toom turned off Canton, 11th August, 1956. sumption of work in connection with the com-

The long-expected and much discussel re

acam, scalding many of the passengers, who were in sampans, the result of which was that pletion of the Cantor-Pankow Railway bas, many had to take to the sea to get out of the plast, become an accomplished fact. Con-way of the sciculars iohand this morning show. siderable enthusiasm was manifested by the ed that Mrs. Gerrard, wife of Sergeant Gerrard, Chinese merchants and

who was severely scalded on the leg, did not escape without any injuries. She was slightly burnt on the head and arm, and it was im- mediately after this that Gerrard seized her and jumped into the harbour and were both pick d up some distance off by a boat, Several other

case being that of the man who received the full force of the steam on his chest, and is now

When the

the spirit of a com. of an enterprise combining thy at the initiation mercial undert king with/sational patriotism. Commencement was made to-day with the building of the Sai Chus Nams On section of the Yueh Han Railway. Mr. Chang Kun Ying, the chief manag

Imanager of the company, was he himself, present, and he

timulate the workmen with their work, which it will be the on-

tailed

went with the plaintiff to the defendant, Ha tau, about five or six months ago, to see him at the market at Wanchai. They all went i: to a shop. He saw defendant sign a doenment, and give it to the plaintiff, and he saw the plain- off give defendantome money-$30.

To defendant, witness said it was a cigarette shop.

signed near the Jardine's market, and you say Defendant: How is it the plaintiffsaid it was.

the Wanchai marke! ?

Witness: I don't know the names of the markets.

Defendant: Then why are your statements different to the plaintiff's?

His Honour. 1 don't know that they are. Dafendant, sword, said he never borrowed any money from, the plaintiff; he did not even know the man.

His Honour: He works at the same place as you do the Sugar Refinery,

Defendant: But I only work is the day; be | may be a night-watchmen:

with

His Honour: Make him sign his name

ink. Chinese peo and Witness wrote his name.

His Honour: These two signatures, do not neem the same try him with another pen.

Defendant again wrote his name.

His Honour I am not satisfied about this. Can the plaintiff find the shop?

Plaintiff Ibiok I can,

YOU

His Honour Then you had better try, and take the defendant with you, and report cannot find the shop. If you do find it and the men there say they do not remember anything about the transaction, you must report that 100. I want to get to the bottom of this, and I'll adjourn the case till Friday.

The case was accordingly adjourned to go into Friday's list.

BRAVERY REWARDED,

CHINESE CARPENTERS COMPENSATED FOR

LIFE-BAVING,

13th inst.

Another detour brought us to the literary firat sod, in order with a shovel, turned passengers were slightly burnt, the only serious lay, on behalf of the Belilios Trust Fund, made

the

On Saturday fast, in the charge-room of the No. 3 Police Station, Wanchal, Inspector Gour a presentation of $5 each to five carpenters, employed at A King's slipway, Wanchal Road, for their heroic services in saving life during a

Choro is a large open common, which, though limb one of the highest hills on the east side examination ball where formerly contests for deavour of the company to push on, vigor. in husp the engineer-Ng Yung by name-quall in July last, when the lives of six pole.

to

unadorned, affords a veritable boop on a sum mor's evening. large numbers of natives who crowd there from the'r close city quarters to catch refreshing sea breeze. Directly op posite on the south the attractive and comfort able residences of the foreign friends of China appear, built, or rather in some cases "perched," hers and there slong the rockiest above-ridge one has yel encountered in China. These dark and brownish granite crags in some places Assume most curious forms, many of the houses are half hidden by others and by the

trees which relieve, to some extent, the rugged

character of the hills, and as-izen-across-the

clear water dosted by many sailing sumpans and a good baker's dozen of fair-sized merchant ships of various nations, riding quietly at an chor, or turning slowly in a huge are toward one of the hulks moored along the city's front, the whole picture gives an impression of beau

long remembered. While the southern store is by far the more picturesque, and the northern flat and rather drear and sandy, yet the latter enjoys, during the summer months, a nearly continuous breeze which at about one or two in the afternoon generally stiffens consider and bears the significant name of "the ably, Bwatow Doctor"—ald residents declaring its efficiency, and, with considerable truth no doubt, to be superior to a host of real and wise

doctors.

A REMARKABLE, CITY: CHAU-CHU-FU. *An early morning start gave us a chance to

of the river opposite the city withou! unneces sary fatigue, and as the mists lifted and the borizon broadened one saw that the city was centred in the midst of a steiking amphitheatre of bills, full three quarters of a circle, the only apparent opening being toward the south which was the way we had entered in the night.

the first degres were held. This also wat ously to completion. The clean and in better repair than any examing tion hall we have seen elsewhere, and it is so arranged that it could well serve as a place for large public meetings and need not suffer the destructing fale which has come upon the se cond degree hall Canton and slad

alsewhere.

bas company

sons were in danger.

The men accepted the gift, after the louper- tor had said a few congratulatory words, and

ness.

for tenders for the supply of materials, within thirty days. The name of the successful len derer has not yet been disclosed. Judging from the ardour and enthusiasm with which the work is inaugurated, under Chinese auspices, it

Will

be far off. I not pletion characterise the second degree hall, there were The second marked feature in the landscape

THE SUPERINTENDENT ENGINEER. is the peculiar old bridge across the Han which long heavy granite desks and benches under

one large roof. Each desk bore dividing lines of a suitable engineer, as the superintendent of Difficulty is experienced in the appointment at this point is perhaps half a mile wide in toto.

was meant to accommodate four the line. The services of Mr. Chim Tin Yau This consists of twenty-two piers (originally showing that twenty-four) which are large enough to bear person, and the total capacity was readily esti- and Mr. Kwong Sun Mau have been retained Asan examination hall of the old by Viceroy Yuan; their appointment to the either side of the bridge's treadway fair-sized shops of different soris-bar type it will, of course, not be used further--for ueb-han allway, cammot, in consequence, being that the owner of the launch had intimated bers, blacksmiths, carpenters, etc. These piers already in accordance with the new regime the secu are joined by three huge slabs of pinkish schools in Chau-chu-fu have taken on a modern secured. Thus the coveted position of Super who were hurt in the accident. The engineer opposite the slipway and about 300 varda

Instead of the rows of separate stalls which is confidently expected that the date of com- engineer was said to have he was that the thanked him and the Trustees for their kind.

-on-their-

granite, laid side by side, which by actual measurement ore-lour feet thick, four Teet wide and forty-five feet long, and in some cases

anger. They were

by being foale de evidently put into position

the year and then dropped into place as the river level sank. In some cases they have not sustained their own weight and now heavy timbers here and there do duty instead-and yet as a whole the bridge in quite

served

age..

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matedat

£2,300.

form and are well attended.

Chau-chu-fu harbours three missions-the French Catholic, the American Puptist, and the English Presbyterian. It was under the auspices of the hospitable surgeon in charge of

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the medical work of the last named mission that we learned much of this interesting city as we did in the briefi

fstay we made, Although a day and a half-night were requir ed for the upward trip from Swatow, the down- well pre

ward run was made from 9 pm. to 7 a.m ved for, doubtless, it is of considerable a There is a break in the bridge, however, near puting us back in Swalow just in time to catch the western shore and this gap of some 150 comfortably the outgoing steamer for Amoy

had she been going on time, which needless to feet is covered by eighteen chalped boats and these boats rise to the level of the bridge floor coan she did not do. and the chains let go, whereon a reward of to cash is offered for each boat secured and returned. This takes place every year and interrupts the use of the bridge at the vary time when it is most needed!

intendent Engineer is still vacant. It is re ported that it is Viceroy Yuan's intention to retain all suitable and competent - engineere of Chinese nationality] for en ployment in the North.

THE CHINASE VOLUNTEKUS.

DISASTROU

ENTHUSIASM,

was brought and placed into the dock to await his turn to face the Coust, it was the opinion of may that the prosecution could not prove the charge of negligence and that the case would be thrown out. The result

taken before the Harbour Master. What happened there no one knows, but the engineer was brought back

police were going to the Police Court and it was related that the

10 withdraw the case. When the case was called, Sergeant Gerrard a ked that the engineer be discharged, and this was done by Mr. Hazeland, on the understand

that he was willing to compensate all those

was accordingly discharged.

The engineer in a statement made yesterday gave this as the cause of the accident. When the launch arrived at Samchun he received an order from the coxswain to "stop." This he did. Soon herward the telegraph rang “go astern" and a few minutes later, 'stop; stand by He was standing by with his hand on the stop valve awaiting the next order, when the aser turned on steam to blow the blige

greaser water out. We (Shanghat Times) are exceedingly sorry

was the cause of the accident. That was to hear that the parade of the Chinese Volun. He had no hand on the matter

was concluded people enquir. When the cipe was teers, which took place a week or two ago before Duke Tsai-tse and his fellow Travelling Highed whether Sergeant Gerrard, according to the rules of the force, had authority to accept com- informed that the Chief of Police had given him permission to accept the compensation offered, and the maiter was settled.

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- Though now a place of perhaps 35,000 people, plankways. At the time of high food tide say to those who have travelled, the China Commissioner, Ziang Chicheng has pitched pensation, but an enquiries made we

we understand that some forty years ago it was but a small fishing village and has reached its present importance solely as a result of foreign irade, or at least trade carried in foreign bottoms --and that now it ranks, among the first five ports of South China as a revenus producer for the G. 1. M. C.

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BIEG

SALE OF QUARRYING.RIGHTS.

13th inst.

most as disastrous to the new Corps as a battle, The parade, it will he remembered, took place on a Sunday, a blazing hot day, and a large percentage of the members of the Corps had to fall out, overcome by the beat. It

ibat nu fower than twelve appears (50 At the offices of the Public Works Depart of these unfortunate young men have since ment was held this afternoon the sale by died, and we are sure that the sympathies of auction of the right to quarry stone on one the entire community, foreign and native, will Tai Wan village, New Kowloon, in the New lot of Crown land, at Ngan Shui Wan, near go out to the families of the poor young fellows

in their sad bereavement. Territory, for a period extending from date of

The lesson will doubtless Lo taken to heart sale up to and including 31st March, 1907, by the officers of the Corps, who will learn The

sun without grave cause, and to adopt a more lot is registered as the Tai Wan Quarry from it not to parade their men in the summer Wan village, with an area of 10,000 square effective covering for the head than the inade feet. The upset price was $44.

quate little chapeau which at present forms the Only one bidder put in an appearance and headgear of the Corps. bid of $46. he, Mr. Ching Lan, acquired the rights with his

At the western end of the bridge crouches a learned these facts, to our surpriss a huge metal (bronze?) water-buffalo, and legend, we approached Swalow, we still did not expect has it that there was another at the other, end, to see thinees good-sized freight vessels at but when an extraordinary flood years ago anchor in the harbour and all working. The carried away the two pieces now missing; am disparity between this and the rather inade, other buffalo jumped over and swam upstreams quato

of the town proper, naturally caused never to return! At least the loafers at the some wonder. But the riddle was soon solved bridge end, and there were many of them, o Lot No. 3, and is situated to the west of Tai

and no

no doubt the answer is already well declared. known to many of our readers—s when one came But aside from its being situated in the to see the rich and heavily cultivated lowlands midst of a striking amphitheatre of hills and

in to the north, and east copiously watered

owaing such a curious bridge, the shop-crowned as they are by the many branches of the River piers of which mildly suggest London's famous Han, and learned that about twenty four miles to the north

as the crow flies is the city of R, Chau-Chu-fa itself, as a Chinese city, is Chau Chn (or in Mandarin Ch'ao Chau) which

One of the most remarkable we have seen.

Dirty streets and delapidated city walls are so

is the real trade centre, Swatow serving simply usual, that when one encounters a well kept

THE RIVER HAN,

street his attention and even his admiration

LAND SALE

13th inst.

THE CHINA BORNEO Co.

ce

the

The circumstances under which these men's services were requisitioned, are as follows: Oa 6th July last, at one o'clock in the afternoon, a heavy squall struck the Colony. Several sam. pans before the squall increased in force were making for shelter, but anfortunately were caught half way to Causeway Bay, Asa- pan, that was making for shelter and which was being rowed, was overturned immediately from the shore. On board that sampan three boys, aged 2, 4 and 8 years, re were a man and his wife and four children, spectively, and a girl twelve years old. The capsized and immediately ons and all rushed carpenters, who were in the shed, saw the boat

to the pier, manned a dinghy and rowed to the The sea was ne rough as can be scene. under such conditiones rain fell in torrents and the wind blew with such velocity as al most to capsize the rescue boat on several os- casions. The men, however, stuck to their guns painted to the wreck with much trouble. Near andstill undaunted they kept their dinghy's pose the wreck they had a very narrow escape of were them amidships which tossed the dinghy to choppy sea. A huge wave struck one side, while a gust of wind caught the other side of the boat and made her thip water, When they got to the wreck the mother and father of the children were the first to be pulled aboard the dinghy for they were

fogod clinging on to the side of the sampan, but the children were confined under hood.

QAS In response to a pressing invitation from the of the carpentes dived under the sam Shanghai Cricket Club it was decided to send pan, made his way under the hood, and an Xi to Shanghal about the end of September came to the surface with the twelve-year. to play Shanghai and probably Tientsio. old girl. They tusled hard to extricate the No actual sailing date has been fixed but at other children. Carpenter after carpenter dived the moment the P. & O, Nile leaving Hoog- under the sampan,but came to the bolle kong on 30th September seems to be the most alone. The next plan was to smash the convenient. The Committee, however, hope of the boat and by this means rescue the chil- to be able to arrange for the Team to arrive in dren from a watery grave. This

did not

not prove of Shanghai on Saturday, 29th September, to meet any success, and after many attempts they the wishes of the Shanghai Cricket Club who righted the sampan and rescued two other would like the games to commence on Monday children, aged a and 4, but the eight-year-old and Tuesday, October 1st and 2nd, as, both lad, could not be found. They remained on these days are public holidays,

the scene for a few minutes longer, but no signe of the body could be raan and they returned to the clipway, landing the rescued ones who were none the word for their submersion. The other boy was drowned, the body never. being recovered, 20

INTERPURT GRIOKUT.

13th inst.

The following players are requested by the Committed to practice at the nets on the Cricket Ground on and after Monday, 13th instant, and to inform the Secretary at once whether they are able (if selected) to go with

which boylus among the hills of south | TRRSON for this remarkable condition of things/epartment of one lot of Crown land, north of pop the above report Mr. W. G Darby, the Team western Fakien, and flows with simple modesty 1 In & China with requately guard 7 years. This lot is registered as Rural following gemarks; "his can only be true to a

Reports from Kudat have been received to the effect that new shops are being built with as fts port. Accordingly a trip up the river is wall and a wide and clean, and yet busy, main..

timber imported from Singapore. The reason planned which provas of considerable interest and is readily accomplished

The letting by public auction was held this gives is that it is "cheaper than buying from are justly aroused. Every effect has its cause afternoon at the offices of the Public Works Sandakan." This too though there is an im-

duty and we were naturally curious to learn the

of 10% on timberl Barker Road, for a term of 75 years, with the to the wall, usual option of renewal for a farther period of Manager of the China Borneo Co., adds the ***almost'dua pouth toward the estuary, at the doubtless the necessity of

Barrow entrance to which Bwatow finds itself, ing the city against the angual fobds Building Lot No. 126, and is situated opposite limited extent as we ourselves have shipped In to be distinguished from the other river of has had a great deal to do with keeping Rural Building Lot No. 93, north of Barker over 5,000 c. ft. of planks to Kudat this year up the same name, & much more pretentious the wall in such good repair, at least that por Road, and contains an area of 15,030 square to date. Cheapness has never been the sole Riane, which rises in south western Shensi tion along the river fronts and as the various feet, carrying an annual Crown rent of $86, object we have in view Our aim is rather to supply a good article at a fair price and the and winds its way eastward, through that pro- sections of the wall are maintained at the ex: The upset price was $1,804, vince, and then southward across Hupah to ponse of the several districts of the city, and it There was no competition, and the property above sales are me proof that our endeavours was knocked down to Hon. Mr. W. Chatham meet with some little success"-B. N, D.. Soft Torked by interpellants of fans retinate of pride for each district other the which is el rection of wall not lafotior to any othof, the | for $1,814, being Szo above the upsel prise, Birali,

T. E. JesTOS

*: W. C. D. Tumer 1. C. H. Mackay

4. R. E. Q. Dir4

11. H. R. Phelipa

as. Ma, Chichester, D., 11. Dr. V. Stranger-lakes,

gth Infantry

24. LLT Rape, d

5. Capt. 11. W. Smith, ma. 15. H. W. Arthur

E.

W. Woodward

Walter Dison

Lt. Lucy, R.A.

IL W. A Powell

11. LA. Cal. Price

1. WI. Daniel .. Unisar, igth Inf. 17. Water Danial 10, 0, E. Moriell” DO. LL. J.M.C. Doro, ALLE, The Committed will be glad to receive pog. gestions for additions to the selected liat,

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Centia A HOUSEDOY, employed at No. 5.. Terraco, was charged before Mr. H. H.J. Compertz, at the Police Court, on Monday, with gambling on the street, yesterday, and when "arrested offered a bribe of Bocents to a policeman to obtain, release. Evidence was heard, and his Worship imposed a fine of $200 the Brit charge and 5 on the second... Thi | monny offered to the policemão was ordered to

be put in the poor-boxi