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Intimation.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY JULY 1 1910

three months certainly, nobody in Hongkong them has been well sees daring the last few will have to endure the misery of going without bin daily bub or without wate

water ready to band for every other necessary of decent existence. The erratic imp which souds a typhoon giddi ly careering from South East to Wart and, if it A. S. WATSON & CO., es to that, from any point of the compass to

LIMITED.

· ESTABLISHED A.D. ́1841.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANĮ

The Typhoon,

NUMEROUS LANDSLIPS,

EFFECT OF THE RAINFALLM

Daring Opium Robbery,

SASSOON'S GODOWNS ENTERED

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evidently as to how and where it is going to de

The typhoon has not made up its mind yet CHESTS BROKEN OPEN AND OPIUM STOLEN.

amount of loconvenience up and down the coast. Annals of the Colony as one of the most clavare most mischief. It certainly is causing a vast

What must be chronicled in the criminal, The sa. Halyong instead of

ly conceived and boldly carried out thefts in Hongkong, is the successful bugley of the opium godowns of Messis. H. D. Sasion and Co, in Ice House Road, last night, Consider is the caring of the godowns in the very

TAKING MAILS TO FOOCHOW will remain bere till Sunday morning. She will then depart for the North, let us hops without interruption to prosecute her qual voy

QUESTION OF A PROM

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COLOURED MAN'S WIFE SAYS THAT SHE

SIGNED NOTEAS WITNESS

years, in all those acnouncements by the Chinese Government which deal with finance. The itedly awful condition of credit, now prevailing from Shansi to Canton, and the disorganization of the banking system owing no doubt parly to the amber of unconvertible any other, can not prevent the huge cloud masses notes in circulation, are the most pettors of the which are driven together heruch changes of symptoms ofthediseased state of the body politic. atmospheric pressuto frem condensing as they The contrr! the Central Government bar beep pass over such thirsty bighlands as the assorted on paper in no ofratic and self-contrs rock of Bengkong. In three days the Tai-tam dictory a fashion that it is just as well that it reservair has been ball filled, and that of Pok saded, when it began in sound and fury fa-fum, we are sincerely glad to my, in over--| signifying nothing". The announcement that age with her usual serenity. It was, of course host of the City's commercial activities, $45.80 interest thermon, Mr J. H.Gardiner flowing. The kindness of the Water Authority the Imperial Mint his actually struck sample enableg to give the sciual figures. 19.79 coins of the dew currency, would be ef more inches of rainfall are marked at Tai-fom, practical interest were we to bear that the and 15:10 Pok-fa-lum. This mases that brauch Minis in the Provinces were we have 382,526,000 gallons of water to being equipped, and that something more Dozen Bottle day as compared with: 244,742,000 last was being done towards datablishing $14.00 $1.20 year. We have felt great sympathy for union currency than stamping of a few Red Beal

those who bave boa enduring the really simple colps. Even in that the Chinese 18.00 1.55 painful scarcity of the last weeks. The Authorities, as usual, praved that they bever poor, as usual, suffer most. In four-story cau do any one thing thoroughly and woll house the wonder is that anybody remains at.ve. They would not even complete so small a job It takes at least half an hour for the taps to fill as that, but left it unfilled, for they only 1.80 in the lowest story, the ground for Thema coined soms, not all, of the denominations of similar length of time, or even longer, for the the new colunge. The deep and bitter irrita 2.40 pors, must mean that insufficient water, lion of the people of the various Province which or none at all, is obtained by the unhappy is being caused by the hopeless muddling with dwellers above. During two hours a day, the revenue, and the natural discontent caused and only during those two hours; and, wo. by affous honest enough no doubt on the past of genuine patriots to destroy the gambling and opium vice, and the consequent bewildering langle in Provincial as well as Imperial finance, swaken our interest, if not alarm. We should

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We, the underligned, etc,

Mr. Gardiner read the promissory note, which

the case was again mentioned in which Jáða Before Mr. Justice Hazeland, Acting Puissa Judge, in the Summary Court this morning, Slagh, watchmans in the employ of Memes, Geo. Fenwick and Company, sued Caraclius Grant sad his wife Mary Grant Chiness. woman, to recover the sum of $176.80, being smount due ander two promissory notes sud

into Devil's Island" as the place near Swatow loading Bank with its strong rooms adjoining peating in person, an enter of hearing that made "Double Island" situated as they are in the basement of av

appeared for the plaintiff, the defendants ap

Hatyang bas never been at all a friend of Davgment the Mercantile Bank of India, Ld his wife pat a mark on the promissory note where she and four other abips took refuge. The them and facing another banking establish.

In answer to kis Lordship, Grent said that Jones, far from it, she had nothing to do with Rould have been thought that the godowns of as witness. Defendant who spoke Engliab

Auld Horgie" atall When inquisitive gentle Messrs, E. D. Sassoon and Co. would have said he could not write his own signature. oblige Captain of the Boiyong this morning, of robbers. Voi they were the scene last night men ting up the counicous and over-ready-to-been the last place to tempt the dating cupidity to ask him"Where the Aula Clootie was of a carefully plansed and successfully carried Devil's Island' near Swatow, he could only out robbery by which the burglam bave re answer "Scratch me," so to speak.

moved, unsuspec'ed and undetected, loot to had no share in the place where the Haiyang

the value of ever four thousand dollars. had to wait until the typhoon allowed her to

A SIMPLE PLAN, proceed on her way. She has now to arload of the keybaler of the double locks, which The plan devised was a simple ons. Moulds her cargo and take in more, and there are three secured the iron bits across the massive basjaos men, and two young lovers cursing the doors, of the goddwes, must have been taken typhoon because their letters won't get to Foo by one or more men acgazinted with the work- show by next Tuesday. Typhoons only waiting of these strong rooms. By means of these on that on which Time and Tidó wait,

moulds it is believed false keys must have been made and used for the purpose of unlocking the padlocks Mr. E. J. Ellis, the godown clerk in charge of theta premises, as anual, saw to the proper barring and locking up of the doors yesterday afternoon, When he left the pra mises at 4 p.m. everything was in order. It was only at nine o'clock this morning when he went

the-day's business that

A

OLD ECRATCH ***

NINETEEN LANDSLIPS.

As a result of the heavy rainfall of the past "low days there have been numerous landslips on the Hill toads. This morning no fewer than nineteen slips were consted on the road

The following Ports have beon Let the flow of water from the mixins. being expressed in a way which candol bur between Stanley and Victoria.,

specially selected and procured from Messrs. GEO. G. SANDEMAN, SONS & CO., of London, and Oporto, and are of the highest pláss

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reported occur on the boundaries of the New to open the godowns in the vidinary course of

t. THE DISCOVERY WAS MADE

Plaintiff stated that he lent the money to the defendants. At first, the man wanted the money, himself but plaintiff refused to do so palers do. fendant's wife was prepared to affix her signi thunght in this way defendant would be ure, The reason be d

he did this was becaus: be ashamed to go to Court.

Mary Grant went into the box and on haing worn gave a Chinese Dame..

His Lordship catered judgment against the defendants for the sum of $78, including in- forest, with deavo to lesom a fresh weit against Grant, for the balance of the amount claimed.

A FOKI'S TROUBLES,

SUED BY A MONEY LENDER.

Before Mr. Justice Bazzlaud, Acting Palin Judge, ia the Summary Court this mornlar,

Kam to recover the sum of 5.9, amond ander's promissory noleungite

His Lordsbip-Do your admit the debt! Defendant-I only got Sio.. His Lordsbip-The signature is yours? DefoodYeu

that the one had been tapered with. In Oyager Singh, a Sikh watchmo, sued that they had been replaced by two new ones fact, be found that the old locks had gone and

of different palieras to the patent ones they hid in use. This discovery led Mr. Ellis to suppose that the door had been opened and a tirely bathought himself of the Police to whom felony perpetrated. That gentleman.instinc the strange discovery was at once communi

In the City itself, the landslides so far

Gardens, There were two slips, adither caus- ing serious damage. One was noticed just above Caine Roid on the way to Peak Rund engaged removing the debris which was partly In the afternoon a comber of earth collies were

blocking the road. The other landslip in above the gally pullah on the southern boundary of the New Garden in Robinson Road. The damage in till case also is not of great consequence section of Robinson Road that portion west

in marked contrast with the asphalt-surfaced

ward as far as St. Joseph's Cotlege has had all the amface material washed away and the road is readeted a congb one for the

A European officer of the cetective departnection with a former foki and the receipt was

ed concrete metalling scattered about. chair coolies to negotiate with the disintegrate accompanied by a Chiness of the secret given to him

service, was at once detailed to cond act investi- His Lordship Why didn't. you baing hits The Botanic Gardens have not suffered any presence the padlocks were broken open and gations into the mysterious affair. In their damage..

most within a couple of yards of the entrance entiacce gained into the storehouse of the most valuable of Oriental commodities. Lying al were three broken chests whose gunny'

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tips. There is water enough for three months not bave fell disturbed at such ordinary signs The Water Authority is not, to be blamed for cf revolutionary activity as a dynamits outrage being caurlou, and even peaurious in. The or two, or the coatempsible ravings of a lew doling out of scant water. But be two things megelumaniacs who aspire to pose in the sole noted. The rich man, or if the word "rich" of Wastriogien or Lolivar, The Russian attempt Dozen "Bottle be demurred to, let us say the "comfortable at opsetting all the edifice of civilized Society $19.60 $1.70 man," he who bas""two coats and everything and undoing the fabric, of cultured humanity 28.60 2.05: handsome about him," has not been put in under the misused Dames of Liberty and Pro 23.00 2.05 Boy grave, to any rest suffering, in this mattergress bas bappily spent well for the present, of the restriction to two hours-only per day of and the birth disputations of the Duma 29.80 2.55

the water supply. But those who da noti ve at -32.60 2.80.

are a seat advance on the revolver shots the Peak, those who know the real meaning of 'and' rabid violence of the ball-educated, im- 48.60 4.10 Sturm und Draug," have had to buy water mature students, and wholly illiterate work- 55.60 4.70 7o buy toter Thoso The "cout afford it men, who so dearly created a Reigo of actually had to pay so much as bly cents a Terror throughout Muscory. The Lainere, day in coolle hire and purchase money for admirers and imitators of these miserable peo sheer fair water and not so very fair at that ple have so far found their support from. So everely have the recent typhoon rains

DAMAGE AT SUPREME COURT LIBRARY "But others not so bloatedly rich as moto sespectable quad reputable class than the proved to be ip Hongkong that many buildings to be able to affirdififty cents a day (as well noarchists of Russia have dene.. In China the-beth public and private have suffered to as paying water rates for the one absolute real Reform is coming from the serious peace-some oxtent. One of the structures that sus necessary of life, had to go & rly and ill-clad loving" tråders and farmers who have hitherto Court whose weather-defying abilities or tained great damage was the old Supreme aud-perhaps inled or dangerously fed. For resisted change because bey, dreaded disor rather the lack of them, show the need for the cooking pots need elasing

What der. The maoy Loaded demon does not ap- immediate opening of ibe now Judicial building a state of affairs this wholesome rein has end-pear in their eyes any bette master than, the Tha min, unfortunately, came into the Court ed, and how deeply thankful thousands will be five-clawed dragon. What is to be guarded: freely, causing, got only inconvenience bot to have a constant instead of an intermittent against is ab usbreak of the criminal charset,

considerable damage. water supply! Truly they will be able with supported by the half-educated reading class full hearts to thank that Giver who caused led by the aglators and the murderous aur

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the waters to flow out of the rock fy them, hechists who hide concealed in the spreading clave the rock also, and the waters gushed

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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1910.

THE BLOODS OF THE WATER-GATHS.

webs of the secret societies. Audiče symptoms which should put us on our guard are not the self-magnifying vapourings of a few self-styled refarmers, but the disquieting panasiness and division among the great trading guilds, and the uncertainty and general milate among the bankers.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE German Mail' of the int fund has bien delivered in London."

MR. James Mackey, who a quarter of à century'

was a Commissioner of the Chinese Maritime Customs, died at Kobo do zand ult. at the age of eighty-six years.

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cated:

· POLICE INVESTIGATION,

springs had been tom open and the opium "packing of the broken chests bouged up on eighty-ning balls were missing and is they the flor. Upon counting, it was found that were nowhere to be found in the strang-roomi, the conclusion was that they had been

The Court-houses themselves did not sustain a great deal of injúry, but the Library did, as also did the private office and book collec tion of the Hos, Attorney General, Mr Rson Davies. The damage to the Library repres eufs some $:00 only, but although it is not very serious it shows what might possibly occur intial the case of destructiva.rains penetrating to the invaluable archives of the Court,

TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION

INTERRUPTED. Yesterday, we reported the interruption of telegraphic communication with Waglan Lighthouse. This morning nows comes of the connteion with Peak Signal Station and the Otsavalory at Kowloon being broken off Gap Rock Lighthouse maintains unimpaired its cable communication with the Harbour Office.

THE WATER SUPPLY. ing the sufficiency of the water supply, this There need be pp (uriber anxiety concern

your. After last night's exceptionally, beavy downpour, we were induced to ascertain from the officials of the Public Works Depart

pres"-without taking into consideration any other data than those which have cotitled this unhappy country to be described as.one in which hopes however apparently justified are dagmed to disappointment. The consideration of the same set of circumstances leave upon a thoughtful mluḍ the same impression of incon. sequence and the dread of that "conséquence

· d'une conséquence" which the womb of Time may at any moment bring forth. When, in 1900 many keen observers rofused to believe that the A KOWLOON contractor was fined $50 of itement the condition of the, ressivoirs on the falling barameter of Law and Order in North Magistracy this morning, or blasting soue Island Mr. Jackman, executive engineer Chioa portended anything more than merely zear Lysmian Pass. It appeals that one of the in charge of the waterworks, as usual, was

for which Wo applied. The statistics were made up to this morning and are as follows:-

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Lordship-Have you got the receipt? Defendant The money was taken in com

bare?:

There was no answer from the defendant, Plaintiff was recalled into the witness-box. ~~ His. Lordship-Is it trus that defendant only got Sto

Plaintiff No,

stalments of $5 each, the first instalment to be His Lordship made an order for monthly in-* -paid on the 1st of AugUSI

THE WATER SUPPLY,

fond concerning the recent raidfull. Writing! In another column official figures, will be

on this subject a corsaspoodedt says

One should have thought that all the exu boraut rains! ain would have wadej misk ed'difference in 100 water supply lu“ odpralare volts. The fic emains, however, that the apparent supply of drinking water does not appear to have increased, to aby great exinut. The Hill streams aış all running strong, though,

· CARLIED 'AWAY AS LOOT,

balls. The quality of the drag selected by the The Eg balls represent something over two chists, as the contents of each are forty burglars for their priza" was Now Bebaros, and, at the current market price, the loot is di a value of over four thousand dolista.

ir surmised that the thieves under of the stormy night and the lorica: raics saw their opportunity to put into effect their nefarious designs, as it is wholly idconceble that they would be so bold auto put the plan_into_operatia under--and doubtless the deplenished supply will be ordinary circumlatices. As a rule the vicinity of the gedowns, situated in the midst of all the merchant hoogs and Bank Square, is usually well watched: At the entrance to the fatercational Bank's pie mites, where the sobbery was committed, on the Queen's Bead side, an Indian watchman is constantly posted throughout the night" under, ordinary circumstances. Moraover, the Bank itself in "It up from whitia over- turned on throughout the night. The thlover the public counter, an electic, lamp being must paya sedo their opportunity last night when all the man on watch under the open indoors by wind and bluding rain. archway must have been driven into shelter The Police have the matter in hand and are purcing searching investigation, with a view

acident, pad considering the’voluminous ture of the loot that has been safely trans- ported through the City into hiding, it most besitmitted one's Neure of security for valuable property is not very reassuring. The 'removal of 89'halls of stolen opiam is

made good in due couran. Tyum is reported: to be only about half-full-a state of things the next dry season-but on the other hand which does not help to brighten prospects for the low-level reservoirs are pretty well primed to their full capacity and ought to enable residents to tide over the short commons of the days to come.

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HM. COMMERCIAL ATTACHE,

China in the absence Mr. W. P. Ker, who left The duties of British Commercial Attaché la fast wock for England on furlough, will be ua- destiken by Mr. B. H. Fox, until lately `H. M. Consul at Wuhu, Mr. Fox, who arrived isst

local disturbances, there were others who appre-firing pieces of stobe 'found its way into Dr. prompt in obliging with the official, figures |‚0. sunning the thieves to earth. After this week.in Shanghai, left for Peking on the 28th headed, and rightly apprehended, a situation Tanley's office.

THERE were no less than eleven case's 'which' were mentioned before Mr. Justice: Maxoland, Acling Paisns Judge, in the Summary Court this morning in which Sikh money-leaders appeared as plaintiffs,

as

Reservoirs, Taithmnion Bye wash...mn. Wong-nel-chung

Poktalar

Gallops. 149,403,000 €

5,067,000

23,986,000

66,000,000

Istemediate ..................... 138,079,0=0

Total gone...,3°2,526,030 ·

D MONO' CHILD'S PLAY and the fact that it was accomplished polats to the tosufficiant patrol of the business agains(2441742,000 this time last year, More-pole in at least one part of the Colony ́qualer of the City and calls for additional

over, on the authority of Mr. Jackman, we have the commercial houses whose store-rooms are where sbtojuta safety must be guaranteed to it that Pokfulam seservoir is now overflowing, stacked with valuable merchandior. Evidently should considerably augment the quaily in most be quite a small gang of men, and Teitam is already half full and the copies the perpetrators of last night's daring robbery storage. sucams now fɔwing from the catchment areas

The Warrior King who sang in poems which as momentous for China as the Tat Ping se in every dres, from Hebrew to Greck from: bellion. We wrote as long ago as 1899 that Greek to Latio, and in our own English, are all Europeans in China were Nainting-on the mast expressive of every want and every suf- top of a volcano," and that an eruption would fering of man, cried out in the "barren and dry come of a surprising kind." Now waive auch land where no water" way, "this honer were

the same phenomena repeat themselves, and MESSAS. Brewer and Complay, Limited, sed barned as in an heartb; his heart was smitten thecals of a repetion of disorder and of the W. de Rpri'is the Summary Count his and withered like grass." Whob, however, outbreak of war is the Chiness Empire have moroing to cover the sum of $10.40 for goods "He commanded the clouds from above and, constantly been heard during the past ten asid and delivered judgment was entered for opened the doore of heaven," the wells were filled with water and the dry ground was made symptoms, of the growing evil, and it is this

years. We have feared only one of the worst the plaintiff, wiśli costs. Into water springs." He wateraih the hills from which now concerosus. When the great guilds Hẫy chambers; the earth is fatisfied with the of merchants and of traders among the Chinese frult of His works! So may we echo the royal show signs of uneasiness and mutual distrust, singer of long ago when we too have cause to when many of the chief men retira from their rejoice that "the wilderness has been turned position of leaders of ibase influential corpor fato a standing water.". "We in Hongkong bave alioss, and, most "especially, when Chinese known something very like fear-the draid of banks exhibit, not the sarried phalanx of con- a famine or scarcity of that sweat gift of cested action,which spells pesce, order, and Heaven "which every" poet, from David to prosperity among the sons of Had throughout

· Tennyson, kas mied as the symbol of all gind the Empire, but on the contrary, the dis promlun, of fruitfaloess, the cool means of union and ghlinest which are now in All purity and cleistiness. So many people evidence, it is time to remember the lessons here have had to suffer the bitter uncertainty of the past, and take, such precautions as of restricted water supply those who one may to avoid the repetition of past have never been without water cannot takes, and the commission of even greater the course of an action in the Bammary Imagine what acuto discomfort this feftors than those which may "he attributed to Court the moralog, it was stated that the.

were charged in the Police Court this morslag Two substitute forensen on board the Mongifte with stealing a quality of zinc plates from the the ship. Each of the men was awarded fourteen. We bare ascontained that days' hard labour and six boun' stocks.

and

so many have koowa what it is to dorito choose between a bath and a dinner that

we are glad to record the good news, afforded us the courtesy of the Water Authority, that, for

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ought to have their eyes open into trouble HEAVY rains 'gometimer tijd) lodians who per week when there is a constant supply, of water is at the rate of thirty-six million gallons

Au lodian policeman was charged befora Me resorted to in the Rider Main districia

which is reduced to twenty seven or twenty- ER, Halisian atthu Magistracy this moralog that with an available visible, supply of sight million wheh the intermittent supply is

with sleeping of duty and was remanded. 582,536,000 gallons, the Island can be main- The Colonial Treasurer proceedod against

postitystained on a constant supply for elevan weeks three shop-keepers in the: Pálice: Coon the momleg for giving ugtamped receipts. Two of the delingen were each Road. So wille mis. the third party escaped lightly With 55,

lasufficient knowledge and the helplessness coudt of the sum lous

of laexperience. The complete uneltismass of 4,5465, on which Issuing Idicis, and publishing decrees without now dae, thus taking any active and visible stopt to enforce · principal,

without any further rainfall, or over three reduced to short commons in the Rider Main districts (re

ARTHREK DAYS' RAĮNYALL.

#sapan

there is no knowing but when, encouraged by the success of one night's solly and the valuable haul secured, they might pot restore

samo locality. into the vaults of one or other of our Banks in

AT TAK SHRINE OF MARS;

THE ARMY PAGEANT, {

Londay, June 15. Field Marshal Lord Roberts has opened the gics, Army Pagenot, in Fulbinos, Palace

During the past three days, there has been grounds. The Pageant depicts the develop

aggregate fall of rain atm

Taitam of 15.79 inches,

Pokfulam of an For each day the

party mai- follows:

"gauges registered as

́mant of the Army from the earliest time op- ›ward, and the findst episodes of the Continental wan-N. C, D, News

A NATIVE WA Hoed $50 by Mr.

gistracy this morning for selling dents

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PASSING OF KOREA,

INAUGURATION OF)

Tokio,: June 22 heinauguration of the Colonial Board.

and Minister of Railways), will be president Castled to day, Marquis, Ketua and Barang Goto, in addition to their present posts (Premier

will supervise all afairs "la: Koris,” Formore, and vice-president, respectively. The Board the Japanese perilen of Saghalies and pon leased from Chips), hajada diplomatic affairs in Kuantong (ibe territory

The Gazelle notice abows that the term Japan Dow includes Koret, whoso siatus becomes

milar to that of Formosa and Saghalien

if TAU Importance of the Board is but lir iamiamount, to s Dapartment of Stain.-N. GEL D. Now

A CHINAMA in the Pollës Co rogus and a vagabo

ded five days' hard labour:

rolog, for belog

bold