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Intimation.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY SEPTEMBER 10 1910

THREEHOUSES FALL

their side of the argument. When last month Big Building Collapse.

deputation of influential shipping firms, Including Sie James Mackay and Sir W. Adamson, also Messi Holt andy hompson and oibere, waited on Earl Crowe to pro test against the Bill to be submitted to the Legislative Council in Singapore for the purpose of controlling freight rates Sir James Mackay in a long speech urged that the Bill

FIVE ME KILLED: MART-INJURED.

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(A DOCTOR'S „VIE!

at förde me pleasure alftiments made

orate, the,

PRISONER

days, those perfect holidays during which we first learned to be, or to think ourselves, amphibious. What a time that was! The long wanderings by the shingle covered beach, or over the rands at low tide to the seaweed slippery rocks--our escapades with A. S. WATSON & CO., other people's boats the lonely rambles up country lanes kweer with honeysuckle, or later on mysteriously liated with the threat of autumn-there are only some was contrary to the law of Britain, and collapso la Morison Street nearby where that. United States, India, China, the Arctic Te sum of $1,000 from the Hong

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The bad reputation which Hongkong suffers under for Jerty-building was accentuated vary forcibly on Saturday night last by a later ise

thoron blare fins Jervola Strest, a beigh-

Hingis The Habits of Seame 13,

taty of the Impe il Merchant' Guild, regard-

I speak from considerable expatiens, have sailed as ship surgeon on voyages to the bourhood that cams late notorious prominence sons, and Pers. I have gaze a good deal of during the house collapse epidemic some our scalaring folks, and have of halittles in five or six years ago. Since that time until paying that it would be unfair to brand them as to quite recently, we have enjoyed practically an immunity from this species of pubile disaster but within the past few weeks there has been a recrudescence of these happenings, brought on, no doubt, by the excessively beavy rains that have deluged the Colony. The facts of the case are base, it

THE RESCUE.'

a drunken ciesTURES

No doubt when the sailor gain ashore after a voyage he is apt so indulge too freely, and there is no denying the fact that the fireman frequently state to a voyage, suffering from the effects of deep potations, and celebrates the end of it with a very lies. indul,erca la liquor., Bat they do not drink at #20, kod, taking the years round, they consume last alcohol than the same class ashore. It is to be

depleted that the foolish fellows look upon

of the Finest Pure Malt closes when the hottest weather begins sim to the deputation he pointed out that completely collapsed and that a great many of these men.

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thelegitimate splecsforthe hardships of a long voyage, or the broiling heat of the slokehold in the tropics. As to the Captain and. Officers of Fire Brigade weder Acting Firemaster Ruruzercantile marino, there is no class for wom I have grantor respect, sympathy, and good will houses, No. 13 and 15, Morrison Street had

It was then discovered that the two adjoining I have often thought that the public, and ship: owners do not quite realise what they owe to the unfortunate accupants ware buried under the debris. Some of these were still crying loudly for assistance, and the work of rescue was set about with a will and at great danger. to all concerned, for the party walls of the two adjoining houses were every moment threaten ing to callspis also, &t the time of the disaster it was stimated that there wore about

of those unforgettable pleasures which most posed to the judgment of the Royal Com of us remember were bitterly cut short by the mission. The Conference had benefited 13th or some other date in the first half of trade in Singapore and had never attempted September. In the temperate climate of to impose inequitable rates. The proposed

In the t Europe a boy returns to his, work after his measure would be an intolerable a and un summer holiday invigorated and refreshed. precedented interference with the trade of He has had just the amount of play necessary the port. The actual trade arising from Sing to prevent him from becoming a "dull boy" apore was comparatively insignificant and and if his teachers are at all judicious and the transhipment trade was such that under worthy of confidence they will not delay in the abnormal system of Government in pointing out to him the very grave import terference it would find outlets elsewhere,

Between half past eight o'clock and nine ance of using his quickened faculties of body namely, in the neighbouring Dutch porclock p.m. on Saturday, the Foice were up and mind, under their expert guidance, to the It was easy to drive away trade and extremely prised that a disaster had occurred in Morrison advantage of his intellect and character. Not difficult to get it back. Earl Crewe gav Street and immediately upon receipt of the the least of the many dificulties attending sympathetic reply and promised to communi-message Chief Inspector Baker turned out with the education of the young in hot climates, cate with the Governor of the Straita. His - a rescue parly from the Central along with the especially boys, is that the summer holiday Excellency the Governor replied to this to cannot be a period of physical enjoyment as the effect that "in a telegram received from MacDonald. it is in more favoured fatitudes. School Lord Crewe his Lordship stated that in reply ply because neither teachers nor puplis are would be a serious matter for him to inter fit for anything. The exigencies of modern fere directly with a proposed law which was life sternly demand that as soots as the cool supported by the majority of the Council and et weather sets in our boys must return to was endorsed by the Governor, but that the their books. It seems very hard to them matter bad not reiched that stage yet. Ha that just as the weather in beginning to be advised the deputation to endeavour, if tolerable and a follow can get about and they dislike this proposed law, ito avoid the do something," they should find themselves accessity for it by remedying what was con- hampered and confined by the discipline sidered locally a real grievance. of school, and that the body after the later messages we learn that Sir James lassitude and nervelessness of summer, Mackay said he had no personal interest in should, just as it is beginning to be the homeward trade from Singapore. After revivified by the life giving breezer of referring to the marvellous strides made Robert Porter & Co.'s autumn, be forced to give way to this inexor in the prosperity of the Straits Settle able dictates of the developing mind. Everyments, attributable to freedom of trade, schoolmaster knows the importance of he said, now that trade was booming, and year. He alone knows how difficult this is, and bouude, a Bill was being introduced which He has insensibly, invisibly as it were, to completely upset the Free Trade principles inspire his pupils, not only to call forth from which formed the sheet-anchor of the their own better aatures their finest latent supremacy of the British Trade, On the STOUT moral qualities but also to endow them with other hand, the opponents of the measure

new ideas of strength, diligence and ambi- argue that it will interfere with the in PINTS and SPLITS.

tion. The step ahead into fields of study as well-being, and prosperity of the Colony. yet unentered may be made a path of wret The Bill provides for the penalising of for chedness and gloomy misery to a boy under eign as well as British shipowners, and if a stupid unimaginative pedant. By 'a sympassed into law, might fand Britalo into seri

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making a good beginning of the school exports and imports were advancing by leaps

A. S. WATSON & CO., pathetic teacher it may be made a journey ous international complications in the vast

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TWENTY PERSON

of them bad time to escape.

Skip officers' as a rule, azo poorly paid, and they have very heavy responsibilities. At se there are the watches on the bridge ("Monnt Mivery")—it may be la the bitter cold gales of the North Atlantic, with the spindrift fashing into the face and eyes over the "dodger"; it may be under the dealing glare of the tropical aud; it may be on pitch dark nights, peering | through driving rain in

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Tefo e Mr. Justice zılında Judge, si the Orininst Sessions Phân Tin Chenara và india receiving, a sinlen deposit rie tences and falsely representing Ah King, whereby, he attemp

bal Fank. Mr. C. Gralabas Mr. H. L. Dennys, Jr, from

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citor's office, apposted for Eldon Potter, Instructed by. of Mestra Goldring, Barlow and Mon präsented the defendset. As the pilioner b entered plea of guilty third count, the LOW CERITA jury v era disp......ted, with;

Mr. Alabaster stated that ton facts of the case vere that some time ago a woman da posited the sum of 5,000 at the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank and took the deposit, receipt: with her to Macao, While there, the honin la which the was staying was eateḥnd ker of rabbers, who stole the receip took the receipt to the Bank ca sions but was refused paymır Shortly afterwards the found

Mr Potter agreed with the sta by the prosecution but took exception? ailegation that prijoost had deliberately triad defraud the party inqosstiof. Ofthetointija the loss of the deposit receipt was reported at: the Bank but it was not until Angust that prio soner went to the Birk sta ezdinwound to obtain the money two musiks after the note had been reponed missing. He had only duen in Hongkong twice. When is cims to the Col by in August list, Le was taken to shop called 1 Wong Kwong Wing Tai by a certalo party, who said that the money belong. |

ed to his brother and after a lot of persuasion "PICK OF LIGHIS." ·

succeeded in inducing the prisoner to go to the No wonder the gyer get strained and blood: |: Bink and obtain the money. He was inhuet, shot. In port the ordeal is perhaps more exed that in case a book was produced, he thau'd bausting. Standing on deck for worry hours | write iba nime of áb King in it. "At the Bank tallying cargo under the bi,xs of an Indian a book was produced and prisoner sigund, the sun, with the "constant din of rattling steam name of Ah King. The mere lid of a book winches and the yelling of human voicos, it being produced should have si Msed to put any

one on his guard but it failed to put prisoner on aber wearing to the nervOK.

in the two tenements, which were occupied as shops on the ground fisor and dwellings on the upper. So sudden was the collapse that sone It appears that the fistiblog to causa the catastrophe was the giving way of the thin partitton wall between the two fated houses This was followed by a portio.of the frontage

I am tempted to say mo.e of the physical | Kis quard. He was used as a tool in acolhers! collapsed and come crashing down to the sixain and mental worries to which then men hands but fortunately, the woman lost Bolbing ground one 'upon sociber, whilst the lualdo | a e subj:c'ed in their ardoous avocation ; but ! | as a result of the men's attempt to defrand! walls of the buildings on either side threatened have said enough to show that there is no need her. Prisoner went to the Bank a second time to call alcohol as an explanation of mischief | but was refused payment audos going the third occurring in eye or hirve, though doubtless in Jaime he was arrested, In view of thors facts some cares it may be a factor.

and having regard to the man's past character

wall

falling into the street. Then the top foar

every moment to follow suit,

As may be imagined, the dangers that the rescue party had to undergo were not small in

the circumstances; yet they continued their work with indomitable courage. At the risk of being buried under-tottering" brickwork and beams, they contrived to

CUT A ROAD

leto the kitchen of No. 15, where three injured occupants were found to be imprisoned beyond eight others were rescued through the efforts means of anything but outelde eld. Seven or of the salvage party, who had now been rejaforced by a l'ablic Works Contingent and a crowd of tani ary Department.stivais, all of whom worked with a will to get the victims out. Three dead bodica were recoveted.

and valuable trade carried on by British ships between purely foreign parte. "British ships," said Mr. Darbishire at the Council meeting, "are thus peculiarly open to reprisals,, and their world-wide ramifications might prova uncommonly awkward if Britain, through one of her Crown, Colonies, were id, so an example by grandmotherly legislation of the kind contemplated. The perspective of Singapore was necessarily a restricted one"

walls through which they could crawl to safety Their vision was confined to their own nator at last be dragged out. All the injured row surroundings. One did not blame them · were sent to hospital, where ozu'died, ".** if they failed to realise that a measure pass To make matters worse, the iuïns now went.

who

la the chip of two of the m lay under the debris a way had to be cut to them by miking holes in the abutting

In my experience the Officers of jour mer. | —and there was no reason why bls Lordihip cantile marlon are a sober, wall-conducted class | should not accept bis story-ha diked that the of men, devoted to the faithful discharge of prisoner be dealt with ligh ly. Of course, hi their odorous duties. And wall is it for the was technically guily fór eigelog the unme of. public and for shipowners that it is so.

Ab King and thus, representing himself as Al

As to tobacco-it is the gitat solice for these' | King,

poor fellows when relieved iram duty; but I fear that ja some cases it is indulged is too freely.

It has given me p'o semra to bear testimony on behalf of my old shipmates; but at the same |

time, I am sure that Dr Harrison Buller never meant to brand the Officers of our me:cantile are as an intemperate class of mar-Dr. J. W, Allan in the Mideal Journal. "......

At this point His Lordship said that ha was bound to take into consideration the statements which were subiequently made by the prisoner.

Mr. Potter submitted that wary often prisnes era made foolish statements to the Police. In that particular instance a chit was sent to prisoner while the falter was confloed lo jail in which

he was warned to stick to the original

story or it might mean ten pairs' bard labour, which to an ignomat man was an appalling

of exploration so interesting that even a boy hitherto backward may be lured to undertake it. In the higher grade schools of Hongkong, Queen's College, the Diocesas School, and [18 St. Joseph's College, the competition in the apper forms is apparently very keen. It is in this Obristmas term that the report will come from England of the success or failure of the Hongkong candidates in the Oxford lo cal examinations. There can be no doubt that an ardent desire for distinction in the University local examinations is responsible for the excellent results of the work done in several of the Hongkong schools. Masters and boys not only vie with each other in real but work together in straining every nerve to whole. The measure was not wanted, and ser, for the gas mains in the houses had been wo.k ending 3rd Sept a mounted to 3.1467.65 Bank with the defendant bat discreetly kept

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SUBSCRIPTION RATES (IN ADVANCE) DAILY-886 par aucun. WEEKLY--$18 per annum. Tha'tates per quarter and per menasm, proportional Shwetations for any period lew than one month

lam dharged na for a full mouth. The dolly Sans le delivered free when the address i

Accessible to masenger. Pank subscribers can have thair copia dalivared at their residences without any anten charge. On ooples went by post an ́additional $1,80 par quarter is charged for poringa. | | 505 CONFERENOH" "SHIPPING, The poings on the woskly laus to any part of the

world is 30 benia par quaiter...

do credit to their class, their school, and the Colony of Hongkong. We have oo meant of reference to hand, but was it not St. Joseph's Colloge which scat up last year 38 candidates for the Oxford locals and obtain. ed 38 successes ?

d've conta (for cash only),

BIRTH,

August and Annie Chap ́isín a daughter.

HOWITZERS at a ta milis ranga skatlored dummy aisship towed over Whitstable Bay by

A scout,

MR. G. F. Nightingale, who succeeds Mr. R. A. Coates as principal of the Macro Commere cial cool asrived by the Fintehas

state of affaith. He ambmilled, that it was on of those cases where a man conlessed bis fault. (and ho asked his Lo dship to deal with the, man asleolozily as possible, His Lordship had the power to deal with him Innlenily. As a matter of fact, one of thimen who won Con-- cerned in the robbery actually went to the

ed by a Crown Colony might be far-reach-on Bra and the work of reliel bad temporarily to log and affect the trade of the Empire, as a be suspended whilst the Brigade or the out THE total output of the Chinese and Eginear breakunder control. Nor was this an easy mating and Miolog Company's thran mluas for the if enacted in the Straits would eventually broken, and it is supposed that one of these

at the back ofthe premises and took good, cara tell against British shipping the world over, had become ignited from the kitchen are. At

tons and the sales during the puried, to to impress upon the defendant the story by was The shipping interest represented by the any rate, the conflagration raged very fiercely

21,973.15 ton"," delegales owned no less than 5.308,926 for several hours, and hid planty to feed on ia

FILMS of the Jeffries-Jokeson prize-fight have His Lordship said that he thought the story tons, whereof 1,713,446 tons was. British. the broken for placking a.d the wooden

bean 'shown at Doblio, this bring their firiş | put forward by the defence was true. He was, They were merely the managers of these Br.beams that lay in a main on the granad for. 'cxhibition in the Ualted Kingdum," Efforts to however, satisfied that prisoner well know that fish ships, the trustees of thousands of share. As the flames were being extinguished, tha

get their "presentation probiblind bawa' falled | hn was trafficking in" stolas: property, but the

-nands-of-justiça would be asisfied by sentence- holders throughout the country to whom the FW.D. men began to shore up the party walls, and there was a crowded attendance,

of four months' hard labour

'executed with

COMMENDABLE PROMPIITUDE, Meanwhile the Sanitary Department servante started again to clear away the debris, shovel ling the loose stuff into baskets for deposit in the side streets, throwing the wood debris to Dan sids, and recovering as much as possible of personal property, such as trunks, merchan dise, me.

to say.

been held on the Cricket Grepad on Saturday || KOLANGSO (AMOY) MUNICIPAL evening had to be postponed owing to the heivy rain I came on about nine o'clock.

We understand that the concert will be held on Thursday next, weather percäitting.

GOUNCIL

the Bard Room, on the sath August, 1910.

Mistics of a musting of the Coppci), held at

|_ Petani ;~Mairs W, Krusa (Chairman), F,

From the latest Eingapore papers to hand, vessels belonged, Mr. Darbishire's remarks of Nos. 11 and 17, which every minute threats THE Cricket Club concert which was to have gone bi

about the far-reaching effects that the legisla.ed to fall into the breach. This work was tion of a Crown Colony may have upon other parts of the Empire are amply bome out by the instance of the Sunday Labour Ordinance, which emanated from Hongkong and has benefitted seafarers the Empire over Whatever effect, the new anti-Conference Bill is going to have, whether for good or ill, we suppose that there is nothing for it but to adopt Mr. Asquith's historic advice to the Commons:" "Wait and see?"

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bingle Cople, Dally, ten cente, Weekly, twenty- we note that the Freight and Steamship Bill was taken in Committee at the last meeting of the Straits Legislative Council. In that On September 10, 1910, at Shaoghal, to stage it still remains, but there seems to be no doubt that it will pass through its final stages by means of official force, majetre, Con August 16, 1910, at Dusseldorf on Rhine, This measure his many peculiar features and has led to much actimonious discussion, debate and newspaper correspondence, with, On September 17, 1910, at Fan Francico, apparently, very little effective result so far as Kathaisen, Johnstone, the beloved wife of its opponents in the shipping interests have been able to protest against it. For us in Hongkong the lesson it conveys is peculiarly

- MARRIAGE.--

“Germany, Carl. Cito Frericks of Hankow to

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The Hengkong Helsgraph

LIEUZ, Q. H. Neil-James has been appointed first lieutenant of the sloop Clio, Chins quadres, on recommissioning, and also inter preter of Japanese. This officer, began his service in the Royal Navy in May, gco, and reached his present rank in April, 1905,

All day yesterday the work Continned withont cessation, but the day was not to end without even further disaster, for in the

Return of visitors to the City Hall Library afternoon the partition wall of No. 17 came and Museum for the week ending the 18th Sep: cown with a run and the whole three fi2011 and

|tember, 1910 tim

Trugkong Belegraph significant, because of the fact that there is TER U.S.S. Wilmington returned to port this roof followed. Luckily the gang of workers to

HONGKONG, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1910.

moring from Swalow.

TEE St. Petersborg comespondent of Zima reports that the official statistica in regard to the cholera outbreak n:o appiling. in the whole Empire there have beau 154.445 coses mod 44,793 dantur. Hvi

Library

Non Chinese Chinese

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S. Fenwick, C. Lai, J. Mencarial, L. Thomas, K. Tru zarabara, and the Secretary.

The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.

A petition was read frem Ng Ceas; a wallf boatman, asking the Council's permission to `iemove water from the filing sthan petition

was refuted.

The Capt. Supt; reported that the following cases bid been dealt with at the Mixed Cont

Manam

since the last masti

215

3. Ilfögally removing

2,425 2,571

|charge=s, Throwin

no saying at what moment some such mea

had warning that the wall was falling down, aura will not be promulgated by our own

but at the most they accaped only by the Government who have already fustituted

narrowest, as for No. 17, it had already beep condemned as unsafe some time ago by the

drafos 13 Debt 1HB CHRISTMAS TERM,

& Customs Service in the Fort and might

P.W.D., and its occupants had left,

THE Bipping Garello understands that the stray be tempted for revenue purposes to harness

THE REAR WALLAS Wow Beamer Shibata Horn, owned in Hongkong, deras Jus All the school have now reast:mbled the shipping trade in the next place. We after the long vacatio

PERSON and cow lying in the Tyas, has been sold for Failing to s of the collapsed buildings now showed signs of Some of them be- do not aver, of course, that such a pro THE Rev. Christopher Hudson, the vicar who coming down also; so in order to ensure the something under £8,000. The Shibata Kaitasing threatening! gan the term as long as a fortnight ago and ject is at present in contemplation; but the was fabibited for contracting not legal safety of the workers befow it was decided was built at Sandeiland in 1886, and engined deportation, Attem the last of all, we think, did so on the 13th object-lesson of Singapore and Fenang giver marriage," his lawfat wife having lived apart to bring down the top ponion betimes, at West Hartlepo. She is an Iron stars the leland to Instant. There would really seem to be a sort one cause to ponder over future potentialities from him for fire year, was locked out of his This was accordingly dope by means of

with a gross tonnage of 1690, and a cut of fashion governing the date of the re-open in the direction. Es time progresses, the church at Sutton: Obenny, near Nuannice, en playing the hote upon it, so that it fell barm 1,740 tons, ing of school after the summer holidays. Why | abipplug interests of this Port "grow more August, ar, and another clergyman took his lessly, Among those who helped to dinci. Accondi: 0 1ɔ se American Consular Rep 1, the 13th of September should be the favourite and more complicated to the outside under

place

**********perations yaturday Wars (by Hoa, Mr. W. a. great qʻzinlily of the fan Bir Used by date selected by headmasters we cannot standing, for new steamship connectioca and À CORONER's inquest was held before Mr. J. R. Chatham and Mr. B. D. G. Wello. Where all American Indias

Like prevail. Imagine, but we very well remember the sailings are continually springing up, neces Wood, Second Police Magistrate, in the Folice worked so well wed with such good will it log fashions.com hatred with which our boyhood contemplat stating amended agreements between ship Court this afternoon to inquire into the cire would be lev.dious almost to mention names, Cəlal of 445.731 ed the approach of that fatal day. It must ping companies who do not desire to trespass attending the death of Loven bat specially good work was done by Fins from Ho

Chinese) at 9% and top, Jervois Sirest on the master: KnoDonald, Euspacior

the result® deBanliary Depxitiment and Ber Castro appeared as bas "bad

be remembered that in Europe the summer on each other's routes unduly and yet are th September last

Tys, of 95, Jarvola Street. Th ence showed that dinik in the

in the happiest time of the year for a boy, desirous of securing a fair abare of the Mr. Les. d'Almada Many of the sports and games dear to his trade. Hence the existence of

of the Con- half of the serviving phitlón cf the Wih Hing full swing, especially those ference, Certainly, it has been villided by his own way and certain shippers, and by many has been put

pon a level with the United States Truste the deceased was day to

deceased was badly burat bat: "death was unknowns"- Afti

ckat can that rightly hava, been condemned as deleterious to the public welfare. But there

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