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Intimation.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY SEPTEMBER 126 1910

the first consignment of the valuable fuel from the Company's pits at Tongshan to America. In noting the telegram in its columns, the Sydney Daily Telegraph observes that the fact as reported by cable

the fact as that a shipment of 5,000, tons of coal has

Kowloon Railway Piers The Kumchow Fire. but in the confusion uong beard bim. Finally, sampaus as soon as the fire broke

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At the offices of the Public Works Depait-

surveyor, put up for sale by public auction the right of erecting and maintaining a plus over Crown foreshore opposite Ice House Strat alas of two subsidiasy p'ers when the increase in the railway traffic may demand their contrec tion. There were only two bidders for the pier rights. The reserva price was $15,000 and the Hon. Mr. E. Osborne, secretary of the Star Ferry Co., Ltd., started the first bid of $1500. Tais was covered by Mr. Li Plug Kwong ba tween whom and Mr. Osborne the price was son up to $17.9co by successive bids of 5:00 each. At the last named figure the Hon. Mr. Osborne was declared the purchaser on babalf of the Star Terry Co.

THE WRECK OF H. M. S.. BBDFORD,

The following in from the Nagdatki Pros et September 17-The Misu Bishi salvage steamer Oura-maru returned here on Thursday night from Quelpart. Her officers report that the Bosford is practically in' the same con- dition as when she way last visited. At low tide the deck it well above water and distance it is difficult to imagine that the cruiser a hopeless wreck. As the is hard and fast on the rock, it is not expected that there will be much change in ber condition for some time to come. This trip the Oana-mais could osly engage in aulvage work on one day owing to the bad weather, and little was accomplished. It is not yet known if the salvagę siesmer will retorn to the wreck, ›

test the market" is a remarkable example of the changing conditions in the East and of their effect upon the Australian outlook. Hitherto Chlaz lini been a purchaser of coal from Australia, and-in. that sepse an em ployer of Australian labour. But now it would appear that she contemplates entering the arena as a "competitor with the Common worlth for the coal trade of other countries. The extent of the Chinese coal deposits is known to be enormous, and as they become more easily accessible with the opening up of the country by railways a constantly increasing output may be looked for.

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We ardentand that at fast one side of the many glib'talkers about employers and em

pier will be exclusively reserved for the railway ployees the position is often quite misunder traffic, bile the other half will be used for the stood. The employer in every case is the ordinary Kowloon arvita. It will be some consumer to whom both the capitalist and time before the new piez can be constructed and the labourer stand in the relation of cms for the smaller neding stages it may be ployees. As a large portion of Australian years before there wil be any necessity for their coal is mined for export, the employers, as erection. far as this part of it is concerned, therefore, are foreigners to whom no arbitration awards made by the Courts can apply." "They will employ the people who give them the best value for their money. Australia's great advantage is in the very high quality of her coal, but the quality of some of the new Chinese mines that are bling opened' up has yet to be seco. The whole question, however, is. What amount of heating sad lighting power can be purchased for a given sum of money? Quality is one part of the question, price the other, and both have to be considered together. The Chinese miners work seven days a week, and there is no Arbitration Court to limit the number of hours from bink to bank. There is prac tically no loss of capital through idle plant,

·Labour is plentiful and cheap. Contractors require the protection of no strike clauses, If American consumers or others outside the jurisdiction of Australian laws choose to take advantage of these conditions and employ Chinese or Japanese to get coal for them, the Commonwealth Government cannot in sist on their giving preference to Australians, whether they be unionists or non-unionists Australia must give them as good value as they can get elsewhere, or abandon the of opened up mines she was able to get down to Wonsung to help the Protese ince monopoly prices in the foreign markets port. The Proisks was expected to be docked at the Yangierpso Dock at midnight last night within a commercial radius of her ports, the will be examined immediately and but if others are coming into the field estimates will be obtained fox repairs. The [x that advantage will disappear. The ocean refloating of the steamer reflects considerable"

Papp highway is free to all, and Australia credit upon all concerved. is as-powerless to exclude Asiatic seamen from competing for the foreign trade as Asiatic miners or Aslatic shipbuilders.' It is no use "ignoring these facts; they are there and will make themselves felt, whether Australia recognise them or not. Australia may draw a fiscal ring fence round local Commonwealth industry and impose, what conditions the pleases within that narrow circle, but she cannot dictate terms to the people of other countries from whom the seeks employment at producing articles for export..

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in PINTS and SPLITS.

THE'S..." PROTEUS."

SUCCESSFULLY RE-FLOATED,

The C. E. & M. S. Projans (chartered) ar- sived in the app yesterday evening, posts the M. C. D. As of 20th inst. She was

refisated, after being a ground at Drinkwater.

Point, North Channel, since the 4th instast by the salvage party dispitched by the New Ha- gineering and Shipbuildic g 'A 6. 21, L9,, assisted by the Kechien Tag and Transpotation Cale

MARINE COURT OF INQUIRY,

THE FINDING: CONDUCT OF THE CREW "CENSURED.'

A Marine Court to inquire into the circums

he managed to climb up by himself about three-qun tern of so bour. Just then the fire flat ger alongside and commenced threwing! water in the damen. He assisted the Gremen to get their bones along, Before he wont below he saw the pastanger) in their'q anare. He didn't sen anything of them when the fi imen brckscut. stances attending the fie na board the songer there, looking on. Besides him there When he got on deck again thate was ona pas- Kumchaw the other day, was held of the Har were only the fireman, from the flist to be seen bour Office this foranson, Commander Basil Afies the fire bad b co subdued a bit be look- Taylor, RM, presided, and the Court was comed round, and found not a single member of posed of Lieut. Henry Butterworth, A., Captain the crew was on board, and sil passengers had Hards, of the 1.3. Sunghiangs Capt. W. also gone except this one. The End mato add Passmore, Hatching and Capt.cagiceers were aff, and could'nt yet through the flames. Ha got on deck at about 3 o'clock, Grist, appeared on behalf of the mister of the Mr. Reader Hanis, of Mess. Wilkinson and

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Mooney, 13, Chip Shing.

was no shouting, and there of sampans and mo Ward also did not app they were going over the side break of the forecastle; they sat lines by which they were getting into tam He saw no proic of any kind. There danger to quy one,/

coolies never use anything but kar don't tblak, they would use cofra ifilt werd given them. We do not asa keratins in the sur lamps ourselves,

By Kt. Barris:30. far as I know the

Comd. C. W. Beckwith, R., was the sixt witness eximised. He saidi- received massage at my house at 7.15 am, on the 14th.

hunch

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of telling the tims. He ocupied himself in the police launch. On as near as he could judge, bat ha had no means" i dressed and went to police pier to wait lot.

helping the firemen and in shifting the sheep first went to Wanchal, and (of which they had 49 on each side if the No. 2 Fidat at Waochat fore deck) further forward out of the way complete deck crew abou Note of them wern injured. By 5 a.m. fireman in the engine room

hand as to enable being on board the No. the fire was so far in them to get al, At about 415, 21 soarly as he is capable of working the, enginar could say, the second mate came on the on board the AMMER. 10 AT: 2.50 foredeck, baring come from aft in a sampan. on bird the N3. 1 Floit, which was The fire floats came, the Bat one shout a 50 and under the starboard bow of them add at about 4 a m.

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John Martin, Master of the 8.a. Kumchow, was the first witness examined. He stated that the ship arrived at Hongkong on syth August and was to sail on the afternoon of the 13th September with a general cargo. In the No. t hold was sugar, Nu. a hold Chinese goods-vermicelli, vegetables, &c. No. 3 flour principally talihs No were several cates sait on the 131b, because he was delayed by of matcher, bound for Saigon. He did not

working the m:nitor and hoses. arranging a chatter which was not sigued until two hoses to work on the fire the and mate anyone to give a loan Fidally, with the - By Licul." But erwoitht. We could havn got | to go: qn board the steamer, bat cenld not get

410, and he had to taks is extra bunke? for thegged them, but the water was 17 hot that he help of a ladder we found banging over the voyage. He ordered the cost to be atorgalde

bow, I got on board and found soms of the fir as soon as possible, so as to sail the following

brigade already there tending the hosts on the morning. He gave ordern for the coal to be goi

port side of the fore deck. The only mamber of the crow Inaw there at the time was tha shird in dud stems or cp ready to sail at to ata. He expected the coal to be cut in daring By Capt Passmore-My idea is that ona of enginder I saw the remains of one of the the night; it was the usual practics. He was these lamps must have accidentaly capsized. ship's hoses, bat nobody could possibly have occupied with his agents until 8 pm, and then didn't res any of the engineers on deck pati lived thou went home. The ship bad steam at 5p.mwe again got drumunication with the afer and kept steam up all night. The dysame end of the ship. was not running. They never use electric light ....

in post. They had a quartermaster on watch at night in harbour. When working cargo one of the maths superintended and when banker coal was being got in the chief engineer su perintended. He did not bear soyibing for ther from the ship before 6 am. on 141b, when his get to went to his house and told him that the ship was on fire. He got down as quickly as possible and goten board at about 7am. When he got on board there was make coming from the No. ahold, and the fin flat was pouring water foto bar for soother ball so hour after, when the file was extinguished... He only saw one file: faat, with two fussels, on the port side. They had finished working cargo daring the after noon of ath. No cargo was worked during the sight.

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could not hold the branch pipes. They were ming the ordinary booker lamps for giving light for coaling. I don't know what dii was being burst in them,

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By Mr. Harris-l was on the part side of tte fore deck and could distinctly see the

the Master had given me orders to clear the No. 2 lower hold so as to make room for the coal. I knew about the coal coming, as the Chief engineer and the compradore had told m

By Mr. Hatziki-On the morning of the rith || hose when the stream-from the mola'or bikt

In the course of his evidence, J. R. Chapman, chiel engineer of ibs Kumchow, stated that, on the afternoon of the 13th, the Master informed him that 15 toss of coal was to come in, and it might arrive at any time, and he was to be ready to take it. The coal got alongside

11- p.m. and as soon as they had told them what to do, they began to get it lolle apperintended the coaling himself, and always did it himself. Two lighter came, but only one was working, that on the port sidr, which contained about 49 1008, "He was el her on

back the flames. The fireman at the holes could not hear us when we sang cut for a tops. Nobody could have heard unless they were leaning over the rail nga of the starboard

bows,

An adj eurament was made for luncheon, After which William Grey, second mate, sava evidence corroborative of the s'alemania made by the ship's officers in the forenoon.

Police Sergeant Mac Jonald, examined, said : I was in the fire brijado station on the night of the 13th itst, at a am. I received the: alarm from No. 7 Station that the Kum- chow was on fire. I at once want to down to the float, taking with was one European and Chinese firemes. Os getting on board the dont flost in tow and the fire bits to the la', I found the patrol launch alongside, getting the ự

jardines whaif as the steamer was lying near about a European fir mes most straights to

there. They went on board by sampane

A. S. WATSON &.00% | trade. As long as Australia had a monopoly tug Chun Fang, The Sham Yuni was vent / should have been quite satisfied with that.using ord pary bunker lamps, with 'ponts, arrived alongside at 1 zo,

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WEEKLY--$15 per annum. The raten per quartar and par mensen, proportiona'. Subscriptions for any period less than one month

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. A nativ; was awarded one month's hard la. additional 81.50 per quarter is charged for posters, bour at the Magisiracy this moraing for steal The postage on the weekly lasse to any part of the ing a quantity of ginseng.

world is 80 cents per quarter.

Aminnovation has been made in naval gustery.

TYPHOON WARNING.

The telegrams quoted below have been receiv. ed from the Manila Observatory at the Ameri can Consulate-Groetal, Hongkong:-

Mauile, September 25, 6 am,⠀ Cyclone or Typhoon over N. Chick Sea moving W.

Manila, September 15, 6 pmē. Cyclone or Typhoon E. of the northern Visayas or South-eastern Luzon moving W. or

W.N.W.

Manili, September 26, 10,01 am.. Cyclone or Typhoon E. of Ltzin, more than 300 miles distant, inclining northward, W have received from the local office of the Yokohama Spacis Bank a copy of the Bank's 61st half-yearly report, which has already been printed in these columns.

Eluigle Coples Dally, sen cants. Weekly, twenty-Asquadron of the Home Fleet Dread THE jurors of the Japan-British Exhibition

Eve cents (for cab only).

BIRTHS... On September 2418, at "Tusculum," Barker Rord, The Peak, to Mr. and Mrs. A. G COFFIN, A SOD.

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On September 13, 1910, at West Dolwich, London, the wife of G. W. Corder, Comdr. P. & Q. 5.S. Dell, of ■,san.

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On September 15, 1918; af "Cower," Wok- Ing, Surey, to Mr. and Mrs. G. Dingwall Main, a daughter.

2 September 19, 1910, at Shanghai, the wife of Arthur C. Stratton, of a sen.

On September 19, 190, at Huling, the wife of Owen Warren, C. I. M. of a son. (Walter.)

MARRIAGE. On September 30, 1910, at Shanghai, Agten Mary Davitt to Gerald Klogimill, of Shkogbal.

SAMMY DEATHS.

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On September 18, 1970, at Shanghai, Re: ginald Leslie Rundle, Standard Oil Co, agad

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fised simult: acous broadsides at a huge target in the Channel, at'n' range of five miles, and demolished it in thres minutes.

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A· TWELVE-YEAR-OLD Portuguese youth wis

brought up at the Magistracy is moreing for stealing a gold ring and brooch and a silver ch in of the total value of $30. He was bound over to come up for unatence when called

have awarded Mr. Louis Brenuar, C., the the grand prize (the highest possible award) for his gyroscopic monorail invention, ACCORDING to na American correspondent, there is a craze for images of Baddha. No society boudoir in Washington is now complets unless it contains an image of Buddha.

THE FINDINGS

By Capt Passmora i gave the Chief Eute bridge deck or in the alleyway the whole gineer instructions to see about the coal.

time. The coal coolies had no business on By Mr. Harris:-1 expected the coil to come the No. 2 tween deck. He could not say off early in the morning about 5 o'clock. whether any of them did so. They were When I left the ship at 5 pm, the cargo, was the wick being in the spoot,, and bura all in. When I got on board in the morning, ing kerosine. These lamps were in usa in the the saloon bridge deck, master's and officer's bankers and in the alleyways, by the hutch

After reviewing the evidenes, the Court found cabins, some passengers' accommodation in leading to the bunkers. He was the that there was no evidence to show the origin of starboard alleyway were all barst out

port alleyway, very shortly after a am, the fie, but the inference from the evidence and had occasion to go to look for a pole of the adduced was that in some way unexplained coal lito his cabin which was tho atter cabin in some kerosine oil became igai ed in the the po t alleyway, when he beard some coolize doorway linding from the port allay to the fad running excitedly outside. He went out and der to the 'tween deck and that this communi saw smoke comlog from the 'tween dick stair- ca ed iħa flames to the wooden door and cat- way door, scd then he saw fimas. Heiten ing The Court was of opinion that the usa

orced back and woke the sid Engiaces, of keronine cil in bunker lamps should. falling him to wake the and enginter, He then be forbidden. Nu blame attached to any of weal below and tarned sisam into the dockey, the certificated £fficers, Boithe Court wishad to place, on record, its anzus of the most reprehensible conduct of the crew in losylog the ship when she was in 10 critical a post- tion. The Court considered that the firefisats arrived pompily and that no tims was lost in getting them to work,

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lo answer to Lieut. Butterworth,” wi no's stated that there were 320 Chinese passengers on board when he lift the ship; they were in the No, and No. 3 'tween decks,

F. W. Jones, chief mate, also gave evidence, He stated that be ruperintended the getting in of the carge, and it win all le by 5 pm, on the 13th inst. In the N3. s hold were 1,500 bags of ingar and about to cases of general cargo, In the No. 2 was a m'xure of general cargo.Both engines joined him there at orcs, and comprising tobacco, & in the 'ween decks ware vegetables-oplans, ginger, &c. In the No. 3 were 1,500 bags of fear, and a 'general cargo. In the No.4 maraison pipe and general goods la casa. No matches that he was aware ́of were in the koldi. There were also about 350 passengers to the Nos, and j'twien decks and on the prop. After deishing stowage of cargo be romaleed on 'boned. . On lenying the ship the master told him to leave everything as it was until the next morning. He said nothing

THE TERRITORIAL ARM.P.

A GERMAN, APPRECI‹TION,

London, Sept an

The distinguished Garman military author

Colonel Gredke has an article in the "Neriler Tegeblatt, that forms a striking appreciation of the work of the Turzitorials at the secont-

they started with the, donkey, Smoke then cams downa lato the o, glue room, prelty thick, Heihem thought he had better run forward to see if the fire plant was working. Leaving the second angineer in charge. "He want forward and found he could not get through the por alleyway where there was too much smoke and too hot so he west round and through the the starboard alleyway.› He-got on to iba fore deck and found the and male with the hose. which was cosmected, to the siting main part to him about the coil, or about what time they side of the fore deck, well forw.rd by Sraj he were to sail. At 11 pm, a coal lighter cama | was getting water, but not in sofficient, force, | alongside port side and later a accond ons so, be went aft and found another discharge, cams on the starboard side. Coal copiles came open, which he cleaed, and then went below in the lighters. They commenced coaling at to the engine room again to see how they were once. He never left the deck after the coal getting on. The smoke was then vary thic. The cams. At about zis he was explaining to the second mate was slaan on the fore deck except

Colonel Gaodke.c.itician the Infantry coal coolies, throu, h the quait smister, that he for one man who was ringing the ball. When he moat take off a ventilator onthe bridge deck and got down to the engine room she record time the good deal. Of the three chief arms, he says No, s lower hold, the bankers being than fall was nobody on the fires. The smoko was so bigbly the special troops Ploneurs, Cyclin striks the remainder of the coal down it, to the engladers werd there, bet no framan, Thara that the Artillery is the best and he praises moat He then heard shouting from the port alleyway" thick in the engine room that he frund that | and Motorcyclisa: What they accomplistá, IT is stated in Paris that the strictest measures and rushed down and found fire at the entrance they could not stop duwa shere for more than he d-clera") was astonishing, Nig will be taken to put down unti-milkarlst dề to the No. 2 Zween decks (a door in the port | « minute or two at the time. He found shat Summing up Colonel Gredke says The monstrations in connection with the suunal alleyway leading tonspiral stairway to the tween the boiler they were using ; quired pumping Territorials sie not ready to-day successipli discharge of men from service with the culture, decks). He at once cidared tha fie lose to be up, as he got another pump on to do it to opporn invalar; the condite of the A MODEL factory owner in the United States counted and the fire bell sung. The painted The denkey continued working for the fantry makes this impossible, but gave his workmen hot fanches at cost price, a woodwork inside the doorway was what was on hoses. Having finished powping up the boiler, by a most respectaba army, if it maintains frag park with Sunday cosceris, and a proat fire, and he tried to smother is with blackets, and scop that the Gra was all right ther growth N G D N sharing scheme. Some of them went on atribut he had to give it up, as the fumes spread went on, deck, leaving the donkey work btc was the towoli in his model wash-house fast along the paintwork The coal was bulog.ing. When he left the fue deck he found.As. stack down through argiare batch in the pon could'nt get through' seboard alley 10 went THERE has been a report' current that 'the ・ wera sept.to a non-union laundry,

banker. No coal cams in the sta.board side so time the port side of the bri, ge deck was well alleyway, which communicated direct with the over the bridge dick, starboard side. At that faras he couldices itwaspassed through idling light. After leaving the engine-room the in baskets frɔm port to a's:haard side. Trere second time he got a bore along and was a butch each side, leading to the bunker tried to get at the fimis from ift. box which runs right across the ship. The batch found the port al eguar 102

zefi sat had": was about an feel abilt the door to the mach fine By this time the

Mi, 0, 2. Sifun, tha waen decks. At first the Asmos were con azilvis They fou the alleyway 100 hot sador to Cous „accoma, śpated vinit to fiued to the woodan casing of the doorway and and all had to laks relugs bulkhead, but it spread quickly to the tween modation ledder. The Bofit arived, at leged passport decks and alloyway, and then to the salo

and went alsaboard, wide, putting her few and rece hoses in forward, than it spread to the starboard sides and upt the bridge deck whire the master's room, wheel house, etc. wers,

upon.

A any gid was born in the Ains village at the Lavthe distinction of being the first of its race White City 63 August 31. The child, which to be born outside the country of the Ainus, ill be given a came in commemoration of the Exhibition..

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Shanghal Stoc Exchange is thinking of startA MATIVE shroff in the employ of the Medical ng an opposition to the auction sales room Hall was charged before. Mr. E. R. Hallifax At On September 19, 1910, in london, John sales of abares, but wa direct confirmation or

the Magistracy this morning with alleged Wilson, ale Supt. of New Dock (Shangbai denial of this report was obtainable from any forgory of a document whereby he attempted Englatèring and Dock G»., Ltd) by talegram: | of the brokers,

10 obtain the sum of $14. The defendant was Os Feptember 19, 1910, at: Nagasaki, The Reverend Willian H, Branding, of the Amor

formally remanded. Detective, ergeant Grant can Church ́Mission, Sovchtw.

"prosecuted,

The Houghens Celegenp

THE steamer M. S. Dollar, recently reported as ashore below Hankow, arrived at Shanghal on Monday and was at once docked is the SOME more of the Gulay's buildings give International Dock it is reported that the signs of collapse Shoring operations are be atgamer was trying to avoid a forchs when the ing conducted in respect of two, hopter in was caught by the current and selʼanboro. Possession Street and Des Vos in Read, respec- *HONGKONG, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 191a THE "local agent of the Chinese Faginrering ively. The heavy rains which have fallen of and Mining Company courteously jaforms us

fata are believed to account for there wholesale that the local autpat of the Company's three

destructions.

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tons of cost from China to

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the fact to our content Commonwealth does

also caught, but the oil was not cont the water from the hoses projeci

mines for the week ending 10th fest, smannted In loving memory of my dear Jenny) who died whole midahi; ection of the to 14,7-7 64 tous. to 21,113.66 tons and the usles daring the pe fod August 21, 1910, ran the inscription on the bliss within thing mingis

to fiwena dick (N:

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anchal yesterday, aux the fica aresvered, lay the body spausse child met its dauh, monkey, the property of Mrs. Mis

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trasalt of which from India ten years #goz

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