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The

Hongkong Telegraph.

(ESTABLISHED, 1881.)

Copyright, 1014 by the Proprietor.

WEATHERI FOREGÁST, PINE Barometer 30.11

January 14, 1914,

Temperature a.m. 63. p.m. 77

Humidity

2692 晚九十月二十年丑

TELEGRAMS.

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95, 36

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TELEGRAMS.

240 EARTHQUAKES 1

AFRICAN UNREST,

TERRIBLE EVENTS IN JAPAN.

SITUATION WORSE.

SINGLE COPY, 10 CENTE.

January 14, 1913,

Temperaturo a.m. 59, p.m. 63,

Humidity

86, 75.

+

$36 PER ANNUM,

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY

14,

1914.

王拜浦 號四拾月正英港賽

TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMB.

$150,000 CASE.

the action, and Mr. Hind, (Mr.

TIDAL WAVE.

PERU PORT INUNDATED,

TELEGRAMS.

CONDENSED.

MR. ASQUITH,

LEAVES FOR RIVIERA,

[Beater'a Service To The Telegraph. Reuter's Borvien To The Telegraph.Router's Bervice To Tho "Telegraph," Router's Servies To The "Falraph

London. Received January 13.

London. Reoclved January 14,

London. Received January 14, London. Received January 14.

Mr. Asquith has left for Puria Router's Johannesburg corres

"Reuter's correspondent at Lims Reuter's correspondent at Kagoshima states that in Japan pondent states that ballots taken states that the lower quarters of leg route to the Riviers, where he air do Saturday there have been among shop nasistant, ware- Callao were inundated yesterday joins his wife.

etorke, type-netters moraing by a great tidal wdvó. sixty earthquakes daily, these housemen, culminating in a terrific eruption and workers of other callings, Simultaneously there were earth-

favour, a general strike.

quake stock's lasting 55 seconds. on the Island of Sakurashima,

No fatalities are reported. One village was destroyed and it is feared that others have been "wiped out.

The ballote of the miners received up to the present show a similar result.

The situation is becoming

Flames and lava have reached Kagoshima City, where the situn-worse. tion

Whole Island Allame.

Lator.

murder.

Miners Repudiate Settlement,

the bulk of the coal winers A Durban telegram states that at repuliate the acceptance on their

bobalf of the masters' torms.

Reuter's correspondent Tokyo states that during the sruption on the Island of Sakura- shima enormous blocks of stone were thrown 20 miles.

The whole island is aflame. Seventy thousand poople have fed from Kagoshima, a telegraph operator alone remaining.

He telegraphs that the city is covered with aabes and on veloped in smoke.

More Horrible... The earthquakes are becoming more borrible."

The fota! casualties unknown.

ore

aidal wave has added to the horrors at Kagoshims, where extensive damage has been done, and where the death-roll is heavy

PREVIOUS EARTHQUAKES.

Below will be found a record of the worst earthquakes of re- cent years in various parts of the world :-

A Pretoria telograin states that Mr. Cresswell, the leader of the Labour Party in Parliament, denies the statement attributed to him that he regards a general etrike as fatal to the true interest of the workers.

I

:

The Food Supply. London. Received January 14. Reuter correspondent nt Johannesburg states that it has bren "ascertained that there are Bullicient food and supplies in the Johannesburg cold storages to last for two months.

The Committee of Public Safety notifies that steps liave been taken to ensure the regular provision of the necessaries of lite to all cluseos a regulated prices.

SANITARY BOARD.

Order.

stated that

or

Sequel to the Recent Extradition

Proceedings.

and Master) for the plaintif in NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.

G. K. Hall Brutton) for the defendants.

2

1

Mr. Asquith has left for the Riviera.

terms,

Tarrible reports of earthquakes in Japan are to hand. There have been sixty earthquakes daily since Saturday.

The Imperial Government has

warehousemen, ölerks, sto., at

NEWS.

ليسية

1

A Hongkong convict who was undergoing a term of seven years hard labour has escaped.

Sir Francis Piggott eaid that in Sir William Rees Davies (Chief regard to the affidavits, which Justice), and Mr. Justice were mentioned yesterday, they Gompertz (Puisne Judge) sitting had filed, or rather were about to in Appellate Jurisdiction, in file, one in reply to Mr. Master by the Supreme

Court, to-day Mr. Hind. He did not know if the beating

of it would be looked at, but he

A general strike is regarded in continued

an notion be believed that it did not run Sween, Lung Chi-kwong, Gov-counter to their Lordships' deci- Pretoris as a foregone conclusion.

motion in ernor-General of the Province sion yesterday with regard to

A tidal wave and earthquake of Kwangtung and Woo Ming- evidence. If it should be looked pan, Commissioner of Finance at he hoped that their Lordships shocks have done great damage for the Province of Kwangtung would allow him to argue the at Callao, Peru, and the Republic of China, against point they had filed on the

The bulk of the Natal coal" Mr. Bowley's Questions Dat of Chung Sau-nam and the Russo affidavit, if admissable.

minare repudiate the noceptance Asiatic Bank, in a claim for the Mr. Sharp-We have not seen on their behalf of the masters' The Clovernment has declared

return of $150,000, the property of nor heard of it. its proference for the metric sуB- The usual fortnihtly meeting the Goverment of the Province of Sir Francis Piggott said that At Jagersfontein, as a result of tem by making it obligatory for of this authority was held at the Kwanglang, which sum was had, what he proposed to do was that on is, serious damage has been the inquest on the Basate, whose the services of the customs excep- offices of the l'epartment yester and received, by Chung San-nam if it was looked at he would argue done, and two Japanese Squadeath led to last Friday's out-ting a few articles. It is taught in day afternoon, the President (Mr. for the purpose of being remitted the point as regards its admiss- drons are proceeding at full spend break, a ruiner named Stocken- all the public schools, and is D. W. Tramin) prosiding. There forthwith to Nanking, but which ability. If they ured that affidavit, stroom has been charged with prescribed for the Army, for wero also prerent: The Hon. Mr. defendant has not eo remitted; well and good, but if they object- to Kagoshima.

medicine and for electrical work. W. Chatham, ", M. G. (Vice Presi and bas misappropriated to his od, then it would not be road.

A miner has been charged with The carat for precious stones is dent), the Hon. Mr. E. A Hewett, own use the said sam, or portion The Chief Justice-Supposing the murder of the Basuto whose heavy charge (more than threefold) F. B. L. Bowley, Chan Kai Ming, the defendant bank. In the alan account of the ruling we gave Jagersfontein. now 200 milligrams. A specially C. M. G., Colonel Irwin, Messrs. thereof, now being deposited in we hold that it is pot admissable death led to Friday's outbreak at is made for the verification of and Ng Hon Tez. with Dr. Francis Lernative, plaintiffs claim from yesterday; we can expunge it British weights and measures, Clark (Medical Officer of Health), the defendants. $150,000 as entirely? and the public rogisters show a and Mr. W. Bowen Rowlands liquidated damages. The mc-

Sir Francis Piggott-Of steady increase in metric usage. (Secretary to the Board).,

tion is that the action be dismis-course; it is only necessary to authorised the African Govern- The quarterly report of the sed as frivolous, voxatious and an have it in case it is admissable. ment to use Imperial troopa in Sism has for some years om ployed the metric system with Government Analyst in regard to abuse of the process of the Court. much success on its railwaye and examinations under the Food and Mr. Sharp, K.C., Mr. Eldon would save time to let the other

The Puisne Judge thought it dealing with the strike. public works, and last year joined Drugs Ordinance was presented. Potter and Mr. F.C. Jenkin, sp-side see it before it was filed. Ballots of shop assistants, the International Convention of It stated that six samples of whis-peared for the plaintiffs in the Sir Francis Piggott only Johannesburg favour a general the Metre, from which it has ky were taken, of which only one aution, and Sir Francis Piggott want to safeguard the position in strike, as also do, those of the

In this ca:0, and Mr. Alabaster for the de- oase it is admissable. I think there received the app iratus neo led for was adulterated. a Control Bureau of Standarde at the deficiency being small, the fendants in the action.

The will be no doubt about it at all, miners so far received. Bangkok, It should interest vendor was warned.

solicitors were Mr. R. F. O. Will your Lordships kindly refer Indis to

the know that

Mr. Bowloy minuted: In what Master (Messrs. Johnson, Stokes to the grounds on which I General news appears on, page Sanakiit element in the Siamese was the whisky deficient?

started and on which I was 2 to-day, and log book on page 6. What. Warning. Innguage has proved useful in

going to make my motion, Mr. Fitzwilliams: Was the connection with the names of the

The local volunteers had metric units. Siam proposes art vandior warned publicly (5.)-There are serious objec-because I think from what your

tions to the use of sea-water for Lordships read yesterday, some another busy day in camp yester to make metric reform com ulsory privately?

The President replaying to the watering the roads, as great dam-thing must have dropped out-it day. at one oud, the same time in all parts of the kingdom, but to deminutes

the age results to the macadamized was the second ground..

The correction to the notes was with each provinco separately at deficiency amounted to nine surface when the atmosphere A Foregene Conclusion.

convenient timea plan which parts in 150 of by-products. becomes humid. I think I could made, Later.

Sir Francis Piggot said that A general strike is regarded in might perhaps lonsofully followThat neither made it deleterious as not do better than quote from a Pretoria as a foregone conclusion.ed by Russia and India. a drink nor did it constitate any specob by the Hon. Vice-President aking up the point he was mik-

Notes on, and times recorded It is announced that the in- Russi ales, which is now one serious fraud on the purobseors a little more than a year agoing yesterday, he was pointing

"With regard to the use of sea out that the statement of olaim in, this morning's training gallops. perial Government has authorised of the great Fowers of the Fat He was unable to discover how the Union Government to use East, has adopted the metric sys- the vendor had been warned, but water, it is distinctly injurious to on the writ could only stand will be found in this issur... Lives lost. Imperial troops if necessary,

tem for several purposes, and has he presumed it was done by the the roads. Whenever the clamat all if it were elaborated in

His Excellency, the Governor, 1005.

The strike to-day je spreading announced to the Decimal Ase Police Inspector who took the my, moist weather comes along, the following way. Chun Sau April, North India... 20,000

rather than diminishing, but all ciation by à recent letter from the ample. In this care there was you will see that the roads which nam had and received this money and party, attended the pers September 8, Calabria over 5,000 preparations have been made to Ministry of Commerce and In-not a large enough deficiency to have been watered by een water from the plaintiff Government to formance of the Court Cards last

1006.

cope with the situation, dustre that the metric system is prosecute and he thought it would have been simply torn up by the send to the rebela at Nanking on night. January 4, Nie rogua

favoured, but has to await the he wrong and perhaps unfair to wheels of vehicles traversing them. behalf of the plaintiffe, the plain-

Proceedings in the case, arising Maay thousanda

necessary arrangement of control publish the vendor's name.

I have frequently seen that tiffe being the Government.

The Paisne Judge asked if it out of the recent extradition pro- February 14-21, Co-

and inspection thoughout the The Hon. Mr. Hewett asked the myself. It is very desirable that lombia...

over 2,000

Empire with its 105 millious of following questions standing in the use of salt water be restricted was not the principle of Mo. Ree'a ceedings, were continued at the

esse that when a usurping Go-Police Court to-day..! March and April,

people. This conversion of Rs the name of Dr. Fitzwilliams:- as far as possible."

vernment came in and then was 1,200 Formosa

1. Has an estimate ever been sia is notable as completing the

(3). The objections to the use

Satisfactory reports were sub- April 18, San Fran

solidarity of all Continental asked for or eubmitted for an of the water referred to are:afterwards turned out by the cisco

A communication issued by Europe in metric reform, and as efficient distillation system for It is very liable to contamination. original Government, or the Co-mitted at the annual meeting of (1) Filtration and storage, on vernment that succeeds, then the the Hongkong Benevolent Society August 16-20, Cuile

the Decimal Asseintion 'stato:hning likely to hasten the action Victoria?

In the Parliamentary debate of of China, ber eastern neighbour." Hos ces water over hen which so much stress has been Government that came in stood which was held this afternoon, March 1907 the small majority This note is mainly devoted to employed for flushing the draine laid by the Goveroment Bacteria in the shoes of the usurping opposed to the Weights and Mea-metric progress in Far Eastern or for watering the streets in logist, are impracticable. (e) It Government as regards the pro-

can only be distributed by means perty? sures (Metric System) Bill was Countries, but it must not be Victoria ?

Sir Francis Piggott said that Could the water which is of hand-carriageur carts. (d) The obtained in part by the argument forgotten that all South and 3. that our trade with the East Central America are either metrio now used for street watering be quantity available is small in the proposed to deal with that pro- night auffer through suspicion or tending to be no. The turned to account as dricking comparison with the requiraments ently. He did not deal with Me. 000 and distrust on the part of our Australasian Dominions of Great water. ?

of the city, and it would be Rae's case specifically yesterday, Question of Distilling Water. Oriental customers if wo present-Britain have urgently pressed

difficult to arrange for its supply because he thought it was on the 9.15 p.. The President ed to them such a novelty as the the question on her notico, aud

replied (1) to may particular ares, and to plaintiffs to deal with it. The 200,000 metric system in aalling gonda last, but most important of all The question of distilling water ensure its being restricted to sush Puisne Jadge asked if the point did not arise now. The usurping America, also, it was sait, might a source of external influence, has been raised from time to time. area take advantage of this by con- are the United States of America, but has always been dismissed as ile added that what might Governmen ordered a certain 40 tinuing to

have use the yard and which

in impracticable on account of the look a waste of water, viz. the person to do something with If he did certain money. preparing for reform, and will set great loss involved. To afford the watering of the tram truck by pound so popular in the East

bcen would have This objection was groundless, with vigour when the time comes, population at present supplied special car, was not. It was sup. 500 because the Bill did not late for they know the truth declared from the City and Hill waterworks plied not from filtered mains but arquitted, The argument was that

to foreign trade at all, and a 1790 by Thomas Jefferson, Eve gallons per day, 120 tons of from the Wongaeicheong nallah he did not, but put it in his own Course.8 p.m. permitted manufacturers to make afterwards their President, that coal per day would be consumed Questions, of which notice had pocket, It did not matter if the grols for export of any size, the Decimal System then 68-in distilling. the water only. been given by Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, motive for which it was destined p.. pestern, mark.or description, and tablished by him in their monoy Taking coal at $10 per ton, the were dealt with by the pre. an approved of by the present Had this follows:-I to sell them as they chose. would also in weights and meas-cost of fuel alone would amount sident

Gvernment the right to say that to state that." "the The time is soon coming when uree bring the calculation of to $1,000 per day. To this must directed

they want this money? metric usage, instead of being re- the principal affairs of life within he added the coat of labour, in mattors in the questions are garded as a hindrance to British the arithmetic of every man who terest, and depreciation of plant, not within the purview of the

he wre obliged to his Lordship rado with the Far East, will have can multiply and divide plain buildings, pumps, eto. To en- Board and that answers cannot

for putting it in that way and 6,000 | to be adoj tod ná a necessity in numbers." Tae whole world has able the water to bs distributed, be given here.

our dealings with China, Japan now approved bin words, and the it would have to be pumped into

Later in the meeting Mr. he would deal with the point and Siam, which have each taken United States of Americs are on the service reservoirs for which Bagley said:On the circulated shortly. He was now only deal. dofinite steps to establish that the way to fulfil them.

purpose powerful pumping plant papers, attoohed to the notice ing with the oase, looking at it Humour from the Hospital,

Already the Advisory

would be required. I's dietri- of questions which I gave, Dr. in the light of common sense or bution would be a very difficult Fitzwilliams made В minute looking at it on general prin- Perhaps the best story in Sir Council of China has passed the

ciples. Aotions were to enforce matter. Dader the system at which I don't think was read. Edward Cook's "Life of Florenco first roading of a law to that

in The new steamer for the Szech-present in force, two hours' sup The President: The minute rights and duties actually and p.m. Nightingale" is that of a wound-effect, and there are ed Crimean sergeant who picked Paris two Chinese gentlemen wan Navigation Company, for ply to the rider main districts, was there, certainly, but I did not imaginable-there had to be wounded comrade studying at the International service balween Iching and and a constant supply elsewhere, not read it as it asked for sub-a duly to the plaintiff which and stumbled back to comp. Bureau of Weights and Measures Chungking, which has been built the daily consumption amounts sidiary information, I have no the defendant had broken. On

fully 4,000,000 turned the technical details of the sub- at home under the superinten-to

gallons very long experience of this the very face of it for the Gov- out to be a general, and waited jeet with a view to completing dence of Captain Plant and taken per day. The supply of five Bard, but leave it to the majority erament to adopt an order on his rescuer in hospital. The what is planned.

to pieces again for shipment, was gallons per head is equivalent to of members as to whether they made against it by a rebel com latter, wrote Miss Nightingale, Japan has for the present four due at "Shanghai by the Blue 1,278,000 gallons per day, or less would like the minute which he mader and say that it was a 0.15

legitimate order which it itself exclaimed: "Oh, General, it's systems of weight and measure: Funnel steamer Ilyan on January than one-third of the present has written to be read.

(1) The metric,

10. The vessel will bo pat to supply. It would be impossible you, is it. I brought in? I'm ao

It was decided to recommend had given was farcical. Look- glad, I didn't know it was your

gether by the Kiangnan Dock and to ensure any equitable distribu- that the application of Dr, W. Wing at it on the general principles honour, but if I'd known it was

The kujira-shaku and will be ready for service, with the tion of so mangre a supply in Pearse, Assistunt M. O. H., for with which they were all familiar, you, I'd have saved you all the

The British yard and ro opening of the Upper River to city of such configuration as eight months leave of absence be actions were based on rights The Idol's Eye. HKAD.O.

(Continued on Page 10.) Theatre Royal-.18 p.m. - pound.

navigation.

Victoria, some,"

granted.

· 1,000

Many thousands

1907. January, Jamnica (Kingston) January 22, Isle of

Simalu, at Sumn-

Afra

*

October 23. Calabria

1008.

Deoзmber 28, Messian,

Reggio, &c. 1000. January 23, Luristan April 23, Lisbon

1910.

May 4, Cartago, Costa

Rica 1011. June 7, Mexico (earth. quake and, vol. CADO) 1012.

August 9, Constau -

up

The

tinople, i.driano- ple, and Sea of Marmora (killed and injured)

1,000

1,500

5,000-6,000

rozoued mun

fA

1.300

THE METRIC SYSTEM.

Its Progress in Far Eastern Countries.

aratem.

now

(2). The sbaku-kwan

gone

New Steamer.

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2.

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it he

Goverment or not.

Sir Franois Piggott said that

DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY. Victoria Theatre, 9.15 p.m. Bijou Scenic Theatre, 9.15 p.m. Court Cards Theatre Royal--

TO-MORROW. Victoria Theatre, 9.15 p.m. Bijou Theatre, 9.15 p.m."

Auction of Matshed for Races

p.m.

Concert at Seaman's Institute.

Friday January 16. Auction of Ponies at. Raco

Engineers' Ball, City Hall.-9

Saturday January 17. Entries close for Hongkong

Races,

Monday January 19. Queen's College Prize, distri bation-noon.

Tuesday, January 20.

H. K.. Missionary Association

Meeting.

Organ Recital St. John Cat hedral.-5.30 p.m.

Wednesday January 21.

H. K. 8. B. RA. Sporta 3.80

Friday January 23. Volunteer Ball.

Monday January 20. Chinese New Year,

Saturday February 7, Philharmonic Society's Concert

p.m.

Tuesday, February 10, Organ Recital St. John Cat-

hdcal580 p.m.

Wednesday, February 11