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CORRESPONDENCE.

{The opinions expressed by corres- pondents are not peoscmrily those of the Hongkong Telagraph."]

POULTRY FARMING.

¡To the Editor of the “ Horgions Telegraph"}

we shall be glad if you will kindly FIRE

ascertain from Mr. Wolfs whether

he has any objection to letting

ne have a copy of such Order and,

if it was put down on the depo-

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1918,

ÁT BEACONSFIELD

ARCADE.

sitions, whether he would let na A Big Blaze Early This Morning. have a copy of the depositions for which we shall be glad to pay the usual chargne.

Sia-The jocular remark made by the Paisce Jadge with regard to the Government startingG. poultry farm, which was reported in a recent imde of your paper, might well be considered by members of the Legislative Council.

We have the honour to be,

Sir, Your obedient servants,

(5gd.) LO & LO.

Shortly before four o'clock this | morning, fieros flames were seen to be issuing from one of the shops in Beaconsfield Arcade and the alarm was immediately given by a number of people in tha

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

JUNKET

Cannot be excelled with tinned

or fresh, stewed fruit.

possession of police whistles who COULOMMIER CHEESE. COTTAGE CHEESE

the

stood in the road, but a considerable time alspeed before was received by the Fire Brigade. Unfortunately." even when this had been received BOMA delay

Docssioned

A. Wandcock Big,

1st Clerk & Magistrate,

The Magistracy.

Hongkong. 15th July, 1918. In no part of the world pro- Gentlemen, In reply to your bably are more foyle kept, and letter of the 11th inst, I am certainly in no part of the world is direct to inform you that you owing to a bitch, one of the the average fowl and breskiet are mistaken in stating that Mr. engines of the motore refusing egg of such a low wanderd. The Wolfe made the order suggested. to start. Meanwhile, the fisse, barned with fierce keeping of high class poultry Mr. Wolfe made no such order which undoubtedly received a filip from and Done is included in the intensity, were gaining each a frm hold and spreading so the poultry show, since when depositioze. You will be amp- raspy pens of birds have been plied with a copy of the deposi. rapidly that grave fears were imported. This, however, csations if you desire it on paymeat only be done by people of mean. of the usual charges.

The Experimental Poultry depositions however contain no Farm also has enabled many is reference to the subject matter of soquire egge, which in the ordio-your letter. ary course will realt in many possessing thoroughbred fowls.

Again, however, it is not every

one who can afford to pay from $10 to $20 for a sitting of eggs. Doubtless the proprietors are

Ism, Gentleman,

The

Years faithfully. (Sgd.) G. A. WOODCOCK, Magistrate & First Olerk.

compelled to charge a high figure Mesere. Lo and L,

to reimburse themselves what must have been a considerable outlay.

Solicitors &

entertained that the whole of the Arosde was doomed. From some- where a despatch box with hoses, ato, arrived on the scene in charge of Obinese. An extremely fortunate circomstance in the adair was that the alarm was imme- diately beard by volunteer fremen in the Hongkong and Shangbai Bank who quickly strived and, with the appliscore at their disposal, they were beyond doubt responsible for arrest- of the progress ing the fire. Without exception they worked wonderfally and were instrumental, on account of their initiative and resource, in saving, if not the whole bailding, at leset a considerable portion of it. Some time Ister a float and motor arrived and many jets of water were played on one of the shops which was now an absolute fornace. This shop was occupied by the Wing Tik Film Company for the

17th July, 1918. Sir, We have the honour to In a Colony such as this, where of necessity European ladies bere jacknowledge receipt of your letter so little to occupy them, the op- of 15th instans from which we portunity of taking up a useful gathered that the Magistrate did babby would be eagerly wel. not make any formal order in the comed. In many other Colonies matter and that no such order their Governments maintain appears on the records. extensive farma, notably in We are instructed to enquire Australis, Canada and S. Africa whether the Magistrate made any and have by the fact that they verbal order relating to or arising can be run without considering out of a certain expression which profite, brought good stock within our client had made use of whilst purpose of storing cioems films, the reach of everyone, and the giving evidence, and if so, what resulta have been wonderful

Private enterprice doubtless can do, and is doing much, butas

I have pointed out only a limited

few benefit. To start things on a

and, needless to say, this extreme-

was the verbal order made. ly inflammable material proved to We have the honour to be, be a serious factor in dealing

. Sir,

with the fire. Efforts were con-

Your obedient servants,centrated on this portion of the

(5gd) LO & LO, "

ecale to be of real benefit to the G. A. WOODCOCK Esq.

community at large, would re-

quire comparatively little money

and in a very short time the con-

sern would be self-supporting,

I trust that having, through

1st Clerk & Magistrate,

The Magistracy. -

Hongkong. 20th July, 1918.

your kindness, endeavored to "Gentlemen, la reply to your

bailding with success, a hose being taken to the top of the Hongkong and Shangbai Bank and a great quantity of water

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shooting & tremendous height above the building. This vantage point proved of inestimable value, But there was grave danger at the book of Arcade, which is very

bring the matter to their notice letter of the 17th. inst., I. am that some member of the Council directed to inform you that your will give it serious consideratica. client though called upon to difficult to get st. Though the fre was being successfully I am convinced that if the eug-apologise immediately after be gestion were placed before the had used the objectionable ex dealt with at the Council. there would be large pression did not do so-possibly the building, the water which majority in its favour.

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It is surprising that the product- do." When he had finished giving sufficient to quell the fames at cut off altogether as the back ver- ion of ao important part of our his evidence be was thereupon the back. The fire bere spread andah has for a long time been so diet should have been so neglected. invited by the Magistrate to with such rapidity that it at one may that it would bare very I must thank you for having apologise in a form anderstood time appeared as though there even collapsed completely. As allowed me to occupy so much of by himself. The alternative to se no hope of saving the build. it was, the part involved in the your space, but if by so doing I this apology would have been ing, the fire steadily gaining fire did collapse very early on. indace someone in a position to action taken under section 89 of ground under a verandah. Hany and had the gentleman who was do so to take this matter up and the Magistrate's Ordinance.

push it, both you and I will berO sarned the gratitude of the Colony.

Yours etc...

DORKING.

Hongkong, 31st. July, 1918:

4.

Ism, Gentlemen, Yours faithfully,

(Sgd". G. A. WOODCOCK,

Solicitors etc.

"

people occupying the top flats in rescued wakened a little later the Arcade, threatened by the and had his own way to make, danger, secured what few clothes his plight would have been very they could and made a difficult serious as his retreat at the back and hasty exit. One gentleman, we cut off. Some people had to who was sleeping so beavily that make their way to the ground by Magistrate and First Olerk. he heard nothing of the commeans of a spiral iron staircase at Mesera. Lo and Lo,

motion, was discovered still asleep the extreme eastern end of the by firemen who broke into building, a very precarións meane [Our representative was pres the room and pulled him out of a of escape and a very inadequate A RECENT COURT INCIDENT-ens in Court when the incident bed which was already ecorched. one too for such a large blook of Sir,With reference to the re-occurred, and his account of what Eventually the fire engine got on buildinge. Possibly the authorities port which appeared in your issue transpired does not tally with to Battery Path and did a lot of will give their attention to this of the 11th June, 1918, relating that given in the last of the good by directing streams of matter when the rebuilding of to an alleged incident during the above lettere. The report of the water on to the fire at the back. the burnt portions takes place.. hearing of a case before Mr. E. incident which feppeared in the The fire burnt fiercely for nearly D. O Wolfe at the Magistrsoy on Telegraph fairly roted the two hours, practically the whole the 11th Jane, in the couras of facts, so our representative says. of the western part of the Arcade which it stated that a Chinese-Eá. H.K.T.]

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Hongkong, 31st July, 1918.

TO BE LET.

being gutted. The cfficee of The Police report of the fire is witness, for whom we act, was

Meears. Robertean, Wilson and Co., se follows:-At about 4.12 .. ordered by the Magistrate, first to

import end export dealers, suffered fire broke out on the ground floor apologize and then to kneel, on

vary badly from damage by fire of No. 12, Beaconsfield Arcade, B00Ount of a certain objectionable

and water," and the shop below occupied by Chan Pai-po, as the expression he had made use of

occupied by Noordin, as well as a Wing Tik film shop and Chan whilst giving evidence, we are Thousands of shipyard workers tobacco abop and postcard store, Mok-heung, as the Hou Yik instructed to forward you the on Tearsida exceeded their holi- also offered heavily. The shop building contractor's office. The enclosed correspondence, from days recently. It was arranged need for the storing of the films films are supposed to have caught fire first, but how is not knowE. which you will see that no such that they should have one day's was completely barat oat. order was in fact made and that holiday, but only a few men put! It is very fortunate that much There we no insurance on the the report in question was in an appearance on the following more damage was not done. shop and the damaga is estimated. inaccurate.

morning. At one yard alone over Happily the wind was blowing in at about $10,000. The fir 2,000 men were absent, and work a westerly direction and thus the spread to the first floor of No. 12, was at a standstill, se the loyal major part of the Arcade com- occupied by Messrs. Bobertson.

Large men, were unable to start,

pletely escaped the ravages of Wilson and Co...and to the third TO BE LET-One

OFFICE ROOM in Princa's the fire. Had the wind been far of No. 14 occupied by

Apply to H.M.H. Returning to America.

blowing, in the other direction, Mezere, Yera and Co. Both the Building. Mr. W. H. Webber, who has serious

would places were badly damaged but NEMAZEE. DODZEQ RÉDELE

have erisen, the amount of the damage is not by Mr. Won In with referenes to bean attached at the American undoubtedly a certain Order made by His Consulate General in Shanghai The building is extremely old yet known. The fire was confined Wonhip Mr. E. D. C. Walls in for some time for the inspection one of the oldest in the Colony, to No. 12 and to the third floor the course of the hearing of the of passporte of Chinese going to and is in a very poor condition. of Nos. 18 and 14.

ss0 Ex by Ya Eop Chen . Americs, is retorning to San The only means of catape for Kang On on the 11th June, 1018, Francisco shortly. His place will people residing at the top are the in which he was called sa be taken by Mr. Sawyer, who is central staircase, which was witasse

now en route from the Calfornia nearly involved in the fire, and a

Yours etc.,

LO AND LO,

(Enclosures).

11th July, 1918.

Sir, We have been consulted

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We understand that our client port. Both are of the immigration long verandab reaching the whole Toe a. Nanking is to sail for was ordered to peel on account section of the Department of Com-length of the building. Had the Manila on Saturday, the 3rd of certain expressions he had used merce and rank as Vice-Consula fire epread farther east, several inst., at 108.m., instead of Friday, whilet giving his evidence, end' while on foreign service. people might have found escape 2nd inst., es advertised.

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