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THE SWATOW- DISASTER.

Use of Hongkong Funde.

Funds for the relief of thoss Injured and rendered destitate! by the Swatow disaster continus to be liberally subscribed, to-day's list of the Hongkong Generat Chamber of Commerce, Fund bringing the total up to $65,410, † The Jongkong Chamber forward- ed a resolution of sympathy to the British Consul at Swatow, recently, and this has now been acknowledged.

Residents will not doubt ba interested to learn of the usa to which the Hongkong contribu-| tions raised by the Chambar of Commatco has been put. Tha! British Chamber of Commerce at Swatow has formed a small Com mittee for the purpose of adı, - istering these funds under a Com- separate account. This

mittee is distributing relief in kind, not in money, and at its request the Hongkong Chamber has alread skipped furgo quantities of rice and other necessities. The Swaior people have made their own arrange- ments and secured the services of a steam launch which is going along the coat to the small towns devastated by the tidal and WATO, distributing food

medical supplies to the needy, and in this way the very best

The late Lord Northcliffe.

possible is being done to COVER Swatow. Arrangements have been the whole area affected.

The Local Fund. To-day's additions to the public subscription fond opened by the Hongkong General Chambar of Commeros, are ———— Already acknowledged ...$60,330 The Great Northern Tele-

graph Co., Ltd. ...

2,000 500 The Java China Japan Lijn Vacupor Oil Co.

500.

J. D. Monroe,

Esq.

(Formstly Partner in Bradley & Co., Ltd.) Messrs. Moxon and Taylor Messrs Linstead & Davis. Pareo Charity Fund. Indian and Parsea Com-

munity (from balance Prince of Wales Fund). Japanese Christian Associa

tion of Hongkong. The Ho Lot Club... Messrs. Gande Price and

Co., Ltd.

Mr. and Mr. Th. Kring. D. E. Cooper, Esq.

made by the ambulance corpa to take into their care the sick, but the situation is not in any way well in hand, as distressed people are scattered everywhere and the reliet workers are greatly hampered by the lack of travelling facilities. Ia Oi Sha alone there are about 15,000 homeless,

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Extraordinary Behaviour at Harbour Office.

The extraordinary conduct of a ship's sogineer in going into the Imports and Exports office and taking therefrom's rack of books which he subsequently throw into the harbour, for no reason that could-be-explained, formed the subject of a case in which Alexander, McCloud, engineer of the str. Keeman, was charged before Mr. E W. Hamilton this be- morning with disorderly

Forty in a Grave. As stated above, the casualties [are' 100,000 or more. In Ching Hoi district. which received the 400 brunt of the blow, there were 230 about 50,000 deaths. Oi Ska last $30 about 20,000 people. It is stated 200 that with the cusperation of the various benevolent societies must of the bodies have been buried, in 150 some cases thirty to lorty is one baviour and with damaging the

grave. The demand for cofine ex-books in question.

100 ceeded the supply and the under-

60 takers have adapted rice bage as

50

"dead boxes.

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offices and throw the books into the harbour.

To this the Magistrate agreed, but pointed out that the allegation was that he was under the in

more than a purely technical offence. Therefore his Warship passed over the first charge. He fined defendant $5 on the second

to defendant's orderly manner barge, saying it was purely due after his arrest that this lenient

view was taken.

20.

Revenue Officer Hancox said Revenue Officer Lee Yan said that defendant appeared to be The common ery of the people that at 215 this morning he was drunk, but wasquite steady on his 50 in the affected ares is the food, on duty in the Harbour Office legs. When arrested he was 20 and unless more supplies are sent Office when he noticed defendant standing at the Yanmatt ferry

clined to think that defandant did it is feared that many will perish get cut of a ricksha and enter the pier apparently waiting for cence of drink. As regards the $65.410 from starvation. Already there has office occupied by the Raceute motor bost to take him across to first charge, his Worship was in-

been a large number of cases of Officers. There was no-one inside, bis ship. The Latest Reports.

Witness remembered having pot remember what had happened, A report sent by Mr. Weng Sig. suicide partly attributed to shortage and after rummaging about far

Chor of food. ta sorce cases the victims some time defendant eventually taken defendant back into the being under the influence of fo- yu. At oficial of the

SATVIVORS of whole come out with a set of books which shed, and, questioning him intoxicants. It did not seem to be Caau Eight District Commercial were anle

charge of the families while others, impoverished he proceeded to throw into the regard to the books, received an Association is party sent by the Association to the typhoon. decided to end harbour. Explaining why he had admission that the books were nat previously interfered to prevent taken away but defendant had no investigate the conditions in Swa-]

this from being done, the witness recollection as to what had been tow, was received on Sunday.

alas the old and the work who said that be was at a loss to guess done with the Witness did confirmed the report that the cas ualties were 100.00 or more. Mr. can do cething but wait for relief, at the motive of the defendant, not recall having met or seen

The Chin Chan Eigh: District bo at first gave him the impres-defendant before. Wong states that the most acute

Associating reportssion of being a Revenue officer. books that had not been recover- diary belonging Commercial -need is foodstuffs and requests that further shipments of rice, etc., be that between Sawood Shoe When that notion was dispelled ed

have been raised among members, by a glimpse be caught of the to witness. The defendant,was seut up without delay.

that it must be first thought that with the arrival la addition this amourt defendant's face, he then assured inclined to be abusive after arrest a detective but quietened down soon after- contribution have been made by

wards. In witness's opinion, be of previous shipments there was

was drunk. Continuing. Lee Yau said that sufficient rice and other foodstuffs outsider. while the efforts of the engaged on some case.

His worship, after remarking to meet immediate needs, but twenty-car Chinese commercial

The appeal sent question

defendant, the abead by the tnciation has met latter took hold of his wrist case, asked defendant to explain. McCloud said that he re. The in one hand whilst the other, respoose. of the neighbouring places have

Swatow cremnants at Push has tightly clenched, was pressed membered getting down from a sudering beca

to his ship. Some other European Revenue Officer and in these cases the people have remitted SIM for trausturstein a forcible manner against bis ricksha to take a sampan to retura must have gone into the shed, he had no lood for one or two days, has been received from Hoi Hancox arrived in response to a as be had no recollection of Swansea war memorial.

there himself. Tais might have been due to the Shanghai and Singapore have telephonic report he was made

baving gono the circum-

drinks of communications intermption

three bad He

only

Bot caused by the suspension of the advised the remittance of tovary to

stances of the case and immediate-

that evening, and could railway and steamer traffic to the

ly arrested defendant, who was

say what advantage it served bim interior, which bindered the work

standing some distance away to go into the Revenue Officer's As no of those in charge of relief. indication of the scarcity of rice,

from the shed. the ceres) is now sold in Swatux at Spor $10 per picul. as against $5 or $6 veloce the typhoon.

It was at

"THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES." A single female lodger will cause more troubls than 100 single men, was the assertion

investigations revealed that though upions resulted in the collection of when he at last decided to on the extraordinary nature of the made in a case at Bow County)

Swalow itself bas been

about $20.00},

paratively well supplied.

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to Swatow, while a nation cheek.

Swatos,

The rebel paraded by the Chung Shing Benevolent Associa tho, with the assinace of the Confucian Association, during the week-end, resulted in the collec

tim of about $9,000

In order to avoid any impressiv Hongkong Ambulance Corps that the Association-bae exaggerat Og receipt of this advice theed the conditions in Swatow the Chiu Chad Eight District Commer-suggestion has been made to the cial sacation baa purchas. Tung Wah Hospital and the Chin

of rice with ed 3,000 bags

ese General Chamber of Commerce the money subscribed in Hong-that they despatch representatives kong and enquiries were made to investigate. The Tung Wah at the office of the Douglas Hospital bas appointed Mr. Ho Steamship Company and Messrs Wah-tong and Mr. Li Kit-choy, Butterfield and Swire in regard to who will probably leave on Friday transportation. Owing to the with representatives of the Chinese heary frieght on the s.8. Haibong Chamber.

the Douglas Steamship Company

is only able to afford sufficient

space on their ship for 200 bags of

zice. The Haitong calls for Swatow to-day, carrying the tica

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without charge. Messrs Butter. A wallet containing $18 was field and Swire undertake the stolen from the dressing table in transportation of 1,800 bags, which Mr. Bromfield'e bedroom at No. they will send free of charge by the 3, Carnarvon Road yesterday. P.S. Kwangchow, the departure of

which is scheduled for 4 p.m. to-day. G. Sheilds, the assistant purser, The report states that the sm-of the President Jefferson, which Balance corps seat from Hongkong sailed yesterday from this port, has arrived at Swatow sad ban reports the loss, by theft, of a gold started to treat the sick and watch and chain valued at $71.1 destitute. Thousands are bome-It was stated that Sheilds: was less and are forced to live and having a nap on the Star Ferry eat in the open air. Their lot Pier at Kowloon in the early is aggravated by the outbreak morning and when he awoke at 6 of all kinds of sickness such o'clock be discovered that his as might be expected to follow watch had been stoles from his # calamity like that experienced by pocket.

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