February 17, 1897.
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was discharged from Victoris olook on 9th February went
to Mr. Ruttonjeo's shop in | Aguilar Street and stole two pounds of ham. in assistant promptly seized the thiet, who ound himself in gaol, again an hour after his elease He is now serving forty-two days' imprisonment.
the Police Court on Monday & Chinaman was charged on suspicion with causing the death of a boat girl, whose body was found on Friday near Aplichau, Aberdeen. Another man has been arrested by the Chinese authorities at Chungchan in connection with the affair. It is supposed that the girl was assaulted and then thrown into the water, and in support of this theory the water police heard cries near the spot where the murder was probably committed. They searched the waters at the time but it was not until the following morning that the body was discovered. The prisoner charged with the ́ murder has been remanded. **The necessity existing for the proper protec- tion of pedestrians at various places in the Hill District by means of walls or railings has been obvious to the most casual individual for years past, and should have been provided to avert disaster. When some official has fallen over a precipice in a fog and broken his neck perhaps the needed protection will be given. Ад illustration of the need of it was furnished a few nights since, when a fog veiled the path in obscurity. An amah in the employ of a resident at Mountain View was proceeding from that terrace to Plunkett Gap, and losing sight of the path below Craigieburn fell over on to the plateau below, some fifteen feet. There she re- mained helpless and presumably unconscious until about six o'clock the following morning, when she was discovered and conveyed to hospital. This place is by no means the most dangerous place at the Peak. There are many worse, and the marvel is that the children do not frequently come to grief over the banks when playing
about.
The colony will shortly lose the services of the present head of the Public Works Department, Hon. F. A. Cooper, who has accepted the appointment of Director-General of Public Works in Ceylon. We understand that he will probably leave Hongkong about May Few men have been subjected to such severe criticism, coupled with a large measure of ignorant abuse, as Mr. Cooper was during with the earlier years of his connection this colony. It was his duty to introduce a new system of drainage which the public for the most part did not understand and did not want, and Mr. Cooper on his part did not go out of his way to conciliate public opinion, his attitude towards it being one of apparent in- difference. As time went on, however, his pro- fessional abilities and his earnestness and devotion to duty gradually became recognised and he commanded the respect even of those who in the earlier years had been amongst the most bitter of his opponents. Ceylon is to be congratulated on the acquisition of a very com- petent public officer and Hongkong will be fortunate if it secures a man equally competent
to succeed him here.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
The maximum
last month w 79.2, on the 29th, and the minimum, 46.7, 01 19th, the mean being 63.1.
The | amounted to 2.26 inches.apple.
At 1.30 p.m. on the 11th February a fire broke out at 24, Cross Street. The upper storey is a family house and the lower storey is used as a dealer's shop. The Fire Brigade, under Deputy Superintendent Corcoran, promptly attended and the result of their efforts was that very little damage was done, the first floor and the staircase being only slightly damaged by fire.
Mr. Marcus Warre Slade was on the 11th Feb. approved, admitted, and enrolled to practice as a barrister in the Supreme Court of Hongkong. Mr. Slade, who was introduced to Sir John Carrington (Chief Justice) by Hon. W. M. Goodman (Attorney-General), was admitted to the Inner Temple on the 12th January, 1888, and called to the bar on the 10th June, 1891.
At the Harbour Master's Court on the 11th Feb. four seamen belonging to the British ship Sumbawa were charged with refusing to obey the lawful commands of the master. The men went on board the ship in a drunken condition on the 1st inst. and asked for their discharge. This was refused and on the following day they declined to work. They were sent to gaol for fourteen days with hard labour.
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On Monday afternoon Commander Hastings held the inquest on the body of Johannes Peter- sen, shipbroker, whose body was found in the harbour on Saturday morning. The deceased, who first came to the colony about four years ago was a shipbroker, and he returned here from Amoy on the 7th inst. He had previously been to Formosa and intended to go home, but he obtained a position in the firm of Messrs. Lamke and Rogge. He lived with a friend at Roseneath, Kowloon, and was last seen in the house on the afternoon of the 12th inst., when he appeared to be rather strange in his be- haviour. He was not in straitened circumstances but had complained of an a attack of fever at hich confined him to his bed for nearly On the 12th inst, he wrote a less letter to Messrs. Lamke and Rogge accusations against members of the German Club, for which there was no founda
He also wrote a chit to two members of the Club which was very comfused and was productio of a disordered brain. Lesers. GFC. Fullerton, J. J. Leiria,
rez returned a verdict
micide wh
We have received from Messrs. Kelly and Walsh, the publishers, a copy of People of the Land of Chin," a series of photographs by Mr. G. U. Price, of Amoy. Mr. Price is to be complimented on the excellence of his pictures, which have been reproduced in collotype by K. Ogawa, Tokyo. The list of illustrations is as follows:-A merchant, an artizan, a labourer, a Buddhist priest, a mourner.
Two seamen named A. Andersen and G. Steinbren, of the British ship Sumbawa, were charged at the Harbour Master's Court on the 12th Feb. with wilfully disobeying the orders of the master, Carl Richberg. Steinbren apologized for his misconduct and the charge against him was withdrawn. Andersen was offered the option of returning to the ship, but he declined to accept it and was therefore sent to gaol for fourteen days with hard labour.
We are informed that an animal resembling at Kowloon on Sunday last at about 6.30 p.m. a medium sized tiger was seen near the reservoir He was fired at after a pause of about 2 minutes, ie, the time taken to observe it well, to open the bag for a big shot cartridge, to unload and reload the gun and advancing five paces nearer. He was during the time quiet and steady in a standing position looking towards the road, and when fired at with a shot cartridge from a 20 bore fowling piece at a distance of about 35 paces. he slowly turned back, went on, and disappeared
in the hills.
A couple of Chinamen were charged at the Police Court on Saturday with stealing two baskets of tiles from Taipingshan. One of the prisoners said he was a Christian and held services in New Street and the year before last, during the coolie strike, he endeavoured to bring about peace between the dissatisfied coolies. He called Detective Sergeant McIvor to prove this statement, but the Magistrate said he failed to see the connection between the coolie strike and the theft, and therefore each prisoner would have to go to gaol for six weeks with hard labour.
At the Magistracy on the 12th Feb. before Hon. Commander Hastings, Arthur Myers, harbour runner for the Hongkong Hotel, was summoned. for assaulting 8. Ă. Rämjahn, counter clerk at the hotel. Mr. Mounsey appeared for the complainant. A gentleman went to the office of the hotel and sent up his card to a lady who was staying there. The lady came downstairs, but could not find the gentleman and Ramjahn asked Myers where the visitor was. Myers replied that he was not going to keep guard over everybody and then he assailed Ramjahn with some offensive remarks and also rushed behind the counter and struck complainant on the nose and also on the left temple. In cross- examination complainant said he did not pro- voke the assault, but he afterwards used op probrious epithets towards defendant A witness named Marques, the bill collector, said the men closed and fought. The defendant, who said he struck complainant in consequence of some insulting remarks, was fined 50 cents.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The num to Shanghai 1895 and 167.
We have receive
upped from
Annual issue of the Di Siam for 1897, printed Bangkok Times Offic describe this work than which describes it as reference for all classes, every information about Siamese festivals, postage and tele treaties, notes on the ancient an history of Siam, and including general directories, corrected up to date of publication. These make it inval residents in Siam and for those having business relations with that country. is neatly got up and the directory portion at least seems well up to date. In view of restless and encroaching tendencies of four French friends we would suggest the inclusion in next issue of the declaration by Great Britain and France respecting · spheres influence, signed at London on 15th January
1896.
Sportsmen fond of big game might possibly get a little excitement by taking a run up to Foochow. The Echo of the 6th February says:
News reaches us from the coast in the neigh- bourhood of Samsah bay of general alarm having spread throughout the rural population owing to the extraordinary boldness of the tigers prowling about there night and day, and according to the reports there is good reason- for it. For some time past dogs and pigs have been disappearing with marvellous rapidity and no doubt all would have been cleared off in time, had not the natives taken the pre- cantion of housing every living thing. This did not suit the striped monsters; they left without the means of subsistence. Hunger made them bold and they began tapping at the doors of the houses.” In one case they did this' with good effect. A native who had made himself comfortable for the night hearing the tap got out of bed and went outside to make and was immediately seized by the caller and enquiries as to the reason of the disturbance carried off. As he appeared somewhat long in returning another of the family turned out to look after him and shared the same fate at the jaws of a second Lah Hoo. The fear now is that having once tasted human blood the noble creatures will acquire a relish for it. The people appear for the moment to be terror-stricken All the houses in the district are barricaded and the men will not venture forth to their work excepting in small parties.
A mate of the British steamerPakling was
brought up before the Court at Saigon on the 27th January. The Courrier de Saigon sa that the charge consisted of disorderly conduct in public and assaulting the police: The Semaine Coloniale states that these offences were aggravated by their having bee mitted at the residence of the Governor there. The Court sentenced mate to a fine of five hundred francs costs and twenty-five dollars to make good. The Semaine Coloniale dwells lenity of the Court, considering Lieutenant Governor, the represen French flag, had been
soner's conduct. 4MS
Consul, appeared in Court, and compatriot. The mate expressed deep for his conduct, and sorrow. respect towards the French nation. the judgment was translated to 1 face beamed with joy, at getting. The Semaine Coloniale moral We ask what would penalty laid upon a 'ro] misbehave himse vernor, at ST
British city P that unless powe exercised on
with less than ands fine until the fine and generous, bo those feel who are i
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