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August 12, 1897.]
A THIEF BEATEN TO DEATH.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
About one o'clock in the afternoon of the 7th August, a coolie stole a bamboo hat and a bag from a woman's sampan lying on the foreshore at Taikoktsui. The woman gave an alarm and the thief was at once chased by four men, who caught him and then murdered him by beating him to death with poles. The culprits then ran away. The body was discovered about two hours later by an Indian constable 120 yards away from the sampan (and he at once com- municated with the Police Station, the result being that in a short time a man, who is a car- peuter, was arrested on suspicion of being con- cerned in the crimo. He denied the charge. The dead body of the coolie bears several marks of violence on the head and back. The prisoner was brought before the Magistrate and re- manded.
DEATH OF A P. AND O. C..IEF OFFICER.
A sad occurrence took place in the harbour on the 7th August. About six o'clock in the afternoon Mr. H. R. Stay, chief officer of the P. & O. steamer Shanghai, decided to have a swim in the harbour, he having con- cluded his day's duties. He dived off the ship's railing and at once returned to the vessel, which was lying at the Kowloon wharf, and walked up the gangway. He dived into the water a second time and was making for a lighter when he showed signs of weakness. A boat hook was held out to him, which he clutched, but he released his hold and was evi- dently in great distress. A couple of Lascar sailors, seeing the helpless condition of the chief officer, pluckily sprang into the water and brought Mr. Stay to the lighter. Surgeon-Captain Watson and the surgeon of the Empress of China were boating in the vicinity and they at once proceeded to the lighter and endeavoured to restore Mr. Stay by means of artificial respiration. this treatment being applied for nearly two hours, a number of Jack Tars, who were returning to shore from burying a comrade, also rendering assistance. Mr. Stay, however, did not recover. He was a heavily built man and it is supposed that he died from apoplexy and not from drowning, as it is said he was not in the water above three minutes altogether. The deceased, who leaves a widow and three children, had been in the service of the P. & O. Company for several years and was most popular amongst all the
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CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER,
Another death by violence has occurred in the colony, the viction being a boy, age 18 years. and his alleged assailant a shopkeeper named Cheung Chuk. About 3.30 p.m. on the 8th August, the boy, whose name is Li Chu, aud who was employed as a cook at No. 23, Tai Wong Street, Wanchai, was sent to make some pur- chases in the Wanchai market. After making these purchases he went to a shop at 47, Nullah Lane, where he ordered some sea- weed. It turned out that he had not suffi- cient money to pay for the seaweed and a quarrel took place between him and Cheung Chuk, the shopkeeper who served him, the result being that Cheung Chuk strack the boy a blow on the left side, causing him to fall to the ground. He got up again, picked up the provi- sions which he had dropped, and then walked home to Tai Wong Street. Here he became very ill and vomited, and in consequence of his statement his master and some fokis carried him back to 47, Nullah Lane and then reported the matter to Inspector Mann at No. 2 Police Station, The Inspector at once proceeded to 47, Nullah Lane and sent the boy, who appeared to be seriously ill, to the hospital. Cheung Chnk had by this time cleared out of the shop and Inspector Mann adopted the ruse of telling the people in the shop that the boy was not seriously in- jured. The Inspector then left and twenty minutes later Cheung Chuk put in an appear ance and he was arrested by a Chinese constable. At the hospital the boy was found to be so seriously injured that it was deemed advis- able to have his dying deposition taken, and about eight o'clock Hon, H. E. Wodehouse at-
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tended the hospital and took the evidence of the boy, who died an hour and a half later. The prisoner was taken before the Magistrate yes- terday and remanded.
HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD.
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No. 1 had d fficulty with his pony; there seemed to be more talk than action, and if Wood had not maintained bis high standard of play, and the Civilians bad improved theirs, it might still have fared badly with the Regiment. White-· head did good service for his side; his hitting was sure and several of his runs were very use- ful; but he was not backed up, though Platt played well and made valiant attempts to ride Wood and Tew. Landale appeared to have consistent hard luck, the pony he rode in the first quarter being one of the fastest on the ground, but young and untrained, while in the second quarter his mount pulled terribly. On one occasion this player looked like scoring for a certainty, but unfortunately one of his own The minutes of the last meeting were read side interfered with him. One more goal was and confirmed.
scored by the Regiment before the final bellrang, the game thus ending 14th Regiment 3 goals and 2 subsidiaries to the Civilians' nil; and there is no doubt the better side won.
A meeting of the Hongkong Sanitary Board was held at the offices on the 5th August. Dr. J. M. Atkinson (Principal Civil Medical Officer)|| presided, and there were also present-Hon. F. H: May (Captain Superintendent of Police), Hon. W. Chatham (Acting Director of Publio Works), Dr. Clark (Medical Officer of Health), and Mr. H. McCallum (Secretary).
MINUTES.
REPORTS.
The Surveyor's second quarterly report for 1897 was laid ou the table. Repairs to drainage arrangements have been carried out in 49 in. stances during the quarter, making a total of 145 for the half year. There have been 230 houses in hand for repairs during the half year and 85 are carried forward. Twenty-four certi- ficates have been granted during the quarter to 92 houses as having been built in accordance with the provisions of section 74 of Ordinance 24 of 1887.
The report of Inspector William Fisher. the officer performing the duties of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, showed that during the quarter ended 30th June last no cases of infec- tious or contagious disease among animals had been brought to his notice. The markets and slaughterhouses are in good working order.
MORTALITY RETURNS,
For the week ended 17th July the rate of mortality in the colony was 20.2 per 1,000 per anuum as against 17.9 for the corresponding period of last year. For the week ended 24th July the rate was 25.5 as compared with 20.5 for the corresponding period of last year,
ADJOURNMENT.
The Board adjourned until Thursday week.
THE POLO TOURNAMENT.
The final match of the Polo tournament, which owing to the weather had been postponed two or three times, came off on the 6th August Rain held off and a steady hot sun rendered the ground fit to play on. Regiment was in attendance, and in spite of the late hour at which it was definitely fixed that the match should come off, a number of ladies put in an appearsuce.
The Bund of the
The competing teams were the Civilians and the 14th Regiment as under:--
14th Regiment.
Civilians. Mr. Tow, back Hon. T. H. Whitehead, back
3 Mr. Landale, Mr. Wood, 3 Mr. Spencer, 2 Hon. F. H. May, C.M.G., 2 1 Mr. Platt, Mr. Gordon, 1
The Civilians won the toss, and chose to de- fend the Stable goal end with their backs to the sun.
The first quarter was a good one, play being fairly even. The Civilians being better mounted were able to cope with the undoubted superiority in combination of the Regiment; although at the same time it must be mentioned that it was noticed by many that the ponies of the Civilians seemed at times to be so fast that they had great difficulty in keeping them within the limits of the ground. Wood scored the first goal, and throughout the first quarter got run after run, the pace of his pony making it somewhat hard for the rest of his side to back him up. Nothing farther was scored, but the Regiment looked dangerous on more than one occasion, and indeed the bell rung as Wood had worked himself clear with a fine dashing run, and ap- peared very like scoring.
The second quater was looked forward to with a great deal of interest, as naturally the best ponies had been reserved, and the Civilians having a larger choice, it was thought by many that the damage done might be repaired. On the ball being thrown in Wood secured it, and after a long run down the ground scored a sub sidiary. He very shortly followed this up by a goal out of a scrimmage. The whole character of the play seemed to change now; it became sticky and slow. The combination so noticeable in the first quarter in the Regt. team went to pieces;
Capt. Burney, R.A., officiated as umpire, and the time was kept most accurately by a very consistent onlooker of the game.
The Cup, which already bears the name of the Regiment, was presented to Mr. Wood, the Captain of the Regimental Team, by Mrs. Hol- land, who very graciously expressed the pleasure the occasion afforded her. Three cheers were then given for the winning team, which was responded to by three for the civilians, and Mr. Whitehead intimated that though beaten they were not disheartened and trusted that the Regiment might remain long enough in Hong. kong for the Civilians to try conclusions with them once again.
SPORT.
HONGKONG GOLF CL UB,
CAPTAIN'S CUP FOR AUGUST, The usual monthly competition was held from the 7th to 9th inst., but brought out a Cup" very meagre list of names. For the " only 10 members entered, and not a single card was returned. Comment is superfluous, though it cannot be considered very complimentary to the donor of the cup. Mr. Tomes again figures as the winner of the subscribed money, the re- turns for which, as given below, do not exhibit high class play :-
Mr. C. A. Tomes Mr. W. Taylor Mr. G. Stewart Mr. C. Palmer
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RAUB.
The following is the Acting Manager's Report for the five weeks ending the 22nd July, 1897, to the Directors of the Raub Australian Gold Mining Company, Limited
Gentlemen,-I have the honour to herewith forward you my report for the five weeks, ending on the above date.
Raub Hole.-No. 2 shaft, 220 feet level. As already reported, we have for the present stopped the main south drive and have started to cross- out eas and west from the end of this drive, to try and pick up the gold bearing shoot of ore again. The west crosscut is now about 14 feet in clean country with not a sign of quartz on it. I have stopped this and am Dow crosscutting East, and am about 3 ft, in with quartz leaders showing in the face, but as yet I have not seen any gold on them. I will continue this crosscut a few feet further, and, should we not cut any quartz, will stop it until the stopes are brought up to the face.
Stopes. In the leading stope over the back of the south level, the lode is only a few inches thick of low grade ore. In the other stopes over this, the lode increases in size up to about 13 inches in the top stope, and carries very good gold. There is no work being done above the intermediate level, as the ore`shoot is worked out. In the stopes going north from the No. 2 winze, the lode in the face of the eading stope is small but carries fair gold. In the next stopes the lode is larger and carries better gold.
West Crosscut.-There is no change to report here. The small rich leader that we were carry- ing in with this drive has cut out. We are still in nice black slate. The water in this
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