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At one time the Dart appeared to be a long way in tront, but in the lighter wind aff. Green Island many of the other boats passed her. In the run down to Stonecutters, Erica passed Princess and caught up with Maid Marian, eventually getting into first place at the east end of Stonecutters' Island. Phoebe also passed Princess on the run, and the boats finished as below:-
Erica
Finish. Corrected time. 4 26 46 426 46 Second
4 27 25 Third 4.24 37 First 4:22 11
Maid Marian : Phoebe
4 29 56
4 30.55
Princess ...
4.39 52
Ladybird..
4 40 41
4 28 9
Active
4* 43 28
4 34 18
Meteor
4 43 30
4 36 42
Chanticleer
4 46 51
4 39 54
Sybil
4 49 33
4 36 2
Dart...
4.50-11
4 33 55
4 52 15
Payne
4.36 33
Phoebe, steered
The Cup is thus won by the by Capt. Phillips, we believe.
This handicap was the mean of the competi- tors' handicaps, and in many cases the times worked out very near together.
Mr. MITCHELL'S PRIZES. SATURDAY, January 29th, 1898,
| February 2, 1898.
THE CHINESE CORPSE.
THỂ HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS 'AND | of having their interests looked after by this expensive establishment, who, were expected to
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS. see that the Treaties were not evaded and that
SIR, I have heard of doctors trying in the any breach of them was at once brought to the notice of the authorities at home and the interests of science to galvanize a corpse into fall performance of these Treaties demanded to- life, and succeeding in getting some signs of gether with compensation for any loss sustained life into it while the current lasted, only to cease when the current was withdrawn. It by a British trader by failure on the part of the Chinese to carry out their engagements. seems that the British Government are still For very many years past the British taxpayers trying, in the interests of philanthropy, to have been called upon yearly for the support of galvanize the corpse of China into life, and the this expensive body and have received practi- result can only be a few faint kicks or quivers while the current is maintained. When on cally no return for their outlay, simply because China's foreign advisers have skilfully inter-earth are they going to realize this self-evident posed themselves between the British Foreign fact ? Office and the Chinese Government, and the Foreign Office have, except in the matter of payment of salaries, thrown their own diplo matic service and intelligence department overboard in deference to the wishes and views of China's foreign advisers.
ANXIOUS ENQUIRER, Hongkong, 27th January, 1898. ELECTRIC SEARCH-LIGHT FOR THE
PEAK.
It is needless to detail the way in which this
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS. matter has been operated, for old residents in
SIR-Can you inform me whether the idea China kuow how the British and other Govern of a powerful electric search-light at the Peak ments were bluffed by these gentlemen with
has ever been mooted? A search-light, say at visions of an enraged China rising in her mil- the signal station or other suitable point might lions to massacre and drive out the European be most useful from a military point of view; in invader, and when this failed to work some typhoon weather, also, it might prove useful in other bogie was conjured up. It seems neces-4- This race was sailed in a fairly strong east sary, however, to point out that these gentle-lighting up the harbour and showing whether ance. Doubtless there are other uses it might wind. The course was from Kowloon Point, men still largely influence our Foreign Office any vessel was in distress and in need of assist- round east buoy off Meyer's oil works. Chan-(though they have lost all their weight with
likewise be put to which do not occur to me at nel Rocks, Kowloon Rocks, Meyer's buoy, other European Governments), to the detri-
present. Channel Rocks, all to port, finish at the Police ment of the advice which should be sought from
our Consular Service, Pier, Kowloon; 10 miles. Times of finishing
Handicap. Times. Corrected
4. 13. 11 Scratch 4, 15..52 4 mins
Mr. Hastings 'Maid Marian 3 mins. Mr. Denison's Erica ..
Times. 4.10. 11 415 52 4 19. 14 4 19. 4 4:21. 47
Why not abolish the Consular Service and save a large and unnecessary expenditure or, better still, leave the European advisers of China to pursue their ordinary course of filling up numerous fat billets under the Chinese Go- vernment with their sisters, their uncles, and their aunts, and their aunts' friends, and turn a deaf ear to their blandishments, remembering that when the interests of. Great Britain and those of the aforesaid. sisters and uncles and aunts are weighed against each other in the The Maid Marian thus wins the first prize scale by these loyal gentlemen a fat billet re-
4 27. 17 4 27.55
Mr. Kew's Meteor..
4.23. 14
Mr. Pollock's Active.....
6
}}
4. 25. 4
Mr. May's Phoebe...
54
""
Mr. Tomes's Chanticleer
13
B.E Sybil
9
""
Dr. Clarke Dart
10
"
Mr. Wilkinson's Ladybird 9
...10
15
RE. Payne
and the Erica second.
4, 29. 29
4 23 55
4. 20. 29
4. 33, 21 4. 23. 21 4. 35. 13 4. 26. 13 4. 38. 17 4. 28. 17
CORRESPONDENCE,
[We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opiui ns expressed by our correspondents.]
A PEAK RESERVOIR.,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS.' SIB, Why water should be allowed to run hundreds of feet down hill only to be pumped up again surpasses the wit of the average thought- ful man; yet this is to be seen in this otherwise enlightened colony of Hongkong. The visitor to the Peak who enquires where the Peak residents obtain their water supply from is in- formed that it is either pumped up or carried up from the reservoirs, which are at a level some hundreds of feet below. If there were no place where a reservoir could be formed at a higher level one would at once perceive the necessity for the labour and cost which this raising of water involves, but when by a casual glance around you find there are several possible loca- tions for a reservoir above the level of most of the Peak. residences one is amazed that one has not already been constructed. Now that the military authorities have taken over the Mount Austin Hotel it is to be presumed that they will avail themselves of the excellent, locations adjoining that property both at and above its level to form reservoirs for the supply of the troops stationed there.
j.
PRACTICAL ECONOMY. Hongkong, 27th January, 1897.
THE BRITISH MINISTER AND CONSULAR SERVICE VERSUS
CHINA'S EUROPEAN-
ADVISERS.
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS," SI, The British public have for many years kept, and still keep, at great expense, a Alinister at the Court of Peking and a large lody of Consular representatives at the various open ports of China. It is to be presumed that they do this with the intention of deriving some return for their expenditure in the shape
quired for an additional aunt, or a handsome commission on putting a loan through, may send the British side of the scale up to the beam with a jerk and British interests again be cast in the mire, to stick there for another decade. BRITISH PATRIOT. Hougkong, 26th January, 1898.
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THE DE SOUZA CASE AT MACAO.
Perhaps the engine which works the tram might operate the light as well; if so,the main- taining of a search-light at the Peak need not be au expensive matter. ;
LIGHT.
Hongkong, 28th January, 1898. FRACTICAL ECONOMY AND LIGHT,
DAILY PRESS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE
Sir, Would it not be possible for the Go- vernment to combine the suggestions of your
Practical Economy correspondents
and
Light" under one scheme, making use of the water that might flow into or out of the pro posed Peak reservoir to drive a turbine and to furnish power for the proposed search light at the flag staff.
If the above suggestion is considered un- workable, could not the Military Authorities establish treadmills at the Mount Austin Bar- racks, which, whilst providing gentle exercise for the troops 'stationed there, would furnish power for the search light when required.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY. PRESS.'
The search light would probably be of little DEAR SIR, I have refrained from writing. you till now in order to allow your Macao
use during a great portion of the year on ac- correspondent to correct a misstatement in his count of the clouds and mist at the Peak, unless communication with regard to the case of V. B. the Government were to establish stations in de Souza. I am at a loss to conceive with what the district for dispersing the clouds and intent he stated therein that the accused ad-desiccating the atmosphere. If this were ac mitted the charge of having embezzled the sum complished, the popularity of the Peak district of Tls. 10,000 the money of his employers, as a residential centre would be greatly en- Messrs. Reiss & Co., Shanghai, when he, before hanced by the absence of clouds, and the a very large assembly of people in the court, problem of a liberal water supply solved by who no doubt can give the lie, distinctly denied storing in the reservoir the water extracted it, but confessed to having issued to one of the from the mists when other sources fail.-Yours Chinese Hong Tafong some delivery orders for
DESICCATOR. goods valued at Tls. 10,000 more in all, which the shroff in his deposition before the Consul in
Hongkong, 28th January, 1898, Shanghai admitted having cashed and deposited with the Chinese 'Banks in his (the shroff's) name, and which the shroff alleged having handed over to the accused in his residence un- witnessed.
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The accused also confessed to having written a letter to his employers assuming the respon- sibility of the defalcation, thus absolving com- pletely the shroff in order to save him (the shroff) from committing suicide.
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The Chief Justice, Dr. Alppim, in his sentence, however, found the accused guilty of having falsified, the delivery orders and for having concealed the fact from his employers, because he being a servant of the firm of Messrs. Reiss, & Co it should have been his duty to have reported the matter to them, and sentenced him therefore to two years' imprisonment, taking into consideration his previous good conduct and character
Thanking you in anticipation for the publi. cation of the above in your next issue and en- closing my card.
W. Y. Z.
Macao, 27th January, 1898,
&c.
RUSSIAN TROOPS ON THE KIRIN
· FRONTIER.
.
The Shanghai mandarins have received in- telligence from Manchuria to the effect that Russian troops numbering some 10,000 men have arrived on the frontiers of Kirin from the vicinity of the Russian Eastern outposts. There is much excitement amongst the high authorities of Kirin and Tsitsihar in ton- sequence, and the Tartar General of the latter province has asked the permission of the Throne to raise 20,000 Tartars of Heilung- chiang, the arms and ammunition to be supplied from the Kirin and Moukden arsenals.—¡Ñ, C. Daily News.
At Shanghai on the 24th January the dead body of a woman was discovered floating in the river off Kinleeyuen, and was found to be that of Amy Hall, a woman of loose life who had been missing for about six weeks and who had declared her intention of putting an -end to herself. An inquest was opened and adjourned.
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