November 18, 1899.]
Arthur Henry Harper, The Bay View Hotel No. 20, Shaukiwan Road. Has held a licence for one year.
Anthony Milroy The Sailor's Home, No. 187A Praya West. Has never held a licence before,
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
ments. Thirteen watertight bulkheads divide | the whole ship into 14 compartments, which with water, secure the safety of the ship and even if two adjacent compartments are filled her passengers.
These ballkeads were built under the supervision and by the regulations of the Germanic Lloyd and are amply strong. THE NEW GERMAN MAIL STEAMER enough to resist the waterpressure of one side,
ARRIVAL OF THE << KOENIG ALBERT." The North German Lloyd have commenced their fortnightly service to the Far East, the first steamer to arrive in Hongkong under the new arrangement being the Koenig Albert, which anchored off Green Island on Tuesday night and made her way to the wharf at Kow- loon yesterday morning. The Koenig Albert left Bremen on the 4th October and Southamp❘ ton on the 9th October, so that the voyage from England has occupied just over five weeks The average speed has been 14 knots.
In consequence of the adoption of the fort- nightly service the company are adding four large steamers to their China fleet, and the Koenig Albert is the first of the four which has been turned out. She is a magnificent vessel, being 520 feet long and 60 feet broad, but we understand that two of the others will be even larger. She carried some 300 passengers on her first trip, but there is accommodation for 100 more than that number. The names of Sir
Clande MacDonald, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., British Minister to China, and Lady MacDonald appear in the passenger list. When Sir Claude was previously in Hongkong he was an invalid on his way home. We are pleased to say that he is now in a vigorous state of health, the voyage having greatly benefited him.
When fully loaded the displacement of the steamer will be 16,750 tons. Her registered carrying capacity is 10,500 tons. The forepart of the vessel is divided into four decks, and the afterpart into three; in the middle part there are three more decks, one measuring about 285 feet, whilst the other two are about 200 feet long. The exceptional number of decks in the centre, makes the vessel a conspicuous object as she lies at the wharf. One would have thought that this feature would have made her roll considerably when the weather was in any way rough, but we understand that on the voyage out she, as one of the officers expressed it, "lay like a duck on the water when the time of trial came.
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Most of the cabins for the first and second. class passengers are placed in the upper struc- tures in the middle of the ship, only a few being put below the upper deck. The steerage passengers are all accommodated just below the upper deck. There are 101 first-class cabins, which are sufficient for 291 passengers; and there are 34 cabins in which 102 second-class passengers can be accommodated. Below the upper deck 180 third class passengers can be lodged in cabins berthing from two to six persons, The first-class dining saloon, with 162 seats, is situated at the forepart of the lower pro- menade deck. On the apper promenade deck is the ladies' saloon, and on
same deck is the smoking room. Each of the
pro- menade decks provides walking room of about 200 feet for the passengers. The second class Saloon, to hold 100 passengers, is, like the ladies' room, situated at the poop of the vessel and the smoking room is built at the top of the poop. The first-class saloons are most elegantly fitted up, whilst all the second class apartments are polished and parqueted. All cabins are provid. ed with the necessary comforts and special care has been taken to provide a sufficient number of baths.
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The curine on board is first class and the kitch- ens are able to provide food for over 400 passengers at a time. There is a large bakery with two steam ovens, a pantry for first and ~second class, and the necessary store rooms, etc. Two refrigerators secure cool storage and manufacture the necessary ice during the Voyage.
All rooms are lighted by electricity. There are 900 incandescent lamps on the ship, each of 25 candle power. Three dynamos of 400 am. peres sach provide the electric current.
The new steamer was built at the Vulcan Works, Stettin, of the very best German steel. She has a double bottom, which is divided over the whole length of the ship into 22 compart
without being supported by water from the other. She carries schooner rigging with steel masts.
The cargo space, consisting of 21 different compartments, is accessible through seven hatches; there are four hydraulic cranes and 11 steam winches.
The motive power consists of two quadruple expansion engines of 7,000 indicated horse-power, which give the vessel a speed of 15 knots. By artificial draft this can be increased to 900 ind. horse-power and a speed of 16 to 16 knots. Six boilers together with 27 foils provide the ne cessary steam, and the bunkers have a capacity
of 1,650 tona.
The safety appliances consist of ten boats 30 feet long, two 25 feet long, one 2 feet long (these being of wood), and eight 25 feet long built of steel. These boats are placed in positions from whence they can easily be launched and special patented ap pliances have been provided to secure their safe launching.
The steamer will not be open for inspection by the public until her return from Japan, Everyone who visits her must admit that Capt. Cuppers is in command of a vessel of which he may well be proud.
WATER RETURN.
LEVEL AND STORAGE OF WATER IN RESER- VOIRS ON THE 1ST NOVEMBER,
1898
And time to think of this strange thing,
This miracle, that carries me Along same current, to a sea
of large-eyed dawn and new-won life. First kiss my lips, then let me lie
· And think; and after that, I'll try To say the words you long to hear:
The light is yet too strong, the stream Too much for me. There, let me dream.
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11th November." The news of the death of Commander Eger- tun, which as in the case of Major General Sy- mons, appears to have occurred before news of his promotion reached him, will be regretted by many residents of Hongkong, to whom the de- ceased was known as an able officer. His work. at Ladysmith gave promise of a brilliant future career, but unfortunately he has met the fate of a number of other good men who have fallen - fighting in Natal. While it is comforting to know that he could not desire a braver death, his presence will not soon fade from the memory of his friends in Hongkong and elsa- where in the Far East.
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Now that the details are beginning to filter through from the Indian and Australian ex- changes of the early operations in South Africa, lost heavily, the Boers have had a very costly it would appear that although the British have campaign, and whereas the fighting of the British so far has been to some purpose, the Boers, although having assumed the aggressive, remain practically where they started, without having accomplished anything beyond weaken- ing their enemy by loss of men through death and capture. The British occupy the princi. pal points encircling Boer territory, namely, Pokfulam Oft. 2in. above overdow ft. Gin, below overflow Ladysmith, Kimberley, and Mafoking, and so far the united Boer forces have been unable to crush them or force them from those positions. 1899. Thus the advance of the Boers is checked and 395,620,00 | Joubert's provions blatant announcement 54,000,000 us to his triumphal march into Cape Colony and the seizure of everybody and every. 15,000,000 | thing has not yet been realised. As far 88 an aggressive campaign ou the part of 464,620,000 | the Boers is concerned the British hold the situation, for the Boers cannot advance and leave their borders exposed to the three garri. sous mentioned.
1899 fytam. ft. 2in, above overflow ft. Ria, above overdow Wongacicheong
Tytam
15ft. Gin. below overflow STORAGE GALLONS.
1898. 394,880,000 66,360,000
Pokfulam Wongneicheong ap- proximation only
Total
461,240,000 CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND HILL DISTRICT DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
1898
1899
Consumption 108,151,000 107,586,000 gals. Estimated popu-
lation
197,00 Consumption per
202,500
head per day...
17.14 gala KOWLOON
17.9 CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN
PENINSULA DURING THE MONTH
Estimated popu- Consumption
OF OCTOBER. 1898 7,172,000
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British have certainly had the best of it, and Concerning actual hand-to-hand fighting the the actions at Glencoe and Elandslaagte will rank as some of the finest fighting records of modern times when the history of the campaign comes to be written up. In those actions, as in the minor affairs reported, when Tommy Atkins charged he came out "away topside." Conse. quently it is conceivable that the Boer opinion as to the fighting ability of the British soldier 8,620,000 gals. has changed somewhat from that which so fre-
quently found expression before the war, 27,400
1899
lation......
26,200 Consumption per
head per day... 8.8
10.14 gals. The Government Analyst reports that the water is of excellent quality.
R. D. OимSBY.
Water Authority.
VITA NUOVA. Tutti li miei pensier parlan d'amore.
Dante Alighieri.
We sat together in the gloom,
With hearts too fall for common speech, With grief and joy beyond words' reach. Nuy! Say you love me ! Say so, Sweet!
-A mute reproach from tear-thronged eyes, A half-heard sob, faint kisses, sighs, And then your answer, calm and clear, Came to me as though heard in sleep -I cannot, Dear! It lies too deep! Some day, may be, you'll know it all:
My own dear Heart, don't ask again ! You do but give me needless pain,
At present, merely let me loy
My tired head upon your breast: Just now, Lorave nought else but rest
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The telegraphic news by Reuter as to how Tommy was eating his heart out in captivity, will no doubt find a page in Max O'Rell's note-book on the characteristics of the English people. Anyone who has watched a tough game of Rug- by or Socker will readily understand the conso- lation that such would afford prisoners of war, at the same time keeping the men in real athle tic and consequently fighting trim. The daily telegrams may therefore any day bring along an announcement that the Irish Fusiliers have beaten the Hussars by two to one, and are in for the final against the Gloucesters for the Pretoria Cap. For that event Father Paul would shine as a referee, providing he handled the whistle promply and did not want to com- mune with his own especial Almighty for an hour or so, when a foul was claimed. Football enthusiasts would be glad to know which team had the honour of introducing the game into Pretoria, and think that now it is once started there are prospects of the Boer community after all becoming civilised!
A few weeksago I noticed that a correspondent drew attention to the large number of beggars who infested the principal roads and pestered Europeans for sims. Your correspondent omit
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