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May 20, 1901.]
A“ BACKYARD" APPLICATION, . The SECRETARY submitted a letter which had been received from Mr. I. P. Sam Woo, the
Central, submitting the building plans and applying for exemption as far as regards the
backyard."
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
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Mr. BEEWIN-And if they get a case of | able to state, from enquiries, that such is not fand Chines0, The education is to be plague they throw it overboard.
the case. On the contrary, the patient so far entirely free; in fact, the prevailing, iden is is doing very well. Mr. J. Cummiskey (the to have a "Hongkong School Board." second patient from the Naval Yard), was other languages but English and Chinese are however unable to combat the disease, and died to be taught, and the remaining subjects will owner of the house No. 175, Queen's Road on Friday afternoon. He had been in the settled by a Council of Administration to
Colony only about a year, and leaves a wife to headmaster and teaching staff are to mourn his death. Mr. Hawkes, of the Hong engaged in England, and the schools, spread kong Dispensary staff, is now almost fully over the various districts, will be managed as recovered, and will be discharged from hospital nearly on the same lines as the London School at an early date. During the 24 hours ending Board as can be, without, of course, the visiting at noon on Friday the cases of plague reported and compulsory powers. The schools are to be were 16 (15 Chinese, one European), with 14 unsectarian in character, the entire aim being deaths (13 Chinese and one other Asiatic.) to train and develop the young Chinese mind so as to fit it for the ordinary requirements of modern social and commercial life. The project has found considerable favour among the most influential Chinese in the Colony,, who have lavishly given or promised pecuniary support to it.
The President minuted-"I recommend a refusal on the ground that the side street is only 10 feet wide, and has lofty buildings on each side of it.
Mr. Brewin minuted—” The houss-a corner house-appears to be well lighted and to have sufficient ventilation. The narrowness of the street might be a reason for refusing exemption if the house was situated elsewhere thun at the corner, but situated as it is I see no reason for refusing the application. Opposite the house, at any rate, the street is a good deal over 1 feet wide,"
Dr. Clark minuted—” Refuse.” The Hon. F. H. May minuted-"I agree with the M. O. H."
Dr. CLARK formally moved the rejection of the application.
Mr. BREWIN seconded, and the motion was carried:
THE SIEGE TRAIN.
free from infection.
That was all the business.
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THE DUMPING OF DEAD BODIES IN THE STREETS.
PREVENTIVE MEASURES.
THE STRANDED “SOBRAON." in order to teach them that the dumping of
13th May.
ROWDYISM IN THE STREETS.
Late on Friday night, the 11th inst., a scene of excessive rowdyism and brutality was witnessed in Pedder Street, nearly opposite the Hongkong Hotel. Quite half-a-dosen British bluejackets H.M.S. Hermione, all in a state of intoxics- one of them, by the inscription on his cap, tion, were attacking two stokers, dressed in
meeting of the Sanitary Board, and numerous This matter was fully discussed at a recent
suggestions were offered as to the mesne stop to this method of the poorer Chinese that should be adopted to put an effectual
stances prove to be plague cases. of getting rid of what in the majority of in- The practice, as has been pointed out, makes the tracing of the source of infection an utter impossibility, and so the health of the community is endan The Board declared the Siege Train cattle Chinese, who prefer to harbour disease to re-white, also from the Hermione. Both of the
gered through the criminal neglect of ignorant porting an outbreak to the sanitary authorities unfortunate men were, like the others, under and having their houses disinfected. - Disinfec- | the influence of liquor, one of them however, tion is abhorred by the lower-class natives, and not quite so bad as not to be able for a time to offer an effective resistance to his cowardly as- dead will not ensure immunity from it, sailants. With odds of four to ône, he was one member of the Board suggested that eventually knocked down, and whilst lying on It has now been definitely decided to abandon
a certain number of houses within a limited the ground was struck about the head and the salvage operations on the wrecked liner, should be disinfected. Another member ad capable of inflicting punishment, ultimately ares of the spot where a body was picked up body by all four, who, finding him still and the ship, including machinery, and the vised the infiction of fines upon all house took to kicking him, and continued to remainder of her cargo will for sale as she lies. This step is made impering of watchmen at street-corners, a fourth of semi-unconsciousness, when they left him be put up holders within the area, a third the station- do so until they had reduced him to a state ative by the change that has taken place in the the doubling of the rates for the quarter; and lying stretched full length on the muddy weather, which renders the salvage work in. operative and dangerous to life and property; Medical Oficer of Health, was that a number already almost helpless from the effects of so on. The recommendation of Dr. Clark, pavement. In the meantime the second stoker, Heavy seas are breaking over the Sobraon, and the ship's pinnace and two of her boats have of soldiers-men from one of the Indian regi- drink, had been treated in the same inhuman ments stationed in the Colony-should be The Coromandel will remain at enrolled as special constables to patrol the streets middle of the street with the blood running manner, and was lying unconscious in the Tang Yung Island as long as possible, and to prevent the wreck from being claimed, a tug at night. At the last special meeting of the from a wound on the head. In making their with two of the P. & O. Company's officers on
Sanitary Board it was intimated that the recom-
way from the scene to escape possible osp- board will probably be sent to stand by it.
mendation had been approved, and on the ture, the four bluejackets who had accounted 14th inst., at the Magistracy, twenty-five non- for the first stoker had to pass the se commissioned officers and men of the Royal cond, and one of them deliberately lifted Welsh Fusiliers and seventy-five non-commis- his foot and kicked the helpless man Singapore Battalion Royal Artillery, making in sight, nor did one arrive until all the sioned officers and men of the Hongkong and forcibly on the head. Not a policeman was. altogether a total of one hundred men, were miscreants had got clear away. The first stoker service is for three months, and their duties are sergeant of police to report the matter at the sworn in as special constables. Their term of
soon after partly recovered, and went with a to patrol the streets from 10 p.m. till 6 a.m. station and give the names of two of his assail- The step is an important one, and while it can said, were from the same ship as himself. The and prevent the dumping of dead bodies thereon.
ants whom he was able to identify, and who, he hardly fail to achieve the end for which it has second stoker was attended to by three other plifying the work of the sanitary authorities, to the injury to his head and had him taken to the been taken, it may incidentally serve, by sim- sergeants of police in plain clothes, who dressed diminish the chances of a further serious hospital in a chair. spreading of plague.
been lost.
THE PLAGUE,
We regret to state that Mr. Harold Thorne, member of the staff of Messrs. A. 8. Watson and Company, succumbed to plague at Kennedy Town Hospital on Thursday night, the 9th inst. The deceased who, we learn, was only 23 years of age and arrived from England about five months ago, was buried on the 10th inst. at the Happy Valley, the funeral being attended by the members of the staff of Messrs. Watson and Company, and a number of Volunteers and personal friends,
On the 10th inst. a third assistant at the Hongkong Dispensary developed symptoms of plague. He had, in common with the rest of the staff, ceased to live over the Dispensary and had removed to other rooms. For four days he was suffering from what appeared to be fever, On the 10th, however, undoubted plague bacilli were discovered in his blood (which had been examined daily), and he was removed to the Hospital without loss of time. We believe that the discovery of the bacilli at so late a stage is very unusual, as the fifth day of the disease is usually the critical period.
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The corrected figures for the year are:-- Cases 504 (Chinese 494, other Asiatics 5, Europeans 5), deaths 475 (Chinese 470, other Asiatics 3, Europeans 2). The two fresh European cases were reported on Thursday, both in H. M. Naval Yard, the victims being Mr. P. D'Agostini, a senior writer, and Mr. J. Cummiskey, a recently arrived assistant stors houseman, residing at Wild Dell, Wan- chai. The latter case was discovered on Wednesday night.
Mrs. D'Agostini, wife of Mr. P. D'Agostini, senfor writer at H. M. Naval Yard (who is now in hospital with plague), was removed to Ken- nedy Town on Friday morning, having develop- ed symptoms of the disease. A rumour was prevalent on Friday that Mr. D'Agostini had unccumbed to the attack, but we are glad to be
EDUCATION AMONG THE
CHINESE
A HONGKONG SCHOOL BOARD.
A project is on foot, and has taken definite shape, among the Chinese in the Colony to provide for the education of the Chinese masses by the endowment of schools to be supported by voluntary donations and subscriptions, and to be made eventually into a corporation. The originator of the scheme is Mr. Ellis Kelly, who has given a first donation of 840,000. Al. together something like $60,000 have already been subscribed, and application will shortly be made to the Government to introduce a Bill in the Legislative Council providing for the scheme. The promoters say that it has long been recognized that a large proportion of the population of Chins have no mesos of giving any education to their children, though undoubt edly they desire to do so. The object of Mr. Ellis Kelly is, we understand, to establish schools of a purely secular character for the instruction of the Chinese in the Chinese and English languages, and in such other subjects, such as geography, history and science, as might tend towards the establishment of mutual good relations between foreigners
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Quarrels between British sailors when they are in liquor are by no means infrequent, but these quarrels, when settled in the good old way, seldom result in anything more serious than a black eye or a bleeding nose, with possibly an appearance at the police court to finish up with, When, however, men can stoop to such methods to settle a bar-room dispute as have been des- cribed above, rigorous measures are essential, and efforts should be made to find out and punish the guilty ones. For the credit of the Colony, moreover, such scenes should be rendered im- possible by a sufficient supply of policemen.
The Penang and Perak papers complain of the "matton ring" in Penang, which affects both places alike. The Perak Pioneer states that a new company has been formed in Penang to import sheep, and will commence operations about two months hence. "The news of this rival mutton company is of considerable internet here," comments the Pinang Gouette, - but it is not explained in what manner the sheep to be brought to Penang. If the decks Mesars. Apear's bouts are under contract to on importer, and if there are no other bosta syail- able, we do not see how a new company is get an opportunity of importing from Calcutta Obviously the dimenity of fighting but little in the different ports of la
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