the Government in any way, and that they were all heartily in accord with the object they had
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March 28, 1903,
SANITARY BOARD ELECTIONS.
A meeting of rat payers was held in the City Hall at 4 pm on the 25th inst. for the purpose of electing two representatives to the Sanitary Board. Mr. W. Norton Kysle, Registrar, Supreme Court, was presided, explained the business of the meeting and the procedure to be observed in conducting it, drawing attention to the fact that each elector had two votes instead of one as previously announced. He read out the names of the nominees, with their proposers and seconders. These were as follows :—
Mr. H. E. Pollook, K.C, proposed by Mr. B. Layton, seconded by Mr. G. Balloch; |
Mr. E. A. Hewett proposed by Mr. J. H. · Lewis, seconded by Mr. E. W. Mitchell ¡¡
Mr. A. S. Hooper, proposed by Mr. E. Usborne, seconded by Mr. W. A. Cruickshank; and
Mr. A. Ramjahn, proposed by Mr. J. Lemm, seconded by Mr. E. M. Haz-land.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
purpose of settling differences between the Military and Naval authorities and hardly thought, not from any official source or official knowledge, that Sir Paul Chater had been quite | correctly led to believe. He knew that, in the minds of certain people, aud certainly in his mind, was presented the advisability of sonding out a Commission for the purpose of considering the question that they were approaching-the ques- tiou as to the ultimate expansion of the Dockyard premises and the possibility of the removal of the Dock--because he did not think he was at all singular in the view that, while His Majesty's Navy is here primarily | for the protection of the trade of the East, it was rather paradoxical that the protection of that trade of the East should be given in the great port of the East, the second port in the world, in such a manner as to practically strangle the expansion of the Colony, and interfere with the due expansion of the shipping trade
He was quite sure there were many people ougaged in His Majesty's servic engaged in the Admiralty and engaged elsewhere, who were
The proceedings were of a purely fornal quite prepared to endorse that view. The whole nature, and no speeches following the Regis question resolved itself into one-whother a trar's remarks, the election was proceeded with. suitable site which would Le equally free from the The poll closed at six o'clock. Immediately possibility of an enemy's shell fire and would afterwards the counting of the votes was begun. offer greater facilities, possibly of approach This operation, lasted till nearly seven o'clock, with good anchorage in the neighbourhood, when the Registrar annonaced the result an ovuld be obtained" elsewhere. From what follows:- he knew of the harbour he believed they could assure the Imperial Government that such a site could be obtained elsewhere, and he earnestly hoped that the effect of their petition might be the removal of the Naval Dockyard from its present unsatisfactory posi- tion (applause), and the possibility that in the fatur, alter he had left Hongkong he might some day have the great pleasure of reading that this great Praya, which had been extended up to the West, might be con- tinued without any break to the Far East of the town. He had no doubt that it wou'd be of enormous advantage to the town in the future. He thought it could be done, and agreed with them that it wou'd be done without practically any expense to the Colony, and without expense to His Majesty's Government. If it could be shown that the factor of time could be satisfactorily met, and that a change to another position would enable His Majesty's When | Government to construct a Dock in something like the same time as that which must elapse before the present Dock is finished, he thought they might hopefully look for a favourable reception to their petition at home, as he had
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The names of the successful candidates wero received with hearty applause.
THE MURDER OF CONSTABLE EVANS.
HIS EXCELLENOY said he was very glad tó receive that important deputation from the community on the Dock. He might tell them at once that he was in absolute and entire hy with them in the views which they expressed (applausə), he had always been so; as the published letters would show he had already more than once addressed the Imperial Govern- ment on the question. But now when they came to the question of the Dock, of course, as far as the Navy are concerned, no matter what the question of nuisance may be, no matter what the inco.. venience to the publia may be, if it were necessary that that Dock should be built in that position he had no doubt that not only the -members of the Committee but every member of the community in Hongkong would be prepared to bear any inconvenience if it was absolutely necessary for the well-being, safety and the comfort of His Majesty's Navy. (Applause). As regarded the que tion of the differences at present between the Admiralty and the Military authorities, he did not know of any such differences. There had, of course, been consultations between them as to the possible division of land now held respectively by the Navy and Military authorities, and he thought he might say that, on broad lines, the Military and Naval an horities had either arrived at a working agreemen, or were very nearly approaching to that point. The first point for them to consider, an the point to put before His Majesty's Government was the question. whether that Dock shall be removed from that position in toto. He had personally no doubt that if it was possible to remove the Dock from its present position, it would be not alone of great importance to this Colony, but it would bo equally important for the welfare of His Majesty's Navy in the future, because he was quite clear that the present extension as projected at the Dockyard was not, and would not be sufficient for the requirements of the Navy in the future if the idea remained as to the expansion of trade be verified and if the fact remained, as he thought it would remain, that We should probably always have a very considerable Navy engaged in the Far East. The question that presented itself was in a nutshell. they put the question before His Majesty's Government, as they would in their petition petition which he hoped and believed he would be able to support most heartily in all its statements and all its suggestions (applause)
no doubt His Majesty's Government -the two questions that they would have to
Were 88 anxious whether the Admiralty, consider were, first of all, whether, in the event or the Colonial Office, or the War Office at of the removal of the Dock elsewhere a consider home to meet the views of the Colony in able amount of time might or might not be lost. every way in which they could be met where a They had already seen-be was speaking now as fair statement was put before them, and where, the man in the street-that it was quite clear it as was probable, the interests of all are bound up. was to the advantage of His Majesty's service After all they must remember that in all the that the Dook should be completed as soon as
movements of His Majesty's forces naval possible. He knew nothing of the difficulties and military, they were all primarily for the THE NEW TUNG WA HOSPITAL. that had been shadowed by Mr. Bhowan; benefit of colonists in the East, and for the but he assumed that, if there were such diff-protection of trade. He had not much fear culties, it might help to solve the question, that if they could show that that fao or of time because he took it that, in the removal of could be satisfactorily answered, he, himself, was the Dook to another position, that position of the hope, and the strongest hope, that the would be such as would afford
& sound petition which they were about to prepare bottom and facilities for the balding (might have a favourable result. (Applause.) of the Dook which did not appear, from Mr. Showan's statement, to exist at the present moment Apart from that question, and assum- ing that that could be answered, and that it could be demonstrated on enquiry that the Dock would and could probably be completed as quickly elsewhere as this Dock might be if it is gone on with, then came the question of the expense to the Imperial Government. That question had already been answered by the Committee, through their chairman, Sir Paul Chater, in his statement that, in their view the Colony could afford to acquire for the Nayal authorities the whole of their presont holding, and to supply the Naval authorities with a site elsewhere. He had gone into that question a little with Sir Paul Chater and
with him. He thought his calculations Drobably right, and that it would be for ment of this Colony that the Imperial ment should be assured that, if a Abe made it, would, be made without to His Majesty's Government. He nothing of a proposed Commission for the
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He promised them, so far as he could on those lines, he would support that petition by every means in his power. (Applause.)
Sir PAUL CHATER thanked His Excellency for having granted the interview and the pro- ceedings terminated.
The Siècle (Paris) says:-To secure a real superiority over the British fleet it would be necessary for four Powers to combine. Even then the support which the Japanese fleet might give England in case of nee would have to be taken into scoɔuat,
The rifle barrels and locks which the police seized in a godown at Kennedytown last week. and which are computed to number several thousands, are now being broken up at the Central Police Station. The process does not tend to lessen the noise made by the Chinese who daily throng the precincts of the Magis- tracy.
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SIX MEN ŠTÁT NCED TO DEATH. We drew attention in our last issue to the fact that the atrocions crime of murdering Constable Evans remained unexpiated. We now learn that on Friday last a trial in connection with this mat er took place in the Namboi Magistrate's yamen in the presence of Mr. H. E. Sly, the Vice-Consul at Canton, and as a resn't six men, including two sent from Hongkong. were sentenced to death. Six others
all very young men-were sentenced to long terms of imprisonment. There was no question about the identity of the real murderers, as they were instantly recognised by the little daughter of Mr. Evans and by the boat-woman who was in the junk at the time.
We understand that the delay was due to a desire to ascertain whether any more men were implicated than those under arrest. The police as well as the Congul-General (Mr. J. Scott) are to be complimented on their success in bringing the miscreants to justice.
OPENING CEREMONY.
The new Tang Wa Hospital in Po Yan Street was opened on Thursday by H.E. the Governor, Sir H. A. Blake, G.C.M G., and in preparation for the ceremony the old and new buildings were lavishly and tastefully decorated with flowers, potted plants, and banting, Besides the Vice-regal party, which inc uded His Excellency, Lady Blake, Miss Blake, and Sir John Keane, Bart. (Private Secretary to the Governo), there were present the lion. F. H. May and Mrs. May, Lady Goodman, Commodore and Mrs. Robinson, Bishop Hoare, Mr. E. R. Belílios, Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, C.M.G.. Rev. C. H. Hickling, Dr. Thomson, Dr. Atkinson, Dr. Gibson, Dr. Tearse, Dr. Noble, Hon. C. W. Dickson, and Messrs. A. H. Rennie, E. M. Hazeland, J. H. Craig, R. K Leigh, A. S. Hooper, J. R. Michael, C. MOI, Messer, J. Lemm, &. U. Anderson, F. Browne, A. Gibson, G. A. Woodoook, and a great Lumber of representative Chinese, including Messrs. Fang Wa Chuo, Lan Çtu Pak, Ho Tang, and Ho Fook.
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The proceedings began with the reading of bis address to His Excellency by the Chairman of the Hospital, Mr. Tung, previous to which Lady Blake and as is Blake were each presented / with a handsome bouquet by Mr. Fung Wa Chun and Mr. Ho Tung,
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