south, formed a biokground to numerous islands in procession around the circular line of view. Shortly after the last corner behind tuoked itself in of the sua had the rocks ahead, the sky turned into a rich gold, with purple hues where it gradually blended with the over-darkening blue overhead. Then, again, it turned into that incomparable brilliant red; and. long before twilight had ceased, the silvery moon and a solitary bright star showed high up in the opposite direction. A Chinese Customs cruiser was anchored off Tang Ho, notfr from the Customs Station. While amongst the island, repeated queris: wore made to simpans and jaoks ehcountered; nothing being discovered, however, the steamer's nose wa farned homeward. Ontheratura journey by the West Lama Channel through the now black waters, nothing noteworthy occurred.
Out of the several boats that went a-searching for wrecks on Monday, one of the torpedo- destroyers returned with three disabled janks in tow. All the waters neighbouring Hongkong have now been thoroughly searched.
The sis. Choulai arrived from Bangkok on Tuesday. En route the rescued twelve ship- wrecked Chinese Daily Hress.-4th November.
The British 8.8. An Pho, Capt., T. Thomson, arrived here from Saigon on Wednesday with a cargo of rice and meal. Op leaving Saigon sheex- perienced strong monsoon weather with hard rain squalls and high sea from the time she left Cape 8. James on the 29th ult., till the morning of the 3rd inst. Shortly after seven o'clock on the morning of the 3rd in Lat. 19 deg 58' N. Long. 112 dag. 27' El, a small fishing-boat was observed to be showing signals of distress. The course was altered, and ou arriving at the boat two occupants were hauled aboard by means of ropes. The wind being a strong one and the sea heavy' it was deemed too dangerous to lower a boat.
The resoned men informed Capt. Thomson through a Chinese interpreter that they belonged to Swale; and that while an- chored off Heetung Point a heavy N. E. gale caused them to break their anchor cable and drift seaward. They were theraly men aboard when the accident occaed, the remainder of When the crew being ahore at the time. picked up they had been thus drifting helplessly for eight days. Latterly the An l'ho experienc- ed moderate wind and sea.
The German 8.8. Tai Lee, Capt. T. Michelsen, arrived from Swatow yesterday after experienc. ing the typhoon in Formosi Chanuel on the 27th alt. During the strm considerable damage was sustained by the vessel: the funnel carried away, one boat and two davits were lost, a water tank carried away, and two stanchions in No. 3 hold were broken.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
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There more shipwrecked Amoy junk fisher- men have been picked up and brought to Hongkong by one of the torpedo-destroyers.— Daily Press, 6th November,
HEALTH OF HONGKONG.
The Colonial Secretary informed us on the 2nd inst. afternoon that the following telegram had been received from His Britannic Majesty's Consul at Batavia :-
"Colonial Secratɩry, Hongkong, Quarantine removed. British Consul.”
The Dutch Consul General informs us to the same effect. and states that all goods can now ba imported into Netherlands-India.
The cases of communicable disease reported in the Colony last week wero: -cholera, 1 (fatal), the victim being a Japanese outside the limits of the City; enteric fever, 2, both European.
The Coloni 1S creta y informed us on Thurs-
day that he had received the following telegram dated Ringo п, 4th Novembar. from the Secretary to the Government of Barm? :--
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Colonial Secretary, Hongkong.-In con- tinuation of my teleg maninety-two, dated the 25th March last, restrictions against arrivals frora
removed -Secr tary Hongkong Government of Burma.'
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PIRACY NEAR HONGKONG. "Captain Graham Harrie, prominent here in connection with bringing Hongkong-built launches to Manila, the south, and wherever, in fact, there happens to be a market for them, a few days ago had a very exciting experience with pirates while on a voyage to Penang with the launch Tong Chuan.
The vessel left Hongkong for Penang on Wednesday, the 21st ult., and next day, euconn. tering a typhoon off S. John's, situated some 9)' W. of the Colouy, they were obliged to seek an anchorage to leeward of the island, one of the twin engines having broken down.
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Shortly after dropping the native sampin came off to look se scout for & more formidable force behind. Captain Harvie was ashore at the time, and no- body aboard the Tong Chuan suspected danger
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VICTORIA
[November 7, 1903.
HOSPITAL AND
JUBILEE ROAD.
over
to
the
To-day Victoria Hospital will be opened,
handed and Jubilee Road Government by Sir Paul Chater. They were constructed to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 1897, wi h public funds col- lected a that time.
THE ROAD.
Jubilee Road was commenced in April, 1901, auder the direction of Messrs. Denison and Ram architects and civil engino rs, and it was practically completed towards the end of 1902, It commences at Belchers Bay, near the Tung Wa Hospital, and goes to Aberdeen, cove‹ing in length five miles. From Belchers Bay it rises from the sea-level to 150 feet in the first half mile, they it continues fairly level for about four miles, falling down in the remaining balf mile of approach to Aberdeen. It passes the French Mission, cats through the Dairy Farm, and crosses the old Aberdeen Road about a mile this (Hongkong) side of Aberdeen. Over its precipitous course are 8 veral substantial granit bridges; and a foot-path, about a mile and a balf loug, from the Peak joins it to the east of the bridge on the old Aberdeen Road, in the ricia ty where the new road crosses.
Originally the road was intended to go a little aboro the sea.l.vel only, but, objections being raised by the War Department on the grounds th t this would weaken the natural defences of the island, it was raised to 150 above the sea level,
The cost of constructing Jubilea Road waS $111,000.
THE HOSPITAL. The Victoria Hospital standing on the south side of the Barker Road, well above the road level, is approached by a wide pathway of easy gradient. It is designed in two blocks, the larger forming the hospital proper, to the east, the smaller containing th quarters for the staff, to tho west.
The hospital block is two-storied with a central bay orowned by twin cupolas flanking the main entrance; at each end are one-story wings capable of being raised to ward form an extension" should additional accommodation be found necessary in the future. The buildings are of brick, faced with stucco, and are Renaissance in style to the design of Messrs. Palmer and Turuer, the architects who have superintended the carrying out of the
work.
to
upper
into
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raa.
After Captain Harvie had returned, and the native simpan had arrived back to earth with her report, a pirate junk set off with 17 men
The principal entrance opens aboard to attack the launch. The junk was nearly alongside when Captain Harvie "smelled spacious hall from which leat the staircase
the
for and corridors a rat," where upou he communicated to them
From these corridors that if they came any closer they would doning right and left. EO at their peril.
open, on the left the dispensary, receiving Was only As the
the launch crew of
room, sisters' rom, drying-room, a id children's pirates pulled swiftly ward of eight beds; on the right are, four private eight all told, the
and tried to rush them, but
wards containing accommodationfor from one to alongside
five beds. At the rear of the main building are stout capstan bars, spanners, and marlin.
met their repeated attempts aud three smaller blooks connected by cross-ventil- spikes drove them off. Captain Harvie also downed a ated passages; the side ones contain the bath- rooms cullaries, and lavatory for the wards; the few of them with his revolver, but wh ther
central one the kitchens and servants' quarter. any fatalities occurred or not is not known,
On the upper floor are two large wards, each containing beds for 1 persons, with sist rs' room and drying-room. In the rear central block are the bath-rooms &c., for the wards, and au operating theatre lighted from top and aide. In the east block is an isolation ward with its one bath-room and scullery; and in the west block quarters for the wardmaster and other servants. The wards are of ample proprtious and especially lofty. They are lighted from both sides with wide enclosed verandahs, giving a
of natural system
cross-ventilation. The
One thing certain is that had thore ben two juuks instead of one the launch would have ben captured and probably all board murdered, As it was, though, the pirates being unable to climb aboard had to return for reinforcements,
and, as soon as they were clear, the Tong Chuan got the auchor aweigh and tripped off to sea with her single engine.
It will be remembered that last Monday the three British torpedo-destroyers Sparrowhawk Handy and Janus, the water-boat Cherub, light- house tender Stanley and a Chinese Austoms steamer left Hongkong harbour to seek for native craft that had been disabled or blown out of their course by the recent typhoon. What success the Stanley met with has already been recorded, and one of the torpedo-destroyers returned on Tuesday towing in two junks. Needless to say that torpedo-destroyers are not very suitable vessels for towing junks ia an open sea, or, for that matter, anywhere else. They are fragile craft special y designed tor speed, and built with thin steel plates. It would
On the afternoon of the 25th ult. Macao was The be dangerous for one of them to go alongside
reached and repairs proceeded with. another vessel in rou:h'waters, so the admin deserve the greatest praise for submitting damage was not serious, as only the coupling these vessels to possible injury in the interests bolts of the main shaft had carried away.
Ou the 30th ult, the Tong Chuan proceeded of saving life, while the Colony incur no expenses
on her voyage to Penang with fine weather. for coal. No doubt implicit faith was placed in It is the seamanship of their commanders. unlikely that any more fishermen will be resoned, for those blown further seaward than within 200 miles of this colony have probably long ere this perished from starvation.-Daily Press 5th November.
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On Thursday morning, shortly after eight o'clock, tho e at Cap Bock lighthouse observed a local first class fishing junk siling in the direction of Macao, with a disabled Amoy junk in tow. To those at the Rock, it looked like the junk abandoned on Saturday last, the crew of which were taken to Hongkong in the lighthouse tender Stanley.
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Mr W. A. Crane, who died suddenly at Kobe on the 21st ult., was born in Singapore in 1833, so that at the time of his death he was in his seventy-first year. In 1863 he came to Japin, settling in Yokohama as an accountant, and in that capacity he spent his life up to his retirement a few years ago. He was an old Mason, and recently the highest degree of the Rising Sun Lodge in Yokohama was conferred upon him. Mr. Crane was long an invalid. but it was only recently that the principal ailment from which he suffered, cancer in the stomach, gava cause for anxiety to his medical
attendants.
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sanitary fittings are of the most approved type, male of white glazed wara, and fitted without any enclosing woodwork.
The staff quarters contain two distinct houses, the east for the nurses, the west for the doctor. Each contains dining and drawing rooms with verandah, ball, and staircase, three bedrooms with verandah, bath-rooms. w.c., and ample servants' quarters at the back.
The mortuary is behind the hospital with a separate entrance from the Barker Road.
Colonel H. B. McCoy, Deputy Collector of Customs, has been appointed to act as Collector leave of Mr. Morgan Shuster. of Customs at Manila daring the absence on
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