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February 11,-1905.]
BELCHERS FORT CAPTURED.
The talk of 9th Feb. was the capture of Belchers Fort. It was taken, during the annual mobilization manœuvres, by the a'tacking party in the early morning. A torpedo boat steamer into harbour as bold as a red light could make it, and the defenders' searchlights flashed on it in an instant. The enemy, in the meantime. quietly pulled their boats to the beach under the cover of the temporarily uninterrupted dark- ness, and before the military knew where they were, bluejackets surrounded the heights and demanded surrender.
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
FIRE ON THE S.S. "SHAHZADA."
CHIEF OFFICER SUFFOCATED.
A fire occurred on board the s.s. Shunzada, At at Kowloon Docks, on the 9th February. three o'clock the second officer was awakened by a noise. Jumping out of his bunk and hurrying on deck he found smoke coming from No. 3 hold. The chief officer, Mr. William Laird, was just going down the ladder to the 'tween decks. The second officer advised him not to go down without a life-line but he per- sisted. In the meanwhile the dock people got to work with their hoses.
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ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB,
The following cards were returned at the monthly meeting held at Happy Valley from the 4th to the 6th February, 1905 :-
CAPTAIN'S CUP.
Mr. T. 8. Forrest. Mr. J. Johnstone
Capt. Nugent, RA... Dr. Dartnell, R.N, Major Pedley...
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POOL.
Mr. T. S. Forrest Some of them went
Mr. J. Johnstone Dr. Dartnell, R.N.
into the 'tween decks in search of the chief officer, but they could not find him. At about a quarter to four, when the fire was well under control, and the smoke had cleared away some- what, the second officer went into the lower hold and found the chief officer lying down motionless. He tied a rope about the body and told these on deck to haul up. ficial respiration was then resorted to and con- tinued for an hour and a half after the arrival of Dr. Macfarlane, at about a quarter past fire. The doctor, finally, declared life to be extinct Decea-ed was 45 years of age.
Another party of bluejackets landed at Blue Buildings to capture the Major-General, but, by the rules of the game, thy failed in their project. Other fighting was carried out at the different parts of the Island. The military have not had such a general turn- out for a long time. Even the Army Ordnance men were required to be ready, asleep in their offices, so as to be ready if more ammunition was required. The dark hours were wet and chilly, and the regulars, to say nothing about the Volnut-ers, felt that two blankets would have been better than one. They warmed themselves round their camp! fires, where they made their staw or warmed up bulley beef. As they stumbled over tent pegs. rocks and brambles, more than one whispered softly that this would be disagreeable work under arms! The attacking party consisted ❘ of a naval force and 901 native troops t ken out to 803 in the Andromeda, Hogue,chael and Clarke. Iphigenia, and Astra. The Andromeda land- ed a party of men near Aberdeen. The Indian troops and naval force, forming the ttacking party were commanded by Vice-Admiral Sir Gerard Noel, who used the Alacrity as his flagship. The defensive tactics were uuder Colonel Western, Royal West Keats, while at head- Major-General Villiers Hatton was quarters throughout the night. The umpires decided in favour of the attacking party, and the Admiral signalled congratulations to his men.
FLEET BOXING.
The Navy and Army were well represented in the large hall of the Kowloon Dockyard o 9th inst. to witness the opening bouts in the China Fleet boxing championships. Captain Shelford of H.M.S. Glory acted as refer-e. Lt. Hellett of H.M 8. Albion and Mr. Logan acted as judges and Engineer Sub. Lt. Bodell was timekeeper. There were two, two minute, and one three minut: rounds. The following were the results: -
Bantam:-Sutcliffe of the Tamar beat Adams of the Glory; Wilks of the Glory beat White- house of the Glory.
Light-Parker of the Albion beat O'Shea of the Ocean on a foul; Clark of the Glory beat
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The Shahzada was not damaged to any extent It appears that from ten to twenty by the fire. fitters were working on board, and one of them may have dropped a lighted match. thus igniting matting and "dunnage wood. The ship was not insured. She was recently purchased from Chinese by Mr Carmichael, of Messrs. Carmi-
HOW TO BECOME A SANITARY
INSPECTOR.
The Hongkong Sanitary Institute is arrang- ing a course of lectures on Food Inspection, the first of which will be delivered on Friday evening, 10th instant, by Mr. A. Gibson. M.R.C.V.S.. on the Hygiene of Cowsheds, Abbatoirs Markets, Dairies, and Food Shops. from a Public Health point of view. The lecture room is at No. 10, Wyndham Street, the hour nine sharp. ·
Subsequent lectures will be given each Tues. day and Friday evening, by Mr. Gibson (ten more) Captain Fitzwilliams. A.S.C., (three) and Dr. Clark, M.O H., who will deal with the legal
There are also to be aspects of the matter. object lessons in the actul places visited by Sanitary Inspectors, of which Mr. Alfred arter, denior Inspector, will supply particular, to all inquirers. The fee is a very moderate one, and time-expired soldiers and others desiring to enter Government employment will certainly find these lectures and introductions helpful.
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Mr. Forrest's score is a record for the course.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
A Cablenews comment runs:-The naval go- vernor of Guam says the inhabitants of that They island are dirty, gentle and religious. evidently have enough missionaries and what
hey need now is a good, hustling soap agent.
By the courtesy of Mr. Alfred E. Jessup, in charge of the Imperial Chinese Mint, the China Review was able to give the following details of the work done for the year 1904:--From Jan. 1, 1904 tr Jan. 1, 1905, Silver dollars coined, 1,405,017 pieces, Twenty cash, copper, 3,997,710 pieces. Ten cisb, copper, 81,946,060 pieces. One cash, bras, 1,077,120 pieces. 8.20 cash. $1.
A gloom has been cast over Hankow by the death there, from typhoid fever, of Mr. A. E. Hobbins, of Messrs. Butterfield & Swire. The N. C. Daily News says he was only recently
transferred to Hankow from Shanghai, where he was a very popular member of the Light Horse, and was generally very much liked by all who knew him, his unfailing good humour making him very welcome wherever he went.
The Shanghai Tastai received on Jan. 20th a despatch from H.E. Viceroy Chou Fu, at Nanking, informing him that instructions have been received from the Waiwupu, in deference to the request of the Japanese Government, to prohibit, for the present, Chinese merchant vessels (steamers and sea-going junks) from going to Port Arthur to trade. The Shanghai Taotai was also instructed to communicate with
the Commissioner of Customs requesting the alter to see that this prohibition is obeyed.
A Shanghai resident writing to the Daily News says
Noting the prevalence of this disease (smallpox) in Shanghai it is natural that the Municipal Council should take every precaution against it. There is one precaution, however, that seems to entirely escape their
Colin of the Albion; Beiles of the Albion DEATH OF AN OLD CHINA HAND. notice. I refer to the ricshas. It is impossible
beat Hackle of the Ocean; Cursen of the Glory beat Lovatt of the Sutlej; Lid ile of the Sutlej beat Blake of the Astrea; Wade of the Hogue and Clark of the Glory boxed byes. Parker and Cameron, both of the. Albion, boxed two rounds, but owing to the electric light failing, the final round was postponed until this evening, Feather:-Walker of the Sutlej beat Gill of the Glory; Eglington of the Glory beat Bl.ksley of the Ocean.
Few sea-faring men are better known along the China coast, from Hongkong to Tientsin, than was Mr. James Kirkwood, first engineer of the Chinese revenue cruiser Chuen Tiao. whose death is recorded among our obituary announcements this morning. A telegram re- ceived by Messrs. Lane, Crawford & Co.. states that Mr. Kirkwood died at Chinkiang on the 5th inst. Originally he was in the service of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co. as engineer, and he joined the Imperial Maritime Customs service in 1872, nearly thirty-three He had held the rank of first years ago. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE "OCEAN" | engineer since 1876. When Admiral Lang
Middle-McDonald of the Albion beat Ross of the Glory.
The contest will be continued this evening.
A fatal accident occurred on H.M.S. Ocean
on the 8th February. A young able seaman, S. Rowlands, while engaged in hoisting a twelve-inch shell from a lighter alongside had his legs badly crushed. The man was removed to hospital where the right leg was amputated and the left set The operation proved too much, howe er, and the poor fellow died during the night. He was buried with naval honours at Happy Valley.
It is said that deceased was the last surviving son of his mother, who lives at Liverpool, and that the poor widow had recently taken steps to secure his discharge from the Navy.
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undertook the organisation of a Chinese Navy, the Inspector-General of Customs lent Mr. Kirkwood to assist, and in the early 'Eighties he wa stationed at Weihaiwei and Port Arthur with the rank of Engineer-in-Chief to the Peiyang Squadron, which the Japanese destroyed in 1895. Mr. Kirkwood was an active Mason, being an old member of Zetland and St. John's Lodges in Hongkong, and one of the founders of the Eastern Scotia Lodge here and the Salioun Lodge at Shanghai. Mr. Kirkwood, who was 58 years of age, was a widower, his wife having died fourteen years ago, and he leaves a family of three children, two girls and a boy, who are living at Kilmarnock. Scotland.
for a European to gain an idea of their clean- liness when we only have the black seat and surroundings presented to our view. Far away Peking and Tientsin have insisted upon their ricshas being covered with white to enable any one at a glance to see any trace of dirt. Why should not Shanghai enforce the same?-And, may we add, why not Hongkong also ?
As announced in our advertisement columns - the Nippon Yusen Kaisha has accepted the agency of the great Northern Steamship Com- pany in China and Japan, the first stea ver of the new line, the Minnesota, is due here on the 25th inst. The steamer is described as one of the largest freight carriers in the world, and is magnificently appointed for the accommoda- tion of 250 first cabin, 68 intermediate and a The large number of steerage passengers. steamer is commanded by Captain J. H. Rin- der, well known in the trans-Pacific trade as Master of the O. & O. Company's s.s. Belgic and Coptic. The general offices of the Great Northern Steamship Co. are at Seattle, and the steamer ruas between that port and Hongkong. calling at Yokohama Kobe, Nagasaki, Shang- hai and Manila. The general. traffic manager is Mr. Geo. Sutherland, well-known in the East as the former manager for the China Mutual Steam Navigation Co. at Shanghai. Mr. Sutherland intends returning to the Orient shortly on a business tour.
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