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Mr. Goldring-Two doors from Look Hing's. Prooeeding, Mr. Goldring said the applicant held a licence for the sale of meals, with which he bad the opportunity of selling liquor as an adjunct to meal. The application on the part of Mre. Oliver, who recently nearly became bankrupt because she could not make ber business pay, should not be considered and also the opp si ion on t'e part of the binese shopkeepers was not worthy of consideration. The applicant was not entering into competition with them, or ding anything which could pos-ibly affect their businesses. A restaurant in the i sigh bont hood like Weismann's was an attraction, and would take people further along the road where they could stop and have tea, a chop, or anything they liked. He was informed that the prime mover in this opposition was the land ord of the premises from which Mr. Comar was going to remove.
Mr. Grist, on behalf of his client, asked the Justices not to, grant the application. Mrs. Oliver had been carrying on bu-iness for some time in
harl her present premises and gone to a very great deal of expuse in making those premises what they were a very exo llent hotel. To put an adjunot licence immedia ely opporite would certainly do ber a very great injury. he had established her business there, and Mr. Grist submitted, with the idea that no Bis friend opposition would be forthcoming, alluded to her as semi-bankrupt. It was quite t me that she had to file her p-t'tion in bank- raptoy in co sequence of excessive rent, bat she bad made an
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landlord, and thought she would be able to carry on suocess.uly if another hotel was not put near her. A w ma0 W10 was not well, moving about a hundred yards away from where she was at preseut, would not become any better in health.
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Mr. Dixon. in presenting a petition signed by twenty four different shop-keepers, told the Justices the only poiut they should consider in an application of this kind was the requirements of the neighbourhood. They should consider whether snch a licence was necessary, submitted that it was entirely unnecessary in this case. At the present time, in the immediate neighbourhood and within three hundred yard of the propose, new premises, there were threa licenced houses, the Criterion, the Hongkong and the Colonial Hotels. Henbmitted that a neighbourhood consisting very largely of Chi- nese could not req ire more than three public bous-s. Mr. Dixon then read the petition, in which it was stated that this class of public house created an unendurabl noise bot day and night, Drunker s would be of en seen in he middle of the street, and pople walking on the road would ke p away from that quarter. Ladies and girls wishing to buy articles woul be prevented from going forth, and in conse. quence the hotel or restaurant would be an obsruction to business.
The Justices discussed the application in camera, and when the Court was again opened Mr. Hezeland announced that they bad unanimously agreed to refuse the application on the ground of the locality, not because there was anything against the applicant,
LAUNCH AT KOWLOON.
On the 27th May there was launched from the yard of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company a water boat built to the order of the Union Water Boat Company of Hongkong. The boat which is built entirely of steel, is 100 feet between perpendiculars, 20 feet broad. 9 ft 3 deep, and has a capacity for 225 ions of water. Her mean draft is 8 ft. 3 in, while she is equipped with a water pump which has a cap city of from 75 to 10 tons an hour.
(June 1, 1907.
The number of convictions from the Now Territories was 152 against 169 for the previous year. There were 627 punishments awarded for breaches of prison discipline being an average of 1.21 per prisoner, against 1,029 in the preceding year, and two prisoners were sentenced to be whipped with the birch by the Assistant No escapes or attempt to Superintendent. escape occurred. In the month of Mays long shop fatally stabbed a fellow prisoner for which sentenced prisoner employed in the shoemakers*
h was subsequently tried and hanged. There were 18 deatbs from natural causes, one murder, The christeni: g was perform d by Mrs.
four execution and two births Eleven pri- Ritchie. Attending the ceremony were Mesdames Barrett, Skinner, Focken, Unsworth, labour, 1st class, was enforced by means of erauk, soners were released on medical grounds. Hard and Martin, Messrs. R. Mitchell (manaver
the Dock Company), A. Ritchie, T. shot, and stone-carrying. Satisfactory pro- Skinner, D. W. Craddock, Martin, Cough-ress bas been made in the various industries in the prison during the year. There were ree, Graham (manager of the Kowloon
books bound during the year un'er review. Docks), T Neave (superintendent), Simmons 3.497,620 forms printed and issued and 15,672 The rules and regulations for the government of the prisons have been duly carried out. The complete separation of new from old offenders has been observed and the low number of pri. soners in custody has rendered possible striot compliance with the rules relating to juveniles, debtors and remand prisoners. The sanitary condition of the prisons is good. The appliances for use in case of fire are sufficient and in good The condnot of the Staff working order. throughout the year has been good.
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aud C. D. Silus. The Tai Luk took the water gracefully to the accompaniment of load cheer and the firing of crackers, and as she had steam up she was soon ready for business. After the ceremony Mr. Mitchell presented rs. Ritchie with a golt bracelet as a m mento f the occasion, af er which the company adjourned to the reading room and partook of cake and wine.
Mr. Mitchell, in inviting the company to drink "snccess to the Tur Luk and to the Union
Water Boat C mpany." remarked that that w18 the fifth boat which the Dock Company had built for the Water Boat Company, and he inf rred that they must have complied with their re- quirements at the commencement as the boat put info te wa'er that day was pac'ically identical with the first one. He wished the Water Boat Company success, though he was sorry that the Dock Company had no hop of building other bats on account of the want of opposition. At the same time they were prepared and capable of doing whwever was required, in that direction. Mr. A. Ritchie reinrund thank on behalf of his wife for the hounur acc inled to her that day and also for the handsome bracelet presented by r. Mitchell. He congratulated th- Dock Com- pany on the manner in which they had carried out the work, and wished them ero y sucess.
Mr. Mitchell rep ied and thanked all prosent for the interest shown in the Dock Compauy's
virs. He
trusted the Company would maintain its reputation hath for the quality and the quantity of the work turned out from their yard. (Applaus~).
In 1905 the Dock Company built the first three boats for theater Bost Company, they launched a fourth last year, and now the fifth has been turned out.
VICTORIA JAIL.
THE ROYAL SANITARY INSTITUTE. The number of prisoners admitted to the prison
HONGKONG BRANCH,
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE KOREAN EMPEROR.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS."]
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SIR,'n your article to lay (which reads like the unspeakable Brinkley) referring to the action of the Japanese in placing Japanese guards round the Imperial Palace at Seoul, you say that persons antipathetic to the new réime pointed out with plansibility that the Emperor was virtually a prisoner in bis own Palace; but then, in just the same way, and with perhaps much less reason, so is the Emperor of Japan or the King of England." The italics are mine. Iu no controversial spirit, but with a deront desire to gain knowledge, I ask when was the practice first established of preventing the King of England seeing anyone he wished to see or taking run over to the con inent when he felt dis- pos-d
Also-excuse my fearful and wonder- fal thirst for knowledge-when were Korean guards posted round the alace of the Emperor of Japan at Lokyo, in order to prevent Japanese from gaining access to him?
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It would be a pity if the dates of these great historical occurrences were not recorded.
Yours e c.,
Hongkong, May 29th, 1907. [he italics used by
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strengthen the year and the corresponding numbers for the year 19 5 were 5,799 for 1916 and 6,227 his position, and we fear we did not sufficiently for 1905. There was thus a decrease of 428 weigh that phrase. By it we meant that the on the total number of admissions as compared mperors were prisoners in this way—not that with the previous year.
In consequence of the they could not get out-but that their friends
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at the could not get in. Military Prison
Tour to obtain ад interview with sny beginning of the year no European Courts- Martial prisoners have been received into monarch he likes, and though his inten- this prison during the year under review. tions be the friendliest possible, he will soon discover what we meant. The Emperor of Kores was "in the same way a prisoner before Japanese took charge, only then his jailers were corrupt Koreans who traded in Royal concessions. It requires strong prejudice against the Japanese to suggest that His Korean Majesty is in worse case now. Two foreigners, a Colonial and a Frenchman, were once watching a procession of carts laden with Japanese ammunition. The carts bumped into boles now and then, but in time the ammuniti›a got there. The two foreigners were so intent on the holes that they overlooked the significanes of the fact that in spite of holes the Japanese got there. Our little parable, adapted with friendly acknowledgments, will not puzzle
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in 1906 for offences not of a criminal nature was 3 224, and 62 per cent of the total admissions to prison were for non-criminal offences. The following table shows the number of prisoners committed to prison without the option of fines and in default of payment of fines :-
Without option of.
fine. pass.
The Examination in Practical Sanitary Science and for Sanitary-Inspectors took place on the 27th and 29th at the Sanitary Institate Leotare Room, with the following result; PRACTICAL SANITARY SCI NCE EXAMINATION,
The Candidates-3 in number-failed to
SANITARY INSPECTORS EXAMINATION. Successful Candidates:-Thos. Hynes, John Mackay, H. Coombs, H. Williams, W. H. Jones, J. Bullin and R. G. McEwen.
Examiners-Hon. J. M. Atkinson, P.C.M.O. (Chairman); Hon. W. Chatham, Director of Public Works; Hon H. E. Pollock, K.C.; Dr. F. W. Clark, M.C.H.; A. H. Ough, A.B.I.B A., A.M.I.CE; K. H. King, B A. (Dub.), A.M.I.C.E.; Capt. Shinkwin, A.8.0.; E. Ralphs, M.B.S.I.. F.C's. (Secretary); Alfred Carter, M.S.A. (Moderator).
M.R.8.J..
In default of payment ed of fine.
Served Paid full Paid part Total. imprison-
fine.
ment. 2.150
fine.
783
1,431
706 5,075 There were 81 juveniles admitted into the prison, 33 of whom were sentenced to be whipped in addition to various terms of imprisonment varying from twenty-four hours' detention to one month's imprisonment with hard labour. The percentage of convicted prisoners admitted to prison with previous convictions recorded against them was 13.00 as compared with 350 for the year 1905; of these I find that four men represent 20 convictions.
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According to the native Press at Cinton, it is true that an Im erial Edict has been issued reappointing Sham Viceroy of Canton. On Viceroy Shum's arrival, Chou. Fu will proceed to Peking to await another appointment,
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