Owing to an alleged technical infringement of quarantine regulations, the Shanghai Waterworke Co's' water-boat Chingshui on July, 3 was seized as well as its crew, and detained at Woosung.
Apparently the water-boat had gone down to Woosung in order to await the arrival of the str. Golden Star, the States Steamship Ca. The Ge iden Star was not coming' up to Shanghai, and was only calling in to obtain a supply of water, fatrangements having previously teen'made by wireless telegraph, At 5 am. on July 3 the Golden Star came in, flying the quarantine fag according to regulations. The water-boat was brought alongside. and the laodah reman on the Sill being hoisted, 'a@¢ an indication that the ship had fet een passed by the doctor, it stated that the ship's "ofers tela"'the. laodah "that. everything was all right and that the ship had Been passed, and the Indah" had no hesitation in connecting up the Hose pipes. little later a quarantine launch off from the "shore, and" the doctor immediately told the laodah that the water-boat was to be detained for pumping water before the ship had "been passed by him, Accordingly. the watersbont "was tied up at Woosung but it was Feleased on July
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