Apparently the chief ground of eviielsm is the dormitory-aystem. 'Thave accustomed {0 the privacy apartments or private rooms donot] take Kindly to dormitories holding' 60 or more people, their children. and {hele belongings, but in view of the eat demands made on. what little ace ig available to the Government In tt avlompte fo house alt the ro; fugees from" Shanghai who -eanno afford fo pay for accommodation olsowhore, it is dificult to cee what exactly could have been done ofher-'The refugees at the Central British School, which Is due to. open soon for the autumn term, have not been moved, as yet. Tt is possible. that they, too, will be sent: to Laichikok which" will please Saxcunas, "no doubt—but nothing definite has been citied in this regard, and they are remain there for the time being, despite the reproaches of parents Of 'Samunav's letter' to the "North-China Dally News" anent the segre-nation of the refuges into two classes apparently deemed Hongkong Editor Ill with'
Cholera Hongkong, Sept. 20.
Mr, Alfred" "Hicks, editor of the "Hongkong Telegraph" and correspondent. for the United Press, was to-day ill with cholera, is La the second foreign case Ju the colony, Mr, Hicks Is. Englishman ond'has long been resident Hongkong-—United Press. tary of one of the largest companies here has been forced to tell shippers [that "owing to congestion of cargo [in godowns, "due to. diversion of /Shanghal cargo to Hongkong, typhoon damage and etardment of local. deliveries, the company 1s unable at [present to guarantee godown accom modation. for further through cargo feonsigned (o Shanghal"—in other words, it will not secept any more cargo' which seems likely to remain ocked" behind Hongkong doors for some time to come.
'Although it is over a week since the typhoon it the Colony, "Hong kong has not yet. recovered. from the effects of the record gale, Large trees on the hillsides are stir. Lying over of impossible angles, torn out fof their moorings. by the' roots; the fs, Eng Lee is still on the Praya, her stern sticking high into the alr; while the Asama. Maru, Conte Verde the Tilamba are till hard ea. But atthe naval the alr, and les forthe, lowing day it condensed dorm, on the es. of such. journals as cater this service. This was faltering to Santunat no doubt, but the ception of his letter here was not flattering. admit to belonging 10, the lower. of the two classes, and, tso facto, felt therefore that segregation was "nec. before te RAP.
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'A number of the refugees are besinning 10 attend the special services which begin at noon each day at St. John's Cathedral and last for about
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