CHINESE COOKERY IN MELBOURNE.

Inangahua Times, Volume v, Issue 33, 22 May 1878, Page 2

CHINESE COOKERY IN MELBOURNE.

Little Bourkr-stroet, is in the- honrt of I tho city of MolbotrrrMk n dotweW populatod place, In a Oliinesft rook f^ioi) in the aboro street, at the mar of tho Theatre Royal, in m wooden ortrnnioti at tlio hack I of the shop there is a brick furnnco, whioh 'Is"? used for rnnst,ini( pi«s. Tdoro i.i no chimney and, tho on% oscnpo for fiVo smoke] \h an nperturo provided l>y rinsing the roj)', A larKo q»ionfity o! wood is kept jilnzitiu: in tlio furnnco until tlto briuks liccumn rod hot, uii'l. tlio enrcas^os are; then dropped in and rooked by thn intdnco hcut from tlio bricks. Whilst, the Wood is bliiSs'm; an iron lid is pluced over the lop, but it is far from Hiiflioitmt to ijonfiiio'bUe %inojf^ X'>i, T.hurwAuy,' they , had ab,out a, dpsun pi«s roady for roaiting iiina Htui'h voluuii'H of smoko insiicl- from all parts of tho building that a large c'ronnl colloctod on the outxiile under tho itnprcsnfon tlint tlic 'pluco vriiHondro, Tlio M<>tr"' politnn Fir^» W>inywSf vra« sent for, nml Superintendent Horn) itiHpuotoJ tlio place and pronouoacdi tlio fttrniuv to bo unsafo,. and tho way in which it was mnnaged to bo extremely dangerous. Tlio flume* woro at (hut time ismting from under the lid, and licking the wood partitions Around tho furnace. There wuro nboiit. 30 Ch mm men employed on tho promiNcs, and nil appeared innoceittly obliyioun to any danuor. By remaining to watch thoir proceedings for a few minui<os, howovop it was diflooyerod that tho duty of thorn \rm to Aland in a corner of tho furnace<rooin, onditotl|fow witer on tho wood partitions when they became ignited, whioh occurred' at interval* of a low minutes. If thin practise is allowed to: VmttnUoi wu sltall probably hnvo a fire^ whiohj owiug to the iisiuroand ItMsJuy of the premises might easily extend to the proportion* of a con« ftagrathto, iitaolying the Thoatro lioynl and other laigo promisos.— Molbouxuo Age. , .... '" . ■" :.....