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General Memoranda:
WEDNESDAY, January 11-
Annual Meeting and Dinner at Seamou's 9 p.m.-Gmud Variety Entertainment at
City Hall. THURSDAY, January 19 s...
Institute.
11.30 Humphrey's Estate Extr.
ordinary Meeting. 9 p.m.- Walsh Evening at Union
Church Literary-Club.
FRIDAY, January 13
3p.m.Auction of Booths and Matshade
for next Race Meeting.
5,30 p.ut.-Lecture by Col W. G. A Bedford, C.MG. P.MO., at Volun teer Headquarters,
Saronday, Jamungy 14 :--
& p.m.-President's dinner to Hongkong
Reserves at Hongkong Hotel. 8.30 p.m.Police Smoking Concert.
Sunday, January 16:—
The Chinx Mail
THE CHINA MAIL
James Baker, ovonour at the "works of even if its attainment has proved CLAIM FOR DAMAGE DONE.
the Hongkong Hotel,' in cross-examination costly, in as Recure as it is renombly
|«id thù nien comuneuced to put in the Buforo Bir Justice Hazeland, at the electric light at the hotel on March 17 and possible to expect...'. It is obviously Supreme Court this morning, . T. Shaw had not finished on October 27. On that impossible to please every one, and sued the Hongkong Blastric Co., Ltd., today they were working outside Mr Shaw's wling. · Å lector was sent to the Electric tho continued
delays abroad,
Light Co., Ltd., to more contain wires. in tho may, Ho WTH particularly in Gorninay, have con-
sure Land Woo's men did not touch the dueel not a little to relinbilitate us
wires, N in the eyes of the world.""
recover 8700, being damages for fojuries to a fan, a suit of clothes and jacket because they rere cansed through or by the negligence of defendants or their servanta in knocking over a fan standing in plaintiff's ebop `on July 19, 1910, at 11:45 am, ortliereabouts
tiff claimed $70.50 being damages for
Re-examined by Mr-Harris witness asil that Lam Woo's wen were not there that
MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1911
[Comuight.] KING ALFONSO IN MOROCCO.
AN IMPOSING PROCESSION.
(Router's Service to the China Mail.)
Losos, January 9,
COFTIGHT CHINESE AND THE INCOME TAX-
SUGGESTED TAX ON CHANDU,
LIQUOURS OR TOBACCO
(From Our Own Vorregsondes,]'
SGAPORE, January
The Clunesa Chamber of Commerce
But if satisfaction could be ex-in the forehorn. In the altorative plains the Lordship-Witness was there at pressed at the Inst Naval Fatimates we..imagine that those for 1911-12 trespass by defondant or their servants at currell. Thora, were three men worki War, has arrived, and that the party recently passed in Singapore and have
the place and time aforementioned. will, if we can rely on recent striking
Mr Reader Harris appeared for plaintiff rumours, and apparently well-founded and W. Jackson defonded. assertions, be more reassuring still.Me Harris said that Mr Shaw's shop is The lust Estimates showed an in the new Hongkong Hotel building, advance of somo five millions facing Queen's Rond, At the rear of the shop there was a high window, the hottom compared with the figures for of which was about seves feat from the. 1000-10 This was an increase ground. The window was about soren which easily outstrippel any other foot high and two foot broad, and looked for many a long year. Now, accord-out where, on that date; they wore building the now Hongkong Hotel. On the window ing to an interview which Mr LLOTD all inside Mr Shaw's shop was as electrio GEORGE has had with Le Matin fan which about 11.90 or 11.45 that.
(Paris), the new Budget is to make
provision for a further ten millions sterling advance over and above the sum last year devoted to maritime defence. This will, indeed, be a huge sum to be spent in this way, but evidently the naval advisers behind the Government. consider it absolutely necessary in-view of future possibilities. If the statement attributed to the British Chancellor of the Exchequer is borne ont by the provisions of the next Budget, the total Estimate for naval purposes will come to some £50,603,700. It is interesting to compare this figure with the likely sum to be allocated by Germany for her Navy for the same period. According to news from Berlin, there is to be an un- precedented total of £99,627,778 set aside, of which £4,486,000 is to be met out of loan, The Estimates last
Hongkong Gun Club Annual Champion-year were £21,704,411, which ro
ships. Noon-Distribution of Prizes at the presented an increase of about two Hongkong College by H. E the millions on the 1909-10 figures. It Governor.
will be observed, therefore, that Germany is already feeling the pinch and is. being hard put to it Field Day for Volunteers and Reserves.in her search for the wherewithal MONDAY, January 18-
with which to enable her to 9pm.-Y.M.C.A. farewell Hocial to Sir
keep time to the tune set by her Tony May, K.C.M.G.
rivals. Where nil this vastly growing tendency to absorb huge sums yearly in Naval expenditure will end, it is hard to say. Bat it is quite patent HONGKONG, MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1911 and obvious that, looking ahead,
Britain has a distinct justification for the lines on which she is at present proceeding. In three or four years time the whole naval situation will have vastly changed for her, and in no part of the worlds more than the Far East will the effects of that change be felt. The inmediate future is pregnant with fur-reaching potential ties, and we do well to look ahead and provide for every contingency.
morning was knocked down, and in falling
tore two suita and a jacket. The fan was completely broken, and the suits complatoly destroyed. Eo propose to prove that the sorvants of the defen dart company were working outside the window and close up nainst it, removing some electric light fittings, and that the accident was caused by them. Mr Shaw at the time was serving on a Jury at the
Criminal Sesions. People who were in the shop at the time would be called to give evidence, na well as Mr Bakor, overseer of the Hongkong Hotel works, who would state, that none of his men were working put in the correspondence of the Electric tboro at that tizio. The speaker would also
Light Company, in which they denied that any of their mon were working there at the time.
His Lordship-Are there any pleadings
in the case?
A mesange from Melilla states that Bis fajesty King Alfonso, accompanied 10. but not when the decident oc by the Premier and the Minister for
have proceeded to the camp where Pavilions are erected for the use of His Majesty and suite."
there and no uno che. • Be returned when
AWAY.
call by Bir Shaw in the afternoon
A boy, employed by Air Shaw, winted that he heard somebody outside call out to his foki that the men who had caused the fan and the conta to fall had gone
The representatives of the neighbours Mr Jackson submitted that he had neing Moorish tribes, richly attired, formed came to meet as one of the first
things which had to be proved was that the fan part of the cartage following the King was knocked down by employees of the Lon bia entry. company, moreover that it was caused by negligence. There was no evidence what evor so far n-he could see that it was BOKHARA'S NEW RULER.
used negligently and there was no evidence that the men who knocked down
lie fan were in the employ of the company. (Reuter's Service to the China Mail')". It was to
to be prov
proved that the mor were there at 11.30a.m. If his Lordship thought land a ange to meet he would nicet.it.
to
His Lordship-Yea, on the evidence of
witness. last
Mr JacksonThe oriilence of the last witness is stopped because he says none of the mon produced were there.
Electric
H. B. Bridger, assistant manager of the Ltd., was and gave evidence that the four men who had been in court were those who did the work at the Hongkong Hotel.
Cross-examined by Mr Harris witness said that about 30 men were in the outsida.
gang and they were not all, there that day as most of them were at Prayn-East.
The case was adjourned.
FATAL. ACCIDENT ON
THE RUBL
Sinco yesterday afternoon the flag of the
s.s. Rubi, at presunt is harbour, has been fying at half-mast, in consequence of the death under most distreing circumstances of Mr B. M. Westherwar, the second
Lastos, January 8. Reuter's correspondent at Bokhara reports that the new Amir, Alim Khan, has entered the capital at the head of his troops and has been crowned amid acclamation.
THE KING AND THE TURF.
KING EDWARD'S EXAMPLE
FOLLOWED.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, January 8. The King has entered horses for!
has protested against the income tas
decided to ask the Home Goverment to reduce the military contribution. They also urge that the lost income fromi opium be replaced by a tax on chandu, liquor or tobacco.
PLAGUE IN MANCHURIA:
(Independent News Agency's Service
to the China Maul
TORTO, January 9. The pestilence is sweeping through Manchuria and there is:
great mortality.
The Russian authorities are adopting proventive measures,
THE JAPANESE DREAD-
·NOUGHT.
(Independent News Agency Service · to the China Mail)
TORTO, January 9. The work of commencing operations on the Japanese Dreadnought ordered from England will be attended by a little ceremony,
very race meeting of which ontrics appear in this week's racing calendar, A PERSIAN DISCLAIMER which take place after the conclusion of the period of Court mourning. In (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.) this way His Majesty removes all
Mr Harris-It is purely a question of engineer. fact; whether on that date men from theIt appears that on Saturday night while doubts as to whether he would sup- Electric Light Co. were working there are on duty the deceased fell down into the port the turf to the same extent as his coal bunkers and sustained injuries of a
dok.
THE MANCHURIAN
Mr Jackson. That is practically it. We most serious character. He was taken out royal father, were not there.
in a condition of collapse and removed to His Lordship-The only question is the Government Civil Hospital. Here he whether they were there or not?
received every care and attention, but yes- Mr Jack-on-Thére, and doing this act. tarday forenoon ho succumbed to the Mr Harria-Toe, that is the prosumption effects of his injuries. that has got to be negatived.
His Lordship-There is that legal point ? think my friend will admit it when he Mr Harriso legal point at all. I
bears the evidence.
Mr Jackson-There is no question of proumption at all. They have got to prove that we did it,
Bridence was called.
the wall. This wire had been
TAIKOO DOOKS VISITED BY
ENGINEERS.
LOAN.
SHARE" ALLOTMENTS.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.}||
Loxmox, January 8.
By the kind permission of Menara Butter- sold and Swire about forty members of the
Applicants for shares under £5,000 fatitute of Engineers and Shipbuilders in the Manchurian Loan were allotted paid a visit to Taikoo Docks on Saturday in full, but thees above that figure afternoon and a very pleasent time was were allotted only 80 per cent, of their spent. They were met at the Docks by
In his evidence plaintiff stated that the window overlooked the courtyard of the hotel. It was about seven feet long and Robson and Chapman who most courteously there were perpendicular iron bazy in it showed their visitors the many interesting about six inches apart. On July 16th he details of this admirable and well equipped was summoned and called as a juror. Just dock, perhaps about the finest in the Far before he left his shop he noticed a Chinese Fast Refreshments were served in the walking out of the door. As he was getting office, when Mr Rodger took the opport his hat he noticed another man outside the unity of thanking Mr Reid and the staff of window: That man was working at some the Taikoo Dock for the hospitality extend- thing above the window. On the evening ed to them and expressed the pleasure it of that day, witness went to the lack of had been to visit the docks. Mr Reid the premises and saw a quantity of wire suitably replied. hanging on removed from the insulators. On return- ing from the Sessions at one o'clock, witness noticed that the electris fan was not on the And it window. The boy brought it to him, was in the condition it appeared in Court. The boy also handed him the clothing pro- duced, which was hanging up beneath the fan. It was now torn and useless. After 5 p.m. witness went to the back of his pre- nases, where he saw Mr Bakor. He wante to defendants on July 30th, and a few days afterwards Mr Bridger, the electrician, called to ace lum. Witness told him they were men of the Electric Co, at the back of his shop. Mr Bridger said he could not
y
whether they were or not. Plalutiff Baid, "Surely
you
Mr Reid, manager, and Messer K. Greig, applications.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
r was delivered in London on the 7th The English Mail of the 10th Decem-
Januszy.
THE NAVAL OUTLOOK.
WHATEVER one may think of the wisdom of the British electorate in again returning the Liberals to power, all Imperialists will hail with satis faction and delight the probabilities of a decided strengthening of our Naval position in the eyes of the world. Dar- ing the past year there have been numerous proofs of the fact that the Little Navy school in the Cabinet has been successfully suppressed, and that the policy of the future is not to be in the direction of curtailment but that it is to proceed on distinctly
Mr Sugimara, Japanese Consul-General
But for two imported cases of small- opposite lines. As Mr MCKENNA st Manils, and the Vice-Consul, Mr Kamei,
don't keep any
pox (ous British and one Chinese), there asserted in the House of Commons were badly shaken up in earrings accident record. Before writing the letter, on the world have a clean bill of health returned some six months ago:-"The main-which occursed in Manila a week ago,
morning of the 19th, i
"Losha Mr Petey for the Colony last week. sind said to
Petley, someof. tenance of the supremacy of our Fleet
y cur men bare brokena fan of mine and come Mr Haronek, the X-my expert at the clothing." Hesaid, "Writainto the
the company sbout it." Bonit
days Inter
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Mis A. Bryor" has been appointed Hon. Secretary to the Church Body of St. John's Cathedral.
Bridgerald, keep a record 7 M
saw
BRITAIN'S WAVE OF PROSPERITY.
REMARKABLE TRADE INCREASES.
(Reuter's Bervice to the China Mail.) LONDON, January 8.
The British trade returns for 1910 show increases in imports of £53,735,216 and in exports of £52,409,464, of which £46,204,813 were manufactured articles. [Noto-The your has been a phenomen ally satisfactory one compared with 1900,
when the increases were so follow :-
Imports, £31,787,030; exports; £1,275,520, Besara Guedes and Company have re-exports, £11741,768, Reater does not turned out a compact and tsoful Anglo-gire the re-export figures for the past year, but we mame they are included in the Chinese calendar for 1911 of which we have comprehensive term exports.". C. received a copy.--
Thom were 309 European and 132
ANGLO-AMERICAN=
ARBITRATION.
SUGGESTED TREATY"
- AMENDMENT.
LONDON, January 7,
The Persian Legation requests the danial of the report that the mesigu tion of the late Foreign Minister was cue to his uncertainty regarding British intentions in South Perma
TANG SHAO-VIS RETIREMENT.
THE REASON.
(Wah Ter Yat Po's Service)
PERING, January. 8. H.E. Tang Sheo-yi will leave Peking
at an early date and return to his native country, about ten miles from Macao, before the New Year.
His retirement bna come about as a result of the situation caused by the insistence of the four Powers in con- nection with the loan agreement and the fact that the finances at the Board of Communications are under the per sonal control of Sing Haun Wai, by crder of Dake That Chak
PRINCE CHING
Wah T Tat Pa's Service):
PERINO, January 8. Prince Ching bas again requested that his sick leave be extended for a further five days, and the Prince Regent has visited him with a view to persund- ing him to terminate his leave.
It is believed that Prince Ching is in good health but that before resuming Lis duties he is awaiting the appearance of an Imperial Edict consuring the Senate
THE SENATE'S ECONOMY;
(Wah Te Yul Po's Service.)
PERING, January 8
SHANGHAI RENTS.
(Wah Te -Yat To Service)
ENABOR, January 85 The rative shopkeepers in Shanghai
EIDERDOWN QUILTS must be regarded as a permanent London Hospital, is a patient in one of these wertioned Chinese visitors to the City Hall Library,
The Senate Las reduced the Board feature in our national policy." But wards of that institution. His loft hand the matter. Bea Rain,
said, It wa't my and 230 European and 2,885 Chinese (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
of Communication a Budget by about our realers will scarcely need remind has been amputated, and it is feared his It must have been Bridgers men. You visitors to the Museum during to wook ing that this was not always the right will have to go.
sco Bridger about it." Witness want to
LONDON, Jantary 7 14 million taels cry of the Liberal party. We all
the office to see the manager of the Electric ending the 8th January.
President Taft is conferring with The Portuguese Courts having declared had received a reply to his letter. The
Light Co. some time in
in August, after he
the committee of the Senate on foreign vividly remember the niggardly-naval- themselves incompetent to deal with the manager was out, but he saw Mr Bridgers we have recofred
From Mosers W. G. Humphreys and fairs with a view to the amendment programmes of 1906, 1907 and 1508. charges brought against Senhor Franco, referred to the accident, and said he had Co, we have received a useful wall calender The cheese-paring policy of the Admir-the ex-Dictator, the bail fixed has been could settle it in a friendly sort of way, sa General Accident, Fire and Life Assurance Treaty by the elimination of the article have shat up their businesses and are
come to see the manager, to see if he and a pocket diary ined by the of the Anglo-American Arbitration alty during those years, when the cancelled; and Senhor Franco is at liberty. witness did not want to harda y cremes Corporation, Ltd., for whom they are excepting questions of vital interest demanding reductions in house rent. Little Englanders ruled the roost, was
On referring again to the workmen The many friends of Captain Milroy they were his men er nut. About the and
Mr Bridger said he could not say whether agenta in Hongkong.
or affecting the bonour of parties. without the least shadow of doubt be passed to learn that he has regarded by our rivals as a sign of been succesfully operated upon to-day national weakness, and merely incited for appendicitin at the Government those nations chiefly concerned to a Civil Hospital. The patient is in a favour greater effort, in the hope that, durable condition. ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS. ing the period of our quiescence, the superiority we then held might largely be negativer. As Mr ALAN BUT goyne, ALP., declares in the new edition of Navy League Annual
FIRST FLOOR
EMPIRE! OINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE,
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T PIONEER HALL or TER COLONY, Da Voor FOAD ÜZNTRAL, Opposite Central Market.
Performances:-7.£5 to 9 anā
A
of August plaintiff saw Mr Potley again,
The latter said, "We're going to have
holiday to-morrow," Plaintiff said,
Alcarra Ellis And Ellia weekly rubber-
Why?" Mr Patioy said, "We're going to share circular kaya:--The inactivity in the keep all the men in and tell them if they Babbar Share Market is accounted for by admit having done the dainage they will be the gradual "ngging" in prices for the let off this time. But if they did the dam raw materials which from 6s. Ind. per lb. ago and were found out they would have The death is announced in the United to pay for it. Subsequently witness sa at date of our last report, have gradually States of Mr. George Frederick Seward, Mr. Graham, who told him they had receded to Ba 2d as we close to-day. who was American Consul in Sting questioned all the inen, and the men denied
harley
dove
Compared with the price ruling at tho they could not it) therefore ha from 1881 to 1863, and Consul-General do anything
omega corresponding parted last year the fall in American Minister to Peking from 1870 to coolie tell you how he know the man was from. 1863 6o- 1878, and held the post of Cros cupined by Mr Jackson.Did the raw rubber quotation is only some 33 conta proportion considerably less an employee of the Electric Light, Co-2 por "He said he was working at the wires above than tho pessimistic anticipations of
tha window,
to this extent, therefore, the present 1860 The deceased was 70 years of ngo. Government, and that which preceded
You yourself in what you took to be those who erroneously prognosticnted the doom of the Plantation, rubber
bo
it the 1000 and January 1910 The Rey, W, S. Payno, though esaning
by ho a member of St. John's Cathedral Electric Light employee working industry While the price of the com- Administrations must be held re-itat, conquent upon the return to duty theres 0:16 to 11.30 r.sponsible for the deplorable agitation of Rev. F. T. Johnson, remains in the GRAND BUCCESS OF ALL
which followed they, itin, must Colony for a little while lingor, during ARTISTES
besept the onus of drapping into the coal work under the Bishop at Canton arena of party politics a Service which, and scan and at St. Stephen's College. until now, has been able to hold
$EL DOLLY SWIFT
Miss SADIE MELROSE
ANT OFAREWELL PERFORMANCE
PEARL ZOVELL
FRANK HING
pramines, plaintiff deposed that thera wana
After the Court had inspected the modity has suffered a comparative decline hambon scaffolding outside his window, but it in gratifying to record that the com The scaffolding hand rothing to do with the an advance fu the opening week of 1911 sa no building operations word in pwopraan, parativo bgures för share quotations show
Electric Light Co. so far an how aware, but he had sson their dion working outside against the preceding year. For the pre- This shớp, after the nocidentale squat i want the share markosialistless, this ruinark itself singularly aloof The writer
DANGER FROM CROUP. Have you over on the Electric Co's, won applying with grantor force to sterling than Alew:
minutes delay in treating cone carrying bamboo or by poles-Not to my proceeds:—“ It is at least pleasurable A case of crous are the length of knowledge, at I have seen theo carrying Straits, dollar stocka. - Stooke
or have had several tooke coming un- to record that, once the strength ofta i takon toga for loctor, bitur proveninders Char
Manele kabeh danken der the latter,"category" dangerous palest way is to keep It contidi't have bein n luider that fell COMING the agitation was rended, the Govern Clamberada Cough Bomedy in the house, through that window vingtries from the Ganth at the present and at the first indication of group give the How can you get's bubler conilt have low water, and scrip of ante of the lead. ment made such anies us lay in child does Plenint to take and always fallen tirugh your window If costs in coduring companies have travelled out their power, and our position to-day, cures. For sale by all Chemists and was shifting it and it slippel, might have
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So far everything is quiet
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