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The fact is that the whole question of Sunday observance is rather a complex one. Though it is apparent
The German Mail of the 9th August was delivered in London on the 8th Sept.
MASTER MARINER AND SHIPOWRIES
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 TUIT.
Me Justice Gompertsby my Jude BY TELEGRAPH.
mant 1 lound that defendant, know what plaintiff was doing. I was convinced that the owner did know all about the way the
[Cormone]
ship was run. The plaintif give eridance.
with the captain. and stated that the defendant played cards A BATTLE IN MOROCCO.
Mr Pollock-Those bosts go up and dowd the river at twelve knota-—-—-—.
MOOKS ATTACK SPANIARDE.”.
An Appeal Case.
At the Supreme Court this morning form the Chief Justics, Bir Francis Piggott, In Hongkong A. mum of 87,000 and Mr Justion Gampertz, sitting as an subscribed for the Sikh Girbs College at
appeal Court, and Captain Arthur, of Ferozepur, Indis..
Menses God-lard and Douglas, as AssHOT, the appeal was heard in the action between Captain Tom Austin, respondent, and the Chi Woo Steamship Co., appellants"
Hon. Mr H. E. Pollock, R., and frotter to the Government on the question Spanish positions in the Malitla hister
wife arul children.
Mr Justice Gomperta This Court and I] (Reuter's Servici to the China Mail)
Lowes Sept. 2. It is officially reported in Madrid that myself have expressed an opinion about
Mr Pollock-But the Chief Justice's the Moors attacked at dawn the advanced two floors bofore now.
A law has been passed in Vienna from the general tono of the dis-making it illegal for a married man to take cussion that a gradual change is an aerial fight without the consent of his
Eldon Potter, instructed by Mr D. J. pointed out that the ordinance only requirland. They were ròpuleed with great Specially made from the finest Manila leaf obtainable. coming over the people of England in their views on the subject, it is
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The appeal was brought on the following grounds, amongst othera :---
(1) That the finding of the learned. Judge that there was no oral agreement to the effect that the engagement wight be between the appellants and the respondent terminated by 24 hours' notice on either The "hold" of the Colony continuoride was against the weight of evidence, good. Last week there, ware only four (2) That the learned Judge hold, with cases of communicable disense recorded-out any evidence being before him to that two pen-fata, occurrences of enteric (both effect, that it was the usual course of duty British) and two fatal cases of small-pox on river boats piring between Hongkong (both Chifrons).
and Canton and carrying only two officers -A Berlin journal has published a letter for no regular watch to be kept, but that the appellants can call evidence to show addressed to a British financier by ex hing that on river beats plying between Hong- Manuel of Portugal in which the ex-Ring kong and Canton and eles eers and carry states that. England has gone back on himing only two officers, regular watches are
in fact kept.... and that he puts hopes in the Kaiser,
1
(3) That inasmuch as Captain Fybus was
Mr Justice Gomperts-It was put to the loss. The Spanish losses amounted to
the captain while the mato was collecting officer and 25 men wounded. tho fisketa. M
Reinforcemonts are being dispatched
The Chief Justice The question which from Spain. arosd on the Kwong Tung correspondence
Mr Justice Gompertz-It seems do me
Lasar, September 11. was that the captain should not keep watch. REINFORCING THE GARRISON,
Thred thousand troops have been
that what your people should have done was to my that they did not like the way
the captain was running the ship and the despatahed to reinforce the garrison st if he did not run it properly they would Melilla. terminate his agreement.
LAURIER TO TAFT.
The Chief Justice-We are not dealing with maritime case. We are dealing... with the question whether the owners Ware WILL DI CUSS BUSINESS; MỘT justified in dismissing the captain..
Mr Justice Gompertz-Assuming that as for prosecution by the Crown against which he did wrong, there might be a the captain, but when the owners knew what was going on thất was not sufficient grounds for dismissing him.
POLITICS.
(Reuter's Service to the Ching Mail.),
LONDON, Sept. 9. Reuter's correspondent at Ottawa bays
The Chief JustionThe only question that Sir Wilfrid Laurier fu a speech.said know what was going on.
gab.
Mr Pollock-It must come to this: that be in operatiut three months after the they know it and deliberately allowed it to 21st September. Alluding to the objec The Chief Justice-The point should be tion that the United States would politi argued that defendants did not know what cally absorb Canada, he declared that if it were true that President Taft said my going on.
Mr Potter then dealt with the question. of a martar condoning the act of his
wwwant
three great branches of the Christian | the Peking Government and the Miten called in to advise the Court upon the before this Court is whether defendant he was confitient that reciprocity would Mour-At 149 Peak, the wife of D. K. faith-the Roman Catholic, the Eishi Shipbuilding Yard, Nagasaki, for evidence before the Court as to the duty o the construction of a gunboat having the respondent to cat regular watches, the Anglican and the Nonconformist aggregate tonnage of 180 tons and a speed amounting to evidence as to the practice independent statements of Captain Pybus
He holds that while of 13 knots..
or rivor steamers with regard to keeping Churches. there is nothing intrinsically
regular watches ought not to have been wrong in music and such simple
accepted by the learned Judge so ridence on Sundays, there is
or otherwise for the purpose of arriving at his judgment. great objection to all "activities which tend to extend commercialism and compulsory labour into the seventh day "We are fighting for the un- happy workers who are forced to Labour the week through without rest,” he said, in a recent interview on
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Debentures in Club House: 3.30pm-Fifth Gymkhana Meeting.
The Chins Mail.
The L. and O. Express, referring to the recent troublon in Timer island between Portuguese and Dutch, says a telegram from Lisbon. states that Dr. Machado has declared that the Dutch Government has tendered exouses to the Portuguese and that the territorial status que in Timor is ablutely maintained...
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Owing to floods and famine and failure of crop in Kwangtung, the Yangtze provinces and Siam (Hongkong and Bouti China's chief source of supply), and owing to the abnormal increase in the price of rice in this Colony-there was recently jump of $2 per 100 catties in one day we understand that Mosers Too Than Tai
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(4) That it appears from the learned Judge's judgment with regard to Captain Pybus' statements to him, that Captain Pybus could speak only as to his belief and not as to his personal knowledge as to the usual course of duty on the West River boats.
(3) That as regards the usual course of duty on the Yangtaze river bosta Captain Pybus could only speale of his own personal kapwledge in regard to a period antecedent to the year 1991, since when he has been employed continuously on one of the ships
which are ocean going ships,
Their Lordships decided that no further evidence was necessary and that being the case there was no need for the services of
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Hon. Mr Pollock argued with respect to the oral agreement and submitted that the waight of evidence was against the finding of the learned Puine Judge.
After heating further argument their Lordships dismissed the appeal with costa.
SPORTING.
Cricket.
the question. "We are not kill-joys The real kill-joys are those capitalists who destroy the souls of their em- ployees by forcing on them continuous Labour. That is the danger if this and Tam Yik Kiu have written to the of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, {tween the R.A.M.C and the Civil Service, }
Tung Wa Hospital, the Chinese Com- secularisation extends. The workers morial Union and the Pat Yap Faming ing regular watches which, in fact, prevails (6) That in view of the practice, of keep have to be busy. on the seventh day, Relief Society urging them to convene a
meeting for the purpose of considering the on fiver stenars plying between Hongkong and Canton, eren though carrying only
A friendly took place on Saturday resulting in a win for the former.
Interport Swimming.
THE SHANGHAI TEAM FOR HUNĠKONG,
that Caunda was as the parting of the ware, he did not know what he was "We are prepared,” he said, to talk business with Prendent Thit; not polities."
AN APPIAL ALLOWED.
Judgment was giren in the case of Li Po Hungʻagainst Li Láng Shi and others, at the Supreme Court this morning, by thế | Chief Justica Sir Francis Piggott and Mr
Justice Gompertz
su
Mr Justice Gompertz, said he had dare.
befally considered the evidence and ho bad come to the conclusion that the appeal must be allowed. ·
The Chin! Justice said that the delay in gring judgment might be taken as an in- dication of the time and labour. they had spent on the case, The learned
and they get no compensating day I situation, and devising ways and meats two officers, it was not proper and sea-It has been decided that team is to be Pulane Judge had gone through, the
of. You take away a man's dignity
and independence if you take away his Sunday. He feels that he is not
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
duty on the bridge.
TUD
raised which he could not answer.
ia which individuals should conduct, his will the late Sir W. F. Gilbert, would have justified the appellante in die Wilson. B. W. Welis, E. Berthat, C
for coping with the serious situation which manlike for respondent to his sent to represent Shanghai at the Swim-evidence with enorma are and he this Colony and South China will shortly ship for various periods during the ming Gals to be held at Hongkong on the confess that thers were points royage with only a Chinese pilot on 1st, 2nd and 23rd instant, says the Whether the notes of the case were dot have to face.
But that on the Daily News. The following team has been fally taken or the summary was too short or |a mun, but a machine. Our fight is
ontrary it constituted a neglect of daty in provisionally selected and it is expected that he gave judgment in the impresion the fight of all forms of Christianity
The fourth engineer of the Tijimachithe roulent to have omitted to keep that all its members will be able to make of the witness was not certain, but the against naked aecularism and utter
committed suicide, at Tandjong Prick, on system of regular watches between himself the journey
opinion of tas learned Puis & Judgo must indifference to religion.. We
He and the mate throughout the whole voyage
Frank W. White (Capt.) R. W. McCabe, prevail and he therefore orderdi a net August 24, by jumping overboard. make no suggestions as to the way was suffering from ferer at the time.
between Hongkong and Canton and rice D. E. Drummond, E. Thacher, T.-W. R. | trial before the Full Court. rera, and that such a neglect of duty
HOD Mr Aisbanter-What about the Doyle, and E. J. Brown. missing him without notice..
Drummond; of course, is known as the The Chief Justice The cost in the (7) That any method of procedure in e
Hr Potter To abide by the rest of river voyage such as is described by the holder of the 100 and 200 yarde champion- chose.
ship of Shanghai, and MacCabe has respondent would constitute a neglect of a precaution which is required by the previou ly held the title. Berthet carried the appeal would cover the whole poist ordinary practice of senten, and would off the one length handicap no the gala last The Chief Justice The costs of the
team distinguished themselves in the race {* him without notice, and that any costo, between the Rowing Club and the Inter- even if proved, to neglect such a precnatiga
national Swimming Club. would be bad in law.
their Sunday worship. All we ask is whose cetate has been valued for probate that Sunday work shall be cut down at £111,071, left the Garrick Theatre to jo the absolute minimum..... I do is Nancy McIntosh for life, and ultimate remainder to the Acton Benevolent Hosuxong, Monday, SFTEMBER 12, 1911. not wish it to be imagined that we Fued.
advocate the old gloomy Sunday KEEPING SUNDAY,
After a person has attended to his health for several months, and who was are justified the appellante in dismissing Saturday and the other members, of the"! appeal to be conta on the cause and the
Indy McCallum, who has been in bad
joined at Vichy, in the middle of July, by Sir Heary McCallum, from Ceylon, was taken seriously ill at Euston, when on the nursing home sad underwent an operating, way to Scotland. She was removed to
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A BANQUET THAT DIDN'T COME OFF.
format costs to be refunded.........
MRS PROUDLOCK IN LONDON.
Hem Ethel Proudlook, who was sentencod
The team, which will be in good hands with Mr F. W. White as captain, will mail to death at Ka Lumpur, Federated from Shanghai about the 15th instant. | Malay Siates, on a charge of shooting a The team is scheduled to leave Shanghai mine manager named Sloward, and was the 15th inst. per N. D. L. Buelow bsequently-granted a free pardon, signed
Mr Pollock said that they moved inter it was desirable that that point should be alt for leave to call further gsidence, and settled first. His reason for making then application was that they had certain wit
nesses at certain expense. If their Lord ships was with them they could proceed to call: such evidence and the other points could be sigued subsequently what point
Mr Justies GompertzOn
do you desire further evidence!
Mr Pollock-On this point of custom.
por
to return from Hongkong on the 25th by the Sultan of Selangor, arrived at the Royal Albert Docks last night by the M. M. as. Tonkin, *Opinions,"""exys the China Friss, may Hitachi Maru, mys the Glots of Aug. 2nd. wary about the relative merits of Drum-Mrs Proadlock was accompanied by ber mond and Tony Legan, the redoubtable five-year-old daughter, Dorothy
Sunday worship-whatever form that THE question of what is termed the
may take there is no reason why he secularisation of the Sabbath is one should not mouse himself; so long as which is just now attracting a good this does involve unnecessary labour deal of attention at Home. A heated
on others. Tennis, and even simple discussion has arisent in certain of
card games, may not be the highest the South Coust pleasure towns,
way of spending Sunday, but it is notably Bournemonth and East-
difficult to see that pastimes which are
Preparations for a great banquet had bourne, as to whether Sunday tram-
innocent on week-days become wick been made at the Chiu Yin Lau resturank cars, Sunday bands, and Sunday
Bosham Strand, on Sunday night, but for
youngster who lowered Shanghai's colours Looking somewhat pale, Mrs Proudl ek ed on Sundaye. Each man must amusements generally, should or
some unknown reason it didn't come off
effectively last year up here but, as is said that under no circumstances whatever decide the case according to his own In consequence, hundreds of persons who should not be encouraged, and, of
circumstances and his own conscience. it was some hundred persons frous East that point.
had purchased tickers were disappointed. My learned friend Mr Potter will arguentum), the hope is quiversal among local would she, refer to the terrible experiance eimmers that Bhanghai's now, champion she had undergone. She stated that she course, each side is strenuously press-But I think there is a better way of Print and howldon put in an appearance Me Justice Gompertz-The question of villence more bring back to Shanghai the end her child intended to stay in Laidos ing its point of view on the subject.
but went away quietly when informed that there was to be no banquet, the others who further evidence on that point was only Swimming Championship of the Far East with brother-in-law for Line: Her The discussion in being eagerly taken spending the day than on games.'
contemplated attending having bosoms raised after the appellau's had closed their that BW. MacCabe won at the first hand, to a headmaster of the Victoria
Institution in Kanks" Lumpurs expected up by the Press of London, and from This, we venture to think, is a acquainted with the fact during the course. They called the gentlemen train, the interpent gals in Hongkong in 1900, leave for home for Wahir boliday in the ENGLISH & AMERICAN what has appeared in priut there can see view of the question. The old
the afternoon..
There is the keenest society among all course of a few months, and she hoped to The banquet had been stranged in Harbour office, Mr. Jones, as to the custom local followers of swimming to see an he Able to return to Keila Lumpur with be little question as to which way Puritan idea that all Sarday amuse-hour of three man, one of whom was the which prevailed on this ship and according exhaustiva test (sch. us is faruished in tim at the termination of hieraustion
Shortly after sight o'clock next day her public feeling inclines in the Metro-ments are essentially wicked is, weiter of the Wai Sun, is Gough Street to the evidence of the captain, Mr Tom such interport meetings where the sham- who had been selected by what is known
pionship oventa incinde races over 100, 290, brother-in-law and a lady visited her on Mr Stevenson 40 and 880 yards) made of the respective tho Hitachi Marn, and after partaking of polis. As we all know, in London the are glad to say, fast dying out, for only to to to Peking in connection wished to call evidence to rehute that and it capabilities of the invincible Tommy Logan breakfast on board, Mas Froudlick lett
Amongst the Chinese as the Martyrs Austin, it was bad. PRICES. tracers are used on Sundays by though alt who have due welfare of with the milway nationalization, qapete seemed to him, the point couting up sudden sd our local 100 and 220 yards champion with them for an address in London,
many thousands of people; and as Britain at heart would deprecate and plead the cause of the people 17, that the practice of whether the captain
there. of the A feature of the gathering was to have did this or that that was not releva to the bands, we have it on the complete secularisation
been the
attendance of the banquetters in and therefore it did not seem worth authority of the librarian of the Sabbath, it has to be admitted that white, the national mourning of China, while to call further evidence. The London County Council that since as times change so do thought and selected ones would never return. After defendents had slowed their case.
it w was confidently expected that the three they began to play in the parks on feeling. Hero in Hongkong the the feast they were to patado to the buat Pollock-We have the evidence of a bid them forexall, As it happened, no Mr Evans to say that, there was no difficulty Sunday, exactly twenty years ago, general view of Britishers on this banquet took place, although it in under thers has been no opposition load question is much broader than at stood that the three mun will go all the
sans in a day or TWO nough to roach the County Council Time, but he would be a bold man Proof of another kind is afforded by who would assert that in the bulk VICTORIA THEATRE. the fact that in catering for the the British population of the Colony
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ball-yearly mosting of shareholders held at answer Thursdays the half-closing day though intensely carmest folk in the the Head Office of the bank it. Yekohan, Mr Pollock-The qucation must have than on any other days Every Homeland. After all, as Canon on the 9th inst., it was resolved to pay affected the amser's opinion when he maidī Sunday during the summer public BICKERSTETH OTTLEY Mys, the fall on percent fur the love I colder that to be the usual practice.
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