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6.0.Y.L.I. Aquatic Sports.
General Memoranda.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 25:-
11. Dmwing of Debentures
Hongkong Club.
I p.-.Entries clown for at Gymkhana 5.30 p.m. --Association Football League
Meeting. THURSDAY. Sept. 28:-
ordinary General Mosting.
THE CHINA MAIL.
A SMOKY FACTORY CHIMNEY.-
2 Nulsanca Alleged
Claim for $1,000 Damages. །
MONDAY SEPTEMBR
V. R. C. ANNUAL AQUATIC
SPORTSW
Wilson, S Barthet ant
THIRD DAY
Witchell.
COMMODATION,
3. Patt sail he was told there was some doubt as to the chimney complain ed of by the petitioners.
Str. Davidson presceded to wad cor Hongkong Win Shanghai's Flig& SOUT respondendo which passed between plain, tiff's solicitors and the defendants, which showed thint bis client had, offered to stay proceedings if he were given 8503 as demages. Defendants wrote that they wo einstructing a large and high brick this largo and high brick chimney ohimney. Later plaintif discovered that consisted in the addition of eighteen foot
Is was ant animated soene at the VR Cir enclosure on Saturday afternoon, when in Previous bright sunshine and bafura in packed 100 Shangbats last day of the Interport Aquatic Mesting hangbancos e me "house", the programme for the third and Winnore Boughou
was concluded. It was a gay and heigh the same remarks apply to this po
[ke that entered for this des
of iron piping which brought the chimney Ficture, with the reet bunting, the that race wig long beach
to the level of the roofs of the hottaes fags and the ladies pretty dreams opposite, and if it had any effect. ogra- and it was ratifying to see auch vated the nuisance. His Lordship had a good attendance of ladies' present no power in this court to grant as in- The whole of the mosting accommodation junasion, se plaintiff had been compelled was taksa up, and a large number of men to bring this action for damages.
His Lordship. Do you say the nuisance still continues ?
liad to stand.
Lammartial) Raleigas nd ASV Bart
ad
In In this event Shwaghai was hup outclassed and the Incal the intors
they ind Hongkong beam were quidkar and shut with The KO.Y.L.I's band, ally proved a remarkably ducted by Me Mo the bandmaster, rendered plossing elections,"
more
Royalists fomentoring and taking refuge in our country, is Spain bound to maintain an army solely for this purpose. We have at present" six squadrons under arms merely for this. service. The police and excise officers
In the Summary Court this morning are already overburdened with work before the Pale Julge Mr. Justies and harassed by fatigue, by reason of tromperts, Charles Pedersen, nf 15, S the task of vigilanos which is laid Francia Yard, brought an action again npon them. Nor must it be forgotten the Connaught Aurated Water Company that the majority of the insurgents Limited, to requver damages for an aro recruited in Portugal and not in a nuisance wait to have been cause
by the issue of offensive smoke from the Spain, that most of their arms are chimney of the defendant endipany's concealed, not on our side, but on the factory, which is acar. the plaintiä!'» other side of the frontier. Neverthes The statement of claim wet out that ever since "about. June, 1010, the the Portuguese authorities have not defendants had wrongly caused to issue been clever enough to discover this and proved from their manufactors at
Shanghai in go, and it was principally nor to disperse the bands who guard 67, 60 and 66, Queen's Road East, offen-
due to his splendid play and churar mas sive and unwisemane smoke uid naxious the arsenala"
The sport was engaged in with avim and which were enthusiastically applauded matters which spread and were distributed
satbananim which denoted healthy rivalry the spectators that the defeat of
vizibore wit Dob into the plaintiff's premises on the top,
between the two parts, Hongkong and At half-time the abore floor of 15, St. Francia" "Yard, and wurg
| Shanghai Thongh Hongkong has won | favory of Hongkong. deposited in and got the same, whereby
the Championship and retained Shanghai's micky the Incalt the said premises were rendered whole
flag, the "Model Settlement has the made good the one chance
(o eight goals, while sone, dirty and unenmfortable to live in,
tisfaction of, having optured all the way to a storm of chirerleye and were depreciated in value: Defan- THE rubber trade, says Engineering, ants still continue to cause such smoke
*Star' events, thanks to R. Berthet with audien His Lordship: How can I say that his marvellous turn of speed after a hard Barros one exch
ore Carvalho has shown a great development in the al pasious matter to sane and proceed do not know that the nuisance ceased.once Moch discussion has besa beard last half-century, and in this develop from the said manufactory, and the plain that date, but if it did not it does not regarding the points awarded for the
follow that the only way of abating it ment the influence of the mechanical claims $1,000 damages,
wind of the various Interpore event The defence. Bled was a denial of the would bo move the factory.
some being of opinion than the Sclassic »; engineer has been much more pro-allegations, and the contention that the
Mr. Potter: No, but the result might events should exunt of more value than the had traveled down here to nounced than that of the chemist. As plaintiff suffered no damage.
have boon that.
miner events such a throwing the poi Mr. Davidson, solicitor, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Potter, instructed bring this action for profit: all he wanted & points for the toum race and 7 for the Mr. Davidson said the plaintiff did notail, back roasta. It is also contended that by Mr. Otto Hong Sing for the defensa atop put to the nuisance: - dants.
Mr. Potter: It is admittedly stopped, water pole are far too many. guarantee as to the future. and we cannot be expected to give any
CHEMISTRY VERSUS PRACTI-|
CAL EXPERIENCE IN THE
RUBBER TRADE
Mr. Davidson: No; it practically coaned. No far as we are concerned, en August 0.
Mr. Potter asked his Lordship to make a note of that statement. If his Lori. ship found that there was still a nuisance existing the defendants might have to remove the whole of their factory to some other part of the Colony.
Mr
· friendly
Ferains
The ceremony of presenting the pritem was performed in the semnalum later by Clab, Mra W. Langan, wife of the Chairman of the
mid that the Shanghai man to enter into although they had and proved themale o
rinky
with Hongkong und
might call them to had enne to Blo the winners, the classical events (if he gone Shang- hah (Apple) than wards, the on the 440 ami the half mile.
ad p
Hongkong's best efforts were Nutty's se Ape Shan CP
cend in the half-mile and Claxton's second in
Lad
BOT
a rule those, both musters and men, who have built up this now important nulastry inve been men quite ignorant of chemistry, and we are not amongteral damages, and plaintiff did not Mr. Davidson, said the claim was for **those chemical enthusiasts who predict claim any special damages for injury to His Lordship observed that if the the hundred yards (lengths) Claxton (appianse) who had commod down
that in the near future the profound his premises.
defendants had been fined twice for being had been as thoroughly trained this year assigns little, hitchrs wars had to cop
in previous years. On there nec Elis Lordship: Ja ho a monthly tenant? student of rubber chemistry will sup-
a nuisance, and the other side had an last the only returned to the Colony snap, but they had bee AWAYU Mr. Davidson said he was. The dam- independant witness, the Sanitary Board 10th inst,) there is little doubt he would amicably. Hongkong har ved them Xoen-China Sugar Refining Co. Eatts, plant the practical man who has been | ages were bascil en his claim that through offeer who took observations, it would have won the handred yards and hare given they would travel to 5
selves the winners, And beat he hoped in rubber" from his youth, and has defendants bets plaintiff's house had be very hard to prove that a nuisance the Shanghai crack a harder race in the victory i
peat their mck the 5.13 p.m.-St. Andrew's Society Annual worked his way up from the lower been rendered an uncomfortable as to did not exist.
longer distances.
prizes which constitute those dets a nuisance. He did Mr. Potter said he would like to see 7.44 p.m. Partial Eclipse of the Moon.rungs of the factory ladder. The act iutend to go into the law on the sub- the witness in the box. It was difficult the results:-
The following was the programme, with take away,
Mra Logan then presented the prizes, each man na he stepped forward being importance of chemistry, however, as fret, but he did not think any legal to my what plaintiff wanted.
BORDER BACK-Eandicap. Final. · China Light and Power Co. an aid in the manufacture is now well able nuisance to cause serious discomfort have come to his Lordship for an injune- Second, J. M. Boza Pereirs...Tine, 38 sec to the captain of the RC. team while Mr. Davidson said he would rather | First, A. J. V. Ribeiro Time, 38 seca. Water Polo Shielt was also handed over justily cheated by the sosemblare.. "The
recognised, and it is in the harmonious to another person.
Itoza, who came second in his best, did the 5.0.Y.LL, ar rQD7 w way were pre- 9.15 p.m.-Performance at Theatre Royal | working together of the mill manager His Lordship: Has he lived there
His Lordship: If you got a verdict for not swim, and Carroll, who had put his ented with medals. in aid of Cathedral Organ Fund.
lang 2.
Mr R. W
MacCabe and the chemist that future progress
a substantial sum, and costs. It would shoulder out earlier in the day, did nt Shanghai. He was pleased, he maid, that Mr. Davidson: Sinee 1001. They have deter them as much as an injunction. Baish. The finish was very clone, Ribeiro the sports were being kept up, and he will be made. Probably 90 per cont. been there is gears, since 1905.
Mr. Davidson, continning, said black just winning by a touch.
hoped that
that Hongkong would accept the of those who are interested in thei
seat was deposited over everything by
hearty invitation which he offered to visit Shanghai next year. Re very much the sucke, and it was impossible to live
regretted that the team, this year was not
Meeting. 7.31 p u Full Moon
SATURDAY. Sept. 28:-
Meeting. Garrison Children's Concert.
SUNDAY, Sept. 29:-
Aa.m.--Excursion to Macao.
Mornay, September 30 --
.11
3 p.m.-Sale of own land at P.V.D. Entries close for China Mail' Harbour
Race.
WEDNESDAY, October 2
chemistry of rubber are connected professionally with the analsis of raw or manufactured rubber, and yet the International Rubber-Testing Com- mittee, which, though appointed nearly four years ago, has not yet, to 9p.m.-Smoking Conceit at Man' the best of our knowledge, insted any definite report. The subject is, of
Swimming Race Across the Harbour
Prizes presented by the China Mail.' Saturday, October 5:-
Fifth Gymkhana Meeting.
Club, Kowloon."
Turshor, Octuber * :—
The China Mail.
I
+ p.m.-Chamber of Commerce Meeting course, a very thorny one, and except
f Exporters and Dealers.
in certain cases, we rather doubt if it is possible to standardise rubber analysis in the same way as has been done. for instance, in the case of agricultural products No one knows what new HONGKONG, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1912. material may suddenly be added to the heterogeneous list of bodies which SPAIN'S ATTITUDE TOWARD are now commonly incorporated with
PORTUGUESE ROYALISTS.
points would arise. It was an action-
Tis Fordship: Has plaintif remon
ད་
stated with defendants for causing this
muisaner ?
Mr. Davidson replied in the affirma- tive: the first time the plaintiff complais
Mr. Davidson wax two years ago. innded in a plan showing the premises or the parties.
His Lordship: I suppose the plaintiff's premises are further up the hill? I do
not know the locality...
tion.
in the house in any comfort unless the | windows were shut. It was very uncom
fortable to do this in the summer.
His Lonship: In this climate it was certainly unreasonable.
There was some discussion is to whether his Lordship should view the promises, but he decided to hear some
svidence first. Witnesses, including the plaintiff, were called, and the hearing was adjourned till to-morrow.
NEWS OF THE DAY. Normal telegraphic coinmunication restored yesterday
Mr. Davidson answered, his Lordship's question in the affirmative, ond said at the back of the promises was the defan- dants factory, with a chimney which at present reached the level of the roofs of the houses opposite to plaintiff's in St. Francis Yarl. Prior to this summer the chimney was some eighteen feet lower, it having been raised after plaintiff, fand complained of the smoke, From this
A woman living in the western district chimney defentiants had caused to issue icke in suffernt quantities for lem to died yesterday from the effects of opium Sanitary Board. They were fined and ted suicide. bring upon then a prosecution by the poisoning. It is thought that she commits
exutional.
Mr. Folter objected; he did not she how that would assist to prove the plain.
tiff' case.
noticed that during one hour the chimney
of the time little or no smoke. Accord-
with Formos WAS morning.
Ji
Four Legem, 100 Yards, Hongkong
Shanghai. Two prizes. Presiona Winners 1019, C. Humphreys, (Hongkong) 65 3/5 Secs. 1910, T. Logan, (Hongkong) 66 1/5 Secs.
First, R. Barthet Time (& 2/5 Second, A. A. Claxton Time-68 4:5
on behalf
all representative of Shanghai, in
in fact they had only three men of their real team with theat at the same time, ha did
in any way. detract from Pongkong's stunning victory
not
The two brothers Brown also represent-Shanghai fit to his lot to hand over the
ng. It seemed to be their un ad Shanghai, and Cruz and Souss Hangvery year. However, he hoped the most fortmate luck to hau over a new finge kong.
year the Northern men would give their Claxton took the lead at the start and, visitors & Fumle, and wrot their fag from doing his uticat, covered the fret langth them. It was a gia plastre to Shanghai in 13.3 sec. After the turn he was about to come to Hongkong, and he had a happy- remembrance of the year 1909. “After * yard in front of Berthet,
who referring
the xchievements of Berthet. was about half a yard in front of A. Kon behalf of the Shanghai team, Mir Brown, who was thin slightly in front MacCabe said he wished to express-their of the rest. This length took 16 30 they all had received.
Learty appreciation of the great kindness secs. Claxton still led in the third He thanked the ridents of Hongkong length, though Berthet gained a little.for their kindness throughout this visit, nd Brown fall back and Cruzent Shanghai's walliary gost in the water pola
for the
Acclains with which into third place. (18 sec.) At the match had been greeted that afternoon. tern for the last longth Ciastan increased (Applause.) It seemed almost excessivo his advantage by a good store off and hope kindness. He trusted that Hongkong ran high in the hearts of the Hongkongites would send representative team to
Shangbai next year. as he came away with a fi a turn of speed
- A Chinese died in the Government CiriTM | about a yard and a half from Berthet who
was well ahead of the rest of the field. Hospital from injuries he is alleged to hav received 'on a ship in the harbour at the Bat Claxton, unfortunately, had not hands of a European.
managed to get himself into tip-top train-
A Chinese woman attempted to coming in the short time he had been lack in mit suicidde yesterday by jumping into the the Colony (about 10 days) consequently the Harbour at the eastern end of the City pace told on him and just half-way down the bath he failed. Berthet coming along but was rescued and taken to hospital.
"at-ong" with a splendid spurt at the finish was able to pare the leader and win. by
The only cases of contagious disease
craitted dense black smoke for sixteen notified during the weak ending September minutes, for 19 minutes it emitted 21st were one each of smallpox and puer moderate smoke, and for the remainder poral fever. Both patients were Chinese.
Some members of Union Church, wo learn from Union Church Record," are arranging a society, under the leader ship of Mr. Chapman, for singing part songs and other music.
ZNAL.
The other evening somebody took
about four feet in 86} seca, - (lant length 191) As the two swimmers came out of the water they were heartily cheered for their fine race."
Mes Logan was presented with some banquet in silver holder, by the cum- mitter, and three cheers for the ladies, Collo went by chessa for the Shanghal team, terminated the proceedings. S
The tanıma were later: entertained to dinner and smoker in the V KO gymnasium.
ICEBREAKERS FOR THE
HAIKO
Success of a Bhanghai Firm.
The result of the tenders - the | Lapika! Nouixation. (Members only). icebreakers required by the
Each competitor to swim one length of servancy Board has nowa Bath, get one and thrand needle, jump kngen, and once more in the Bath and swim another length. The builders have to be conges first toan to finish with the needle threaded ing first place in an inter to be the winner.
B. W. Bradbury
B. C. Witchelle
F. K. Ta
&
C. Jorge
Thro
rubber to form cheup classes of goods, and it may easily happen that such Much excitement has been created new bodies might upset n scheme of in Europe by the attempts of the annlysis based on their absence. The Portuguese Royalists under Jono greatly increased use in recent years
Mr. Davidson sahl he was not relying Almeida to restore the monarchy a of American asphaltic bodies in rubber upon this prosecution, but it would prove Lisbon. How these attempts have manufacturing makes a reliable that offensive smoke had issued from the chimney. On May 5, 1911, plaintiff.com. failed, how the leaders in the restora-method of estimation a vital necessity plained to the Sanitary Board, and ob tion movement have been arrested if the "difference" method of estimat-servations were taken on their instruction and imprisoned at Chaves, is nowing rubber is not to be entirely mis-by Inspector Bullen, who on June 29 matter of common knowledge. It is leading. We shall have, it would however, also well-known through seem, to endopt something akin to the European press that the cabinet rapid smelted assaye, where the of Sr. Canalejas has been accused of expert gets approximately accurate ing to the regulations of the Sanitary giving favour and support to the results in a minimum of time, and Board four minutes in each hour was the | royalist refugees of Portegal, and that with benefit to all concerned. maximum time snake was allowed to
King Alfonso has even guarantee bis Synthetic rubber is now a recognised
His Lordship asked if that was stata help in the case of an anti-republican fact, but, with regard to its dormer-
tory?.
Mr. Davidson said it was not; that was uprising. This is all denied by the cul possibilities, we doubt whether Spanish Government, the Diario ixiprene can be manufactured at a want the Fourd went by, On July 12, advantage of the fact that the door of the 1911. the defendants were prosecuted. and O. Steam Navigation Company's Universel (Madrid), which in a recent sufficiently cheap rate; and, further fined $10, az ordered to abute, the, auffice was inft open, to do a little prospect article shows how Spain declined there is the certainty of a considerable sance. Those proceedings had their affecting. The intruder collected some boots fall in price of raw rubber in the near for some time, because there was nothing and clothing from Mr. Robinson's room, FOLDING CARS intervening when the royal dynasty future, owing to the increased output to complain of during the rest of that but was evidently disturbed, as he left, the of Portugal was expelled, and eventu of the cartern plantations. In view summer, and in the winter not much things in the road crataide the office, where ally joined the other Powers in their of this, it seems very doubtful whether business was done at the factory. On they were afterwards found by an Indian recognition of the new Republic The all the trouble being taken to produce May 15 Inspector Bullen again took ch-
Major-General Hamilton Boxer, who synthetic rubber economically in sorvations during half an hour, during has been given the K.C.B. for his suc Spanish Government also rendered flustified. -
which time black smoke, issued from the cesful conduct of the Abor expedition, important services to the neighbour
etimney for 8 minutes. On May 22 was fifty-four on September 1. Probably ing Republic as thus specified
DEATH OF MISS EKRE.
notice was served on the factory and
no English officer is better known in Chins Carvilland . L. de Roma Batros won fairy "The Spanish Government prevent
another observation taken which showed than General Bower, and his journey across vasily. Carroll, pat bis shoulder out, so We deeply regret to record the death of that during half an hour black amoke Tibet ranks among the greatest journeysenald not finish ed on two occasions the landing of a M. Byre, of the Church Missionary came from the chimney for four minutes awarded the gold medal of the Royal Shanghat Two prizona C
made in
Aula For this heu Dive. Swallow Style Hongkong considerable consignment of arms for Sciety, who passed away last evening after On July this your a letter was sent Geographical Society. He was attached to the rebels, and acted in the same a short illness from hemorrhage, following Mr. Wolft, President of the Sanitary the thities Army during the war ith „Prvious Win' era. 1909 H.AR. Baza Bijou Scenic Theatre, way on three other occasions. More apo fever, Miss Eyre, who had lived in Board, requiring the defendants to im Japan, and subsequently drafted a schone (Hongkong)
the Colony for twenty-fiva, yours, was a prove their methods of stoking. No far- for the reorganization of the Ubinese Army, the police of Spain were zealous worker, especially in the various ther proceedings were taken by the In 1877 be organized the Chinese Regi instructed to expel or watch several scavities of the society for the betterment Board, possibly because these proceedings tent of lulentry at Welhalwal, and com As regards the Interport Ch
anded that corps at the relief of Peking this was walk over for Hon Hovalists of Spain. Without of women, and her loss will be mourned by were pending, Since August 26 plaintin in 1900. Later he was in comand of the Shanghai did not compata. Rimedi§4 OPENING MONDAY, 23rd Spanish surveillance rebel bands large circle of devoted friends, bath and suffered little or nething from the British Legation Guard st Peking for soutely the nestost diver of the Leand
would have multiplied on the san Home, which he founded, will stand in May 1911, and he was not the only
European and Chicose. The Kyre Dioce the nuisance Plaintiff first complained year na a monument to her life's work. The person who complained, because in the
·Valley and was be preceded by a service at St. John's Cathedral
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The factors which -Bosed to wazal the nan Beck, apart from lenos of the
of the speÇİL Hone
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hath
ring to thread his deadle, while in the FOUR LEUTES, Handicaps Fil
First AV. Barros Timo 73 Pecs. Bond J. M. Roes Fereizs A The other two finalists were "A.
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deservedly awarded Arab pris
**** The storm which visited Chinwangtao the Inteer declining an
Partipicanta
are. M
frontiers and serious disturbances funeral took place this afternoon at Happie year a polition sighed by residents in the middle of July cured some con
followed."
How could Spain be blamed for not keeping her frontier impassable to Portuguese insurrectionists? asks this paper. To quote the words of the
in the district was sent to the Sanitary Board
Mr Potter objected to this as not being MUSCULAR REEUMATISMO ovidence. If his friend, called the petas CTIFE neck, jame back, lambago, pains tignars he would be passed to to in the aids and obest," "a1" indicate | exsuming them muscular rhovinatiam, There is no more Mr. Davidson said that what he ***** We must recollect that the frontier sat sfactory remedy for tooghle of Wild kida
of the Gallician province of Orensean fore
well into the lak
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