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General Memoranda.
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THE CHINA MAIL.
in big slips and beary guns may bo nentralised, our deferice checked, and our offensivo pamlysed. We must revise our estimates, and hesitate to talk of the command of the sen unless
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Awatersport was seen nese Lysatun between soven and eight o'clock yesterday morning.
The B. I. steamer Torilla (Capt. Swan- wo can also ensure the command of} son (took over 1,700 Chinone parsongora the air, or at least an equality of force south on Saturday. in 'that eloment. The Power which has a 60 per cent margin in Drend Boughts-not that we have that, or anything like ic-may be actually
weaker than a rival with 100 or 200 per cent superiority in airshipe und acroplanes.
That is one new and portentous result of this latest triumph of me-
chanics and engineering, The other is more disturbing still. Four years
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Mr. A. E. Paina of Mosers S. Moutrio and Co. left for Singapore on Saturday on a business trip.
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Thres Chinese now been arrested' in. connection with the property stolen from No. 291 Canton Road on May 29th.
During fis. Tuxford's absenco on leave Mrs. Harris Walkon in acting a matron of the Dioceson Boys' School.
: The Dallas Comedy Company left by ago Great Britain. was an island, the English mail stemmer for Singapors on 15 it has been since the Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Dallas booked glacial era. We were a world 'through to London. apart. To day that unique situation į.......
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL,
His Lordship. Bir Havilland do Sans- mares arrived by the 6.2. Assaye from Shanghai to wit in the Full Court of Appeal to-day
MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1918.
FULL COURT OF APPEAL.
The Summer Sittings.
charges and disbursements delivered fo the applicant In respect at Original Jurisdiction action 78 of 1901 by ther ubova named solicitor, or by Mosa Bration za Hett," be 'reforred, "to the Registrar to be taxed; and that the said solicitar giva andit for tha sums of utony by him rostved for or on socous
For the second time since the ordi. nance constituting it came into fore, Lisut Colonel H. W. Iles, R.U.Ashe Full Court of Appeal commenced of the applicant and refund what, if nay. ILA, South China Command, is export its half-yearly utings at the Supreme may to hina on such taxation appear lo ed to arrive by the P. and O. "Sardinia," Court this morning, before Sir Havilland have been overpaid, and that do Regis on the 12th instant.
de Sausmaron, Chief Justice of H.Mortily what shall be found to be due to trar do tax the costs of reforance, and
Dr. Mansilla, Arrived at "Macao on Suprea Court in China, Sir W. Res from wither party in rompied for Thursday to take up the duties of Culonial Davies, K., Chief Justice, and Mr. the bills and payments, and costs of the Secretary, to which position he was re- Justice Komp. Paisno Judgu."2",
reference to bà charged it payable pur cently appointed. The wharf at which the -doctor landed "was decorated, and be was very heartily welcomed by a barge gather. ing of his Macao friends.
RUSSO ASIATIO BANK DIVIDEND.
Wa are informed by the local Agent of the Ruess-Asiatic Bank that he has just received information that the Bank has declared a dividend of 10 par cent. for the year 191. The dividend for 1011 wa
WHIRLWIND AT MACAO.
exists no longer. Since that morn The fins in the Drelletto biliari when Blériot started from the coast een competition is to be played ab the par can. of Franco and alighted on Dover Watson and Longstalle.
* YAM.CZA.this evening. The finalists are
cliffs without so much as being nioistened by the Channel spray, our A few landslides have taken place la insularity has vanished. The silver the neighbourhood of the Feak between streak no longer soparates as from Findlay Road and the detractor. So far, the Continent of Europe; our island moat has been bridged. - The Chan- nel can be crossed without a ship; so
there have been no accidente."
The tebil output of the Kailan Mining Administration's wines for the week and
Heaxy Loss of Life.
Considerable less of lile and a great deal of damage to property was caused at Macho yesterday by a whirlwind which suddenly sprang up about, 6.30 in the
The first matter was an application instant to the Statute, a
Mr. Blade, Instructed' by 'Mr. J. Su the case of Hung Kwai Ching, plaintiff Harston, of Mosses, Deacon, Looker, and appellant, versus Le Sus Pa, defen-} Deacon and Elumione, appeared for ther dant and respondent, the appellant peti-{applicant; and Mr. C. G. Alabaster, in- |tioning the Court to grant leavo to ap- {atřusted, by Mr. Ronder Harris, of Messrk.....
peal from the judgment of the Full Court Wakinson and Grist, for the respon to His Majesty's Privy Council, and, stay donte. - of the said judgment pending much ap Me. Simo said this was appeal pal.. The, appellant further putitioned against an, order of the Chief Justice the court to make further or other orders als on an originating summons. There fr. M. W Slade, R.C., instructed by dead of evidence was taken in Chambers, that may oom just.
was considerable argument, and a good
An
Noon-Meeting of Canton Insurance can the North Sea and it is as easying May 24 amounted to 36,135.03 tons morning... The first, waming of its ap-be advisable to make arrangements by itor and client bills. That was a smaller
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for a bold airman, provided with a suitablo machine, to fly from the heart of England to the heart of Germany-and vice versa. To us, as Admira! Seymour said at the Mansion House meeting, this power of nir-craft to cross the sea is more serious and more menacing than to:
tons.
The driver of motor car. No. 32 was
matter.
Mr. Needham, of Mours. Ewens aid and his Leeship made an order for the Needham, appeared for the appellant, | bills, to be referred to the Registrar. That and Mr. F. H. Sharp, K.C., isstricted order for taxation was made without any by Mfr. Davidson, of Messrs. Hastings quialacation at sl, and the point of this and Hastings, was for the respondent.. application was whether the whole of the Mr. Slade was understood to say that bills were open to taxation or not. It the laavo sought was to appeal. agahist | was contended on behalf of the solicitor ajhdgment of the Full Court delivered that the mujority of the items in mat in February last. The notice of motion) of the bill were not now open to tera- for leave to appeal was filed and abould tion at all, but his Lordship bold to the have been board on February 24, but no contrary, and that was the main ques Full Court bad at from that to the pre- tion which their Lordships had to decide, The other question was whether or pot sent date.
The President observed that it would the appellint was entitled to deliver self- and the asles during the period to 37,780.81proach was what appeared to be a huge which such an application could be taken
before two-judges.·
Sir William Rede Davies: Your ca coluran of black sintaks travelling in a
Mr. Blude said it could not he so taken tention was that certain items are not direction from Darta Point along the Ishers lins up the river and into the innerler the Ordinance constituting the now taxable, and your were entitled to harbour. Directly the beat people saw Full Court, but he was understood to your full bills as between solicitor and remanded at the Magistracy to-day on a
its approach they commenised to raise say that an amending Ordinance was con- client?
Mr. Simle Your Lordship has it quits “ Connaught Rod. charge of knocking down women ineries, but the whirlwind swept every templated.
The woman is still in thing before it in its suddenness, cap. Me Sharp, K.C., objected that the correctly. hos; ital
sizing junks and sampans in aft dires. appealable value of the property w flons. Two large trading junks with teu hot sufficiently great to citable their Lord During the work-end, thieves broke cattle were Bunk right in the fairway Stips to grant the loave asked for, under This the Continental nations with con- into Messrs. Sternborg's shop in Queen's the Hongkong scamera. The Engkong. the Dow Privy Council Rules. tiguous land frontiers. They were Road and stole fountain pens, tigar and Canton and Macao Steamboat Company's action, as thei: Lowlships would remeti
whart, but it was so violently buffetod gage deed, which in the languags of the law. Outlining the eircunstances which to awaken to the vital importance bours; we in the past never were
that its wooden sides were damaged, and Line, No. 2, A., was the matter inked to the application, he said in the year of air-power, and, as Reuter briefly We need not, of course, imagine that
everything moveable on the hurricane dispute ou the property claimed or in 1904 the Imperial Bank of China brought The cornerstone of the new Young deck, was blown away. The railing on question, and the plaintiff's alleged right an action against the prosent respondens telegraphed recently, a very important an invading army, with horse and Man Christian Association building in the wharf wide was also carried away. to the mortgage deed was a civil right claiming sums amounting to $390,000 meeting has been held at the Man-foot und artillery, can be dropped Tientsin native city was laid on 29th May. The Sui An, belonging to the same cam. under the rule. The intrinsic value of and interest, which they said he wa sion House, London, to discuss the upon us from the skies. But an air- A number of foreigners were present at the pany, had her Ido raft carried away, the deed, hubmitted, was nominal, liable to pay as guarantor of his deceased and having regard to the circumstancos brother, who hid been the bank's mant situation. The Home papers to hand raid can no longer be regarded a ceremsay, amongst them the U.S. Consul. and it was anuashed on to bod burning its actual value was unthings a sub-ages in Tientein, in the time of the Borer
reg. A portion of the wooden roofing refer to the meeting and its probable visionary. An opponent with a couple!
was also torn off. All the awnings, were mitted that the plaintiff mind the rule troubles and died in consequence of these consequences, and it is obvious that of hundred dirigibles at his disposal The Ab Kwang," buits at Taiko, blown diwa, and one of the ventilators us referring to Inna, where it only troubles. The appellant lived in Hong- could send his squadrons circling over ceasully underwent a trial-trip yes. was raised from its position and booked ferred to the mortgiga deed. Plaintif kong and had no knowledge of what had the country is moving in the proper our fields, dropping bombs upon our terday. The new vessel, which is for the to one of the stanchions on the deck; said the land was worth over $3,000 (the taken place in Tientsin, and to transc course. The gathering, as the Lord towns and naval bases, working Asiatic Petroleum Company, promises to On her voyago to Hongkong the Sui Anuppentable sinoune); but the land was ficans. of his brother. It was four years. Mayor said, was impressive not only
Hexakora, MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1913.
GREAT BRITAIN AND AIR CRAFT.
Sir William Rees Davies remarked that.
he would be very gled if he could retire al let this matter be settled by his twe learned brethren.
Mr. Slade appreciated that this was
THE MASTE GREAT Britain has at last begun always in actual.contact with reigh.cigarette holders, etc., to the value of steamer Boi Sang was made fast to the ber, was for the return of a certain mort impossible under the present state of the".
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from its list of distinguished speakers, but also because it was held in the heart of the City of London in a pince consecrated to objects which are those of the nation and the Em- pire, irrespective of party, creed, or mce. And it is the nation and the Empire as a whole which are concern- ed in this question of the command of the air. The City, with its threwd instinct for realities, ma grasped a
about $200.
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superiority in the same kind of
house boy employed at No. 39 armament as will both enable us to Nathan Road, Kowloon, is supposed to have committed suicide yesterday by meet and bent the aggressor and to throwing him of over the back verandah make effecinal reprisals upon his of the house. P. 3. Wills took the man to own territory.
the Military Hospital, and Doctors Smalley and Blaks attorded his. Death was due
to a fracture of the skull.
munications, spreading alarm
inclement weather, about 100 of the 120good deal of awomping on board. andrited rests were present.
The steamer Kiang Tung, belonging to demoralisation in the country. Our re
the China Merchants Steam Navigation only security is the possession of such
Company had her head moorings.carried way, and the rousel was blown into the middle of the stream. A good deal of the morzables on the sipper deck wern blown in all directions
Curiously onough the German gunboat itia, which was lying in tla inner has hour, did not suffer any damage. The boat people stem to have fared worst, it being estimated that betwoan fifty and a hundred people lost their lives, most them being children. Two houses at
pent seems as yet but half conscions.
extent of the damage, if the district of The fact is that science within the deficiency by great energy and expen
gun. In those crises we made up the the livine service on Sunday, 15th inst. Putani whiets-je-reported to have suffer
will be held in St. John's Cathedral at 10d most, is not yet known,
The German Community will bo past few years has brought about aditure; but it was our luck rather than glad to see their friends attending the change in the conditions of warfare our foresight that saved us from dis-service, admission cards for which may be as stupendous as that which occurred aster. In the competition of the air tad at the Gorman Consulate. when firearms superseded the bow we are grievously out-distanced, not
Unhappily we are in uo such position. We have been left behind in the new arm more completely than we were left, at the outset, in the
Ia chanection with the Jubilee Celp
here. The land being worth over $5,000 was brought against him. He retained did not make this mortgage dood worth Mr. Brutton as his solicitor, and the had been few decisions upon them, but original bearing three of the leads of the 85,000. The Rules were now, and there notion was finally heard in 1908. In the
ubmitted that the new language did claim were dismissed with costs against were granted the action would have to punt in rigart to the others. There WAS not alter the old practise. If the leave the plaintifs, and they were given judg be sent to Hongkong to be tried, as dean appeal in 1000 An appost by the femfant's cass but never been hoard defendants was heard in the beginning the action was dismissed on the ground of 1909, and was successful, there being the the plaintiff had not shown any casa judgment for defendaits with conts. The to answer, If the Privy Council took dia of coste for the purpose of taxation the view that plaintiff had shown a one between party and party wero prepared answer the defendant's case would and in due course delivered by the other are to he opened there would have to side to the court and taxed. The desk
was one amounting to $44,012; this we rest' sppeals, and they would have to start the whole thing over again, taxed, and the amount bilimsed was
Sir William Rees Davis observed that 599,852 this did not affret the question of right.
Mr. Slade, replying to Mr. Sharp, "com. winded that his argument was based upon a misunderstanding caused by his net: baing fully sequoiated with the facts. The plaintiff had sold his property and had sold it frou of any encumbrance, and had entered into a covenant of title. By
fact of which his Majesty's Govern ironclad ship and the breechloading bration in higour Emperor Wilhelm IT, Darra were blown down, but tho exset be fresh trial, there would probably be of these bills, the really important one,
'EASTERN, EXTENSION AUS- TRALASIA, AND CHINA TELEGRAPH.
The bearing was still in progress where wo rent to preia.
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Maximum Penalty Imposed.
At the Magistracy today, a Chinese
the notion of the defendant he was un- was fed 82,000 or six months by Mr. able to carry out this covenant and was Hazeland for being in possession of forty
and spear, or when steam rendered merely by one or two nations, but by Twenty-two cases of bubonic plague the sailing three deckera and frigates | four or five Austria, Italy, Russia, were reported in the Colony during last obsolete. The airmen lave given a have passed us; and France and Gerweck eighteen proved fatal. Three fur The report of the Eastern Extension
the total for the year thy boing 120. Land-power and sea-power have been navy to insignificance. Germany has one. British subject contracted diphtheria Ltd., for the half-year ended Stat Decem known and recognised since the a score of Zeppelins in commission; Last week; one Britisher and two Chinese ber, 1912, to be submitted to the meeting damages to the amount of the mortgage, maximum one.
on the 20th ult, states that the groit's intercut in the matter.
$22,000 this was therefore the plain- the beginning of history; we have and can add to them at the rate of had enteric fever; and one Chinese puc receipta amounted to £370,445, agni: ut j now to reckon with air-power, which twenty a year; we cannot produse fever,
£330,808 for the corresponding ball-year After serae further argument the Pre- of 1911. The working expenses, including ships would consider the application and siding Judgo, intimated that their Lord- £19.174 for maintenance of cables, abar the construction of this Rules on the old
third arm to the service of wax many have already reduced our air. ther cases have occurred since Saturday Australasin and Chiun Telegraph Company,Hable by the auit of the purchaser for tsets of opium. The penalty was the
has swiftly passed from inhiney to three in a twelvemonth, and have at
the stage of most formidable maturity present only one unit of the first cinsa.Be ore Mr. Melbourne at the Magis
Rulas..
NOTES FROM 'WUCHOW.
Vecnow, Juna 6.
THE KING'S DIETHDAY
troy to-day, Eran Thomss was charged. £254,770, against 1159,232, laring The effects are prodigions everywhere In aeroplanes, even if we accept with acting in a disorderly manner on £221,688. From this is deducted £3,708
The King's birthday was suitably ade and for ourselves, above all, most, Colonel Seely's figure of 101 all told Blake Tier Toppetoe Me Doosid said that for income-tax pigable in England and PRIVY COUNCIL, Arrest. brated here on Tuesday. Mady of thin strange and startling. They touch (including toys and failures), we have the mas deserted from the "Empress of £16,043 for interest on Debenture stock, Application by petition for leave to ships were dressed for the occasion. In the barely a fifth of those at the call of Hussin on May 12th last. When he was leaving £205,931 as the vet profit for the appeal to the Privy Council was made the eruning, Mr. A. D. Conies, the us home in two ways. PER SUIT. first place they make a serious our chief Continental competitors, and Aroused from a sleep by Chinese polica. half-your. After adding £35,684 brought in the matter of the action, T. Ya Nung, British Consul, gavo a dinner to the Man on Elske Pier yesterday, the defen-forward there in an available balance of niiss Li Po Kwong and Li Chasing Lin British residents of this port and a very
£289,585. One quarterly interio dividend
TWO GOOD LINES IN
UNDERWEAR
U. O. Z. $2.00
TROPHY $4.00
PER
difference in our estimate of unval Germany will double her feet within dant atrock tho constable. A fine of $1 af il peromt. has been paid for the half alias Li Po Shun, defendants and appel-Pleasant evening was speat.
supremacy. We have grown accustó-the next two years In the flying was insposed. SUIT. med to reckoning naval force in terms corps we are even more inadequately
(SHIRT & SHORT DRAWERSį
VERY LIGHT & COOL.
year, and it is ror panised distribute lante, versus Li. Ten Chi, plaintiff and THE COUNTRY. another if like am unt on the 21st instant, respondout and Li Yn Nung, alias Li I have just retrand from a short visit making with the interim dirkdeu paid for Po Kwong, and Li Po Sum defendants to the country and am glad to say that There mase again large audiences on the frat half-years total dividend of & per and appellants, serata Li Yuen: Shan things are very quiet. Apparently there
cent. It is also proposed to pay a bonüs of
of battleships, cruisers, and destroyers provided for. By the end of the year old trad
I saw General Lung the other day and
throughout Kwang Sai. This steaternens
COAT CUT VESTS that even we had
and submarines. But we must realise we may have 100 naval and malurduk and Sunday at the elreus 48 per share, or 2 per cent.; making a total plaintif and respondent. It was extremarkably littllo", "robbery" and piracy have not a thoroughly satisfactory trained airmen will be perhaps tenen iro satisi setion to those attending. The sum of £100,000 has been transferred to the Provident, that the double heading was margin in these floating units, they times as numerous In fact, our special team services which are ran in congeneral reserve fund and the balance of accomated for by the fact that the he told me that good order prevailed would not in themselves suffice. We position is so bad ne to be alarmine (nection with the circus prove a great bann, reserve fund has been delitod with £80,000 ( had to be substituted during the bearing confirmed by various reporta" which all,
227,533 carried forward. The general ginal plaintif diod, and other plaintif ara bound to take into account the and the utmost viginar must be cauccess which the show has so far mot with, restment Buotostings, bringing the of the original notions
sad they have boon largely availed of. The as a further provision on account of air craft as well. We do not yet ployed if the balance is to be redress will doubtless be reported ibis book. The retal provision, against depreciation up to Mr. F. C. Jenkin, instructed by Mr. 20. to show that peace and prosperity kaow how many dirigibles, can be ed to any appreciable extent. With Brat change of programme takes place to 200,000. In pursuance of the policy in Needham, of 3fesses. Faens and Noed om at last about to visit this provinco. dicated by the Chairman at the last general ham, appeared for the appoliants, and is very evident that trods is ou lie regarded as the equivalent of a money and properly directed energy night, and the next, matinse on Wod-meeting of strengthening the company M. 31. 1. Slade, instructed by Macromeo. There are now sumu, twelve Dreadnought, or how the aeroplane much may be done in a couple of
eable capacity in the Far East contracts compares with the gunboat. But
have been tutored into with the Telegraph Huss, of Messrs. Goldring, Darlow, and motor boats the river, they, and ail Construction and Maintenance Company Morrell, for the respondente.
the other boats of every kind seem to be for the manufacture and Lying of new Mr. Jenkin stated that the sums of POLITICAL FREIING
doing good businosa. cables between Colombo, Penang, Bing money involved was over $25,000, and pore and Hongkong. The first action
m. Powell,
we can see that these flying machines years, but not if there is further palter- must play a great part in the avaling with a question which is one of warfare of the future. The airship, suprene and andeniable urgener
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fesa musts of the men-of-war, may put them in worse peril than the sub- marine torpedo, The nerostats will
A MURDER CHARGE.
At the Magistracy bday before
day
The members of the F E Bergeanta Me s hold mixed-whist drive at their Mens, Wellington Barracks on Friday was ompleted few days ago, and the said it appeared to him that the appel. There has been low political talk and expenditure on this account up to the end leats had es a right the right to appeal.citonsent faldly. It is easy to seny night, Q. M. Sgt. Noston Bergte, Burd of last year (286,764) has been charged. The only quation which ozuld aring was however, that speaking generally, thoro In considerable fooling against Juan. Shile sad Regur and Corp, was wore the Com-gainst the general reserve food is the ondition, of appeal mittee. Prizes wore preconted by Q Mother sections are expected to be cota
Kat In the other hand, all the busines people and others of any road influencer Sgt. Norton to Lalics, 1st, Mrs. Cathepeted in the early part of next year. bert Zad, Jim, Moelland; $id, M
oro surongly in favour of Yuan, Tro-
White; 4th, Mrs. Blokes; Hidden number
be the eyes of the Fleet, and will Molburne, Inspector Herr asked for sweep the horizon and send back in round in the case of a Client Ware, Cheat: Booby price, Mre Elson. formation of the enemy's position charged with committing murder on the
Mr. Blado said the only question was as to security for cob
Tlua; malter having been arranged to their Loulezipa sathdnction, they granted
SAI BORE ALWAYS CURES: PULSCRIPTIONS ACCURATELYN better than the fastest of. Ben By | higli-nun","" 16 is stated that the accumulate Brockudy, OTH. AD not sites frond cramp online pain.
in the stomach when Chamberlain's The third matter before the curta kids Cliness whom he acted, and Smith, R. N., 3rd, Mr. Hil; 4th, Q. M
Colio, Cholera Distrhood Clearly the fact that is markedly stabbed another whilst a hoard, the fan Gut. Clegg, A.F.C. 6th Fgt. Regan, Rahoo Chara and a 20% e Imasediste an application made in the matter of were inferior in these auxiliaries will fight Song Fulcon Singapure and Hongkong Hidden number, Q. M. Shabbage, relief. You cannot find to be without it Mr. K. Hall Brutton, gentleman and 62A, QUEEN'S ROA HUNGRONG at a great, perhaps a fatal, disadvan: It is appprned that this masa was fase A.0.0 Booby prizo, Q.Q. M. Sgh Me. If you are subjabi te tack of this kind, solleitor of the Supreme Court, on the For sale by all Chemists and skaegar purt of Leung Shui, that the bills of foon stage. Will them all our superiority The and was granted
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