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$1,000,000 ESTATE.
HAWAII SUGAR PLANTER'S FORTUNE, GRANDSON'S ALLEGATION.
Claim That He Was Kept In The Dark.
Having alreatly provided one sensation-in respect of a former Civil Governor, of Canton-the $1.000.000 estate case excited further interest in the Supreme Court this morning.
Allegations that he had been BARGAIN DAY kept in ignorance of the fact of
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his being entitled under his grandfather's will to two; por- ions of the moneys bet and not Jene only, were made by the plain- tiff concerning the $1,000,000 ethte of h sugar planter who is alleged to have left property in Hongkong.
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fitting that he generally went to Hongkong to collect it.
The cross-examination of the plaintiff concluded this morning. he having been in the box all day yesterday as well.
FOUND NOT GUILTY.
WEALTHY JAVA YOUTHS ACQUITTED.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)..
SINGAPORE, May 12, The two Chinese charged with murdering a launch man by throw ing him overboard were acquitted at the assizes.
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CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM REJECTED.
HOME DECISION.
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Matter Being Dropped For Time Being.
News has been received that the Secretary of State for the Colonies does not consider the time opportune for the introduction of Constitutional Reform as advocated by the 1,500 Hongkong residents who signed the petition and the matter is not likely to be taken further for some considerable time.
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the opinion that A China Mai" representative expressed
not" opportune the made enquiries this morning us to the time was
when a meeting was to be con- for the introduction of auch InCasures HA the petition vened on the subject in view of a recent statement of the late Presidvocated. Col. John Ward was a reply was not therefore disposed to press dent that when received to enquiries sent home the matter in the House and it resolutions would be put to a was not likely that the Association. meeting which would be duly would proceed further in the advertised.
ristter at any rate for some con- siderable time, the "China. Mui man gathered."
After hiring a launch for a picnic on March 23, two Chinese youths of good connection in Batavia, are alleged to baye thrown two Malay seamen overboard, ooc. of whom was drowned. preliminary inquiry evidence was given by a Malay seaman who Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C., with alleged that he was also attacked Mr. Elsley Zeitlyn (instructed by by the two accused men and hit Mr. G. K.Hall Brutton) appeared over the head with a lemonade for the plaintiff; Mr. P. Gbottle. He further alleged that he During cross-examination by Jenkin with. Mr. T. Akdis (saw the deceased serang being Mr. P. Jeukin, the plaintiff structed by Mr. A. E. Hall) repre-pushed into the sea.]' (grandson of the deernard) shid sented the defendant who is a
Governor Civil that it was not until the produc- former
Mr: C. G. tion at the will, as ordered by the Kwangtung, and Court"in rannéction with another Alabustor (instructed by Mr. action, that he had come to the Wed) represents three exccutrices e nehcion dat be was net rerüiv. of a deneased brother of Chan Ting his full charm. He had not A-long whone estate is in ques- Leren the arepants of his uncle tion,
(the defendant) tough his E-oliitor had told him prior to the [ proceedings that it had heun espertalard that estates of the deceased had been placed in the named the tendant,
Mr. Jenking Although you had (know.edge of this highly import- ant account you did not study it. but left it to your solicitor te , make the meal of it in support of
your e
Plasti: i let it go my lawyer to search the accounts.
Further pros amantimu een- eemed the mariner which money had been paid cạn through the de rendant tred the bicensed in his Krow in toburting with lties tamilly jexpenses, the phúintiff .
EUROPEAN ROBBED.
· RAINCOAT TAKEN BY
INDIAN
PAWNED BY MALAY FRIEND,"
Before Mr S. R. B. McElderry at the Central Magistracy bis morning, a young Indian named A. L. Ramjahn was charged with- the larceny of a raincout, valued at $20, at Wanchai on May 3.
Accused denied the charge of theft, but admitted having pawned the article on behalf of a Malay friend, for whom he acted as interpreter at the nawnshop." His friend had secured lodgings with him for the night, and the next morning asked for assistance" to pawn, the overcoat as he had no money. He could not find his friend, "who was believed to be a seaman.
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BUENOS AIRES, May 12. A decree permits the export of gold frons June 10,
He was informed that Col. John Ward, M., who had been sked to state how the petition stood which had been sent in the name of the Colony's residents, had replied that the Secretary of State for the Colonies had teen communicated with and had
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PRAM THIEF.
ALSO STRALS VASES FROM CHURCH,
A Chinese
Was atsarged as the Kowloon Abugletray this morning A pawnbroker, giving evidence, with the theft of a perambulater stated that the accused came to belging to Mr.. Hall, and the the shop with a raincoat, which he vases, the property of the Rosary pawned for $8 and left after pat- Church. ting the money in his pocket. Another man was with the ac-
cused, but took no part in the transaction.
A murine hawker was recently kanteneral to one monily's imprison- 127479 for receiving the stoles pernambulator, and the hawker's Detailing the circumstances with recognised the ma who hoki leading to the arrest of the accused, it when she met him in the street Sergeant MacDonald stated that and had hịn arrested. he was on doty at Wanchai op the night of May 3, when a ricsha of the "mag by jumping toough an coolie brought a European pus open window of the Church: senger to him as he did not know
On the first charge ide acensed where to take him. After question was sentenced to one month in
the passenger the latter intent and to free months on got down and Went
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to accompany
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PEAK TRAM TICKETS,
DISTRIBUTED BY CHINESE. TO RELATIVES, The adjourned case against Leung Hong, a coolie of the Peak Tramway Company, for theft of a targe quantity of coupon ticket books was continued before Mr. H. R. Butters at the Central Magis; tracy this morning
$700 JUNK "RAID. ROBBERS MIDNIGHT
..EXPLOIT.
A report was made to the police by the master of a trading jurk men armed with titat" three revolvers and daggers entered his host which was lying at the' Yaumati shelter at midnight yes The evidence was that the terday, and stole $700 in Chinese coupon tickets were found in al matshed occupied by the accused, subsidiary coins. All the inmates and it was alleged that he were tied up, and the robbers left) distributed them among his in a small boat belonging to the relatives. A contractor's foreman junk, which was later found on the
The serum adusitten thus theft came to Mr. Scott with a bundle foreshore near Dundas Street.
aside, the other charge.
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of the "missing coupons and informed him that they were Riven to him by Leung Chin, a relative of the accused. As result Sub-Inspector Marks' arrest ed Leung Chin, and he was also charged this inorning with larceny by finding.
The Magistrate found both the accused guilty ahasentenced them
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TINSMITH AND SILK GOODS.
The petition referred to was circulated in the Colony and copies of it and other information about the Colony, it may be recalled, were sent to every member of the Commony. Several House of Parliamentarians known to be specially interested in this part of the Empire were communicated with. Through some technival defect the petition was referred" back and before it could come up gain the Coalition Government was dissolved. Since then no fur- ther news was received until the reply from Col, John Ward came to hand as to the attitude of the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
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The exact nature of the desired changes in constitution were not actually formulated in the peti- tion which was sent Home, but the object in sending the petition was to ensure that Parliament should be better acquainted with the position in Hongkong, it being the belief of many that the xxxEMČRNOMERE authorities at Home were genuinely in sympathy with the claims of the community and that if a practicable scheme of reform could be found they would find it. The unfavourable reply which haw now been received, however, docs away effectively with any hope of support being received from the Government and in the belief that the Government with its large majority would effectively quash any private member's measure it is apparently the inten- tion of those in torested to drop the subject for the present,
SEEKING WORK.
EUROPEAN STOWAWAY IN COURT.
A Welshman named Frederick Owen Richards was charged be fore the Kowloon Magistrate this morning with stowing away on the ss. Empress of Canada from Manila to Hongkong.
Accused said that he came from but not succeding in this he came Australia to seek work in Manila,
to Hongkong. He had served in the war and had lost his papers.
A remand was made for two
weeks to enable further enquiries
to be made.
"AFTER REVENGE.
CHEUNG CHAU JUNK. ATTACKED.
A Cheung Chan fisherman fe-
Wan island in Chinese waters by ported to the police that his junk was attacked yesterday near Muil five men armed with revolvers and two rifles. The complainant and
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to six weeks and two weeks' hardmoned in the Summary Court this The attitude of a tinsmith sum. labour respectively.
morning in connection with a claim for goods sold and delivered was "is it likely that I should order, aik for making shoes in the crew of three men were taken Asiatic Bldg. · Tel. C. 4702
to the island, but he managed to connection with my business?"
escape. His claim was that the order, although it was chopped with the correspondence chop of the Arm, was not obligatory on him as it had been affixed by a guarantor who had no authority.
CHATHAM ROAD.
as he was feeling unwell, being under the influence of "liquor. Accused then care s up and asked him (witness) what was the matter with the European and he replied that he was drunk, He (witness) left the scene and on
Unusual features are to be returning about fifteen minutes later found that the European had found in connection with the Bo recovered. He had an idea that called Russian ship which has the European had a raincoat brought oil to Canton.
At first she lay off Bocca Tigris, with him when he alighted from the ricsba, and on question then Tiger Island and ultimately
At the Kowloon Magistracy this Whampoa. She F.5.6 LENS ing him he admitted that he moved up to
morning, an unemployed Chinese her had ope.. On being requested flies the Chinese dag
was fined $25, or, in the alterna him the foremost and the Russian ensive, one month's imprisonment Police Station to lodge a coat her stern
with hard labour, for riding a plaint, the passenger asked him One of the ranks of the local bicycle in a reckless manner along not to worry about it and left in
Chatham Road last night. ' another ricsha. Witness met garrison is alleged to have been detained on arrival at Canton by accused again at 3 a.m. yesterday the s.5. Lungshan, on instructions at Praya
Questioned regarding the raincoat belonging from Hongkong. It is also report. ed that he will be placed before a to the European ́on the night
charges of in question, accused denied Court Martial having stoles, it, but admitted desertion and the taking away of having pawned
three service revolvers. be- one on Buttfumazing Malga-friend-Ther pawnshop was pointed out to bim |(witness) and the article was Answering questions from the recovered. He added that he had Bench. accused said that he was nct pen the European passenger unemployed and was depending again and did not know his ident on his aunt for support. He had
tried to get a job, but fad failed, (Continued at foot of nest Oolumn.): Accused was sentenced to two
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It was stated that the accused knocked down Mrs. A. Ribeiro's child, causing slight injuries,
Mr. Justice Wood found in favour of the defendant who was represented by Mr. Gordon Leask. Plaintiff was represented by Mr. CAS. Russ,
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The motive for the attack is believed to be found in the resent ment telt by the islanders against others poaching on their reserve.
DELICATE
PREMIER ON MOROCCO SITUATION
(Reuter's Service.}'
At the. Kowloon Magistracy
In Eight houses this morning, a Chinese woman was charged with receiving Street, Wanchai, were sold in one
PARIS, May 12. jewellery and money, amounting lot for $75,000 at the China Auction
Palaleve, the Premier, wan&fupfinanstoker in come Shingle Rooms Testerday. The property womas passenger from Shanghai has an area of 5.295, sq, yards and prying to a quash<x>di<lm/h; the as President Grant. The comprises the odd numbers from meeting of the Cabinet, said the accused stated that the jewellery 23 to 35 It was started at $50,000 situation in Morrocco was delicate, was actually stolen by a man, who by Mr. E.V.M,R. de Sousa and rose, but the operations which up to the left the articles with her for safe by bids of $1,000 and $500. The present had only been nu a amall keeping. Sentence of six months' propedy was brught by Messm scale were not so serious as those hard labour was imposed.
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