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No. 19,505
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1925.
QUAINT LAWS.
PROBATE CASE HUMOUR.
FOURTH WIFE'S RIGHTS,
"Turning Ladies Into A Corporation."
"Turning ladies into a corporation" is how a Straits, Settlements enactment, quoted in the Supreme Court this morning, strikes the Chief Justice, Sir Henry Cowper Gollan
MARTIAL LAW.
CRITICIAL CANTON
POSITION..
GENERAL STRIKE?
CHAN KWING-MING COMING BACK?
Once more General Chan Kwing ming's name is mentioned in with Kwangtung Mr. Bidon Potter K.G., together | Zaitlyn for a brother of deceased connection with Mr. Ir. C. Jenkin, as argung who uppuses the right of the fourth politics, This time ha is only the rights under Chinese law of wife to enter a camp for the ad- making a mild attempt to regain a fourth wife to administer the estate |ministration of the eshite),
footing in the province instead of of her deceased husbund and claim Mr. Fing admitted under cross-striking for complete conquest. that this rights of a fourthi wife or eximination that there were concubine as regards estate are the in the Chinese book of laws which (From Our Own Correspondent.) sume as this kit fut (principal) wife. | stated definitely that only a proper In illustration of a paint made a wife was entitled to a deceased the court this morning, Mr. Potter | husband's share in un estate.
Cases
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The typhoon season is almost upon us now but this year is likely to be the last that the Colony will face without valuable wireless facilities at Pratas Shoal.
Contracts have been let, the kings in the neighbourhood of the "China Mail" understands, for the Shoal, a procedure rendered work of building a meteorological necessary by the fact that no sur station equipped with wireless on vey had been made for over Pratas Shoal. From an authen- twenty years and that the pin- tic source it is also learned that it nacle rocks which abound there in a stipulation of the contract would have proved dangerous to that the station shall be ready for any boats landing stores without
such survey. use by next October
When the "China Mail" first
No particulars are yet to hand
it is Fordship that in Singapore M. Zeitlyn: As regards mourn morning by the Yunnanese mer published the information that as to the parties to the contract }; where the status of a concubinding, is there provision made in law.cenaries in the East Suburb where the Hydrographic Department of or contracts other than that they was not defined, the law bad been for the mourning by a husband on soldiers are on guard in public the Chinese Admiralty had under. are Shanghai firms, as all the
Witness: Yes,
faced with misiderable difficulty, the death of his wife? fswhen it came to the administration
af „entales, The whoin of the r. Zeilyn: Is there provision. unions of concubines or wives had made for the mourning by a husband fendu held as polygamous or treated of a cementine upon her death? In the same, and it and new heen Witness: Nä. Edruided that even if there was cau [lit fall and five concubines the share of the widow to the estate must be distributed among them equally. They them got between then the I widow's shure which was a third of
| Thus, rutado,
in fact, it turns the ladjes into a corporation," said Els Fordship
inidst laughter.
Mr. Polter mid that by the intro- duction of the how it certainly up- prmed that a "good my vimels” had been swallowed. He believed that the authorities recognised that it was struining the hat a bis, but they ind hul to do it..
His Lordship remarked that it would be an interesting body of law to observe in operation, and Mr. Potter replied But it had re- enived the sanction of the Privy | Council
Regarding & vory much disputed translation, Mr. Petter put info. Court this morning un extract from
book of transistions of Chinese law by Bir George Thomas Stainton. This slated definitely that in the case of a substituted and adopted mother of children of a deceased, she would rank equally with the natural mother and bo understood to be referred to as such inal laws except in the case of violent crime being committed by her.
This, it is the contention of Mr. Polter, substantiates the claim of the fourth wife in the ease in ques tion to right of administration of the estate.
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taken to build a station at Pratas, it was hoped that the station would be completed in time for this year's typhoon period, but the work of preliminary survey has taken longer than was anticipat. non-ed. The Kan Lu has taken sound-
streets with fixed bayonets.
General Hap Shung-chi, the Kuomintang general, is reported to be coming back to Canton to make a grand effort to stem the tide of anti-Communistic aggres ision and 10 expel the
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of Amundsen's Night.
WATER IN MILK.
KOWLOON CITY DAIRY CHARGED
Cantonese knight-errants who now hold the city. He is stated to have declared that he will fight to the bitter end.
While General, Hau is making. for Canton, so the account goes, Chan Kwing-ming. will stage a come back by leading about: 15,000 thus assist the Yunnanese.
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THE 1924 REPORT.
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WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW✰ lawyer of considerable status, was morning, the keeper of a dairy atiftemen to harrass Hau's rear and GAINING THE CONFIDENCE OF
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M. Fung Sa-luen, a Canton cross-examined by Mr. Zeitlyn this morning. The Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster K.C., appears with Mr.
LADS MISLED?
RUSSIANS IN CHINESE ARMY,
At the Kowloon Magistracy this Kowloon Cly was charged with selling adulterated milk.
Sanitary Inspector Savage stated that he visited the dairy and asked for a bottle of fresh milk. He took samples, one of which was handed back to the keeper and the other sent to the Government Analyst: The analysis disclosed the presence of 9 2 per cent water.
obtained an adjournment untɔ̃) (Courtesy of the Daily Bulletin.) next Tuesday to enable him to submit the analysis of the sample handed back to his client. Peking, May 26. The Rosta News AAgency pub- lishes a memorandum which was handed by the Soviet Embassy to the Waichinopu on the 22nd inst.. stating that the Soviet Consul- General at Harbin had been approached by several Soviet
Meanwhile, General Fan Shék- sang, the Yunnan soldier of the hour who nominally acts in unison. with the "Reds," is reported to be also returning to Canton. Rumour has it that bis vanguarde will soon be contesting their way down the Canton-Samahul Railway,
CHINA.
"After many years of patient work the confidence of the Chinese has been gained and much of the prejudice against Western medi cal treatment overcome." This is an extract from the report of the Alice In addition to the threatened Superintendent of the
arrangements are being made through Peking. The Hongkong Government, however, is being kept in touch with developments, as the Chinese Admiralty, has made it clear since it first offered to put in hand the work itself that it would welcome the assist- ance of the Hongkong Govern- ment in the matter of tending the station. In this connec- tion it is interesting to recall that a special tug is under construction. for the Hongkong Government, part of the functions of which, it is thought will be to act as a re- lief ship to the station on the Pratas. The tug is to be fitted with wireless, acarch lights and all facilitaties for first aid.
The suggestion was put for- ward some time ago but nothing has yet been definitely decided, "the "China Mail" understands, that this should be put at the disposal of the Kowloon Commissioner of Customs who could be entrusted with the direction of operations. The value of the Pratas Shoal
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as an observation station lies in the key position it holds in re-O gard to the passage of typhoon:* and in an interview Mr. T. FL Claxton, Director of the Royal Observatory, said that the erec- tion of a station there would mark!
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the entrance upon a very importË NEED NOT WURKY ant stage in the history of typhoon warning provisions for South China. Regular meteorological observations four times a day, Bay, would strengthen his hands considerably in the matter of typhoon warnings.
A gang of robbers entered a matshed occupied by a woman at Repulse Bay shortly after three o'clock yesterday morning" After threatening the occupant, they tied her up and stole money and pro- perty amounting to $17.80. One man, believed to be a member of the gang, has been arrested by the police.
Mr. W. B. Hind, defending political upheaval, Centon may Memorial and Affiliated. Hos. Mr. S. T. Butlin as Hon. Trea- face general strike. The pitals, to be presented at surer and Mr. John Fleming, CA.,
Mr. Wright, Yunnanese have declared that they the annual meeting to-day in the for auditing accounts, Mr. A. E. will protect the electricity and Chamber of Commerce Board
Airey water works from unruly strikers. room.
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FACTION FIGHT.'
PING CHAU” ISLAND TROUBLE.
A dispute between the Hakkas residents at Harbin declaring that and. Hoklos on Ping Chau, an their children aged between 1510and near Cheung Chap, resolved and 17 had been enlisted by itself into a pitched battle between Netchayeff's agents to join his the rival factions yesterday morn- troops serving with the Chineseing in the course of which fire. ams, daggers and other weapons
army.
Efforts to find these youths had were freely used.** failed, and the Consul's communi-A force of police from Cheung cations in that regard to the Chau arrested thirty of the Chinese local authorities had miscreants, who, will be charged proved resultless.
before the Magistrate in due More than 10 Soviet citizens course. About a dozen wounded under age had thus enlisted and were brought to Hongkong last had been given false promises of night and placed in hospital, big salaries, houses, etc.
The Soviet Embassy has re- peatedly pointed out that the existence in Chinese territory of cularly odious, as the youngsters an armed detachment avowedly have been haned her false promises hostile to the White bandite was and from their homes. It in direct violation of Article VLys that in any civillaed State of the agreement between the such activities are able to be U.S. S. R. and China of May 31, punished as a criminal offence 1924, and the Chinese Government Such acts cannot be tolerated. All assumes a grave responsibility for demands regarding enlisting and supporting this movement maintaining the While Guards
The US, SR. Embassy feels Chinese territory ram bound to lay stress upon the fact and in addition the USSR that the unl
that the military auth
M. E. F. and Mr. Colbourne to who consented
Dr. G. E. Aubrey who has given
Gradually the process of con- These are the hospitals which verting Canton into a mercenary formed the subject of a special act on the Building Committee, capital is being carried out I am article in yesterday's "China told that even the Cement Works Mail." at Honam, formerly Dr. Sun's headquarters, are now guarded by the Yunnanese.
HAND TO HAND.
FURIOUS, MOROCCO FIGHTING.
SETBACK FOR RIFFS
(Reuter's Servios. F
PARIS, May 26,
Dr. who Has Mid-
valuable help as Consultant, Dr. A Building Committee has been E. P. Minett who has examined appointed, reports Dr. R. Maclean pathological specimens,
Fraser (Mrs.) Gibson, to submit a scheme for rebuilding on the sites in Bonham continued lecturing in
wifery to the nurses, Road and Breezy Path; plans are Dr. Coxion To who has again under consideration and it is ex-I done good services in oversight of pected that public appeal will
be made later. The co-operation, the Alice Memorial Dispensary of all interested in the relief of and Dr. S. W. Phoon who as suffering is asked for in order House Surgeon has been most that a special effort may be made helpful, t
An increase in confidence on to bring the hospital building up the part of the mothers also is re- to modern requirements.
An increase in subscriptions fa ported by the Matron of the noted, this being attributed to the Nethersole Hospital and Training Institution for Nurses (Miss A communique from. Fez shows good work of the Hon. Mr. P.L. K. Rayner). Accommodation that the Riffs continue to be very folyoak and Mr. Chau Siu-ki, had not been sufficient and active. Three hundred regular also Mr. E. A. Harlow, Business cavalry reinforcements resched Manager The deficit has been patients had had to be refused admission. Greater opportuni- Sakka, The French posts were reduced from 36,601 to $1,448 ties were opening up for nurses in It had thus been possible to treat hospitals in Hongkong under frequently fired on.
The enemy continue to press on many who were unable to afford Chinese Committees and the work the villages in the vicinity of the the small charge for food which of the twenty-four nurses in French post on the east and are was paid by in-patients. For the training had been appreciated seeking action good work of the hospital to pro- They were given three years and to hand fighting occurred greas still further even greater training in general nursing and inmaternity work. the course ofarlour on support was needed and the Com- deavour to pres Lient-Colonel mittes emphasise the advantage tur
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