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E. J. Moses
R. E. MacBirney
F. B. Deacon..
E. S. Joseph
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owe i 15
C. II. Thompson
0. Stewart
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H. Grant Smith
receive † 15
S. Hanisch
D. Wood...
E. C. Huma.
T. L. Stevenz
PROFESSIONAL PAIRS,
K. W. Mounsey and E. J. Grist
H. M. Brown and E. F. Mackay C. M. Hazeland and C. II, Gale
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Surg-Major Johnston and Dr. Shaw, R.N., Medical
L. K. Davies and R. Sparrow.
.Insurance
T. Sercombe Smith and J. M. Atkinson Civil Service W. C. Woodcock and P. G. Anderson
E. Luglis and H. W. Slade
G. Stewart and G. II, Potts
F. Maitland and C. A. Tumes
Capt. Eccles and Capt. Ferguson C. M. Firth and G. Millward C. V. Percival and C. W. Knox C. Padday and E. C. Hume
RIFLE SHOOTING.
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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
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[April 9, 1896.
The Appropriation Ordinance for 1896 has been approved by Her Majesty.
Admiral Buller left for the North on Tuesday, in his despatch vessel Alacrity.
The Danish steamer Frejr, recently agroundTM in the Hainan Straits, arrived in port on Friday. The damage sustained by the strand. ing is apparently not very considerable.
The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donation to the funds of the Hospitals
.832
Cotton Yarn Guild
A fire broke out at 4.30 a.m. on the 6th April in a salt fish shop in Salt Fish Street. attain- The premises, which were insured with Messrs. | Carlowitz and Co. for $6,500, were completely
gutted.
There were forty-three in-patients treated at! the Alice Memorial Hospital last month and the number of out-patient visits was 1,099. At the Nethersole Hospital the numbers were 27 and 37 respectionly.
The Secretary of the Punjom Mining Co., Limited, advises us that he received the following cable from the manager at the mine on the 2nd April :-" The cyanide opera tions were started yesterday."
where the horse was. It is here, outside the Court," was the reply. Without saying more Mr. Markham got off the bench, mounted the horse, rode it up to the other end of the French Bund and back, remounted the bench, and delivered the following characteristic judgment: There is nothing wrong with the horse, judgment for the plaintiff." It is not my of the many purpose merely to tell one anecdotes which some old residents, of whom believe there are one or two now in Hong kong, will remember about the genial Johnny Markham. This story, which is a true one, has an application to the milk case decided yesterday. I do not for a moment question |
scientific my friend Mr. Crow's ments. He no doubt says cow's milk should contain so much water, so much casein, so Merchants
much fat, etc. As Mr. Cooper would probably Brokers
say about his double drainage with its resultant Merchants
double-distilled stinks: "It is correct, I got it Army Shipping
from a book," so Mr. Crow may say about milk. But notwithstanding the book the double drains Bankers bye are not correct in Hongkong, nor is Mr. Crow's analysis sufficient evidence that the milk con- tained added water. Mr. Crow should have milked the Hongkong cow himself and then made his analysis. The breed of the cow, the climate, the very different food, the condition of the animal, and The third class good conduct medal was the period of the year may all make a difference, presented on the 2nd April to Inspectors Kemp and he might have found that the component and Baker and Sergeant Moffatt, and the fourth parts were not “ according to the book and class medal to Inspector Duncan and Acting that the proportion of water was more than Inspectors Hannah and Witchell. 83 per cent. Mr. Crow will admit that milk in England may contain 85 per cent, of water. I have no standard authority at hand, but a book I have just turned up gives it in one place as 86 and in another as from 80 to 89 per cent. It would not put the matter beyond doubt, but Mr. Crow when he comes down in the tram might step in to Kennedy's, sce & COW milked himself, and after inspecting the bottle into which the milk is put take that and analyse it. I am not counsel for the defendant. nor am I suggesting that there had been any trickery on the part of the in- formant, mt, although an unfortunate share- holder in the Dairy Farm Company, I have al- ways used Kennedy's milk and shall continue to use it, and as I have frequently opened the | bottles with my own hands I am able. if given two or three bottles, to show how the cork and seal may be transferred from one bottle to another. I could also show another and very simple way by which water could have been got into the milk. Mr. Kennedy may be guilty or he may be innocent, but it is better that ten guilty men escape than that one innocent one should suffer. No оне questions the conscientiousness, intelligence, or legal acumen of the Magistrate, but the two or three persons who have spoken to me on the case, one of whom, although in no way connected with or a friend of Mr. Kennedy, was in Court during the hearing, are all of the opinion that the de- fendant was
INNOCENT.
1ST BATTALION RIFLE BRIGADE. Major A. R. Pemberton, of the Rifle Brigade, having very generously presented a Cup to be shot for annually by the officers of the Battalion, the competition took place on the Kowloon ranges on Tuesday. The conditions attached to the Cup are #18 follows. The Cup is presented in commemoration of the ninety-fifth anniversary of the raising of the regiment and is to remain the property of the Officers Mess 1st Bu. Rifle Brigade. It may be as well to mention here that 95 was the original number of the regiment before it was called "The Rifle Brigade.“
Each year's winner's name is to be engraved on the Cup.
Distances: 200, 500, and 600 yards. Kneeling at 200 and lying down (prone) at the other two. Lient. Power and Capt. Bethune tied with 89, but Lieut. Power's score at 600 being the best, he won the Cup for the year 1895.
The following are the best scores :-
2nd Lieut. D. Power Capt. Patton Bethune Capt. W. V. Eccles Capt. A. G. Ferguson Qr.-Mr. L. Hoey
200 500 600 Total.
30 B1 28 $9 30 33 26 89 28 30 26 84
23 33 27
23 28 27
CORRESPONDENCE,
[We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.]
THE DOCK COMPANY'S DIRECTORS' FEES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS.
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SIR, The Directors of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company lately sought the opinion of the shareholders re the proposal to subdivide the shares by sending to each one & circular which was to be signed for against and then returned. By this means a bona file expression of opinion was obtained. I suggest that this course be again adopted I, for our, will be unable to attend the extraor- dinary meeting to be held 22nd June for the purpose of confirming the resolution which was passed at the late so called general meeting of the shareholders to double the Directors' fees and I find it impossible to obtain a proxy to oppose it. I am, sir, yours &c.,
ABSENT SHAREHOLDER. Canton, 4th April, 1896.
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Hongkong, 3rd April, 1896.
HONGKONG.
A Chinaman was charged at the Magistracy on the 6th April with removing the dead body of his child, who had died from plague. The defendant, who was met carrying the body in Queen's Road East, was fined $25 or six weeks' imprisonment.
On Saturday afternoon Mr. J. M. Armstrong offered for sale by auction, under instructions from the liquidator of the New Oriental Bank Corporation. the Bungalow, Mount Kellett. The property was. knocked down for $2,700, thị purchaser being Mr. W. J. Saunders.
At the Police Court on Tuesday, before Com mander W. C. H. Hastings, Mr. A. H. Reunie, of Ice House Street, was summoned for driving a horse in a furious manner to the danger of passengers in the public road. The defendant admitted the offence and explained that the horse had lately arrived from Australia and was not accustomed to 'rickslas. A fine of $15 was imposed.
The Secretary of the Punjom Mining Co.,
Limited, advises us that he has received the following telegram from the manager at the mine, being the result of the March clean up-
The mill ran twenty-eight days, crushing 1,000 tons yielding 535 ounces of smelted gold. Twenty- three tons of concentrates were calcined, yield. ing 120 ozs. of gold." Total output for month 655 ozs.
At four o'clock on the morning on the 2nd April Police Sergeant Singh (588) shot himself with his revolver in Glenealy, just above Caine Road. He was found lying in the road by a Chinese constable and when further assistance was brought the sergeant was still breathing. He was removed to the Central Police Station, but he died on the way. It is said he has shown signs of head weakness of late.
in the city for some time informing the people that they are not required to pay more than the legal rates at the different Customs stations thronghout the country and that officials proved to be guilty of levying squeezes will be punished for it.
Foggy and humid weather has prevailed From Canton we learn that there seems to be during the past week and probably this has a desire on the part of the higher officials to accounted for an increase in the number of plague conciliate the people and introduce some fiscal cases reported. On Saturday there were eigh-reform if possible, for notices have been posted teen cases, the highest number recorded in one day this year. On Sunday there were ten cases, on Monday fourteen, on. Tuesday nine, and yesterday there were eleven, the total for the year now reaching 426. It must be borne in mind, however, that the cases come from various parts of the colony and not from one particular district. The Legislative Council met on Thurs- day last, and at the Police Court on the same day Mr. J. Kennedy, a dairykeeper, was fined $50 for selling adulterated milk. By the last Eng- lish mail Sir Claude MacDouald arrived in TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS. Hongkong on his way to Peking as British SIR, Many years ago when the greatly Minister there, and on Saturday he was enter. respected John Markham Was Vice-Consul tained to luncheon by the local branch of the in Shanghai, before the establishment of the China Association. Some excellent speeches Supreme Court, a horse dealing case was were delivered, and the whole proceedings were brought before him. The defendant, who had characterised by much warmth and enthusiasm, bought a horse, refused to take delivery on the The annual meeting of the Hongkong Rifle ground that the animal was lame. After Association was held on Friday, Saturday, and hearing some evidence Mr. Markham asked | Monday,
SCIENTIFIC OR "MILK AND WATER" EVIDENCE.
A very pleasant ceremony was performed in the compound of the Gentral Police Station on Monday afternoon, when Acting Deputy Super. intendent Corcoran presented, on behalf of members of the force, a very handsome silver tea service to Inspector and Mrs. Hennessey. Mr. Corcoran made a very appropriate speech and mentioned that the presentation was made in commemoration of the marriage of Inspector Hennessey, who was held in very high esteem by every member of the force, and all were glad to see him back again in the colony in good health, Inspector Hennessey returned thanks for the handsome present and then tea and tennis were indulged in,
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