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HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE.
COUNCIL.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
offices, cost of altering registration office, rent for branch offices, ferry tickets-$1,900. In cidental expenses at agencies $200. Coals for On 22nd December a meeting of the Hong-launch $200. Repairs to launch $232 in excess, kong Legislative Council was held in the Coun- the amount in the estimates this year being oil Chamber at the Government Offices, there $600. Transit charges $23,00). Share of mail being present:
subsidy $3,500, this amount being under estimated. Cost of stamps $2,000. This gives a total of $32,250, estimated saving $3,200, making the total amount required 829.150.
The vote was agreed to This ended the business.
HISE (CELLENCY Major-General Black, C.B., Officer Commanding the Troops.
Hon. T. SeaCOMBE SMITH (Acting Colonial Secretary).
Hon. R. MURRAY RUMSEY (Harbour Master).
Hon. F. H. MAY, C.M.G. (Captain Super- intendent of Police).
Hon. A M. THOMSON (Acting Colonia) Treasurer).
Hon. R. D. ORMSBY (Director of Public Works).
Hon. C. P. CHATER, C.M.G.
Hon. Ho KAI. :
Hon. E. R. BELILIOS, C.M.G. Hon. Wai YUK.
Mr. J. G. T. BUCKLE (Clerk of Councils). On taking the chair in the absence through indisposition of His Excellency the Governor (Sir Henry Blake, G.C. M.G.),
SU REME COURL.
17th December.
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION,
BEFORE SIR JOHN CARRINGTON (CHIEF JUSTICE.)
RIVAL PRESERVE MAKERS,
tion to restrain the defendant firm, Yuen Sing, Mr. Robinson moved for an interim injung.
from infringing the registered trade mark of the plaintiff firm. Yuen Hing Loong, in remarked-Good afternoon, gentlemen. This respect of preservei lychees, etc. Mr. Ro- is really the final appear ince.
His ECOELENCY MAJOR-GENERAL BLACK
MINUTES.
binson read au affilavit made by a member of the plaintiff firm, who said that in The minutes of the previons meeting were read May last he obtained a certificate in respect and adopted as a correct record.
APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTE(S.
His EXCELLENCY-The following standing committees are apupiated in the sasning order :— Finance. The Hon. the Colonial Secretary (chairman), and the whole of the rest of the Council, with the exception of the Governor (members).
Law. The Hon. Attorney-General (chair. man), the Hon. J. J. Bell-Irving, the Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, and Hon. Wei A Yuk (members).
Public Works.-The Hon. Director of Publio Works (chairman), the Hon, Colonial Treasurer, the Hon. C. P. Chater, and the Hon. T. H. Whitehead (members).
THE RECENT EPIDEMIO OP BUBONIC PLAGUE, The ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY laid on the table a report on the recent epidemic of bubonic plague in Hongkong.
FINANCIAL
Financial minute No. 23 was submitted, and on the motion of the ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY, secouded by the ACTING COLONIAL TREASURER, the same was referred to the
Finance Committee.
The report (No. 8) of the Finance Committee was submitted, and on the motion of the ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY, seconded by the ACTING COLONIAL TREASURE, the same was adopted.
AMENDING THE WATERWORKS ORDINANCES. The ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY-In the absence of the Hon. Attorney-General, I beg to move the first reading of a Bill entitled an Ordinance to amend the Waterworks Ordin- ances, 1890 to 1897.
The DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS seconded, and the motion was carried.
NATURALIZATION.
On the motion of the ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY, seconded by the ACTING COLONIAL TREASURER, the first reading of a Bill entitled an Ordinance for the naturalization of Wong Shu Tong alias Wong Ka Yan alais Wong Wing Kwan was passed.
His EXCELLENOY-A meeting of the Finance Committee will now take place. I wish you every success in your labours.
The Council then adjourned
FINANCE COMMITTEE. THE EXPENSES OF THE POST OFFICE,
A meeting of the Finance Committee then took place, the Acting Colonial Secretary presiding. The ACTING Colonial SecretaRY-The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of $29,150 to meet the expenses of the Post Offie for 1898. I will enter upon detail a little in regard
of a trade mark of which a fuc simile was pro- duced. On the 14th inst. he received infor-
mation of a large quantity of tins of preserved fruit, chiefly lychees of the same size.
His Lordship-What is of the same size, the lychees or the tins ?
Mr. Robinson-I should say it was the tins. The affilavit continued that each tin bore a
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fac simile of the trade mark registered by the plaintiff firm. At 4 p.m. on the same date de ponent went to the Wo Hon godown rented by the defendant firm and there found 170 boxes, each of which contained, or was said to contain by the defendant firm, four dozen tins. of preserved lychees, each tin bearing a label similar to that registered by the plaintiff firm. The plaintiff firm had suffered great loss through this infringement of their trade mark.
His Lordship (looking at the two labels)-I think the defendants' label represents two big lychees instead of three smaller ones.
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Mr. Robinson said that was so, but that this made no difference. He contended that upon the evidence of the labels his clients entitled to an interim injunction restraining the defendants from making use of any colour. able imitation of the plaintiffs' trade mark until the termination of the suit.
The order asked for was granted. Mr. Holmes was present on behalf of the defendants.
19th December.
IN CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
(December 24, 1898.
second defendant then caught hold of the pro- secutrix by the neck and pressed her down on to the floor, while the first defendant produced three knives. He placed two of them on a bed in the room the other
one--a big knife-hower kammad Proseou-
trix. The prosecutrix,
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a woman of some spirit, because instead saying nothing at all she called out: Thieves with knives, thieves with knives are cutting me." The prisoners took alarm at this and rau away. They both ran down into the street, and it so happened that there was a bar- ber living opposite prosecutrix's house who was looking out of the window and into the house opposite where the prosecutrix was, and he saw these two men go in and close the windows, and he heard the prosecutrix call ont. So he ran down into the street and caught hold of the first prisoner in the street. The first prisoner produced a knife from out of his sleeve, but the barber was too much for him and knocked him down and then handed him over to a Chinese police constable, who found his pocket. The second prisoner was not arrested the knife produced and also a piece of cord in
at that time. He was arrested under the follow- ing circumstances. It appeared that on the same day, at nine o'clock in the morning, the man who had arrested the first prisoner in the street was sitting on a bench outside the charge room at the Central Police Station describing at the time, as it so happened, the appearance of the second prisoner to a detective, when to his as- tonishment he saw the second prisoner pass through on his way to the Police Court, and then he called out to the detective, "Why, there's the man." whereupon the detective seized hold of the second prisoner and arrested him. :
Prosecutrix and others repeated the evidence given by them at the Police Court.
First defendaut was sentenced to 21 months' hard labour and second defendant to two years' hard labour, each to receive 20 strokes with the birch rod within one week of their incarceration
MURDER OF A TRAVELLER IN THIBET.
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SHANGHAI, 16th December.
A Chungking wire states that Peter Rijnbart, travelling in Thibet with his wife, disappeared on the 26th September. It is believed he was murdered by robbers.
His wife arrived at Tachienlu on the 29th November.
THE LEOPOLD CASE AT YOKOHAMA.
CONVICTION OF THE ACCUSED
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YOKOHAMA, 16th December. The Leopold fraud case has ended in the con-
years' hard labour, to be served in the prison at Hongkong.
BEFORE SIR JOHN CARRINGTON (CHIEF viction of the accused. The sentence is two
JUSTICE).
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY WITH ARMS.
Fung Ying and Chin Kam were charged with (1) assault with intent to rob, being then armed; (2) assault occasioning bodily harm.
The first prisoner pleaded guilty on the first count and not guilty on the second. The second prisoner pleaded not guilty on both counts.
The following composed the jury:-Messrs. Frederich Melhuish, Shi Yu Man, Robert Lang, W. H. Parcell, J. A. L. Ozorio, G. P. Lam. mert, and H. Ehmer.
The Acting Attorney-General (Hon. H. E. Pollock), instructed by Mr. H. L. Dennys (Crown Solicitor) appeared for the prosecu- tion. He said the prosecutrix in this case, Kwok Mui, was a married woman living at 13, Irving Street. On the 21st of November, at seven o'clock in the morning, she was alone in her room with her small baby when the second defendant entered followed by the first
leading into the room whilst the second defend ant closed the windows, and both of them ad- dressed the prosecutrix with threatening lang. nage, saying "Be silent; if you make any noise we will out you to death" The
[The charge upon which Charles Emil Leopold Wes committed for trial was that having unlawfully procured the sig. nature of H. Ahrens & Co., Naohf., to bills of lading and policies of insurance he obtained from the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank various sums of money amounting in the aggregate to over $140,000 on the false pretence that be had shipped certain cases of furs. The way in which the fraud was committed was ex- plained by the prosecuting counsel at the preliminary invest igation as follows:—The firm of H. Ahrens & Co., Nachf., are German merchants engaged in import business at Yoko- hama, and also agents for the N. D. Lloyd Steam- ship Company and a marine insurance company. Charles E. Leopold has been for many years in the employ of Abrens & Co, and for the last twelve years has been in charge of the shipping and insurance business of the firm and was thus in
vote the various items included in this | defendant. The first defendant shut the door most confidential position. It may be assumed
first item is personal emoluments paid for branch offices $1,110. Second, inci dental assistance in Hongkong two extra sorters from military-$208, Incidental expenses at Hongkong—cost of altering branch post
that Mr. Leopold was doing an export business with the knowledge and consent of the firm, which did no export business itself. On the 31s Deo, last year he obtained, by making a fals pretence to the Manager of the Hongkong an