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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
was no contract made between the Public Works Department and A Hok on Mr. Belilios's behalf. They simply gave A Hok the order as their own contractor to go and do the work just the same as if it had been any other public build- ing. A Hok accepted the order and supplied materials and did the work. Eighty or 90 per oent of the entire work was finished and materials supplied before A Hok heard that Mr. Belilios was reponsible for the payment. Therefore be did not do the work either on the order of Mr. Belilios or relying upon him for
payment, nor did he in his books debit Mr. Belilios for the work done and the goods sup. plied. The case for A Hok was that the Public Works Department had authority to contract with bim for repairs and alterations to the building to any extent to which repairs might be required. Plaintiff did not claim that the Government were authorised to contract with him to the extent of $6,000 and any reasonable amount over that Mr. Chatham clearly admitted that the building could have been put in thorough repair in the ordinary sense with the same material and in the same fashion as it was originally built. They knew it had been re- paired in a far superior manner. He contended that it was absolutely admitted that the repairs were carried out in an unnecessarily expansive
manner,
Mr. Belilios, on being sworn, said he remem- bered going over Beaconsfield with Mr. Chatham
THE GERMAN EMPEROR'S BIRTHDAY.
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The
SERVICE IN ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, The 27th Jan. being the birthday of His Im- perial Majesty the Emperor William II. of Ger- many a special German service was held in the morning in St. John's Cathedral, which had been placed at the disposal of the German anthorities for the occasion. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia were present, also H.E. the Governor and Lady Blake, Admiral Diedrichs (who on landing at Murray Pier was received by a guard of honour of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers), Major-General and Mrs. Gascoigne, and Rear-Admiral and Mrs. Holland. Right Rev. Bishop of Victoria occupied the Bishop's Throne. The nave and south transept were reserved for the men of the German fleet, the seats in the north transept being public, but they were far from sufficient to accommodate all who attended and many had to stand throughout the service. The chancel was occupied by a strong choir of male voices and the band from the Deutschland, under the con ductorship of Herr Pollinger, Mr. A. G. Ward presiding at the organ. The service was conducted by the Rev. Pastor Krielė, who preached an eloquent sermon from the text Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are
[February 4, 1899.
SUICIDE AT YOKOHAMA,
MR. O, KEIL SHOOTS HIMSELF.
[SPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE
DAILY PŘESS.") YOKOHAMA, 31st January
Commerce, committed suicide this morning
Mr. 0. Keil, Secretary to the Chamber of
shooting himself through the head revolver. It is believed that worry of affairs caused him to commit the rash act.
THE SHANGHAI DEFALCATION
CASE.
BURGOYNE FOUND QUIL/FYUZ
[SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE “DAILY PRESS. * SHANGHAI, 31st January, from the Russo-Chinese Bank the sum of Tla, J. W. H. Burgoyne, charged with obtaining 85,000 on false pretences, has been found guilty, but sentence is postponed pending the argument of a point of law on Saturday.
THE HON. JOHN BARRĒTI ON THE EFFECTS OF THE LATE WAR.
on January 20th, 1898. The top floor was then Caesar's; and auto God the things that invitation and under the auspices of the Od
in tenantable state and could have been oc-
cupied. It was the same with the first floor, but the ground floor was not quite finished. Mr. Chatham said nothing whatever to him on that occasion as to how the repairs had been executed and as to what the cost would be. When he expressed astonishment at the teak flooring Mr. Chatham said he had intended covering the whole with teak flooring but wood was scarce and the price had gone up. He (Mr. Belilios) had never intended that teak floors should be put in, and that was the first time he knew teak floors had been put in. He never received any letter from Mr. Chatham in regard to the oost incurred, and the first intimation he had that the amount he had in- tended expending had been exceeded was in April, when a certificate for $1,000 was presented to him. He refused to pay the money and when he saw Mr. Chatham a day or two after- wards he told him that he had refused to
pay the inoney as the estimate had been exceeded. Mr. Chatham on that occasion did not give him to understand that there was anything else to pay besides this $1,000. He did not say any thing to him to prepare him for A Hok's claim. Mr. Chatham recommended him to pay the $1,000 and apply to the Government for a little extra rent, but he refused to agree to this. Mr. Chat- ham never while the work was in progress in- formed him that he was making alterations other than those mentioned in Mr. Danby's report or that ir. Danby's estimate would be exceeded.
On being cross-examined by Mr. Pollock, Mr. Belilios said he did not raise any objection to paying A Hok 86,500 on account when Mr. Chatham's certificate for that amount was presented to him. When he visited Beacons- field on January 20th with Mr. Chatham he remarked when he noticed the teak wood floor- ing that the cost would exceed the amount he had intended spending. Mr. Chatham said yes but when he asked him how much he said he did not know. Mr. Chatham told him he could not say who was to pay the extra expense and advised him to see Mr. Lockhart. Accordingly he saw Mr. Lockhart shortly afterwards and told him he understood from Mr. Chatham that the amount he had promised to expend had been exceeded and added, "Remember, I am not going to pay a cent over and above what I promised to spend. Who is going to pay for this P. Mr. Lockhart replied. "I will look up the correspondence." He did not ask Mr. Chatham on the 20th January the price of the work and materials put into Beaconsfield up to then.
The hearing was further adjourned,
The directors of the Shanghai Land Invest ment Co., Limited, have decided to propose at the annual general meeting a final dividend for 1898 of 6- per cent, making 10 per cent. for the year.
are God's." (Matt. xxii: 21) The lesson was taken from Psalm xxi. v. 1-8. The following
was the order of service :- Organ, Opening Voluntary. Hymn:
Lobe der Herren den m .ohtigon Kni der Ehren Meine aliebete Seele, das ist mein Begehrey. Prayers.
Chorale, by Choir and Orchestra:
Grosser gott wir loben dich Herr wir preisen deine Starke.
Lesson. Hymn:
Vater Krone du mit Seyen Unsern Konig and -sin Há s. Sermon,
Organ and Orchestra" Largo," Handel. Prayers and Benediction. Hymn:
Gieb uns Mut in den Gefahren W on der Feind uns ernst bedroht. Organ, Closing Voluntary.
The service throughout was an exceedingly impressive one. Seldom has the Cathedral heard any finer rendering of instrumental music than Handel's Largo, played by the organ and or chestra of stringed instruments, the violin solo being taken by Herr Pollinger.
OTHER CELEBRATIONS. The various men-of-war in harbour and several of the merchant ships were decorated in honour of the day and at noon the usual salutes were fired.
A special tiffin was held at the German Club, at which H.R.H. Prince Henry and Admiral Diedrichs and their respective staffs were pre- sent. Admiral Diedrichs, as the senior officer, proposed the Emperor's health. A telegram was sent to His Majesty conveying the con gratulations of the German community and in- forming him that the day had been celebrated in Hongkong in the presence of H.R.H. Prince Henry
In the evening celebrations were held on the various German men-of-war in harbour.
The French cruiser Descartes arrived at Foo. chow on the 19th January from Shanghai, bringing Mr. P. Claudel, who re-assumes charge of the French Consulate,
The French steamer Maroc, 2,000 tons, from Bordeaux, arrived at Hongay on the 15th Jan- uary with a cargo of coal for the French fleet. In a paragraph with reference to this vessel the Courrier d'Haiphong says:-The Maroc was formerly the British and African Steam Naviga- tion Company's steamer Kînsembo, which con- veyed to Zululand the Prince Imperial Eugène Napoleon. By a delicate attention the cabin which the Prince Imperial occupied has not begn tonched. The furniture has been res- respected and it remains to-day the same as it was when it was used by the Prince, The Maroc will leave Hongay towards the end of the month. She has been chartered to take a cargo of rice from Saigon to Hongkong.
On the 1st February the Hon. John Barrett, late United States Minister to Siam, delivered an address in the City Hall, at the special
East as affected by the results of the recent Volumes Society, on "The Situation in the Far
war. The audience, which was most apprécia- tive, was one of the largest that ever assembled on such an occasion and completely filled the hall. It was thoroughly representative, includ- ing many ladies as well as the prominent Army, Navy, and Civil officials and leading business men. Mr. Barrett consented to deliver the ad- dress while passing through Hongkong en route home via India.
Mr. J. J. FRANCIS, Q.C., and President of the China Association, occupied the chair and in introducing the speaker referred to Mr. Barrett's qualifications to deal with the subject and to its great importance.
Mr. BARRETT, after a few introductory. marks in reply to the Chairman's speech, went on to say :-After having accepted and faith- fully striven to comply with the invitations of the Oriental Society of Japan and the General Chamber of Commerce of Shanghai to address them on the Philippines and kindred subjects it was my firm intention to speak no more in public until reaching England and America, where I must fill engagements made long ago. When, however, on arrival in Hongkong en route home via India I was unexpectedly honoured by the special request of the Odd Volumes Society to discuss The sitnation in the Far East as affected by the results of the late war," I yielded, taking, Into consideration the standing and prominence of the organisation, its distinguished member ship and patronage, and the vast intereste which Hongkong, as the chief port not only of the Orient but of the entire Pacific, has at stake in the future adjustment possibly readjustment of international, commercial, and political relations in the Far East. I shall make no effort at oratory or rhetoric whatever but confine myself to plain consideration facts.
While my humble opinions may a limited value and iny knowledge of any general Asiatio subject may be circumscribed compared to the wisdom and experience of many of my bearers, it is barely possible that, having t a close observer of and to a small deg. participant in the remarkable train of and events of the last eight months, by a zealous study of Oriental conditions the past six years, I may be able to late for a few minutes and so successfully my responsible commission of the evenin task imposed on me is not an easy one. subject is still speculative. Wo do not know absolutely what are the actual result the war. The treaty of peace upon which complete definition depends is not yet ratified. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE TREATY IS NOT KATIFIED,
As all of you may not be
familia with the requirements of
Amerik stitution in the matter of treaties I would bar
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