June 16, 1900.]
Mr. Ho Tung is appealing against the decision of the court below in the matter of Ho Tung and the Man On Insurance Company, the appeal being opened yesterday.
At the Magistracy eight more houses used as brothels in Sam To lane and Second Street were ordered to be closed within 24 hours on account of their being in a prohibited area.
Three men charged with being implicated in the armed attack on the Fook-Sang while ou her way to Sam Chun on the 13th May have been brought up at the Magistracy and re- manded until the 19th inst. Two of the men were arrested in Macao and the other in Hong- kong.
An excise officer of 15 years standing, named Ip Man Tai, was charged at the Magistracy with attempting to smuggle opium into the colony. The man arrived at about two o'clock in the morning by the boat from Cantou. He being suspected an Indian excise officer searched him and found opium on his person. A fine of $100, or two months, was imposed.
The other day a junk which was at Capsui. moon was boarded by six men, who attacked the master and the other occupants with knives, in-
flicting several injuries upon them, subsequently taking away with them the ours. The matter was reported to the Police at Piushan, and the ringleader was arrested. It transpired that the attack was the result of a quarrel between the master of the junk and the ringleader.
We have received from Messrs. Kelly and Walsh a copy of a small paper-covered volume Life A for China, a brief memorial sketch of the late Dr. Chalmers of Hongkong, compiled by Mr. George Cousins. dying at the end of last year. Dr. Chalmers Born in 1825 and first arrived in Hongkong in 1852 with his wife; here he stayed seven years, then removed to Canton, whence he returned to the island in 1878 to act as senior Missionary of the London Missionary Society. This post he retained until just before his death, so that his experience of this part of the world was surpassed by none. Appreciations of his character and the value of his work from the pens of two of his colleagues. the Rev. F. Storrs Turner and the Rer. T. W. Pearce, form a fitting conclusion to the little volume.
Among the arrivals on the 8th inst, was Mr. H. A. Ramsden, late British Vice-Cousul at Manila. He has been transferred to Havana. Mr. Ramsden was very popular in Manila and had a most trying time during the seige of that city. His father was British Consul in Cuba and lost his life through the treatment he was subjected to during the war in defending American in- terests. Another arrival is Mr. T. Cowen, who has given up the editorship of the Manila Times and is going home. Manila does not ap- pear now to be an ideal place to reside in, and many residents have regretted the change from the charming old city in Spanish days to its present condition. The cost of living is also said to have doubled since then.
At the Magistracy on the 11th inst. a house coolie named Kwan Shun. in the employ of Mr. Oscar Levy, was charged with stealing a silver watch a gold filled watchi, four gold studs, and some foreign silver coins, the total value being set down at $67.50. Mr. Levy missed the articles on the 9th inst.,,and as his house coolie had absconded he suspected him of taking them. He accordingly reported his loss to the police. The same evening Sergeant Murison traced the delinquent to a brothel in Third Street. He had one of the watches in his possession, and took the officer to the pawnshop where he had pawned the other. He also took him to the shop where he had sold the gold studs. Magistrate sentenced him to six months im- The risonment.-The man who had bought the gold studs was then charged with being in unlawful possession. It was stated on behalf of the police that Sergeant Murison, accompanied by a Chinese constable and the defendant in the previous case, went to a gold and silver shop at 39, Queen's Road East. The house coolie ask- ed the master where the gold studs were which he had sold him, telling him he would return him the $3.60 paid to him if he would let him have them back. The man said he had melted them, and the Sergeant asked him to produce the gold. He did so. Mr. Reece was for the defence, and after hearing what he had to say Mr. Hazeland discharged the man.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
Sanitary Inspector Mills, who has been suffer- ing from plague, was discharged from hospital on the 9th inst.
A Chinaman of no occupation was prowling Praya Central, on the 7th inst. about mid- about the first and second floors of No. 9, night in search of valuables to lay his hands native watchman in the act of departing with Ou, when
to his regret he was caught by a
before the Court on the 8th inst, and sentenced some Chinese clothes. He was brought up to three weeks' hard labour.
tracy on the 8th inst. with stealing from a house A Chinaman who was charged at the Magis- at Yaumati tried to hoodwink His Worship and the police by feigning madness. He commenced gesticulating and making most extraordinary grimaces. His ruse, however, did not succeed. The lukong who arrested him said the man was land sentenced him to six months' hard labour. not insane the previous evening, and Mr. Haze- Among the unfortunates who appeared before Mr. Hazeland at the Magistracy on the 8th inst. was a respectably-dressed Irishman who was charged with being a vagrant. He did not deny the charge, but told an interesting story to the Bench. He said that he had only just arrived in the colony from Singapore. He was turned out of Johannesburg by the Boers, and had stopped some time in Zanzibar, afterwards going to Singapore and then coming on to Hongkong. He was unable to work at present, added that he stayed at the Criterion Hotel the owing to an injury to one of his hands. He previous evening.
years of
Mr. Hazeland, Chung Kan Kau and Wong Man At the Magistracy on the 13th inst.. before
dulent means bringing four girls from Pakhof Kai were charged with unlawfully and by frau- into the colony for the purpose of emigration. Three of the girls are 19 fourth 13. One of them said she was a married age and the
country when the first defendant came up to her woman. She was fishing for crabs in her own and asked her to go on board a steamer with him. forced her on board. She refused to go, whereupon he struck her and The second defendant was not there at the time. The boat brought what similar evidenes. District Watchman 11 her to Hongkong. The other girls gave some. said that at about four o'clock that morning he ham Strand making straight for the Canton saw the defendants and the two girls in Bon-
Wharf. He asked the first defendant where away but he caught him. he was taking the women to. The man ran fendant said one of the women was his wife.-
The second de- The first defendant admitted having bought the girls and that he was taking them to Canton.-- His Worship said the practice of bringing young girls from Pakhoi and other places had become very common and must be put down. The first defendant would be sent to prison for 12 months and the second, whose case was not so serious, for two months.
The Parsee community, which stands second Crown, has representatives in this colony who to none in the matter of loyalty to the British are never backward to represent the feelings of the main body in the Bombay Presidency. At inst, there was held, under the auspices of Mr. their premises in Elgin Street on the 10th H. N. Mody, the President, and the Trustees of and Macao, a special Jussun service, at which the Parsee Charity Fund of Hongkong, Canton
for the general success of the British arms in was offered a hearty prayer of thanksgiving the campaign, and for the particular success of Lord Roberts in his splendid march to Pretoria. The President spoke in very feeling terms of the sacrifices made, and of the bravery displayed liant services of Lord Roberts, who was claim- by all sections of the British-army aud the bril-
ed as an
old Indian alluded to the march from Cabul to Can- General. He also dahar and said that the march to Pretoria was analogous in the matter of the heavy risks and dangers encountered. The whole con- gregation heartily joined in the sentiments expressed by the President, and ended by a special prayer to the Almighty to "bestow upon our beloved Sovereign the further blessings of honour, as also the blessings of the general a happy reign resplendent will all glory and welfare, unification, and solidarity of Her Majesty's vast dominious and the annihilation of the Plague and Famine from Her Majesty's Indian Empire."
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Library and Museum for the week ending 10th The Return of Visitors to the City Hall June, 1900, show that 360 non-Chinese and 124 Chinese visited the former institution, 171 non- Chinese and 1,812 Chinese the latter.
reported 70 fresh cases of plague and 64 deaths, During the week ending 9th June there were
of infectious disease in the Colony last week. Apart from plague there were only two cases
City of Victoria; and the other of smallpox, one of puerperal fever, within the limits of the outside. Neither ended fatally,
the coxswain of Fenwick's launch, who died on A post mortem examination of the body of Monday morning, disclosed the fact that the injury inflicted upon him the previous day by the fireman of the launch was not the cause of death. The man had suffered from peritonitis bursting of an abscess. The injury done by* in the stomach, and. death was caused by the the chisel was only a flesh wound and did not penetrate to any of the internal organs. On Magistracy with cutting and wounding. He the 8th inst. the fireman was charged at the said the deceased threw a cup at him and he replied by throwing a chisel at him. Sentenced to six months' hard labour.
We regret to announce the occurence of a sad bathing fatality at Kowloon on the night of the 7th inst., Private Parsons, of E. Company, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, losing his life. The deceased and seven comrades were bathing off the beach near the officers' mess when it was suddenly dis- covered that Parsons was missing. On a search
He was brought ashore, and the usual means face downwards in an unconscious condition. being being instituted he was found floating
were resorted to, but without result. Surgeon- for the rescusitation of the apparently drowned Major Browne
did all that was possible, it was found that the man was beyond recovery, but after working for close upon two hours
tuary. The deceased was quite a young man,. The body was hereupon removed to the mor- a good swimmer, and much liked by his comrades.
Warrant Officer Milligan, who left on the 9th inst. for England, has not been allowed to leave the colony without taking with him tangible Companies of the H. V. C. of their apprecia- tokeus from the "A" and "C" Machine Gun tion of his services as instructor. The presen- last night. On behalf of "A" Company, Captain tations were made at the Volunteer Institute Sanders presented their late Instructor with a beautiful silver cup and a bank draft, the Cap- tain delivering a most happy little speech in and a tiger for Mr. Milligan followed, after making the presentation. Three hearty cheers which the recipient made an appropriate reply. Subsequently Lieutenant Underwood, on behalf of "C" Company, and in the absence of Captain Potts, presented the late Instructor with a sil- being appropriately inscribed. The departurė ver watch and gold chain and pendant, the latter of Warrant Officer Milligan is sincerely regret- ted by the Machine Gun Companies, he having proved himself an ideal instructor.
Still another case of piracy has been reported to the police. On the 8th inst. the cook of. the steam-launch Lee Yik put in an appearance” lars of the attack. It seems that the launch at the Water Police Station, and gave particu left the harbour at about half-past three on the ters. At six o'clock, when near the Brothers. 7th inst. for Canton, towing two kerosine ligh
boats laden with men came alongside and the which lie between Castlepeak and Lantau, two occupants of the launch were terrified by the firing of a musket. The pirates made fast to the launch, cut the lighters adrift and left one of their own boats behind, and steered away in jumped overboard and was a westerly direction. The cook of the launch
picked u kong. Later on in the day the master of one of the passage boat, which brought him
up by a on to Hong- lighters arrived in the harbour. that the wind being favourable, when the launch He reported
Station at Lai Chau, where the lighters were left them, they sailed away to the Customs left. Early on the 9th inst. the launch returned to Hongkong. The master informed the police that the pirates took the launch away yond the Bocca forts, where they went ashore to Tan Shui Ho, in the Tung Kun district be- in boats apparently waiting for them. They took with them from the launch $645, money which was being taken to Canton to dues on the kerosine.
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