April 25, 1908.1
His Lordship--Where does it appear that be has absconded ?P
Mr. Brutton-It does not appear in any andavit,
His Lordship Then how do I know ?
Mr. Bratton-I Have tried to get the man and he is not to be found.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
CORRESPONDENCE.
MOSQUITOES AND THEIR BREEDING-POOLS.
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS." our Lordship will appreciate the difficulty we have with these
Hongkong, 17th April TM debtora. They have simply to go on board a
FIB,-Now that the Government are expend- steamer and get away.
ing a considerable sum of money in training His Lordship-But there is no evidence thatllabs, draining swamps, etc., in order to he has absconded. There is no affidavit. I will destroy mosquitoes, and calling upon the public adjourn this case, and you must come before me
to aid them in their endeavour, I would like to in strict accordance with the lines I have laid draw attention to the excellent breeding grounds down
provided for these insects in the street gullies which are evenly distributed throughout all our streets.
Mr. Bratton-1t an entirely new practice
here
His Lordship-It is known now that I must have it. How can I know that a man is bank. rapt without a statement of affairs. If he files a statement stating his bankruptcy and o'ears out I am not to know that that statement is correct.
Mr. Bratton-That is an act of bankruptcy
and he is liable under the Bankruptcy Laws and
is a bankrupt to all intents and purposes.
His Lordship-He is committing an act of bankruptcy on which he may be made bankrapt if he appears to be bankrupt; but the Court must be shown that he is insolvent. You can- not make a man bankrupt if he is possessed of wealth sufficient to pay all his debts.
Mr. Grist-It is frequently done at home. His Lordship-Show me an authority. Mr. Grist-I cannot do so right at the
moment.
His Lordship-I will adjourn this case and when it is next called perhaps you will be pre- pared with an anthority.
Mr. Brutton-Will your Lordship make an order for sale of the property. A resolution was passed by the creditors that the property then in the hands of the Official Reviver should be sold.
His Lordship-If the creditors desire that, I shall do it if I can, but I am not clear that I can until I have made him bankrupt. You caunot sell a man's property until he is bank- rupt. You must prepare the way. Show me on the statement of affairs and after a pub ic examination that the man is insolvent or put before me such a statement of affairs as will justify the adjudication. You say the man has absconded. There is no evidence as to that. I will adjourn this case, If cannot get the debtor by reason of his running away a statement should be got by the Official Receiver. He has access to the papers and must make up the statement. The Act gives the Official Receiver power to compel the debtor to give him every assistance; when the debtor goes away he must do it himself,
you
The Official Receiver I have employel two experienced Chinese accountants in the shop itself, and they cannot even make out a proper statement of affairs from the books,
His Lordship-Until I get a proper state- ment of affairs I cannot give this adjudication. I must have a statement of affairs. I quite appreciate Mr. Bruce Shepherd's position and sympathise with him, but that does not make my duty any easier.
The case was adjourned kine die,
GÜNE ́AWAY.
In the matter of Wong Fat Hing ex parte Wong Hoi Shan, petitioning creditor, Mr. F. C. Barlow of Messrs. Deacon & Hastings, solicitors, appeared in support of the petition for a receiving order on the estate of the debtor, who had gone away from the Colony.
The affidavits being duly in order, His Lordship granted the application and appointed Mr. Bruce Shepherd Official Receiver on the estate.
RECEIVING ORDER Mr. Brutton appeared in support of a debtor's petition for a receiving order on the estate of Wong Cheuk Yau
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After hearing the affidavits read, His Lordship granted the application and appointed Mr. Bruce Shepherd Official Receiver on the estate.
The Court adjourned.
Lient Arthur W. G. Ridings, R.M.A., serving on the battleship Ocean, on the Chins station, has been promoted to captain, from the 9th ult.
These gullies consist of earthenware recep tacles about 15 inches diameter by 30 inches deep and stand constantly full of diety water for a depth of about 20 inches, thus retaining
about 14 gallons.
This water lies in the gullies and stagnates, nor does it fulfil any part in trapping the gullies, which as a matter of fact are untrapped. The only use of prolonging the earthen- ware receptacle below the overflow is the notion of retaining the silt that is washed off the roads, but in practice it will be found that during light rains little or no silt is washed int them, and in heavy rains it is carried through with the rush of water.
I have bad occasion recently to open several of these gully-gratings and have been met by a rush of mosquitoes, and an examination of the dirty water showed it to be full of mosquito!
larvæ.
also in a great measure accountable for the bad These numerous cesspits of dirty water are smells met with in our streets, and I would strongly advise the doing away with any form of gally which retains water. This could be done to te preseut gullies at a minimun of cost by simply filling up the lower portion with cement concrete.-Yours, etc.,
R. K. LEIGH,
Mem. Inst. C.E.
TO THE EDITOR OF "THE DAILY PRESS.
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Hongkong, 23rd April. SIB, Mr. Leigh's admirable letter under the above caption, which appeared in your issue of the 20th inst. calls attention to, and demonstrates the impossibility of exterminating malarial mosquitoes so long as hundreds of street gullies" are, as now, allowed to hold foul and stagnant water. Now, Sir, this is a clear, definite cause of evil, which is easily remediable, and I write to ask if anyt ing has been or is going to be done? And if not, why not?
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Surely our citizens should be encouraged by our Sanitary and other authorities in thus pointing out such curable causes of disease.--
Yours, etc.,
PROMPT AND PRACTICAL.
Government and, therefore, is not. erroneously reported and believed. members claim and exset the protection
is granted to all political refugees throughout the civilised world and particularly in England. Should not the Hongkong Government act likewise P
unreasonable, injurious and obnoxious Old Low
In justice to the patriols of China this mort should therefore be abolished. This Law com- demning the organisation, was during the progress of the Taiping the then tottering Mancha Government and was dus to the urgent representatio Peking. The Hongkong Government is not that of the Wild Fortise. I therefore hope that this explanation will help to remove the stigma which has been clinging for so many which has only for its object Reform and the years to this great and formidable organisation freedom and independence of the Chinese from their Manchu yoke. Is it unlawful for the people of a nation to fight for their freedom and chivalrons peoples of the West to act as our and independence? We appeal to the noble judges. Can they blame the Chinese for struggling to free themselves from the tyranni- cal misgovernment of the barbarous Manchas ? Surely we deserve the friendly sympathy, support of the patriots of the West. We hav already appealed to the different Government to recognise us as a legitimate politicat organisation and pray that our appeal will not be in vain. The day will come when the true known to the world. Yours, etc., hist ry of this great organisation will be made
PATRIOTISM:
CHINA & MANILA STEAMSHIP CO., LD.
The report for presentation to the share- holders at the twentieth ordinary general meeting to be held at the office of the General Managers on Wednesday, 29th April, ¦ follows :-
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Annexed we beg to submit to shareholders the usual statement of ace unts for the year ending 31st December, 1902, showing a debit balance of $44,354,81, to be carried forward to new account.
The as. Esmeralda was sold in Jure 1902, for £14,500 and the ss. Diamante in March 1903, for £23,750. The remainder of the Company's vessels, 8.88. Perla, Bubi, and Zafiro, were kept in constant employment throughout the year, and are at present in first-class order. and condition.
CONSULTING COMMITTER.
Messrs. H. P. White and G. H. Medhurst resigned from the Committee, and Mr. J. H. Lewis re-joined it. In accordance with the, artioles of the association, Messrs. N. A. Siebs, D. E. Brown and J. H. Lewis retire, but offer themselves for re-election.
AUDITORS..
[We observe that Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., is bringing the subject before the Sanitary The accounts have been audited by Messrs. Board to-day in the form of a resolution affirm-T. Arnold and W. H. Fotts, who are recom ing the desirability of filling up the lower mended for re-election. portions of the street gullies with cement concrete, and requesting the Government to take prompt measures for carrying out such work. —ED. D.P.]
SHAWAN, TOMns & Co.,
General Managers. Hongkong, 17th April, 1903.
THE "BRITISH CONSUL” ATË
HONGKONG.
A French journal referred not long ago to the English Consul at London, and a local paper to the Portuguese Consul at Mad Now an English weekly makes mention of the British Consul at Hongkong. In
“artio dealing with the duties of our Consuls, relates the following story
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THE TRIAD SOCIETY, TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS.” Hongkong, 23rd April. SIR.-The mach abused and, to Foreigners, mysterious "Triad " Society is not an unlawful Society as is so generally preached and believed in this Colony and elsewhere. It is in reality a Patriot o Organisation or "League of Fatriots" founded in the beginning of the usurping Manchu Ching " Dynasty by retired high A heavy shipment of tinued meats and jams Ming" officials, scholars and monks, for the was recently sent from England to Hongkong. restoration of the "Ming" Dynasty. Since its To the amazement of the senders, ntár)) the foundation to the present day, over 200 years, whole cargo was rejected and sent back, The the movement has progressed and flourished goods were examined and found perfectly most amazingly, its adherents now consisting and in excellent condition. The Cons of officials and people of all classes from the therefore communicated with, and from common coolie to the man of means. The was learned that the rule among Chines organisation has branches in the Eighteen chants is to open every Provinces of the Empire working under differ-wrappers, and examine the out ent Lodge names and the members now number millions. They are only waiting for the leader who will come forward and unite them. The organisation is not inimical to the Hongkong
The slightest blemish to the label invo final rejection of the tin.”
Had Answers said the Scotch Consul pae could have understood.