January 7, 1907.
tactful guidance and attention everything passed off as it should, the dancing not being brought to a close till 3 o'clock,
About half past 11 an adjournment was made to the reading room, where the supper was set. Mr. W. Wilson, Manager, presided and after the creature comforts had received attention he proposed the King" which was loyally responded to. He subsequently submitted the toast of "The Guests," which was acknowledged by Dr. Jordan who also proposed "Success to the Dock Company," to which Mr. R. Mitchell made a felicitous reply. The following guests were assigned special seats: Mr. Wilson and Mrs. Jordan, Mr. R. Mitchell and Mrs. Parlsue, Dr. Jordan and Mrs. W. Rmsay, Mr. J. Lambert and Mrs. Jack, Mr. W. Hamsay and Mrs. Lambert, Mr. J. Macdonald and Mrs. Skinner, Mr. Skinner and Mrs. Macdonald, Captain Innes and Miss Rendall, Dr. Forsyth and Miss Parlane, Mr. Neave and Mrs. Hand, Mr. Hand and Mrs. Graham, Mr. Graham and Mrs. Neave, Mr. Hockaday and Miss Wingate, Mr. A. Cumming and Mrs. Richardson, Capt. Douglas and Mrs. Murphy, Mr. Murphy and Mrs. Douglas, Mr. W. C. Jack and Mrs. Wilkie, Dr. Swan, Mr. A. Ritchie and Mr. J. C. Wilkie.
The advent of the New Year was signalised in a very pretty manner. Behind the Chairman were the figures "1906" formed with electric bulbs and as the last stroke of twelve struck the figure
"Bix" was replaced by
" amid sevea great cheering and the exchange of greetings.
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LAWYERS AND SOLDIERS.
Befose Mr. F. A. Hazeland (First Police Magistrate), on December 27th the hear ing of the charge of assault preferred by Mr. P. W. Goldring against LWO Indians of the 129th Baluchi regiment was continued, while Messrs. Goldring and Barlow were proceeded against on cross-summons.
Mr. G. E. Morrell (of Messrs. Dennys and Towley) appeared for Messrs. Goldring and Barlow, while Mr. E. J. Grist (of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist) represented the defendants.
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
Mr. Grist And Mr. Goldring st od by and watched the assault on you?
Witness-Yes.
Mr. Grist--Do you really expect us to believe that Mr. Goldring, noted as one of the strongest men in the Colony, stood by and saw you assaulte !?
Witness-Yes; I have explained that Mr. Goldring had been very ill and had been ordered away from the Colony for his health.
Mr. Grist-Was not the Indians' action in self defence ?
Witness-No; certainly not.
His Worship These men were in uniform at the time; was it not very obvious that they were leaving your premises? L'on't think
you it would have been better to have taken no notice when you saw they were leaving?
Witness-I was directing the a to the garden gate.
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This concluded the case for the complainantsou the first summons. Mr. Grist stated that a great deal of what had been said was admitted. There was no doubt that the trespassing, whether they knew it or not. This was admitted and had been apologised for. The Indians were assaulted by Messrs. Goldring and Barlow and all they did was to defend themselves.
The Indians were then called and deposed that they had been on duty and were returning to the barracks. They got into the garden without knowing they were trespassing and were walking through it when one of the Europeans came up and kicked oue of them and said something in English. One of the Indians called ont are on duty, why do you strike us"? They did not assault the Europeaus and thought they were officers. They did not come in through a gate.
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Major Parker stated that the Indians both bore excellent characters. Une man had been in the regiment for 19 years and the other six and there had never been a complaint against either of them. The Regiment was a well behaved one, The evidence being of a conflicting nature, his Worship decided to reserve his decision until he had viewed the ground.
VISIT TO NEW WATER WORKS.
Mr. P. W. Goldring, solicitor, deposed that Another of these delightful and instructive he lived at Parkside," Kowloon. At about outings under the auspices of the local branch 9 a.m. on the morning of October 15th he and of the Sanitary Institute took place on Jan. 6th Mr. Barlow were coming through their garden when a large party of members and friends visit- towards the street gate and saw the defendants ed the new water works in course of construction in the garden some distance away.
The for the city of Victoria and the Hill District. garden was a very large oue, about two acres, Meeting at the Monument, the party ascended and witness was walking a little in advance of the Wongneichong Road, passing on the way Mr. Barlow and first saw the Indians when the Blue Pool, which was the first collection of they were about fifty yards off, and he called water made for the Colony. The existing Mr. Barlow's attention to them. They walked sources of supply were shown first-Tytam up to the Indians who turned round and said reservoir looking more like a natural lake than something in their Own language and anything else, the opening of the tunnel laid pushed Mr. Barlow away. Mr. Barlow then through the hillside, a mile aud a quarter in took hold of the man and kicked him. Wit-lougth, and the outlet on the other side. ness having been very ill stood by, not Thence, the party were conducted to the wishing to enter into the.dispute. He was scene of the great operations comprehended standing looking on when the second defendant under the term, the Tytam Tak Scheme." struck him on his face. At this time Mr. The visit was a revelation to those who Barlow and the other Indian had closed and bare never seen that part of the island. 'The witness was engaged in stopping the bleeding from his pose, caused by the blow. The next thing witness BAW was the second defendant rushing at him with his rifle raised. The Indian aimed blow at witness' head which he warded off with his arm and received such a bad bruise that he was unable to sleep for several nights afterwards. At this stage a ricksha coolie, who had been waiting outside of the gate rushed in and took the second defendant's rifs away. The men then went away and they reported the matter to an officer. Witness had trouble with trespassers before.
Mr. F.. Barlow, solicitor, deposed that he also lived at "Parkside." When he pointed to the gate and told the Indians to go away (in English) they started to do bayonet exercise. One man made a thurst at witness and to avoid it he jumped aside and caught hold of the Indian and ran him in the direction of the gate and again told him to go. Witness saw the other soldier strike Mr. Goldring on the nose. Mr. Goldring was struck with a rifle and a ricksha coolie came in and caught the Indian from behind and took the rifle away.
was waiting to convey the party homewards bat before Hongkong was reached Mr. Rilphs voiced the indebtedness of the oɔmpany to Mr. Jaffe,
BOYCOTT REVIVED.
AMERICAN PROMISES, UNKEPT: CANTONESE
ANGRY.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT).
Canton, January 2nd. The Chinese boycott of American grods has taken
a new lease of life.
The Boycott Union hra received a cablegram from the ChinesS merchants at Portland (Oregon), stating that at the meeting of Congress the question of illtreatment of the Chinese and the modification of the emigration laws, etc., were not brough. up as promised. On receipt of the telegram a meeting was convened at the Kwong Chai Hospital to discuss what methods of retaliation should be adopted. Thousands of people attended the meeting and Ma Tat Shun, one of the former boycott leaders, was elected to take the chair. He first read the telegram and then proposed 12 resolations which were passed and adopted.
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The first was a decision to devise means to make the boycott effective; no American goods whatever to be bought.
The second was to establish a depot in the city in which all the merchants and dea'ers a ‘e to deposit their stocks of American gods for disposal as may be deem expedient-as eutailing lost loss.
The third resolution relate to venue o regular meetings and the provision of perm sa at headquarters.
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The fourth agreed to prepare anti American songs and to engage men to sing them everyt where in public, so as to propagate and up ed the boycott feeling.
Resolution No, provided for the publication of a book detailing the illtreatment of China. in America.
Tae sixth arranges to post a pies of th telegram from Portland in all conspicuus positions possible.
In the seventh, the newspapers are ordere.i to refuse advertisements of America goda ; and the public requested not to subsorib tɔ any paper publishing such.
All present agreed in No. 8 to post notifi♪- tions on their own doors to the eff at that they would not bay or use American gods, sal recommending students and others to adv cate a like abstention.
work is really stupendous. Apart from the scheme of having the water pump up from the Tytam Tuk reservoir, many great under takings have to be accomplished. Difficult excavations have been made and large bridges are in course of erection. As is pretty well known, the water will be pumped from the Tytam Tuk reservoir up to the existing supply at Tstam, whence it will gravitate to the city. The pumping station is at Ty'am Tak Bay. There are two triple expansion engines each capable of pumping one million gallons ia twenty four hours The new reservoir has at present 100 million gallons, but when completed its capacity will be over 200 million. The beginnings of another scheme for an additional supply were noted in the Bay. The journey Was fairly arduous at times, but the magnificent view obtained from the heights, and the useful information gleaned were ample compensation. Mr. Jaffe, the engineer in charge, under whose guidance the visit was made proved an ideal conductor and made the outing very instructive. At Tytam Tuk Bay a launch"
The next was to cable the Portland merchants enquiring if they had wired to other places in China, with a view to repairing any omissions.
The tenth resolution decided dates for farther meetings, two more to be held immid ately.
The eleventh was an omnibus resolution: it invites the co-operation of the thirty principal guilds, giving them responsibility for the boycott if they will take it; agrees to petition Viceroy Chou Fu to forb Cuinese labourɔrs to go to Panama; and decides to memorialize through him the Central government to vigorously re-open the emigration question with the American Minister.
Finally, Mr. Li Shew King wis appointed secretary of the Boycott Union.
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I hear that the American Consul has asked the Viceroy to prohibit these meetings and this propaganda. On January 1st the t'olio+ called at the Kwong Chai Hospital and said no more meetings must be held. On the same day Deputy Chu posted a proclimat on at the Hospital, by the Kwangohow Prefect, against such meetings. There was a meeting next day, bat the chairman read out the proclamation, and pending representations to the Viceroy, the meeting was adjourned sine die.
Judging from a remark made by Mr. Justics Wise at the opening of the Supreme Court on Jan. 3rd, legal work must be accumulating, and there now appears to be more on the calendar than the two judges can conveniently matter of fact,” said HL Honour, "I shall not be able to sit in Summary except on Fridays, for about a mouth. I don't know what the cases are going to be, but there will be plenty of them by that time,"
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