March 23, 1907.]
before the Supreme Court, he was not to exercise the functions of a jury. The loss of the tobacco in question was no light matter. It was a most serious one to the Company, and if the defendant was guilty, he was guilty of a most heinous offence which should be dealt with by a fribunal of a higher order.
Dealing with the technical objections raised
by Mr. Brutton, he admitted that it would have been better and more proper, but not necessary in a preliminary charge, that the charge should not be confined tothe word "steal." It should also have had the words "take and carry away, abd when the case was committed for trial the indictment would be sure to be in that form, When an information was laid before a magis
trate
the same formality of technical nature was not required, because in the first instance the men who dealt with cases were not lawyers but policemen or sergeants. With respect to the allegation that the charge was not specific, it was quite true that it should be in order that & defendant might know what he had to answer. In this instance it could not be made more specific. They said that the man stole 100 cases of "Egyptian Delight" tobacco. What was more specific than that? If he said a man stole a pair of trousers from him he did not want to say that they were BOWD with linen thread made in Belfast, neither did be want to say that the bations on them bore the name of the tailor who made the trousers.
Mr. Brutton-I'm afraid you do. In the case of eggs you've got to state what kind of eggs were stolen.
Sir Henry Berkeley-You haven't got to say whether they were addled or not, have you? Counsel concluded his remarks by asking his Worship to commit the defendant for trial. Defendant was committed for trial, bail being fixed at $5,000.
H.R.V.T.
TROOP RIFLE MEETING.
The anonal rifle meeting of the Hongkong Volunteer Troop was held at the King's Park Range, Kowlood, on Sunday, when the shooting showed a great improvement on last year's returns. The turn out was a record, every mem. ber of the Troop now in the Colony, putting in an appearance.
The following were the highest scores :— Trooper R. G. Munro
163
M Slade ...
162
Lieut, C. H. Ross
159
Sergt. L. Murphy
144
Trooper A. J. Williams
141
Corp. G. K. H. Brutton
138
Trooper C. H. Blason
134
A. T. Walker...
131
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C. D. Melbourne
125
H. W. Looker
117
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H F. Hickman
112
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E. A. Hankey
111
C. E. Morrel
119
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D. Forbes
110
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C. G. Mackie
103
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J. Paterson
101
$
The following is the Prize List. Not more than 1 prize exclusive of grand aggregate to be taken by any our competitor :-
Presented by M.
1 The Kowloon Cup. Stewart, Esq. won by Lieut, C. H. 1088,
2 The Taipo Cup. Presented by C. H. Ross, Esq., won by Trooper A. J. Williams,
3 The Faning up.
Presented by J. R. M. Smith. Esq, won by Troc per R. G. Munro. 4 The Cheong Shai ( up. Presented by L. Murphy, Esq., won by Trooper M. Elade.
5 The Ping Shan Cup. Presented by G. Melhart, Esq., won by Sergt. L. Murphy.
6 The Sha Ta Kok Cup. Presented by D. R. Law, Esq. won by Trooper C. D. Melbourne. 7 The Kong Tu Han Cup. Presented by A. J. Williams, Esq., won by Corp'. G. K_Hall- Brutton.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
HONGKONG'S public debt.
The Gazette contains the statement of Funded Public Debt or Loans borrowed for fixed periods the Accumulated Sinking Funds at the same outstanding on the 3 st December, 1906, and of
date.
Market Value.
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11
(168)
(28)
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1,92
17
(87)
1,740
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(87)
1,74 0 0
(87)
1,350
19
(86)
170
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(101) 1610
1,790 0 0
1,740
0
0
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3
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2,000
Amount of Stock, &c.
3 per cent. Stock.
SINKING FUNDS,
Cost Price.
Amount
Outstanding.
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116 1
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II
1,480
0
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2,000
5.000
681
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1,037
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4,400
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31
31
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or Loan.
Hongkong 31
Anthority.
In- Ordinances 1 & 2 £341,79 ) 13.1 of 1893.
Sterling.
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soribed Stock,
L
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£ 43,800.
1,849 0
£41,389 10. 0
Amount repaid by Viceroy of Wachang and placed to credit of Special Fund. £111,000.
W`tern A'tralia, 3 Triniduel,
Do.
Victoria,
Ordinances
Non, 1 of 1893
£1,143.933.1.4
Sterling.
Do.
JAPANESE "BOY" AS FORGER.
IMPUDENT ATTEMPT UPON A NAVAL OFFICER & BANK ACCOUNT.
& 11 of 143.
COMPANIES.
195
HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN COMPANY.
The annual meeting of the shareholders in this Company was held in the City Hall on March 20th. The Hon. Mr. W. J. Gressou presided and there were also present Sir Paul Chater, Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett, Messrs. A. Haupt, A. J. Raymond, D. M. Nissim, N. A. Siebs. E. Goels, G. H. Medhurst, A. G. Wood and C. R. Lensmann (directors), Hon. Mr. B. Osborne (secretary), Mesars. 'T. F. Hough, J. Orange, J. W. Kew, F. E, Ellis, E. J. Hughes, G. de Champeaux and Ho Fook.
The SECRETARY having read the notice convening the meeting,
The CHAIRMAN mid-Gentlemen, with your permission I propose to take the report and as read. The recollection of the
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damage done by the fierce storm that passed over the Colony in September last must be fresh in your mind, and it is therefore unnecss- sary for me to picture for you the wreckage and destruction of our property as seen on the afternoon of the 18th of that month. Your Directors desired to place before you a full Statement of the actual loss caused by the typhoon, or typhoons, and the figures now submitted, which have been the subject of much consideration, will, we trust, have made the position quite clear to you. To carry the current work it has been necessary to provid additional lighters, and the rebuild- ing of the wharves will commence
on the arrival of the ironwork, now shortly due. propose at present to rebuild only one of the large pierr, and with a view to economy, are utilising as much of the old wood as is t for the purpose. As you are well Aware it has been our custom to appropriate annually from profits, large sums to write down the book values of your various asseta, and the wisdom of this policy is DOW more than demonstrated. Under the circum. stances your Directors have not considered it necessary to make any provision for the wharves and lighters totally destroyed, as the value of those remaining far exceeds their book value. You will observe that we have to provide out of the earnings of the current year a further sum of $52,000 för actual losses, and I trust that never again may our Colony or Company experience such a disastrou« storm. Turning to the Accounts, there is nothing that occurs to me requiring special reference, but you will be pleased to note that working shews an increased profit of $16,940,07 after payment of 88,140.28 for miscellaneous typhoon ex- penditure. I desire to express the Board's appreciation of the cheerful, energetic and ospable manner in which our Staff, in face of difficulties, continued the Company's business with practically no interruption, and with, we frust, bat slight inconvenience to its constituents. Refore moving the adoption of the report, I shall be pleased to answer any question that any shareholder may wish to ask,
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There being no questions, the report and statement of accounts was adopted on the motion of the CHAIRMAN seconded by Mr. J. ORANGU. Mr. HoHe moved, and Mr. Hovau seconded, that the retiring directors, MessTV. Goels and A. G. Wood, be re-elected. Carried. On the motion of Mr. Ho Fook, woonded by Kxw, Mossru. ¡W. H. Potta and A‚O'D. Gourdia were re-appointed suditors. had on application.
The CHAIRMax : Dividend warrants may be minutes longer to attend the extraordinary I hope you will stay a few meeting.
afterwards,
An extraordinary general meeting was bold
Sesaki Tenoi, ■ Japanese, was arraigned on a charge of attering a forged obeque for $200 on
Mr the Hongkong and > hanghai Corporation
Banking on Wednesday. A. C. Patley, a olerk in the bank, raid the d-fendant presented the cheque at about 1,30 p.m. on Wednesday. He received, entered and cancelled it, as at first sight it looked genuine. But on examining it more closely and comparing the signature, C. E. L. Thomas, with that contained in the | Bank's specimen signsturs book, he found that it did not fully in several partientars, C. E. Lloyd Thomas, called, was shown the cheque before the Court, and stated that the signature thereon was not bia. The number on the obeque corresponded to the number of ons which had bean removed from his hook, Defendant had been engaged as witness' “ boy" for a liɛtle over
■ month. After hearing further svidence his | The nett results show that of 34 members, 9 Worship committed defendant are classed as marksmen and 7 as first class shots. ' Criminal Sessions.
trial at the ❘
The Grand Aggregate Cup. Presented by Hon. W. J. Gresson, won by Trooper R. G. Munro.
A Wooden Spood, presented to the competitor making the lowest aggregate went to Trooper E. Burton Forman.
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The SECRETARY having read the notion, The Chairman mid :—The notion which has just been read explains the alteration in the Articles of approve.
Association you are asked to I beg to propose the first resolution, Mr. J. ORANGE seconded, and the resolution was carried.
The Chairman proposed the second resolu- tion, making the changes in the articles in accordance with the notice.
Mr. ORANGU moonded and it was carried.