November 11, 1907.)
THE KING'S BIRTHDAY.
THE REVIEW.
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On Nov. 9th was the sixty-sixth birthday of His Majesty the King and in Hongkong, as in other parts of the Empire, the occasion fittingly celebrated. The usual review was held at Happy Valley, and at an early hour in the morning crowds of citizens were making their way in that direction. The streets, leading to the great sport centre of Hongkong were orowded. Soldiers were marching there, the trams were packed and there were no idle ric shas. It was a warm day with brilliant sunshine, and the Valley was seen at its best. The surrounding hills were devoid of mist, and on the heights of Bowen Road many spectators | could be discerned watching the evolutions of¦ the troops. These were not so numerous as in previous years, and it was again noticeable that the fleet was not represented, a circumstance which many people who admire the unrivalled marching of the "handyman" regretted. But if the men in khaki were not so numerous as before the spectators were, if anything, more 80. Cosmopolitan Hongkong turned out in full force. European ladies in pretty summer attire mixed with gaudily dressed Chinese, spic and span
officers and foreign sailors in their uniforme, the crowd presenting a picture that can be seen in few other places than Hongkong.
The large and picturesque amphitheatre, where in the football
season SO
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many hard battles are fought, was for the time the parade ground of nearly 2000 armed men. The troops were early on the sceur, and Colouel Darling and his staff soon had them in position, so that when His Excellency the Governor, who was escorted by members of the Hongkong Volunteer Troop, arrived, all were ready to receive him. His Excellency, who was mounted on a spirited black pony, was accompanied by his A.D.C. to the saluting base. Here as be took up his position the Union Jack was hoisted and the feu de joie opened. First the loud mouthed cannou, then the rifle fire. When the echo of the report of the last gun had died away, Colonel Darling called for three cheers for his Majesty. Needless to say three willing and hearty cheers followed, the echo from 2000 Foices reverberating among the hills.
Then the march past, Colonel Darling and the staff officers, Major
D.A.Q.M.C, and Captain Hart Synott, took Ross up positions with H.E. the Governor at the saluting base, immediately opposite this, and in the centre of the enclosure, being the massed bands. When all was ready the band struck up a stirring martial air, and the soldiers stepped off. As each regiment neared the salut ing base the band played its particular march.
The troops passed the saluting base in the following order:-Hongkong Volunteer Troop, Royal Garrison Artillery, Royal Engineers, Middlesex Regiment, Royal Army Medical Corps, Hongkong Volunteer Corps, longkong and Singapore Royal Garrison Artillery. 119th Infantry, 129th Baluchis, Indian Medical Staff. There were on parade 16 units of the Volunteer Troop; R.G.A.,
Royal Engineers, 185; Middlesex, 201; R.A.M.C., 3; Volunteers, 58; H.K.S.B.R.G.A, 307; 119th Infantry, 261; 129th Baluchis, 250; Indian Medical Staff, 3.
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
who attended to do honour to His Majesty spent a very enjoyable evening. They were the Rt. Rev. Bishop Pozzobi, His Honour Mr. Justice Wise, ti.. Colonel C. H. Darling, Hon. Mr. F. H. and Mrs. May, Hon. Mr. A. M. Thomson, Hon. Mr. W. Rees Davies, Hon. Mr. W. and Mrs. Chatham, Hon. Dr. J. M. Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett, His Honour Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson, Hon. Sir Paul Chater, Justice Gompertz, Hon. Mr. A. W. and Mrs, Brewin, Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, Hon. Mr. Wei Yak. Hon. Mr. H, E. and Mrs. Pollock, Hoo, Cou- The Ven. Archdeacon and Mrs. Banister, Capt. mander Basil R. H. Taylor and Mrs. Taylor, F. W. and Mrs. Lyons, Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher, Rev. F. T. Johnson, Mr. R. H. Scovell, Mr. E. J. H. Droeze, Chevalier Volpicelli, Mr. B. de Mrs. Voretzsch, Mr. S. Mashiko, Mr. and Mrs. Szentirmay, M. R. Soalange Teisser, Dr. and Bribosia, Consul General Romano, Lt. Col. Dumbleton, Colonel F. E. Kent, Lt. Col. Scott- Moncrieff and Mrs. Scott Moncrieff, Major and Mrs. Chitty, Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Carter Lt. A. B. Ogle, Mr. Fung Wa-chun, Mr. Lau Chu- Col. Reid, Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Seymour, Mr. pak, Mr. Ho Kam-tung, Mr. Chau Sui-ki, Sir Henry and Lady Berkeley, Major, Mrs. and Mr. and Mrs. Shewan, Mr. G. W. Eves, Mr. Miss Chapman, Mr. D. R. Law, Mr. Mcl Messer, and Mrs. Rennie and Captain Monteiro.
The march past was an excellent one, and as company after company passed the base showing an even front and a steady line of cold steel they were cheered by the spectators, who also saluted the colours of various regiments which were borne on high by the standard bearers. The march past finished, and the troops were formed up in review order and marched back to barracks. At noon a royal salute was fired from the British and foreign battleships in port.
The city on Saturday was adorned with flags, while the harbour afforded a pretty view, almost every kind of craft on the water being alive with banting. Special care had been taken in the dressing of the battleships, which certainly looked very attractive.
THE BIRTHDAY DINNER, On Saturday evening at Government House his Excellency and Lady Lugard entertained some seventy guests to dinner. The Governor and his lady proved admirable hosts, and those
ANNUAL LICENSING SESSIONS.
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ALLEGED CONSPIRACY AND FORGERY.
As the result of an action in the summary Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, Lam Wing, Hau Kee, Li Hi-shin and Hop Wo-tong were Justice Again they were charged separately, charged with conspiracy to avert the course of
Ken with forgery; Li Hi-shin with forgery, Lam Wing with forgery and attering; Hsu and Hop Wo-tong with forging and uttering. Mr. R. A. Harding, appeared for the prosecu- Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., instructed by tion and Mr. R. Harding appeared for the
defendants.
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Mr. Pollock stated that the prosecution in the case arose out of proceedings taken in summary jurisdiction before Mr. Justice Wise. September 2nd, the first In the summary action, which commenced on defendant, Lam Wing, was the plaintiff and a firm called the Po Sang were defendants. In that action the plaintiff stated his claim in two alternative ways: he claimed from the defendant", endorsee of Hau Kee, the sum of $50 1.84 amount due on a promissory note. Hau Kee appeared on the forged promissory note as the second defendant, was the party who
payee, and the note was endorsed over to the plaintiff. In the other alternative the plaintiff claimed as assignee of Hau Kee. Presumably the object of putting in that alternative claim would be that if the document was not strictly a promissory note the plaintiff could proceed as assignee of Han Kee under the agreement. The summary action started on September 26th and concluded on October 18th when Mr.
action; and curiously enough these third and fourth defendants produced in Court a document purporting to be a promissory note in their favour, and purporting to be chopped by the Po Sang firm. The chop on these notes missory note sued upon by the first defend- was identical with the chop on the pro-
On November 5th is Majesty's Justices of the l'eace assembled at the Magistracy to consider applications for publicans' and adjunct Justice Wise gave judgment for the defendants licenses for the ensuing year. Mr. F. A. Haze- 1nd presided, and there
-the 'o Sang. The first defendant was saiog Captain F. W. Lyons, Captain Superintendent way in which the third and fourth came into
were also present
as endorsee or assignee from the second. The
Superintendent of Police, Mr. R. H. A. Craig plaintiff as witnesses for the purpose of support- of Police, Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse, Assistant the matter was that they wars called by the and Mr. W. Bowen Rowlands, Publicausing the first defendant's case as plaintiff in the licenses were granted to the following:- Arthur Frederick Davies, The Hongkong Hotel; Dunjeebhoy Dorabjee, the King Edward Hotel; Isidor Silberman, the Globe Hotel; Moritz fernberg, the International Hotel Mary Matthaey, the Oriental Hotel; George Green, the Criterion Hotel; M. Tchetchelaitzki, the Land We Live In Hotel; Bernard Mayer,
That chop was sworn to by the manag Travellers' Hotel; Paul Wissing, the German be a forged chop. The genuine ohops of this the Colonial Hotel; Esther Oliver, the New ing partner and fokis of the Po Sang shop to
Hotel; O. Owen, the Kowloon Hotel; Ichel later his Worship would have an opportunity of Taveru; R. H. Whittaker, the Praya East Arm were produced before his Lordship, and Gruzman, the Central Hotel; L. Lobo, the Stag comparing the genuine with the forged chop Hotel; William Krater, The Rose, Shamrock
aud, no doubt, would observe certain dia- mopolitan Hotel. and Thistle Hotel; Louis Comar, the Cos-orepancies between the two chops. Mr. Pollock
CHAIRMAN informed the Justices that the With regard to Krater's application, the
liquor. The case was not a very serious one and applicant was fiued for selling adulterated
but at the same time the Chairman filt it the applicant made a satisfactory statement, his duty to inflict a fine.
Captain LYONs did not think the case was his licence. serious enough to cause the applicant to lose
The other justices agreed.
With reference to Louis Comer's application, the CHAIRMAN stated that the applicant had held an adjunct licence for some years. His present application was for a publican's licence, and there was no police objection.
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tion, I mean as to the way in which the house Captain LYONS-When I tay no police objec. is conducted. But from my own point of view I am against increasing the number of publicans' | licenses.
The CHAIRMAN -Two have been eliminated. Mr. CHAIG-Has there not already been some question about this applicant?
The CHAIRMAN-That was because he wanted to remove to Queen's Road Central.
Captain LYONS-I rather think a public house is wanted where the applicant is at present- near the sea front.
It was agreed to grant the licence.
The following applications for adjunct licenses were granted-Hans Weismann, The Café Weismsun Ltd; Dady Manekji Langrana, the Connaught House Hotel; Alex. Moir, the Peak Hotel; A. A. H., Milroy, the Sailor's Home; Tam King-kaw, the Shanghai Hotel; J. H.
Newbold, the Owl Grill Room.
ant,
wished to draw his Worship's attention to the
identical forgery on them. fact that the first, third and fourth defendants produced promissory notes which had the He suggested to his Worship that it was obvious there had been defraud the Po Sang firm. a conspiracy on the part of these parties to His Worship would find in the first charge various statements which the defendants made before Mr. Justice point out to his Worship a certain general point Wise in the Summary Court, and he wished to
with regard to those statements: all the defend- called Mui Hang was the man with whom they ants seemed to have told Mr. Wise that a man dealt; that was to say, that when money was Hung who was there to receive the money and deposited on each of these notes it was Mui
appear from the evidence that Mai Hung was ohop the notes. As a matter of fact, it would
house, and during a considerable portion of the also concerned in the management of a boarding day he was absent at this boarding house.
His Worship What is the Po Sang? Mr. Pollock-A Chinese bank. Proceeding, Mr. Pollook stated that evidence would be given promissory notes. to show that the Po Sang did not issue any They never had in their Stamp Office. Apart from the statements of possession any stamped piper stamped by the witnesses from the Po Sang in confirmation of this statement he would call a witne-s from the Stamp Office who says that no requisition for defendants had put "everything on to Mul stamps was mide by the Po Sang. The Hang, and he denied it. The man who was left to look after the Po Sang business was Li Wan-cho. With regard to the note from Lazz Wing to Hau Kee, that note had an impress- ed stamp dated 17th August. The defendants',