October 11, 1909.]
Another batch of gamblers appeared at the Magistracy on Oct. 7th. The leaders on this occasion were fined $40 each and the remainder $2 each!
Mr. Funatsu, Japanese Consul in Hongkong, is in receipt of a telegram from the Foreign Office, Tokyo, stating that the Hongkong Consulate has been raised to the dignity of a Consulate-General from October 1.
Two Chinese companies the Kwong Kee Ferry Company and the Kwong Shun Steam- boat Company were summoned at the Magis tracy yesterday for not complying with the Companies Act in failing to file returns of shareholders, The hearing was adjourned
sine die.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT,
TYPHOON WEATHER.
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from the deck, and some idea of the force and strength of the wind can be gained from the EXPERIENCES OF EXCURSIONISTS.
fact that the big screws in the shackles to which The typhoon which was approaching the the wire supporting the funnel was attached, were Colony passed to the south on Oct. 4th, but the snapped in two The funnel was jammed fast be- black cone still remained suspended, and with tween a ventilator and a lifeboat davit, the latter the exception of launches, the harbour remained piercing it, and were it not for this catch it clear of small craft. The weather interfered would in all probability have gone overboard. with the running of the smaller steamers, both The loss of the funnel necessitated a slackening Sunday night's and Monday morning's Macao of speed, as otherwise the inmates of the engine- steamers belonging to the Hongkong Canton room would have been smoked out.
The speed and Macao Steamboat Company being detained. was accordingly altered to four knots, and the
One small vessel from Macao succeeded in vessel began to drift to the east. reaching port on time, but the skippers of Fortunately, however, at this juncture the the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Co.'s line wind abated somewhat, and the crew lost no had apparently decided to take no risks.time in replacing the funnel. The task was a seven o'clock on Sunday evening The s.s. Heungshan loft Macao as usual at difficult one having regard to the rough sea and
with a
the still strong wind, but eventually it was good number of passengers, and continued accomplished, and as by this time the typhoon had on her voyage for about three-quarters of passed, the vessel continued on her voyage with- weather decided the captain to put back, and to the crew, and there was no panic among the an hour. Then the threatening state of the out further mishap. There were no accidents the vessel was anchored under the lee of Malu- passengers, who remained calm and quiet through- chau Island, near the Macao lighthouse, until out the gale. The Chief Officer, who supplied our the following morning. It appears that the representative with this story, was warm in It is announced that a marriage arranged compradore of the vessel had only provided his praises of the staunch little ship, which he between Dr. J. H. Sanders, J.P., medical super-provisions and refreshments for the day's trip, thought behaved admirably. The crew had also intendent of the Matilda Hospital, Hongkong, for many of the passengers complained of being done their duty manfully and doserved all credit eldest son of James Sanders, Esq., J.P., of South unable to get food and drink, even minerals and for their coolness and courage in the face of Molton, Devonshire, and Mary Beatrice, fourth water being used up before the night was spent. great danger. The storm through which they daughter of W. H. Allen, Esq., of Bromham Others again were unable to get sleeping had passed was a great experience, but he was House, Bedfordshire, and Dean's-yard, West- accommodation, even chairs being at a premium. not anxious to have such another. minster Abbey, will take place at St. Owen's It was a very forlorn-looking party of excur- Church, Bromham, Bedfordshire, on Oct. 6. sionists that landed from the boat yesterday morning, and hastened to satisfy the cravings of the inner man.
His Majesty the King has not been advised to exercise his power of disallowance with repect to Ordinance No. 5 of 1909, entitled-An Ordinance to demonetize Postage Stamps bearing the Head of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria;
and to Ordinance No. 18 of 1909, entitled-An Ordinance to amend the Inter- pretation Amendment Ordinance, 1908.
An adjunct licence for the Vienna Café at No. 34, Queen's Road Central, was granted by the Justices of the Peace on Oct. 4 to Julius Philipp Sommer. Mr. F. A. Hazeland presided at the meeting of the Justices, and there were also present the Captain Superintendent of Police, Messrs. R. H. A. Craig, G. H. Wakeman, C. A. D. Melbourne, P. P. J. Wodehouse, H. N. Fleming, J. 1. Wood, a H. Ough, Dr. W. B. Moore, Messrs. G. A. Woodcock and C. S. Gubbay.
His Honour the Chief Justice has, by com- missions signed by him, appointed Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne, Deputy-Registrar aud Appraiser of the Supreme Court, to be a commissioner to administer oaths and take declarations, affir- mations and attestations of honour in the Court, and also to be a commissioner for taking the acknowledgments by married women of the deeds to be executed by them, so long as he shall hold his said office. He has also appointed Mr. G. A. Woodcock, Magistrate's clerk, to be Sdcommissioner to administer oaths and take clarations and attestations of honour in the
eupreme Court.
At the Magistracy on Oct. 4th Inspector Macdonald prosecuted for larceny a coolie, who was found some distance from the Kowloon Railway with a charge of dynamite in his pocket. The coolic told Mr. Wood that the dynamite belonged to the railway, but he was not aware of its being in his pocket, and his Worship said he could not convict on that evidence. The charge was then amended to being in unlawful possession. Mr. Wood held that there was no proof that the dynamite belonged to the Railway and discharged the prisoner. Inspector Macdonald then hauded the dynamite to the prisoner, but the Magistrate would not allow that, and the dynamite had to remain in the possession of the polico.
A smart recovery of a watch and chain by the police was disclosed
in a
case heard at the Magistracy on Oct. 5. A Chinese returned from Annam had gone down to Shektontsui the other evening and when he returned, after having dined well, to his boarding house he went to bed, after having hung up his vest containing his watch and chain near the bed. His friend `came in later and hung up his vest beside the other and went upstairs for a smoke. When he 'came down he saw that the watch and chain were missing. He gave the alarm and next day the matter was reported to the police, Ou Sunday a man took the watch and chain to a pawnbroker's, but becoming alarmed at the questions of the pawnbroker ho decamped, leaving the articles. The pawnbroker took the watch and chain to the police, who accompanied the man to the boarding house, where the pawnbroker discovered the man who left the watch and chain with him. He blamed it on another, and an arrest was made, ››
The s.s. Sui Tai, which was due in port at 11.30-a.m. yesterday, remained at Macao, the captain deciding not to attempt the trip owing to the threatening state of the weather. Should more favourable conditions prevail to-day, the belated vessel is expected to leave for Hongkong at 7 a.m. Mr. Justice Gompertz was expected to return to the Colony by the Sui Tui yesterday, and to decide two Supreme Court cases which he had fixed for half-past eleven o'clock. Owing to his non-arrival, however, the hearing of the cases was postponed.
On Monday morning the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co. issued an express stating that there would be no afternoon steamer to or from Macao on that day owing to the inclement weather.
WEDDING AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL.
BLANCHFLOWER-COLLINS.
John's Cathedral on Saturday afternoon in the A very pretty wedding was solemnised at St. presence of a large congregation, the contracting parties being Mr. Edward C. Blanchflower, R.N., secretary to Commodore Lyon, and Miss Philippa Constance Collins, of Melbourne, Australia.
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The bride was given away by Commodore Lyon, A.D.C. She was attended by Miss Edith Haines, also of Melbourne, Australia, while the bridegroom was attended by Lieut. John P. Landor, R.N., H.M.S. Kent, as
best man, The bride wore a soft cream satin robe with When darkness set in last night the wind was a Court train trimmed with chiffon and pearl embroidered panel down the front, and still high, and the hoisting of the green, red, green orange blossoms. vertical lights on H.M.S. Tumar, at the Harbour her face and carried a bouquet of white She wore a veil over Office, and at the Water Police Station, Kowloon, flowers. The
bridesmaid wore a frock of reminded seamen and shore residents that a pink soft satin with pearl trimmings, yoke typhoon was within 300 miles of the Colony.
and undersleeves of cream chiffon, and a black hat trimmed with pink ribbon velvet and violets. pink streamers. She carried a bouquet of pink and white with
STEAMER "PHRANANG IN A TYPHOON. carrying 500 Chinese passengers and a cargo On Oct. 6th the German steamer Phranang, of rice and wood, arrived in port in a very dis- mantled condition, having encountered
The Rev. O. N. Hughes, Naval Chaplain typhoon when within two hundred odd miles Chaplain of the Cathedral. As the bridal party a officiated, assisted by the Rev. F. T. Johnson of the Colony. The Phranang, which is cou-left the Church the naval officers present Bangkok on the 27th ultimo and had a smooth under which the happy pair passed down the manded by Captain F. von Mangelsderft, left formed with thoir swords an arch of steel voyage until Sunday night. Just before mid- aisle. night the weather began to freshen and the sea to rise, while the gradual falling of the barometer indicated nasty weather ahead.
Sir Frederick Lugard, with Captain P. M. Amongst those present were His Excellency
Taylor, A.D.C., and Captain Simson, Private Secretary, also Bishop Lander, and a large well-known civilian residents.
N. and longitude 113.20 E. it reached the remark-number of naval and military officers and
The glass continued to fall until at latitude 19.30 ably low figure of 27.95. This was at about eight o'clock on Monday morning, and the Phranang was speedily prepared to meet the gale which was not long in overtaking her. As the seas began to grow and the wind to increase the passengers were battened down and everything above board made secure. Then the typhoon overtook the vessel, the officers of which state that they wore very near the centre of the storm.
The Phranang was sent full speed ahead in the teeth of the gale, the wind travelling at hurricane force while mountainous seas broke over the vessel, Lifeboats which wore securely fastened down 'were torn from their fastenings, lifted high in the air one moment and the next hurled down on the deck aud stove in. Then mast stays were torn away, the glass in the skylights was broken and the crew had to secure those with canvas to prevent the seas flooding the ship
The next mishap was to the bridge, the iron bars which supported it being torn from their fastenings like so many matches. Then the massive funnel of the steamer was torn bodily
A reception was afterwards held on board H.M.S. Tamar, and the subsequently left for Macao on H. M.Š. Janus.
happy couple
musliu trimmed with insertion, and her hat The bride's travelling dross was of white was trimmed with palo blue and pink.
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An action for breach of promise of marriage came before the Court at Saigon on September 15. Particulars given in the Opinion show that the plaintiff, a lady well known in social circles there, lived eight years with the defendant. During that time, the defendant wrote to her several letters promising marriage. Suddenly he forsook the plaintiff, and, she, at length, sued him on the strength of the correspondence, the claim being 30,000 francs' damages. The letters were produced in Court. The judgment found that defendant had deserted the plaintiff for no good reaso is, and assessed the damages at 7,000. francs, with interest and costs. The def was then away from the Colony.
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