INTIMATIONS
A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.
THE HONGEONO DAILY PREM, SATURDAY, JUNE Me¤, 1808.
The N. P. Uba stomat Victoria arrived at Yokoliaina yesterday and will sail for this port ria naual-Japan ports of call today,
Judgment for the defendants with costs has delivered by Mr. F. Surcombe Smith Acting Paiste Judge) in the collision case which was heard at the Supremis Court last week
TRANSIT DUES IN TONKIN.
He Lordship said he would not express any Dogs, and glit dhildren in me a total landed with the troops in October last, and examination at the panteon, is transfarved oulujen as the point, ss be would like to own of 142 We put all the passengers on the with thorough knowledge of English, im-irect to the steamers. The bulk of this earro Talks with the Loting Attorney-General Brab, saloon deck and then we counted the craw
Belug destined for Shanghai, the Chungking He did not think there was anything objectus formand. The voise was bound for Balgon and medintely identified himself with the fore your shippers would, ht my opinion. gain tile or shle in the form, but it would have to be my was getting under weigh when I first went on and worked to make things go smoothly, when nothing by clearing the boats for Shaai, I caretally administogod. Further he did not boned; he was than weighing the part author: Ali vee, naturally, trouble and confusion. I think we are right in envoicing that as Ipag na wish to express an opinion until he had thought On boarding at three o'clock the port anchor is conduct of affairs throughout this trying Iohang is the terminus for river steamers most
was at the bows and the starboard anchor was time, and indeed ever since, he has shown such vantageously carded on here, then below,
of the trashipping business will be more ad- about the subject.
Mr. Bobinson contended there was no ovi- down. darco to slow that the defendants forried their Inspector Hanson said—About three an, on fast and, with Chinos, somack forbearance design either at Ko Chow or on the way to the 28th May last I boarded the German and kindness, that bis removal to Tainau is á Hongkong and therefore the charge most fall stommer Petrarch in company with the lant matter of general regent,
witniese sud saw the captain. I told him be to the groundT
fordship told the jury that they must lead too many pissorgers and I wanted to count lead the property of the Wanchai Godown Catisfied that the defendants at the time of them. He said, the compradore told him there bringing the girl had the intent of pledging were sixty on board, but he himself did not know how many there were I got all the par- r for the purposes of prostitutions
The jury unanimously found a verdict of not sengers up out of No. 3 hold and made them guilty and the defendants wore discard. walk in single file aft while I counted them in The Anting Attracy-General intimated at the presence of the defendant. I counted 194 aqulis, ten lads, whose ages varied from socused, but he illd not intend to proceed with. tan to fifteen, and sight children in arms) it. A nolle promegut was nadordingly entorel The stowner had got rtaam in the port anche
ascertain whether it be well. founded, and not to dismiss it offhand because all the rules of red tape precision are not complied with
Three complaintsare made in the petition, one being that legal cocklafla have been removed and illegal ones allowed to remain, another that sufficient notice is not given when houses are to be invaded by the
We hear tint an arrangement has been Whitewash Brigade, and the third that the entered into by which the Hongkong and compulsory reporting of cases of plague in Kowloon Wharf and Godowa Co., Limited, which the patient desires to leave the colony is a hardship. As to the first of these com plaints, the Board said nothing, buta minute wes made by the Secretary to the effect that OFF ABEATED WATER FACTORY is fitted specific cases should be given and that in hoisting the answering pennant, to convey there was another indictment, against the with the best English Machinery, embodying his opinion the statement that legal cocklofts had been removed and illegal ones allowed to the latest improvements in the tride...
remain is untrue. Seeing the unfortunate state
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MANUFACTURERS OF, ABRATED
WATERS.
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To-morrow morning, between 9 and 10.30 o'clock, the steam hunch Dareuring, carrying the Bethel flag, will call alongside any tessel ashore tolla.m. bervios at 3 Peter's (Seamen's) Church, returning about 1930. aa
coming under the cogulence of the Foreign
THE MURDER CASE.
CANTON NOTES.
Mr. F. A. Carl, Commissioner of Customs, in his report on the trade of Mengtas for 1895 says:
[FROM÷TRE "CHUNG NGUI BAN.FO.”)
Although the import trade, on the whole, A fire broke out in firecracker shop in exhibits very favourable progres, the Chinesa Klong-ha village, in Namhot district, on the marbante nevertheless complia chout the in- 13th inst. Tho shop in question and two razed transit does through Tonkin. Accord- neighbouring houses were hurt to ashes. Sevening to their statement, the transit daes in lives were reported last and five persons were
that country ars in many instances heavier injured. The cause of the fire was that while than the fall tariff dution loriod at the open was up and the starboard andher down. She the shop people were engaged in araoker maak ports on the Chias coast. I appose the trade.
At Chungking last year he value of the traders. Rohingon said he had not yet and an was at the northern part of the fairway about ing, a ma, smoked a cigarette and carelessly can stand these heavy transit dues, otherwise The Purest Ingredients only are god, and the law on this subject has been allowed to Customs amounted to over Tis 13,000,000, bolag PEportunity" of "aselir the depositions in the opposite the Government Civil Hospital. The dropped a spark on the powder, which at once there would be increase to report for 1895. the lost Care and Cleanliness exercised i get into and that it is not in accordance with an ingresso of nearly 2 per cent, on that of murder casa, sa they were not finished 'wotil that ¦ defondant was impatient to get away and salad exploded.moke v LAK
the Manufacture throughout.
To Water Read is proved hy repeated A to be Absolataly Pare.
For Coaer Poars, Waters are packed and placed on board ship at Hongkong prices, and the fall amount allowed for Packages and Emptis when revived in good order,
cominoir sense, the petitioners may very possibly be incorrect in their opinion net what cock lofts were legal and illegal, where as they roight have been correct had their statement been that cocklofis unobjection, able from a public health point of view had been reinoved and that others that were objectionable had been allowed to
He had been honoured by the Cobartma what he should do. I told him that in the 1894. At Tohang also there we an increase afternoon.
with the doforien. the accase and as he also common ore of humanity he should not go to at more than two and a half million taels, that the ingrosanoted at Chungking apparently appeared in two other cases he asked that thoas on with those passengers, but that it was not my place to advise him I do not know whs does not represent merely a transfer from one two cases should be allowed to remain over
Ha Leadship consented and adjourned the ther the passengers were lauded. There were Court until ten o'clock on Monday morning, twelve white tickets anil the remainder were Customs-bonse to the other. At Hankow slee there was a considerable increase
wlessin special jury will proceed to try the different. The compradore told to his name order case,
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Comterfoil Order Books supplied on applica¡ remain. If it be the case that the law as it because it was thought he was mentally work not attend the Court until they are notified:
tion.
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receive prompt attention.
The following is a List of Waters always kept ready in Stock:-
stauds works injustice it would have been more becoming in the Sanitary Board to have informed the petitioners that they would con- sider the inatter with a view to representing to the Government the desirability of effect ing an alteration in the law ikon to bave treated the whole matter with contempt As to the other complaints, namely, the want of the notice when the cleansing of hough is to be nudertaken and the compulsory - re- porting of cases of plague, the Board -të- solved to express its concurrence in a mine made upon the petition by the Medical SELTZER WATER Officer of Health. As to the compulsory
PURE AERATED WATER.
SODA. WATER
LEMONADE
LITHEA WATER
POTASH WATER,
SARSAPABILLA WATER
TONIO WATER
GINGER ALE
GINGERADE
No Credit given for Bottleg that look dirty or grony, or that appear to have heen wend for why other purpose than that of containing Aerated Waters, as such Bottles are never usod again by us.
A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.
THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY..........
Hongkong, 26th May. 1898.
NOTICE TO CONRESPONDENTS.
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A écolie made a vory extraordinary and determined attempt to commit suicide yester day. About alx months ago he was discharged from his employment at B, Bonham Strand, and therefore unable to properly perform his duties as coolie. Yerorday morning he returned to the shop and said that 30 cents was due to him for wages. This complaint was altogether greandles and the shopman told him 30. The cenlie theroepen picked up a sheppor which was lying near the counter and hacked the top part of his head and inflicted receral sly wounds. The thepaan ran ried the enter and caught hold of the would-be suicide and in endeavouring to wrest the chopper from the ones grasp got eat himself on his chest. An Indian constable was in the neighbourhood and he took the cuoliu lo the station, whore his wounds were dressed. and he was afterwards sant to the Government Civil Hospital. The shopman's lindes were not serions and did not necessitate his removal to the hospital..
LEGAL AND ILLEGAL COCKLUFTS.
MORE TROUBLE.
At the Puline Court yesterday, before Bon. Commander W. C. H Hastings, the two masters of 160, Queen's Road, were charged with main taining a cocktoth on premises where the mom was divided into separate compartments,
was Nam Hei
Chan Kai Ming, said I am second clerk at the Magistracy and Conrt transistor. The ticket produced, was issued by the Kwong Yusa shop on the lucky day of the fourth moon. The okop boars the words "Hongkong, Wa Kes Cons pany, correspondence chop."
tion
This concluded the evidence for the proseco Mr. Ewens said the first objection that would be made was that eaction 6 of Ordinance 26 of 189 could not be said to apply to the Petrarch at all, because it referred to master of any
evidence in this case was that the ship had ho ship carrying over twelve passengers, and the Mr. Recco said he appeared for the cafen- certificats and therefore conll not carry more dants and the charge was brought der so than twelve passungers. The whole Orlic tion 7, stb-sution of Ordinance 15 of 1894. distinguished between ships carrying more than Counsel then precooded-I have seen the place twelve passengers and ships not carrying more, myself and Mr. Darby hoe esen it, and I icmit It was a mistake no doubt in the Ordinance, that toohalaally there was an offence; but in but, prosecutions could only be commenced mitigation I should like to say a word or so. ngaiastking carrying more thin twelve passen It soon that on the 1163 April last the exok-gere. Unless the defendant was a master of a loft on the ground floor of these press, 166, ship carrying more than twelve passengers the Queen's Road Central was removed by the whole thing fell to the ground. The mistake bilowash brigade, or by the Sanitary Inges in the Urdinanes could not be get uyar. The tors, and after that no complaint was made oond point he raised was on the question af It was assumed by the owners of the shop leaving or attempting to, levo. Of course, originally drawn that the place then was in a legal state, under the Ordinazoo as and there was no complaint made or muy prontions comid-not be lustilated at all unless objection: mile to the state in which it was the ship had notuslly loft. This was donenes, left. It was left with some shelves about and so an amending Ordinance won praseel male. six or eight test from the back of the shoping it an offence to leave or attempt to leare After There was some sort of erection I do not know with an excess of passengers. What was an al-
About three bumired poor people belonging to Klangei propinion went on the 13th St. to ask assistance of HE. Ha Tson-wai, the new Governor, who is also a Kiangsi man, The Governor gave each of them a dollar, and pro- mised to send them home by providing each of them with a free passage ticket and three more do late for the expense of the voyage, if they liked, but only three accepted the latter kind.
ness A
On the 17th is a large number of poor people of Hanna provinze, following the snit of the Kangsi people, went to ask charity of HE. Ton Chang-luu, the Vicary, who is a Hansa mati The Viseroy reford to give any paruniary aid, but told them that if they wanted return to their native country he wen'd be A good many poor people have arrived at Ku. plans to send them home at any time. shaw from Kwanga on Bocount of the famine The price of rice in Kuchow is consequently very high. A few days ago the Cantou Go verwant ment Bse hundred soldiers to the place in question for fear that trouble might arise, and the Big-hau-kak have already sant thithar 140,000 eatties of rice for distribution to the
piecz
The Magistrate of Namhoi issued a 'uolifics. tion the other day to the effect that. as the pigeon lottery gambling is still secretly carried on, if any one gives information leading to the house, he will be sorarded with fifty collars ospture of a keeper of a pignon lottery gambling and that the house will be closed by the Go
VOEZIENĖ
The large bridge near Whampoa was some time ago breken and the late Governor a seat two Weiynens to have it repaired. The repairs Javing hean completed, this has been reported to Viceroy Tan, who seat another Weiyuon to inspect the workmanship the other day.
On the 12th inst at roon sims aroundrels
and the fact demonstrates the natural advantages of the Red River route. However, it must be remembered that at present there is almost no competition. Were the tikin stations along the West River abolished by the Chinose, or if transit passes from Cahton were used along" that route, the trade of Meagtez would certainly suffer, unless a more liberal policy was followsi in Tonkin. Then, too, if a buston-house is opened on the Euro-Yannan frentier, and the present rate of transit charges continues in Tonkin, wa.may expect to see the truds of Mongles diminish yearly, The Chinese mer chanta also complain of being forced to love all cargo examined at Haiphong; they say it would greatly facilitate trade if goods const be sont in bond to Inokai (where there in in' Frenck imant duos at that place. If some plan of.
tom-house) and be examined and pay bonding goods shipped in steuners to Laoks were adopted by the Tonkin Customs, trade wank to much facilitated and a great advant
ge conferroll on the owners of the Fronch _stərmərs.
As with importa coming through Tonkin, the Mengtsz merchants state that the transit charges on errorts have also been raised, and that a further riss is to take place in 1693. The deores of the Governor Gomeral of Tonkih, issued in the beginning of 1890, enacting that all import duties and Transit dues on native produce entering Tonkin from Kwangs and revcked. Yunnan were to be omitted, has evidently bean
ME MORLEY ON DEMOCRACY AND WAR.
In the rather aruel raviaw of Mr. Lecky's book for Demversey which Mr. Morley en fributes to the Nineteenth Century for May, bu does a little bit of thinking alord which, to us at least, is very interesting. Mr. Morley does
The following tiger story is told by the reporting of cases of plagse that are about Bangkok Times-About a fortnight ago Mr. to be taken out of the colony Dr. CLARK D. W. Darki, of Messrs. Abraham snit Co, was sure the Board would "not counterance jewellers, left Bangkok with a friend awi want to Chantaboon to purchase rubies and "the removal of plagie patients from the sapphires, an expedition in which they were "colony onless they were arst ipade a very suvussful, bringing tack same 3000 Ces worth of sapphires. One day they went "quainted with the locality of the premisa into the jungle, to bathe in a fino slear pool
otcupied by such patients so that the in of water that they had discovered. -fected dwellings may be adequately disin- their bath they were diting in the abadn whether it was strictly a cookloft-bat there tompt to learof An attempt to tasve was Torbecke-iuto a house inside the city. They did not belong to the ruck of politicians who have of the trees, chewing hatel and smoking, when was some sort of storey exnoted at the back part little different from satuslly leasing: but, pot ako away any, property, but they carried risen. He has read enormonaly, be bax thought must be proved that the vessel was crossing or off a girl about twenty years of age. The girl deeply, and his general conclusions, if he would was forced Auto à soien sisir, which was in give them to the work, wohl afford all facing or hood in echo position that she must
waiting for the purpees. The case was im politicians matter for serious reflection. becially attempting to loavo.
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MARRIAGE.
On the 18th instant, by Rev.. El. Lloyd, at St. Jubu's Cathedral, Hongkong, GEORGE WOTE, to LATISE HULDA EMILIE BAGET, only daughter of Haririch Brost, of Kowloon Docks.
"forted. On this point there is no rdon for difference of opinion, and Dr. CLARK'S view will be universally endorsed. ***
Counsel
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The case wish reference to the notice given them. So great was the terror of the two men notice was given, as is required by the Ordinance, then quoted a case ia support of his contentios.mediately reported to Vicardy Tan, who ordorid Puts he is very chary of his generalising
a royal tiger, sppeared in a clearing only fifty yards away The animal glared. with his tail Great, and looked as if he meant to spring apen that they were unable sither to move or to atters word, but strangely enough their helpless fright proved just as effective as if they had acted with more resourceful during. After few seconds the tiger's tail suddenly dropped down, tojangle again: Though they were afraid ho wight come back, it was about ten minutes before the pair were in a condition to leave-ike place, so that the four seams to Isvo hean mutual batwein tho tiger and the jewellers, Thor returned to Bangisek by the deadong on Saturday evening 6th June) and reported their adventars to Clüsf Inspector Sherriff.
of the room. No notice was ever givante y clients that this was legal, no nation was given to them to remove it, and no reasonable of any intention to repeat the promises; but on the 30th Jana an Inspector went there out giving reasonable notice of his intention Section, 11. of Oriesace 15 of 1894 states The Bount shall have power by ita officers His Worship Yan say that this Board has to send notice that the Inspector is to com
Mr. Becco-The low says co;rerobable nolics". The Inspector came without notice and instead of requiring the owners to remora the partitions, which of course is the gist of the ranttor, a summons was immediately lasts and they were brought up at the Police Courton the 11th Juce, when the case was remanded. The owners took stops to get Mr. Danby to look at the premises, and Mr. Danby mivised them to REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
remove the shelves which were at the book of SUPPLIED TO THE "DAILY PHÊ.”] the shop the shelves which formed the parti- tions which are said to be illegal: I admit the LONDON; 17th June.
ookloft was illegal, when the shelves were FIELD MARSHAL YANAGATA'S
there, but they have been removed, and they VISIT TO BUROPE. . ·
were removed as soon as the, owners knew they Field Marshal Yamagata has had an audience vero illegal. Mr. Danby will tell your Wor- with the Emperor Willian of Germsay at Pots-hip, if necessary, that there is nothing legal spplied for leave to erect a cockloft for storage intsation of visiting England and of rottening purposes only, and if your Worship boks at via Canads. He soils from Marteilles on Suns par you will see this exact place. The only day:
offee charged against the defendants was having a coskloft, or something in the nature of accokleft, in a room partitioned off into separate compartmenta—the compartments con- sisting of choives which have now been removed; and the defondants have applied for permission to sraut » cockleft in coordance with the law and in accordance with the regulations of the Sanitary Board I ask your Worship not to maiot a penalty, or, if you do, to inflict only a Outnominal ponalty.
the police to offect the immediato arrest thoughts, but in this article he does afford of the soundrels and also stripped off the on, we should ray half-unconsciously, a glimpso inte This Interior mid. : He approves button of the Magistrata of Namhoi, DD the ground that it was owing to his reglect democracy, of course, more or less in almost of daty in not haring the district, well protected all its developments; but he is obviously information was givoa, that the emptured girl was most striking of them. He is disappointed, he in a house nost. Ta-pek gato and the police at says, by the attitude of the peoples towards enos sot out to make a raid on the bonsa. militarism, which is wholly contrary to all They found the girl there and two sorandrels were captured, whom the girl identified as the real offenders. It is said that the Magistrate's button has been restored, now that the offendors have been arrested.
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OLIVERS MINES.
previous anticipations. There was an idea that when the peoples achieved power they would put down war, would restrist the soldery to police duties or to national protection, as in Switzerland, and would at all oroute endeavour to roalies the time when, the kindly earth should slumber lappad in universal law." - The reality has been very different trom that dreami Europe hes become, since its democracisa rose to power, on armed camp eng maha tha Continent has to pass two or three years of his life in barrots, every man may fill thirty-five be sent by flat to serve on a campaign or Bories of campaigns, the standing areales contain TO THE EDITOR OF THE “DAILY FEESR.”
hundreds of thoamade of young men, while the Sir,In reference to Messrs. J. D. Ham drilled soldiers disposable for battle by an order phreys and Son's letter in your issue of to-day, are numbered in each of the four grout Western of the 17th inst. that the Olivar Freehold. Co's whatever that the peoplestiram of remedyingrihis proporty had been finally transferred to the sitaation, that they hops for a day when myfilter- Anglo al Anetralian Co, and stating that the tem may disappear, or that they are proparel to zame was inerrect, we would esteem it a favour make any sorious effort to make the burden if you would allow in space to give our lighter. Francs votes for her army ever suthority for the statement. To commence with, increasing sins; Germany has just added me. our remarks-referred to the Olivers Freehold fourth more to her muster role, sweeping up, nd the New Balmoral Co., bat as the negotia indeal, the last available man; Italy staggers tions for the transier of the properties are, we under her military charges, but refuses to. believe, being carried on jointly this need make reduco them; and in Austro-Hungary, so far no difference to the matter alique
as we know, but a voice is raised in favour of practical diesensament. Mr. Morley see it all, and detente it all to such degroo that hi him to offer what is really, considering his in annoyance positively bewilders him, oad induces tellectual position, an almost consic explonu.
CLARK's caning. The question is, then dám. Owing to ill-health he has abandoned his on the promisca at this moment. They havtention to leave with an oxone of DAHEGUgers. dealing with the statement made in our cironlar States by millions. Morsover, there is no sign
A man was charged with attempting to shoot person. The prisoner had his finger en ta
rigger, but it was held that he would not be convicted of attempting to shoot. What counes) submitted was that man mild truth the colony unless he was actually in motion. Ou the two points he had mentioned the case for the prosecution must fail. If his Worship was against him on those points counsel interded to call evidence ae to the notal facts of the case.. There was no doubt of an intention on the part of the compradore fa aflaut a little swindle on his own account The Wo Kes dem bad issued twelvo tickets, which were white tickets of tho ordinary form. But the compradore had access to the correspondence chon, which was looked upon es being very little different from the ordinary chop. Having access to the shop he mado ese of it to sell outside tiokots. Whon the captain was informed that several coolies in axes of the proper number were boarding: the abonnier he told the second offer to sand for the compradore, but this compradoro, coald not be found. The captain went to sleep and waited for the compradore and he had no "They kept up the port anchor for another purpose and not for the purpees of going with all the passengers on board. When the police boarded the stearer the compradove roturasă,
Wilesco Wers, then called for the defence: Solomon Veeker, said I am chief officer on board the Fetharch. I remember passengers coming on board on the night of the 27th May. board then and wiên The captain was not he came on board I told him there were more than twelve passangers. The explain toll me to bond for the compradors, who was on shero. I asked the captain when we should start and did not send the goodies ashore because they he said as soon as the compradore returned. I could not understand me. Ind no boats to sɛnd them ashore, and waited for the chupradore.. who came on board after the police came; I do not know how long after. I started to get the started to get it up about one o'clock. I part anchor up before the police came on bourd;
always get up one anchor two hours before the strip laaves, in order to buye loss trouble. I do not know whether the steamer attempted to leave the oclony. We left at eight o'clock in the morning with only twelve passangers. The remainder had been sent ashora.
of cleansing operations is not quite so clay, The petitioners say it is only in the after "noon the notice is gives and the very next "morning they [the Whiswash Brigade] and the great beast.quickly alunk of into the to enter and inspect upon reasonable notice." convicted of attempting to leave the waters of that the outrage coourred. On the 14th zust. perplexed, not to any worried, by one of the "come to pull, things down and "clean the premises, ind not enough time is allowed for the resuval of goods, which are damaged by dirt and the rendered less valuable." According to Dr. CLARK twenty-four hours' notice is always given; the hour for each house 'cannot be stated with exactness when a gang are working down a row, but a commcnec ment is not made upon a row until twenty four hours have elapsed after the giving, of the notice, so that houses at the bottom of a row have neiually more than twentyfour bears notice.
Such we take to be Clark's Meaning in questing MÚTULATO ane longth of orie JATUOKLONI or whether it is a fact, as stated by the petitioners, that in soros bases the notice is [1468 only given overnight and the cleansing operations commenced next morning. If the made by the petitioner be well founded they have a substantial grievance which the Protector of Chinese should do his best to see redressed. In the case of a dwelling houzz it may be possible to remove A CORRESPONDENT in South Formosa me he furniture at s few hours noties tions that no opium is now cleared from the without loss or any material inconvenience, Customs, godown at Anping, local require but in mercantile establishments where mens being drawn from supplies brought goods are stored in quantity and possibly in by junks, and he expresses the opinion of a perishable nature even twenty-four that emuggling is winked at by the Customs hours notice seems to abert, unless there authorities. This is an extraordinary state be an imperative necessity for expetition on of affairs; it must atrike everyone as men the ground of public bealth, whon.of course sts that foreign steamers should be pro all other considerations must give way, Bat cludes from participation in a lucrative no European hong or store would like to trade by favouritism shown to Chinese save its establishraent turned upsido dem its judgment in the case institated by the /him at the time that he would not be allowed pany, raid Chow Tak Woù "Tä tiis "inanagar pointed, or mispunctuated by, some eua; that stant a riffo in the other? With what native craft. We can hardly suppoes it it at twenty-four hours notice, and the uniter a case of corruption, for the Japanese public is one in which our Chinese fellow residents service is fairly clean handed; neither can are entitled to bo, trented with as much con- there be any difficulty in controlling the siderations as is practically possible. The jeak trade, as that is simply a matter of pro- generni cleansing of the city is over for the viding the requisite staff for the purposo. We are driven to the conclusion, therefore, that present; and we hope the provisions of the and johibits any further advances.
law rendering it incumbent upon hour.
The Daily
Press complaint
HONGKONG, Jexe 20th, 1806.
this winking at smuggling by junks must holders, to keep their premises clean then.
LI HUNG-CHANG IN GERMANT. Li Hung-chang bis paid a visit to Frank. fort-on-Oder. The stricts wero decorated for bin reception and be won warmly choored. The troops were paraded in his honour and he lunched with the officers of the garrison. APPALLING MARITIME DISASTER.
The Drummond Castlossk off Ushant. of two hundred and forty-seven on board vily three were saved
The Drummond Castle was one of Mosure.
a
Donald Carrie and Co. Castle" liner tract- ing with the Cape, and was, it is believed, or voyage from the Cape to England. The vessel was built in 1881 and was of 2,352, registered tonnage.}
FROM BANGŃCE PATRES) THE CAISSE DE LA DETTE AND THE SOUDAN EXPEDITION.
- LONDON, 8th June, The Mixed Tribunal at Cairo has delivered
Trench bondhulders agalant tan Commission of the Caisse de la Dette. The tribano holds that the advance from the reserve fund for the purposes of the Nile expedition was illegal. It therefore orders the Egyptian Government to refund the money plas five por cont, interest,
THA RECENT. BATTLE.-DETAILS OF LOSSES.
LONDON, 8th June. The Dervish loas at the battle of Firket, rear Akashah, was 1,000 mex, including their Com
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His Worshiy said he would hear some of the évidence.
John Reidio, Sanitary Inspector, said-At 4 pm on the 10th inst. I visited the round foor of 106, Queen's Road Central, with the written percussion of the Sanitary Board under 15 of 184. I saw a cackloft on the ground by-law 10 made under section 13 of Ordinance cor, 7 ft. 2 m. by 14 feet, being maintained in a room which was partitioned off in compari. monts, J'ha cookinft was illegal, because it did act have a space of 9 ft. 3 in. below and t ft.
above. I supervised the removal of the cockloft on the 10th or 11th April Jast, whilst the place was being cleanser. I told A new cookloft has since been to have it,
By Mr. Benco-The old cookleft extended 10 or 11 foot over the room. There were port tians in the room then. I do not knew when is now sockduft was erected. I saw it Set on the 10th June and issued the summons on the th. I did not give datandout at the obate the naisanos; I saw to-day that the partition bail bon removed.
Mr. Reege--Do you know that the owners have sent in an application to the Einitory Board for leave to erect a cochloft in scoord ance with the plan P
exantedt.
selves will render drastic measures uỊ. necessary in the future, but if it unfor tunately beconies rccessary to set the White wash. Brigade to work again its operations mander, while hundreds were made prisons or under Notilleation 375. Does it unt Ray,
should be carried on in such a way as to
use as little interference with the busines of the colony or with the convenienes of the inhabitants as my ander the circumstances of the case be possible.
The Egyptian loss was killed and 80 wonndol.
SUPREME COURT.
19th June.
CRIMINAL BESSIONS.
BEFORE HIS HONOUR DE. CARRINGTON (CHIEF JUSTICE)
ACQUITTED,
Chin Mnk, Chon Ping Nam, and Kwong Yee wore charged witli bringing into the co- any a girl named Heug Saug Kwai for the purpose of pladging Lor for the purpose of prostitution
WitnessYes. No permission is neceemcy. Mr. Resce think you will find it inovas No permission will be granted for their con tinuance oxcept for storage purposes only"?
Witness-X;" whore such room is divided off into mpatate compartments sad then only." There are ne partitions shown on the plan and to no permission is necessary to erect and main tain the cacklofty Ame
Mr. Rose-It le not strictly a ecckleft, Witness You admitted it was some time ago. I key, it is. The parts extend over the whole length of the floor and are made to lift up.
Mr. Reece, in further addressing the Magis trate, said there was nothing to show that the defendants were aware of the legality of the cockloft; it was much smaller than the old one, and defendante did not intend to infringe the law in any way. There was nothing legal on the premises now.
His Worship I cannot see that there is any Moss, Seimlenbeck, J. W. Daborno, I. G. do tention to yint a place. This place was Mogel The jury was composed of the following necessity to give notice of an. Inspector's in Rosario, D. K. Griftly, D. H. Bilas, B. H. and it would be very much better if, iasted of Hoard, J. M. da Rocha.
coming bare and pleading completo ignorance, Ho: H. B, Pollock Acting Attorney-Ge. they but conanked Mr. Danby or an Imperior Loral), instructed by Mr. A. B. Johnson (Crown in the first place. I shall infist the veal fine Bolicitor, prosecuted, and Mr. E. Bobinson $10. (instructed by Mr. Holmes) defended
The Acting Attorney General, in explaining
ticu
Nothing in political meditation can be more deeply interesting thau the connection belasen universal zailitary service and universal suffrage Tuine says that each of them is twin brother of the other. Brezy sitizen, said the ewly Jo bine, ought to bez soldier, every soldier a citizen. We can underland why the Jacobin,..with the Duke of Branswick and the coalition of kings on the frontier said this, but what is the carrot. of the operation which plrees a ballot paper in one hand of every citizen, and at the same in- dato" should not pratrices. of
On the 10th or 11th inst. a roport of the proceedings at the private meeting of the the foot of which the following was published Balmoral Co.'s shareholders was virenlatud, et
as a PS.—The following telegram from Mr. Ackroyd was received on the 9th inst Hare made arrangements to take all tho commissions in shares, Anglo will pay expenses from date, the mines have been favourably ra ported on, dotation with the utmost despatch," This talegram was also published by the China Mail of the 9th inst, as referring to the pro perties of the two. Companies and it was on the authority of the telegrams and the circulation of it by the Managers that wo stated the transfer had bean finally settled. We now learn that Torg Shen Hing, clerk to the Wo Koo Con- | the above telègrem was mistranslated, mis of the Company and ho is now in Canton; he he comms after the word
sacre and bankruptay for tho went there in April last and returned on the have been there, and that the message in the twentieth century, with what ozasperation of 9th June and went hiek, on the 15th inst. The opinion of the managers should have read hatred and distrael between autions, rtion of We Fee were charterers of the Petrarch, al Hare made arrangements to take all commie destenotion anth waste of human toil and the I was in charge. The Company issued twelve sons in shares Anglo will pay expenses from fruits of it
with what pesanger floots for the Farerch. The sips date the mines have been favourably reported coll towards the lower and unwholesome produced are applications for passenger tichsta, upo, &c. As for as we know no attempt forms of the old militant societies, with bew people holding them must have gone on the Brat version of the telegram other than the brata instincts, towards the sentiments, the but po tickets have been jesged on them,- The was made to contradiat or correst the retrograde a step towards the egotistio and Tetrarci by mistake. I culy issued two of publication of the following paragraph, which menuere, the morality of the soient city aud than these versin addition to the twelve tickets, appeared in the local papers of the 18th inet, of barbarous tribes. No other effect of domo. but they were not for the Petrarch,
We learn from the General Managers of cracy is comparable with this, no other sour His Worship held that the defendant did at the Olivers Freehold Co. and the New Balmoral prising, no other go widely at variance with tompt to leave with the excess of passengers. Gold Mining Co. that an offer to purchase confident and reasoned anticipations. We can Two anchors had been down and one of them the propertice of the two Companies by the only be sure that the retrogas military phase had been lifted. That showed an intention to Anglo and Australian Co. London, has been through which the modern world is now passing leare; the two anchors could not be lifted at accepted. The offer is subject to the mines the due to deeper influences than those ongo There were ronfly 122 parangers in being, favourably reported on by the expert belonging to demony as a mere form of excess and the defendant would be fined $3 on of the Anglo and Australian Co." This gaverament, und must have its roots in the kid each of them and a farther fan of $100, or magraph - was looked on by me, and we des and compten working of those religious and ventare to think by the public as a tardy an scientific ideas which at all times have exercised $166 altogether."
Mr. Mwent aimoanced his intention to pouncement of part of the proceedings at the a preponderating influence upon human institu peal on a point of law; he did not dispute the private meeting, and Kayway had nothing tions and their working."
definite or explicit about it in the way of a cor There was also summons charging the Womotion of the telegram published on the oth Keo Company as consignees with unlawfully inst. deriving profit from the tokets, and this sum. mone was adjourned pending the appeal
fact,
SOUTH FORMOSA.
FROM A CORRESPONDENT]
With apologies to you and your readers for taking up so much of gone valuable spase on a mere or less personal matter. Yours faithfully,
CHATER & VERNON. Hongkong, 19th June, 1896,
SHASI AND IOHAN ( Mr. F. Sakjöth, Acting Commissioner of Cua tome at Ichang, in his report for last year mys
be part of a settled policy dictated from head quarters. What the object in view may be we do not know. One conjecture that prescuts itself is that the Japanese Goy ernment, wishing to keep its hand free in regard to the importation of opium in For moa and its possible prohibition, is delibe mately allowing the fade to be diverted from sicamere to junks so that when the final
is set that a little like the language of the old theologians and pietistic old ladian who, whenever decision is arrived at the former may have
they heard of un not or an eront which they a grievance to urge, the trade having been
disliked or could not understand, instantly sR already lost to them That, however, deea The announcement that the Government
cribed it to the instigation of the Devil F. Mr. not seem a very feasible, explanation, for is unable to make any con presionate al
Morley, dislikes the military impulse and the Japan is quite unfettered in regard to opium lowanec to the widow of an interpreter in
religious impulse about equally, and therefore. declares that they "must" ba necrotly. con- and no formal objection could be raised to the employ of the Suitary Board who died
nested. Why must they be. There has certainly been no religious object in any recent her prohibiting its importation, whether the of plague contracted while in the execution
Ariso, 19th June.
wars, and the only religious change which has trade were at the time in the hands of steators of his duty will be received, wo think, with
come over the masses of the Continent has been Little or no opium is new, doured from the or junks. If the explanation be that the regret by all when attention has les
an increase of indifferentiam, and a reluctance Catous staff is insufficient to cope with the attracted by the circumstances set out in
being drawn from supplice brought in by junks. Customs godown at Auping, local requirements
to do anything for religion's sake. No religious How Ichang will be affected by the opening idea has gained acceptance which would make Jank trafficit isnotone that cannot beaccepted, the proceedings of the last meeting of the
Thes is little doubt that muggling is winked of Bhasi to foreign trade is quontiau which military training popular, as no doubt, it is po- far the simple remedy of increasing the staff Sanitary Board. We would commend the
is not easy to suswer at the present moment, pular with Mahommedan peoples, and was popular at by the Customs anthorities: The junk trade The opinions of the Chinese on the subject are among French, Eaglish, and Scotch Puritans, can be at once applied. Japan haring taken use to H. E. the Governor for reconeiden
is, unterally, nourishing under such favourable rather conflicting, but from what I can gather, and no antipathy to religion breads in modern over the government of the country is houndtion. The widow might reasonably be
conditions.
the general idea is that Ichang, in spite of the time passion for campaigning Religious to administor it with honesty and impar granted it least an amount equivalent to
Thu export duty en sugar is to be returned, opaning of the port în question, will continue | people all over the Contineas still nigh in a per- tiality, which it cannot be said to do so long what the deceased's seven years service the facts of the case, mid the circumstances
on production of a landing certifiato algned to hold, almost unimpaired, its important post funstory sort of way over the nexssity of tion as a plane of transhipment. In this con- soldiering, as they always have dene, while wit winks at smuggling by one description would have countet for in the calculation were rather peculiar. The defendants, the
by the Japanese Consil at port of destination. noction it may be borne in mind that over since markedly irreligious people, the oxuestion of of craft while rigorously enforcing the vagu of his pension had he lived and served long Chow, a town in the seith of Chins, not very Crown contonded, formed their design in Ko
This applies only to engar upon which the tar the opening of Johang, in 1977 this great France for example, dislike and distrust At the Police Court yesterday before Hon has been paxi, proof of which must be given to | transhipping business has vastly increased the gausrals alios, as much as they distrust and lations in respect of others. Steamship enough to entitle him to retire ou & penelon. far frota Hollow. Some few months ago Commander W. C. H. Hastings, Captain Shoal, the Customs at time of shipment. Sugars to number of regular trading, jonks and the host delike prints. We caurut even conocire owners have good 'cause of complaint and The amount would of course be smell, wasis wife and the second defendant his moned for attempting to leave the waters of Japan are already exempt from duty, so that feet, by judicions regulations and many years more than we can understand why the peopies,
Chinaman died in Ko Chow. The first deford- of the German steamship. Petrarch, was buzz
of expert trackers, while the working of the to what Mr. Morley's enggestion points, any the muster should receive nttention at the but it would nevertheless be a material zou. As was often the custom auunget the the colony with Tal presengers in exons of the the orezus from this souros will now pre-firectics, has now been rendered perfect as who know just a litle of scimve an ex hands of the British Minister to Japan, assistance to the family in the circumstances Chiness they were very anxions. for proper number allowed by his clearance, contrary to tically be all. Why the tax was ever intro regards the up-rivar cargoed which arrive here they did, should have been induced by de
1 in which they are left. In the enge of tanately, the family was a pour one d
fanom ceremony to be performed, but unfor-saction B of Ordinance 28 of 1891.
duced to the detriment of the Customs revonne per steamer from Hankow, the probabilities of spread of the safentifie spirit in the culti Mr. C.Evans appeared for the dofenes
tamo being landed at Shesis for transhipment | watod clses to support e system which doon Tax Sanitary Board on Thursday dealt who meets his death in the execution in order to pay the fanmi oxponses they had to do Crus, arth clerk in the Harbourse polat which might well occupy the atten- Into junks, instead of conlinning by steamer to their own children for throu your of their lives. rather cavalierly with the Chinese petition of his duty special consideration ought to then arranged, it was allegat, that the the defendant of the Garman steamship in responsible for the hopeless confusion iste principal grounds for saying so are the Mr. Merley's explanation seems to us to expla
27th May lasttion of the genius at Taipeh who, we believe, Lohang, are, in my opinion, very unlikely. My to a singularly disagreeabls form of slavery, borror money from the third defendant. It Mastor's oflce, sald that on with reference to the enforcement of the be shown to those who were dependent pu second defendant's wife, who had been married Petrarch, oloured the ship with twelve pas which the Customs and lekin offices are now Une lost by zhipping in junka instead of by nothing, and to be, in fuot, only a scarcely moitary regulations. petition was ad him.
four years, ahould be brought to Hongkong nad sugers he had a passenger certificate The sold as a prostitute, the process to go towards ship had been cleared eight or nine times this thrown. The chief ocupation of the Customs steamer, and (2) the inservenience ansed by needed lastration of the truth that even having to sliacharge grens at Loliang and sugege | powerful minch flnd à dificulty in clearing paying off the money advanced by the third year in Hongkong.
staff will now be to collect duties one day and trackers instead. To this I would add the themselves of any prejudice which har on63 defendant for the funeral expenses.". The girl P. C. Ashmoze sileät 145 sam on the return them the core
conposition of the stanner, ocmpanies, who have eaten deeply into the gram. Religion the cause was brought to this oddsay and, acerling to 21 May I boarded tas ateamship feirards with Foreign residents at Tamsol vill regret to provided, et grost expsore, large godowns of of the conscription! Mr. Morley might as well the evidence for the prosecution, an attempt Acting Sergeant 404. Bbe was moored at the was owls to sell her, but the brothel kearer north side of the fairway. I saw the captain, hear of the death of Dr. Nigstaki, canitary chang for the storage of state cargo, With say that it is the cause of the Western passion and an old but you the police heard of wasted to count the passengers. I looked down day ago. of us, B att landel, hat, after Romerates that low blond, whetare pero or spur,
bosta from Chungking, sunki with the "If the kkiod la the is lud not suficient money and before the trans who was asleep aft, I woke him up and sad. I officer, who escumbed to favar et Takow a few gan to the down-river cargos in chartered the affair and arrested the defendants.
the fose hold and saw he had more than twelve. The camphor difficulties are happily at ind,
clicalaces through the organs of the human body-- Evidence was then called, when the Chinese passengers on board. Some of the page the Japanese Government having agreed to CLARKE'S WORLD-FAMED BLOOD MIXTURE→ Lung, Heart, Biomach, Kidneys, Brain. If it is We profess to govern the Chinese with justice ft Stylerman mail steamer Prins Heinrich interpreter employed at the Central Biation come up and I examined some of the tickets, of
medical skill have brought to light. Sufferers from coupon cess of Berofalo, Bourvy, Ecse, Bad- and consideration and when they come for daylight, i via Foochow an the 18th inst., at produced statemente anade by the prisoners, which there were two kinds: 040 was long allow the trade to continue on the old lines, The most searching Blood Claser that selence and laden with poleenmus matter it spreads disease on its may be expected here to morrow. who had been cantioned in the usual way. Kelip and the other was a short white toko. I panding discussion of the question at Tokyo. Serufala, Bourvy, Econa, Bad Legs, Siln and Blood Lega. Skin and Blood Disease, Fispies, and Sores of
Robinson asked his Lordship's view of the did not count the passengers, but went to the The advil onion st. Anping having been trains Dienes Hiraptor and Soren of any and are solicited all kinds the state of Clarke's Blood Mixture ar At the Magistin, bey are labouring under a grievance it is
Martin BoFarlane Toeterday a scamsan named practice, Counsel objected to it on the ground Water Police Station, and Inspector Hanson the duty of the departsucota concerned to months and fourteen on to goal for three that it was inarpadient, it was in the form of returned with me, At Sam not the ferred to Taizan removes Me Matsumoto, to give is trial to test its valne Thoumads of marvellous. Thands of wonderful cures have been where al Z: 91. per bouls. Beware of worthless immi whore at da. 98. per bottle. · Beware of worthing
Filzations and subschiatan, investigate the alleged grievance in order to from the British ship dut for stealing gooda u invitation, but had the authority of a passengers in the presetes of the defendant. LIB., a gentleman to whom foreigner wonderful or have been affected In It Sold ever acted by Clarke's Blood Misture is sold ever
There were on board 124 odzīta ten ows a debt of gratitude. Mr. Matsumototadone and betitute.
to His capacity of Protector of Chase, will in the city and twu in Sowlsun.
dressed, however, not to thesanitary Board,
but to the Registrar General, that official,
Yesterday there are three cases of plague
no doubt decin it his duty to make thor
plaints of the petitioners be well. founded,
to again bring the matter before the Board.
The & steamer Belgic, with mails, do, Inquiry into the muters and, if he left Nagseski fer this port en tan 18il: inch,
midnight.
ward and with due respect represent that
Th
*.comstand.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY PASSENGERS IN EXCESS