SUPREME COURT.
Tuesday, 4th November.
IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION.
BEFORE. THEIR Honours W. Merox Goon-
MAN (CHIEF JUSTICE) AND A. G. WISE
(Puisse 'Juras), but t
YUX CHEUNG FIRK AND OTHERS ». LI
LUT WAN...
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH. 1503
ENQUIRY INTO COLLAPS ES OF HOUSES.
KOWLOON CITY ROAD. The enquiry into the fatul collapses of houses in Kowloon City Iload on 18th July Inst was Temmed ut. ten o'clock yesterday morning. Mr. H. L. Dennys, Acting Crown Eolicitor, appeared on behalf of the borerament, while Mr. H. W. Looker represented the architects, Mesara. Leigh & Orange, and Mr. C. D. Wilkinson tlie éontmotors, the Loong Cheong
firm.
ing firm, was recalled The Fousus en Lot 1.107
Tam A Ling, of the Loong Choong contract were finished in Mareb, he said, and those on Lot T108 between 8th April and 7th May this The most northern wall on the latter block balged out in the foorth moon, which commenced on 8th May and Suisbed on 5th Inne, and the only. explanation he could give of its bulging out was that perhaps the dues of the bricks were up: the foundations did not sink, This wall was partly pulled down and rebuilt, and these operations were completed in the fifth moon-- from 6th Juss to 4th July. Some cracks appeared in the wall after the typhoon of 2nd August. These racks were caused by the typhoon that was their only explanation. After the typhoon, two kitchous full down on Lot 1113, and there were also some cracks.
Mr. Donay--Where?
EASTMAN'S
at that time. To their great alarm the missionaries learned that the people ware secusing them of causing the disease by putting poison in the wells. Although, like the members of the C... generally, they lind no wish to have much to do with the auto tuer KODAKS, FILMS. considered the affair esrious enough to cause them to do their best to obtain metal help or protection.
tile
should be applied in payment of the plaintiffs' not quite dry, and the workmen were hurryIDE afore theks every day from 8 a.m. till 530 | having lont all hope of the Hien. He was a
This was a motion for leave to appeal against s much of an order of His Honour Mr. Justice Wise in Chambers made in certain Sammtury Court nations on 11th October cita summons taken out by the plaintiffs, to which the said Li Woon i was respondent, ia diree. ted that the balance of the funds in the heads of the manager appointed by the Court costs of action and in payment to the plaintiffs of their respective judgment doble pro rata, on the ground that, the said funds belog the balance of rente collected in advance by the maonger, and the seid. Li Woon Chi having an the 1st of September, or in the alterastive on the 10th of September, acquired the position of mortgagee in pussession of the property out of which the routs came, sach portion of the ronts as accrued on and subseront to these alterna- tive datos should be appointed to Li
Woon
Chi and should be payable to him by the manager.
Mr. M. W.
allest instrusted
barrister-at-law, who appeared for the
bg. Mr. Hastings, of Messrs, Desson & instinga, soliciters), said that this case arose out of a long series of actions in the Summary Court as a result of which certain landed property belong ing to a au camed Li Lut Wan was seized. A prohibitory order was obtained and a manager of this property was appointed to receive the rents and to pay them towards the claims of the judgment creditors. On 1st September the mortgagee to this seme man--the appellant it the case-applied by summons to be allowed to take possession of the property which was then in the hands of the manager. The munger being in possession on lichalf of the Court, the mortgagee could not obtain possession except by going into Court. His summons for that purpose was not heard at once, it was taken out for the 5th of September and postponed Bu the 10th of September, through no fault of the applicaut at all; and -on the 10th September an order was made letting him into possession and practically discharging the manager from the possession of the property. While the manager was still in passession, he of course had obtained the cunts of the superior landlord. The rent paid for the property was payable at the end of each month; the routs coming from the tensul were payable in advance in the onlinary Chinese way. Now, the manager when he wont out on the 10th September had collected practically the whole of the rents for the months of August and September without paying any rent to the superior landlord for these two months, so that the mortgages who rent for the month of August, and, naturally, took passessió a bad been compelled to pay the being in possession at the end of September, for that month as well. Before he collected a singis cent of rents he had paid tea months rent to the superior landlord. The result of this was that he got absolutely nothing out of it. The Puisas Judge asked why he did not go in before?
Mr. Slade replied that perhaps he had made E mistake, but he considered that he was going in sufficiently early to secure his money if he had received and paid the same number of rents, On the other than the manager had received six months rente and paid only Ove.
The Fazine Judge remarked that there was then only one month's rent wrong.
Mr. Blade-guid that was so, bat the manager's one extra month put the mortgagee two months wrong. The motion asked that the rents obtained by the manager, 81,600 for August, and during the month of September before the mortgagee came into possession, be repaid to the mortgage.
The Chief Justice will he thought they could not go beyond the 5th of September in relation to the claim for that month. All they could say would be perhaps the 1st,
The Fuisna Judge concurred.
POLICE
COURT.
Tuesday, 4th November.
BEFORE MR. E D. C. WOLFE (ACTING
POLICE MAGISTRATE).
3
AND ACCESSORIES
DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN. GOOD WORK. PROMPT RETURN.
ACHEE
& CO.,
17a, · QUE #N'S
PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS STORE,
ROAD CENTRAL.
1208
WORKS.
FEW DOORS EAST OF HONGKONG HOTRL.
Hongkong, 22nd October. 1902.
VICTORIA LITHOGRAPHIC
31, WYNDHAM STREET.
CENTRAL AGENCY. LANDHOLT, THE PHARMACY, 14, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
respoet of 50 houses being builtin Kowloon City Road for the Land Investment Co. These houses were on Lols 1,107, 1,108, and 1,114, From May till Norambar he got $60 a month wages and $5 a month allowance for launch bire, H sentenced work on these houses about May, and from May till September these were the only houses as had to lock after. In September his had 20 more to look after; these afterwards he had 48 houses more belonging to military officials, in the city to whom they could belonged to Mesars. Leigh & Orange. Then There were two civil, and quite a number of the Land lavestment Co. to look after: that apply, but naturally they turned firet to the was a little before Christmas. After November district magistrate, who was Wan Chuo-kain, $75 a month up till last month, just now he was 2ith of July the missionaries approashed him his pay was 815 more--that was $75. He got and was shortly to be leaving pilite. On the Eating Sou. The roofs and walls of the 15 and asked him to iesne a proclamation to quiet houses on lot 1,10 were finisher in Jaunary or the rumours, and also gave him the beginning of February; all the work on that, placard which had boon posted up accusing
a copy of block was flulehed in the beginning of March. of having poisoned the wells. The magistrate The roos and walls of the block on at 1,608 praised to attoud to the matter, but carefully were finished about March: the whole of the did working. Da the 2nd of August they work was completed in the latter part of May learned that they were going to be put to death The houses on Lot 1.118 ware finished a little doring the eighth month, and on the 12th of
WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHMENT SOLELY DEVOTED TO EXECUTING kouses on Lot 1,108. As overseer ha Angust they approached the Prefect, evidently WAS VIL the
WORK FOR AMATEURS, AND WE HAVE LARGER AND BETTER FACILITIES p.m. while he was living in Hongkong Homes of good family, Wa Chi-chan by name-- moved over to the other side in November last H. B. Wang Wen-hsiao is his uncis. They gave FOR DEVELOPING AND PAINTING THAN ANY HOUSE IN THE COLONY year, and then he attended at the works from the Prefect a copy of another inflammatory 7.30 am, till 5.30 pm, going home for meala When be said he was on the works he meantation, but did nothing.
placard, and be also promised to issue a procla by the works " these 50, 20 and 43 house About this time an Eurasian gentleman, au The north wall of the block on Lot 18 agent of the Imperial Post Office, arrived in showed a small crack at end of May, or the the city. He had been sent out to open a line Wituess There, in the northern wall.
beginning of June. He pointed it out to Mr. of offers by the Yaoa river route through to Continuing, he said he did not notice any Leigh, and the wall was taken down to the Kweichan, and carried with him some, $4,000 cracks in the party walls between the houses on
foundations and rebuilt; the rebuilding was cush and stamps to a still finished some time ia Juuo, but witness could į pat up in-au inn opposite or value. Ho Lot 1,108, he was naaware whether the western
Hsien's yawn, wall, from which plaster fell daring the
not remember the exact date. On 18th July and, as soon as he realised the situation, went typhoon, bulged outwards, as he had not
lust Nos. 30, and 2 fall down, and the southern and producing his credentials, asked the district plumbed it, "Two tis-rols were put in between after the typhoon of and August; that the usual, was promised readily enough, but it never wall of the block ou Lot 1,007 was craskadagistrate to issue a proclamation. This, as party walls of the block on Lot 1,108 sino the houses were finished. The southern
was taken down. At the same time two appeared. Apparently they had no intention of wall of the houses on Let 1,167 was also cook-leuses en Lat 1,103 fell down, and one interfering with the manifest course of events. cracked by tus typhoon on 2nd August and
crack appena in be northern wall of that lot. The misionaries do not appear to havo was takon down. Rain beat the plustor
No more oras had appeared in this wall singo applied the military officials at all, although off the westerns wall on this lot, but ad August; witness last saw it yesterday there was a camp of soldiers at their own back witness was not able to say whether that wall (Monday). After looking at the exhibit shown door, The witary foress of the place were was plumb or not. He had not seen any cracks, thought there might be some small under a Tengling named You Wu-lin. He in the party walls of Lot 1,10. Whatever had cracks, but there was no crack leading from ht been there for many years, and was a men happened to the walls on the two blocks was
about the lovel of the second floor down to the of great influence is the neighbourhood. By caused by the typhoon.
ground. Witress did not think that the western general report, he was excordingly anti-forelu, wall of the block on Lot 1,10% had any tendency and had ones dismissed way of his subordinates outwards, and so far as he kuaw no cracks had for being fri ndly with the missionarios. His appared in the party walls of that block second i command was Ching Yao-kui, who of houses; he believed that two fie-rods ·ħad was stationed with his men opposite side been pat in betoon Nos. 36 aut on black of the river from the city, and was under the 1,10%, but by whose orders he did not know. Tany-ling's orders on as account to leave his With referens to block 1,107, the western wall post. On the river itself was a Dayal Tang-ling, there had no tendoacy outwards, and no cracks named Chao Ya tien with half-a-dozen ganbeste As to the curse of the collapse iu Kowloon had appeared in the party walls. He could in charge. Finally, in the city there was the city City Load, witness could pais attributo that to
give the Court no ressen for these two houses, gorrisou, with its camp just behind the mission, the typhoon. The house were well-built, and Nos. 30 an 13, falling down, ber could he the materials were good. He saw the houses explain the craess in the walls and the collu psos
the chief of which was the Tie-sze, a goatleman uamed Yu Liang-ju. after they had fallen down, and found that the of the two kitobens. At three o'clock on 18th bricka were hard. He lɔked carefully to see
July witness went over all the works, and none whether there were any soft bricks about, and of the plaster on the two blocks was off at could not find any. He had uc complaint blisterel or balged. At about ten or sloven that time, and as far as he could see it was not whatever to make of the way in which the sab-o'clock on the morning following the collapse Ng Leong, Tam A Ling' partner in the he examined same of the fallen bricks, Loong Chuong firm, was the next witness. He and found them wet owing to the heavy said that he personally saperintendal the
rain, but fairly good. The brioka on the top Loud for the Land Investment Co; he spoke which fell after the accident. Regarding the building of the fifty housus in-Kowloon City of the heup were softened by the heavy rain a little English, and was the English-speaking materials, it was witness's opinion that they foreman referred to in the specifications. He were good and in accordance with the specifics. was at the houses daily from six or Baron in Mr. Crisp, the inspector of buildings, sometimes White the fity houses were being built, morning until after the evening meal,
Witures was then taken ever ground that visited them. He may have been there without had already been covered by the evidence of his being seen by witness, who saw him about one
a mostb. He made no complaint to witness as to partner. As to the collapse, he was quite certain that No. 30 full test, and that No. 3 fell the quality of the materials used. The arohi tent back on No. 30. After the collapse, he examined
come about twice a week, and has would sometimes the bricks and found them all to be hard; he say that good bricks and mortar were to be used. did not look whether there were any soft ones. but he is id no complaint in respect of the quality The reason the two houses fell was on accounting foreman; was there every day. Witness did of the material. Ng Leuag, the English-speak of the typhoon, Witness thon detailed defects. that had appeared in the two blocks of houses not think there was any sinking of the founda since the typhoon of End August, and the
tions either on Lot 1.107 or Lot 1,108, that had boou taken to remedy them. There water for building purposes was obtained from
steps
The was a European overseer always on the spot three wells dug in the vicinity, which were looking after the building, the houses;-some-
filled
up when the work was finished. timus he went to look after some property near.
Dy Mr. Willison-It was witness's duty to the Docks belonging to the Land Investment see that the work was done in accordance with Company. There were also twenty houses
the specifications, and he was satisfied that it
Farther examined, witness said to bad built some godown for the Wharf and Godown Co., and tuo western wall was moved by the typhoon, but was now shored up. It was not the case that one of the gable walls of 22 Chinese houses built for the same Company he witness was cracked; there was a slight crack near th kitchen.
contractors did their work.
belonging to Leigh & Orange that
tions.
was. came
under the overseer's supervision; these houses By a juror-Witness supervised the mixing were commenced in the eighth con last year of the mortar and the laying of the bricks. beginning 13th Septowber, 1901. The Govern-
P. T. Orisp, inspector of buildings, said bo ment inspector of buildings, Mr. Crisp, aien knew the blocks of houses erected on Lots 1.107, looked at the fifty houses in Kowloon City Road 1,108, and 1,119. The list produced showed the The motion for leave to appeal was granted. whilst they were building; he came sometimes
visits he had made to the houses, and was com The Court adjourned...
once a week, twice a week, or once in two weeks, piled from his diary. The first inspection was Не never came at any fixed time, pe gave notice made our June last year, and the last en when he was coming. He saw all the materiais 12th March, 1992. Between oss dates he had used in the building of the walls of the houses,
visited the houses 24 times; they were and never said they were not good. The
near his residence, and he could visit them architect visited the houses sometimes once frequently. On 18th March he made a thorongh and sometimes twice a week, and when he inspection of the whole work, and was thorong came witness went round the work with him.y satisfied with it; be bad four holos cut in the He never said anything to wimiss about the walls, and produced samples of the bricks. quality of the matoriale, and he saw the bricks the morning after the collapse. The two bricks mortar, awi plaster used which he picked up ou and mortar that were being used. Tam A Ling in Court were picked up haphazard, and, he and sometimes cucu o fortaight. The contact bricks insel. The shinples were as hard when new the work sometimes ence and twice a week
considered them to be fair specimens of the was tekou for $145,000, but withuss eeuld not say what profit there might be until all the
they were picked up as they were now, but work was finished sad the accounts were made they but at that time ben rentaro soft to a up.
certain extent by the heavy rain. Water ball In answer to Mr. Denays, witness said that the effect of softening bricks, nb here, at any the work ou il fifty houses, had already bean rats, though not in England. Witness did not finished, but as the accounts had not been made so any bricks that were as soft as the origial up he did not know whether he would gain or clay. The piece of plaster produced was also a se over the quatrast. For this same reason fair sample of the material used, but heavy ruin he could not form any stints as to ho
falls such as occurred here would in time peae much it and east to repair the damages caused cats the coating of plaster and enter the brick- by the typhoon. He had not paid all the sub-wall. contractors, but could not say how much he
By Mr. Looker One of the four holes was still owed them. Taur A Ling her about out in the collapsed wall at No. 30. The
ROBBING THE DEAD.
Ip Tan, z boggar, pleaded guilty to stealing à pair of silver earings, a silvor hairpin, and savoral articles of clothing of the total value of $6.50, from the dead body of a Chinese wowan, and was sentenced to three months hard labour.
The defendant, with another mendicant, was present when the funeral of the deceased took place, and saw the earings, etc., on the body. Later on he and his accomplice returned to the grace and committed the act of dessers- tou of which the defendant was convicted They did not return the body to the grave, and this led to the discovery of the grae some offence,:
E
EUROPEAN SENT TO PRISON....
the accounts; witness did not. Albert Joseph Clark, of América, described
By
Wilkinson-Witness was present on Mr. asari anemployed miner residing at the Nong been round the unceoupied houses cinsing all the occasion of the walle collapsing, il had kong Hotel, pleaded guilty to obtaining by the doors. He saw one open window on the false pratences a gold watch of the value of $300 and a gold locket set with a diamond and soud Buor of house No. 30 soon after, the valued at $00 from Moses. Ealconer & Co., Queen's Road Central, and was sentenced to six months hard labour.
collapse.
of the firm, but he had not yet made up.
By e Juryman-Witness was the accountant | the accounts in respect of the bouses fu Kowloon City Bond, As they had not been made op, he was unable to say whether thera would be a profit or a loss ever the contract.
eatting of such holes was to make sure that the walls were properly built.
mean, of note, is walls go here.
Witoosthus I may properly built,
By a juror The holes cat in the walls wer ten inches square,
The enquiry was adjourned until to-morrow (Thursday) aflerrona,
THE CHENGCHOW MASSACRE
CASE.
Hsien
VISITING CARDS Engraved and Printed equal to the bat.
Copperplate work.
setting forth the crime and the punishment to the ofernal disgraes of the place.
CHEQUES, BILLS OF EXCHANGE. COMPRADORE, ORDERS, Eugrayal and Printed by Europona Artist G
especially provides, Sir Ernest Satow originally took this view, and the Law Offloors Gazette for the information of the Empire,
7. That all be published in the Peking upheld his opinion. It may be interesting to uote-and from the equity point of view it is carried out might be counted on to work a cure land on the foreign settlements is 100,000 yan These measures are pretty thorough, and if importaat-that the amount actually paid for Considering all Uut has gone before, and all per annum, taking Kobe and Qeaks at a collec the serious results that will follow to Chips tion of 1 bu only and not 1 bus actually herself, if those massueres are not put a stop to,, levied before). If this House-tax was levied no one can say that they are either too hard or the additional sum would be 25.000 yen, Oa unnecessary flowever, the Chinese authorities the other hand, if tases ware lavied the same as
official in such a enzo (the more pity that it considered them outrageous. Tasy hold that:- Thore is no precedout for executing an should be so!).
foreign Ministers themselves to meet mach casos, That the Protocol made and provided by the
and never that they shall be executed only demands that capable officials be dimissed,
The fatal day was the 15th of Augast. Da this day, the post office man, losing faith in the
back to the district magistrato again, who was promises, in turn applied to the Prefect
the new man who had just taken over the seale. to have steps taken. The Prefect referred him
is naus was Chen isi-nien, and he promised immediate attention to the business in land, but whether his promi was worth any more koors, Ou the way back to his in the than that of his predecessor was never to be Eurasiaa gentleman met with the mob conte That in no civilised country in the world and intervened with all good. He was able to That if inngistrates are to be decapitatial at out to slay the foreigners, and was attacked by could the death penalty is inflicted in anoh à theth at once. Fortunately tho Hsien was near, case as is houro. rescue him, but badly injured, and with the lows the request of foreigners, they would never of all his cash and stamis
again be able to control The mob next hurried on to the mission,massacres would take place overywhere, and the people, and
carefully made no more to check them, notwith- passing en route the Tung-ling's yamên, who all the time. standing that the Prefect insists that he (the Prefect) had the previous day ordered him to appears to have been killed at once on the un send soldiers to protect the mission. Mr. Brace mises he was simply pounded to death but Mr. Lowis escaped and ran for protection to the slammed in his face and be driven back into the camp of the garrison, only to have the gate hands of the mob. He was killed on thostreet in front of a house occupied by a petty expectant official named Chen Hsing-lo, ho admits having been & spectator of the murder, and says he expostulated with the crowd, although others say be actually bounded them ou
Concerning these main facts there is no dis thoroughly by Vice-Consal Giles on the spot. pute at all. The maiter was gous into most at the cative authoris duit them. Further Mr. Lowis's diary was found giving particulars applications for help. The last entry is dated of rumours, the placards, and their vain 14th Angast aud day.
d says: "A cebymun called to The new Haien took office. Rumours say that thres pigs have been killed and the feast prepared, etc., and that we are to be hors de
combat,'
After the affair, the authorities had it all the case. The Mission, according to its policy, their own way for as long as made it plain what they considered was suitable action to take in
of ground in which to bury their den. "The gratefully a couple of coffine, and a small piecu made no demand upon them but accepted
damages done to the usu-brouse were be repaired by the officials without being asked. The Governor ostered that the murderers were to be seized and ex eated, with the result that their heads. He also devounord the officials for in a short time nine of them paid the peually with degradation, and the necessary edicts were duly issued. At first, it looked as if an exception was to be made in the case of the big mou, the Prefect and Tangling, but after an interval they too were denounced.
100,00) you. This would soon to show that tho House the amount would be about Japanese-owned properties, and indusive of
Sir Ernest and the other foreign Ministers in were right, from the poetic justice point of view, Tokyo, who took up the same has of argument. in instructing their nationals not to pay the tax. This view wes uphold again this year by the Law Officers of the Crown,
that the terms as to payments for the laud The foreign residents urged that the language. of the olsasein the treaty was conclusive, and necessarily implied that the buildings upon it Government agreed to refer the matter to were included. Six months ago the Japanese arbitration, hat in an unfortarnate moment, and declined to agree to tas lomaads till now. In usually exercises, they chose the moment when With these and similar arguments they have with less taet than the Tokyo Government reply it might be pointed out that the punish. they had acknowledged that their claim was not massacre of foreigners in the same as they compel ebedience to the law. The foreiga ment. they consider sufficient to atone for the indisputable, by referring it to arbitration, to measure out for the embezzlement of a few residente rosented this action, and uestings taals, or for asking a mistake of a character were held and the determination state of not personage of the offcial clase were to lose unt paying the tax. Then payinent under protest in writing a despatch. That if' any important life under similar circumstances plenty of but the protests would not be accepted, and the was suggested pending the arbitrators' report, preculents would be found for executions. distraints followed. We cannot but think that That it is only the anti-foreign official whose the Japanese Government would have been head is so sacred two yours ago they beheaded much better advised had it, for the sake of its friendly reials fant envugh, and for no other own domestic law, made a beat case, and got the reason than that they were f landly to foreignurs. opinion of its highest court. If that bad been. However, His Majesty's Government and against the contention of foreigners the matter. Minister have not been chopping logic with might have proceeded to arbitration, as demands they have ordered up the gunboats. where it is claimed the Treaties over-ride the them. Satisfied with the justice of their Japause Court could not decide on a point The probability is that all will be settled before law. It would have been more satisfactory to argue, bat appeal ud misericordiam to have the arbitration, which in due course now will decide. they arrive. The Chinese authorities no longer have proconded thus as a precedent to the terms mitigated, especially to have the derapi. the dispute. Government stands to its terms the Chinese zation attered something else. If H.M. will give in in any case what is insisted on now will be obtained.
..
(SBT are is the designation of a First
brigadier commanding more than one battalion Captain of a battalion of troops of the Terr.torial Army garrisoning a eity. A Tang-ting is a
THE HOUSE-TAX QUESTION
IN JAPAN.
We inko from the London & Chian Express of the3rd inst. the following resume of the above presentatives of Japan sad of Britain, France, dispute, for the arbitration over which the re- and Germany have now been selected, as our telegram in another column velatos :-
LATEST STEAMEL MOVEMENTS.
The Imperial German mai steiner Sackson
about the 11th inst. left Kobe, via Nagasaki and Shanghai, on the 2nd iust., p.zn., and may be expected hore on or
The C.P.R. steamer Athsaían arrived at, Vancouver at a.m. on the 3rd inst.
“YEBISU.“
THE FAMOUS
OF
TOKYO.
Now that the protocol for the referenco of the House-tux question in Japan, as it affects the foreign holders perpetual lensos, has been regard this satisfactory settleiarat. But prcoume that this three years, discussion of this JAPANESE BEER
However, the British Government did act referred to The Bagns permanent tribunal, we for the culpable connivance of the officials the question will conse, at least till the time of award affair could never have happened. They had calls for comment. The Japanese Gorerament platy of warning, and knew perfectly well what has mau while wisely agreed that, pending the was planned, and about to take place. It is now arbitration, they will defer the further collection evident that if this pastime of of the tax, and they undertake that none of the they were so many mad dogs, is ever to be puts ceedings being reported to, shall be prejudi butchering inofivusise Brilish subjects, as if few foreigners who paid, without distraint pro-j stop to, the responsible officials must be dealt by their action. The proceedings have general- with. It is also perfectly well known that there by boen a friendly character, and in many very little difference between the so-called de instances not devoid of humour, by all the same gradation of-officials in such cases, and letting it was thought that whilst the subject was one them off weot free. in dae time, therefore, of diplomatic discussion the tax-gatherer's PLEASANT. Consul-Gen ra] Fraser demanded:
hand should be withheld. Theirpresent decision the direct cause of Mr. Lowis being done occasioned, as was perhaps, inevitable, and may be 1. That the Tete, Lin Liang-ju, who was will remove any little raveour that may have been codenth, through landing him over to the mob aec ptel as a graceful concession. The proto after he ran to his camp for protection, be col provides, according to information wired
be referred to two diambers of the permanent depilated.
by the Times correspondent, that the dispute shall tribunal at The Hagas, ena to be mamed by England, France and fermany, and the other by Japan. An umpire is to be appointed by
two
members so chosen, and, in default of PER sach appointment, the King of Sweden is to bo invited to nominate him. In previously dis cussing this question we have pointed out that the fondamental question in the dispute turns
FIEROR AS TIGERS."" Chan Chi unemployed was charged with assaulting fisherman with a chopper on board a junk in the harbem. He pleaded not guilty. Chia Po, bricklayer, 21. Wellington Street,
The Hankow correspondent of the N-C. Daily The complainsot stated that on the let hist, testified as to a sub-contract taken by him from this case has resulted in a naval demonstrating News writes under date 27th October:- Sind at 6 am, the defendant and five others boarded Loong Cheong to build fifty houses in Kowloon by the British on the Yangtze, it may be as well his boat, whiels was anchored off Tai O. The City Boad; this sub-contract was for all to state the facts again. Although nothing new defendant said he had come to recover a sum bricklaying work-aying bricks, plastering, and of Ts, 45 which he said the complainant's tila-laying. For this he was to be paid $10.700 known has siready been published, yet the at the urging, Yon Wuling to
ims come to lebt, and all that was previously ther owed bim He and the complainant and of that amonat about $500 was still owing pablic is notorious for its short memory: it needs whose anti-foreignism the affair was originally hat a few words, which ended in the defendant's to him. The Loong Cheong arm was to frequent refreshing, pickog ap a chopper and cutting the complain- supply all the matovia's. Witness knew
due, and to whose influence was due the fact autose the hand with t
The defendant, who called a sertness to speak either bricks or morlar, The just witness told of the first order it is really quite a small pince nothing about the prices of the materials, province of Hunan, and al bough x Fa-a city
Chengchow is a city in the north-west of the that no subordinate official dare give protection,
be also satenced to decapitation, but the sen the for him, said it was quite true that the father him what to do, and he simply carried out It consists of one long street, with the usual frontier for life. prithe
tence may be remitted to banishment to the complainant' Owed bin Tis. 45. The his erdara. Witness went and looked at Nos. liberal allowance of civil and military yemens latter his brothes are flerve as tigers, 30 and 32 the day after the collapse, and a fare in it which Flies Mission Opened a atetida for five years and never employed aga s
& That the two "promising" officials, We and the injury, to the complainant was self-days after he examined the fallen bricks and ago, the China Inland
Some five ye rë the Prefect, and Won the Haie, b. banished The defendante witness and who fonud them to be hard and in good condition: there, and up till the Boxer your the mission That Colonel Chaug.and dinedoru on the original intention of the parties to 149 |
and the
that
and is friend boarded the junk they found that He could not give any reason for the collapse, "the complainant's side was tus strong, so he Brs juror-The mortar ased in building the
tiffin.
The hearing of evidence was resumed after Harry Anderson said he was a Vorwogian and
ist.
ness. In common with all other interior missou went ashara to get some more man, to qualius houses was also gockl.
stations, it was abandoned during the Boxer matters. When he returned wită the reinforce
troubles, but was ooonpied again by Messrs. ments the complainant struck at him with the
Bruce and Lowis, when things settled down- chopper, and in dolur so cut his own hand. -
that was at the end of last year. was a missionary of six years standing, and Mr. Mr. Bruce His Worship found the charge proved and that he had been a sailer most of his life. For Lowis of three both were highly capable men. fined the defendant $10 and $2 oempausation, or the last three years ho had been with Messrs. in default 35 days' imprisonment with hard Leigh & Orange as
Nothing want amiss till the month of July Labour.
He was when the holera broke out and raged in the employed about May last year as overseer in neighbourhood, as it did over all Centrel Chinn
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be dismissed, the service for oper officials and gentry of bengchow.
6. That a fue of £10,000 be indicted on the the different documents, and there has been PER CASE OF 8 DOZEN PINTS...$16
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were seeking to imposs a burden not in the Lease which was continued in perpetuity by the Treaty, and against which the Treaty
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