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But, of course, it is still not only the
British Government which has been to
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then made, and it is reported that the over- loading proved to be due to a great number of cases of prosorvad provisions cosciated in the cofferdam, through some malfeasance, while the ship was engaged in ravistualling tho Chian Squadron."
TELEGRAMS.
REUTER'S SERVICE.
SERVIAN
London, 16th June.
· Karageorgevitch has accepted bis election. Mr. Balfour in the Honen of Commons sakl that the continusvos of diplomatic relations with the Sorrians who were concerned in the mesassinations was under consideration.
ME, CHAMBERLAIN'S FISCAL
POLICY.
LONDON, 16th June, The Right Kos, [Lord] Goschen has raised a discussion in the Lords on Mr. Chamberlain's
The late Mr. W. T. Mand, the well-known war correspondent of the Graphic, who died last month in Somaliland, seams to have had a pre- sentiment. The Daily Chronicle correspondeat writes of him"I saw bite off at Charing Cross, and we walked tong up and down the plotform, talking of the campaigns which we might possibly hope to do together again. He policy. He dwelt on the danger of tying onr was calra and fall of courage ou over. But hands by an agreement with the Colonies tice or three times he said, 'I think this involving a tax ou food, and said that Mr. will be a Hicks Fasba business. I don't must expect to get back. How nearly he was right
Chamberlain's retaliatory polioy would land us
SUPREME COURT.
Thursday, 18th Jane,
IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION..
Before His HavOUR SER H. S. BERKELBY (ACTING Chis? JUSTICE),
THE CALENDAR.. There were down for disposal nine cases implicating sixteen persons. No vory serions offences figured on the calendar.
THE MOFFITT EMBEZZLEMENTS, Robert Percy Moffitt was charged with thres separate acts of larceny while employed ns secretary of the Dairy Farm Co., LA, the sume involved amonuting, to $5,800.
Ho pleaded guilty..
The Acting Attorney-General, Mr. E, H. Sharp, K.C. (instrusted by Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, Crown Solicitor) conducted prosecution. Addressing the Court, the prisoner heut pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzling the moxies of the Dairy Farm Co.
the stic
the door. The polles were sent for. On in- formation, they went immediately to a house in Taumu i where the prisoners were. In the first prisoner's cubicle was found the clock wrapped in a cost which was wet the juforanes being rain. for it was a wat night. All the jumatos that the wearer had just come in out of the
of the house-gom? 14-were placed in a row and the mistress of the burgled houso identified them from among the others. When examined the clothing of both men was found to be wot.
The jury found the prisoners guilty of burglary.
His Lordship passed sentance of three years' imprisonment with hard labour, on eachi of the prisoners.
RETURNING FROM DANISHMENT.
Wong Un, a bad character, was charged with having returned to the Colony in breach of banishment order for five years passed upon hist
The prisoner admitted that he had returned
in 1901.
but it is not a present means of advancing in the first point we all know, and now ho will ia protection with all its dangers. The schamu It was not his with to press the charge harshly, of his banishment.
British trade and prestige. What we should see is the British concessionaries at the front, developing the privileges which have been granted to them, and not waiting
never get back."
Tho L. & C. Exprese of the ad ult. writes:- It will be reassuring to the petitioners who bare
taken up the question of the possible removal
was a guɛable with the fool of the people.
THE SOMALILAND EXPEDITION.
Lospos,, 16th June,
· Reuter's Agency understands that the Indian Camel Corps leaving for Somaliland will he or-
from banishment but said the officer who took him out of the Colony did not tell him the term
His Lordship remarked that not having been bat he thoughtit was his duty to indicate some of the circumstances of the asse. It was prisoner's told the term, prisoner ought to have supposed daty as secretary of the Dairy Farm to keep that it was forever. He would take that as a the books, receive monies and pay them into the ples of guilty. Having returned from basish- Bault the same day. The system of the paymentment, prisoner would now stay hero' for six of customa s'accounts was for a shroff to collect eutha in prison with hard labour; after which tham and every two or three days when he had he would be dealt with by the propar- a large sum in bis hande ho paid it over to the authorities.
Fung Choc, Chan Him and Koung Cheung from the shroff.
His Lordship here interposed with the remark that if a plea of guilty was tendered it was unnecess. ry to relate the facta
until all their rivals are beginning to reap the profits of their superior energy. In SC TCH WHISKY conclusion let us repeat one more what we hold at the Colonial Offics. The matter in really ployed in transport to Bohotle and Barbora prisoner, whe initialled the amount be teorived
said yesterday. "The line connecting Canton and Kowloon with the Yangtze
of the present dockyard, sito in Hongkong to know that the matter is by no means pigeon
using dealt with us expeditiously as oirou etances permit, but when we remember that
A blond of the finest. WHISKIES dis." Valley will undoubtedly by the great three Government Departments are iaterosted which will take seven months to complete in
tilled in SCOTLAND, of greatage; verg fine and mellow.
Pronounced by Connoisseurs to be the BEST BLEND in the FAR EAST.
Per Dozen
$16.50
artery
of communication throughout "China,
We hope that the section Baiting Canton with Kowloon will not be left to the last invinent,"
it will be understood that, evou if red tapo is unceremoniously brashed aside, the matter can- not be dealt with off-head. Th: Almiralty. the War (cs, and the Colonial Office are all congerged, and though despatch may be used the discussions and correspondence between The Russian eruieer Pop left yesterday there departments must neussarily take time expecially when we consider, the great importanes
for Port Arthur.
The French mail of the 19th ult. was.
The following are also recommended, and delivered in London on the 17th inst. are unsurpassed in quality -
A. THORNE'S BLEND...
Per Lux $12.00
B. GLENORCHY, MELLOW BLEND, a fine 'SODA'
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Old Malt ScoTCH WRISKIEB 16.00
A meeting of the Legislative Council xed for Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The wife of Dr. J. M. Atkinson, Principal Civil Medics] fleer, was robbed the other day by a sorvant boy of a quantity of jewelry roughly estimated to amp.nt to from $800 to $1,500 in valus. The robbery took place al Dr. Alkinson's Peak residence, and so far the culprit has not been arrested.
of the question.
H.M.S. Leviathan, which was to be commis issioned at Porstmouth on June 16 for service on the China Station, was dooked on 20th alt, to have hor-propellers altered on the system adopted in her sister ships the flood Hope and Drake. The propellor pros on each side was 79 square fat, and this was to be increased to 110 square feet. It is anticipated, that the alteration will bring the speed of the ship up to about 24 koots," The recent ran of the Good Hope to the Cape having disclosed curtain defects in the design of this class, several alterations were to be carried out in the Leviathan before she is sent to China. Con- siderable improvements were being carried out in the ventilation below the water-line, where the temperature in the vicisity of the stokoholds was seldom less than 100 dog, Fabr. when at sea. The gen ports on the lower deck, which would admit soficient water to doul the habitable quarters of the crow, were being sealed
shields ou the upper deck.
Filipinos in the vicinity of Manila spont srural days at the beginning of the muath
At last there cams, a
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cloudburst which washed the most of their Thore is muh a thing as being crops away. too fervent in one's prayers," comments the Manila Sunday Sun,
ponding the construction of a light railway,
the meanwhile the British attitude will be mainly defensive.
BRITAIN AND RAILWAY CONCES- SIONS IN CHINA.
LONDON, 18th Jane. Lärd Lansdowne in the House of Lords said that Great Britain had garious carsa for com | plaint at the manner in which China has denkt with applications for railway concassions and that be would be obliged to remonstrato strongly Sir Ernest Butow was roturning to China with full instructions to onergetically support the views of the Government.
CANTON NOTES.
[FROM THE CHUNG NGUI SAN PO,
ROBBERS ONCE MORE.
The Acting Attorney-General said he was (not desirous of naduly pressing the charge, bat he thought it his duty to state the facts. The total defalcations by the prisonar amounted to $11,000, The Crown had solected thras items amounting to between 35,000 and $6,000 for the purposes of prosecution. In view of the prisoner's position of trust in the Dairy Farm and the magnitude of the defalcations, the case was one of exceptional gravity.
His Lordship-Was bẹ the chief sacceinry ? The Acting Attorney-General said the priserer was sacrotary of the Company; large sums of money were put in bis hands and the utmost confidence was placed in him. There was no check upon him except the annual audit and he was completely trusted by the Company. The Registrar (Mr. W. Norton Kyshej asked tho pris mer if he wished to say anything to the Court in mitigation of the sentence about to be passed upon bim.
Robbers are most daring and force at present, and the most notorions actually kidnop the 2009 and daughters of the well-to-do citizens and even the grown-up periods and hold them The Prisoner said he would ask his Lordship. to ransom. They also demand blackmail from in passing seatenos, kindly to take into con the big shops in different market-towns and sideration that he had already been six months from the junks, under threat of plundering and in custody-five months in America and ous barning if their demands are not complied with. He had nothing further to say. It is said that nearly all the large janke pay a good sum of money as blackmail annually bosslary?
His Lordship-Wuat was the prisoner's the greater robbers, who promise to do their utmost to protest them from being molested by got $10 a month, quarters and office, and was The Acting Attorney-General stated that he
received by the sub-profect of Fatshon, pur-work of the Dairy Farm, porting to be sent by the robbers under the name of the Sam-Tik Society, demanding that five thousand taels be sont to a certain place in Canton within five days, under the threat of killing the prefect and burning the yames to the ground. It should be remembered that did
Ox y comunications relating to the news cytumne / retqution of Major-General O'Moors. Creagh, up, and the guns were to be placed behind other robbers. On the 6th inst a lotter was allowed to takeup work other than the secretary
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The Government of India, on-the application of the home Government, has consented to the
V.C., C.B., in North China, panding ad cision as to the future military administration of that region. The order, therefore, for General Creagh to return to India and take over com-
and of the Borabag Aray has been counter-Stopford, to the Leviuthau, to dats Jans 16.
manded for the presout.
flis Lordship, in passing sentence, said he was very sorry to see a man of prisoner's position and hitherto respectability osmpylog that position. The offence was a very serious one, because i appeared that the prisoner was placed in a position of trest and had soriously
BURGLARY.
Ting were charged with having on 30th May at Coffee Plantation burglariously entered a house and stelen a judostone; also with robbery with violence.
The pleaded not guilty.
The following jury was empanelled:-Mesur W. H. Parsall (foremae), P. II. Murray, W P. Stoppa, C. Konig, K. E. H. Pollock, C. Pederson, and H. Huttonjer,
Mr. T. Morgan Phillips, barrister-at-law, who conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Acting Attorney-General, stated in opening the case that the complainant was a regetable gardener at Coffee Plantation at Bant Point. On the night of 19th May the three prisoners entered this house and went into complainant's room. They sized him, hold him down and took a banzle from his wrint. Ho managed to get a hold of one of the in mi by the queue and held en to him till the polies were brought. The other two got away but were afterwards arrested on information,
The jury, after bearing evidence, found the prisoners guilty on both pouuta,
His Lordship sentenced them each to three years' and six mouth's imprisonment with hard fabour, and to receive 20 strokes three days before liberation from gaol
UTTERING & FORCED ORDER.
Li King Cho and Chan Fun Yan ware charged with having on 30th May uttered a forged order for delivery of 65 bags of angar purporting to bo chopped by the Man Wo (B.smarck & Co.)..
They pleaded not guilty.
The following jury was empanelled: Messex. Oldoorg (foreman), E. E. Shuster, A. Bea' tie, A. McCall, W. C. D. Tarnor, R. J. Macgowan, and E. Ludera.
The following appointments have been anado at the Admiralty Captain Hou. W. G.
Lieutenants: T. Durreuther (1st and 2.) C. G. Chichester (G.). A. D. M. Cherry (T.), H. Philpott, L. H. Creder, F. G. Hingley, and E. C. Baubury, to the Levisten, to date May hothor they should to consid.red as two Leviathan, to date June 16; Engineer Liepten- Canton, also received a letter from robless any passad through his hands. With employee of Bismarck & Co. He arranged on distinct places, and it has been sidded they ant C. J. M. Wallace to the Leviathan, to date
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fleet and war stations. The question has arisen | 18. Engineer Commander J, S. Reas to the
should count as one, and be under the command of a general offer:
Under his orders a
defences of Capo. St. James:
June 16; Engineer Sad-Lieutenanta E. E. Bartlett, W. E. Olive, and S. T. Stidstone to the
J. Baller to the Leviathan, to date June 16
is not the first time list robbers have demandedshused that position. It had mou stated came to the Tung Fat sugar-shup at 172, Wing
THE NEW VICEROY.
The Acting Attorney-General in his opening statement said that on the mozalag of the 30th of last mouth at 8 o'clock tay tirat prisoner. Lok Street and nasaaced it as a behalf-nominally of Bisourck & Co, for the male to that firm of 51) bags of sugar to be delivered subsequently. The transaction was entageă în the books as buing rande with Bismarck & Co. About nosa on the same day both prisoners came together to the Tung Fat shop. The
blackmail from the Centon mandarins; some five the Attorney-General that very large sums of years ago Tain-hung-Lan, the then Viceroy of
demanding a big sum.
that fact, his Lordship could regard to not but fool that his salary was one which was smaller than should be paid to H. E. Sham Chauhan (Tren Chau-bswo), through ahoau banda very large sums of money BETLER MADDEN, to MARGARET THERESA (HAIST) Superior officer will be charged with the Duke of Wellington, far tho Leviathan, and A: the now Viceroy of Canton, is at present staying peased. But that was no exenza in the law nor
in the Tiger Pass to inspect all the forts and
could he take into consideration that undoubtedly Our attention has been called to the fact that Midshipmen H. Westmacett, D. Groig, W. B. batteries. His younger son and second wife employers who pail small salaries to person" fra prisoner stopped outside. The second. while the Public Works Department is replac. B. Mages, E. R. Corson, M. F. F. Wilson, and arrived at Caxton as the morning of the 14th ing in various parts of the Colony the old und C. M. Murphy to the Zeriathan, to date Jano inst, and are staying in Kwang-ah-shu-trk / through whose bands large sums of money bad went insida, announced himself also as au
to pass laid themselves open to the risk of 16, G. C Rogle. A d'A. Punnett, S. H. S. His Excellency will arrive at Canton on the peculations on the part of their employees. He Moxly, R. T. Dimedalo, H. E, J..F. Teale, and 19th inst. and take prer the seals on the same 6. Harper to the Lesistirna, on arrival on day. He has sent over ten honest and trusty that the prisoner had asked him to consider, would take into consideration, howevor, the fast China Station, undated. The following Sub- officials to discover the conduct and abilities of Lieutenante bave been promoted to the rack of all the offcials and look into the affairs of Lieutenant-Thos. Fisher, with seniority of différent gamens. So at present the mandarins Dec, 15, 1901; J. B. Ward, with seniority of ore paying great attention to their duties and Feb. 15, 1902; and S. R. Bailey, for special all cases are promptly dealt with.
The Daily Press.
- HongKong Öffice: 14. Das Vaux Rob Cl. LONDON OFFICE: 131, LET STREET, EC.
Hoxerexa, 19th June, 1:03,
condenat style of guily by gallies of au improved pattern to meet sanitary requirements. yet in Conaught Road, on the Praya Raciuna tion, this old style of gully is still being cou- structed. Perhaps the P.W.D. will enlighten
the man in the treat as to the reasons for this wart of uniformity in the administration.
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THE KWANGST FAMINE. The famine is Kwangsi is at present not quite no severe, for shipments siter shipments of rice have been sent thither by the charitable institutive and the price of rice is going down The following is the report for the year ended daily, while the rice-crops in diffront places 31st March, 1993, prarunted at the meeting of give favourable promise. The officials are worshippers, held yesterday, afternoon in S. again prohibiting women and children being Paul's College, and unanimously approved-exported to Canton, whereas some days aga
employes of Bismarck & Co., and pro- duced a forged delivery order which had been
to the shop. In the order the Tung Fat prepared presumably between the two visits were asked by Bismarck & Co to hand over
that be had been imprisoned for several months;
35 of the 50 bags purported to be ordered in but he must mark the offence with a serious trust by a man in the position which the prisoner wanted the sugar very promptly as it had to panishment, because of its gravity--breach of
he morning. The second prisoner said he
held. The wentenes of the Court- was that he | ga ou board a ship which was about to sail. he imprisoned with hard babour for three years. This apparently aroused the suspicious of the chanting in the time he had been in prison shop people for they maut round privately already that would be two years and six months. to Biguarck & Co. task if the order was alt The Ausing Attorney-General--Ibe prisoner right. Bisaurck & Co. said they had nothing to has not beon actually in prison, my Lord. do with it, that the prisoners wore totalstrangers
His Lordship-Then two years and six
to them, and that the chop on the order was a forgery and was not their chop. The man who had presented the order was accordingly arrastod, Wong Yan and Clan Fai wero elarged with | and a foki was sent out to arrest his accomplice A Celebration of the Holy Communion was hundred of females were being urryed to bald avery Sunday at 8 am and during the sum- Canton by the West River to be old as proving on the night of the 18th May broken who run off but was captured. The evidence into a house at Kungahung near Yaumati and would show that the delivory order, was forged By permission of Major Radcliffs and officers, on Sunday afterations at 5 p.m., though it was statins on the route were compelled to shat stoletra clock. Other two counts charged them to band of the 33rd Barms Infantry will play not found possible to hold them as frequently as their eyes on account of the gravity of ten with larceny and receiving stolen goods.
bail of $500 each.
liberated on
mer and autumn occasional services were bold stitates and sorvants, and the officere at various
the following programme during dinner at the in former years. In December an arrangement fubiice, King Edward Hotel this evening (weather per mitting):- March. "Only an Outpost," Dunn Overture.....The Sapphire Neckl co," Sullivan
auction.
was made by which children's services were held on the first and last Sunday of each month by the Rev. C. I. Hickling and the Rev. F. T.
LORD LANSDOWNE's statement in the House
At the Police Ceart yesterday Rebort services in China, with roafority of Feb. 27, of Lords on Tuesday last should be bailed Gardue: MacEwen, inspector of markets, 1903. with rejoicing both here and in all parts of Niel August Jobuson, wesistant inspector of China where British residents dwell. It is marketa, Pang Chin Ngok, manager of the THE PEAK CHURCH, HONGKONG,
Chan shop, 236, Dus Vœux a particular matter for satisfaction that we Hop Wo bear now of the views of the Goveru Road West, and Tang Ah So, a coclie employed ment," for in the past it has generally been at the Western Market, are remanded on impossible to discover that the Government elarges of receiving and offering estain had any views at all with regard to Chinese bribes. The case has been fixed for the 25th affairs. When the Foreign Secretary. speak-int. All the defendants were ing on behalf on the Gloveruteni, goes Bo far as to admit that Great Britain has serious cause for complaint at the manner in which China has dealt with applications for railway concessions and promises to suonstrate strongly, it is obvious that some influence has been at work which has really dispelled the mists of ignorance and indifference hithertó enveloping the policy of the home Government in the matter of China. We have the best of grounds for suspecting that much of this infinance came from Sir ERNEST Sarow, who, as we know, went home partly for the express purpose of a conference with the Ministers in London and who is now returning to his post in Peking with full instructions to give energetic support to the views of the Once more Sir ERNEST Government." SATO is to be congratulated on deserving well of his country. Had his predecessors at Feking beeu diplomatists of the same étamp Britain might have been saved much of the humiliation which her lately discarded policy in China has brought on her. In the
song Walte Dance
Waldteufel
The Gay Parisionne,... Jones Beloved, it is Jorn," Aylward God Save the King."
"Modestic,"
Hungarian,
* Brahas
POLO.
meaths is the sentence of the Court.
BURGLARY.
The first prisquer pleaded guilty to receiving and the second pleaded not guilty on all counts, The Acting Attorney-General said he could not accept that ples, k
A water pole match between the Victoria
The following jury was empanelled :--Messrs. Johson respectively and on the other Sundaysof Recreation Club and the Royal Engineers will R. J. Macgowan, W. B. Boyco, E. Ladors, W. ch month Sunday School was conducted by be played this afternoon at the V. R. C.A. H. Otto, H. W. Webb, &. McColl.. E. J. Mrs. Benson and Mrs. Pritchard. The commit-enclosure, camencing at 5.30 p.m, sharp. tes thank those ladies for their ass stanes in the
Sunday School and their flanks are also das to the different Clergy who have conducted services
PLAGUE RETURNS,
Ellis. orarian, Mr. Macgowan.
and that both pr soners represented them elves to be employees of Bismarck & Co, in order to pass off this forgery.
After hearing evidence the jury found the prisoners guilty as libelled.
His Lordship sentenced them each to threo yours' imprisonment with hard labour.
The Court adjourned until this morning at haf-past ten.
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issted the following suport:-
The Acting Attorney-General in opening the case said the prisoners were members of a gang who were engaged in this burglary. On
The barometer has risen over N. China în the night in question the mistress of the house was saddonly awakened and found the second rear of o depression, which passed to the N. of prisoner walking into the room. Matalos were Wakuiwai yesterday evening.
Tho depression lying W. of the Loochoos Civil Hospital. The remaining six cases were struct and she saw him clearly. The maid yesterday has pureed to the Eastward of the Chinose, five saded fatally (inelading one on her not to ranke a noise but she shouted islands. the steamer Hankovs, and two bodies were and alarmed the household.
first prisoner taking down a clock from the dumped.
Dr. J. M. Atkinson, Principal Civil Medical wall. When the alarm was raised the burglars Officer, informed a representative of the Hong. made of, taking the clock with them. There were valuables and a considerable amount of kong. Daily Press yesterday that there was no doubt the epidemic is on the wane. Amouget money in the honse but these were not touched, Europeans it had not been of a virulent character, On examination it was found that the burglars Fonly four out of 27 attacked having succumbed. had gained entrance by removing the bar of
The report for presentation to the third annual general meeting of the shareholders of the in the Church dating the year. At the auqual The gratifying decrence in the daily return of Shanghai Mercury, Ld., is the following under mesting held in October, Mesars. J. Barton and plague cases continues. Yesterday there were the head of Profit and Loss Account-After A. Turner were elected Tastees in place of Sir duly soven, and of these one was the case of Miss paying an fatarbu dividend off 5 per cent on Thomas Jackson and the fluu. R. M. Runsay, Schober, of the nursing staff of the Government the 27th November, writing off Ts. 4,734.04 resigned. In February it was found necessary for depreciation, etc. and providing for to renew the flooring and to substitute iron directors and auditor's fees, the balance to rails for the old wouded joists; this catailed an the credit of this account amounts to Tis expenditure of nearly $30, but only a small 4,542.75, out of which the Directors propose to portion of this amount was paid before the pay atical dividend of 5 per cent, absorbing The close of the financial year. The offerings, 3,500, to pay a bonus to the working portion of which amount to $380.66, show a slight dearense, the foreign staff of 10 por cost, amounting to bat there is still a credit balance of $582.91. T. 720.00, to carry forward the balance of Tis. The accounts were kindly audited by Mr. F. B. 33275.
L. Bowley.
She saw the The barometer has fallen over the S. coast of Chins, a low pressare trough lying N. of the const hue.
The weathor remains in a very unsettled coalition with variable winds along the whole of the Chins coast.
Strong SW. monsoon over the N. part of the China Ssa,
Forecast-Frash SW. winds #qually. thunder showers.