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POLICE COURT.
Monday, 28th November.
BEFORE MR. H. H. J. GOMPERTZ (FIRST POLICE MAGIFTRATE),
ILLICIT OVÍUM,
for the defendants, whose defence was t'at the opiuma was samples. The charge of being
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29th, 1904..
TRIBUTES TO THE LATE MR.
JUSTICE LEACH.
the tree
AN ALPHABET FOR MANDARIN.
FROM THE TIENTSIN OFFICIAL ORGAN. The following is the report medo by the Brard of Education to H.E, the Viceroy on the
THE “ALLANTON” CASE.
VESSEL AND CARGO TO NE RELEASED, The Admiralty Council, sitting as Supreme Prize park, asembled at the Admiralty at two o'clock on October 2nd to consider the
The Supreme Court at Singapore sat spelly on the 16th instant, according to Pre e, to discuss the rad news of the death of Propesod alphabet for mandariz compiled by Accision of the Vladivostock Prize Court with. Mr. Justice Leach, Sir Lionel Cox and Mr. Justice Leslie Thornton were on the Bench, including the Attorney-Geceral, and and there was a fail attendance of the Bar, Solicitor-General.
the
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Wang Chin-sbow, a Government graduate of
Admiral Avellan presided, and the other seven Frag Juun district, who petitions for its regaid to the seized British steamer Allantou, Bersal adoption. The Board reports -
We find that there are two g est adruntegom-mbers of the Council included four Admirals, in this alphabet. frst, that it promises to be the Professor Martens, representing the Foreign Thet hief Justice said: Mr. Attorney General means by which education may be extended to ice, Senators Tiesenhausen and Grave, and Preout among those in Court were int Petroff, of the Rusa 'd, who brou hit the diluenton and gentlemen of the Bar, we have met here cinsses: secondly, that it will prove of Mr. Wardrop British Consul
a uniform language.
to Tadivostock, Mr. Res, the owner, and
Hongkong, 28th November, 1904. :.. today as a result of the teleg civalerial nasistance in the ultimate adoption of from Icadou arnoeing the death of Mr.
ducating in Japan has reached a very
Vindlyostook judvos also attended.
Washington showing that the Court was M. Sheftel, of the Russian Bar, on behalf of } wrong in holding that a passport or certificate was required from Japazeso sabjects on their of the Court that the absence of sucht documents in the case of the Japanese youth on board the
America, constituted a suspicious circumstance Allmitor, who averred he was going to
was, therefore, quite unwarranted
TRADE
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要
TELEPHONE No. 135,
in possession of raw apan was withdrawn.
two princip considerations on which the As regards the first deferuiunt, he had nothing a high degree valuable, and which brought about between us a close persons friendship. to do with the opium business, and there was
He was bold in equally high esteem by the Bar
judgment of the Vladivostock Court had bern conveyed with the knowledge of the owner. no reason why he should be found in possession and the public. When last year we beard that
used. First, the Allenton on her first voyage of opiumi. On the two charges of being in his bealth did not allow of his return to this Printed by the side of the Chiness character, | to na ènemy's port, Sasche, during war, a full
enrgo constituting contamband. Secondly. Subs quent proceedings were almost parely possession of prepared and dress opium lu was Colony there was central regret. The may friends he had made bere hoped that a chan, a fined Biff or one month and 56 or 14 days of climate might lead to his recovery and not. In all the primary school books this simpli-touching the iteraton's second voyage, in the formal, and began with the recital of all the
of coal, embarked from Mureran for conveyung Court. The acting Procurator of the Ad: BURGUNDIES respectively, the second defendant was disa few looked forward in the pleasure, one day, of
course of which she was seized with her cargo circumstances of the case by the serratery of the to Singapore, certain circumstances to which miralty then addressed thy Court to the effect charged: the third defendant, for being in again meeting with their old friend Andrew possession of; repared opium, was tied Leach. I intimated yesterday to the Attorney- General my inisation of allading to the sad
rents is made in the judgment necessarily that, after thoroughly weighing the evidence, and cuntioned; the fourth defondant was lined ovent this morning. The attendance of so
lead to the inference that the destination of both although some questions were involved, the the Allentoy and her cargo was not Singaporo, debatable condenation of the Alontan and but some Japanesa or Korean port, ë gren her cargo could not be upheld. At the same S on the charges of being in possession of many simbers of the Bar shows me that
time, the circumstances w. re such as to justify prepared opium and opium tross,
the entire profession join with the Bench
the fleet of the enemy cruising ar in manifating a high regard to Mr. Justice
Sheftel. Leach, and in tendering to the widow and a our sincere sympathy and condolence.
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DURING the Change of Beasous FULL-
Four Chinese were charged with being possession of raw and propand opium and opium, dross, contrary to the provisions of the Opis Ordinance. Mr. Hastings proscented on behalf of the Opium Farmer, and Mr. Stevenson (of Messrs. Deacon. Louker und Deuron), appeared Justice Andrew John Lanch, who was recently advanced stage, and upwards, of 90 per osut, of Captan Motyer, of the Allantan. One of the | a Puins Judge of this Court, I are the ro-ples now how to read. Even the small doubt the news was received by the Bar with the smart Forter as by the Benel. Mr. Leach tradesmen and domestic servants can read broke Mr. William H. Rea, of the firm of Paterson regarding the completio of military service was my colleague on this bench for some royal and newspapers. This has doubtless been and Simons, prosented the case of the Alontan On the other charges His Worship years, a colleague whose co-operation was to brought about rery much under Government and her cargo. He dwelt snecessively on the arrival in the United States. The conclusion- compulsion, but it is also largely due to the simplification of the written language into a species of alphabet, and all the ordinary news papers and many books have these simplified aigus Those of higher education read the latter and those of lesser education read the former. fivi language is used, and the Chiness characters are introduce in the more advanced readers. Even the botter educated do not disdain to sometimes refer to the Kana oharacters, while others are altogether dependent on it, and it makes ordinary reading and erresponding a pleasure iDefend of a task,
Now the alphabet, or simplified phonetic signs, compiled by the said graduate are somewhat ship. This latter contention BODIED, STRENGTHENING WINES similar to the Japanese Kann, he signs are
tion was in no wise acceptable as constituting a was controverted from the Judges touch- are needed. sanni plea for confiscating the ship as a even more convenient as they comprise words The Attorney-Genors: I think I may say for myself personally and for every maler off only one syllable, and in the opinion of the awful Riz: The majority of authorities on ing upon the ownership of the cargo and a few which succeeded in con oying contraband to a Council considered their judgment. An hour the Bar tare present, that wa tuly apr cits ficial Wu Ju-lan of Tungeheug in flares weeks international law held indubitably that a vessel thor points, the Court wes cleared while the y woman oe child ought be able to frame hostile port and was captured, not while it was and a half afterwards Admiral Avellan annanna- and concur in the uxpratsious which have fa en
In the 24th Article of the educational engaged in doing so. but subsequently on the cd the decision of the Court to release the ship. from your Lordship with regard to the less works and sentences with these characters, we bave sustained. Mr. Justice Leach way
fiscation. He quoted several leading_authori- claim will be presented later through the proper BEAUNE... one of the most able judges bere, and by regulations it is ruentioned that the languages rutura voyage, could not be held liable to von-The instion of damages was not raised, bu
tas, including Professor Despognot, Professor channels-Times. we bare sustained a considerable of all other countries are uniform, and the his death
By early association, by family tradi- people of any one country are thereby kopt Franz von Liszt, and Professor de Martens. in harmony. This is nelieved by a noilor The Inst anmed, in his work "Contemporary tisa, and by his own great aptitude he was
alphabet being the foundation of study for all Laternational Law among Civilised Nations, siugularly fitted for the post which he or
elirgas. In China each province has its own positively assorted that. "in prder that the cial post he might have been called upon, in
band should be lawful, it is necessary that the the cone of i is life, had it been prolonged, te province can hardly hold converse, as various districts have dialects that differ. Embarrass-
nontral vessel in question should be caught in all. But the Bar here do not merely wish to pay the usual tribute to a good judge, and ments therefore continually occur in business fingrante delicto. Cuptors subsequent to the make the usual expressions na to bie conduct transactions. It is now proposed to make mau- on the Bench, or to the frin ly professional darin the universal dialect of the Empire, and discharge of the nulawful cargo is not justifiable intercourse between Bench and Bar The Bar all the high provincial colleges and primary in law." M. Sheftel urged further that any by the regulations of March 27th, 1906, renard. lose who knew bita prsonally have a much schools have special mandarin classes. The possible dispate on the subject was precinded introduction of these phonotic signa would ing maritime prizes, zince it was therein declar deeper teling than that. They knew him as
grently facilitate the study of mandarin.
ed that "mercantile vessels of neutral nation a friend of particularly sympathetic manner and of the utmot personal Aladness. And I
The Government graduate Wang Yi-hsing think it is seldom tent any judge upon the does not really understand this system, and salty are liable to be confiscated as prizos when
the enemy or to an enemy's port." Eunch has hell the position in the minds of the one time be strongly protested against it in a captured in the act of conveying contraband to Proceeding to refer to the commentary of the Bar that Mr. Leach did. Not only on the book called Teng Yun Pien Meng, or book ou Bench but in the ordinary intercourse of life rhyming tones. It was well written, but it is Procurator of the Vladivostook Court, who,
a on rhyming and bas really no ronnection with this method. He alludes to the varying tones of different provinces an s
BYBARITES IN THE LOCK-UP Five vagrants who were arrested on Satur day night. ween charged with behaving In a disorderly mannor at No. 7 Police Station, The spokesman of the party informed His Worship that the first meal they haul was beef and bread, which they had brought into the gaul. Ten, they had noue. fu the afternoon they had six small loaves between seven in the coll, and then the seven of them had a drink out of two small milk tins. They were so hungry
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that they hel to send out for forty cents' worth cupied, and I think I may say any other jud dialect, and even the people in one large seizure of a neutral vessel for conveying contra-
of food-Inspector Collett drew the ngistrule's attention to the fact that the defendants had only ten cents between them. therefore they could not have sent for forty ents worth of fool. Further, they were not allowed ten in paol, and their meal
was cooked for them purely as an indulgmice. The defendants were enutioned about crating a disturbace in gas, and were sentenced to spend a term in the
house of detention.
BUTORE Ma. F. A. HAZELAND (SECOND
POLICE MAGISTRATE).
ASSAULT.
After some questions
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The telegraphic notification. early in July, the steamer Catches, which sailed from Tacoma protested against the seizure as an outrage against America and asked what action probably would be taken by the government. The withi will not cause any material difference in the drawal of the steamers operated by the company despatch of the mails to the Orient. Malls were despatched by them once a month, and of nich meil s would havo horn forwarded by
them will be diverted to other lines.
Following is the telegram to the Stale! department at Washington:
war on account of the seizure of the mails on
in other matters, such as sport, he took part with an onergy and keenuses which ws cue of hindrance to this system, wherein bo is at fault. / of nontrality. M. Sheftel painted out that the his characteristics, and in doing so le friends not mere spring friends, but friends in a mora rest souse. We loro therefore not only last one of the greatest ornaments of the Beach out here from a legal point of view, but many live lost o personal tried, one likely to have considera influence on our minds.
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"Following cabla just received from Alfred Holt and Co. of Liverpool, owners of the British steamer Culchas, which vessel was seized by Russian Vladivostook squadron off the Japanese coast about July 20:
A Portuguese resident was charged with assaulting a Chinese gardener in the public gardens. An Indian constale who arrested the defendant. was charged with assaulting him.
The story was that defendant's child had, in consequevee of the absence of a privy, incurred 10-day feel most deply the lose we have sus recommended in the primary schools, and the before the declaration of war and without the crown advocate becanse among mail matter was the wrath of the gardener. The gardener- tainel und we thank your Lordship for Laving those men at the Gardeus are most autocratie in given fais opportunity of expressing our feel their ways of discharging their duty-bullied things or sympathy for his wife and family, child, and kicked its hat which had fallen to the ground. The excited parent seized the gardener by the queup, to lead him to the Indian con stable, who, however, saved him the trouble by rushing, up and seizing the parent. In the struggle, the parent's coat was torn.
Tho defendant was finel 83 for seizing the neue, and the fudiau constable was ordered to pay him 5 compensation for the torn cont.
A FORGED ORDER.
*
A Chinese youth of some 14 years was prevailed upon by a rogue to go into the Angio- American store at Kowloon with a forged order for goods. He was arrested, and on appearing before His Worship was discharged. MARINE MAGISTRATE'S COURT.]
Monday, 28th November.
BEFORE MR. B. H. R. TAYLOR (ÁSSISTANT
HARTOUR MASTER).
ASLEEP ON DUTY.
Wong Su, engineer of the Yaumati ferry sorvios Jannoh Kong Hoi. was charged with
The expression we give to-day of our feeling is as sincere and deep as ever was expressed on such an occasion.
Mr. T de M. Bredde, on behalf of the practising members of the Bar, had been desired to express their grief and sorrow at the death of The Attorney-Generel had fully Mr. Lesch. expressed the feelings of averyone present, and they endorsed every word he had uttered,
The Court then rose.
THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY.
The Manila Callenews published the following telegem the 20th instant:
San Francisco, November 19-President Rouseselt has ordered the interstate cotsmerce commission to make a full and complete in: restigation into the business and methods of the Standard Oil Company,
Puresent to promise, the President as evidently undertaken to disprove or establish the charges made against iatorstate commerce corpsations, bezinning with the greatert cae of all, the Standard Oil Compaux.
The hands of the interstate commerce com- mission were recently strengthened to
Ile by the decision in the scthracite
саке
coal cast. The important point decided in that was the right of the caramission to hare the books
ali reaprds of the and
points to which the petitioners splnily beg 1-Establishing speciul public selicols. 10 call attenti a are the desirability of 2-To appoint special offelals, 3. To grant official funds,
4. To provide funds for rewards.
All the abova proposals are practicable and should be given a trial. Fauds will be required for the publication of books and papers traux lated into this simplified typo for the benefit of
the poor,
owner of the Allenton towards the obligations as the system is only intended to be applied to charter-party under which the ditton was
was concluded over a month before the out. the Peking tons and not to apply to all the convey Cardiff coal to Hongkong or Sassho various dialects of the Empire. It is the intybreak of the war, and in is connexion the con- of the province to make their foues goincide
ference of the Institute of International Law with that of Peking and then we can get uni-
held at Veniec in 1896 laid down the principle formity.
The adoption of this method is earnestly that the earringe of contraband commenced nocessary knowledge of its imminence was nit punishable. M, Sheftel also printed out that the feading and sailing of the Alla uton from Ponart were completed tofore the publication of the Russian rules according to which coal was declared to be contraband. With a view to disproving the allegation of the owner's the Beechley, another of his steamers, was hostility to Russia, M. Sheftel showed that chytred before the declaration of war, in circumstances exactly nemalogous to the case of the Allaaton, to convey a cargo of Cardiff coal to Port Arthur and Vladivostock. This cos! had been actually conveyed to and discharged at Vladivostock when war was already declarat. M. Sheftel dealt at great length with the second consideration which led influenced the Vladivostock surt. Ha pointed out that the confiscation of the cargo of a slip belonging to the subject of a neutral Power, and still more that of the ship itself, was inadmissible on more suspicion or on the inference that the vessel was actually proceeding to kane port other than that mentioned in her papers. The simulatory or fallacious nature of the papers abould be main- ained, be positively and incontrovertibly proved before the cargo could be declared to be cor ra band and the ship and cargo could be liable to confiscation. M. Shoft I did not think that aug reliance was to be placed on the argument elaborately developed in the commentary in the petition for appeal, regarding the arbitrary interpretation of the principles of international law by other sations or by Great Britain for eroido. If such arbitrary interpretations were found to be practised in the present or in the
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"The Culchas is one of the regular linorHY ANYONE SHOULD BE WITHOUT operating between Paget sound, London and Congl. She was on her regular voyage and iverpool via Japanese waters and the Suez her care contained no contraband. Under- stand the Russian crown advocate bases his appeal against release on the fact that the United States mail carried by Calchas contained information for Japanese authorities. Hepe United States will take immediate notion against detention and confiscation of the Calchns on account of carrying United States mails. This is certainly su outrage against the United States that should not be allowed to pass. Please be notified that during the duration of the war we must decline to carry United States mails for Japan. Kindly advice what action will probably be taken by department."
Postmaster General Wynne later consulted with the President regarding the matter. The
matter was referred to the state department.
which may enter into correspondence with the Russian government to ascertain the facts in the latter's possession.
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The Peking and Tientsin Times gives pro- 10% DISCOUNT minence to the following translation of a North China.
neglect of duty in the waters of this Colony, corporation, under investigation, produe found complicated in regard to pronunciation if future, then there would be no doubt that Russin placard that is being posted in various parts of
on the 21st inst. The owner of the Kwong Hoi stated that the launch was going from Yaumati to Hongkong, and whon nearing the Hongkong pier the engineer fall asleep, and consequently did not hear the bell ring the order to stop the engines. The steamer ran into the pier, and badly damaged her bows. The boiler was shifted in the impact, and the steam pipe spring a leak.
After further evidones the defendant, who His pleaded not guilty, was convicted certificate was suspended for six months.
SILLY MIMICRY."
Professor H. J. Davenport, of the University of Chicago, has communicated the following striking words to the Press: All ostentation is wasle, excepting so far as it hrings with it the unworthy gratification of being Admired or envied for one's possessions; just so the Indian carried his take of sculps at his belt. But socially the outlay is more than wasta, for ia wasting our own share of product we at the same t me make our neighbour's share poor and mean and insufficient. We robe ourselves and filch from him. The wealth of the rich casts shadows on the smaller store of the poor.
Because the rich in silly show waste what they can spare the poor in silly mimicry waste what they cannot spare.
THE MACAO BALL.
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In reply to the above proposals H.E. the Viceroy has stated that according to this report the now alphabet appears to be of great value) to education, and the matter had better be laid before the Board of Education in Feking for fall consideration and for the Imperial sanction. The original orpy of the book with the regola tions and the sample paper should be sent up too, and if the Board decides favourably upon it, then the question of funds can be consider. d. The real inventor of this simplified language or the phonetic tones was Wang Chao, not the man who is at present bringing it forward. Wang Chan was the reformer who in 1598 had the temerity to send in a memorial sogging that His Majesty the Emperor ought to travel, Ed the Emperor, who just then bal tea re into a display of independence, dismissed the President and four offici is of the Bourd of Rites for during to suppress this document. Tast
Two or three students have since devitel their attention to this phonetic printing, and the assistent editor of L'Impartial has published a book which has rise bon reported on; but though said to be very complete bis system was read quicky. The contention that foreign was able to insist that such action should be sounds too can be phenetically represented in powerless to prejudice the interests of herself or Chinase is disputed, and it is Leld, that foreign for subjects. The task before the Court in the prezent case must be more circumscribed and or even Japanese words cauuct be properly more clear-namely, to apply the statutes of the reproduced in this way. The system originally law recognized in contemporary international drafted by Wang Chen and now presented by dealings, more particularly those sanctioned by Wang Yi-hsing is the only one being approved. Russian legislative acts. Until the reverse was
proved, slips' papers had the authority of per fectly genuine proofs regarding the destination AN AMERICAN OPINION. of the ships to which they belonged, and the
nature of the cargo on board of her.
M. Sheftel next submitted a lare number of The United States is in the great commercial straggle to stay. The growing surplusage of documents showing that the Allanton, on her products must find a market away from home, departure from Muroras, was actually cleared and the most likely one at the present time is for Singapore, whence after a specified time had that of China. The success of Russia in the elapsed she was to proceed to Calcutta, there to present straggio will certainly be inimical to the leal a cargo of coul for Karachi. At the latter interests of all nations that have struggled to port the Allanton was to embark a carge of cotton share the commercial promise of the Far East. aud sooda and proceed without delay through. The territory that comes aniler Eussina do- the Suez Canal to Port Said or Europe. The minion will be withdrawn from exploitation. documents anbmitted included correspondence Not even the most venturesome would contem- between the owners and the captain, letters plate the invasion of Russian territory when and telegrams between the firms concerned re- casting about for business opportunity. The garding the chartering of the Allanton. 10 territory that Russia dominate in China couver a cargo of coal from Muroran to Siegs- will mean that Russia will supply the people pore, the charter-parties and freight contracts, with what they may purchase, and while it is ad extract concluded in Yokohama-it-3rd Dee, about 8 a.. dilonlt to say just what Japan would do in December, 1903, for the delivery by a Japanese firm to Messrs. Paterson and Simons, of Singapore, of 55,000 tons of co-1 durig 1904 Of this amount 23,500 tons had been shipped before the Atlanton was le ded
hetween the railroads and the Standard Oil Company have a direct relation with the inter- stato carrying trade, they will to brought before the invisligators for scrutiny.
The general drift of public sentiment in the United States has been decidedly hostile to the great corporation for more than two years. The feeling has been largely enhanced by the writings of Ida M. Tarbell and Thomas W. Lawson, who have been indefatigable in their efforts to essure proof of the illegal workings- of the Standard Oil.
The President is evidently determined to give the greatest publicity consistent with the racant raling of the United States court.
"THAT AWFUL OPIUM.”
-Tientsin Times.
Under this heading, the Peking Times saya: Among the niany questiona set dua for disana- tion among the Powers"when the war is over." is that of England and her opiam trade, The Bureau of America, International Reforma which is evidently a body constituted to not everybody else to rights, is preparing a magni- ficent campaign of attack on immoral England so soon as Russia and Japan give anyone else a the event of complete success in the present chance to chip in. No doubt it is all very loud. struggle, it is evident that she will not be less able and right, but it sees 10 us that the first generous than Russia The presumption is in thing to be done is to check China's own culti-Japan's favour. Her latter day policy arguss vation of the curse which is enabling the people much for the correctness of the presumption to get their drug at a cheap rate and is, as a that Chinese territory will not be appropriated matter of fact, steadily driving the Indian drug to the exclusion of the merchant ships or the out of the market, in spite of its superior quality, world. Manila Cablenews. A post-card which he been sent us puts the matter very plausibly, bat we cannot help the suspicion that if England could ha hustled into present, while the gentlemen were far more qnoshing Ler opium tales to Chios, the first numerous. Several Betish unval officers, and thing we should hear of would be an opiour Portugnese naval and military officers were corner in New York, and someone making a tall present. The Macas Club was brilliantly de thing of it on the other side of the Atlantio, corated for the occasion. Two bands, a Portu. Opina is enquestionably a curse in China, but while English and American philanthropists guess military band and that of H.M.S. are wringing their bands over the shocking and Vengeance, were in attendance. The Governor eriminel traße for which India is responsibl, of Mucao was represented by his private it would be much more to the purpose if they secretary. Dauoing commenced at ten o'clock; and the company did not disperse till 5,30 a.m. Macao residents then went to mass before going to be.
The Macao Bachelors' Boll was a great success. There were over a hundred ladies
devoted their energies to the drink traffic con- verting every shum in New York, London and all their other teoming cities, into- veritable balls beside which an opium den is almost paradise.
WEATHER REPORT.
troops.
Fear not the smokeless gaus,
And fear not the bursting cannon shells. Have the stinking "Ta-tza" or Tartars slaughtered,
And have the foreign devils' religion exterminated..
Notify you the people; Must all be aware of this.
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If you want to protect your lives, - Must worship the "Hung-chino" religion no soon as possible.
In the original, says our contemporary, this is in rhymed verse, which makes it the worse because more easily learned and more widely known."
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The P. & O. steamer Bengal left Singapore for this port on the 27th Nov, at noon, with the NO SUCH A ONE HAS EVER BEEN
SEEN IN HONGKONG BEFORE. outward English mefls, and is due here on the
The I.G.M. steamer Seydlite, carrying the German mails with dates from Berlin of the 8th Nov, lalt Colombo on Sanday, a.a., and may be expected here on Thursday the 8th Dev. The IG.M. steamer Prinz Eitel Friedrich, which-left-a-ra-op the 24th Nov., at 1a.m., arrived at Shanghai on Sunday at i am.
The T.G.M. steamer Prinz Regent Luitpold, which left bore on Wednesday at 3 p.m., arrived at Singapore on Bun ay at 3 p.m.
Tursing to the question of tlie ownership of the care fund on board the Altanton at the time of the seizure, M. Sheftet argued thas, in- asmuch as the bill of lading, which had bee scen and despatched by the Japanese firm. gave Messrs. Paterson and Simon the right to The 0: & O. steamer Dorte, with mails, do dispose of the cargo nud accept delivery thereof from San Francisco to the 9th Nor via Hono -us-soon as the ship arrived ju pritlula, leaves Yokoham. for this port vin Kobe, central firm &e.. this morning, and is due here on the The Hongkong Gbasivatory yesterday issued must be con luded that this
was not only highly interested in the cargo. 9th Den. the following report:
The PM steamer Korea, which left bonco On the 28th at 11:50 a.m. The baran eter but was th owner of it, apart from the has risen considerably in Japan and fulles ao-obligation to sattle Eccounts with the ship: 29th Oct. for San Francisco via Shoughai, &c.,
per. In any case, it should be borne in mind arrived at her destination on the 25th Nov. derately in China and Luzon.
Paris of The anticyclone has moved further eastwa, that, in virtue of the Declaration but there is very little information from N. April 27, 1856, and Article II. of the Marine Prize Regulations sanctioned by the Tear in Chins regarding the depression following it.
Fresh E. winds will prorail in the Formrsa March 27, 1895, . neutral flag covers Channel and fresh E. to N.E. winds in the enemy's cargo, provided it is not contraband
M. Sheftel kabimitted a letter from the nurthero pact of the Chian Sea.
Forecast: Fresh E. to NE. winds, cloudy, American Embassy in London and a memoran-
from the Immigration Bureau fair generally.
dum
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The C.PR. steamer Empress of India left Yokohama on Friday, the 25th Nov., p.m., for Victoria and Vancouver.
The C.P.R. steamer Tarlar arrived at Van- conver at 3.30 pm, on Sunday, the 27th Nov.
The C.M. steamer Kintuck, from London, &0. left Singapore on the 26th Nov., and is due here
on the 3rd Deo
HOME PRICES
Hoogkong. 29th November, 1904, 12150
Dr. NEWELL WILSON,
DENTIST.
Latest American Methode. Reumable Fees.
No charge for examinations. Once bones 9 A.M. to 5 P.M
1. FLOOR, WATKINS BUILDINGS,
31, Queen's Road Central, Hongkong, 19th October, 1904.