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grambling that is certain from time to time
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Fire plague cases hure now to be added to
to be indulged in by any persons against the total, making it 192 Four of yesterday's TELEGRAMS,
their employeas. Eren such minor com- plaints have been very few, but it will be astonishing if the lesson which these indis-
five cases had fatal terminations.
The earthquako i said to have béon the real coure of the recent delay in telegrams between
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Chinese be not taken to heart by them and if they do not better the instruction by raising difficulties and finding grounds for discontent which would otherwise novor have occurred to them. This, no doubt, would be precisely what would best suit those who are pulling the wires in this matter and are secting a number of well meaning but ill-informed people in England to do an amount of mischief of the extent of WATER which they have little idea. The Bisung
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on the must scientific principles.
Dr. Blanc, a popular and very ablo medico at Shanghai, hasssyered his connection wit China, and returned to França.
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"DAILY TEISS" BERVICE,
THE MOROCCO CASE.
THE WAR.
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DATE.
LONDON, 26th Jane. Bath Russia sid Japan have informed President Roosevelt that the plenipoten. tiaries will meet in the United States during the first ten days of August.
Lornos, 28th June. Germany's note in reply to France's stipulations recognises that France occupies a special position vis-a-vis A aan-Morocco; but insists upon the con-
For extracting and removing stone thorised from a place at, Mohwan, Mr. F. A. Hatland yesterday ford boatwoman 350 each.
a beatman
TRAVANCORE" SAILO N'S
COMPLAINT.
SUPREME COURT.
Wednesday, 28th Jane.
IM SUMMARY JURISDICTION,
BLFORD BE. A. G. WISE (PVISNE JUDGE).
NGAI BAM 17. LI' WAI TONG AND ANOTHER... This was a claim for $841.38, balanco das for
work done by a "zub-contractor working on appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. H. E. the Yunnan Railway, Mr. P. W. Goldring
Pollock, K.C., instructed by Mr. G. Hastings, for the defondant,
The plaintiff's case was flat a certain Polish gentleman come to the Colony and entered
John Thomas Roberts, Chief Officer of the into a contract that the two defendants should
This
and ference overlooking the general ques-ailing ship Trarattere, charged Jamos Marply,
tion before any particular negotiation can he entertained.
Three of the younger sons of the King of Sism have gone to Europe to be educated
im is comploting a wholesale army con-
scription scheme.
At the Police Court yesterday Mr. G. N. Orme sentenced Chan Kiu to six weeks' hard labour and six houre steeks for stenting a bundle of clothing valued at $10 from a passenger on board the ... Honen.
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THE DEADLOCK IN INDIA.
A.B., before Mr. F. A. Hassland at the Palles Court yesterday with using obscene and abasive language calculated to provoke a breach of the
peace.
construct certain sections of the line. contrant was signed at the office of Messrs. Palmer & Turner and at that of Messra. Leigh & Orange. Next, the two defendanta entored into a sub-contract with the plaintiff, that time being at the end of October or the beginning of November last year. The plaintiff employed 50 men and went to Yuumen to carry out this contract The rates were originally verbal, Askod what he had to say in noswer to the and then set out in a little book. The man left- charge, the deferident re,lind, "Now don't you by steamer on the 7th November, and arrived under-belioro what this pan is telling you, sir. It is at Yuanam and commenced work on the 27tb Monday against the Travancore, and the chief February, a considerable amount being exconted A serious case is coming off next | November. The work went on fill the 24th
LONDON, 28th June. The officially afirmed mutual standing between the Indian Viceroy,
The Chief Officer stated that the offence was committed on Sunday, the 25th instant, when the defendant was under the infinence of liquor When he was sober he was orderly...
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THE MACHINERY employed is of the ing yellow and the people benefiting by it of the R.A.O.B. br July. At the monthly Lord Curzon, and Viscount Kitchener. and second officers want to keep me out of it, Twe sums of money were paid to the plaintiff,
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being capitalists is particularly forcible but in what possible way Freedom-in the sense in which the word is used by the Bisuor-is interfered with by a labour contract fairly entered into and justly carried out is possibly clearer to the Bisor
than to the public at large. The ridiculous part of the matter is that the amount of freedom that is really given up by the Chi- nese is exactly the same as that which is of necessity given up in entering upou any contract whaterer-the aurrender (to take Anson's definition) of a right for a cou- sideration. A man is free to walk over all his lands, but if he leases a portion of them he gives up his freedom to walk over that particular part. The employers can. | not engage labourers othergiss than for n term and the Chinese are not disposed to lanve their country without being certain of employment for a fixed period, and it is surely no invasion of the freedom on either side that the engagement should be made for such a time as will suit
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as is the ensu in engagements made in all directions for employment for a term. Mercantile and professional men and even public servants constantly make contracts for their "labour" on this basis; and the only point at which it could be said there is an invasion of the Chinese labourers' freedom would be if, in the place where he bas to carry out his contract, he was unduly deprived of the rights of protection and of the justice which everyone entitled to look for who is under the British flag Hitherto there has not been the slightest indication of anything of this Lind. The Chinese certainly enjoy as much freedom in South Africa as they would have in any. other British Colony and much more than they would have in their own country. What, therefore, is there to be said in On 23rd June, at Shanghai, the wife of Hupport of this repeated cry of slavery
and of the terrible yellow blot which troubled the Bisor or HEREFORD!
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It is some consolation to find that argumenta
"Primo", Mussos S. P. of the local Lodge
investiture of officers, songs wore sang by Bros." Mac Less, Walston, Oxberry, Radcliffs, Goldenborg, Lamble, Smith, Bald- wie, Porkins, Mugs, and Gaskell.
An Kum, en unemployed coalie, was found by the polise in an empty house at Caine Road stealing the water taps. He was charged before Mr. F. A. Hazoland at the Police Court yesterday, found guilty, and sentenced to six wooka' hard labour and six hours' stocks.
is again in doubt.
It is understood now that Lord Curzon intends to resign unless. Lord Kitchener conscats to the modification of some of his Ammy Orders.
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UNMEANT. BUT SIGNIFICANT.
They want to put me in chokey" for nothing, as they don't want to have me in the Court of enquiry. Many and many a time before I was drunk on board, and the Chief Officer never aid a word to me
His Worship ordered the defendant to enter
91,000 on the 2nd February, and $800 on the 3rd February, There was a balance due, however, and it was for this tunt the plaintiff was ening. The second defendant was applied to, but refused to pay any more. A petition was made to the Mandarin down there, and he
into a personal bord te koop the peace for six had the work measured. Ar socéant payable
months, and warned him not to appear boforo by the first defendant at Hongkong, in the the Court again on a similar charge...
PORTUGUESE DECORATION FOR BRITISH SKIPPER..
At the end of November last, the steamer Clan Mackay was instrumental in saving the passengers and crew-nearly four hundred in which was stranded in a very dangerous past all of the Portugues Transport Sun Theme
tion on the Farisan Bank in the Red Sea. Great difficulties and dangers were experienced
of the second defendant, in favour of the plaintiff was then made out. On arriving at Hongkong the plaintiff falled to obtain the money, and legal proceedings were commenced. Mr. Pollock's defence was that the first defendant had nothing to do with the matter, except that he stood guarantee to the Polish
forward that the segand defendant had paid the gentleman for the second defendent and another in the sum of $50,000. He, furthermore, put
plaintiff more than was due to him.
From the evidence it appeared that
Mr. Thomas H. Loid has a signed article in the Avoning Standard and St. James's Gazette of June 2nd, entitled Dewy's Lesson to Togo." It tells what happened at Manila hea the
LONDON, 26th June. Spauisk floot was destroyed. Mr. Reid went the Times correspindent, thing taken to the Versailles, mid that while wishing to say M. Berteaux, the Minister for War, speaking Olympia by the despatch boat Esmeralda.
nothing that could be taken as an allusion to Some fine godowns at Singapore are in the present, thanks to the efforts of thirty- immediate danger owing to a subsidence af tan fro yea!, our fighting material is of the test, in effecting this rescue, owing to the strong the plaintif made a measurement which the river bank near which they stand. The cracks our equipment complete, and our ofteers can wind, rough sea and force of current setia acund defendant would not agres to, and a
and gaps in the ground are being hastily led with hundreds of tons of granite. One of the threatened godowne is a new one, which is reported to have cost $20,000 to bufid.
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It is now definitely settled that there will be no organised'opposition to the election of ML. J. W. Lowther to the Speakership. The belief prevails in well-informed Unionist circles that Mr Lanrence Hardy will succoed Mr. Lowther as Chairman of Ways and Means and that Mr. Jeffreys will continue to out as Deputy-Chair man.
Commenting on Messrs Erich Georg & Co's report of the awful slump in Indo-Chinns." the M-C. Daily Nais remarks:-"We wonder how many 'awful dumps' it will take to con- vince people of the danger of speculating in the shares of companies whose fleld of opera- tions, or whose directorate, is situated thousands of miles away.""
The Governor of Chabar, Mongolia, has reported to the Waiwupu that fifteen desertere from the Russian Army in Manchuria resently a arrived at Chahar in a starving condition and begged for food. The Governor supplied them with food and now asks whether the men shoul be interned according to neutral law, or handed over to the nearest Russian Consul to be dealt with.
The Master of aeorge boat, who wont askere at Wanchai on Tuesday to seo the sights, was intently watching ↑ Chinoso, juggler when: he
bear comparison to those of any nation."
PRINCE ARISUGAWA'S VISIT TO
ENGLAND.
LONDON, 28th Juni. Viscount Hayashi with the offers of the Japanese Legation, Admiral Neville, and General Bicholson, met Prince and Princess Arisagawa at Dover: sud the Prince and Princess of Wales welcomed their Highnesses in London, with military bonoars. The Princo and Princess drove direct to Buckingham Palace and took tea with the King and Queen Afterwards they drove to York Bouso, where the King and Queen returned their visit.
CHINESE IN THE UNITED STATES.
LONDON, 26th June. President Roosevelt has ordered the im. migration authorities to show the utmost courtesy to Chiness merchants and travellers, on pain of dismissal,
THE RIOTS IN RUSSIAN POLAND.
TONDON, 28th June. Martial law has boon proclaimed in Lodz and order” has been restored. To date, 561 victims to the disturbances haye bean buried.
Warsaw. Thirty-four battalion of troops have arrived at
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right soross the rest. Furthermore, the utmost cantion had to be exercised by the Clan Mackay owing to the dangerous roofs, and to the locality boing only partially surveyed. The resono operations lasted from the early morning of the 28th November until 5 p.m. next day, when the Clan Mackay steamed away, having safely on board all the crew and troops of the San Thonie, together with their personal effects, The Merchant Service Guild have laid the full with the result that they have just received a particulars before the Portuguese Government, letter from the Secretary to the Portuguese Legation in London stating that he has been requested by the Minister of Marine to convey to the Guild on the part of the Government of His Faithful Majesty their sincere thanks to the officers and men of the Clan Mackay for the most valuable service rendered, and to inform the Guild that it is the intention of His Faithful Majesty's Government to confer a decoration upon the Captain of the Clan Mackay Captain C. J. Higgins, M.S.G.
RESULT OF JAPANESE SHELL FIRE,
Frosch surveyor was called upon. This man's measuremont was not satisfactory to the plain tiff, who made a third measurement as he alleged
with the Mardarin.
Judgment was given for the defendants, respectively, with costs.
FATAL LAUNCH COLLISION.
MAN SLAUGHTER CHABGE WITHDRAWN.;
Hazeland and a jury at the Magistracy vester This taquing was continued before Mr. F.A.
day afternoon, as beforo Mr. O. D. Thomsen appearing on behalf of the coxswain of the Kumrang and Mr. H. W. Looker representing the corewain and crew of the Cosmopolitau Deck Company's launch No. 8.
Li Lung, eoxswain of lonach No. 5, declared On the afternoon of the 11th instant my launch was at Blake pier. I was going to Shamsuipo, and had a lot of people on board. A steamer war lying at the Douglas buoy. It I had kept draight on I would have passed the buoy at a distance of about 50 yards. As 1 neared the bacy. I blew a warning blast, Mr. Martin Egan, the well-known war Whom I Ant saw the Kunsang the bow of correspondent. hat given the following descrip- tion of the Onl, whch he inspected at my launch was parallel to the starboard light of the ship, and my whistle was still Maizura, to a Japan paper---
"The Orel is an object lesson for a naval blowing. The Humsang passed about 15 or 16 expert in judging the effects of shells ou fest from the buoy, and was sixty yarda armoured craft. There is nothing graphic about calling ber a riddled bulk Above her from my bow. It was the Kumsang's duty waterāne she is poe mass of holes, although to get out of my way. I was going at half structurally sho a soud and nu dimenity was speed. She blew two short blasts, by which I experienced in bringing her into port. The the Japanese garters drilled the fabric above the waterline would appear to suggest that Daval designers have to evolve something that will afford more protection to men that part of a fighting ship. The wonder of It all is that begin to take tally of the holes. Compare her mora livas were not lost. Ton could scarcely
to a sieve, a colander or any other thing you FIRE DEPARTMENT-The loss by rewish. I hardly think you will strike an extra- during the year (including Baltimore and vagant simile providing it suggests holes and Toronto conflagratices, in respect of which £200,000 was set aside out of the profits for 1903) have amounted to £1,273,456:9: 3, which
LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, EC. of this kind did not commend themselves folla strange baud in his pocket. He turned ₫ NORTH BRITISHI AND MERCANTILE apparent case nad. the frequency with which understood that she wanted to cross my bows.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, JUxn Ara, 1905,
to all the Prelates in the House of Lords. round in time to see a coolie making off with his and that the AncHEISHOP of CANTERBURY porse, and giving chase, canght and held him frankly admitted that every precaution until a policeman arrived. Mr. G. N. Orm had been taken to safeguard the welfare of yesterday sentenced the coolie to one month's
hard labour and six hours' stocks.
INSURANCE COMPANY.
The following are extracts from the ausual fur 1904 of this company, relating to report
which other figures appear in our advertisement
'columna
plenty of them
When I heard the two short blasts from the Kuntang Intered my course to starboard, but she came straight on, and struck me forward on the port side. The collision made my launchi heel right over until the water came in, and an
old woman who was sitting on the starboard side was thrown into the water. When I saw her fall in, I threw her a wooden bench which sh caught hold of.
the Chinese; but expressed surprise that the Blue Book did not mention the influence ALTHOUGH Some of the more thoughtful of of the Chinese on the morality of the com- British politicians have of late taken more munity. The reason would probably be than one occasion topoint outthe impropriety easily apparent to him if he were in any of attempts on the part of their Parliament way acquainted with the state of matters in being cowed by a lug lying the Danish Arosum includes all losses ascertained and paid and opening used by the lookout-The N. C. Daily They must have collided, an the Kumsang was
be
Captain Daviser, R.N.R., of the British steamer Tartar which arrived in pert yesterday, eighted on the 26th instant, off the Bonham Light near Shanghai, a cruiser with all funnels and masts apparently blown away.
She was
[Possibly this was
the Reine Christina, re- to interfere with purely Colonial questions, the Transvaal or had any knowledge of the there would seem to be but little improve- extent to which the Chinamen abroad formally raised at Mails, and which left here for ment in this respect. The opportunities of a community of their own and keep clear of Shanghai on the 26th inst. in few of the Aug Robert K, although this ing would not be making party capital in this manner are too the people. So far as the European popula- flying the Danish flug.) tempting and it is not surprising that an tion is concerned their influence may occasion was again seized to air all the well worn complaints against Chinese labour in Souto, righly congratulated on their South Africa. The wire-putters, however,
success in this particular direction. Indeed, the last dobate which took place in the House of Lords on this favourite subject is little short of depressing. The remarks made by the noble lords who undertook to
considered as a very negligible quantity, and as to the natives, there are few Chinese on familiar terpus, any more than Europeans who would think of associating with them
would; and even if they did so, it is quits a question whether the average morality of the African native is not in reality lower than that of the worst Chinese,
Dot
The hearing of the case in which a coolie was charged with entering a European's house in Wanchai Road and stealing a quantity of from West Point-ware charged with rucsiring clothing therefrom, and in which eight men
"£10,000 been transferred to the
The woman, -wai consofana when picked up, and was talking,
Cross-examined-If the nunches had kept on their course they would not have cleared
The battleship zasta were shot away, Mr Egan said, and ons Japanese shell went clean through her combing tower, entering the
News adds that the Orel threw overboard a full estimate of all daims that had arisou prior fteen hundred thousand roubles before she going fast. I gave the navigation whistle"
sarrez dored,
before porting my helm. When the woman to Sist December, 1904,
The directors have, as usuni, set aside forty. per cent. of the fire premiums received during INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION. went ashore she did not seem quite consolons, and could not walk without assistanco y two or the past year, sa a provision against liability on The balance at credit of revenue account for three persons were holding her. the unexpired fire policies of 1904,
the year 1904 is £34,198. The directors recors- To Mr. Lockor--I could not go ostern, as
··LIFE Department—In the life department|mented a dividend of 6 ́ per
cant, leaving £4,435 0,335 policies were issued during the year 1904, to be carried forward. Full depreciation has there was a junk and a launch behind me. assuring. after deducting sams reinsured. boen provided on the best amounting to £6418, After bearing further evidence, and being the amount of £85,452 3:4; together with resores fond. Exchange having been favourable and the pollo withdrew the charge of mat £1,999,247, and prolacing new promium and after allowing for general and ixed charges addressed by the collators, the jury returned a verdist that docensed met her doath by accident, the stelon articles, was continued before Mr. 356 bonds securing & 6,958: 17: 10 yearly of during the year the board have added from this
A. Hazeland at the Police Court yesterday. Immediate annuities £1,64914: 4 yearly of source a further sum of £10,000 to the general slaughter. Mr. C. F. Dixon (of Mr. Hastings Office) survivorship annuities, £894:14:0 yearly of The directors stated that the hostilities between reservafund and 20,980 to srahaage reserve fund.
CHINESE V. BRITISH JUSTICE. represented the mon charged with receiving, deferred anouitles, and. £59, 160:00 of Japan and Russis had the effect of curtailing In view of the aridence of the principal deferred payments, for which the Company at transport requirements led to the chartering caused quite a sensation at Wolhaiwek. It was
shipments from Northern China to the South, witness for the prosecution, Inspector Collett received the sum of £177,116:2:6 by single of many steamers sod a lessening in competition the fest case to be tried in the High Court The trial of the two Chinese for manslaughter asked permission to withdraw the charges and payment, and £3,764, 17:1 by annual premium for freight Daring the year the steamer there. At the end of the trial, after the accused The claims during the year, including 236 Hip Sang was destroyed by Russian torpedo had been aslanced to seven years penal sex-
destroyer, while another steamer was endowments, were 986 in number, under. 1,199 The balance at credit of underwritea vitude; the kesdman of the village in which the Rolicies and the same amount, with benusnccount at the end of the year was 2241,150 the judge Permission having been granted,
by fire.
crime occurred naked to be allowed to address additions, to £817,167: 9:4
Several of the company's steamers have been the headmas entered a strong protest against The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued GENERAL RESULTS.-At the 31st Deceraber sold, while one new boat has just been completed the lomionor" of the routence. A life for a the following report:
On the 28th at 11.55 a.m. The brometer 1994, the balance at the credit et profit and and two more are under construction.
life was the law, he asit, and he could not gu to the village and say that the prisoneza had has rises in N. China, and fallen in S. China loss, including the anappropriated balance and Luzon.
brought forward from 1963, amounted to
pressed regret that his
are hid sentence ing towards the Sea of Japan yesterday evening.
A depression was leaving N. Chive and mov £651,929 8 I, to which has to be added
The remonstrances, against the debasement the headman, but reminded him that the case Returns from Japanse stations are lacking $24,750: 0, meifth of the shareholders of the currency have apparently had some effect was tried under English law and that he cauli life and annuity profits for the past quinquen-xlready, notes the NO Daily News: There not passa mare severe sentence. Under Chinese this morning.
Gradients are eight in 8. China, and light tonin, making together £670,673: 8: 1, out of has beau this spring a very large importation law one of the prisoners would probably have moderate 8.W. winde may be expected in the which a dividend and bonus of £189,750 is factored at Hangshow, but news was received parricide The two prisoner's are being brought into Shangbai of brass too-enshi pieces manu- suffered death by the Ingabi process fort Formosa Channel and the N. part of the China
bean declared, leaving 2486,929: 8; 1 to be on June 23rd that, for some unexplained reason, to Hongkong to undergo their wonteuse-N-C. Forecast :---W, to S.W. winde, light; fine. carried forward.
the minting of these coins has been stoppad 1 Duily New
Such the case was dismissed.
be
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It is not very surprising that "the dogmatise on this subject display a com- subject dropped," but unfortunately this plete ignorance of the true state of matters is not the end of the matter.
failto both in China and in South Africa and uo
a debate could equal ignorance of facts familiar to every direct encouragement to the, Chinese to one who has any practical knowledge of endeavour to get up grievances and, were the matter. That it is possible to make they a less level-headed set of people, they On party capital out of a question of this would certainly be induced to do so. kind is a serious matter, and this con- the whole, however, the Chinese, though sideration may, indeed, be regarded as the prone to strikes, are sufficiently shrewd to most important bearing of the debate. It know when they are well of; and it will be is assumed that the Chinese are greatly time enough for their enthusiastic friends oppressed; but no single complaint has in England to concern themselves on their been made by them, which can. by any behalf, when the Celestials kave discovered
lausibility be stretched beyond the kind of some grievances themselves.
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