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IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION,
A QUESTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
sooing how much he was interested in poll- ing the business through, and dißicultiox madenbtedly would have arisen through the insanity of the man acting us manager, he cam forward and acted ay mager. He was
BEPORE MR. A. G. Wise (Poissa Jynon). appointed manager by a document in court:
had be boon a partner it would havo brou quito- unneccesary to draw up u document to verify hla appointment ns manager, as ho was quite entitled to ant without such. As to the suggestion that the defendant's was a rival business
Wong Chik Yan Toug alias Wong Ching salesmen have be so active in suding their Baron Komura and M. Sato leftained from Leung Taun Tung and Leaug Hon Ching, partners in the Kang Sun firm of stock north that prices necessarily dreppod,
"Vancouver for Japan by the s.5. No. 10 Wilmor Street, and lately carrying on business at No. 42 Bouham Strand, the aunt of Empress of India.
$1,000, being principal of a sum of $1,177,06 due by the dofoudants to the plaintiff for balance of money lent by the plaintiff to the Kang Sun firm on the 27th January, 1983.
Skips drasing 12 feet can now get up river to Tientsin with the tide. - If other sultinga are unde," sags the Chinu Times, “further improvement may be looked for. The bar is the The best tido experienced during obstacle. August was 11 ft. 6 ins. As showing the
„enormous growth
the bar in recent years it
the river, as everyone now very fully tucoguise;
AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN,
THE EXCLUSION. TAKATY,
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His Lordship -- I am taking your own words about that.
Mr. Caltrop-Yes, my Lord, but I am informed that the business, although of a similar character, is not a rival business,
Continuing Mr. Calthrop said it was in th The plaintiff agral to waive the sum of ginning of 1934 that the defendant took over $177.00, boing the exocas of the said lean and the management of the defendant firm, but interest over the sum of $1,00), in order to what he did as manager would not in way way bring the action within summary jurisdiction.make him responsible as a partner for the Mr. R. A. Barding appeared for the plaintif, liabilities of the firm. He caused to manage toad Mr. H. G: Caltrop, instructed by Mr. the business in Angast, and before these
Lannoy, 4th October. The Japanese Government are willing to agree to the terms of the Exclusion Treaty, but are willing limit the number of immigrants to Australia.
NEW KANSAS RAILWAY.
LONDON, 4th October. British capitalists have advanced a
Hursthouse (of the Crown Solicitor's office),
represented the defendants.
Mr. Hurding stated that the plaintiff. was a widow asiding at No. 23 Upper Lussar Bow and the sole proprieteves of the business of the Put Shing Wa. The defendants carried on a business at the sume address ns the business of the Fuk Shing Wo, and worn sied as partners of the Kung Sun firm. The clair was in
One of thoserid correspondents who recently TELEGRAMS. all that this scholarly member of the English Baptist Missionary Society could arrived at Tientsin from Sinwinting reports that there is a slump in the cattle trade in the teach them. Gentle badinage abandoning, | latter pises, the supply lasing vacunded the we fear that either they. TIMOTHY | demand. The slacrity of the local Latchors in RICHARD has been misreported, or that he following the war news appears, therefore, to hus, in keeping with his prophetic vein, have been over-untimated, the reduction in prices been seeing visions. He says that the being merely coincident with the declaration holding together of so pre-eminently numerous a prople for over two thousand years" means great powers of organisation." Having often heard from Dr. RICHARD' colleagues that the China of to-day is | practically the China of those dim ages past, and believing that powers of organisation imply the faculty of instituting system, we are unable to follow the reverend gentle-may be mentioned that in August 184 no less ' reasoning. This long holding to than 17 ft. 6 in. 'was' recordel, and the mens father suggests to us rather great power lido of that mouth was 12 ft. 6 ins. The for what the Americans call "staying pat," work that has been done has greatly improvel which, being interpreted, means élinging to
int the greater the improvement the keeper the the status quo, to things as they are. But
desire for mure, What is now required is that now, according to the prophet, “the the bar le depuned by at least two feet, and that Chinese are prepared to modify their laws two more cuttings be made in the river channel." LIGHT ALE. and customs. To a certain extent, so
Seeing that the Japanese Governmont has been We take is that such pre-engaged for some years past in the improvement THIS ALE, browed expressly for ROBERT | pareigas inspired certain promises; for of horse-branding, the importance of its efforts THIS
PORTER & Co., LIMITED, is bottkdxample, the undertakings of the MACKAY must have been brought bomo very closely by loan of £1,000,000 for the new Kansas rospect of a loss of $1,000 which had been rando
Treaty, Were we disposed to omulate the thio events of the last eighteen months. Whils it is true. however, that the Japanese cavalry holiness of the modern prophet, and to
bas, mado a better showing than was generally fix a date, we fear our temptation would be expected, there is no doubt that, given better to tame the Greek kalends.
Reading remounts, they would be a still more useful further in this testimony in the Daily News branch of the service. The Department of (the curious will find it reprinted for them Agriculture and in yesterday's Dully Press) we seem to imported from England thirty-thros horses, recoguise an old friend. The "Yellow including sixteen thoroughbreds, ton trotters, une sadillo-horse, and six Imekneys. They bave | Paril" people have apparently converted
arrived in excellent coadition and have been the Rev. Timony Richard, who introduces distributed to this sind farmax at Iwate, Miyagi,
Ishikawa, te as the Yellow Peril as a widespread and Fukushima, Aichi,
Shumans, splits 245 well organised Asiatic conspiracy against Kammato, and other places. Mr. Hirosawa,
the White Peril. The people of Asia are sick of the Whita Peril. The arrogance of Europeans bas berume unbearable to them. China feels this more kevaly tam the other Asiatic nations. The Boxer rising was bot an expression of that feeling." Can candour farther go? We now learn from a mission- ary that the Boxer rising was entirely due to the unbeumble arrogance at the Euro- poate against whom it was directed. It
under a sprcial system which enables the best characteristics of a good English Ale to be combined with estrome lightness of character and a practical FREEDOM FROM SEDI MENT, result bitherto denied unattainable.
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The race of prophets is not extinct.
It
has to-day repe-sentatives worthy and un-
accept this.
Commerch has recently
Diretor of the Stud Parts, by whom these animals were purchased in England, is now making a tour of inspection in Hungary, and will return to Japan in December acxt.
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And October.
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The loan is issued at ninety-two, at four and a half per cent.
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SEVERE STORM IN THE GULF'
OF MEXICO.
LONDON, 2nd October. A terrife storm in the Gulf of Mexico has devastated the cotton crops over a large area.
THE SUEZ CANAL..
by the plaintiff to the Kung Sun firm on the #7th January, 1903. The defendants paid back $1,000 on the 5th April of last year, leaviɔgu
The
balanos due of $1,000 with interest. plaintiff decided to forego the interest to bring the claim within summary jurisdiction.
His Lordship-Was the plaintif the sole propriotzess of the Puk Shing Wo at the time of this loan?
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proceedings were institutek, without notice, it had never been mggested to the defendant tbại ho was actually a partner, nor list he at any time put himself into such a position as to make himself liable as a partner.
The cass was adjourned till Tuesday.
POLICE COURT.
Wednesday, 4th October,
BEFORE MR, F. A. HAZELAND (FIRRE POLICE MAGISTRATE).
ISSUING COUNTERFEIT COIN,
Lu So was arraigned on two charges of ising counterfeit coin resembling the coin of a foreign country in Victorin on the 3rd inst, Accused went to a tobacconist's stall and tendered a bank note in payment, receiving in, exchange 90 gents, Then be detanded un additional thres conts, for disenant, which being refund, hu demanded the rotura of his note, nf the same time handing over the cigarettes and 90 cents. On getting the latter into his hand the hawker discovered they were not the Bas as he had given, but were spurious. He promptly caught the defendant by the hand and held him till a policeman had arrived:
Frisover, who had been previotisly convicted for a like offence was committed to prison for six months and six hours in the stocks.
Mr. Harding Yes, my Lord. Continuing, Mr. Harding said the Kang Sau firm removed to their present audross semo seven or eight years ago, and with the Fax shing Wo firm kept this lower part of the said premites. The manager and ouployees of the Fak Shing Wo firm had to pass through: the LONDON, 2nd October. Thirty ships detained as Suez have sent. office of the Kung Sau firm before they could get into the street, conemently tuoy had on their mats to Port Said by u tug boat..
amplo opportunity of sosing how the business THE UNITED STATES.
of the latter firm was being carried on, and whe were the partners. The employees of the two LONDON, 2nd Getober.
firms had their moals together, and the plaintiff President Roosevelt has returned to firm paid so much to the defendant firm for thesu moals. The manager of the Fuk Sting
conversations had had any
with the irm, and partners of the Kang San consequently learned who were members of the defondant firm. Senco Ji the plaintiff had advanced several sums of money to the defendant Gem, the total gum áilvanced bring $29,000, The bearing of the charge against Oldorico made up of amounts varying from $2,000 to Nores, eignalman on Creen Island, of harbour- $4,000 advanced at a time. Tuoss loans-eighting a married woman contrary to the laws of | in all--had been repaid shortly after the proson China was again adjournal.
A CHEERFUL PRISONER.
It is reported that Colonel Yeong Chik / Washington, his first visit to the Capital Wo tirm wonid tell his Lordship that he dition warrant for the crine of armed robbery
Shung has paid $50,000 to the Sin-Han-Kuk in
part payment of the revenues which it is alleged had been misappropriated by Culosel Yeong from the Pa-wai-ying's funds. It will be remembered that a special deputy was instructed some time ago to investigate the imattor.
NAVAL MANEUVRES
was chiolly directed, it may be remembered, at the colleagues and confréres of the reverend deponent.. Was it that the Boxers even then had learned all that their teachers had to teach ? This conibination of Asiatic peoples, though: what of that? Dr. RICHARD
I mentioned in a prosions letter that Chau says it is an Asiatic League, already teu
Sin Pui and Li Cham Young. Taotnie. president years old.
"Statesmen from Siam, ludia,
and vice-president of the Cheong-Ping-Rok- and Persia, as well as from China, are
Tong of Canton, had dived instructions influenced by the League, and visit Japau from Viceroy Shoum to proceed north to review solely in connection with its objects. These the Grand Naval Manuurres of the Pai jure to resist the West with its own weapons, Yang squadron in the 10th Moun. Viceroy but with an Army, far superior in numbers." Sham has now received a telegram saying that the Naval Mangutres have hean postponed to This is distinctly thrilling. It is, moreover,
an indefinite dute. The belief is held in official definite. For ten years, just the period that circles that the postponement is due to the our new Alliams is to run, Japan has been recent dastardly bomb outrage in Peking. holding meetings of the conspirators who The official up north are probably afraid that themselves of the are. Lo apply to the argognut West the evil-dcers will teachings of its own teachers. That Angle Japm Peaty may stave off the evil day for ten years; but even if it do not, ther is a grain of comfort to be found in Dr. Ricna's own testimony. All Asia is not chievous career on so firmly kuitted together as Those yesterday. mysterious assemblies in Japan wonki seem Star Viceroy Shum bas taken over the to indicate. China herself is the traitor in daties of superintendant of the native customs the camp. Although she feels European (Hoppe) he has been pressing the last ofisini arrogance more than the other Asiaties do, who held that post here to settle all the accurats
uvall
"pportunity that a big gathering always
Words, to commit another outrage.
EXECUTION.
Wa A Ping, a pirate chief who was recently captured by the local braven, ended his mise the Potter's ground
HOPPO'S TREASURER IN TROUBLE.
since peace was declared. He was greeted
by 190,000, a denonstration unequaled since President Lincoln's time.
MEDICAL CONGRESS.
LONDON, 2nd October. President Loubet has opened a most im- purtant Coagress, for an enquiry into Tabers culosis, in Paris,
JAPANESE LAND TAX IN KWANTUNG.
Marshal Oyama, Commander-in-Chief of tea Japanese Army in Manchuria, bus issued the folowing order regarding the imposition of a land-lex in the province of Kwautang:
It is hereby notified that a land tax will bo imposed. In collecting the fax, the old unge in vogus in the province will be taken into account, and the collection of the tax will be commenced with the amount dua for the prestar Siscal year. The procedure of collecting the tax. will be determined by the Director of the Livd
Aministrative Burean."
Kwantung comprises the territory in Mar- churia toned by Rusia and now coded to Japan.
lean had been made. About this time the Fok Shing Wo diavremoved to another address. The last loan had been advancel on the porsount application of the second defendant, whe saw the manager of the plaintiff fim o the subject, and the money was paid into his hands. regard to the partnership question
With
His Lordship-That is the point I suppoas! Mr. Hading-That is it, my Lord,
Mr. Harding here procendeal to road-extract, from the books of the plaintiff firm to prove that the defendants had received the loans advanced to the defendant firm as partners of the said firm.
Evidence in support of the plaintiff case was
Chau Tung, who was arrested on an extra.
within the jurisdiction of China, was remanded. pending the arrival of the witness. He came up smiling and left the dook telling the lukong in charge of him to hurry up.
A CHINESE MARRIAGE.
POSTAL INFRINGEMEKT The case was mentioned in which a boy was charged with infringing the privilege of tho Fost Master Gonoral by delivering letters in the Colony. The summons against the boy (who was very young) was withdrawn when it was learned he acted under the instructions of bis muster, add a summoos was taken ont against the latter. It was stated that the
master had left the colony, and Mr. Lewis, Assistant Postmaster Ganerai, e usouled to the summons being adjourned sine die,
THIEVES AT WORK.
A+ Mr. White, proprietress of the Blue
beard, after which Mr. Calthrop opened his Buildings boarding house, was walking down defonce. He said hot d fondants were prepared
Icehouse Street on Tuesday night, twậ to say they never had been puriners, and had natives approached her from behind when, nover hold themselves ont or acted in any way nder the Masonic Hall, and snatched her as partners of the defendant firm, which had, handbag containing $280, in money, accounts unfortunately, cone tu grief. The only reason and other papers. They run up the street and there was for suggesting that the second she gave chase, following then along Lowe, defendant was a partner, was that bo poled ne accountant for the firm.
Albert Road, where they braashed off, as far as The first witness the Governotetit Offices, Here she lost giglit called had gone so far as to say that the second of them and returned to the Central Polies
THE TROOPING SEASON.
The following is the itinerary of the Danera, which is to carry out the reliela between England and the Far East in the coming trooping season. The troopship will lave Sonthampton on 4th November, with artillery infantry dratis for Egypt, Ceylon, Straits
gunners for Singapore and drafts for the Notta und Derby Regiment, and the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regi terested in the firm in suy way whatever, except ideatify either of the men, and the search ment, at the rain stations, the Rock" will as an employee. He was originally in the on-
instituted by the police has no far proved fruitless.
and
includ
The drafts
defendant said ho-wan-o-partner, but this would-
worthy, Or the worthy kind, we must we real that 6-hina does not intend to Hal and hand over to him all the records aud Settlements, and Hongkong Hongkongbe denied, Lenng Ha Ching was never in Station to report her luss. She was unable to
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at the mercy of Japan. It is a mistake to suppose tant. Japan is going to do what she likes with China." Much is here implied. There is a suggestion of Japanese arrogance and possible encroachment; and that the arsenals that China is storing, and the troops she is training (with Japan
TEHET VE
undanbtedly number the Rev. TIMOTHY RICHARD, win has just been telling a Daily News Interviewer that in the year 1964 China will be greater than Japan." * Within half a century" was the phrase used by the famous missionary, so that it will be seen we do not misrepresent him. It is usually held thas any propleoy is officers, by-the-way) are not aimed solely safo unless a date be fixed: and in fixing a to assist in the Asiatic League's gaand kick period for the fulfilment of his interesting at the White Peril. There is and this, forecast, we fear the Kov. T. RICHARD has as Dr. RICHARD knows, is no new thing in erred. The picture of China as a cowing China-an arrière-pensée, a determination Power has been hell up to us before. We to
one cartridge for her friend have grown used to the sight of it. But to Japan, if necessary. That sort of thing is bear from such a notable authority that insufficient to satisfy most men that the A. D. 1935 the Chinese will have learnt Yellow Peril is not so yellow as it has been all thas Europongs can tatch them," and painted; and it satisfies us that, as wo that they will then "get rid of their suggested in opening, the Rev. TIMOTHY teachers, as Japan has," is somewhat sur- RICHARD was unwise to put dates to his prising. The statement that the Chinese prophecies. will have learnt so much-all that Euro peans cab touch them"-in so comparu tively short a time implies more diligence and good will on the part of the learners than we have been accustomed to give them credit for. It is commonly supposed that the feet of the European GAMALIEL have been at the service of the Chinese PAUL
for rather more than thirty years already Indeed, without speaking by the book, we fancy Dr. RICHARD has been casting pearle of wisdom for an equally lengthy term; and we should be sorry to learn that the Chinese have been trying to get rid" of their teacher. If they have, we feel certain it is not on the ground that they have learned
It is fully beloved flint President Bussevelt will receive the Nobel peace prize next year in rocognition of his services in bringing Japan at Rusain together and working for poace The Nobel peace price committee on the 31st
ulțimo mbled to President Roosevelt congratu
lations on his work for the peas of the world and for humanity.”
documents
is connected will the yamed's busi- ness. I referred some time ago to a deficit dis-
covered when the post was abolished. It is reported now that a further deficit of our a million taols has been discovered in the treasury asennts, thus making an aggregate deficit of nearly two million tools.
A KIDNAPPING CASE.
A woman named lg Li-shi kidnapped a boy
A Chinaman from Canton, who landed from
ba reached on the 9th following, Malta on the 13th, Port Said on the 17th, Colombo on the ployment of one of the partners of the firm 30:3, Singapore on 7th December, and the out- as a tutor: this was in Canton, and eventually ward half of the run will be finished at Victorale was made accountant of the firm at Hong- the s.8, Kwong Chau about 430 nm. yesterday sovou days later. From the Lath to end the
From 1902 to 1905 ho had soled as morning, reported at the Central Police Station Denera will be at Hongkong. On the latter kong, date she will begin to homeward run, and will accouutaat and correspondout. It was perfectly that he and his foki had been held up by thro men and invalids. true he did write the receipt which plaintiff's men in Des Voeux Road. Qua of the mer, he Singapore. 27th
naved Leong A-wah in Wushow and took the call as felons for Colombo, 3rd solicitor proja ol, but did not put in, and said, seized him by the throat, while the others
THE RICE CROP,
of a voyage of pearly 20,900 miles.
22 varieties of Boa Félând cotton were also tried,
counsel believed he applied for money for the strack him, and the gang relieved him of his defendant firm. It was part of his duty as belongings. They also took the foki along with
entirely lus anty to put the firm's shop to do if he refused to go quiolly. The polica har seruantant to carry out those tra actions, and them, using many threats of what they would
certain documents. He may also have had at the matter in hand, bat are inclined to he times to put his own name as well as the firm's doubtful as to the truth of the fory. chop to documents, but he never at any time held himself out as a partner of the firm, and there was no ground for suggesting that he was anything else than an employee. In the list of
| JAPANESE COMMERCIAL AGENTS.
The Kobe (Japanese) Chamber of Commierso,
led to Cauton to sell. While walking along January, 1906, where she will embark No. 92 the bis-ki-da-kui street, close by the clees of Company R. G. A. for Home; Port Said, toth the Imperial. Ma time Customs, the couple un-Malta, 20th: Gibraltar, 24th; and on the 20th expectedly met the had's father, Leong Ab-sling. completion to arrive in Southampton Water, cn The latter, recognising his son, immediately gave the arm. A big crowd assembled sud completely surrounded, the trio pending ex- COTTON-GROWING EXPERIMENTS. pianations. The shameen Guard turned out and,
There are two countries under the British after exchanging a few words with the lucky flag in whie's the attempts to grow entton have father, arrested the worn, who was immediately proved failures. In the Federated Malay State, takon to the Nan-hoi magistracy, followed by says the Financial Times, the Egyptian variety
at a meeting on Friday appoiated representa planted some sighteen months ago has bloomon to father and son.
and fruited more or less continuously for about partners put in bis vamo did not appear. With tives to a tend the joint contornes of the Chambers of Commerce in Japas, which is tes vine months, but the crop has been te fling and regard to the first defondant, Laung Tau be opened in Tokyo on the 1st p oxime. The much of it was lost as it could only be gathered Tung, he was related undoubtedly to several of Kobe Chamber adopted a proposal to address a daring an artaaloul spell of dry weather. Some the members of the firm, and for many years Mencist to the Minister for Agriculture and Commerce, suggesting that official commercial but not only was the growth unsatisfactory, had been assisting them. He assisted then by agents sheall be sent to important foreign hat they were also seriously attacked by the giving security on various notes which had ports in the interests of Japanese trade. It is cotton wees, and the superiu endent of the been made by the firm, and if he had pon a thought such agents would materially asist experimental plantations is confirmed in his view that, while good samples can occasion partner it would have been quite unnecessary all, bo obtained, the conditious in the Federated for him to have signed his name to notes as Malay Slates are not favourable for cotton guarantor. At the end of 1903 the manager cultivation on mcount of the attacks of the
of the firm unfortunately became insane; it borers.
outlook Lu Gambia the
for cotton growing is equally poor, and the attempt of became necessary that someone should be 9am. on the 4th inst.. and is expectent to wait the Government and of the British Cotton
first defendant was approached by the partners, expected to arrive at Hongkong early Monday substantial loss. The soil, At that time he had made himself liable by Growing Association to foster the industry pointed to look after the business, and the Saturday morning, the 7th, when she will be has resulted in
morning, the 9th inst. which is randy, is not favourable for the par- giving his guarantee for a very large amount Varconver ou Monday, the 2nd Oct., p.m. for The C.P.B. atr. Empress of India Left
the Hongkong vis
Jonge Indo-China si Loisir left Calcutta
usual for this port via the Straits on the 1st Oct, and may be expected here on the 16 1 Oct.
The second crop promises to be a good one, rain having been plentiful. The fields are uns is good condition. The seventh and eighth moons have had their avocage rainfail and as the Chinese farmer holds that rain in the savenih moon je golden and that in the eighth silver, the joss" is good.
WEATHER REPORT
and the censt of China.
The following is the programme of music to the following report -
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued be performed by the band of the 129th Baluchis
On the h at 11.40a.m. The barometer has on the new Farade Ground on Monday next, risen over Japan, and fallen over the Philippines the 9th October, from 4.30 to 6 p
The ares of high pressare lies now over E. Overture.....Flette Barche". Suppe Japan and pressore remains relatively low over Valeo Felicwald"... Caroline Gowthian the Pacifio to the S.E. of Formosa.
Gradients are moderate, and fresh to strong Selection "Reminiscences of England",
Fred Godfroy monsoon may be exported in the Formoss "Good Night"
Lucken Song
Channel and the N. part of the China Sex, Forecast:--Melerate N.E. winds; fair. Hiawatha A" A Summer Idyl"...... Neil Moret
Mazurka...... "A. Phantom”
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KENYAMANANAJNAR
Kuhner
pose, while in addition the natives take little
or no interest in the matter, and such gotton for this firm, and having noted in this way as as they do grow they prefer to keep for making native clothes rather than to sell it at a price guarantor, and having a business of a similar which would enable it to be exported. As a acture in the neighbourhood, the partners roault, although a great quantity of seed wes thought it desirable that be should not as mana. distributed gratia, the crop was a total failure.
ger of this concern. At first he refused, but
in the development of sommaree.
- LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS:
The P.M. str. Ching arrived at Manil. ut
of call.
The str. Lightning left Singapore for this port yesterday afternoon, and is expected here on the 9th inst.