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AT
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12æ¤, 1905.
Many so-called women's complaints can be traced to disorders of the liver, stomach and howols. A woman's work is more or less sedentary; pis does not get the frosh air, the exercise," or the regular hours of rest that a mum does, so that the liver becomea sluggish, the system does not get the rost it needs, and
THE REGISTRATION OF PARTNERSHIPS.
The Singapore Free Press of Nov. 28 raports: The Chamber of Commerco at Penang held a meeting on Nov. 27 to consider the Registration of Partnerships bill.
The meeting decided practically unanimously as follows "That this meeting approves the
PIANO CO., LD. there is not a regular motion of the bowels.gonesal principle of registration of partnerships,
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but is of opinion that cortain provisions require considerable amendment, and thanks the Go- vernment for introducing it."
A long letter was submitted from the Singa. pore Chamber urging the Penang, body to cooperate against the bill.
Tho. six
tonese, oue Khoh, one Hailam, twenty-two Straits born and one Dutch born. Indians wore four Malomodan Mpdrasces, one Mahomedon from Coylon and one Chitty Hrni: the eight Europeans were throa Britisk, three. Germao, one Austrisa Jew and nne Pole. One of the Arabs was Stratte-born.
total number of bankruptsies was 65.5 per The proportion of trado bankruptcies to the cent as against 67 por cont. for 1903 and 74 Eer cont. for 1902. Of the non-trader bank- pts, no less than I were clocks or mon in similar positions (eloven Straits-horn and us Eiropas); three were women (two Straits-born
one Eurasian); two, wors Theatre or Opera proprietors or managers (Birgits-born): two Mr. W.-H. Shelford, chairman of the Siugo. wore Load speculators (Straits-bera-liabilities pore Chamber, when soon this morning by a
$5,661 and $16,259,96 estimated); and this representative of the Free Preis, remarked, in reminder consisted of a Solicitor (363,579.78) reply to question concorning the reasons whick Engineer, a Surveyor ($8,000,76) and a had prompted the message to Penang ugifiled their own petitions. The friends of cus timber caltor. In 10 of they cases the debtors cooperation against the Bill, that a circular would shortly bus issand and a muting called. debtor paid off his debts (898,115 42) outside., The former would explain precisely the
It is a new thing to find gambier-shops reasons why the Chauber objects. At any brought into bankruptcy. Their assets consist rate (and there can be so liar in stating the Jahors or Rhio) for alvanus made, and these solely of the debts du from plantations in fact) only three members are not in opposition to the Bill and two of them do not like it, debts are mostly, mortgaged to other parties although they think Farions amendments could
before bankrupteg. Many of those firms are be made to it. Mr. She ford added tant it was old-stablished partnership businesses, which thought by some people that the big mercantile have passed down from father to sou, often firms had secret information, &e; but this withunt the grant of letters of administration. he characterised as ouens. The Bill was The fall in the pries of gatta was at the bottom objected to by them because it would rain the of two failures and the slump in land brought many into bankruptcy. Husiuess was buck througlint the year and money tight.
trade of the port.
The report on the working of the Bankruptcy Odinsuse for 1904 was bid on the table of Connell recently. The total revenue of the department was $14,461 locally and the expondi tare practically the same. It is somayehat. surprising to see that no less than $2,792, or pad out over exchange compensation and nearly one-fifth of the whole expenditure, was this despite the fact that a sum of $500.48 was savad under this head. It is however autistae tory to note that, for the second time since its establishment, the department paid its way. The usual table of insolvency in the Colony: during the last ten years is appoaded bat the Assignee says: It is of ao oro value, than in previous ya."
In
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a bankrupt, who has obtained his discharge with of Doan's Ointment will relieve you, and the conditions attached, can arrange a composition Ointment will be found a lusting sure for every with his cre litors and so obtain annulment of form of Itching akin Complaint. The price his bankruptcy. The composition actually fell of Doan's Ointment is 29 a pot, or 13/9 for through but has again been proposed. The pots, and it is sold by all chenists, or may be proper course would appear to be for the Official Assignee, with the essent of the creditors, to ad direct, post fees on receipt of price, from the proprieters, the Pastor-MeClellan Co., 8, sell the unrealized assets to the discharged Wella Street, Oxford Street, London, England.bankrupt, or ouyone else, for such a sum as will
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with any dividends already declared give the creditors the desired percentage. The case of * Beur (1901) 1.B. 625 is against the possibility of anualment, except upon payment in full, after discharge.
In urteen as the debtors, or all bat foul: in six gas no hooks of accesats came shoping partners, absconded or wora not to bu is hand. The Official A sigues again in many cases consented to receive books brought by creditors before the making of the receiving debtor, little can be done, where the debtors orders. Whewth hooks disappear with the disappear at the books remain, mors work is thrown upon the Bankruptcy Office
Very few of the binkripts deserve sympathy, whether inders or non-traders. The bankrupts
of the latter class mostly continue to borrow un raigonus fortes-long after the time when they should have find their own petitions. The failures of these traders who did not abscond, were almost all wither distinctly fraudulent or characterized by trading-with knowledge of insolvency. - -
he Lord of the registration of partnerships was fully discussel in my report for last year. A bill is being drafted, and it the more untils community show that it is in favour of regi- stration it may be hoped that an Ordinance will be passul. A few of the older Paropean firms causider that they will not be benefited by such a sure; bat in what way will they harmed? Again it has been suggested that partners have to register, rich Chinamen will cease to invest their capital in trade; Ent there Yoo Tian Lys has been made bankrupt after is more than one way of having money in a paying a composition of 30 per cent, to his fire and getting a share of the profts without collusive prefer-soning ajatuer, and a Chinemin in the last creditors, owing to giving a ouce." In March or April, 1902, he settled person to o deternal from investing money in with his creditors for 30 por cout, but gave the a concern that he expecte to pay. Registration chief creditor promissory notes fur the amount would show that anch men were not partners "of a disuonoured chique and part-in 36 per al prosent the firm gets credit on the strength. cent of the balauco of his claim: it is said that of reports that such a man has money in the
tirpi another set of creditors received 50 per cent. Later on Yeo Tian Lye sued the chief creditor for the return of his promissory notes, there
on another Chinese creditor sued Yeo Tiau Lys for the 70 per cent of his n'aim not yet paid. Both cases were settled upon Yeo Tian Lys paying the chief creditor. But a Euro- poan creditor had also sued for tlie 70 per cent, and obtained judgment and brought Yeo Tian Lye into bankruptcy.
THE FLAG IN BUSINESS.
The attempt to use the trade of the Philip- pines as an indirect absidy for the anaemic American merchant marino" is not working as its promoters could have hoped. The companie operating American stammers on the inter-island routes complain that foreign lines are poaching There were throw prosecutions during the on their preserves by cutting rates between the year, In the Beach Court there were two coo-principal island ports and Hongkong, Obsorve victions and acquittal. In two cases there were malevoleut energy of the demon of free trade. appeals, in one case by the Attorney-General The foreign ships could not carry freight from the acquittal, and in another case by the between the islands ports and Mails--that hankrupt from a conviction, and in each case is a matter that can be regulated by an the judgment of the Bench Court was reversed, all wise Congress. But they cannot be pre- In the third case upon an application to review vented from taking it to Hongkong, and the decision of Magistrates, à sentence of simple so the net result of our attempt to monopolize imprisonment under Section 101 was altered to the trade for our ships is that we not only fail to one of rigorous imprisonment.
get it for our ships, but we give it to a foreign
At Penang there were three criminal prosport at the expense of our own. The merekante ections during the year, one of which was u continuation of that against the partners of chep **Ban Keat Hin" (ie last year's report). Both the partners were convicted of perjury and sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment each This, it is beligred, has had a most salutary effect as the question involved was one of deep interest, the defendants having denied their liability es partners on the ground that their names did not appear in the account books which wora also wissing. The prosecution alleged fint the names in the books represente! the accused and, happily, the identity was established beyond all doubt. It is to be hoped that this trick will not be repeated.
The liabilities in estates of debtors against whom receiving orders adulainistration orders under Sections 99 and 113 were made during the year, amounted to $1,293,082 42 in Singapore and $195,934,48 in Penang, according to the etatements of affairs submitted by the debtors or made out from their books, or (where no state- ment of affairs would be mudo ónt) from flue proofs lodged. The grass assets realized during the year ou these estatis amanunted to $169:330.35 in Singapore and $38,196.81 in Punany, giving an average of 3.09 and 19.49 por cont. of the
·liabilities for the two Settlements rospectively.
The sixty-two Chinese dobtors comprised twenty Hokkiens, thirteen Teochews, four Can.
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of the Philippines have unother grievance on a similar subject. They say that, owing to tho anxiety of our postal authorities to confias the earrings of the mails to American vessels, lotters xut from San Francisco on July 21st reached Manila'ten days after a consignment dispatched from Vancouver on the 23rd. For this delay of nearly two weeks the Second As sistant Pustmaster-G moral consoles the business mon of Manila by telling them that the Post- Office Department in controlled to novou extent by a spirit of patriotism." "If," he remarks, "the good folks in the Philippines who are cou- plaining would stir up their patriotism a little lit, I think they would appreciate the position of the Post-Office Department and be satisfied," The old dig add an appropriation for the Pacifo Manila Steamship Company are better than prompt mail deliveries:-"Collier's Wrekty.
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AUCTION.
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TO-DAY (TUESDAY),
the 12th DecENDER, 1905, at 2.30 PM, at bis BALES RUOMɛ, Queen's Road, HANDSOME HOUSEHOLD PURNI- TURF, BLACKWOOD WARE, DRAW. ING ROOM SUITS, BRASS FENDER MANTEL PIECE, MARBLE CLOCK with LAMPS and STATUETTE
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