SUPREME COURT.
IN BANKRUPTCY. Barónn Sie FRANCIS PIGENT (Cues JUSTICE).
THE VALUE OF A BIGNBOARE, Re Wing Chun Wai Kóu tirza ex parte Tam:
is Castro jef Hang Chun, Mr. d'Almal Messrs Brutton, Tett and (joldring), appeared for the petitioning creditors. The patition,
that the firm currid he said, add business at 22 Circular Pathway -68
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dealers They owed 8 due on two promissory notes, the art if Hankruptey being of suspensions of payment of debts issued by the fire. An interim reviving order was ada on the application of the creditor and granted on the ground that some of the creditors had entered the premises und started removing the gunds of the debtors.
His Lordship (relating to the petition)- What does getal-will mean?
Yr Alauda The signboard and name. 11s Lordship A sigubard is not worth much.
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Mr. d'Almada - The Chinese valud it. sigubenzil was recently sold for $5000.
Tix Lordship is it an unblem of goot-will? Mr. d'Alman-There was another wald for $27,00
The application was granted,
PHUS LA MING o parte tax SHUN MAN. Me, I K. lilies, appearing for the petition. ing creditor raid an arrangement had been misle with the reeditors, by which his client's chim had en soenced mud he now wished to
- withdraw his application.
His, Lorbehip-Tell us sea-thing what he
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Mr. Holmes um set in a position to do so. my Lord.
His Lordship-That is not gaflojeni to with-
draw it.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5TH, 1906.
The learned judge said in the course of his judgment "Of course if you are going to take hack and back, if the horse and carriage had not left the mews, the accident would not haretake he had mado. occurred al nil,“
His LORDSHIP-Well, the horse went off its own action. A gleamboat could not do that.
Mr. POLLOCK, continuing, said they might argue that if the cable had not been there it would not haso hosts duraged by the utelor. and if the Kubể had not been in Hongkong, had she been in Manila, there would not have
within 24 hours, he would still have gone to bis bucy; be had not been told by Mr. Goddard or Mr. Gordon that that was the Arst great mis. It was the duty of the captain of a ship to take his vessel to a safe anchorage in case of a storm. If he neglected to do that, and the storm renched its height, he would be responsible for any damage done, When he got to the buoy the black drum wes hoisted instead of the ord, which indicated that typhoon was coming; at that time his ship's boilers wore empty, and he could not have got steam up for some time. It was quits possible
to lio out the typhoon at his buog, but he dit 201 intend doing so. He did not consider it would have been more Prudent, in vins of all the
been any damage done. He minifted that a line must be drawn somewhere. Dofeulants would never be able to uscape from the charge of
warnings, to have sent for a tug to assist him to argligens if bis friend's arguments were aphulden. Ho submitted that the whole get away. The squall which occurred at 12.36 on the day in question was one of the thinga question the jury had to what took place belen leaving the toy that could not be anticipated. When at Kellett at 11.45 and when she dropped her anchor. Island he considered mare of these squalls wore Plaintiff's were practically trying to make delikely; a second squall struck his vessel before fendants insurers of the safety of thair cable. In conclusion, Mr. Pollock said thors was
consider was
Be case of negligence to go to a jury and judg meat should therefore bu given for defondants without calling a witness for the defence,
His Lorosine did uob ogren with this ciow
and muid the jury having heard one side should
ear the othmar.
ho knew it. It was of a very binding foharacter, and he was heading towards the P. and O in
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Kowloon Bay when it struck him" Assning the tochor, with 105 fations of chain out, to be in the centre of the telephone area, that would Time he was anchored near this area his acchers put his ship just without the area. Daring; the did not drag; ho knew this becuase the ship Mr. Pollock Chen a léressed the jury, indiest
was shering. Witness was certain he was He stated ing the case for the defondants. there was no neglect on the part of the captainnchored outside the area. The letter to the Enstern Extension Cable Cp. tput in) was of the Run in weighing anchor in the eir
weiltan by him. entstances. A curious suggestion had be made by a very posilice witnuss tlie, previons. day, Mr. Well, that a ship like the Rab with only me of her two boilers going must be treated as partially disabled. That was most carkable evidence, but he woull be able to call evidence that the Reha horolf Intl netuslly gone all the way to Manila with one boiler and that an old vessel, the Feart, had gone both ways with one boiler. He would be sklo to show the jury that considerable pressure Fould be kept up with only un boiler. Of course she could not go as fast with one hoffer as with two, but when there was only one boiler in use a donkey engine was employed to do anxiliary
Mr. Dixon-I appear for one of the creditors and was not aware of this arrangement. I am suro my dient would not agree to this arrange ment. Would your Lordship allow it to land;
over?
POLICE COUNT. Thursday, 4th January. BEFORE MI. F. A. HAZELAND (FIRST,
POLICE MAGISTRATE).
ALLEGED LARCENY OF A WATCH. David Hamilton, a stoker on H.M.S. Alacrity, was charged with the larceny of a watch from East Street on Wednesing night."
Defendant pleaded not guilty, stating that he paid 21.10 for the watch.
Complainuut stated that defendintentere his shop on the evening in question and asked to bɔ shown some watches. He was handed the one before the court, and ran away with it.
P. C. 103 said he saw the defendant rimuing
eastward aloog Queen's Rozd on Wednesday night. We stopped him and asked what wes wrong. Dofendat said a lot of Chitanten strack him in East Street, and he was trying to Ret away from the Tha e phiinant then came up and charged Hamihion with the theft of ti watch. Defendant said he was holding the
Walck in his hand when the Chinese struck hize, and he ran away; be paid $1.50 for the artiglė.
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defendant at four o'clock on. Weslushy afte noon at the Naval Castien. They stayed there
By our French Dreesmakor, whose work has often been onlogised by French Journals. called for the defoncu. Te said he met th
until about 6.15 p.m. and then journeyed down to East Street. The defondant went into Hongkong, 14th December 1905. complainant's shop, and bargained for the
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL he could not watch in question, but s make A bargain, ft and rotarsel later, STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, He stated therein that while taking his
The annual report of the directors for the THE ROBINSON vessel, to a safe anchorage on the previous hea ho beat the defendat down to $1.50 afternoon he was foreal, through stress of from 54. The shopkeeper wishal to sea the
PIANO CO., LD. put some twonly cut pievs on the ecuater, surplus for the year, including 10,535 Lrought forward, amounts To £2139746, which. after! weather, to auchor just off the cable ground. ad Hamilton pulled out a handfal and year ended Septesaber 30 states that the net! the complainant said' some of the money was deducting the interima dividon on the preferred i Ho kept steaming up all night on bis ancilors Next in case i ran fond of the callos.
bad, and this tendant. denied it. Au argument steek of 21 per cent, and per cent, on the One Gets a Poor Iteturn from a Piano if it is further payment of 25 per cost, on the pre- morning, when he began to heave up the
saw the ferved and 6 per cent. on the deferred stock, He thought lo hud taken muchor bearings juleda, and witness mext uthers, he found that he had, broken the cable, followed, during which a crowl of Chinese deferred stock, paid in June, admits of a compliant in pursuit. He could not say cent (making 13 per cent, on the defereed for the year). The turn for the pea will there beyond the cable grounds, but during the foul defendant running down the street, with the together with a bonus on the latter of 3 whether defowhunt, took the money away.
formal te por cant, on the rail-up: Witness did not at any time think they were weather his hearings were not reliable,
Tis defendant stated that while arguing capital of £2,320,000 A balance of £10,948 will
be carried forward to the next year's account. I in the cable ground.
About the bad woney
a Chisman gave, e tommage of the fleet is 104,18 lons. Thi hin a crack on the jaw" from bobiod, beard have
tender recently accepted twin-serow steamers of the intermediate class; RACHALS” from Messrs Caird and Co. to construct four with moderate passenger accommodation and which appear in the fleet hrge go capacity, list under this names of Neur, Nile, Nore, and Nya. The directors mention that the ful stock, anonuting altogether to £1,80,400,-has, wine first and second 8 per cent, debentare bus placed, and the total interest for the year -vis, £3,000-appears for the first tizar as a Handry Sundrick, of HMS. Anoe was complote charge in the accounts. On the other
your, earned investments amounts to £83,787.
THE YEAR'S OPERATIONS, only dropped about (wo knots on her spear. It proceeded. Then a second squall came up with Iciarged with tha larong of a small camphor. /e of the account, the interest secouns for the
wood box frous a shop in Queen's Roul.
He said ho Tufendant denied the chargO. was married man with a wife and child, and was bearing the blame of "another rogu", who put the box in his heads.
His Lordship Yes. Direly you come into work, and he would be able to show that in bankruptcy you must fake pour chance,
Mr. Hulmes may say that I have seen a list gel by the Chinese creditors.
His Lordship- must stand over, "The otlar opportunity of creditors must have appr
smouth water the differezes between one boiler suil two was only a few baets, something btween 12 knots and B Mr. Webb's arzumout that a ship like the Rubí ander on lailer not being able to go were than half her ordinary syd was absurd. The Rule Herself going to Manda willion boiler in use IN SEMARY JURISDICTION.
huet maintained an average speed of nine kants, BEFORE MR. A, G. WISE RUISNE Jouag, while the Pearl iu similar circumstances had
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HREAKING A SUBMARINE ABLE
The hearing was resumed of the action in which the China and Japan Eletric and Telephond Co., Ld.. elained $1,000) from the China and Manila Stownship Co., Lt, being the amount of drugo subined by the plaintiff company by the breaking of Chibir sulanarine cable in the harbour by the defendants' steara- ship Ruby,
Mr. E. i. Sharp, K., instructed by Mr. 4. C. Bailay (of Messrs. Johnson, Suke and Muster), appeared for thus plaintiff company, and Mr. R. E. Pollock, K.C, insuneled by Mr. F. B. Deacon (of Messrs. Daura Looker fad Dereon, represented the defemkant company.
his
was alsad to say that one beiler would not give more than half good. Knowing how horsepower was applied to steamers, they knew that if it was desired to incréaso a vessel's speed a knot or two above bor economical Ispred bur horse-power had to be increased 59 enormously to get the exten kust or two. with one boiler, as oppound to twn, in amooth water and under favourable conditions the difference in a stemmer's speed would only be one or two knots. Proceeding, he asked the jury to cometaber that the typhoon did not reach
Captain Morrison in typhoon force, evidence said he did not think much about it because he pulled up anchor and steamed ugry that evening They must know from their own The witnesses called yesterday wara Mr. W. Is, Cartor, manager of the plaintiff company, who knowledge that the cry of wolf was raised in -the colony, when there was no wolf Signals gave evidence of the rouge and at the
notices issand, but mount paid for repair was considerally
wer huisted, mons
The typhoon had been more than the amount claimed, 31r. F.. Figg thing happened. of the Observatory, whu spoke of the weather at
somewhere no doubt, but there had many the flow of the scenerenew: Mr. A. W-19: false aların.. It was suggested that they ought enginese in the employ of Messrs. M. Donald to have go to Kowloon Bay or somewhero else before they did, but an would call evidence and Co. who delayed he would only raise anchor in aploon, with half his boilers not to show that other two stonmore did working, noder protest; and Captain Christie, leave tit after they did. who did not consider the flabi shonhi have got to her bay in thay rubdition that she was, but that shy skonid have called a tag and proceeded in fe anchorage,
Mr. Pollock, addressing his Lordship, said that there was no evidence of negligenga ta by submitted to the jary, use in the best place there was no doubt the Mahi had dropped her anchor sewhere off North Point on Angas 30th at 10. What was saltantially alleged was that she dropped her anchor plaintiffs able. Assuming that she dropped ber auchor inside the cable area and that as a result she broke the Company's cable, the more feet of dropping her muchor there could not be said to Ashis Lordship koew, this mare bo negligence, fact that damage was duas either, by a chip or by a horse that ran away or by anything moving which belonged to defendants did not entitle the phintiffstore orgy, and ho thought plaintiffst legal adviser had aut taste the proper view when they had put in their claim the allegation of negligence. They submitted that there was no evidence of such neglent. They know from the evidence that there partainly were gusts of
not.
He
for all he was worth,”
His Worship raid that according to the story for the defauce theen was actually a sale, and as he was inclined to beliers that story he foul that there could not be any larceny
The defendant would therefore be discharged.
ANOTHER ROGER'S ACT.
W. G. Larson said in August last he was acting as Chief Officer on the ss. Rabi. had a six and a half years on the China boking round-he saw a crowd, and "went east, and knd und a coaster's ertificate for twelve years. About 11.50) on the morning of the 30th August the Rubi feit her bnog al Hunghom, and proceeded towards Kowloon Bay Ou the way they struck a sovers quail and dropped the port anchor for a for minutes. Whon the squall cleared away they hove up. the sugines were put shead, and the Rabi very thick rain, which was coping down so Hevere that witness could not face it. About ten minutes after it cams on the captain ordered him to let go the anchors, which he did. The ship was sheering all the time, and the engines were being kept workis slowly utend to keep the strain off the cabies. The ship did not drug at ul. Wilnees hore short on both anchors, and then took up the starboard. Afterwards bo love up the port anchor, and found a pires of cable on it. At the time of the second squall, witness could not see ten feet ahead. Dropping the anchors in such a ease was a prudent thing to do, as otherwise they might have drifted down, on a steamer which was lying on their starboard quarter. Witness was previously in the lab when she had only one boiler and went fremi Hongkong to Manila at a speed of ten knots
wan hour.
Cross-examined-Hu could not explain how it was that the typhoon signal hoisted at 7.30 a.m. was not sea for two hours.
They were all busy on the decks at the time. The telephone I When the Habicable was not palling at their anchor.
was not true that their anchor was pulted cut at the bow by the telephone cable The sat on for Kowloon Bay she experienced foquille nud linting rain which muds it
impossible a sea 100 yards abead In these piece of cable produced showed that it loud bren ciromustates the Captain thought it prudentcut on the one side and broken on the other He did not feel any shook when it was brought to drop auchor. Plaintiffs asked them to say that that was imprint and that the Captain
Captain Almond spoke to having suited one was negligent. In fact the plaintiffs elmost- seemed to think that the Captain ought to have of the Company's old ships to and from Manila thought for more of prospective damage to it only ons beilor in ass.
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The cash was adjourned.
BEFORE MR, C. D. MELBOURNE (SECOND POLICK MAGISTRATE)
BREACH OF MORPHINE ORDINANCE.
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In their usual summary the directors say . "It was fully explained in the last annual report that the greater stability of silver exchange had decided the board to adopt in ndering the company's accounts sa upproxi- mataly accurate par of exchange, in lien of the old figures of 23. per rupes and 44 24. per dollar which land been in fores for nearly 7 years, bot bad, ever since the depreciation of silver began, involved writing off large amounts overy year under the head of loss In exchange. At the same time it was pointed Inspector Collett elporget Tam Pat and Launut that this charge is dealing with the Yau with a breach of the Morphins Orlinsnes arents would reader any external
to some extent misleading, and this remark by administ ring morghine not having besparison of figures during the first, year or two applies to the revenue and expenditure statmout now submitted. Dealing with actual figures prescribed by a inclical practitioner.
far as possible for the purpose of comparison, it is satisfactory to note thas the passenger
WORK UNDER revenue again shows an increst over that ofYPEWRITING the prerians pourr The advance is not a very 1. TAKEN. Cliarges moderate.
F. A. V. RIBEIRO large ene-£20-bat it apples to the Considerable time was occapiel in hearing farther East, where the war undoubtedly
(late of the Hongkong Typewriting Burunu} barge of larceny preferred against Chanterfered with this movement of pasangor
Hongkong, 25th October, 1905, Pung, who was zeemad of stealing gold traffic. Under the bad of freight, charters. 34, Queen's Road Central (Second Floor). bangles, dirauent rings, juddestones, gell chains and other jewellery to the total valus of $6.50 from Yil: Tong Choong, of D! Hollywood Road, on December 25th. A man and another wona were charged with receiving the articles, know ing them to have been stolen.
They was caurieted and enth ördared to pay fine of $20, the alternative bring one mouth's imprisonment.
ALLEGED LADCENY.
The case for the prosecution was that when complainant missed the jewellery on the night in question her annab, the tirs defeudant, raised the alarm that bargles and been in the house. A witness stated that the liest defendant came to her and asked her to keep some jozelory for her
The case was adjoarred.
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COLD STORAGE, THE HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, Ln.,. have now 44,000 Cubic feet of Cold
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and miscellanous services, there is a deficiency, as compared with last year, of £37.000. This actual freight reeipts were, however, in advance of those of last year, although thera were various unfavourable circunstances to cotiter against, and the shortage shown under 1 the beading is dus entirely to a ser amount Storage available at EAST POINT. Stores will of casual chartering by Government for the be Opon at 10 A., and P.M. daily, Sanday veganer of troops. The cargo capinity of excepted to receive and deliver perishable goods.
W. PARLANE, Mannger, 47 Hongkong. 18th November, 1901. the fleat had been fairly well utilized (although the rates have been very low), except daring the last few cents of the year at Bombay and Cal- entia, where there was a great deficiency of cargo owing to certain crops having been extensively injured by exceptional frosts in the early part of the rear. The Australian trado is improving in bulk, owing to the more favourable seasona The average speed IMPENDING RETIREMENT OF SIR which have happily set in. but Australian nol improved. The freights have certai: ly outward trade to China and Japan has hun! good, but the homeward business is unayoat top His Exedlens Wong Ta hi, the new Chineseho employment of the tonnage loaded ontwards, Minister at the Court of St. James, who is now and, unless there is a marked expansion in the in America, will arrive in Londen some time
experi trade from China sud Japan jof which before Christmas to relieve the retiring Minister, there is no particular indication at the momcut), Chang, and to take up his residence at the this trade will, like that of Australia, be over Legation in Portland Place.
done with tonnage."
The bearing was again adjourned,
ANTI-TEA DUTY LEAGUE.
the cable than to look after his ship and to Manila was 7.3 and the return journey ne avoid drifting or runzing into other ships, hurts. He had commanded the Rabi wines sho They surmed to think that their cable was far was launched at Glasgow, but he was heɑw on more important than ressonable end prudent leave lost your. agree with him that it was reasonable and navigation, and he thought, the jury would
he did wherever he was, even inside the prudent navigation to drop his anchor as area, hasing regard to the blinding rain. So far as the captain was concerned, he had been all along under the impression that he and dropped his anchor outside the exble arcu. Even if the jury ears to the conclusion that the captain had dropped his auther there, he thought from the ovidone they would come to mogligenes on bis pert
A meeting of the Council of the Anti-T Duty League was held at the gue's offices London, when Sir West Ridgeway pre-id-d. Daring the past few months the leg has addressed nearly 500 Parliamentary candidates, for their constituencies again, as to their views exclusive of members who are going to stand on the question of the reduction of the existing duty on tea, and in reply has recoiset, an almost object of the league, whilst more than half theị universal expression of sympathy with the
nny weasure for the remission of the war daty of 2. per pound (which is still Evidence was then called for the deferr. Captain Noties, of the Rubi, bore out the boing levied on ter) in the event of their being returned to Parliment At the meeting
wind at 120 on August 30th, accompanied the conclusion that it was esrailly not do to adidates have pledged themsels to supportį
HALLIDAY MACARTNEY.
COUNSELL OF SIX CHINESE MINISTERS,
A very important and interesting event hangs this change, for so soon as the ex-Minister and his success gall have obtained audience of the King Sir Halliday Macarthy, who kice
sentatives in Portland Place, will retire from 1876 has served the Chinese Government as
that importout offen. English Counseller and Seentary to its repre
The result of the year's operations allows a farther provision for dope ciation to the extent of £100, in addition to the torrust allowance of 1306,010, thas raising the sinking fund for the year to the satisfactory figure of 2535,040.
Including
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up of 15 anchor on the cesion in question,loring the general election was discussed and
by rain. It was true plaintiffs' witness were not disposed to admit there was as much density of rain as mentioned in the defendants' stuto- zast. Still they knew there were tuatuornjog overcast skies, with rain and squalls of wind. The question to be submitted to the jury was
which was huned to him by the chief officer whether having regard to the circustanees
He had guiled several ships who they had only the Rubi was negligent in dropping her uncher
Cross-examined-When anchored at the dock where she did. The plaintiff's' enggestion of what boiler iu nae.
he said something me up with the anchor decided up. Thero will be a renewal of the Kaight Grand Cross, Imperial Order of the
propagando on lines somewhat similar to these employed last spring. Arrangemouts bar bon made to post the hoardings not only of London, bat of several provincial cities and towns, with a striking pictorial appeal to the electors in constituencies of the teagno's literature dealing A recrudescence of the hoarding display which attrantes scrunch attention early in the rear may be expected daring the month preceding polling day at the
they ought to have done took them back to the boy he was not awars that any notices of a general, and for the distribution iu varions afternoon of the 29th. They suggested that defendants ought to have been towed to a plaes/phoon had been issued by the Observatory: with the taxation of tea.
elections.
on the 29th he knew the barometer was falling of sziaty on that afternon. Another allegu- but did not notice it before. Apart from having seon the signal up it had not occurred to his tion was that they ought to have been towed away or steamed away by daylight
mind that there was a typhoon about. When
One way and another everything's jolly odd. All this vista of possibilities he saw the signal hoisted ho did not take next morning. was laid before them by the plaintiffs. In any steps to inquire whether the Observatory I mean, we're all such. frauds. We all say things we don't mean, and do things we don't considering that, one was forcibly reminded of bind issued any notices. If he had known believe in, and play Old Hurry generally with nolics had been issued that a honesty. B'Jove, it's quite amazing. Brun that a typhoon threatened to approach South China wel" in The World.
the observation which was made inho case
of a horas bolting and doing damage at home
Double Dragon, China. It is not likely that any successor in offico will be appointed to him.
Dody Graphic.
"SHELL" TRANSPORT AND TRAD. Sir Haltiday Mecarines is seventy-two years
ING COMPANY (LIMITED), and served in the Chinese War (1869) and in tles war against the Taipings. He was for The report made up to December 31, 1904, of age. He was formerly a surgeon the Army, some time director of the Imperial Asenal at states that the Asiatic Petroleum Company's Napkin, anul cu to England in 1876 with accounts for the same period have just been Kwo, who became first Chinese Minister in this received. The differences between the actual country-Erst, indeed, in Europe. He has been results and the estimated ones for 1993 are now the Couns-Bor of six successive Ministers. He adjusted in the company's booku.
After deduction of ungenent expenses stands to the credit of profit sul loss 4:524,075.
directors and auditors' fees, £22,150; iacoma- tax, 1896, the sum of £10021 as a provision (including offerant, salaries, and expenses and
for depreciation on steamers, installations, &c.; writing £10,000 from the costs and expenses of preference hares issue, and writing £3,713 from American expenses, the balance of profit and the pro- loss is £237,815. After providing for. ordinary shares of 5 per cont. per ansum paid on January 1 this year (which together absorbed fronco dividend and for the dividund on the
£150.000), the remains to be carried forward the st of £107,815. The directors "regret the cost of establishing their foothold on the European aurkots, owing to the ruthless com secured a position which should havo substantial petition they have had to meet, but have thereby reeults in the future."
WEATHER REPORT
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report:--
On the 4th at 11,55 am. The barometer has risen ever E. Japan, and fallen over the Lou-heos and Forinosa
A shallow area of low pressure appears to be lying over the Pacific to the South of the Loochaos, and the belt of high pressar lies Strong monsoon is still indicated in the now over the Lower Yangize and S. Japan. Formoss Channel and the N. part of the China Sea.
Forecast:-Moderate N. winde; fair.
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