HIR FREDERICK AND LADY LUGARD.
¡NOTES BY OUR LONDON (PRESENTATIV 15. }
His Excellency Sir Jerick Lugard, K.C.M.G., C.B.. D.S.O., wh... in leaving England about the middle of Jono la take up his duties as Governor of £fongkong, is one of the more famous heroes of the Empire--a bravo wau, að able administrator, and one who is thoughly converant with the practical side of adonisa tion. He is the son of the Right Hon. Bir Edward Lugard, Privy Councillor and .C.R.,
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first lady member of The Times staff. that capacity she travelled in nearly every part of the world, and eventually becamo intimately acquainted with South Africa. She had some mysterious connection with the Jameson raid, but the House of Commons Corfmittee of Inquiry did not elucidate that little chapter of the episode any more chan it did the larger Issure involved.
Whoa Fir Frederick Lugard was married Mr. Labouchers paid the following compliment to his distinguished wife:
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and was born on January 2, 1858, se that he professional one for it is limited to having Ltd witness asked the first and second witnesses chooses to amble up to the attack,
"My nequniatance with the lady is only a the hetour to examine her for an hour or two before the Raid Committee of the House of Commons. A more difficult lady to induce to my what she did not want to would be difficult to find Her washer was most charming, When asked a question she went off ala tan- gent, and made a cleric speech on things in If I mildly suggested to her that general however interesting the speuch. I had not get a very clear answer to my question, ako smil- ugly expressed her regrut, and did it in such a way that everyone thought that it was due to my abnormal density of apprehen sion. Then she mada a second speech of the And so well did she do it some character.
in only 49 years old.
He served with the stir Regiment in the Afghan war of 1899-80 and in the Soudan campaign in 1855, when he became a captain in the Norfolk regiment. In the following year he served in the Burmese expedition with such ecurage that he was three times mentioned in despatches, won two medals and obtained the D.S.0. Afterwards he took command it British He has commanded expeditions Fast Africa. against ilave traders on Lake Nyassa, was the commissioner of the Hinterland of Nigeria and Lages from 1997 to 1899, and also the ozonedsat of the West African force, which he raised during that period. In the latter year he was appointed Govornor that, had I persisted in an attempt to get an and Commander in chief of Northern Nigeria, answer, I should have been regarded as a and in 1904 was mode High Commissioner.uthan fest, to all worse of courtesy toward
toll ma everything. lady anxious to When be first went to Africa ho bad only fifty a
of my brother ponade in bis balt and practically no outfit remember that onc
old stager in the except an old ride. He boarded a trampsteamer mittes men, who was ao
witness at Gibraltar, wbers he was stationed at the time wilas of charming woman in the and soiled to Suez, hoping thence to And his box, handed me down a slip of paper on which way to Massowab and to join the Italians who was written "Take care not to rush her too far, wers at that time lighting the Abyssiniane. for if she burst into tears we are lost." I got Fuads giving out at her he was compelled to nothing out of her that she wished to concert, ship as a deck passenger eu a timber boat and bat I conceived an unkounded admiration of to hobnob with the rough italian allon who her charm and also of her cleverness. mauned it. He became great friends with one Frederick Lugard seems to have been more As they parted the forteuate in getting a plaiu answer to a plain ympathetic Italiar,
question." Italiau, soeing that Lugard was without even shirt, said "You want shirt. Here is my other shirt. I give it to you for year good heart," General Lagard took the shirt and it is said that he still keeps it a'a souvenir of the To crown all, when he days of his poverty. arrived at Massowah he found to his disgant that fighting was over and he was therefore forced to return bezs
His famous race against Franco--"a varitable steepleobuse" as the Paris papers enlled it-is perhaps the most striking incident in hig carcer. Not many treaties have been made for England under more exciting diinstances than that which Sir Frederick Lugard secured with the King of Nikki. In view of the treaties existing between the Niger Compay and the Kings of Borga sad Gorms. the amouncement that the French were about to negotiate a troaly with the King of Nikki, whom they regarded as the rightful King of Burgo, created some surprise, and though the French had little ground for their faith, the Niger Company determined to outwit their expedition. Ou July 94, 1994, Captain Deceenr left France for Dahomey. Four days later Colonel Lugard left England. It was a race against tire between the French Foreign Office and the Royal Niger Company, and the British Colonel non. Colonel Lugard reached bis destination on November 10, saw the King. sigued his treaty, and was fire daya' march neater bors when Captain Decoeur arrived. What he said about Feridions Albion has not been written down,
One of Sir Frederick's greatest exploite was the capture of Kano in the weston Soudan about thirteen years ago. The Emir bal refused to abide by the trusty which had placed his territory in the British dominion, and Sir Frederick Lugard sized the city.
Soon afterwards he visited a dungeon in He which the Emir kept his prisoners. squeeze bis way into it through a doorway The only feet high and 1 feat wide. interior was divided by a thick and wall with a similar Lole through it into two com. partments, each 17 feet by 7 test and 11 feet high. This wall was pieced with holes at its
Sir
Her great journalistic feat was her journey in the Klondike mostly on foot, soon after the discovery of that Arotic gokfield, and before any regular travelling facilitias existed. he lived in a tent during her sojourn on the Klondike and wrote some admirably descriptive letters in addition to exposing a number of official abuses. On her return to London ghe read a capital paper on her experiences before the Royal Colonial Instituto.
Lady Lugard'e knowledge of colonial quent ions is profound, and has boon acquire d chiefly at first band, her pluck as a traveller, even under the most unfavourable circumstances, entitling her to no small amount of fame Withal Lady Lugard is essentially a womanly woman, and in her appearance there is no. thing anggestive of the masculine nature of her attainments. She has brown hair, a quiet resolute face lighted by keen eyes, and thin tightened lips that speak of endurance and will power,
POLICE COURT.
Monday, 10th Jane. BROKE MR. F. A. HAZELAND (FIRST
POLICE MAGISTRATE),
ARTEOL CHICKEN THIEF. A coolie from Yaamati, whose decoy was n pocketful of rice, set out in pursuit of poultry In a small lane off Station Street, where he saw a number of chickens, he sprinkled the rice, and was not long in effecting a captare. Hiding the chicken beneath his shirt, be made hie way to a poulterer's and offered the bird for sale. The poulterer, being of opinion that the hird was stolen, took' defendant to the police station, whore he admitted the theft. His
labour, and six hours' stocks. Worship sentenced him to three sechs' bard
A BURPRISED COMPLAINANT. On Saturday a shopkeeper carrying on busi-
worth of nails. at No. & Square Street sent bis fokl, a
small boy, to buy 21 conts
also marked two Chinese twenty-cent pieces, and ons tan cut piece, Hongkong money. At 8 p.m. Sorgeant Earner, Sergeant Leo and Sergeant Watt accompanied him to the socnud floor at 15, Queen's Road central.. In the sitting room: he found the first defondant and the first and second witnesses, the two witnesses having boer in front of them at the time. Witness naked the witnesses in the presence of the first defondant who supplied them beer, and they both said the first defeu
theu
whether asked
they Ho
Club, and the first wers membare of the dant. |dofendant ssid he had signed for the drinks The first whether they had paid money witness, Private Ridsdale, said he had paid fifty cents to the first defendant for the drinks, and had received twenty cents change. Shortly after this interview sergount Earner produced the warrant and showed it to the first defendant who remarked that it was nothing to do with him as his name was not on the warrant. Witness told him he would have to go te tho station. The first defendant wat into the Witness adjoining room to gat his coat. followed, and whils there the defendant admitted that he had received thirty cents for drinks.
Sergeant Earnor, in part, corroborated the evidence of the last witness, gave evidence as to the stock nf liquor found on the premises when he entered under warmat, and stated that the defendant could produce no licence as required under the Ordinance.
Mr. Goldring submitted that there was no
evidence against the sonoad and third defendants His Worship held that there was evidence Again, when the against Mrs. Rodgers inasmuch as she ordered urniture, the liquor for the United Club. defendants went to purchase third defendant paid for the shairs. The outs was on Mr. Goldring to satisfy his Worship that this was a Club,
The case was again remanded. BEFORE MR. G. N, ORME (SECOND POLICS MAGINERATE).
PLACED UNDER OBSERVATION.
A coolis appeared before his Worship to 305wer n charge of stealing an umbrella from A girl at Sheltoneni.
His Worship Did your steal the umbrella? Defendant-No, I pawned it.
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A to the Pears, Lord Newton having. withrawn his (ntile measure for reforming the Upper House, bas left the ground clear for the progomis of “C.B", when that gentle
The feature of the week in the Lords has been
izz however, the attack on the Premier by Lord speeches nowadays which the Premier's Roseburg There is the acid touch
GU "C-B", to ad reasts the disappointed man. The bonours has fallen natural differences of opinion himself bas suggested a croaking raven on a withered bough thom, while Lord Rosebery has become, an he
to the
between
The Irish Bill is strongly suderued, of care, by the Ulstermen, who say they are suspicious of the Protestanta coining under the heel of the Roman Catholics, int even there the criticism is not violent.
The ext.come Home Rulers think the scope of the Hill too modest and describe it as a "timid" measure. But all except the Unionists will support it, and unless it is extended seriously in committee, it may pass the Lords,
The London bye-strations in Stepney and come into force as arguments ereu against Wahlsdon are lively, and rottez agge have worden in an unusually enlemptible way, Both seats should be held by the Conservativos. hear that hefur long other Conservative members are likely to resign, baving grow tirol
fatility of the
of weakness in point of numbers on the opposition aile just now. When Gerald Balfour and Mr. E. Belilios will be the vacancies occur it is expected that Mr. among the new Conservative champions, Mr. Gerald Balfour res near by London. at Mr. Bali- Woking, and is desirous of tasting political life again, in spite of his academic pose. lios found no reasonable hope of winning Newing. tor against the popular Liberal member Captain Cecil Morton. sa next time he enters the list it will be elsewhere.
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AN IMPORTANT BOOK. Of the waking of boke there is no und and just now the Far East seems to be attracting the attention of authors to an annual degree. Since I wrote the paragraph on the books given A. M. Murry, nader the title of "Imperisi shore another one has come my way by Colonel round ts. The author took a
a journey Outposts." strategical and commercial aspect, with a the world and deals with what he saw from a
He went by Gibraltar and Malta, through special reference to the Anglo-Japanese alliance. Suez to a den, Colombo, Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai: thence to Japan and homeward by Vaneenvar, Winnipeg and Quebec He criticises the unhindered competition of our He finds, however, the administration of the neglected opportunities in the Persian Gulf. toveigs competitors at Colombo and our
Straits Settlements sad Hongkong & matter. the inadequate moons of protections for for satisfaction, but he is not satisfied with Europanus in Shanghai and he thinks the state of affairs there is a menace hoth to our politi- Lord Roberts cal and commercial interests. supplies a preface to the volume
NICKER MAIL", 1 he presence of Sir Wilfred Laurier in London has given an Irish deputation an urge upon the Dominion opportunity to
the terminal point on this Premier the claims of Black Bod Bay in the
of Ireland, as side for the proposed new fast line of steemars between Canada and the United Kingdom. The scheme provides for a service of 24 knot steamers covering the distance from Halifax to Blacksod Bay in three and a half days. The deputation appealed to the Premier to aid the scheme because of the advantages in point of shortened distance it would offer fer the carriage of mails to the Far East and the sil raise to Irish treds which would result from it. Bir Wilfred replied and promised to submit The new Imperial secretariut which is to the claims of the deputation to his collesy new.
was emphatically of opinion form the connecting link at boms between the He quadrennial Conferences in Downing Street, improved commmaiction with Canada was will. I am informed, bo permanently honeed at eary but the ultimate decision so the
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NEW HOCKS ABOUT THE FAG YAST. Two Far Eastern books have come from the publishers this week. Mr. John Marray issues n volume by bir Hubert Jorningham sotitled From West to Eust: Notes by the Way," in which the ex-diplomatist and Colonial governor gives an account of his travels; particularly in Manchuris and Japan. Mr. Douglas Storey, has turned his experiences in the East to account in a book Tomorrow in the East," published by Mesars Chapman and Hall. He gives special attention to England's intereta ia Chinese waters. Originally the contents of the book appeared serially in a daily paper, but Ou Inspector Collett informing his Wor the matter has been revised and brought up to ship that the coolle did not appear to be date. in his proper sensos; the defendant was ordered to be placed under medical observation for a
it
His Worship—I didn't ask you if you pawned
I asked you if you stole it? Defendsat-I stole it first.
week.
Lear
KINGAPORE CHINAMAN VICTIMINED. As Kwok Hung-kong, a Chinaman from wharf thu on
untivo Singapore, was standing
awaiting ferry.
and thas bim frumu at Yaumati approached endeavoured to extract two dollars from bis pocket. As he was pulling his hand out, how. ever, Kwok grabbed him by the wrist and called for the police. The next moment the Singapore man was floundering in the water the pickpocket haring pushed him over the pier. He was Hoon out again, however, and raising the alarm started in pursuit of the thief, who was captured by a policeman as he dashed off the wharf.
When defendant appeared before his Worship ke denied the larceny. He stated that when the cry of "etop thief was raised he joined with others in the pursuit. The complainant was drunk, sad as he bumped against him while rushing down the jetty, the Singapore man toppled over into the sea,
His Worship, not believing the defendant's story, senforced him tosix weeks' imprisonment with hard fabour and six hours' atooks.
ANOTHER CONTIDENCE TRICK.
THE NEW IMPERIAL FEPARTMENT.
the Colonial Office, where a small staff, presided over by one of the higher reisle, will devote attention to this particular work,
THE Y. GA."
Now that a Lyon's syndicate is to tarn music Exstor Hall in a sort of l'uritan hall. magnificent Duw buildings are to be which will Y.M.C.A. the erec ed for cost £295,000, and probably before they are finished their cost will approximate a million, Towards this sum practially only £75,000, he yet been subscribed, and it will, therefore, be necessary to raise another £150,000 An ppeal to the public will be bority issued, signed by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Kin- naird, and others, who have long laken a prominent part in the Y.M.C.A. muvement. The ground rent of the site on which the new buildings are to be erected is £8,000 which all. goes into the capscious pockets of the Dake of Bedford. The new institution, when completed, will be one of the finest and most thoroughly equipped establishments of the kind in the
world.
for
Ble
AMERICA AND JAPAN, The negotiations for an enteuta balwee France and Japan has, I beer, pat inta the same Continental diplomatints heads of and journalists with the fever for high politire, the idea that Japan is strength considers ening herself is the inevitable struggle with the United the watlon, I ihat there States. Unfortunately hear on excellent authority Pasibility of an agreement being come to at early date between the United States anů Japan which will closely affect the commercial relations of the two countries. The agreement
what
for
base through which the legs of those sentenced Lastead of doing as he was bid, the boy spent his wanderings he set one, Sin Ling, who after will be limited in its oporation, apparently,
in the
the money ou "ebow" and failed to return to
of America,
A
A
west
that
must rest with the company under- taking a fast service. As a matter of fact Sir Wilfred's remarks were more pleasant than bopeful for the Cauedian Pacile railway not consider the scheme ve 7 officials do feasible and are already throwing cold water upon it,
THE CHINA SOCIETY.
The next meeting of the Chins Society is to be bold on the 2nd instant. when a paper will be read by Mr. S. U. Wang on Confucius; the chair to be occupied by Mr. George Jansson, C.M.G.
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER RESERVE
ASSOCIATION.
The following are the highest scores made on Saturday and Sunday last in the competition for the cups presented by His Excellene in Matthew Nathao and Sir Paul Chater at 500
+45
yards on the King's Park Range:--
For 70 Mr. A. Jenkin
70
36 + 14 = 70 Dr. J. M. Atkinson
+ 7 = 69 Mr. J. Lewingdon Dr. E. JOBOK... Mr. D. Willis...
Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse Mr. E. 8. Carruthers Mr. A. Mackenzie... Mr. W. J. Baundere Mr. A. A. Bolton
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The Hon. Mr. F. H. May
30 + 7 = 69 55 + + 1 - 69
痴 46
4 64 +
63 +
+19
== 68
Bcr. 66
Mr. G. Gipsna
49 + 18-
Mr. J. H. Pidgeon
Mr. 8. E. Green
2
Mr. E. W. Terrey...
53
13
Mr. J. C. Gow
05
sor
Mr. R. Baker...
+
60 4
65 04
Sir F. Piggott Mr. W. J.J. Gast
ECZEMA FOR
FOUR MONTHS
Baby Giri Suffered from Head to Foot -Would Beat Her Head--When Washed would Cry with Pain-- Blood Ran Down Back-One Mass of Sores-Medical Men Useless.
CUTICURA REMEDIES
EFFECT A CURE
"I am writing to you a few words of advice to others who may have a child the same as I have. For more than four months my little baby girl hud eczema, and no one but those who have had it can tell the agony they suffer.
have seen my child beat her head, and blood streaming down her back. She was a little sufferer from She was a mass. I head to foot.
PUBLITT had advice from medical
War: not seem to enre her one bit. advised to use the Cuticura Remedies, and I had two sets Now there is not one spot about her, am! i am confident at the Cuticaru Soap, Cuticura Ointment and futicura Pillk ered her 1 told them and I think it's worth all prake for my -child's sake and other mothers who may have such trouble as I did with her. used in dreas the time for her to wake up, as the cries from her were mouths she WAS heartrending. For bad. It first egne in e stall pee on her heal. I used all kinds of comedies I washed for Si nul it got worse. When I her she would cry, with pain, ne I made a my mind while reading about a rake the Cuticura Remedies, so I got a of Cuticura Soap, a box of Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pills and used theus in the evening I continued for it week and your van't imagine how thankful was to see how well she got on, She was two years of age the 22d of Fed- ruary and a fine girl. She is a picture to I shall recouturens the look at now. Cuticura Remedies to everyone I know, Ms. Cutler, 110 King St.. Royal Oak, Plymouth, Jan. 29, 1906"
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COLONIAL APPEAL CASES.
The Singapore Free Prees says: In the article allading to the slipcussion in the for Conferese over the matter of Appels from
| Colonial Courts to the Judicial Commit, se of the Priry Conneil the Songkang Daily Presa refers ¡to the delays and expenses to pitigauts öffen occurring as a result of the present system.
The dination in which a solution might be i found is in the est blishment in the federations of self-governing Colonies, of Courts of å ppeal of such enlibre and jodicis authority that the decisions of such Court would be rea- dily accepted as fins. Indeed it occurs to us that Gnality could, in form, be well secured by the enlargement of the Judicial Committed of the Privy Council so na to include, for pur- poses of final app al, the provision of the needful representation of that body in Foderation Courts of Appes That might be done by the
•Sweet of, say, three Appes) judges in aci
A native named Tang Fun arrived hero from Macao last week, bringing with bim $100 for the parchase of tobaccos. After visiting a tobacconist shop and pricing various brands is left the $100 with the master for safe keeping Then he sallied forth to have a look round. In conversation told the visitor he could show him how to make money now that subsidiary to the Far East, where Japanese commerce
in thriving, at the expense to do ath were thrust, and they were left there the shop that day. On Sunday bis master went
coins were so cheap. Taux told his new especially in the Philippine Islands. It is com to be trodden on by the crowd ofother prisoners to look for him, and found him in Lover Lascar acquaintance that he had only $100, and the puted that during the past five years Japanese till they died of thirst and starvation. The Row. When he questioned the boy about the latter advised him to get more. The visitor trade with the Philippines has increased cent. place was perfectly air tight and without sile his foki alleged that he had been sesalted returned to Macao, got another $60, and the por, out, most of the Japanese export and next best brought him to Hongkong, where manufacturing houses haring extende i their ventilation +eept for the hole
and relieved of his money. The master then
Sin was awaiting him. They went to a money
10ey convections from Formoss.
THE JAPANESE VISITORS. 'wall which served as a doorway. The total asked him whether be could point out the man
obanger's and bought Hongkong bank notes
Prisca Fushimi and bis enite are having as and 2,618 cubic feet, WHA
who robbed him. The boy said he could, and they with the Macao money to the ex ont of about Pace inside when Lagard's troops toux Kmo 135 persons walked along Queen's Road keeping a lookout $145. With these notes Tang accompanied Bia good a time at the weather will let them. confined in the dungeon every night. until the Ko Shing theatre was in sight. Then as far as Renter, Brooklemenn's office, on to Their tima is equally divided between ban-
footpath before this office they met two other
The pool thie the places where warlike stores and ships are During the day they were turned out in a
the boy, seeing a well dressed native walking alone, Chinese, one of whom undertook to purchasating with Royalties or Societies and visiting before. small adjoining area. Sometimes as many as
marked ordiality. At the banquet at Bucking- were 43 centries. 200 persons were packed into the dungeon at pointed him out as the man who had robbed him. the subsidiary coine for the complainant. Tang made. The King bus greeted his guests with Atkinson with the score of 70 points; there are of the Judicial Committes in London.
banded over his $145 and waited with his new stairs. When they did not return Tang went
were also Sir Ernest atow, Sir Claude Mac- one time. As the ground are was only 238 quare feet there was not eves standing room ansuspecting complainant, caught him by the acquaintance while the other two men went up. Tom Palaos in Lonour of the visitors there donald. Admiral Sie Cyprian Bridge, Admiral except by literally packing the prisoners like one, threw him down on the road and kicked to evarob for them, but they were nowhors to
him. This resulted in the trio appearing at be found. Then he returned to the street Sir Archibald
Sir Edward Seymour, Lord Elgin and Mr. A. J. Balfour. Privce crushed to death every night and their bodies No. 7 Police Station. There, after being whore Sin Ling was waiting for him, end gare Connaught, Admiral Prince Arthur
Arthur of Connaught also entertained the questioned, the boy admitted that he had spant
Wera
sardines in a box.
Several of them were
hauled out in the morning.
Without more
ado the master rushed at the
hica in charge.
One of the open spaces of the town was the the money on "show", and that the complainant | P. W. Goldring (of Messrs. Goldring and Bar- Prince at the Rita hotel on Thursday.
pizoo where decapitations wore ragularly per formed, and another place near the market was the site where the limbs of hopless prisoners were amputated almost daily.
Sir Frederick Lugard has spent altogether 21 years in the Government service in Africa. and satandard work on that still mysterious country is his book The rise of our East African empire, or early efforts in Uganda and Nraasaloud." He bas commanded many expedi tione against slave traders on Lake Nyasss, and has explored more thoroughly than any other Insa the unknown lands round Kilizan aharo
and the Mountains of the Moon. He is further a great smoker, a mighty hunter, a botanist, and an entomologist.
· Few living English womas have had a mere interesting career than Lady Lagard, who as
The defendant, who was represented by Mr. know nothing about the matter. This resulted low), kold his Worship that he was not in league in the fuki being charged with larceny, and the with the thieres. The complainant had asked him to get a man to buy the subsidiary coin, master with assault.
His Worship sentenced the boy to twelve strokes of the birch and 48 hours' detention, and ordered the master to pay $10 componsation.
BELLING LIQUOR WITHOUT A LICENCE.
The hearing of the summons against William David Radbars, Mrs. Marie Brown Rodgers, and her husband Supper H. G. L. Rodgers, R.E., for selling intoxicating liquors at 15 Queen's Road Central, at premises known as the United Clab, without a proper permit, was continued yesterday. Dotective Sergeants Earner and Marison conducted the use for the police, while Mr. P. W. Geldring appeared for the second and third defendants.
and he did 80.
His Worship gavo the defendant the benefit of the doubt, and discharged him.
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
The 1.0.M. str. Koon which left bere on Thursday the 6th Jane at 5 p.m. arrived at The LG M. str. Gneisends which left here Shanghai ou Sunday the 9th June at 10 am. on Wednesday the 5th June at 5 p.m. arrived at Singapore on Monday the 10th June at 6 am.
of
Dr. week was wen by
group to be Additional Members of the 59 + 3 = 62
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 48 + 1462
Such an Arisugowent might not in fact be There were 65 entries. The fine score made by Mr. Jenkins of 14 nessary, as with growing population and the consecutive balls-yos abous that the form shown increased importanon of judicial tribunals in the different groups of anlf-governing Colonies, there the G.1.8.B.A. meeting when be won the would acerae suob judicial strength as would championship at 500 Jarda was by no means a
make a Federation Appeal Court completely
final Court. satisfactory
The arrangement fake. Mr. Jenkins is the third reservist to
are accomplished this feat. Mr. Pidgeon having we suggest, quite a formal que pro ke vzet Federation Courts by endowning them with the dous the same last year and Mr. Gow the year would complete the technical validity of Colonial sole qualification needed to place them on the
Paming on to the remarks of our Hongkong aspects of the question. there is a useful reference to
suggestion, bas been made before, in regard to the establish ment of Courts of Appeal for Crown Colonies 250 not too remote geographically that from each other and might therefore be able to cooperate to this end. The dificulty, so far as it appears to us lies in the fact that the judicial benches of such Crown Colonies as Ceylon, the Straits Settlements, Hongkong, with the Consular Supreme Court at Shanghai, are just strong shough, if always-that, to keep the ordinary judicial business of each Colony going, with the ecautiesi wargis, and
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued On the 10th at 11.55 a.m.-The barometer the following report has fallen alightly in N. China, and risen moderately over Japan and S. China.
The anticyclonis area is now Central over Japan, and a slight depresion appears to
SIX HENRY BORMİN'S MARRIAGE. The wedding of the well known traveller, writer on the Far East, and politician, Sir Nerman, MP, on Wednesday to Miss Priscilla McLaren, daughter of Sir Charles exist ever N. Chine McLaren, M.P, attracted numbers of well
Henry
Except over N. Ching and the Philippines,
known people to St. Margaret's, Westminster. pressure is in excess of the Dormal generally here there is any, for absence on l
There were 300 valuable presents, principaily from politiciens and writers.
THE SIAMESE KING. The next visitor to be lionized in Europe is the King of Sism, who has already on the Mediterranean had a foretaste of excessive Lospitality, He is, I hear, arranging for the training of a number of oflears from his country in the French army.
S.E. Japan to slightly over 0.1 inch on the S. the amount varying from about 0.4 inch ever oosst of Chins.
Moderate 8 E. winds may be expected in the Formosa Channel and moderate E. 10 N.E. Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending winde over the N. part of the China Sea.
at 10a.m. to-day, 0,36 inobos.
**** i moderate.
The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon The Britisk str. Dundas left Boji 9th June
SWEDEN'S TRADE. for this port, and is dus here on or about the
Sweden's trade with the Far East is to be today is as followe:-
6.E. winds, The LG.M. str. Scharnhorst left Kobe vip developed by a company just formed at Copen- Hongkong & Neighbourhood(*) 13th June. Nagasaki & Shanghai on Sunday the 9th June hagen. The first step will establish a regular Formosa Chaunel .. p.m. and may be expected here on or about steamship service between Sweden and the Fer
East, and in the courts of time the Company South coast of China between Hongkong and Lamooks Sergeant Marison, sworn, said that at about Tuesday the 18th June p.m.
The C.P.R. str. Empress of Japan arrived will opou trading negotiations for the sale of 720 p.m. on the 28th ultime he saw Sergeant Shanghai at 6 p.m. va estardoy the 8th June Swedish products. The capital of this company South coast of China between Esrner mark one fifty cent piece, Hongkong and left again st 9 am. Sunday for Nagasaki is £111.111, and it will be raised eventually to on the presumption that a yearly State subsidy of Sir Eyre Maxsy Shaw, at one time chief of money, whist ho banded to the first witness, where she was due to arrive at 3 p.m. on Monday £333,333. But the company has been founded the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, and was the Private Kidsdale. In witness's presence he the 10th June.
Miss Flora Shaw was formerly the colonial specialist of The Times. She is the daughter
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Bemoas No. 1.
Same as No. 1.
Hongkong and Hainan (E. and S.E. winds, moderate or light.
showery.
casual break down in health. What would he wanted for such a group as Ceylon, The Straits, Hongkong and Shanghai would be the appoint. as might be necessary in current work, and ment of two extra Judge, who would point be available either to act on a composite Appeal Court, or
to reliave a reuior Judge for Appeal work. But everything in the long rau comer matter of money, and it is a question bow. such fands as might be needed. could be provided, and whether all the difficulties in this direction might not prove greater than continu- "ing for the several Crown Colonies in the Far East the existing system of reforring Appeals to London.
People are never weary of somplicating sach otbor's lives, and then calling it politeness.