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SUPREME COURT.
Tuesday, January 7th,
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
BEFORE SI FRANCIS PIGGOTT (CHIEF JUSTICE)
CLAIM FOR EICE. The case boncluded in which the Cheung ing firm of rice merchants sued the Wo On. Boi Chan firm, traders, to recover. $118). 18 due for goods sold and deliverst.
His Lordshipgave judgment for the plaintif, remarking that they could not be presumed to
in China, another condition of affairs was | that they have no feeling of responsibility soon. The powerful Nanking Viceroy for the general well-being of the Stater repudiated the whole affair, and insisted on This, however, is what SurNG KUNG-FLO his right to control the ships while within and his admirers would have us believo! Before the Men like Their Excellencies CHANG and -bieterritorial jurisdiction.. departure of the feet from home, Mr. LAY YUAN, who have passed through the had drawn up a formal letter of Agreement provincial furnace, are well aware how with Capt BRERAED ÜBBORNE in which, much mischief has been wrought by the amongst other stipulations, it was expressly former indifference of Peking in the general mentioned that OsvÓRNE, as Commander in superintendence of inter-provincia! affairs, Chief, was to have entire control over all and the conséquent weakening of China
Mr. M. W. Blade (instmoted by Mr. O. D. vessels of European construction, as well as through being split up into so many practi-Thomson) appeared for the plaintiffs, and Bir native weasels manned by Europeans; that caily independent units; and are quite ulivo Honry Berkeley, K.C., instructed by Mr. OSBORNE undertook to set upon all orders to the dangers to be encountered should the Johnson (of Mossrs. Decays and Bowley) for of the Emperor which might be conveyed control of the railway interest fall into the the defendants.. direct to Lay; and that OSBORNE engaged same state of chaos as did the general not to attend to any orders conveyed government in the first half of the nine-know the limitations of the godown kooper who This is, however, what had been allowed to parolase rico before, and through any other chappol. This agree.teenth century. ment, it seems, was conveyed to Prince such mock patriots as SHENG KUNG-PAO on which purchases payment had been made, Kuno in the first instance, and not objected and his associates are intriguing for, and it to. The emergency was pressing, and Prince requires little knowledge of stateseraft to KONG was prepared to agree, to anything.. comprehend how dangerous to the interests Within the year affairs had changed, Kryo of the nation at large would be a return to had retired from his setive position as the evil Jays when ench jetty provincial was head of the Foreign Office, and B high official, WEN SLANG, has been appoint from disure had become practically atro ed in his stond. Thanks to Colonel GORDON phied. We may learn a léason as to the ne the Imperial arms had been successful in cessity of a strong central power from the Kiangnan, and the Viceroy, taking the recent history of the United States, where he credit on himself, had become more haughty Government has lately had to take strong in his demands. Accordingly a new pro- mensures to override the conflicting methods postil was made, and Lar was represented of the various states with regard to this as haring asked for the appointment of a Commander in Chief and Prince KUNG was Jed to write that he had memorialised tho
Throne that the officer already appointed by the Governor General of the Liang Kiang should be appointed Commander of the Fleet, with OSBORNE Be Assistant."
However open to cavil might have been LAY's Bret scheme, this counter-proposal was se utterly opposed to anything that could be accepted that it left no chink open: for negotiation, and the result was that Lay had to resign, and the Fleet was dis- mantled. Sir FREDERICK BRUGE, then Minister ut Peking, might have helped, but he was no friend to LAT, as his sub- sequent dispatch shows, and throw in his influence gainst him. Sir FREDERICK
through foreign intrigues, the other Powera raising no objection, but gives as his ex- WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.planation-the opposition of the provincial authorities, the reluctance of Peking to assume the responsibility of directing oper ations, and “above all the alarm and suspicion engendered by the proposals," which would have given excesive power to Mr. LAY.
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AN ABSCONDER CAPTURED.
Jesa Maris de Sousa, for whoas arrest
HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD. TELEGRAMS.
A meeting of the Sanitary Board was held on Jan. 7th at the Board Room. The Hon. Dr. J. M. Atlason (president) presided, and there were also present Hon. Mr. W. Chatha (Vice President), Dr. F. Clark, (Medical Oficer of Health), Hou. Mr. A. W. Brewin (Registrar-General), Captain Lyons (Captain Superintendent of Folice), Colonel Martin, R.AM.C., Mr. A. Sholton Hooper, Mr. Lau Chu-pak, Mr. Fung Wa-chua and Mr. G. A. Woodcock, secretary.
NEW MEMBEN.'
The PRESIDENT-Before commencing the business of the meeting I wish to introduce to you Colonel Martin, the new P.M.O., and on your behalf to welcome him as a member of the
Board,
THE HONGKONG HOTEL.
The following lotter was read from Meurs Palmer and Tarner applying for modificatione of section 190 (a) and 188 (5) of the Pablio Health and Buildings Ordinanca 1903:
Dear Birm, Herewith wo submit plans show. warrant has been ent for somatime, was yestering the proposed manner of rebuilding the day brought back to the Colony by Detective southern portion of the Hongkong Hotel,
On June 29, 1905, we were informed by the
["DAILY PRESS " EXCLUSIVE SERVICE.] SHIPPING NEWS.
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LONDON, January 7th. The Housatonic" has been wrecked off Antrim, and the "Mount Royal" has been sighted.
CRICKET VICTORY FOR ENGLAND.
LONDON, January 7th, The second test match ended in a victory for England by one wicket,
AMERICA AND JAPAN.
Toxro, January 7th, Viscount Aoki, the Japanese
a law unto himself, and the power of control Mr. F. A. Hasoland at the Police Court with Assistant Secretary of the Sanitary Board Ambassador to America, who has
very matter of inter-stita railways.
Mr. A. H. Oagh of Messrs. Leigh and Orange, has hoon made a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Entries for the Hongkong football Challonge ield will close on Saturday, January 11th, and should be sent in to the Hon. Seo, (Mr. Wishart) before but date.
For stealing $3 worth of sugar from a
godown at Kennedytown Mr. F. A. Hisland
Murison.
and 188 (5) of the Public Health
[RRUTER'S 'BIAVIOR.]
ASIATIC IMMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.
Sorgiant Marisin, and was oharged before
larceny as a bailes. In February, 1905, the that the Governor-in-Conseil granted modifi. arrived from San Francisco, was defendant was employed in the Hongkong nation of the requirements of section 18) (a)
and entertained by the local Chamber of branch of the Indo-Chins Bank, Oe day he
in scordance Commerce, and hes outspokenly dec- was given some registered letters, containing Building Ordinance 1903,
we had sabmitted for altogether $1508, to post. The defendant it with sketch plane appear, procured some similar envelopes approval just previously. The height of the lared that he will try to persuade the put hiang paper in each, addressed them building as now proposed in the same as shown Tokyo Government to prohibit emigra as the original envelopes were addressed on the plans then submitted. We should be and posted them. With the money which he glad to know if we may consider if the modifition to America, and that he would lay extrnoted from the letter he was told to Fort,estion of the usation 188 (5) as already obtained all his views before the Government. he absconded, The Hongkong polica, however, is still valid. As regards section 180 (a) the traced him to Shanghai where he was detained arrangement of the new plan has been consi- The Viscount had to be protected by pending the arrival of Detective-Sorgeant derably altered. We are instructed to apply the police, owing to rumoured threats
The detective had no diffioulty in to the Sanitary Board to recommend a recognising Souze, who was handed over to mad floation of this section so as to allow by the Japanese socialista. him and brought safely to Hongkong, When of the open spaces on the ground and first floors he heard the evidence yesterday, his Worship being ourtailed below the requirements of the antenned the defsudantto six months' impri- Ordinance as shown in the accompanying plane. sonment with hard labour.
We beg to point out that the ground floor in not to be used at all for sleeping purposes. The frontage of the block is occupied entirely by shops which are well lighted and ventilated
LONDON, January 5th. from the front and (with the exception of one shop) from the back. The rest of the The Sydney Morning Herald, commenting floor is to be used as a godown, stora, baggage, on Asiatic Immigration declares that Aus- boiler and engine room the portion oftralia is determined to adhere to a white the yard deemed to be covered over, for deal at whatever cost, any compromise is the are of receiving, and nopacking goods.
impossible, Representative Australians The first floor with the exception of one bedroom attached to the private site is not consider that the entroversy enforces the to be used for sleeping purposes. The other need of a sound system of self defence, Mr. Morrell informed his Worship that the rooms comprising reading, smoking, billiard, enabling Australia to assume the respon- "In Town" was the piece staged by the accused was charged with armed robbery at and bar rooms are all well lighted and ventilst-sibility of her own policy oven, if the Lilliputians at the Thantre Royal last night, Kwai Ling in the Waiohow Prefecture. It ed. The cloak ant sewing rooms are to be and, beodisse to say, the youngsters afforded appeared that the elders of this village had ten feet in height and the portion shown those in attendance the same unalloyed amuse-reported the names of all, the lawless characters as a covered yard is required as a was ing THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN. in their district to the authorities, and the up yard. The other appar floors are utilized went which characterised its first production,
defendant's name was Insiuded in the list. In for bedrooms and the open space for each consequence, the lawless slaan threatened to exterminate the sldera. On the 9th May, 1906, four elders started off to pay respect to the ancestral tablete. in a neighbouring village called Wong Yuan. They proceeded on the journey on foot, a on of ons of the aldors and a coolie following thew, and marry. ing the food trays. When they got to Kwai
yesterday sentenced a coolie, at the Magistracy, to three weeks imprisonment and six hours stocks.
VILLAGE ELDERS MURDERED. The story of one of those primes for which Chins is so notorious was told to Bir, F. A Hazeland at the Police Court yesterday after- noon, when Mr. G. E. Morrell, of the Crown The Indian constable charged with obtaining Solicitor's office, on behalf of the Chinese money by false pretenass from Naval officers, Government applied for the extradition of s ss reported in our last issue, was yesterdaynative on a charge of armed robbery. Mr. P. sentenced to fourleen days' imprisonment by W. Goldring (of Mease. Goldring and Barlow) Mr. Gomperta at the Magistracy.
represented the defendant.
The five risela coolice who were arrested on Monday for ristons bohaviour during the strike were charged before Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Police Court yesterday, and each man was
bound over in the sum of $100, to be of good
behaviour for twelve months.
siderable resemblance between the position then and the present, but with this essential
Yesterday afternoon, as the three o'clock difference, that Peking has since seen many times how great was the wistake made in Peak car was descending the steepest gradie at weakly yielding to the demands of the between Plantation and Bowen roads, a large provincials, and permitting the recrud-dog crossed the raile and was caught by the car which almost overturned. The passengera in, escence of the dual administration which cluded several ladies who were very much had brought the Empire at the time to the frightened by the incident. The car wheels verge of destruction. From the merely cut right through the dog, killing it instantly, financial outlook Peking is well content with the railways already built: they have required no heroic effort on the part of the
An organ recital given by Mr. Denman aller in St. John's Cathedral last evening was
Ling, which was half way between the two villages, four men, of whom the defendant as asid to be one, jumped from an ambush and sized the elders. When the coolies in the rear saw this they dropped their trays, and ran. The robbers pursued them for a distance, but they succesded in making their escape. They collected help and returned to the place where the robbers had surprised the party. There they found the four dead
the village gave the names of the robbers. In consequence of that report the defendant was arrested in Hongkong.
Government to finance; this bas been very largely attended and much joyed. Mr. bodies of the elders, and on returning to
Faller
played an Allegro (Concerto in minor) by Handel; a Pastorale by Wely, Wagner's Vorspiel (Parsifal), and an Allegro Masstono composed locally, by Mr. James Orange Between the organ performances carols were song by eight members of the Cathedral oboir.
"
His Worship-These four men were armed, and were seen to attack the elders?
Mr. Morrell-They all oarried revolvers, and were soon to jump sat on the four elders and ghoot them.
floor is considerably in excess of the require- ments of the Ordinance. All the bedroome have been arranged as far as possible so as to get thorough rentilation from the air spaces both back and front, and we think the
Board will recognise that the strangement of the now plan is an improvement on the plan which was sanctioned in 1995; Tae ares of the
necessity arises.
LONDON, January 5th. Advices from Washington state that Pre- sident Roosevelt and Mr. Root have held a long conference on the Japanese situation.
THE STRIKE AT PORT SAID,
LONDON, January 5th, The strike of coal workers at Port Said
building on each for and the area of the opon is ended. and unobstructed spaces is the same as marked on the plan
The MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH -minted I recommend the plans be approved as far as they concern the Board..
Mr. HOPES I agree with the Medical Offcer of Health,
The REGISTEAR-GENERAL-Is thera mbro
air space or less than was approved in 1905 P
The MEDICAL OFFICE OF HEALTH submitted a table showing that the open air spaos in 19.5 amounted to 29,380 square feet, and on the now piss it amosated to 31,206 square feet.
The PRESIDENT moved that the modifications be granted subject to the approval of the Governor-in-Council,
THE LONDON "TIMES,”
LONDON, January 5th. The Observer, which belongs to Baron Northcliffe, (Sir Alfred C. Harmsworth,) says that important negotiations are pro- ceeding to place the direction of the Times in the hands of the very capable. proprietor of the popular magazines and newspapers.
THE NEW MINING DRILL.
LONDON, January 5th. Most important trials of the Gordon Drill
at the Rand mines, show a far-reaching
Mr. HOOPER soonded, and the motion effect on the labour problem." A native
Evidence was then called, and the hosting agreed to. adjourned.
CANTON KOWLOON DESE TURES.
OUR WATER.
The report of Mr. Frank Browne, Govern ment Analyst, on samples of water from the Kowloon, Triam and Pokfalum servioss showed that in such case there was no sewage and the water was of exosllent quality,
.MURTALITY STATISTICS.
working the drill for five hours achieved results equal to a day's work of fifteen coolies.
BATTLESHIP ADRIFT.
accomplished of the foreign syndicates con- cerned which have in all cases found the capital sums required, and have arranged for repayment on sufficiently easy terme, so that without expenditure Peking finds it. self in possession of a goodly revenue, which is moreover gradually progressing as the HONGKONG, JANUARY 8TH, 1908
The YM. C. A. Literary and Debesting amortization proceede. More than all from Society satin Parliament" for the first time THERE is a good deal more than appears a native point of view, except merely to see on Monday night, Mr. G. Pieroy was appointed on the surface in the carefully planned to the upkeep of the lines, which Poking is Speaker and Capt. T. P. Hall Dopaty Speaker.
The Globe says - Those who subscribed to the outery against the proposed foreign loan for wise enough to see is to its own advantage, The "King's Speech" was read. This, after The con-truction of the Scochow-Ningpo the interference of the syndicates is of the commenting favourably upon the present satia Canton-Kowloon Railway issue may care to
The torrife tide which flows in and out of Portsmouth Harbour as the result of the constant railway. It is, in fact, a recrudescence of very slightost; indeed the control of the factory state of the Celery, foreshadowed the in- know that they can oxchange their serip receipts troduction of eight measures for the considers for the bonds themselves at the Hongkong.
dreiging operations was the cause of serious the old revolt of the provincials against the lines may be said to rest in nearly every tion of the House, The Leader of the Opposition and Shanghai Bank. These & per cont bonds
mishap last month. Jait before midnight the central Government, in which the foreign particular in the hands of the native freely criticised the programme and considered have gone very widely into the hands of small
The mortality returns for the week ended battleship "Prince George,' the flagship of Bear-Admiral Farquhar Commanding the element, though forced into the foreground, directors, even to a degree disadvantageous that there were matters of greater import investors, and are a security which are novor December 7 showed that there were 186 dosths, Partamouth Division of the Home Flost, broke plays really but a second part. In this the to the working of the lines, owing to the anos requiring the attention of the House than likely to provide the smallest ground for being 21.5 per 1,000 of the whole Colony, as sway from her moorings in the middle of point at issue bears in its external aspect a lack of experience on the part of the native those it was intended to put before them. The anxiety. The last surreys are now being against 39.5 for the previous week and 22.3 for Portsmouth Harbour and immediately began to remarkable likeness to the dispute of old staffs. Now it is noteworthy in the present Premier replied brief, and ally defended the made, and the line when completed will have the corresponding period last year. Ci the drift up the harbour with the strong current Government policy. The motion was put to the a length of 125 miles. The Inst 21 miles be deaths 34 were from chest affections and 22 from that was running. The perilous position of the
Vessel days over the Lay-Osborn Flotilla. Was it contention, that while the Ango-Chinese House, and carried. The Hon. Membox for youd the frontier are in British territory, and fevers (Malaria 11). For the week ended waich, and an alarm was instantly raised, but by was happily quickly discover d by the to be Imperial, or under the orders and Syndicate has all through the contro- Stonecutters introduced & Bill to provide for this section is being onstructed by the Govern December 14 there were 154 deaths, being 24,5 this time the vessel had already gained consider- control of the provincial viceroys? There is versy been willing to retire on the most improving the defences of the Colony by om ment of Hongkong. This is one of thres per 1,000 of the whole Colony, as against 20.7 able way, which was every-instant increasing. little doubt, reviewing the subsequent coures reasonable terus, the upholding of the palling every wale British subject (European) railways now being laid down under the for the corresponding week last year. Forty. The order was given to drop the anchor, and it
was only the
the remarkable promptitude with on the British between the sera of 18 and 35 years to join an auspices of the British and Chinees Corporation. seven deaths were due to chest affections, oight which this order was carried out that saved a of events, that the arrangement between agreement has fallen
auxiliary force to have at least two weeks military The Canton-Kowloon bonds at 98-99 give a to fover and five each to dysentery and vary grave accident. The anchor bad the Prince Kuse and Mr. H. N. LAT, then Minister, who on the subject is perfectly at training each year. The Opposition complained return of £5 3a, per cent, which is a trifle diarrhoe
effect of checking the vessel's progress, but it could not Inspector General, was that the fleet inton-one with the Chinese Government. The that no notice had been given and that the Bill
prevent her awing round with the tide, and in doing so she was del for imperial purposes was to be under opposition has, in fact, not come from any bad biso intentionally sprung upon them in
appears quite as ample in this c188 as in the The rat retura for last year was fald carried on to the stem of the new-armoured. solely imperial control; and that Prince section of the Chinese Government itself, oons quenes of which they were unprepared, but
cruiser Shasoon," which had only the previous KUNG, when the matter was explained to which has the commonsense to see that it squired if it was intended to dispense with the othere, and the variation in yield is merely on the table, and it is interesting to nole dig arrived from Chatham for trists and w
Bervices the existing garrison and navy. In traceable to popular whim. has made a remarkably good hargain vot reply the Government stated that this was Railway loan at 994-1004 yields 5 per cent, and
The Imperial that although more rats were caught fewe, zorred at No. 3 Buoy. In the meantime the
were plages Infected. In 1907, 25,265 ruts toge which are always kept with slim ap along to the central Government of having such a only for itself but for the Etopire at large. obviously rot their idea which was to strengthen the Nanking less about the same. A compari were caught in Hongkong and 18,255 inside the dockyard for use in emergencies had
baeu
signalled for, sud with their assistance the powerful force at its back in the sempiternal Thie, in fact, is what galls Buzne KUNG-PA rather than to diminish the defence of the son of gnotation will railway lose a second Kontoen, a total of 38,529, of which 28 were two great vessels were cleared and the Prince conflict between provinces and capital. and the other wire-pullors of the pretended olony. The House divided for an adjournment, or better than, that of many South plagae infected. In the proceding year 30,701 Goorga" was placed alongside the dookyard. She ware canght, of which 679 were plague infected was making water, though it was not considered There was never any suspicion in the minds patriotic opposition, whose sole object is to of the first reading which resulted in a majority American Railway ismas.
serious as to necessitate for the Government, and the Bill passed: the
damage was so For the first four days this year the 465 rats docking. Yesterday morning she was placed of the British Foreign Office that Mr. LAY's got the making of the line into their own Brat reading. The Hop. Members for Aber-
caught ware all free of plague.
in No. 14 Dock, and
and an examination showed that conduct in the affair had boon otherwise hands for the purpose of exploiting it to deen, Kowloon Honth, Stanley and Kowloon
she was badly holed on the starboard side amidships. As she was being taken to the dock than perfectly straitforward, or that he had their own profit. However Peking may North supported the Government while the
TO BE BEAUTIFUL-Keep your com a heavy list to starboard was apparent. The wilfully misrepresented his orders. When, indlice towards the Syndicats from the Hon. Members for Victoris North, West Paint,
Charmant and Special Skin Tonis and Poudre works, but the damage wasnot of an extensive however Mr. Lax and Captain SHERARD merely monetary aspect, we should not be inwool and Victoria West spoke from the
axions in Blenia Crame Charnaute, Taie "Shanoon." was also damaged about the upper opposition benches. The Hon. Member for Gap
Charmant will enable you, to it, Her or serions nature. It appears that the bridle OSBORNE, the officer appointed with the justified in assuming that this is the sols Rock spoke as an Lodependent. [Dar repre-
Specialities for the Skin are the study of s of the moorings parted just beneath the buoy, Consent of the British Government to take reason that influencia 2 in the affair, nor is it sentative in the Press Gallery at this session
ifetime. A. 8. Watsen & Co., Ltd., Bole Agente which drified op the stream with the battleship. The Prince George" is a vessal of 14,800 tons. command of the fleet, arrived with the ship, fair to China's present statesmen to suggest was Mr. T. Fuller.}
him thoroughly, understood the advantage
more than other Chinosé railway issues known
to the London Stock Exchange. The security.
the various Chines railway loans in as good
HOCKEY.
There will be a practice game on the Club ground to-morrow at 145 p.m. sharp, when it is On Friday, 10th in the Club, playing in pat prada 10th sub, Mortician colours, will cppens a Naval team got up by Mullins, R.MLL, on the Club ground, at 445 p.m. sharp.
How
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