too unsatisfactory for me to believs even if there were s possibility of the letter having this in- terpretation. But it does not imply and it was admitted in answer to my question that the molion bere in this court must be on the letter and not on the bill that the Wing- Cheong and Wing Tung Sun conld not be saed on this letter. The question involved this instance as illustrated by the case on which it is based Manby v. Boycott was recognis, ed Tilt onge extablishes the proposition that if a drawer of a bill does in fact sign as surety to the knowledge of the drawer then the giving of time to the principal debtor releases the surety. This was laid down in 1859. A few years later it was treated in The Queen's Bench-sa an equity_but the point which has to be provedl bere is not that these two parties who spear as drawers were auraties to the drawer but that they signed only as sureties to the bank,, the payer, and that they undertook no liabilities towards the drawer; that so far as they are concerned the bili must be treated as if their names were not in it. So that the question is whether tha
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 10TH, 1968.
His Honour-I do not want to do that. That ↑ was suggested yesterday. If the parties do not agres I must decide it by myself. I have power. I think, under the section to appelut an accessor, I think the parties might perhaps sgres.
Mr. Blade-As far as I am concerned I an perfectly willing.
His Honour-I think you had better do that. It is not a case for a law court. Whatever docision I give must be unsatisfactory. It is much better to have the aselatance of an Basėssor,
Mr. Polfeek-As your Lordship plosses. Bit Honour-do-sot intend to re argue it Mr. Slads-It seems to me you want to know what is the practice of the Colony.
His Honour-No, I want to interpret it according to the loss of those concerned with charter parties,
Mr. Pollock-The court might appoint an
ASSESSOR
His Honour-Yes, if you agree to the suggestion. I am not going to force you to have an assessor.
Mr. Poll ok- understand your Lordship will have the assessor in your chambers without any further argument?
His Honour-Yes.
Singapore and other places in the Far East HONGKONG UNIVERSITY,
ehould equal, perhaps outbid, the facilities The Straits Times
mas of April 1st my akorded by Tokyo University. In saying this, Hongkong's University is to be very modest he doubtless had before him the comprehensive affair. A small meeting of officials sad nature of the education given at the Tokyo and unofficials was held at Government House to Kyoto Imperial Universities. We have taken consider the project, on March 18, and Sir the trouble of going through the excellent Frederick Lagard (the Governor) made long Directory published from the oflos of the Hong speech, from which we gather that Mr. B. N. Long Daily Prize, and find from it that the Mody, the Parses broker, and Mr. A. H. Torke University teaches Law, Engineering. Bernie Canadian gentleman formerly in Science, Medicine, Literature Agricultural Government service bat etablished for nearly Science, Forestry, Veterinary Bolence, Phar Afteen years in Hongkongs's four merchant, macology, sed that its Professors and Lecturers are the prime movere. His Excellency asid amber between 300 and 400; Hongkong can he was optimistic about the success of the never rival this, because the Chinese, when they projent and enthusiastically anxious to see it become sufficiently alive to the benefits of take shape. He believes that if Hongkong Western edunation, will be equally alert to the could establish a Unirerdly which would offer advantage of having their own Universities facilities equal to or better than Tokyo, the conveniently situated for their population. Colony would attract a large number of the They will be equally alive to the diendrautage wealthy Chinese students who go at present of being dependent on a small foreign colony to Japan, or to Amerie Bagland or the like Hongkong for its University teaching. Continent of Europe, Bat to admits there | After all, Hongkong is a very small place to will be a period of diloulty, and he undertake the University education of China. therefore puta personat optimism and per- sanal enthusiasm aside, and suggests that they should approach the subject in a businesslike consider ways and meat, and asked them to way. To do this, be appointed a Bab-Committee report on the following pointe
a) Assuming that in the first instancs the schools embraced by the University are limited to a School of Medicine and School of Engineering what in the minianum adequate staff required for each, and what would be its Mr. Policek-We are both agreed.
annual oces? To what extent could loss The appointment of an assessor was after. sssistance be counted on to assist the profes- sional staff in the early years of the University wards considered.
and until it began to earn an income by foss of students?
IN BANKRUPTCY JURISDICTION.
A DRAPER'S FAILURE Mahommed lately carrying on business as a draper at 18 D'Aguilar Stroet, attended for his tires public examination.
MEAT-EATING HINDUS.
GROWTH OF THE HABIT IN INDIA. The Avocate of India 28338. That there has been a serious dispute at Burdwan over the rente levied upon municipal balchers, and the result has been a long correspondence between the chairman of the municipality (Rai Nalinak- fisha Beau Babadur) sad the Mgistrats and Commissioner of Burdwan. In the course of one of his letters on the subject the Chairman makes the following interesting observations upon the growth of the meat eating habit among the Hindus of Burdwan-
principal laid down in Manby v. Bycott is merely with dealing with the question of giving to the principal doktor, or is only an example of a larger principle that the circumstances in which a bill is made may be given in evidence, In spite of the role that vocal evidence is not receivable to contradict a written instromeof. The general rule is laid down that evidence way be given which is con-
istant with the written instrument and. Lord Campbell says that if the payes of a joint and soverai promissory notes made in the common form by two way be placed in the situation of treating the one as surety for the ather, this ean only be by bis express sppeal to do so when the note was delivered to him, that is by an But the question hare is the arrangement,
converse; ond the drawes of a bill of exchange drawn in the common form by three placed in the situation of treating two of them me if their sardes were not on the bill? I think that what you can do in una case on the zot undecatand bookkeeping. it wana oak su ili no douet allmo to the Colony the Any one who has seen the misat sold by the
orodit business and for the frat two years ha
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Hongkong, 8th April, 1903,
WINE, SPIRIT & CIGAR MERCHANTS,
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THE EVIL OF OVERBUYING.
THE
Another letter abou. the piecegoods trade has appeared in the North China Daily News BR fellows-The regrettable facts illum-- inated in "Rabeman's letter have for some oor alderable time past formed the subject of great copcorn to both salesmen and talpana ROBINSON engaged in the piecegoods as well as in other branches of the Import trade of this port
virine of some definite principle and sunot be losing money, He still weat on ordering goods Britain throughout the Chiness Empire,It meat at his stall. The fact that there are only reasonable
of
authority of Manby v. Boycott you can do in the other—for it can be done in any case only in considered merely with the question. giving time. Therefore I think the answer must be in the affirmative if he knew the obicet with which those games word in fact put on the bill and it is clear that he did, from the letter of 7th February from Li Lan Nam. The same result is arrived at by considering the gasstion from the point of view of the discharge of the bill. By section 59 a bill is disobarged, that is, all rights of setron thereon are extinguished by payment in due course, that is, at or after maturity of the bill, by the drawer. That is what happened. in this case.. By subsection 3 an accom
knew he was making a profit, but during the last two years he was aware that he had been on credit to the extent of $2,00), and he borrowed several thousand dollars, after he knew he was insolvent to pay for some of the goods he had obtained on credit. He had no other pro perty except the stock which realized about $18.000.
The examination was closed.
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DANENBERG . WEISSMANN, Francis Paul Danenberg, serated water dourre by the party accommodated: It says Queen's Road Central, for. 2291.58, being nothing about payment in due course by the so balangs of money due for goods supplied. Mr. commodating party; flis therefore falls Atkinson, from the office of Masers. Deacon, within the first subsection; indeed enbsection Looker and Dancon, appeared for the plaintiff, These remarks do credit to the Governor'e Bardwan and as they find 3rd class beel very importing community, would at once mest with the native scribas.
and defendant was represented by Mr. F. X. d'Almada e Castro.
medation bill is discharged if it is paid in das manufacturer, sued Hans Weissmann, of probably not far short of S$1,000,000 or a yearly very large number of people belonging to the necessary, to be deposited by the importer with Oriental, but also because of the style in which
bat
3 is only introduced to provide for a case which does not fall within subsection 1. When bill is diebarged the rights of action on it ara extinguished the rights which arise out of what Chalmers calls very aptly "the bill transaction" remain. I therefore buvo no difficulty in accepting his statement on page 202 that "if on acronimodation ac- ceptor pays a bill it is discharged, but he he. a personal right of action for indemnity." In other words the action here after the hill was paid by the plaintiff is not on the bill but on the bill transaction: the whole of which is contained in the latter of 7th January from Li Lan Nam aud on that letter there is not Le shadow of a right which could be enforced against these two defendants, or any word from which an undertaking on their part to indemnify the acceptor could be implied. Judgment must therefore te for the defendant
with cords.
Mr Blade-Against bolb defondants who appear P
His Honour-Yes.
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
THE INTERPRETATION, OP A CHARTER PARTY, The case in which the Man Cheong Yuen firm claimed from the Fukusei Company 327 bage of ice belonging to the plaintiffs in the possession of defendants or Sh176.94 the value thereof and $500 damages for detention thereof, was enllad on. Mr. M. W: Slade, instructed by Mr. A. G. Jackson, of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Master, appeared for the plaintills, and defendants were represented by the Hon Mr. H, E. Pollock, R.C., Sustrueled by Mr. C. E. Basvis.
His Lordship said-The case was argued before me yerday. It is a case practically in which two pades have endeavoured to state in the contract their views to one another and have sigually failed, in expressing any definite intention of what they meant. It is perfectly. clear to me that, if there had been a board of commercial arbitrators, this is a case which should have been referred to it at once. Instead
in
Lacking the time himself, he has entrusted the task to Prince Damrang, one of the most cultured and noble members of his Conseil, and. the letters according to a communication from Bangkok, are being published seriatim in Siamese, the copyright boing retained by the Princess Nibha Nibladel
No one can deny that the pitiable condition of our market is mainly, I might as well say The signatories to the Memorial have made entirely, due to the reckless overtrading in stadening that a Betool of Law were added an unjustifiabio assumption that the proceed dulged in during the past two or three years by later, and that these Schools form, so far as derived from the rents of the Municipal mest
dealers and importers alike, who seem to have our present borizon extend, the scope of the shops have been paid exclusively by the thought that the consuming power of our market University, what buildings would it be advisable Mahommedan and the Christian communities; and its dependencies was practically unlimited to undertake at once, with the fouds at presont wheress, as a matter of fact, they have been paid forgetting at the same time that the withdrawal in sight, and what sum would it be necessary by the lindu comannity also. Whatever of troops from the North and the cutting of of sub markets formerly dependent upon this Debtor stated in reply to the Official Receiver and advisable to set aside for maintenance or might have been the case in former times, I can malo populatica hays become meat-eaters now, at under (a)? that he commenced business as a draper at the endowment, locking to the conclusions arrived safely say that the majority of the Hinda was bound to check the demand considerably.
Your correspondant puts the whole blame for Having formulated the scope of he Universi-and they, with the exception of a microscopio the over-buying on the loafertype-dealer per. end of 1901 when he bought the shop for $7.500, He paid $1.000 in cash and the remainder hoty limited one, certainly. Sir Frederick number who are orthodox Hindus, do not hosi- trayed by him; it is, however, a fact that the agreed to pay by monthly instalmoafs of $400. Lugard allowed his Imagination free play. tale to buy goats' or she-p's flesh from batter and more respectable class of dralors urs I feel confident," he said, "that the entire Mahommedan butchers, and only the small also having no small share in it as is evidenced There was still a balance of $100 to pay. He community will recoguise the importance of number of the orthodox Hindus get their by the many and frequent failures of old- could not tell what the profits wore, although he this project. It will glace Hongkong in a supply from a Hindu meat-seller who, owing to established native honge. And it must be added had kept books which had never been entered up unique position in the Far Eset. Why the paucity of customers, ban been permitted to that the importing community is now only since the commencement of the business, as he did, anique? Because of the insignificance of the obarge twice what a abommedan butoher resping what it has sown when it lent its band scheme or its magnificence-Ed, S.T. It charges bis customers, viz, auzas six per seor.
to the business being overdone beyond control...
The evil's rost, vis, the tendency of doing a sons of wealthy and influential Chinese Hindu meat-seller would unhesitatingly pro large turnover almost regardless of the result gentlemen, and it will have far-reaching nounce the meat available in his shop to be 3rd has led to too keen competition amongst both effects upon the prestige and influenon of Great class I have never seen 2nd class or let class deniers and importers st the expense of any margin on the transselios. A system by which the turnover could be normal compass should will, I think, be the most important stop taken two Hindu ships in Burdwan and that there is in the recent history of this Colony. Ttake, no domand for a third one, goes to prove that restricted to a therefore, this opportunity of inviting those a large number of Hindus get their supply readily commend itself to all who have at heart the welfare of the trade, and would ipso facto gentlemen, whether European or Chinese, from the Mahommedan mutton-shops. whose interests are bound up in this Colony, or the Punjab and in the United Provinces lead to better margins being realized by both who desire to see Britist influence extended in the Hiudes. who take
rale, importers and dealers. the Far East, or who would welcome a project gat their supply from the Mahommadan
The system pro ened by "Balearen " to maks was different in inquiries shout prospective customers among which would assist the friendly Empire. of butchers, though the case Chine to obtain the Waters knowledge which Bengal previously and there was general one's neighbours will, I am afraid, prove either so many of ber sons an now seeking and can prejudice then against using meat obtained
impracticable or abortive. There is, however, a much simpler and more effective way of ascer only obtain at great ost and by exile from from Mabommedan shops. But that prejudice their country, to some forward and support Mr. bas almost died out and a large number of taining whether or not a prospective buyer bra Mody in his munificent donation, and enable us Hindas can be seen every day openly buying adequate means at his back, viz., the establish
ment of the customs that on each and every They were rend with deep interest by the to give effect to his generous effort, by subterib kid's fish or sheep's mutton from Mahommedan
am adequate to carry out the scheme in butchers, True it is that very small number order booked the native dealer has to deposit a King's intimate friends, who considered them margin of, say, at leket ten per cent, of the lay.extremely valuable documents, not merely a it antirety. To do the thing well, und pro- of Hindus take beef, and I may go so far as to vide a fully adequate endowment even for the say that 99 per cent of them do not take that down cost of his purchase, this margin, if liminating Western life with the view of an modest beginning waits I propose, a sum of prohibited food; but still it is a fact that a
one of the local Banks and to be jealeased after they were written, Siamess literature is, not income of $60,000 would be required. By lowest castes de toke keel. They are the the goods Lave been dnly delivered and paid for rich in recognised standards of style, and it was thought desirable to have thems latters printeil whatever amount we fall short of the total Haroer, Cheadle, Domes, Dhangers, Mehters by the indenter.
This scheme, if generally adopted by the and circulated in Biam, to serve as a pattern for required, by a proportionate amount mast wo and Bonrees. As a very large number of cartail the scope of the proposed university." these low caste people are now living in
the ready support of all respectable dealers who There were forty-three of these letters, and enthusiasm, but they should not mislead the cheep, viz., ose suns per seer, they as a matter would thus be able to rid themselves of pennilessis Majesty agreed that they should be published, sober-minded. Even if its present College of fact chiefly live on this meat. I may therefore and irraspossible intruders into their province, but he desired that they should be carefully There should be no difonlty in getting the edited, particularly as they had dealt with Medicine, with its voluntary teachers, were state that the Hindus who form the bulk of the extended, and even if the Tocbzical (Begineer. population of this town pay more than what importers to agree to this scheme for by doing current events as they passed before his Aya ing)Classes, taught obiefly by voluntary the Mahommedans and the Christians pay so the old established firms will protect their Earope, and so were not available in their lecturers, in connection with the Sanitary towards the proceeds of the Municipal mest efforts against being robbed of their profits by entwaty for publication in the light of a later to become stalls and therefore the theory started by the loafer-dealers, while the younger Erms will have date, when the topical interest was not so grast Inspectors Tastitate, wern an Engineering School, would that justify Memorialists that the Mahommedan community at least some sort of a guarantee for the stand- University is taxed for the benefit of the Hindu populationing of the dealers whose orders they take. The the proud appellation of the or warrant the optimitle visions of the Go falls to the ground." vernor? Is such a University likely to rival Tokyo's to go no further. Is it likely to satisfy the aspirations of a people like the Chinese once the craving for Western education permentes the areas of the people? Are the sons of the wegliny Chinese likely to come from the interior with such preliminary education as a student imbibes in Western schools to enable them to grasp the full meaning of their teachers in medisine and sanitary science as expounded to edit ou quitar, sanslations Hot too much to hope that these sons of wealthy Chinese gentlemen will have acquired a know ledge of the English language to enable them scandals with one United States Senator, several to follow technical lectores intelligently, and we do not know that Hongkong could supply an Congressmen, and others. Arrested two years efficient staff in Chinese speeking "Professorsage last November, in Oregon, he suddenly die. As to forming a School of Law, we might ask appeared, leaving hie bondsmen in the furch and what laws are to be taught to the suns of after having married his typist to prevent har wealthy gentlemen from the interior of China? testifying against him and his associates. Boman Law? International Law P Frensh Leaving her tabind, he travelled to San Law The Laws of England and the British Francisce, where he sloped with a
known in that city as "Little Egypt." He in an account which was difficult to understand. Colanies. The State Laws of the United States, but the greater part of plaintiffs' claim was of all the States or saleeted States? Or the was next beard of in Shanghai, whither he had admitted.
Laws of China? Having educated the students escaped from Frises in disguise,
In Shanghai be roamed at will, believing he Plaintiff was called and corroborated Mr from the interior of China, what is to be dous Alkinson's opening statement. He added that with them? The medical graduates might be immune from arrest, as no extradition treaty Mr. Weissmson explained he could not pay go back to China sid do good work, but existed between the United States and China, when asked beanss, he had incurred great being the sons of waslihy gentlemen they but Secretary of State Elibu Root, as a special as McKinley was making his way toward expense-by-going home to get married: are not likely to follow the practice of medicins favour, secured his arrest. It was at Mukden, When he learned that defendant was about to and midwifery as a profarsion. The licisatiates leave the Colony he wrote reminding him of his of the College of Medicine and Dr. Susa Yst, Harbin, and thence across Siberia to Europe, account but delivery of the letter was not see, it should be remembered, was the first that be was arrested Last November by the America, e of the hatred felt accepted at the Cafe Weissmann. Plaintiff Ricentiate to receive his diploma from the Dean Chinese, and pinged in gnol, swaiting word front himself went there and was told that the café-are not allowed to practice as full-fledged for the Chinose by the infamous Kaugkutze was no longer in the name of Mr. Weissmann doctors in Hongkong, and we do not know that pirates," who infested the neighbourhood, and He then proceeded to defendant's residence they would be allowed to practice in any British. where Mrs. Wisemania said her husband was in Colony unless the diploms of the proposed he resolved to take a obsace at securing their the shop. She enclosed the letter in an envelope University were given the recognition of the aid. Through an American embezzler there, which she addressed in German and sent to the Universities and Sehidels of Medicine in he got word to the "pirates," and made his Western laude. A knowledge of Sanitary escape, Later an alleged friend betrayed him and he was recaptured, McKinley was permit. shop. It was then accepted
For the defence the statute of limitation's" Science will not appeal to the ordinary on ted to enter a small house for a few moments.
of the ordinary wealthy gentleman in China as pleaded.
Judgment was reserved.---
opening cat s lucrativa prospect, and if the A women's dress and other garments had been School of Engineering is to develop into a deposited here, and theso. McKinley donned, window after having zival of Trinity College (Dublin), or Glasgow escaping through a University as a real training place for real placed his coat in a position that would in- engineers, then it will require a much higher dicats to bis eastodian that he was bill in As to the the house. His absence, however, was soon endowment for real teachers.
through the streets of Makler. He might have School of Law. Asaming that this students observed, and then began an excited search to the Bar at Hongkong and to practice there? his Besistance, a
and roughly sized him, as though experiences
A remarkable phenomenon illustrating "pho Because, if this is to be their lot. what 200panions, to him. He stayed in their company It was done for his own pleasure, to form a
by lightning has just been will Hongkong afford for these sona of wealthy allovercher 11th stil December, sometimes record of, places and poople seen, so that he could tography men? Is there not a danger of a
The men, employed by the Ulster Furnishing profession, which would have the effect of drying in liamal huts and oth times in camp, and was refresh his memory of renew his impressions in discovered by some workmen in Belfast,
Full treated. The Hunghutze were helpful in desired. Thus, there was nothing formal Company, were swing a log of mahogany. the source of the fee-paying students of the providing him with the costume of a Russian about the method, and nothing regular except which was fourd to contain right through University? But, if not Hongkong, where are driver, and with false board, and they finally the habit of making the daily notee. the trained products of the University to practice took leave of him miles to the northward of Sometime the journal was written as very clearly defined photograph" of a small Doubtless, says the "Chronicle," the "photo- in China? Whan Chins-reforms her legal Mekdeu. McKinley gradually worked north. diary would be, sometimes the Monarch dropped deer and a larger animal, running, procedure if we on call what obiados to-day
legal prooseders "it will be tìme enough to ward, and on one occasion slept for days and into verse, and sometimes he wrote bin export graph" was transmitted by lightning during a
Mr. Atkinson stated that a slight error had been discovered in the acconuts and the claim was reduced by $17 or 818. The dealings between the parties commenced as far back as 1002 when plaintiff at the request of defendant took cakes and pastries from him as he was starting business He sold those for him, and at the same time furnished defendant from time to time with serated waters, This arrangement continued for some time, but thong payments were made occasionally, the account was never notually satt led and in consequange the present action was raised. Accounts were sort in to defendant; and in February 1908 plaintiff, at the request, of the defondant, weet and saw him. He showed the account to Mr. Weismann and after the latter bad studied it be agreed to the amount. It was arranged as defendant was not able to pay the money that the discount of 20 per cent which Mr. Danenlierg usually allowed to purolasers should be reduced to 10 per cent and the remaining per cent and in the redac tion of the account. This arrangement was arrived at in March 1996. Defendant sent
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WEATHER REPORT.
CHASED FOR 27,000 MILES,
REMARKABER ADVENTURES OF AN AMERICAN FUGITIVE.
SLB
After being chased over 27,000 miles, Horace G. McKinley, one of the chief figures in the notorious. Oregon land frauds, has at last been captured, and on the prisoner's arrival Fransisco an sinszing aories of escapes from justice was a folded, We give the yarn as spun at San Francisco.
MoKinley is implicated in the land-grabbing
woman
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"The publication is being conducted on thoroughly businesslike and up-to-date lines,
soheme, if generally enforced, would make dealera more saulicas when placing orders which lead to aroduction of the tumorer and an laerense of profits. This again would tend to make the import business rather more attractive to the Chinese capitalist who, for the time being, is certainly not ambitious to embark on it.
here is another suggestion I would like to for the Siamese native who desires to learn how make to importers, vis, tust something should his raler fared in Farops can bay a single latter, be done quickly in order to alleviate the idea or he may enbscribe to the whole series and country dealere, that the expected fall in values it is proposed to translate the best of these generally held at the present moment by apare them delivered as they are issued. Inter in the producing markets sill enable them to Royal efforts and publish them in Europe. cover their requirements at considerable lower all Mail-Corette, -
rates than those ruling at presant. It would be well for the importers to arrivo at a zoutual term of at least three undertaking that no fresh supplies of piece-goods months, Blocks at this end are quite ample mast he ordered for a enough to cover all wants that might happen to spring up in the meantime, and it is the eager desire of all engaged in the trade to see same seduced. A mutually arranged stoppage of en the copidance of buyers and help things orders for three months would at once strength- at this end to get over the present deplorable
stato.
KING CHULALONGKORN'S
LETTERS.
SIAMERS MONARCH'S TRAVEL NOTES TO BE PUBLISHED.
Paramindr-Man. King Somdefch Phra Chulalongkorn, roler of Slam, has many good qualities, as numbers of people both in the East and West Loow fully well; but it is not within the knowledge of many that he is a diarist with a keen eye and a-reguler method. The result will be seen shorty, when his Majesty's things in Europe and Asia, especially Europe, will be published.
Whenever he has taken a ten-and he has journed extensively in his own dominions as in bis leisure moments, and has therein jotteil well as in Europe he has kept a private journal
comments
On the ath at 12.05 p.m.-The barometer of wasting a year in the law dourts, it could has risen moderately over S. Chins and Tong have been tried and decided ggfckly by a board king. of arbitrators. One always gets ideas rather The depression was moving Eastwards off have finished their stadies, are they to be called recaptured had the pirates not gone to down his impressions of the day's sights and
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the coast of 8. W. Japan yesterday afternoon. late, but I have no doubt that I ought to The Japanese zeturns for this morning are have had an assessor sitting with me in this lackings
Fressure resine high over N. China, and case because this is a question which, as lawyer, I may decide something which is quite relatively low over the China Sex.
Strong N., and B. wlads may be expected contrary to the meaning of either party. It is perfectly clear that it is a commercial arrange ment between two firms and to decide between. them is perfectly bona fide, but I cannot help thinking evou now the matter can be arranged by an arbitrator,
Mr. Slade Evidence could be obtained from
in the Formosa Channel and the N. part of the China ces.
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending
at 10a.m. to-day, 0.10 inches."
been
speak of the training of lawyers; and we think bights in a Chinese, cofla owned by a peasant The forsosst for the 24 hours anding st noen.
family with whom he stayed. He had grown it is fair and reasonable loassimme to-day is so follows
that there will be such a remarkable change careless by the time he reached Harbin, and Hongkong & Neighbourhood (*)
educational system of China walked the streets fearless of arrest, still wearing Fornion. Channal
help of Hongkong, lo anable them to fake their to the police.
in the
ences and his thoughts in the form of letters.
A MOTORIST'S OBSERVATIONS..
Two-cariously different types of women were observed by Signor Sonrfoglio in his raco across lows. First, says his message to the Daily Mail," he came across an Indian on-
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more thirty or forty miserable terra. cotta.coloured man. They wear long, long English frockovats and gloves of naspeakble
filthiness,
"Only the women retain some of the Indian traditions and manners, and the way in which they wrap themselves up in hoge red and yellow blankets gives them a noble and digni
fed appearance......
Then the scene is changed, and lovely Jeffer non is reached,
In Jefferson there are no men. This is quite right, because their faces would spoil the exquisite harmony of this region, which is the most lovable and smiling of the United States.
"We pass through the pretty city accompanied by a glorious train of msideus who shout with enthaeism.
Then for the reverse side of the picture." "We anddenly notice that in the midst of the acclamations of the fair ladies at Jefferson two large bottles of whisky and a number of boxes of. cigare have disappeared from our car.
Could the ladies possibly Perish the thought. They must have been take: by one. of the few meles in that ideal oity."
"PHOTO" IN A TREE.
Last year he took a trip to Europe and storm, and the picture must have been taken enjoyed himself very much, particularly at a long time ago, as the tree, being 4ft. in plank the log right through shows the Homburg. He confidant at home in Bangkok diameter, is an exceedingly old one. Every
ahipowners. This is a form of contract which South coast of Chiza between Same as No. 1. will have learned nullaient law, without the bubone, discerning his disguise, betrayed him who acted frequently as his private correspon in the firm's shop window.
NE, winds, strong before then that her intelligent young men his Russian costume. He made acquaintances, bad often been the Princess Nibbs Nabhadol,images elearly. The eario is being exhibited
your Lordship would be satisfied to the South coast of China between Same as No. 1. places in the Courts of China, Bir Frederick him on the night of February 19th at San amusementa he participated in, and the observa suggested itself to a well-known novelist, who
has been in use here for many years. I think
commercial interpretation by a quarter of an hoar's evidenos,
Hongkong and Lamooks.
Hongkong and Hainan..
dent. Teher he sent from time to time accounts
His weeping and deserted wife tearfully mat
of his European doings, the sights he saw, the
(*) E. winds, fresh or strong, squally,
rain.
of the West
which is expected to attract students from
police, to Portland for his fria).
The idea of photography by lightning has
plot of a popular sensational story.