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Supreme Court, on the 14th inst, but on the following day the further hearing had to be adjourned owing to the illness of one of the Counsel Er the plaintiffs
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Of Patna, 37 picule valued at Tie. 18,000 were imported, an increase of 18 picule and The 4,000 over the figures for 1906. It is mentioned that the price of Madwa decreased It appears that the circulation of photographs 5 per cent per plou! and Patna about 17 pex of a white moanan whose dead body was found cent, but the Commissioner does not suggest in the harbour last weak has resulted in his that there is any relationship between the being identified. Deceased was Herman Gratase;" decline in price and the increase in the fireman employed on the as, "Rolder."" iraport. Of native opium he remarks that
The Chetties and Chotty community of formerly little or none passed through the Singapore are suing the Straits Times" Froes, Customs, but in the latter half of 1906 | Limited, as the proprietors of the “Straits Times" when the differential duty in favour of junknowapaper to recover $59,000 damages for an borne' opium was abolished, 495 piculs of leg d libel printed in the Straits Times" of Brechuen opium, valued at Tls 192,000 January 21 Lant. The ease was opened befors arrived by steamer from Ichang. In 1997 the Acting Chief Justine, Mr. A. G. Law, at the the quantities similarly imported largely WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. increased, the importation being 5,296 piouls valued at Tle. 1,241,000. About 1,000 picula of native optim, value. Tie, 465,000,"
Dr. Haanley, who in the abssues on leave of were sent away, chiely to Wahu nad Dr. Hunter, reports on the work of the Bo Shanghai. At Wuhu the import of teric logical Institute for 1997, comments on the foreign opium waa 2,427 piculs, being steadily increasing importaion of the work of
'incresize of fifty per
cent. on preparing value lymph. The number of the 1906 figures, and the largest im-tubes iesued was 13,665, of which 5,975 were' issued fees. This represents a great inoresee portation since 1900. But the Acting
on the issues in previous years. Dr. Heauley Commissioner of Customs adds that this remarks:-The quality of the lymph has been increase does not necessarily imply that a maintained at a very high standard. The larger quantity of opium was actually con-maintenanes of a highly active vaccine lymph sumed; "it seem to indicate that, owing in the tropics is a matter of great importance
in books on troplol medicina that the prote WHISKY to cheaper prices, the native drug was to and is more diffault than at home. It is stated some extent replaced by Indian opium.' tion against small-pox produce by vaccination Unfortunately the statistical tables at the lasts for a comparative short time in the end of the report do not enable one to make troplos. This is with very littls doubt dụs to
Vaocidə İympli rapidly deteriorates in the tropios, if passed through a series of onlYOR. The method of reinforcing its strength by passage through rabbits originally recommended by the Frenela. Vaccine Commissions of 1933 and used with good results in India and elsewhere bas been used here and has given very good results in my hands,
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OLD AGE PENSIONS.
LONDON, July 21st. The Old Age Pensions Bill has passed the second and third readings in the House of Lords.
REVOLUTIONARY GOVERN
MENT IN TUNIS,
LONDON, July 21st. A Revolutionary Government has been established at Monastir.
THE BALKANS.
LONDON, July 21st. The Turkish Army Corps has volted.
SENSATIONAL AFFAIR IN
PAHANG.
SURGEON KILLED BY CHINESE,
SINGAPORE, July 21st.
SUPREME COURT.
Tuesday, 21st July,
IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.
BEFOER THE Chier Justice (SIR
F. PIGGOTT).
ALLEGED KANSLAUGHTER,
Lau Kenog and Un Wal Tak were charged with murder. The Attorney-General (Hon. Mr. Roes Davies, instructed by Mr. Deanye, from the Crown Solicitor's-offloo, prosecuted, and the Hon. Dr. Ho Kal, instructed by Mr. H. K. Holmes, defended,
APPARENTLY DEAD.
* VERY MUCH ALIVE,
"Although they are occupied pafsiently with genuine asses, it often happens that the police are called out on falis alarms.
Suck a caso - occurred on Monday night when an apparently, distracted woman made her appearancs at the East Point Station and reported that a woman was lying dead in her passageway. Asorgeantwai immediately despatched with a dead cart, and lost no time in arriving at the stated locality. There he was surprised to find......... —woman-- lying almost stark naked at the entranos to a Chinese fat, He approached and The jury, was empanelled as under: Messrs. took the apparently dead woman by-the P. Toster (foreman), E. Humphreys Garm with the object of lifting her into the dead Carroll, G. Beck, H. Rapp, D. Silas, A. A. C. art, when she astonished the sergeant by apraiding him in the vigorous language of a her his mistake in bringing the dead art, but woman very much alive. He explained to when she saw this, the woman's language was
Berlinger.
The Attorney-General said the two prisoners were before the jury on a charge of wilful murder, bat ho proposed in the exercise of his discretion and having considered the evidence. which he would submit to them to invite the more purple than ever, and although the sor- re-jury to return a vordiot upon the charge of gut zuight have charged her with adog manslaughter only. On the 15th June the abusive language he did not. He left harriedly, deceased man came from Usaton and next and the coolies who pulled the dead cart morning went to the house of a friend, a appeared just as anxious as he was to get clear clansman, where he had his morning meal of the house on fluding the woman so very much
of fifteen Chinese attacked A gang the district surgeon, Dr. J. W. Barrack, and a contractor named
alive.
CANTON,
Decossed asked his clauemaa to fetch the first defendant who owed him money. Lo Nam, hie clanamaz, went out and returned with the first defendant. A conversation took place as to some loan and the two men wont out together, About an hour later the deceased returned alone and made a communication to Lo Nam ad to what had taken place and intimating that the appeal to all the Viceroys and Governors of
fret defendant was to come back in the course
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT,)
TE FLOOD,
His Excellency Viceroy Cang has issued an
Provinces to co-operate with him to raise the
a comparison of the import of native opium the poor quality of the lymph formerly used. McLean, near Gambang resthouse, of the afternoon. Decored then prepared sum required to relieve the distress in the Two-
with previous years, and we may merely note that the quantity reported by the native Opium Office as pasting through their hands last Chinese year was 1,410 pioule of which 1,121 were imported through the Maritime Customs. Coming now to Nanking, we find the statistics showing an increase of 171 piculs in the import of Malwa, a decrease of 161 pleule in Patna, and na increase in Schezusu and Yunnan opium from 24" picule in 1906 to 125 picals in 1907. Finally we come to Chiakiang where the import of Malwa rose from 2,452 piculs in 1906 to 3,264 picule ja 1907, but the crop o of Native opiam is stated to have been about 80 per cent of that grown in 1906,
FLOOD FUND BAZAAR,
gommittes hald on Monday afternoon at the At largely attended meeting of the Chinese Commercial Union's Rooms, Mr. Fang Wa Chun presiding, the chairman raporte that over $60,000 had been realized from ih Bazaar, but the exact figures were not yet obtainable. It was decided that this money should go towards forming the nucleus; of a new Foud to be oslled The Flot Relief Fund
Kuantan, Pahang, on the e 15th inst. Dr. Barrack was killed and Mr. McLean was severely wounded.
The murderers escaped, taking with them $8,000.
[REUTER'S BERVICE.].
PERSIA
LONDON, July 19th.
Kwang proving caused by the resant foods. the goal of the wealthy in, their respective The authorities are requested to stimulate districte The som required is about two
document in expectation of the return of No. 1, but as the latter did not return as promised the decorsed and his friend went ont to look for him after the evening meal Ultimately they met him in Des million tools and the money collected would ho Central and the three returned to the shop of Le advanced as a loan. The Viceroy himself
Nam.
A conversation between the deceased ·
and No. 1 as to the loan which the latter oned the former took place, and fually the first de. fendant said he would borrow money at place In Des Voeux Road West. Thither they wont, Lo Nam remaining outside while the other two
subsoribed a portion of bis entary towards the fund. His appeal gives fall details of the districts; and states that such a calamity le disastrous effects of the food in the different
pedonted in the annuals of the province. The inauguration of the Flood Fund Basaar
Telegrams recaivad in St. Petersburg from went upstairs. After an interval of half an hers will take place on the 31st instant. The
Tabriz report that a mob of some thousands, excited by harangues of priests, proceeded to the Bagishuman quarter to demand the withdrawal of Rakhin K ban. The latter's horsemen filed unreaiatingly on the approach
the hands of revolutionaries.
hour the first defendant and another man osmo. -down and made a communication to Lo Nam as to whether he really owed the money to the deceated or not, to which Lo Nam replied that he knew nothing about it. What took place in the house was rather important. A woman who resides on the third foor·would tell
committee have already reosived numerous Tainable gifts from the gentry, merobanta, and it shools. The Bazar is to be open for even days and nights. A charge of 60 sente
38 to be made for admission.
-ANOTHER--SEIZURE OF "ARMS,"
The explanation of the increase in theender the charge of the committes which of the mob, and the town is oùce more in them that she saw the deceased and the frat ammunition has been made in Kongmoon, the
·Steamer to -interview the Charitable Institd-
It is reported that a big seizure of seme' and Rocused enter the room together followed valas being stated a $10,000. The arms wer a little later by, the ascend accused. The to be confered to a family in Sun-Wai where first accused and the deceased quarrelled, the latter alleging that the former owed doubt end the dispute as one of the belligerents a olsa dispute was going on. This will no him money, Deceased was the first to strike or will cortainly get inte serious trouble over the lay hands on the other and then both men fought. The second defendant joined in the ght, and in the words of the woman "they were chasing one another round the room." Blows were exchanged and the deceased ran out on to the verandah and jumped over. Another witness was the master of a boarding house who
*matter.
DULLNESS OF TRADE.
This ha
One of the principal industries la-Fat-Shan- the manufacture of cotton cloth. nourishing industry is that City for several decades and, gave employment. t
opiam imports in several of these places is conducted the Basiar. It was arranged that assumed to bo that the more affuent consu- the money realized by the Bazaar and retiaf. mera were laying in stocks in anticipation fund was to be usail to construct dykes or water
JAPAN'S POLICY. A. S. WATSON & CO., for the establishment of n Government walls in the affected districte, and that
LONDON, July 19th." monopoly which would lead to an enhance another appeal to the public be made for more At a lunch given by Sir Benjamin Stone, LIMITED,
ment of the price. That is the explanation asistanse, as it would require much more M.P., at the House of Commons, at which then the $60,000 on hand to do any effective given at Chingking and at Nanking good. It was further decided that the
were present Mr. Balfour, Baron Komura, also. It was rumoured that a Government co-operation of the Tang Wa Hospital be and Sir Robert Hart, Barou Komura, reply monopoly office was to be established at solicited. Mr. Fang Wa Chan and evening to the toast of his health, said that the Nanking which was to provide the drug for others were elected from the committee to change of government in Japan did not a large part of the province. When it proceed to Canton by Tuesday evening's mean a break in the continuity of Japanese becazie known that the plan could not betions, and secure their co-operation, and slao to Policy, Japan would continue to devote would tell the jury that he saw No. 1 thousands of men and women. It is carried carried out, à consigament of 141 chests of make arrangements with the Visory to have her energies to the improvement of her standing in front of the door to prevent the work in their own houses Malwa opium was not landed at Nanking a gan bast to convey the members of the com. but returned to Shanghai. At Chingklang mittes and others working on their behalf, such
sale dealers to part with their "stocks at and Ulisse friends whe had given denations the rulegur had the effect of conging whole-bie&o, to the datatod districts. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to the foreign reduced prices, and they thus missed the *** handsonio - profiti" that were to be made later when the rumour proved to be premature.But i spite of the un promising character of the statistics there are not wanting evidences that the move- HONGKONG OFFICE: 101, DES VEUX ROAD Cment against opium smoking in many LONDOR OFFIC: 131, FLEET Sra. E.C.
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towards the Bazaar. Voles of thanks to the Chairman (Mr. Fang Wa Chun) to the Vioo Chairman (Mr. He Kom Tong) to Mr. Chan Kang U who supervised the different stalls, to the Fress, and to many others were passed.
Already the following sums have been pro- mised to the new Fund-
The Shing Woo Company $1,000 The Yan Woo Co.
1,00 The Chip Shing Co.
.... 1,000 Mrs. Chan (mother of Mr. Chan: Kang U, compradore to Dongle Lapraik & Co.).
* $1,000 The committon bag to acknowledge with thanks the farther following donations:
Hoo, H. E, Pollock rel Mr. B. Layton A Friend A. 8.
... $100
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FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE NAVAL
YARD EXTENSION.
A few days ago a nativo employed at the Naval Yard Extension met with a violent which were utilised in pamping out tho wella donth. He carried ooal to one of the ongines in the Dockyard. It appears to be the custom
internal resources.
FRANCE AND RUSSIA
LONDON, July 19th...
Ministor of Foreign Affairs, have left Paris President Fallières, and M. Pichon, on a visit to the Scandinavian courts, and afterwards to the Tear at Reval.
President Fallières on leaving Dunkirk, declared that the object of his journey was to draw closer the ties of friendship and the alliance on which depended the good rela- tions of the nations of Europe, au 1 mainten ance of the peace of the world.
RUSSIA.
Lonnos, July 19th. At St. Petersburg, the Council of the Empire has approved the budget for 1908, this being the first budget to receive the Banction of the legislature. The Minister
up in hand-looms and many of the weavere Over million deceased from going back into the room while dollars of this textile are annually manufactured the other man was fighting with the deceased, and sold in the interior and other provinces Then he saw the deceased go over the veranda, The cloth is chiefly manufactured from
Whether he was pushed or not the witnes
could not say... Ha ta downstairs bely the imported foreign cotton yarn, It is
two men wors injured man and the polios were sent for. The reported that the demand for the native taken to the Flise Station cloth this year has diminished considerably. whore two documents were found on No. 1. Recently almost half the number of shops These documents, the prosecution submitted, dealing in this article have closed down, ressons were the property of the docensed and related given boing dullness of trade, bad harvests and to the mortgage. The deceased spoke to his keen competition of foreign picos goods.
friend bat died soon afterwards. The theory
of the Crown was that if this man was in badily feer and had a well grounded apprehension that further violence would be done to him as would endanger his life, prisoners would be answerable. for the consequences of his fall as much as if they had thrown, him over the verandah them- helves.
When the one for the Grown was closed, the
jury found there was no evidence on which they could convict and the prisoners were discharged
of Finance emphasized the gradual restora A HONGKONG TRADE MARK CAS E
tion of Russia's credit, and the enhancement of Russian securities, which were ten to thirteen per cant higher than in 1906. He also referred to the sigue of improvement in the couo mic life of Russi&.
DECIDED BY THE PRIVY COUNCIL,
districts is a popular one. missioner at Nauking says he has been told that the number of old amokers has lessened considerably. "Moreover, the HONGKONG, JULY 22ND, 1908 younger generation is almost free from As eich fascicle of the Customs Reports for the babit, and the consumpties of opium 1907 is published the curiosity of all who will nearly or altogether cosse daring the next generation in this part of China," are interested in the attempt made by the
The Commissioner at Ichang, who regards. Chinese Goverment to stop the smoking of opium will naturally lead them to look for the masures taken to suppress opium valuable lacquer ware. the remarks the various Commissionersmoking as too almant, and thinks a better course" "would share bean to annually. have to make regarding the effect of the
increase the duty and likin on opium uatil Opinn Edict on the statistical returns people could not afford to indulge in the
We learn that a telegram sa reached the of the drug ar the various ports. We have pipe, observes, however, that not only are
Colony announcing that the Privy Connoi bas allowed the appeal in the famous trade-mark before us Tol. 1, which deals with the the officials strongly against the drug, but
case. Leube Froces v. Ullman & Co. with costs Yangtze ports, and we cannot say that the the people generally appear to have risen up
in Messrs. Ullmann & Co.'s favour. This information this batch of reports contains against its use and to have lent their
litigation, which refers to the trade mark on will bring much joy or gladness to the support to stop the evil, He fears how of these coal carriers to complete their work ined General Osman Hidayet, commanding had been in progress since 1901. In 1906 an watches imported by the parties to the action, heart of the reformer. Taking the port of ever, that the people may take up with a a cuaple of hours and sleep their shift away, Tchang ns coming first in the series, there is worse evil such as bad gin, or bad The man in question had provided suflet Most', while the latter was in the act of application for Injunction was hoard by thù here little or no demand for the foreign cigaretica." According to the Commis coal to last until the end of his shift reading to the garrison a telegram from the Chief Just Franois-Pigott) who gave drug only 120 piculs being imported in sioner, many of the cigarettes now sold in Then he est facing one of the wells and Saltan. This outrage appears to subatan-judgment in favour of the platatile. The 1907, and 2-10 in 1906, and the whole of such large quantities may be safely said to fell asleep. He had been warned by the tiate the report that a number of officers His Honour the Chief Justice delivered a very defendants appealed to the Full Court, when this was re-expurted. But when we turn to the native opium statistics we see that, no itself." But that is another story. Our werke, but the warning fell on deaf ears. He offers of the Young Turkey" party are Messrs. Ullmann & Co, carried the case to the foreman and others engaged in his immediate have notified the authorities at Con-lengthy judgment against the appellaats. Mr. bene poisonous, it not more so, tima opium vicinity to avoid such a dangerous part of the stantinople that unless thirty-eight arrested Justine Wiss's judgment we in their favour withstanding attempts rande to restrict the purpose has been simply to point out that had slept in the same parts before, and he would liberated, all Cenernis in Macedonia will be Privy Council with the result above stated. use made of native opium, the returns, in acineidentally with all the talk about the do it again. But he did it onoo too often. It which the deur Appears as an export are suppression of opium smoking the returns Lappears that on saloping anddoaly fast a thi Corbles the decrease ainituting to for last year, at least, seem to show rather sleep he stretched forward and went handloay over 1,000 picule Coming next to the port substantial increase the import of both into a wall 65 feet deop. There was no motor Dative, and foreign opium at the Customs in the wall, consequently be was smashed beyond recognition, and the battered remaine station in the Yangtze region..
were removed to the publis mortuary.
of Shus, the Commissioner reports that opium, always a small commodity in the ghazi returns, shows an increase for the year Bix cases of plague, four fatal, were reported of 11 picule more than the highest import- gestorday, ation of the previous five years, namely 78
A meeting of the Legislative Cannell will be pioals against 67 piculs in 1904. The held to-morrow. Questions will be asked by the Commissioners at Yuchowand Hankow bare Hon. Mr. Stewart-us to the Widows and “no remarka” to take on the subject. At | Orphans Fund and the Bill for the transfer of Kinking 1,896 picule of Maiws valued at the fond in down for second reading, A new Hk. Ils. 1,121,000 were imported, as against bill is announced, an Ordinance to amend the 1,435 picals valued at Tis. 925,000 in 1906, videre (Colonial Statutes) Ordinaner, 1908..
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS,
Manila on the 17th inst.
The Boston 8.8. Co.'s etc. Sumeric arrived at
at Tacoma yesterday.
The Boston 6.5. Co,.. str. Rumeric arrived
that Limerick competitions, conducted by the The Court of Appeal on the 20th alt, dooided
Manchester newspapera constitute a lottery.
MACEDONIA.
LONDON, July 19th. An officer has shot, and seriously wound
killed.
FIRE.
summary of the fire which occured in the In your issue of the 18th instant you gave a
Viceroy's Tamen. Here are farther partion. lars:-Owing to an unsatisfactory explanation the. Viceroy hat ordered the arrest of the two concerning the origin of the fire His Excellency
servants of his derk Ting, and sent them to the Nam H6
They wore tried by the Chief Magistrate that they have been in Ting's employ for Ching. When questioned both prisoners stated
the last eight years and daring that time they had never committed any fault or blander (1) On the morning in question their taster as asual locked his Joor, sung the key outside and went to his breakfast. There was no lamp burning in the room and nobody was smoking. opium. They only knew the plate had caught fire when they saw smole doming from the direction of the room. The same questions wore put-to them many times but elicited the
farther trial. origin of the fire. The case te adjourned for same auswor. They denied all knowledge of the
CANTON HANIOW BAILWAY. The local authorities have receive! a siblegram from Peking stating that an Chang Chi Tang as the Chief Superintendent Imperial Edict has been issued appointing H.E.
give satisfaction and pacify the hot-headed sud. of the Cautou Hsakow Railway Company, It is believed that the above announcement will
troublesome Cantonese shareholders."-
The garrison of TurEvesh has mutinted...
NEW USE FOR SUGAR CANE,
India is a large caré growing country, sad it will probably interest thos conosened to learn that amples of paper pulp manufactured from megase (expressed sugar cane) bave been received from Trinidad by the Board of Trade, London. Mr. C. D. Wilkinson is in London in con. The process of conversion has been discovered nexion with the caso, as also in Mr. John by Mr. B. de Lemarre, of Port-of-Spain, and it Hastings whose fire was justructed on theby her brother, Mr. George Goald. He dually is stated to be applicable also to 'bonsbas 'and
It is understood that Mr. E. H. Sharp, KU- döraming of langhong events of the bar THE SAGAN COULD ROMANCE
beball. Mr. Sharp was counsel in the case It was recently telegraphed by our London (instructed by Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist) correspondent that the Sagan Gould, marriage when the oase first cami before the Supremehed taken place in London. We learn from Court. On his leaving the Colony Sir Henry mail papers that notice of the approaching marriage was published in Paris. The brida Berkeley EC was instrusted.
wat Mme Anne Gould and her marriage with Prince do Bagan of Italy had been upposed
other indigenous vegetation. It is understand other aide. Me, Jasios. Wiss being also at that the product is shipped to the United Home, it is probable that the Hongkong Boboh Kingdom for further treatment and that and Bar were well represented at the hearing of several shipments have already been made. The the ones.
matter is worth arestigating by these nontroll will amount to something like $60,000,
lodia Trade Journal" suggests that this We understand that this soute of thin filigati ing Indian sugar cane fielda.
consented, however. Had the marriage taken place without his sonsont the bride's large fortune would have reverted to the Goald family. The Prince de Sagan is the eldest son of the Duo de Tallyrend, and a direct descendant of Napelson's famous Foreign Minister.