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At last the repaira to the ameli Polis TELEGRAMS.
Court have less completed, and yesterday. This will be Mr. Wood presided thereto. welcome news to members of the Bar and others connected with the Court who have known the inconvenience of the make-shift court in the waiting room.
According to a Seoul despatch, the authorities bave issued sp order that the Imperial adist for the removal of the top-knot is to baenforced, an it is considered disloyal for the old-fashioned method of wearing the hair to be followed after being discarded by the Imperial families and high officials.
Two summonses auder the Stamp Ordinance same before the Magistrates at the Police Court. yesterday. In one, the compradors of the
Tai On" was fined $75 by Mr. Kemp for failing to affix a stamp to a shipping receipt. In the other Mr. Wood imposed a fine of $25 on
a receipt. Mer Sincas and Co. for neglecting to stamp
The Chiness in Shantung threaten to boycott
Bother more subtle, Influence has bear work, and that is the low position occupied in the West by the Church. The Church is, in fact, but little in evidence in Vancouver, considering its size, but Con venticles of all sorta abouad; they are probably neither better nor worse that in when other towns on the West Coast, But as the slow and preachers are of a similar class to their and long before the rassibility of congregations, and exercise no reping navigation in the Great Ocean had influence the respit is distinctly lowering to ntered the minde oren of the most the whole tone of the place. Worse than sanguine. Still, in spite of its difficulties, the this, the preacher's wife is generally of even voyage from Hongkong to San Francisco lower type than the majority of the was really is the Fifties the most convenient congregation, so that the refining influence means of access to California, and almost of the Faraon's Wife," which counts for the only gate by which weighty materials so much in a country parish in England is. could be transported. So it happened that entirely absent. Towards the same end the real builders of San-Francisco were the other things-some seemingly indiferent Hongkong Chiness, and many traces of tend. Vancouver is, the paradise of the their presence and influence wars to be noted ready-made clothes man. The Lea I of one in the city before its partial ruin by the of these establishments, in other respecti arthquake. It was not fill the opening of a worthy and well-spoken tradesman, the Germans if a certain mining agreement the Northern Pacific Railway and its con expreses his surprise that any one should entered into between a German eyadicate and necticus that the State of Washington com go to the trouble of engaging a tailor, when the Vicecay, with the approval of the Wai-Wa Po, is not incalled. The plans of the people menced to take any important part in the he could get his clothes all ready made; are set forth as follows:-.--Not to buy traffic
the Pacific Slope, but of and only requiring a little adjustment or sell Germen goods; 2. Not to do any of
account of the The result is whimsical, and added to the work for the Germans; 3-Not to sand recent years, partly on facilities offered to trade with the great monotony produced by the school system, their children and relative to say school tition of the East, and partly on account where the only individuality apparent is or colleges where (ferman teachers exist; 4— of the natural weath of the new State, that of a little more or less vulgarity,Not to travel by the Kinochou Tainan railway Washington and ports on Puget Sound have produces a strange stereotyped result. One commenced to take an increasing part in the Vancouverite is in fact but the duplicate of commerce of the West Coast. Naturally another; and there is no room left for the population has been largely recruited emulation in education, in manners, in from the older sotiled states of California speech, nor in any other of the thousand and Oregon, and has absorbed many of its and one trifies that go to make a worthy tan and a gentleman. All these drawbacks peculiarities.
are common enough elsewhere in a commer-The first charge against the defendants was also cial town where there is no constituted dismissed, but on the second count the first authority of Government, or Church, or defendant was und $5, the secon'1 $3 and the University, to lead men to a higher idea of third $2 Jife than mere beer and skittles. It is the misfortune of Vancouyer that her external- circumstances have led in quite the contrary direction. Even the Provincial Govern ment is said to be obnoxious to not disimilar influences, and stories of what elsewhere would be described
In the early days Victoria, the capital of Vancouver Island, and now of the provinco of British Columbia, notwithstanding its | remoteness, war-mainly settled from England direct, with but a minute incre- mont from California and the other western States Ita Euglina proclivities were the horst of its inhabitants who claimed they were more English that the Canadian cities of the East. With the opening of the A. S. WATSON & CO. Canadian Pacific Railway, little change took
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place, most of the new settlers being still English Eltered through Cataris. On the opening of the live, after some hesitation the alte of the prozout uity of Vancouver was alected as the western terminus of the Railway the fertile lands about the lower valley of the Fraser River also commenced to be occupied, and for a considerable time the new settlers were either eastern Canadians, or direct comers from the "Home laud, The natural avantages of the country at once gave an impetus to smigra- tion, and by 1890 the population of Vancouver already considerably excende
"Have you a Wester's twenty thousand. Dictionary,?" asked an English visitor at this time of one of the principal booksellers. The answer was characteristic: No Sir, we do not keep i Bat meanwhile the centres of trade had shown, consequest on" the opening of tie Northern Pacific group of railways, a tendency to more northwards, and Portland, Tacoma, and Seattle began On 28th September, G-listan Conduit to grow, and the rich country adjacent to Road, Hongkong, Eris B. (MAT), the dearly
be settled with people moving from the beloved wife of Thomas J. Rose, aged 47 years.
(1368 Bouth. The newly discovered mineral On 18th September, at Hankow, MARIA CATHARINA DA SILVA ALENAO, C SEVERIN, the wealth of British Columbia. immediately boundary baloud wife of S. SEREIN, of dysentery aged north, of thInternational
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HONGKONA, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1908 Rerunsing to the subject of the present of Vancouver, all this attendant circumstances are clearly in favour of progress, not only material but social, yet what strikes the careful visitor, who is prepared to look below the surfice, and investigate the subsoil, is
as not altogether
remote from corruption are ordinarily current. It is not, in fact, too much to say that British Columbia needs for a time a strong band at the wheel to steer her into clearer waters.
Major Probyn, of the Army Medical Corps, been appointed Sanitary Specialist in South Chins. This is a new appointment,
M. Klobukowski tue new Governor-General of Indo Chips came out to Saigou ou the M. M. steamer Caledonien,
A resolution to establish a municipal dairy farm at Singapore was to be moved at a meeting of the Singapore Municipal Council on the 25th
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Before Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistrney
yesterday Ernest Long proceeded against An Yang Hing and two other natives for being on his coolis quarters without permission, and for salting him. There was also a cross-ARMMODÉ for amault." Mr. Jackson (of Mears. Johnson, Stokes and Mastery represented Mr. Long, the charge of assault against whom was dismissed.
At a meeting of foreign merchants held at Chemulpo on the 15th inst., it was decided to take notion as far as possible to "prevent Japanse from registering trade marke of foreign goods in Koras. As a result of the meeting a letter was sent to the Residency- General the next day stating that it had been brought to the notios of the signstories that
application had been fodged by Japanese subjects for the registration of trade mark belonging to and used for many years by Brilieb, German, and other Forsign Firms. doing knames in Korek, and they bagged tears to enquire whether it is the intention of the Bureau to grant such registration.
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LONDON, September 20th. Lord Tweedmouth, Lord President of the Council, has resigned.
THE GERMAN NAVI
LONDON, September 29th. The German Navy League demands heavy and immediate additions to the strength of the German Navy.
MOROCCO:
LONDON, September 29th. The Casa Blanca incident is still
SUPREME COURT.
Tuesday, September 29th,
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
BATORE Ma, Y. H. J. GọMPBRTZ (ACTING Puisna JUDGE),
LANDLORD AND TENANT.
Judgment was given in the notion in which Mr. P. W. Goldring, aolieitor, oláimed the sum
500 damages from the Humphreys Estate
and Finance Company, Limited, for breach of contract. The plaintiff alleged that the defen- dant firm failed to comply, with an agreement whereby they undertook to keep the roof and "exterior" walls of the premises ho occupied at
Kowloon in a proper state of repair. Mr. E.
appeared for the phintiff, whila "Mr. P. M. Hodgson, of Mosers. Ewens and Herston, noted, on behalf of the defendanta,
Grist, of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist ......
His Lordship, having reviewed the fiets of the c, said that no. structural defect was alleged and it appeared that the damage was onused by water which had accumulated in large quantities on the roof owing to the guttor
unsettled. It is alleged that German pipes besenting blocked. The defence was that consular officials were the aggressors.
THE
LANCASHIRE TRADE.
CRISIS.
LONDON, September 29th. The breach among the Lancashire Trade Unions is daily widening
It is expected that nine-tenths of the mills in Lancashire and Yorkshire will close....
a long line of canon commending in 1870 bad established the principle that ‚a · landlord's covenant to repair was to be construed a R covenant to repair after notice and that no damages could be recovered untoss the tenant had given the landlord notice of the defect,
That doctrins the plaintif fully admitted, but
pointed out that the rafic decidendi "of all those ansen was that the premises being desised to the tenant and in his possession the landlord was not at liberty to visit them to ascertain
their condition and that he was therefore lependent on the tenant for information as to
Fifty-four more trains have stopped their state. It was urged that whereas in this running.
A MUNIFICENT BEQÜEST..
LONDON, September 29th." Professor Samson () has left £1,500,000 to the Berlin Academy of Sciences:
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GERMANY'S
THIRD DREADNOUGHT. "
LONDON, September 27th. The German battleship Rheinland, third the Dreadnought type, has been lannabed Stettin..
TURKEY AND BULGARIA.<
LONDON, September 27th. Turkish official circles view the Bulgarian imbroglio favourably, and think the fatter The will be settled by a compromise.
The Unlod Church Literary and Debating Society begins its winter session on October 8th with a leotare by Dr. J. C. Thenison; on "The Remands of Lowland Scotland. Fyllabus for October to March 1918-9 includes lectures by Dr. Amos P. Wildar, Rev. TW. Pearce, the Hon. Mr. Murray Stewart, Dr. W. W. Pearse, Dr. U, K. Edmunds, Rer. C. H. Hickling, Mosera F. W. Terry, A. Bellamy Brown, W. H. Williami, J.J. Stabbings, W.
AFFAIRS IN THE BALKANS. -
Laxpay, September 27th, The Conferences between the Russian, German, Austrian, and Italian ministers are
In regard to Near Eastern affairs...
The typhoon warning received by the Ameri-Drew Braidwood, A. C. Franklin, and Aregarded as betokening considerable anxiety can Consulate General, tengkong, yesterday at 1pm. from Mauila read:-"Cyolane or typhoog E. of Lux, less than 300 miles distant, almost stationary
Hongkong Orkhana Club are to held an." A Home" on the Polo Ground on Saturday, October 24th. A Gymkhana programme has been issued comprising a dezon very interesting events.
At the request of the King of Biam the German Postmaster-General has appointed a postal official to take charge of the reorganiza- tion of the Siamese postal service. The offil is an Alsatian named Disswellor, searatary of the central office at Strasburg,
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Rodger. The syllabus includes thres debites, in two of which Mosses. H. L Garroit and A. H, Crook oppose each other.
Father Algus, of the Manila Oharratory. The Hongkong Volunteer Troop and the bay informed Dr. Wilder, the American Const General at Hongkong, that while there in an absolutely certain means of gaarding the British Colouy of Hongkong against surprisen in the antara of small, but violent typhoons, matters could be vastly improved by closing the gap between Aparri, on the Island of Luvon, and Formoss, by erecting in the Balington Chamel station having talegraphic con manication either with Manila or long- kong, or preturauir, with bath. The most suitable pint for such station is Santo Domingo, Batanes Islands. Bata woll The funeral of the late Mr. Roginald Hard-nigh insurmountabla, difoulty lies in the cost. ing took place at Happy Valley las, evening, Father Algus nigntions a suggestion that a the cartage including a number of members of wireless station would cost vastly less than a dhe tool Bar, and many of deseased's friends, cable and would probably prove much wore Various wreathe had been forwarded, including
ing-messages to. -distance of 500 miles if one from the Devonian Society, of which efficient. "Such an apparatus, capable of sand at work. Columbia, deceased was a member...
installed at Santo Domingo, could communicate On Sunday a Chinese boy residing indirectly with the wireless station of the British following the lead of Eastern Cauida and of
The co-operation the United States, has been making. D'Agailar Street fell downstairs, but at no Fleet at. Hongkong, and the station of the strenuous efforts to intro luce free education, [injars was apparent, and he was able to run U.S. Army at Manila,
commenced to attract settlers from the other side, and the consequence she immigration across the Boundary: We have above reuiarted on the general tone of the population of the West Coast, and the influx into the ofler settled population of the province, and more especiaily Vacover where it is most appareat, could not fail in having a considerable lot. But there were other causes
Austria, it is porsistently reported, contemplates taking stops to secure the permanent incorporation of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
THE HEARST REVELATIONS...
case the tenant was merely the occupant of a dat, the landlord, retaining possession of the roof, wan bound biùself to make such inspection as might be neomsary, to enable him to fulfil hje covenant. His Lordship thought it olear on the facts that the plaintiff had not under his agrée-
went of tenancy possession of the roof or right of acomas thereto and that he had no means
of saceriairing its condition. The oircum stances seemed to make it clear that the principle that notice must be given by the termat was fundamentally based upon the dircumstances of the tenanoy. If notice by the tenant was necessary if and when the Inadford has parted with the possession and sontrol of the premissa, it seemed to follow. that notice was unnecessary where defects aros in portions of the tenement rosined by the landlord in bin onu bands. The tenant in this
so bed no means of knowing the state-of-the- roof and gutters; the landlord had. Hie Lordship found therefore that in this case no notice was necessary. That being so, what we the liability of the landlord under his covenant His Lordship amid ho was bound to give a decision as to whether there had been negligence and he arrived at his decision as follows:- There was no evidencs giran for the defence that any inspection of the roof was made. Bu thought it was clearly the landlord's duty to- inspect and not to wait for complainte from the tenant. The landlord possibly did not realins this and he probably considered that he did bin duty if he repaired with reasonable
tenant. His Lordship thought the de- expedition any defect reported by the
fendant company was fa- this dilemma→ sither the pipes had become shokëd by gradual accretion of matter extending over a long perio of time or the obstraction was the effect of i storm of almost unparalleled violence which
In regard to the Oriental railway, there cans a very great damage to honse pro is every indication that Bulgaria is deser-perty, particularly to roofs. In the fivat con bave shown the nacessity for a paricdical.clean- mined to Reap -contrel of the line and to tingeney-spection at regular intervals wozid ignore the Turkish protesta..
ing of the drain pipes. In the sayond be thought the storm ciused a state of things which inspection would have revealed and which LONDON, September 27th, was bound to result in damage unless attended ta in season. To either event he thought the The Hearst bowspaper revelations in
landlord had not discharged, his duly to the Ameries have produced in regular apsigant. He therefore gave judgment for of mutual recrimination of party leaders in which President Roosevelt is vigorously participating
Several República and Democratic office bearers have already Tesigned owing to
other trusts. their connection with the Staïdard Oil ande
SHIPPING NEWS.
plaintiff with costs and referred the question of the amount of damage to the Registrar.
Mr. Hodgson asked for a stoy of exstation, pending appeal.
After some discussion Mr. Hodgson was given
feare to make his application in Chanters.
SHIP'S OFFICER IMPRISONED
FOR SMUGGLING.
Norman Taylor, the second officer of the Yusarang, arrested and prosecuted at "Manila for having on his person and in his possession 49 cans of opiam sad a large number of lottery tickets, was on the 35th inst, sentenced to one year's imprisonment and a fine of P1,000 and to s fine of 1500 and costs in, the lottery ticket Tayior appeared in court accompanied by his attorney, and pleaded guilty to both charges
that the population has in all things, peech material to draw on, and has made the further notice of the cacurrence, -On-Monday, bo secured without dificulty. Au aldi arrived in San Francis on the 27th in the the costs of the case on the opium charge, and
but unfortunately has had but indifferent about shortly afterwards, bis parents took no of the military and naval authorities could however, besuddenly became ill, and died shortly tional safeguard, which together with the former would almost completely eliminats A fortune of Imlf a million franos has come the danger of surprises woakt consist in
anislake of starting with but a low standard. after complaining The mere commercial use of dollars and cents
LATES STEAMER MOVEMENTS, The O. & D. Br. Korea Hoon August 20th The tr. Craigyar arrived at Manila on 28th inst
The str. Saveric left Seattle for Hongkong vis ports on the 26th inst.
The C.P.R. str. Empress of Chinu arrived
The I.G.M. atr. Luftrow teft Kebe via Nagn capable of sending messages only to distances where she is due to arriva út 5.m. to-morro timely warning of some prowling typbbon saki, Shanghai sud Focchow on the 28th inst could not be given by at least one of them..., and way he expected bere on or about the either to Hongkong directly, or via Santo
- D2 Domingo, or Manila"
up to 250 miles, the case would be rare in watob
THE S.S.YINGKING RAISED.
"6th prox, afterno90.
DRFLOATED.
"The Manila steamer date which ran on a rock near the Capsuimun Pies during the typhoon, floated of a day or two age.
He pointed out that he was a married man with wife and child dependent upon him; that he was a foreigner and in a strange country; that he was penniless and without employment se
result of his folly, and that should a fine be imposed upon him he would be compelled to serve it out in the public prison. He laid particular stress upon the fact that it was the first time be had been charged with a crime within the jurisdiction of the Philippine islands.
general civilisation, culture, morality, dress and manners-listinely retrograded from the old standard. The Pacific Slope, as its has been the ruling influence at work; and to Mr, Paul Tanner of Messrs. Ed. Keller andipping all the steamers which pls regular ghanghai at 130 a.m. on the 29th inst., and and threw himself upon the mercy of the court. habitants love to call it, has not been fur- the bighat aim of the directors has been Company, Manils, through the demise of an in these waters, with wireless apparatus. Eron left again, st. 10 p.m. some day for Nagasaki His attorney made a toughing appeal for him. Este in its modern peopling. The first limited to the merely utilitarian use of the aged aunt at Vienne, Austria. Mr. Tecnor settlors from Europe wers Spanish, who three Rs. In granting teicherseert ficates racolved word of his inheritage left weak and brought with them their Roman mission- no requirements have been unde as to his many friends in Manis are well pleased at
Lis. good fortunes, Manila contemporary says. aries, who with the best intentions taught any literary knowledge of English, nor
A judgment of interest to landlords and the natives in a perfunctory manner some of any note taken of correct pronunciation;.
tenants was given in the Supreme Court yester the simple arts; the result being that a con- the mere attainment of a ralimentary day. The acting Paisna Judge found that the
of reading,
or commercial · siderable population grew up of half-case amount
landlord where he let part of the buikling, a flat,
In banding down bis sentence in the esse Indians of low social type Churches school writing and of the funduments! should have inspected the roof of which he
The river steamer "Yingking,which and sustained such avere lejarler, that he Judge Smith pointed out that the accused was S- 2062 of more than the average intelligence. He multiplied, but the culture introduced was rules of business, arithmetic being the retained possession and was accordingly liable
LAUNCH OF A HOLT LINER.
also remarked that he had manifested unusual An addition was,made on 36th not of a high elfes, and fittle good resulted.highest standard required. The consequence for damage done in consequence of water foundered in the typhoon of the 27 28th July succumbed about two hours later.
August to the frankness in the confession of his 'guilt.” -- been raised and brought to Hongkjug. She is feet of steathers owned by the Ocasare teamship After sentence had been banded down tha They came a wild, rush on the first discovery is that the offseuring of the solicols Accumulating on the roof and descending into with a loss of between 300 and 400 lires, bas
now lying behind Stonecutters, and it is ex- Company, Limited, of Liverpool (Mersea Alfred attorney made a further appeal for his client Limited), by the launch of the with the end in view of getting the sentence, of placer gold, which introduced into Cali came to be appointed teachers, and the
ploted that she will go into dock in a few days. Holt and
The
has been built which-be-oharacterized as a severe one in 4- Her top deck has been waglied away, but the stamani. Workind Clark and Co., of Belfast, where the accused had mede a glean breast -fornia the offseurings of every country cause of exloent on sufar from being zaraad,
by way was completed, overlund communication illiterate. Webster, so far from being input to the Kamano Marin bis pritate hull tabt. As soon as she is onwortby and is 450ft; in length, with agres tonnaga of of the affair and pleaded guilty, reduced. The with the rest of America east of the Rocky disfavour, came to be looked upon as the launch. socompaniet by his side, and after again the ownerd intend to put her on the 8,800, and is intended for trads to the Far East. Judge was inaxorable, however, and -merely
The rooms bereith,
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in the world. Till the Union Preite Rails
Lord and Lady Northcote, were welcomed stl came to sink to the level of the most Manila by Governor General Smith who went
Mr.
FATALITY ON THE MANCHURIA,”
second officer of the stranier
Mi fall down the bold yesterday |
Theseua
This is the eighteenth steamer built in these pointed out that he had imposed but one-tenth schanging courlosies escorted his visitors to Canton run as before.
It is stated that when the vessel foundered works for the Ocean Stestoship: Company's of the penalty the law provided in the case of Mountains was difficult and dangerour, and standard of English, and the local news the Mal canan Palace where they were sylor-
la the afternoon the the was bringing about 60.000 dollars worth feet. Stateroms for sumber of sskoon the fine, the law making the maximam P100,000 passengers have been arranged on the boat deck, and one I thin ss far as the imprisonment was only those who were content to carry their papers soon became lowered both in tone tained for luncheon.
Cablencios. lives in their hands dared attempt it. Tho and orthography to the level, of the public party was taken on a sight-seeing trip through of subsidiary coins to Hongkong. We Warn The ventilation of the passenger accommodation oncerned, the law providing five years.
the city in an automobile by the Governor that about half this amount has been recovered, thoughout has received special attention.
alternatives were the sea route through the they were intended to serve.
General.