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His Highness" has suggested that this sum has been on a special mission to the United TELEGRAMS.
shall be reduced to Taels 150,000 and that States, was instructed by be Regent, to the balance should be devoted to public hasten his return to Peking to take over| purposes. Moreover, an the present the work of YUAN SHIN-KAI at the Wil- Empress Dowager has intimated that wu-pu. In this short interval "something she does not desire to occupy the Summer has happened." Yuan SHIR-Karj Palace, the Regent wishes to divert disgrace and it remains to be seen whether the exp ne formerly incurred in the the reactionaries have once again obtained
& CO., upkeep of the Summer Palace to the the upper hand.
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.
FANCY TOILET
ARTICLES.
HANDSOME TOILET SETS,
SILVER MOUNTED IN FANCY
LEATHER CASES,
establishment of schools and colleges, Further, we read that's Deores has been issued enjoining upon all the importance of
In the fertile districts of the Hellungklang province of Manchuris, mulberry trees are to be
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JAPAN AND ITALY.
TORTO, January 7th. The House of Representatives bas legraphed
4 message of sympathy to
PREME COURT.
Thursday, January 7th.
IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION. BEFORE HIS HONOUR SIE FRANCIS PIGGOTT (CHIEF JUSTICE).
THE PEAK MURDER,
His Lordabip-I think the point is one that ahould be taken I will reserve it for considera- tion and postpone sentence.
The Attorney-General Reserve the point and pass sentenco.at
His Lordship-I cannot under this section. The Attorney-General-I would sak your Lordship to record my obtion—that this is not point of law within die meaning of the section.
The bearing of the capital charge preferred Hoi was concluded before his Lordship and a will go back to prison, and will come up when against Kwok Loung, Li Shek Chung und Hung
His Lordship-The second and third prisoners jury composed of Messrs. T. P. Hali (foreman). directed to receive judgment. I reserve the H.J. van der Bosch, J. P. Ulderup, D. A. Purves, point. The first prisoner is discharged.
exercising economy, owing to the feebla. cultivated in future in place of the poppy, with the Italian Government expressing H. Reovee, H. E. Craddock and H. A. Lammert.
Bnancial condition of the country. Extra- vagance is denounced amongst officials, for all this, coming to the root of things, must have been taken from the Commonally who pay the taxes an i contribute to the revenues, Orders have been given by the Government to the various Boards requesting them to report monthly their incomes and expendi.
s view to founding a sericultural industry.
A London telegram to the Indian papers says it is unlikely that any final step will be taken with regard to the opium question in the Crown colonies until the conclusion of the Shanghai Conference
Harmaton's Circus, with a host of wonderful attractions including the daring "looping the
sympathy with the nation in the recent terrible calamity.
A Relief Fund has been started among members of the House.
[BEUTRE'S SERVICE TO THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.."]
The Hon. Mr. W. Rees Davies, K.C., At torney-General, who was instructed by Mr. appeared for the Crown, the prisoners being Dennys, Jr., from the officeof the Crown Solicitor, defended by Mr. H. G.. Calthrop, who was in structed by Mr. R. D. Atkinson (of Mesra. Deacon, Looker und Deacon).
necessarily for the Full Coart?
The Attorney-General-The point is not His Lordship Yo
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION BATORE MR. H. H. J GOMPERTZ (ACTING PUISNE JUDGR)..
J. H. Pidgeon and A. Abraham, were sued by
CLAIM ON A FRÓMISSORY NOTE. Fang Chan for the recovery of $271.13, balazos from the second dofendant as the guarantor of a promissory note for 8300 dated June 27th, 1906. The payment of this sum was expressed to be made in instalments of 350 per month on July 1st, 1906,
tares. Particulars are also required of the loor performance," left Bangkok yesterday and THE TURKS AND THE CRETAN|vidence he remarked that two stories had been due from the first defondant as the maker and
HANDSOME PUFF BOXES funds already speat, estimated future exay be expected here about the 18th inst. The
CUT GLASS BOXES,
in Great Variety,
penditure and anticipated reserve funds. This order came into effect at the beginning of the present Chinese month. While on the HAIR BRUSHES IN LEATHER CASES, subject of finance, we may note that though
PERFUME SPRAYS,
MANICURE SETS,
SCISSORS IN CASES
RAZORS IN CASES..
DY TRE BEST MAKERS:
PATENT BAZOR STROPS, SHAVING MIRRORS, HAND MIRRORS,
"
&C.,
800. &4.
SMOKERS'
BANK
REQUISITES A Very Fine Selection in Great Variety
MEERSCHAUM and BRIAR PIPES, CALA SMOKERS COMPANIONS, MEERSCHAUM HOLDERS, CIGAR and CIGARETTE CASES in real CROCODILE SKIN, SNAKE SKIN, etc., TOBACCO FOUCHES in BEAVER, CROCODILE, SNAKE and DOE SKIN, etc., TOBACCO BOXES and JAES, ASH TRAYS.
Pires, (a Special Assortment),
and AMBER CIGAR and CIGARETTE
Cirons will be pitched at Causeway Bay,
QUESTION,
BOYCOTT OF GREECE THREATENING."
LONDON, January 6th. An influential meeting held at Constantinople has protested against the union of Crete with Greece.
The speeches ct the meeting fore- shadowed a boycott of Greace.
A similar meeting has been held at
Mr. Calthrop, on the conclusion of the evidence, addressed the Jury on behalf of the prisoners. After dealing at length with the put forward: one that somebody put his foot on deceased's clothes; and the other that a man went and troil on his foot at Jardins's Corner. They were absolutely absurd stories.
His Lordship-You don't deny, Mr. Calthrop, that if one of these people were killed in a fight It would be murder?
Mr. Calthrop-If it was a sudden affray it would not.
His Lordship-What would Lit be? Mr. Calthrop Manslaughter. His Lordship-If the coolies were called down from Mr. Grosson's coolie quartere to attack a ruan, and a fight ones and
Mr. C. H. Grace, who went home on leave about a year ago, owing to fl-health, has signed the position of Secretary of the Hong- it is deemed to be not immediately practi-heen Acting Secretary, has been given the enh kong Clab and Mr. James Craik, who has since eable, the Regent has expressed his approval stantive appointment. of a proposal to reduce the Hatamen Octroi duties on daily necessaries, which are "Lemon for the umpire and fun for the fans"! described as a very great hardship on the is the heading given by the Coblensia to its people, and to increase the tax on ornaments scoount of the baseball match between Reach and other luxuries to a corresponding extent. All Americans and the local team. The visitors Prince Regent spends three hours in reading
the New Year game by 4-3. newspapers every evening after work and
A young Hollander in Java, Mr. F. G, Dons, cuts out all articles on important topics of is reported to have made a new flying machine, the day and references to misgovernment in easily handled by one man, 30 by 11m, which any part of the Empire with a view to tak-turns easily, makes 300 km per hour, and has ing action thereon after the hundred daysa syadioste, with the assistance of Mr. G. van a carrying capacity of 4,500 kilos. He is forming of mourning. We may note also the atten. Det of Hilversum. tion the Government is reported to be giving to currency matters, and in view of the increasing recognition of the value of System of banking, steps are being taken to bring all Chinese banks under a commen system of control.
Theinterestingstatementis publishedthat the / won the first day by 2-0, but the locals capture Smyrna, attended by 20,000 persons. | death follows, that is murder.
a
Turning to other subjects, there is the statement that the Government is in hopes. ALL THESE Goobs ARE OF THE of making a start, at no distant date, with
HIGHEST CLASS -
AND SPECIALLY SELECTED.
the reorganisat on of the Navy. It is proposed to raise tan tmillion taels for the purpose of building dockyards and purchas- ing warships. The Board of War talks of A. S. WATSON & CO. and to bring the whole of the Empire under enlarging the army from 36 to 48 divisions
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Saigon upon all natives carning their livelihood A municipal tax of two piastres imposed at there evokes strong opposition. A Saigon journal declares that it will inevitably result on the one hand in on exodus from the town, and on the other it will keep away a large number of natives having business at Saigon.
Firing a pistol in the Praya East Hotel on Wed- resday bed to the arrest of Edward Mages, a stoker from HM.8. Flora. Brought before fined $3. A stoker from the Kent also got into Mr. Kemp at the Magistracy yesterday he was trouble for smashing a ricabs and assaulting the coolfo. He was ined $1 and ordered to pay 81 compensation.
a common system of control. The need of that a new bleaching process has been die- The Japanese paper Nishi Nicht reports unification in all branches of the public covered whereby it is claimed that wild silk service has evidently been engaging the (more popularly known as pengee) can be attention of the authorities. Supreme.com. bleached to milk white and dyed to the cente mand of the Army and Navy is vested into produce a most excellent imitation of res subtle shade of colour, making it quite possible the Regent by the regulations which lay | China slik at a greatly reduced cost. down the duties devolving upon His Imperial Highne s.
There was an exciting time on a tram car
RESCUED FROM THE RUINS AT MESSINA.
what it is done with. They were not at that Mr. Calthrop-It depends how it is done and time using weapons of a very serious nature, but the affair turned out to be serious.
Concluding his address, Mr. Calthrop told the jurors that if they found any of the prisoners had taken part in the fight, he would suggest that their action did not ameant to the very
LONDON, January 7th. An official report states that hither to 23,000 persons have been rescued day evening another dozen were saved, of which amounted to manslaughter. from the ruins at Messins, and yester-serious crime of murder, but was simply an but there is little hope of recovering whether there was, or was not a motive, if they The Attorney-General told the jurors that
any more.
were satisfied that any of these men committed About 2,000 corpses have been malice, it would be murder. Regarding the the act alleged, in law assuming, there was buried.
first prisoner, he did not regsed the evidence against him as of the same strength as that against the other two. The evidence against the other two, however, was sufficient to bring them within the category of the crime. He for the jury to say whether they thought the submitted it had been substantiated, and it was evidence against the first accused was sub
BIG RUSSIAN LOAN,
stantiated.
LONDON, January 7th. Russia will issue on the 23rd inst, in London, Paris and St. Petersburg a loan for Forty-eight million pounds sterling at 4 per cent.
His Lordship, in summing up, told the jury that they must consider the guilt of the first, 89 or 90.
The loan will probably be issued at second and third prisoners each as an indepen dent case. This was a case which, in spite of com plicated evidence, was bound to be put before a jury to say whether the three men were guilty of a crime. With regard to the law, he would direct them as follows: If there was a clan fight between Hokios and Partis without say clear evidence as to how the fight began, then the jury might find participants guilty of man alaughter. But if they believed that there was that the American Minister at Peking those men thereupon attacked the deceased, and It is reported from Washington calling down Mr. Gressa's coolies, and that such a deliberate act as one of the prisoners
has been instructed to make represen-if the fight was followed up by a deliberate chase,
YUAN SHIH-KAI,
REPRESENTATION BY THE UNITED
STATES.
LONDON, January 7th.
Mr. D. V. Stevenson (of Messrs. Descon, Looker and Descon) appeared for the plaintiff. P. W. Goldring (of Messrs. Goldring, Barlow and Morrell) represented the Arst defendant; and the second defendant appeared in person and admitted his liability,
Mr. Goldring applied for a stay of pro coedings, as the first defendant had flod a petition in bankruptcy S
His Lordship-You have no defence P Mr. Goldring-No.
Mr. Stearonson objected to any stay of pru ceedings. This case was first brought into Court on December 22nd, and the first defendant had seen him and told him that arrangements word already being made with the creditors about a composition, and stated that he wanted the plaintiff to join in with the other creditors. It would have been better for him it bu or bit solicitor had approached the plaintiff and told him of the composition offered. Instead of
doing that, he ignored the plaintiff entirely.
Mr. Goldring-The bankruptcy petition was attitude. only presented because of my friend's hostile Mr. Stevenson-We were quite passive at the time.
cannot get execution..
His Lordship-If the petition is filed yon -
Mr. Stevenson-I think I could, as it may be objected to.
would saly increase the costs, and you could His Lordship-Supposing you could? It not get any money,
Mr. Stevenson-I submit I could. executions have been issued against Mr. Mr. Goldring I may mention that coverag Pidgeon. In one case he was actually arrested by one of his creditors, so Indian of a mont vornatons kind, but this mat gave LIE it was no use.
want execution against Mr. Pidgeon
His Lordship (to Mr. Stevenson)-You
both. I may issue execution agsiast one or Mr. Stevenson-I want jngdment against both defendents,
friend seks for a stay which the Court ought to grant. It is in the power of the Court to
Mr. Goldring 1a-k for a stay of execution. Mr. Stevenson-This is a case in which my
have ously signed couragnications that tione already mentioned to reverently man came to his saintance. Matters looked tations to the Chinese Government then the jury must find those who participated give judgment for the plaintiff, and arrange-
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of course, interferred, and, when they turned on him he stopped the car and the motor bad for the conductor and motorman until Mr. W. Edwards, building inspector, came to the
but one was detained and on being brought rescue. The men attempted to make off then
before the Magistrate yesterday, he was fined $10 and ordered to pay $2 compensation to the conductor.
regarding the dismissal of Yuan Shih- Kai.
AUSTRALIAN 1909 CRICKET TOUR IN ENGLAND.
In view of our telegram the other day that England in March, it is interesting to read in programme and that the team would sail for the Australians had accepted the Marylebone
the West Australian
J
guilty of that crima
At 4.19 p.m. the jury retired to consider their verdict, retorning into Court fourteen minutes later. They found the first prisoner not guilty, and the second and third guilty of manslaughter Mr. Calthrop here remarked that his Lordship lated to the prisoners, and pointed out that it had noticed that he evidence had not been trans.
Lordship to state a case for the Fall Court on should have been. Comusel therefore asked his this point as to whether the evidence could go to a jury.
His Lordship-Is there any authority! Mr. Calthrop That I cannot say, but the
crime unless the evidence has been heard by him. authority for that. It is an elementary pro- His Lordship You will have to give me an position.
!
Elementary propositions have no authority at all, Mr. Calthrop That is the worst of it.
viction?
His Lordship---You move to quash the son
Mr Calthrop-I think that would be the proper course.
Preparations for the grant of a Constitut Shenkiwan the other day when mix tion figure prominently in the Decrees, and
drunken coolics entered and began to stretol we may note in connection with this subject
themselves on the seats. The conductor, that the Regent is required by the Regula read over, before the tablet of Her late Majesty the Empress Dowager, Fat the Imperial Ancestral Temple, the vale- dictory Decrees of the late Emperor and the bite Empress Grand Dowager, and the second regulation requires that, when the time comes, the Prince Regent shall ofen Cthe House of Parliament on behalf of the Government to regulate the spitting habits The measures to be taken by the Hongkong Emperor. There is a good deal of evidence of the Chinoso have excited a good deal of of the Regent's interest in this matter, but interest in Indo-China and the Strait Bottle England on the 6th ult. Baid: In connection Dr. Paidayin who arrived in Bydney frum we need only note here a Decres enjoining article on the subject remarks One of the have a draft programme to be submitted to the ments The Pisang Gazette in a lending with the proposed Australian tour of 1909, f HONGKONG, JANUARY 8TH, 1909, the Bureau for the compilation of works on chief causes of mortality among the Straits Board of Control, with particulars of the terms rule is that no person can be committed for any
Constitutional Government to hasten the Chinose is phthisis; taking one week at test matcher, etc. There are to be altogether 35 THOSE who are accustomed to read the completion of their task, and a proposal random, we find that sixteen persons died of matches. Every English country will have at and travelling arrangements, the localities for Chinese newspapers cannot but be amazed made by His Imperial Highness for the this disease within Municipal limits during the least one match, some two. There are to be five at times at the evidence they afford of a early establishment of a Provincial Constitu
seven days ending December 19th. It is an test matches, and there will be two special matches consuming desire for ref rm in all branches tional Bureau in the Capital, which shall of transmission of phthisis is expectoration by and one at Hall. There fe no fixture with incontrovertible fact that the principal channel and Yorkshire combined one at Manchester, of almost equal importance, against Laneshire of the public service in Chion. This has be composed of a representative from each infected persons. The efforts of the French Ireland, and only one with Soodland Two been more or less the cas for the past two province of the Empire. This Bareau is public health authorities to reduce the mortality matches will be played against the M.C.C., and years, but since the commencement of the intended to pave the way for the in France from this cause by checking the now fixture has been arranged temporarily by new régime it has been more conspicu›as
spitting habit have been crowned with success. West of England against a combination of the me se agent for the Board of Control, in the than ever. In order to convey to the foreign
With regard to foreign policy the Regent than any other section of the community, if the ing has been minimised by half for the Aus Yot the local Chinese, who will benefit ze second class counties, at Breter. The travell public au idea of the activities of the Chinese is stated to have expressed a wish that Chins disgusting sad lumnitary habit can be tralians, this time by the adjustment of dates, official mind at the present time, we will might remain friendly with all other nations, cuted, apparently regard the Anti-Spitting adjoining counties. The railway companies which will enable the matches to be played in briefly sketch the contents of a couple of and at the same time jealously guard her Ordinance as a piece of down-right grands are also ready to grant certain concessions, issues of the small but extremely interesting own rights and interests. His Importal interference with the liberty of the subject."
motherly legislation, if not an unwarrantable provided a good team goes from Australia, and paper published at Peking by Chinese Highness has suggested to the Grand
if they do well at first I think the season will be in the English language anĺ designated Council that in each province of the Empire The water return shows that in the five Chinese Public Opinion. We may note Grst there should be a commissioner for interna Hongkong reservoirs of Tytam, Tytam Bye- the announcement that in conversation with tional affairs, rud has naked for the views of Wong-nei-chung there were on 1st. Jan. stored the following report
wash, Tytan Intermediate, Pokfulam and the Grand Councillors the Prince Regent the Provincial Authorities in regard to this 549,968,000 gallons as against 577,894,000 in the
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued has said that he had been engaged day and matter. It is also reported that His Imperial corresponding month of the previous year. The has risen alightly over China and Japan.
On the 7th at 11:45 am-The barometer night thisking out a defiuite policy for t e Highness desires to see four officials from consumption in the ity and Hill District moderate to considerable defect of the normal at governance of the Empire, and Le had come each province-two with, an English educa or 210 gallons per head as against 20-3 per head North of the Yangtze, and relatively low over Except over E. Japan, pressure is still in during the month of December was 135,540,000 all stations. It is highest over hins to the to the conclusion that the best domestic, tion, and two educated in France attached in the same month last year. During the last the northern shores of the Chins Bee. S policy was to adjust the finances of the to the Wai-wu-pu, presumably for con- two years there has been a constant supply Formoss Channel and along the 6. cost of county and to improve the condition of the sultative purposes when local questions are throughout the city in December, which is thing
Frosh N.E. winds may
be expected in the mass of the people. Other paragraphs go under discussion with the Foreign Ministers. satisfactory when compared with the intermit to show that the-Regent has proposed to
The dismissal of YUAN SHIR KAI suggest of consumption is subject to error owing to the himself set an example. The Board of that the pace has been too great for the difficulty of accurate measurements whilst the to-day is as follows:
tout supplies of preceding years. The return Ceremonics estimated that the Regent would reactionaries. The Regent a few weeks ago extension works at Albany filter beds are in Hongkong & Neighbourhood.(*) need an allowance of 500,000 tails per gäsum to meet bis expenses, but the Regent told Presidency of the Wai-wu-pu in order that stored on Jan. 1st 162,341,000 gallons aN 0 South coast of Chins between? Same as No. 1 to quash the verilist the Grand Council that this was an extra be might devote all histime and energy to the pared with 132,500,000 a year before, while the vagant amount, having regard to the verincreasing business of the Grand Council, caption during December amounted to South coast of Chins between Same as No. 1. Mr. Calthrop-I don't think I can. The
Hongkong and Lammocks country's present financial position, and and He Excellency Tare SHAO XL, who
Hongkong and Hainan...
only thing is to state a pase. This la question of the admissibility of evidence.
constitution. .
In record one.”
WEATHER REPORT.
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am, to-day, 0.02 inches.
The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon
was desirous of relieving Yuan of the progress. In Kowloon reservoir there were Formes Channel
with 84 por head in the previous December 28,923,000 gallons or 108 per head as compared
N.E. winds,
fresh.
E o N.E. Winds, fresh, unsettled,
ment until such a question has been considered His Lordship-In the case of an accused person being convicted I may postpone judg" and decided, bat before I do that I must be satisfied that there is some point to reserve. case where three Indians were tried for murder Mr. Calthrop referred his Lordship to the
at the Supreme Court in the December Sessions of 1905, and stated that it had never been heard of a man being convicted on evidence he had not heard..
prisoner is represented by Counsel His Lordahip-The practice varies when
plaintiff. We have never been approached, and ments regarding a stay can be made with the we do not know what composition is offered: I feel certain that, if it was a proper scheme, we should have joined with the other creditors. Instead of that we have been put off and off, and now the defendant has filled his petition
ised against hita. went into bankruptcy was because this writ was Mr. Goldring-The reason why the defendant
His Lordship The plaintiff was bound to isane a writ if the defendant did not approach What about the other debtor. him, but I feel disposed to grant the stay.
Mr. Goldring I am not noting for him. His Lordship-Will he be prejudiced in any way by your stay?
Mr. Goldring-I don't think so. - Mr. Stevenson-I think it would be putting the second defendant in a false position.
Mr. Goldring-What does the creditor think he is going to get? He cannot get anything. slmost always the practice to grant a stay of It is simply a question of personal spite. It is
execution.
applied for, my client is being ened by his Lordship when the week's adjournment was Mr. Stevenson-As I explained to your
creditors, and it is necessary for him to get his money In.
client in jail; simply out of spite.
Mr. Goldring-All they want is to put my
in jail, if we have to pay for his unintenance.
Mr. Stevenson-It does not pay to put a man His Lordship-I think I must grant a stay until Tuesday morning.
Mr. Steavenson- Why ?:
from a Colony where the surt proceedings in jail.
The Attorney-General said he had just come in any way unless you want to put this man His Lordship-I don't see that it hurts you
languages. There many nonvictions were re-lordship. I don't se were conducted in the Greek and Turkish
Counsel waiving the double interpretation. He
corded without a prisoner hearing the evidence,
not a point of law, and it was opening up a submitted that this was a question of procedure,
tramendons precedent. It simply meant that if three men were in the docks speaking different Languages, interpreters would have to interpret in each dialect.CodeG
His Lordship-That is one of the penalties of empire. (Te Mr. Calthrop) You can move
Mr. Steavenson-The Court does not, as a
ment I am entitled to the beneft of my judg
His Lordship-I don't see why it should not. Mr. Steavenson-If I am entitled to judg
ment
His Lordship-You are entitled to judgment, certainly, creditors for payment, Hed we been in affluent Mr. SteareasonWe are pressed by our own ciremstances I don't suppose we should have called upon Mr. Pidgoon to pay
His Lordship Personally I do not like to веда
a man to jail for debt unless there is some M. Steevenson-I do not say we are going.
good reason.
to send him.
un
will grant a stay of execution anul Tuesday His Lordship-It is strongly suggestive. I morning.