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SUPREME COURT.
Thursday, February 11th.
IN PROBATE JURISDICTION.
Beroan is HONOUR SIR FRANCIS PIGGOTT (CHIEF JUSTICE).
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BETTLING THE CONSTRUCTION OF ▲ WILL,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, 1909.
should the family think that any disposition of the furniture which she may make in the future is mareasonable, as, for example, if she were getting rid of it all, then they mast apply to the Court to stop it. It seems to me, however, that this expression of my views as to the testator's intention will check, on the one hand, Mrs. da Silva from making such an unreasonable disposition of the property as her late husband would dis- approve of though I do not mesa to suggest that she has any such intention; and on the
HOW CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT. IN JAPAN.
Mr. B. de Chateleux has contributed to the London Daily Mail the following interview with Mr. Tokiyaki Hojo, Director of the Hiro shims Normal College and Japanese Delegate to present sitting in the University of London: the International Moral Education Congress, at
"Kouniti-wa, Hojo San; do des ka?? "Arigato, itzameno tori yoroschu gasarims, Having thus exchanged the classic Japanese rating education int, Hojo, one of Japan's and English Education systems.
e of the national British birch, Flogging with the eye" may require some training, but it
undoubtedly worth studying.
We
games at Japanese children.
passed to a more cheerful subject-the
LIKIN AND OCTROI IN CHINA.
Chincas Public Opinion (Peking) says:— Opinn has frequently been designated the "curse of China" and we can only cavilat the has it there are others. Amongst these distinctive proposition, for as the popular saying "others" we must indubitably rocken Läkin and Octroi.
His Honour gave his decision with regard to the true construction to be placed on the will of the into Jose Antonio da Silva, The plain tiff in this friendly action was J, M, P. da Silvs, other band will check the family from making greatest educationalists, to compare Japanese returned to the platform; and resumed his seat period when each Province or group of Pro- ̈ ́
son of deceased and executor of the will, the defondant being M. A. P. da Silva, widow of deceased.
Sir Henry Berkeley, K.C., instructed by Mr. H. K. Holman, represented the plaintiff, and the Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., who was instructed by Mr. Otto Kong Sing, appeared for the defendant.
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any application which the Court may think unreasonable to stop such dispositions as she may choose to maks. This, I think, should be a sufficient guide to the conduct of all parties for the future and prevent unseomaly family disputes in a matter which to my mind seems oxceedingly plain.
Sir Henry Berkeley asked his Lordship to decide regarding the disposal of the coins,
His Lordship-That question is covered by the law of heirlooms. They go to the heir,
Mr. Pollock-They go to whoever is entitled to the estate for the time being.
His Lordship-I think we settled what was to be done last time. It is only a question of custody: the parties must strange,
Thi first visit to England," he replied.
is my "Consequently, I have no opinion, so far, on Japaness schools and on education in general.”
#Makotoni arigste gazarimas" ("In truth I thank you "
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THERE IS NO
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(baseball), and lat ju-jitsu (bow and arrow)
"They play, tei-kiu (lan tennis), ya-kis they play. when they play. Our children, our work hard, for the welfare, for the greatness of students, understand that they must work, and
These taxes in themselves are quite a natural, Japan, and study is a pleasure as well as an origin was perfectly natural and as a matter of their country. We do not waste our time in and legitimate means of raising revenue. Their honour!"
after a hearty band-shake Mr. Tokijula Hojo of a diffianit financial problem. Take Chinin fact they were, originally, an excellent solution
Education Congress, and as I left the University only an none the president of the International Moral rinces was in itself a separate entity paying of London passages from the famous educational matter of fact a genuine feudal system. In
annual tribute to the Crow recurred to me, and I mentally repeated some trastise, the Zitu-go Kyou and the Do-si Kyau, such circumstances it is obvious that the duty on goods in transit must be paid in separato of the old Japanese maxims:
Province of shipment and the Province of passed. It would certainly not be fair for the lovics to each Province through which they
destination along should bensit by taxation of the goods and the intermediate Provinces waterways or reads without recompense for the WE HIRE FOR through which they passed maintain aso thereof. Laikin therefore was devised as that at certain stations a small tox abould be paid to cover the cost of apkeep of that section of the waterway or road between the stations The natural profit from this taxation, a margin, for which would, of course, be allowed, would revert to the district or Provincial Treasury na part of the due and just revenue of the Province, The Ootroi coverol the same princïplo in regard to the towns.
tion of children, whether boys or girls, must be high; they are noble because they have trees, "First of all, let me tell you that the educa "Mountains are not noble because they are carried ou in schools. On my way to England IMan is not noble because he is rich or stout ideal way of bringing up a child and educating have spoken with parents whe thought that the but because he has wisdom and learning." him was to give him a tutor at home. This is wrong. Children, more than grow-up persons, need companionship, The school, with the friendships to be made there-and perhaps enemies to be discovered competition, game, noble riviery visible progress or the reverse the school in indispensable to thorough education of the body, the mind, and the character."
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At what age," I saked, "do you think chil- shoulddren ought to go to school?"
His Lordship said Mr. da Silva died leaving a will in which, this clause appears, “I give, dorise and bequeath to my wife, Maria Antonio Placò da Silva, as long as she remaju & widow, all my household furniture, jewellery, silver ware, electroplated ware, library, philosophical instrumputs, and effects of every description for her neo, and she may dispose of them as she thinks fit." This was subject to a special bequest of the piano to his daughter, and to a collection of coins which lo desired should be treated as heirlooms. I have to decide whether this gives the widow an absolute interest in this property, as would appear from the last words disposal, and submitted that the widow had a of the clauze giving her a power of dis-power to dispose of the property. position, or whether it is only an interest Hie Lordship-That is not my view at all, 50 long as she remains a widow, which I don't think that could have been the testator's
would deprive her of any power of disposition, and would make an inventory necessary for the purpose of chocking any action which she might tako with regard to them. It appears that some small trinkets have in fact been given by her to some of her children on the sumption that she had an absolute right of disposition.
Sir Henry Berkeley-The eldest son have them.
"At sixi hot before, I am told that in Gor- many and France babies of four are sent to
His Lordship-The eldest son and widow school (I may school for lack of a better name), must try to arrange.
but that system is altogether foolish. Until the age of six the child's place is at home. He yes! his mother, It is really extraordinary
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his door; the wise and poor Kyau-kau pierced; The wise Sonkei, in order to study, looked hole through his well to study by moonlight: the wise Sosin pricked his logs with a pin whoa he studied so as not to fall saloop.
when a man dies there remains his reputation.” "When a tiger dies there remains his skin
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$10 PER
MONTH
Mr. Pollock then raised the question of needs his father, and, still more, his mother Secretary of the U.8. Navy contains the follow-harriers was proportioned according to theirROBINSON PLANO
intention in this case. I am not disposed to assoat to that. I have tried to give à huinn, mot alegal, intention,
Mr. Pollock-After her death what is to happen?
His Lordship-It goes into the residue. Sir Honey Berkeley salunitted that on the
what mothers, with their intuition and love, can do for children, even at this early age."
Should he or she be strict?' saying in Japans Good parents are strict Both should be most severe. We have a
parents."
Those words were pronounced with great emphasis.
How long," I asked, "should a child remain
at schoolP
BIX YEARS AT BOHJOL.
THE AMERICAN NAVY.. ATHETIC FLEET'S CRUISE: A FACTOR IN INTERNATIONAL PEACE. The last annual report of Mr. Metcalf as ing remarks:---
The most notable event of the past year is the voyage of the battleship flest. This has proven an epoch-making ernise, the longest ever under- listed the interested attention of the naval taken by such a number of inttleships, and has world, sond the Atlantic fleet on a practice cruise to the Late in the spring of 1907 it was decided to Pacific. Plans were at ones prepared, and in August of that year the final arrangements were determined upon. These plans, as events have been carried out without change or modification. shown, were well and completely made, and have
to the several bureaus concerned, and parti- cularly to the bureaus of construction and repair, steam engineering, equipmout, and supplies and accounts, which on this acension, as in the early months of 1898, bave developed
This is simply the Chinese equivalent of the ancient turapiko roads of Europe. The Chinese: system, however, was far mors complicated, for the tariff charged on the goods passing the nature, their quality, and their market value, sum for each vahiele, equestrian or pedestrian whereas the turapiko elurged only a fixed
soon fell into the charge of unscrap out rally passing ite gate.
The likin and the octroi barriers naturally.
custom tho
unity of using discriminative tactics in s
how could the rascal fail to see the opport- favour the party who thus pandered to his station and in response to a personal hy greed The personal gratuity would in this manner become a custom and from natural sequence would make it a necessity.
examination of any cargoes of which he might Then again the official in charge of a likin or be, or might pretend to be, suspicious. exercise of this right in the case of a brat, for the craft and the reloading afterwards, possibly instance, would involve the entire anloading of
I aim of opinion in the first place that the words true intention of the will repairs and insurance cases, it is impossible to keep children longer Credit for this is das and should be givan octroi station had the power of demanding the
**sha may dispose of them as she thinks fit" mean she may dispose of them as she thinks Eit." Therefore, apparently we have two sen- tences in the same part of the will which are in contradiction. For the family it is argued, and I think very plausibly, that if the power of disposition were maintained it would nullify the word "so long As she remains a widow," because it would enable the widow,
should be paid out of the income.
His Lordship decided that ordinary repairs and insurance were covered by clause 25 of the
will.
IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION...
A BANKRUPTCY APPEAL..
2.
The
CO., LTD.
₤36
SIX CIGARS A DAY AT 90.
NUSAGENABIAN ARTIST STILL AT WORK,
tions on attaining your ninetieth birthday."
"The King offers you his sincerest congratula
Vale district and was handed to a rosy-cheeked This telegram arrived at a house in the Maida
was drawn before a blazing fire. old man with snowwhite hair, whose armchair Ho laid aside
tion is not only necessary to a human being, onspicuous efficiency in their respective lines of entailing a delay of several days. In the case the book he was reading and scanned the birth-
As long as possible. Of course, in certain than six years at school. Their parents want them--for the rice fields, the mines, the various trades-and in these cases the Bho gak ko (el mentary school) has to be sufficient, but the number of children attending the Koto she gak ko (high schools) is yoorly increasing. Educa
to make hini worthy of the name, but it is in- dispensable to his usefulness in the world, and to enable him to live instead of merely existing tie face, cold, distant, mask-like, and somewhat I watched Mr. Hojo as he spoke, His energe mysterious, was illuminated by conviction. The
veins were swelling on the buiging forehend goldtrimmed spectacles, The lips, of the colour of wine, were mobile above this atera, square chin, and the
'work;
President, and made the passage to various ports
of cart it would meat a great deal of inhour time. All this it is in the power of the official unleading and reloading and a great waste of in charge of the barrior to inflict should the
sufficiently large grataity in cash. boatman or the carter not satisfy his greed by
day groeting from the King with a happy smile. Then he lit a cigar.
read with ease on his ninetieth birthday, The recipient of the telegram, who could whose memory was undimmed, and who could still enjoy W. P. Frith, A.A., the veteran painter, among a good cigar, was Mr.
Be Chan Fren Shan ex parte Chan King Po, His Lordship stated that the Fall Court had for example, to give this property to a man whom intended to give judgment in this appeal, but she intended to marry the next day. But this Mr. Almada had properly drawn his attention jot-black eyes, glistened behind the round ( the kind permission of the Mexican Government fast which occurs daily on almost all the inland whose many famous works Derby Day" is
o priori argument may be met by another; she might find herself in financial difficulties from which the sale of some of this property might
relieve her, and she would be unable to do so, though apparently her husband intended to give her power to dispose of it. I was referred to a good inany cases by both sides, but in deciding thequestion I need not go beyond two elementary principles: first that I must discover the true
to an ordinance passed in 1902 which he thought everybody had overlooked, and which altered the position of the debtor. He thought this
would have to be considered,
Sir Henry Berkeley, who appeared for the judgment creditor, said it did not alter it so far. as afecting the jurisdiction went.
His Lordship-I think it may, and I could not properly give judgment until we had con
don't know.
over
nostrils quivered with passion.
"Do you believe in books?" was my next question
M. Kojo sighed.
This is no hyphothetical case, but is an sotul waterways and roads of the country.
transit facilities and protection, but if this is are able and should pay a reasonable tax for Goods passing from one part of the country abusreally expanded by illicit demands from onch barrier official the amounts paid during value of the cargo,
old man," he said. My sight is pretty nearly recreations loft, but I am a wonderfully lucky perhaps the most famons.
"At ninety one can't expect to have many
as good as ever it was. I can read nearly day, and when I feel fidgety at night I take an
should check it. Many of the barriers are really enjoy a cigar? I can, though. Nearly
road myself to sleep. It may be said that the Provincial Authorities in districts extremely remote from the quar-always I smoke mix during the day; often I can nd how many old fellows of my age can
"One cannot do without them. But a careful adertaking was too monumental; thût a battle. the journey become out of all proportion to the armful of papers and books to be with me and
The fleet sailed from Hampton Roads December 16th, 1907, after a review by the America; engaged in target practice apon for coaling and incidental stopa in South arrival at Magdalena Bay, Mexico, arranged by and little blue and reached San Francisco, as scheduled, without
a single mishap to mar the voyage. - of battleships the privileges and advantages of a When the purpose of giving this assemblago practice cruise, ander suck savere conditions, was announced, criticism from high technical quarters was heard. It was anggested that the
mechanism to send around the globe on any ship is too vast and complicated a piece of ordinary occasion; that dangers more than disaster lurked on every submerged ledge, and was bornaon every unknown tidal oneront; that
that if the fleet should succeed in rounding doubtless be left in the Straits of Magellan; South Amaries, it was reasonably certain that the individual ships would, one by one, arrive with machineries loose and almost unserviceable, of the untorist, and that a woeful spectacle of with crews refecting the demoralized condition failure would thus be presented
intention of tho tastator and give effect (to sidered it. Why we have all overlooked it. ronlar about the booke they give their pupils of multiplied with numbers in such a case: thatters of the High Officials. The boatmen manage seven: --Sexuetimes I tell my hous
it: the second, which is given in Williams, ninth "edition, page 934- the Court is bound to givo effect to every word of the will, without change or rejection provided an effect can be given to it, not inconsistent with the general intent of the whole will taken together." Now, although all the other clauses of the will giro the wife an intereat in all the differant kinds of property "so long as she remains a widow," I do not think that I am bound to construe the fifth clause in the same way, and thus reject the heat words of it. The insertion of these words itself shows that I should be wrong in doing so. Is it then possible to give an in- telligent meaning to the clause "giving effect to every word without change or rejection"? I have given the question much thought, and I havo come to the conclusion that I can do so;
to
Mr. Follock, who represented the petitioning to study. They save time, but nothing elses TALONg of some of the ships would formal complaint for if the cid they world to cure hízself of bad habitety starting
creditor, said it had been entirely overlooked so for as he was concerned.
this morning.
His Lordship-I could not give judgment Sir Henry Berkeley-Will your Lordship indicate to us the point desired to be discussed?
His Lordship-Yes,
argument.
The decision will be delivered after further
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
very careful selection has to be most pats fessors and parents alike should be most parti- children. A few excellent books are amply cuficient. They are key to knowledips, an bid to come from those who know by experience, and The rest, the main part of the real work, has from the students thomsslves. The great object of education, after all, is to teach young ones to think for themselves. In Japan, we do not be their lessont The memory of words fade, la lieve in memory. Gur students must understand we ver forget what we have once thoroughly grasped.
A to the materiel, the cold facts are that the The next question I wished to ask the die hips have practically taken care of their own tinguished educationalist was delicate, bas I had repairs on this cruise, The repair lists turned to deal with such a noble and broad-minded perin at the United States naval station at Cavite, sonality that I did not hesitate.
P. 1, are significant, since they substantially show what was needed after the voyage to the Australia and Japan, and they are negligible eastern borders of the Pacific by of The performance of the Oregon in 1899 has, it seems, been substantially repeated
BENGER HIS HONOUR ME. H. H, J. GOMPEBTZ of Liberty," was the reply. In my school,
(ACTING PUIANE JUDOS),
CLAIMS FOR MONEY LENT.
The Wing Wingas. Co., ued Ng Yin Ho to recover $10.00, money lent by plaintiffs to Ng George and Chan Po Hing on the 9th February 1907, repayment of which was guaranteed by defendant.
~THE “QUESTION OF GAMES.
Lot as pass from paychology to physiology," I suggested. Do yon give an important place to physical training in Nippon?"
adorers who traverse those routes have keeper that I must really cut down my smoking at the hands of the other barrier officials and Frith puts on a warm ovardost and sete off
so continually and dare not make
allowanco. Fancy an old man of
the friends of the one complained of that their for an hour's walk. "It does me good," he be subject
anch delays and diflesinments.
Every day, when the weather is fine, Mr. business would be utterly rained. Then again said. "A walk in Regent's Park is what I like. the burden of proof would he with complainmat, & fine recreation for an old man, so long as he have the hacking not only of his own confieres after dinner I can still enjoy a quiet game of and it is certain that the barrier offcht would has the use of his legs, is walking. For an hour bat of a host of independent witnesses wishing whist. No-life's to carry favour with him, awearing to ha
no dreary thing to 10. "I don't want more than two meals a day innocence.
pow-one in the morning and one at night," he went on. "But I can still eats hearty
A system which thus lays itself open to suck s and glaring abuse and which can thus per legitimate trade can never be anything known as the Mackay Treaty in which one of but to curse to a great country like China.
the stipulations was that Chins should abolish In 1902 treaty was made with the British,
this likin tamation.
foreign goods were to be raised from 5 to 12
In recompense therefore the import duties on
aunot say, but it would certainly have removed barrier from internal trade which should prove per cent. Whether this would financially have proved an equivalent to the Government we
beneficial. The Treaty unfortunately could only come into force on sil other Treaty Powers going to its terms. This, we believe, has not Jeroen seated; so the Treaty of 1903 remains a dead letter.
With his in a condition of fendalism the buizen or the Government is being likinsystem might almost be considered essential Centralized, and ita necessity no longer exista. Lately we have seen the results of the application
suppression of the goods traffic on the line to the Railway. This has medut the almost total interests" alone can be the explanation of the great detriment of its rarÓD 1188, Vested noidal polios, for the revenue from the railway
reskfact, and then I can manage a nice, simple dinner at night. In the middle of the day I yang mes glass of hot milk. After that, joy a good plate of up. In the afternoon
my cigar seems good."
Mr. Frith has not even laid his brush aside.
is to be called Many Happy Returns. the light is strong, a study of child-life, which Aided by good spectacles, he is painting, when
TREASURE SEEKERS.
Chronicle from New York on December 27, states, A special dispatek to the San Francisco that stops are being taken by L. H. Andrew, an attorney of New York city, and Davenant corporation for financing an expedition to Cocos Rodger, now residing in Ban Francisco to form
sure supposed to have bood buried there, faland, in the Pacife ocean, to search for trea Rodger has visited Cocos island and obtained concession to operate there from the Govern
What about religious education ?" I asked We are tolerant, for wo know the meaning Hiroshima, I havo Shintoist, Buddhist, and Christian students-all of them Japanese. It is so in most schools. We respect all convictions With respect to its effect upon the discipline all faiths, all religions and discuss none. It of the men, this has been highly beneficis. Too people who raske wills, though the law date
a simple method, and yields excellent resalta much cannot be said of the magnificent conduct them "teststors" are still human beings; and
with less than forty years of "Western" civil of the voyage, and in the presence of an unpro they are apt to believe that what has gone
sation to boast of, soomed in this subtle and icedented succession of entertainment and shore I could not help thinking that Young Japsh of the enlisted personnel throughout the history on, and is going on while they are alive, can go on uninterruptedly after they are.
portant matter of tolerance for ahead of old hospitalities. The occasion has brought to the Mr. P. W. Goldring (of Messrs. Goldring, Europe with its centuries of culture i dead. I do not find it very difficult to Barlow and Morrell) appeared for the plaintiffs,
front that element of greatest strength in ver imagine that a husband, reposing all cond- the defendant bolag represented by Mr. G. K.
-navy--the personal characteristics of the enlisted. froed. The tect, ability, and mastership of ence in his wife, should in some respecta Hall Hratton (of Messrs. Bratton and Hett).
their profession shown by the officers, from the continue to repose that confidence in her when Mr. Goldring said the plaintiffs were sing
lowest to the highest, is likewise worthy of he is writing his will, expecting her to justify for $1000, which was Isnt by them to a man (athletics); simple exercises and military exer
Very mash so. We have two kinds of tai-so earnest commendation. it after his death. Mr. da Silva's intention called Ng George, and payment of which was cises. Both have a great importance in my voyage of the battleship fest, since it is It is too early to sam up the results of the throughout the will is to my mind clearly guaranteed by the defendant. The loan was country. All our boys fence and practise jul-hardly as yet half over. But this far it has manifested; his widow is to continue his peel. mada in connection with, a timber venture inhools, but, unfortunately, not yet in all of with the Republies to the south of us, with our of the likin system on the Shanghai-Nanking ment of Costa Rica, which owns the island.
jiten We have las rifle practice in many given us an opportunity to get better acquainted man and even if he is never teahoot at thing branch of the British Empire in Australis, and them. The boy must be trained to become a own island possessis, with the new and vigorous but gate, it is just as well that he should know partionlarly with Japan and it has afforded this Hoje San" I said, hesitatingly, may one unity to get acquainted with us. It has been e people living in those countries a better opport-
Japanese schoolboy or student pre
I love them too well to find fault with them understood and socopted, as it was intended, and most notably in Australia and Japon, when speaking to a foreigner the professorare as the reaching out of strong hand in friendly greeting on the part of America; and **Are they perfect? I inainated, on the cordial and enthusiastic hospitality extended what sarcastically
to our fleet will no doubt be long remembered, and has unquestionably exerted a powerful reflex ingence on feeling in this country, Between
tion as head of the family, and is to enjoy his property in the same way as he himself did
Sandakan, and was to be repaid immediately,
Plaintiff was then called, and it transpired in cross-examination that his company was com posed of more than twenty shareholders,
His Lordship, on this sooount, non-suited the fark you what is the chief defect of the storŃCE STOCVWhere, in the Senth American countries, concerned would, were this obstruction removed to have been left there in 1802 by a British
how to shoot."
while he was alive. With regard to the ball of property he makes an ultimate disposition in favour of his children which is no more than carrying cut his original intentions when he invested his money in shares. With regard to the furniture and other moveables, he de- MARINE MAGISTRATE'S COURT. torted, with a wink of his little jet black eyes
sires the widow to have the same control over it as he had himself; she may dispose of it as he night dispose of it. He does not want her, it is true, to have it, should the marry again, but so long as she does not marry again it seems to me that he intended to repose sufficient enddenos in her not to disposs of it entirely: so he has given her a power of disposition while the
notion with cost.
Thursday, February 11tli BEFORE HON. COMMANDER BASIL EH. TAZLOE, B.N., (Mabise MagiSTRATE).
AN UNLAWSCL MOORING.
"No; no bor or student-no old man is perfect." Are they truthful?
as far at least as the Central Government
probably quadruple that derived from the likin Government are blind to the country's interests taxation. Truly some departments of unless they are wilfully subserving these to the our
interests of themselves or their friends.
Our Rulers and our Ministers of State are ours! It does not astonish us that so prating loudly of reform. We believe they are little
tions concerning the treasues here been of the island which he thinks will aid in locating Rodger states that his personal investiga earried on for the ten years. He the hidden gold. Some of the treasure is suppos
boatloads of other gold was sorted there is Bologner which had turned plinte. Eleven
Part of Bodger's information consists of a statement said to have been made by a sailor 1835 by the crew of the barkentine Mary Dyer.
Mary Dyer's orow. named Kaston, one of the three survivors of the
The Rodger party, if enough money for it is
I at encs regretted to have asked that quas the United States and every country visited that is effective, seems yet accomplished. With contributed, will consist of hardy men and take
remains a widow, which he belfever she will against for mooring their craft within one der lying as the worst of sins and the most that the cruise of the battleship fleet has marked outely certain and that is that wholesale
MISPLACED YULOS,
Three native boatwomen were proceeded exercise reasonably; but if she hoaries again hundred yards of low water mark during then her power over it is to sexes. It is to be prohibited hours noticed that there i
no special gift with Each datendant was fined $5 or fourteen days' regard to the furniture, etc; it would in the imprisonment, event of her death or re-marriage, go into the general personal estate. I do not. The masters of three cargo boats appeared think this is unreasonable, and certainly before the Court on charges of failing to keep reading the affidavits Max. da Silva, has done the yules of their bosts out of water and rigged nothing which would lead me to suppose that she in such a manner as not to project outboard takes any other view than the one I have whilst alongside of a ship. expressed, though, of course, in view of the proceedings, she has been compelled to claim the full benefit of the last words of the clause Nothing that she has done would have justafled kostile proceedings; but I am told, and I hope it The master of an unlicensed junk was pro- is so, that this is a friendly sit, and all parties secuted for failing to exhibit the regulation desire my opinion, which I will now try to give lights formal expression to, I believe the testator's Lanos-Sergeant Jackson informed the Court intention to have been to give his widow a that defendant's bout, while under way off Stone. ressonable power of disposal of these things cutters, was not carrying's masthead light. so long so she remains a widow. The reason -A Bns of $15 was imposed, the alternative ableness is a question for the Court, and being five weeks' imprisonment.
His Worship fined the first and third defen dants $10 or a month, and the third defendant 33 or ten days,
"A MISSING LIGHT.
I apologised and afterwards I asked, with anconquerable logics-
But if they are not perfect, those Jspaces
of the populace whether in the guise of likin, potrei or other taxation must be put a stop to instantly.
WEATHER REPORT.
tion M. Hojo frowned ferafully,
there in a feeling of deeper interest and friend "Sir L *ho exclaimed, Japanese students shly than existed before the fleet sailed. Our such a mass of irregularities facing them, with along mining and blasting machinery, Numer- always speak the truth: In the land of the Ris own Pacific coast and island possessions have
so zaany abuses crying for adjustment, it is have been made.
ous attempt to End the Cocos-island treasure ing Bon an educated man who would tell lie boon placed in sight and touch with the strengthly mrprising that they are in a quandary returned to San Francisco in 1903, Lemon The schooner Herrman would be done for, debased, rained. We con of the nation. No doubt can remain, therefore,
where to begin. One thing, however,
unsuccessful expedition. contemptible
apps then a long stride in the direction of international peace, and has tended materially to soment the traditional friendships of the United States with the countries at whose ports this inter students what is your chief complaint ?"
national call has been paid. M. Hoje hesitated, then whisored
Whatever may be said in technical criticism They are too reasoning. They argue; they of the navy, the American people, to whom the always want to be right they discuss with their ships belong and who paid for them, know as masters, their professors, their directors the result of this extended ernice, at least, that A Jayave always wants to know why and the romals will lost, that their officers and men can handle them, and, so far as actual testa in Japanese style. He was obviously pleased with it in every particular for any duty
M. Hojo laughed with oyes his in us pesce can show, that the ships and the
men his answer. His hilarity encouraged me to mak another delicate question.
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The system of Provinsial, or feudal, control
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued having National finances and a National budget On the 17th at 11.56 am. The barometer has are an essential for the future. Lack these, and risen moderately over Chios and fallen con failure and retrogression from the path of siderably in ladivostok and Japan. progress are a foregone conclusion.
What then must be the natural sequence
The depression lying over Manchuris yester- our argument? It is this: Before Financial day, has moved into the
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Japan Commercial reform can be favourably instituted, continent to the North of the Upper Yangtse.
is sitasted over the Lakin and Octroiare both official modes of taxs the Formose Channel and the Chins Sea. Official reform must be first sccomplished. Fresh to strong monsoon may be expected in gratulation, and lian enlisted the interested merged in the Central Gems being nor Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending countries, it intended to suggest that the directed thereby should no longer weed to look observation of the naval establishments of other Government and being at 10. to-day, 0.08 inches.
While this schierement of the fest, ita officem, and ment is a matter of national.com.
navy should rest on any part ar prosent par for their own revenue. These should be up The forecast for the 24 hours ending at nomz formance. Doubtless neither the vessels than. plied from hondenacters to whom all revenue. | fo-day is as followsze
M. Bojo Hentrated this special expression selves nor the details of naval organization without deduction, should be unaweng Thes Hongkong & Neighbourhood. most eloquently. We both laughed. But the are perfect. To make them so should be the abolished t matter was serious, and intereiding. The idea assiduous study of all concerned therewith, and tod won by cen is that with a sharp, reproaching guns, in the pursuit of such scmplishment our severe cumpression of the lips, the anese master can tell a great deal more than by the
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