SUPREME COURT.
Tuesday, May 4th.
IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION,
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THE FULL COURT.)
APPEAL FROM A JUDGMENT OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE.
This was the second day of the hearing of the appeal in which the Hip-On Exchange and Loan Co. Ed., and the Hongkong and Manila Yuen Bhing Exchange and Trading Co., Ld.”
the property after its purchase. He submitted that those two terms were conditions procedent to the decree being enforced.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5TH, 1909.
The Chief Justice. You will have amplo opportunity.
Bir Henry Berkeley asked his Lordship to
The Chief Justice-How far would you push note the objection." that?
Bir Henry Berkeley-To the utmost. The Chief Justice-Supposing he had spent far more money than he ought to have done!
Sir Henry Berkeley-My proposition is that in any event he is entitled to have back the money he expended on the purchase. Then he is entitled to have an inquiry as to what monies he has laid, but on the property, which has enhanced its value.
The Paisne Judge-The judgment in the
Mr. Slade said the new fits to which bo referred were that in October last an application was made on behalf of Lá Po Yung for a re ceiver of the rents and profits of his property. In order to defeat that application the Hip On and Yuen Shing Companies, the appellants, went into possession as mortgagees under their mortgage given by Lu Po Kam and Li Po Tung, and in consequence the Chief Justice refused the application. Au affidavit fled by Mr. Bowley at the time, showed under what title the
They went into possession and-Kwok Yik Ting went out, because up to that time Kwok was in possession under the assigament from the plaintiffs to him.
The Chief JusticeOn this affidavit I refused a receiving order?
Mr. Slade-Yes, and when the mortgagees took their legal rights there was nothing else to. do. In the decree of the Court below there is no order directing Kwok Yik Ting to vacate
AIRSHIPS IN WAR.
ZEPPELIN'S THEEE TYPES OF SHELLS,
Germany is sparing no effort to keep the lead in the realm of serial navigation. A Berlin correspondent of a London paper says:—I am enabled to state that plans for her aerial fest include the construction of enough vessels of the Zeppelin, Gross, or Parsoval type to permit of the country, ifcluding those on the land frontiers as stationing of at least one in every fort of the well as on the cosst.
ENGLISH RACING.
THE KING'S SUCCESSES.
THERE 18 SKILL AND
Writing in the Ames of April 3, the sport-THOROUGHNESS ing editor says:
His Majesty'a suocess in three races was the event of the past week. Thus early in the soon the King has won four races worth close upon a couple of thousand pounds, which was about the average of the
Bam he
secured in stakes during the four years which
were appellants, Li Po Yung being respondent Court below, I understand, practically came to plaintiffs went into possession of the property, twelve-hour trip cover the entire length of races are won, partly when a famous borse such as
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Sir Honry Barkoley-Legal frand, in that the managers had conducted the salo. There is
no fraud otherwise.
.
The appellants moved to reverse the judgment of the Chief Justice in on original action in no far as it directed. (1) That the sale by the appellants to Kwok Tik Ting of certain
The Chief Justice-If you accept the judg property, the subject of a counterclaim, be Not wide, and that the consequent tries hement you must accept the terms. made in the Land Oeo Register; and (2) That the appellant's claim, as plaintiffs in the nction, be dismisend as against the respondent
Sir Henry Berkeley-There is a distinct pronouncement that the main fact which weighed upon the mind of the Court in coming
Li Po, Yung with 'costs; and (3) That the to the conclusion that there was fraad in this
OF CONSTRUCTION
IN ADL
PIANOS
WE IMPORT
preceded 1908, when mainly by the aid of his In addition, vesela will be built for service Billy Princesse de Galles, the amount was con with gagh of the four field armies which would siderably morvased. Do this amonit hans to bo be organised in case of war. The recent added about £5,500 for the Two Thousand, achievements of the Zeppelin I. have convinged which last your worth £5,500). Tho the German military authorities of the inescalerpenses of racing are at henvy, however, that a able value of airships for tactical purposes. The few hundreds more or less make little material Zeppelin has demonstrated that it could in a difference, the profits come partly when the great the French frontier, from Muelhanson, in his Majesty's Persimmon yields a handsome for Alsace, vis Belfort, Treves, and could give in tune at the stad, or when another notable winner, time of war a thorough insight into the whole sash as Diamond Jubilee, Persimmon's younger French strategic deployment.
brother, is sold as he was for 30,000 guineas. Although German experts profess to think The King has, fewer horses in training than STAMPING THEM IN EVERY WAY the chief value of military airships is for recon- many other owners, and there are ouly-some tex naimance, the Army authorities are experiment- or twelve mares at Sandringhaus, but the ing with a view to naing aerial crisers as produce of the stud is liberally entered, so that offensive weapons.
if the majority of them fail, as hins happened of SUPERIOR VALUE Three distinct types of shells enter into con late years, a large sum of money is at orce lost. sideration. The first is an explosive shell for in entrance fees and forfeits. Vain Air (Wiener use against buildings, war materials, and dock the Molyneux Stakes at Liverpool and the
fire to buildings, airships, balloons, or flying. She was put into no more than eight minor
arable cours for use against troops in fortifi- cations and against the population of towns. difficulty carry as many explosive shells or It is declared that the Zeppelin can without serial torpedoes as a torpela-boat, These vary in size from three to six inches, and aro thas no larger than small-calibre land artillery ammunition.
appellants and Kwok Yik Ting (the defendant case, was the fact that the mortgagers had the land. Ho submitted that the act of the yards. The second is a burning shell for setting Staibary Plate at Dirly) was an exception. BUILT THROUGHOUT FOR to the counter claim) pay to Li Po Yung he conducted the sale. This' was the only thing plaintiffs in going into possession, and turning machines, The third is a shell emitting into- races, of which she has won twe, so that she
costs of the counter claim,
that could justify the Court in finding frand. The Chief Justice-Bit for that there would have been no sale.
The defendant to the counter claim, Kwok Yik Ting, asked that the judgment, whereby its was directed that the sale of the properties' from the Hip On Insurance Co. Ltd., to the appel.
lants be set aside, be reversed so far as it declared ench sale to be invalid.
Li Po Yung appealed on the ground that the release of Li Po Kam from liability under the mortgage also released him..
Honry Berkeley-It might have been sold by public auction.
The Chief Justice-It would have been per. fectly legitimate for the plaintiff companies to have sold to a syndicate of which their managers were members. The effect of your contention is that a sale which the Court below held ought to be set aside for certain inherent defects, is
now to turn the judgment aside. so that you are to have all the benefit of it?
Sir Henry Ferkeley said the Chief Justice had stated the proposition. in effect, but
Kwok Tik Ting ont in pursuance of, not an order of the Court, but their own volition, con stituted an absolute estoppal to both of them from pontesting the validity of the judgment in the Court below. - Haring voluntarily altered their positions, they must, be taken to have recepted the title which was declared in the Court below.
The case stands part beard.
“PROHIBITION" IN OPERATION.
BREWERS AND DISTILLEDS PROSPER.
NEW YORK, March 26tli: The wave of so-called temperance legislation that in sweeping over the country from State to State shows no signs of subsiding. Prohibition, local option, and licensing bills are being introduced by the dozen,
For operations against small bodies of troops or individuals hand-grenedes will be employed The burning shells weigh only three to seven
onnoes
Exhaustive trials have been made, both with rides, feld-guns, and machine-gans for use against asrial craft, but it is the general con- clusion that aizships will be exceedingly diffenit to hit, So far no practical experiments against airships have been possible, and the authorities aro seriously considering the advisability of con structing dummy airships for next autumn's imperial manoeuvres in order to test thoroughly the capacity of the Krupp and Ehrhardt “sirship-destroyers."
her way, except, indeed, that her dam Vane sux woeded ont a heavy loss. She cost last December for 450 gainaas 4,300 gainons in 1900, Mr. J. Mnsker took her
THIS CLIMATE.
CO., LTD.
Minoru's victory in the Greenham Stakes at Newbury raises the question whether he can distinguish himself by winning any of the great stakes, and particularly whether thề Derby is conceivably within his reach. Turn- ROBINSON PIANO ing for guidance to the Free Handicap for two- years-olds, one finds that Minoru was rated-ut the end of last season at 2 1b. inferior to Mr. Feirie's Bayardo, 13ib. behind Lord Howard de Walden's Glasgerion, and this means that his Majesty's colt has what may be called a very long way to make up, the more so he there are Mr. several other Derby colts intorvosing, Reid Walker's Duke fichash the Baroz Maurice de Rothschild's Golden Flight, Mr. William Clarke The Whirlpool, Mr. Walter Raphael's Lousiers, Mr. J. Farrow's Bricklemt, amongst others. All these were - esteemed better than the King's colt
Bat an idea prevails that after his first access in the Great Surrey Foal Stakes at Epsom on the day after the Derby, Minoru was never seen at his best, an Affection of the
At the Meppen-Krupp target range near Essen projectiles fired at two small anchored eyes having retarded him to an extent which ballons ten feet in diameter of a range of 1,700 cannot be ascertained. Nevertheless, though yards brought them both down. The balloon-ho did not win a second race, he always ran targets were 200 feet from the ground.
So far experts bare found that dirigibles can The provisions of some of these are fantastic rise easily beyond the limits of vertical artillery enough. In more than one State, for example, fire it is proposed to make every man who buys intoxicating liquor carry, a budige after taking out a licence. Unless this is shown. the publican who serves the liquor is subjected to a severa fius, and may lose the licence for his saloon on the evidence of a common informer, who shares the proceeds of the fine with the court.
Tho
The Hip On and Yuen Shing Companies were-represented by Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock,
· K.C., instructed by Mr. H. L. Dannys (of Messrs. Deanya and Bowley); Kwok Yik Ting was represented by Hou. Sir Henry Berkeley, K.C., who was instructed by Mr. R. D. Atkinson of words otherwise than he would have used. The only decree that could be made Messrs. Deaton, Looker and Deacon); Li Po in an action of this kind, having regard Yang was represented by Messrs. M. W. Slade
to the facts before the Court, was what and E. Potter whoiwere instracted by Mr. F. might be called a decree for redemption, that Paget Hett (of Mesars, Brutton and Hett), was to say: If a man mortgaged his property Li Po Kan was represented by Mr. H. G. to another, and in that mortgage there was a Caltkrop, who was instructed by Mr. C.D.!
power of sale, and ho over-exerciced that power Wilkinson (of Megurs. Wilkinson and Grist).
of sale, the man who' mortgaged the property When the Court resumed Mr. Pollock co-had only two remedies. He might come to the plated his argument, dealing with the question Court to ask to have the sale set aside; or he of costs.
Mr. Slade contended that there was no right, could treat the sale as subsisting, leave it unchallenged, and bring an action against the
agitation has been successful in closing of appeal for Mr. Polleek on the point-of-costs,
mortgagor for an abuse of the power of sale,thousands of saloons, ordinary public-houses. in without leave.
claiming us damages what he may prove should various parts of the country, and in driving of the reputable class of publicans out of have been obtained at the sale in excess of what basinous. Several States are now entirely" dry," was obtained. If he does not pursue that remedy and ardent prohibitionists declare that they at law to recover damages for the improper will before long see prohibition triumphant in exercise of the power of sale, then he must go to very State of the Union.
The truth is that the success achieved is a Court of Equity to get the sale set aside. insubstantial; only the channel of distribution of Equity. He was asking that the sale to intoxicating liquors has not been considerably Kwok Yik Ting be set aside, and the Court had lessened; indeed, the Government sutarns greater than ever. The whisky distillers and brewers have their works in full operation.
Mr. Pollock said they were not bringing the other, side into Court simply on a question of
costs.
Many
well Louviers beat him three parts of a length only in the Coventry Stakes at Ascot; he was no more than a neck behind Battle Axe in the Stakes at Newmarket, there may be justi. July fication for the statement that he was not nearly himself when he ran for the Hopeful Stakes in wiriel Chegorion and Perdiccns were first and second; and he may be said to have done dis tinotly well in New Nursery Plate at the New- market Houghton Meeting, when, with 9st. on his back, he was less than a length behind a uple of opponents to each of whom he was more at Derby, where however, of the 22 giving more, than Zet. He was beaten once
The Chief Justice stated that the point was. one which the Court wished to consider.
Sir Henry Berkeley said he represented the purchaser at the sale by the mortgages vendor In this case Li-Po Yung lad come into a Court has been diverted. The habit of drinking ded by gardens, the building standing in the starters only one carried a heavier weight.
on this appeal, if the Court should be of opinion Faceeded to that application. One would think show that, the output of spirits and boer is have been installed right from the-wall of this leals to the conclusion that Minora seems.
under their power of sale. It was quite obvious
that tho Court below made an erroneous decrõe,
ILM
CONSIGNMENTS BY FALL
streets of Atlanta on
the
BETTING ON THE DERBY.
An endeavour to judge without prejudice
arcely to be good enough to win a Derby; but if one makes certain allowances, which it is said may be reasonably advanced, his chance does not appear entirely hopeless, colts whose pro- spects have been infinitely more remote have been successful.
THE WAIWUPT BUILDING
Work on the construction of the Waiwupu building is certainly remarkable. Two weeks ago, the place was nothing more than a wilder- ness which has since been rapidly changed into e palace of the most modern type. If asy one claims credit he is certainly Mr. D. C. Jameson, the empervising architect. The arrangements in and out are simply perfect. Above the door is Waiwapa" in Chinese characters. Within, the compounds are divided into two roada sar middle. Electric lights of the most modern type up-to-date structure to the ground anteide dor of the Waiwapu proper, in front of which iFanother small garden upon which are plants of various flowers that have only been just panted. Walking into the building one would never believe that he is in China. Furniture, for the most luxurious chair to the carpet,
Those who have no taste for turf speculation, hose various colours, workmanship, and realizing how very frequently things which fashion varies as you look through the demonstrably cannot happen nevertheless do long
of TOW the different departments, take place, may at times find enlightenment are of the finest obtainable.
As one walks from one apartment to another from the betting returns, which are therefore
by no means without interest. There is at
pre. he would think he was in one of the thest hotels
their occurrence : still, the betting is, at any rate arrangements in the various apartments consist in some degres a reflex of the opinions which are of a display of one or more sets of the best held by those who may be presumed to know Chinese black wood chair of the most perfect senathing of the state of affairs, and it seenus workmanship. The apartments for the use of that the odds against. Minorn's winning the His Highness Prince Fushimi are the most Derby are reckoned to be 100 to 7. This may luxuriously furnished of all; adjoining these are not mean very much, for students of Tafi quarters for the suite of His Highnes. The ban-affairs who have memories may recollect that quet hall, which is on the top floor has of late yours several of the King's horses-
HOME three accommodation for
handred Ferrier, 12 months ago, Peraminilator and Null guests. In front are parlours which com- Senindus, in previous seasons-have figured in that what is called "the market at edils for which unionts with the banquet hall Ho theatrical performants may be given while there was no justification. The offer of 100 to
times a big door which forms & sort of wall partitioning the two places is lowered down, Prince Ching's office will be on the second floor, next to his on the right is that of H. E. Natung's. H. E. Liang Tua You's office is at the left. The entire building is fitted up with electric lights and steam heaters and as one passes through the galleries he would take it for the State Department in Washington. Behind the building, are offices for junior officials.-Chinese Public Opinion.
that this Court is part of its decree onld give that in a Court of Equity provision would be made for repayment to Kwok of the purchase costs to the side it thought ought to have them money. Also Li Po Yung asked that the sale of This was not an appeal on the question of cost, the property be set aside. One would think, but the Court should have power to maks Buck an order would be just with if that was going to be the decree, that provision The Hip On and Yaen would be made to recoup Kwok for sams rogard to them
of money expanded on the estate in suhan Shing Insurance Companies were mort- gigess of a lot of land known as No. 57.eing the value thereof. The decree was silent Li Po Yang and Li Po Kam wore the owners
on both these points, silent because the Lord and mortgagors of that lot, which was sold Chist Justice disagreed with Conanel. This shipping weekly three railway freight car loads in Paris, London, and New York. The furnituresent very little wagering on races long before ander the power of sale in the mortgage. The action must either be dismissed, or the sale set managers-of-Hip On and the Yoon Shing aside on the terms that the moulos expended by conducted the negotiations for the sale of the Kwok for purchase and for improvements should
be repaid to hita. property, the result of these negotiations being that the property was sold to Mr. Kwok Yik Ting for $180,000. To acquire the property and develop it Mr. Kwok Yik Ting raised a sam of money by way of mortgage on hot No. 57 from the Hongkong Fire Insurance Co.
The Chief Justice-Supposing Li Po Ying did not want those developments. Why should yon compel him to take what you choose to have done ?
Sir Henry Berkeley-The sale took place on
boon in operation new for some months, the In Georgia, where State-wide prohibition kan condition of things has certainly not changed. for the better. It is positively dangerous, a private letter said the other day, to walk along the a Monday morning, because of the increased number of broken bottles littering the parements. The ease of the Michigan spirit dealer who boasted that. he was in favour of prohibition, as he was of cases of spirits inte ous of the prohibition States and therefore rapidly making his fortune, is not an isolated one. The peal Courts have just decided that the carriage of liquor under consignment into prohibition territory from outside the State cannot be prevented by the State's enactment, and this kind of trade has recently attained enormous proportions.
Though the local law may forbid a man offering another a drink in public, it cannot prevent him going to the railway station and
The strictest probibition towns in the country have become notorious as hotbeds of illicit drinking. The lairs are evaded or winked at, while the chemists and grocers' shops become the medium of disseminating alcohol in dis guised form.
After the sale was completed by Mr. Kwok in October 31st; 1906, and Li Po Yung's counter opening the package of spirits consigned to him banquet is on if required; but in ordinary 17 against vinoru signifies however that there is
claim was not filed until July, 1907. Li Po Yang took no steps whatever to have the sale set aside until after he and his brother, Li Po Kan, had been sued by the mortgagees for the balance due, as they contended, after crediting the sount received by the male. meantime Kwok had erpended money upon the Property. It would be opposed to the principles of equity that he should be compelled to return this improved property to Li Po Yung without being recouped one penny.
In the
THE COTTON TRADE AND
FOREIGN MARKETS.
PORTUGUESE POLITICS.
&
disposition seriously to consider his prospects. Against Mr. Fairie's Bayards only 2 to 1 is offered, and against Lord Howard de Walden's. Glasgorion no more than 5 to 1; and, as at the present time practically nothing can be known as to their ability to gallop a mile and a half, even those who are most recklessly incliniÏ· cannot well be tempted-at least there is no excuse for yielding to such temptation."]
BRITAIN'S TRANE SUPREMACY.”
A Board of Trade return issued on March 26 Ishows how the volume of British trade with
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'olaimants asked two things, the material one plak any sume which the Registrar finds that ing duties in India, would mean to a milk of try of a genial monarch and a promising at £18.544.000 more than in 1906. The United Dockyard in the early part to witness the landl
As a model the Boudices is pretty to look
kis own name he registered in the Land Office a declaration to the offect that he had bought the property, not for himself only, but for one Tam Sze Kong, Ng La Ring and some others. Tam and N. the persons mentioned in the declaration of trust, were the persons to whom he had referred as being the mina gers of the mortgage companies. The sale to
Sir Harry Hornby, the Conservative member Mr. Kwok Yik Ting took place in October 31st, 1906. In February 1907, the Hip On and the
for Blackburn, has written a letter that has given much satisfaction to the Free-tradors of Yaea Shing sned-Li Po Yung and Li Po Kam
Lancashire. He is convinced that Tariff 3he Chief Justice-Nebody い
said: be Reform world rain the cotton trade and be for the balance due on the mortgage of lot 57.
After an infinity of trouble the young King other countries compares with that of our
Speed has been purchased at too high a price after giving credit for the aum of $180,000 should not be recupeil, bas the question is, disastrous to the town ha represents. Nearly all Mancul of Portagal has managed to obtain the principal rivals. Our importa in 1908 were.
in the new crusier Boadicea, - which the cotton goods made in Blackburn are shipped services of a new Cabinet Whether this the value of £513,475,500 which was £40,390,000 which had been received by the sale. In July should he be recouped by Li Po Yung. 1907 Li Po Yang alone filed a counter claim
She was designed for twenty-five knota, bat Sir Henry Berkeley-The proper and only to the East, and he holds that if a preference is Cabinet will endure is a question which, in the less than in 1907, and £9,300,000 below the her acceptance trials last month.
given to Canada it must be given to India, with present anarchical condition of Portuguese figures for 1906. Germany's imports, which has actually touched twenty-eight knots on her for the balance due on thé mortgage, to whiel; form of order is that Kwok Tik Ting re-convey the consequent abolition of the counterrail politics, no one can answer with confidence, were the next largest, were £409,048,000, or
ing he made Mr. Kwok Yik Ting one of the de, the property to Li Po Yang and Li Po Kam on
duties in India and in Egypt. He Little more than a year has elapsed since about £21.000, 40 less than in 1907, but full-power trial. And at high speed the is
£14,638,000 more than in 1906. France's total
like a racing motor-bout, so smothered in spray fendants. In that enter claim the counter condition that they repay the purchase money, contends that the abolition of the countervail the terrible tragedy which deprived the coun-
from stem to stern, там £243,624,000 or £5,300,000 lean than in 1907,
It was an almost daily spectacle at Devonport the size of his own-78,754 spindles and 1.384
heir apparent, and which sent a thrill of bat: being that the sale Kwok Tik Ting by the Kwok has expoaded in enhancing the value of looms in comparison to ar Indian inill of the horror throughout Europe, and yet to-day the States received goods worth £232,594,000 ing of the working party from the Houdiere
sume size, a loss of £6,000 a year or about 12 per
This was nearly £64,000,000 less than in 1907 Hip On should be set aside, on the ground that the property. the sale was in effact a sale by the Hip Ou to After quoting authorities in support of his cent. sumally, on the wages paid. Tariff political situation is as troubled and as mens- themselves as mortgagees, and that it was a arguments, Sir Henry Berkeley concluded by Reform, in his opinion, would inevitably tend cinge drer. There is not the faintest sign in and about £42,500,000 less than in 1906. All bleached white with salt spray.
towards lower wages and dearer food. There is any direction of a patriotic and united effort to other countries had much lower figures. The gross under value. At the trial the Court found asking the Court to fix an early date for the of course something to be said on the other side work the machinery of government in the British Indian total showed an increase of at with her four dwarfed fannels and tall has split itself into fresh groups and £3,269,000, and Italy £6,000,000. The exporta knife-like bows and wall-sided shoulders without that the sale had bean negotiated by the man payment of this money to Kwok Yik Ting that hotwillstanding Free Trade, the cotton practical interests of the nation. Parliament assnt. £5,000,000, Austris-Hungary about raking musts. But no seamal would view her agers of the Hip On, and the sale was appreciably It was quite intolerable that a person should be industry is very depressed, and that a change new combinations intent on one end only, the of the prinipal countries for the last two years misgiving. He would guess instinctively that
she is a terrible plunger.". in our taclaystem might lead to more rigorous
We have had no heavy weather throughout under value. . In short, upon the facts as stated kept in suspense whore such large sums of business. Anyhow, the question has becouse of squisition of power. All-Bober reforms are paralysed. and owing to the bitterness of the
the trials," said one of the working party to the Court came to the condation that this sale Tuomey were involved. It was before the Court the first, importance, and is discussed with an new feuds even Farliamentary debate has be
336.839.000-342,430,000 paper representative "Nothing more should be set aside is against the counter in evidence that the operations on this building earnestness that would base Basic amazing of come imposible. The Campos Henriques frennung
than fresh 103,413,000 of men.
easterly winds and a moderate roll the last general election Manufacturers and ciniment Kwok Tik Ting on the grounds that transaction were very largo. Whatever way merchants who export cotton goods and other Cabinet which resigned the other day, although
210,878,000 Yet the little ship has beloved an bully 77.955.000 the sale had been negotiated by the managers, and the decree went, he asked that it be rude marchandise to Eastern markets are, almost with-supported by a majority in the Cortes and Franco
enjoying the confidence of the King, was Italy.
that it would have been impossible to drive that fact was sufficient to entitle the owner and poolily. Already six months had elapsed, and out exception, Free-traders, so are the numerous hounded from office by the systematic obstruction Austria-Hungary
102,387,000
96,874,00
her at full power for fear of drowning hor. 394,866,000- 360,139,000 mortgagees to abject to the bous fides of the practically six months elapsed before any steps but import foreign-made goods duty-free. But, render the business of government impossible. British India
Manchester firme und agents who do not prodare, of the Opposition, determined at all hazards to United States.
123,024,000 .97.119,000
**She simply dips her nose every time, and sale. Counsel was coutout to abide by the were taken. He would ask the Court for costs on the other hand, there are a host of Lancashire The saccess of this campaign has very per- Canada
48,926.000 60,902,000 cannot recover herself until the white water is
aluicing in torrents off her forecastle. judgment of the Court setting aside the sale, if on the appeal, but submitted that so far as the manufacturers, merchants, and shippers, who
45,210,000 377,220,000
"We have passed Brixham smacka riding the Court coupled with its dearse the conditions counter clain went each party should pay its own complain of high tariffs, both on the Continent ceptably deepened public discontent, and, oring British South Africa 47,596.000 to the fact that the leading groups on both sides United Kingdom. 426,035,000 and in America, and who are looking gloomily are Monarchists, the dissentent is likely to
Took
The return also gives statistics relating to comfortably to their trawls ouder reef and which he submitted to the Court below, and costs.
Mr. Slade remarked that before dealing with The problem is a complex one; but it is tigui This, indeed, is the view of the Republicans, These were
at the colonial, inclination towards protection, elsewhere than to the throne for satisfaction for countries during the month of January, topsail canvas, when we have not been able to which he desired to submit afresh to this.
foant
in the Manchester Chamber who are. Court He submitted, assuming the view the arguments he would put in certain fresh
fact that Over
looking on in grim silence at the grow- taken by the Chief Justice in the Court below evidence as to events which had happened since of Commerce-a traditionally free trade bodying "gachis confident that in the and the United Kingdom
the trial of the action.
tariff reform has been advocated by a section of nation et turn, if only in despair, to them. United States to be right, that upon the facts before him the
ale ought to be set aside if the mortgagor Henry Ferkeley objected. If this applica. the bolder members, and though their resolution There is, of course, the alternative of another Frases
was rejected amið confasion, they have by no (owners) so desired; the only persons who could ton was going to be made, it should have been means abandoned their position. In fact, it is Monarchist Dictator, but after the tragic ex- Belgium
perintent of Senhor France in the direction the eb jest were the mortgages, and the sale could made before the appeal was opened so that his admitted that the port great political struggle King is not likely
favour it. The dutlook is, be set aside on their reconping the purchaser all friend and he might have had an opportunity in Lancashire will be this trade issue of Free indeed, of the sombrest, for if the Monarchical Trade and Tariff Reform-British Trade impotence continues the Republie will be in- sams properly.esponded by him in developing of knowing what the ovidence was and dealing
evitable-Daily Graphic.
with it
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were as under
Belgium
£
1907.
108,176,000
223,844,000
1908.
74,330,000
stand on the fore deck.
"This simply means that in dirty weather it Imports, - Exports. 46,824,000 28,803,00 would be impossible to drive the Boadicea at 23,568,000 32,230,000 more than half-power. At anything more than 21.387,000 14,372,000 fifteen knots she would cease to be habitable even 10,745,00 6,682, 00 though she might be safe. This means that her
value as an ocean scout is very limited.". The United States showed an increase of
Indeed, so far is this true that it is understood. nearly £4,000,00 in imports and a decrease of important modifications have been made in the over £10,000,000 in esports. British imports design of the new "Town" class of light, fast off nearly £3,000,000 and exporte cruisers, to ensure the elementery quality of £5,605,000.—British Trade Journal,
fell
sex-worthiness.