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it would have left an opening for, perhaps, an even remoter chance the chance of a change of Government and a Conservativa administration recognising the justice of proceeding more gradually with the reduc- tion of the divan licences. His EXCELLENT the GOVERNOR made the best defence
but we are constrained to point ont that the defence ignored an important fact on which the unofficial contention
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Mr. F. A. Hasoland presided over a meeting. of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace behi at the Magistracy yesterday afternoon. There were also present-Messrs. J. H. Kemp, J. R. Wood, F. J. Badulǝy, E, A. Irvine, R. H. A. Craig, C. D. Melbourne and A. Shelton Hooper.
The moating was called to consider an appli. cation from Mr. R. H. Whittaker for per- mission to remove the business carried on by him at 40, 41 aid 43, Praya East, under the sign of the Praya East Hotel, to premises num. bored 9, Queen's Road East, under the new name of "The Victoris Hotel".
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LONDON, June 24th. The Ricchstag has rejected 195 votes to 187 the Death Duties Bill, which was the main plank of the Gov. ernment's proposals.
SIR ROBERT HART.
LONDON, June 24th. Sir Edward Grey, in reply to a question put by Mr. William Red. mond, stated that he understood that Mr. F. C. Barlow (of Mosers, Goldring. Sir Robert Hart had applied to China ad objected to Mr. Hooper appouring or acting for a year's extension of leave. He Justico, as he was an interested party, being added-I have therefore no informa- the agent of the owner of the premises. tion to give regarding the appointment
of a successor.
Barlow and Morrell) represented the applicant,
BIRTHDAY HONOURS.
NINTH DAY.
The Full Court (thair Honours Sir Francis Piggott, Chief Justice, and Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz, Paisno. Judga) yesterday · resumed the hearing of the case in which Mr. C. F. Dixon was called upon to show cause why he should not be sirnek off the roll of solicitors.
The application was made by Mr. Eldon Potter, who was instructed by Mr. C. D. Wilkinson (of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist), while Mr. Dixon was represented by Mr. H. G. Calthrop, whe was instructed by Mr. J. Scott Harston (of Messrs. Ewens and Marston).
Mr. Potter said-It is my duty now to addross your Lordships in support of the applicants in this case, mud what I said yesterday to your Lordships I repeat to-day, that the result of thia ense is as important to Mr. John Hastings as to the defendant, for the defendunt las taken it upon himself to charge Mr. Joha Hastings with perjury and criminal conspiracy, He has taken it upon himself to churge man who has lived in this colony for 22 are, and who has had an honourable career in this colony, and who is now about to leave the colony, with having committed these serious criminal offences. I will show your Lordships that you will be compelled to decide between
these two man before you
knowledge of his employer that he is liable to be indicted for a criminal offence.
The Chief Justice-It does not apply here. Mr. Potter-It does not apply here, The Chief Justice-It does not apply to the
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como to not, was not called as a witness.
Mr. Potter-I quote it to show the view of the caso taken at home. The next admission to which I will call your attention is that, although Mr. Dixon considered it essential that he should clear his character, although he believed he was entitled to substantial rights, ander this agreement of 15th April, he was willing to largely rests. Hra EXCELLENCE said in
forego these rights, willing to enter into agree effect that no business man would have
ment with a man who had charged him undertaken to pay a proportion of a loss that
with misappropriation, if he was allowed to practise in this colony; he was willing to put it WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS could not be estimated, and the inference
down in bhek and white that he would not is that unofficial members made last week
touch Mr. Hastings' clients; willing to lie down an unbusinesslike suggestion. Hr Excel
under these charges, if Mr. Hastings, would LENCY's dictum can be admitted, but the
only allow him to practise in the colony. He inference it suggests cannot, for the reason
said he was not well enough off to take procved. that prior to the debate on the second read
inga to clear his character. These charges were known at the time to at least three firms of ing it was by no means clear that the loss could not be estimated roughly in the
a solicitors, Wilkinson and Grist, Mr. Hurston's parrow seuse, but, broadly speaking, near
firm, and Mosses. Hastings and Hastings" firm, enough for practical purposes. 6o far from
with whom Mr. Dizon mast come in contact if he were to practise in this colony. Connsel then it being clear that the loss could not be
dealt at length with the admissions, and point- estimated, it seemed reasonable to suppose
ed out that Hung, who was the only person that it could, because H.E, THE GOVERNOR
who could speak to the presents being given or Ar. Hoopor stated that he would not vote, referred on March 11th to an estimate of
Tho application was considered in camera,
any judgment in this caso. It will not to $500,000 made, we presame, by the Opium
The Chief Justice-These proceedings aro possible for you to say that either Mr. not proceedings between Mr. Hastings and Mr. Farmer, and that reference contained no sug.uad on the court being reopened the Chairunu announced that the application had been refused.
Hastings or Mr. Dixon mistaken, but Dixou. They are proceedings taken by Mr. gestion whatever that this was mere guess
that one or other must be sweding to Hastings bringing certain facts to the notice of work. Naturally, the unofficial members
LONDON, June 24th. that which is false. No mistake is possible and the court concerning the conduct of Mr. Dizon saw no reason why it might not have been
there is no middle course open to this court; you These facts have to be proved, The Birthday Honours consist of raferred Home as a rough estimate, near
have to decide which of the two is telling the enough to carry the inquiry: "What pro.
five Privy Councillors, including the truth. What is the motive suggested by Mr. portion of an amount something like that is
Hon. John Merriman, the Prime Dizon? That in order to save salary and 24th June. the Imperial Government prepared to ask
Minister of Cape Colony, twelve baron-commission Mr. Hastings has come here and THX C NTON CEMENT FACTORY.
perjured himself. That Mr. Hastings has gone Parliament for?" Surely this was not an
Literary Chancellor Shum, who is President etcies, and over thirty knighthoods, round to get witnesses to help în oriminal con- impassible suggestion, from a business point of the Kwong Tuur Government ement Fae- mostly to Commoners. The knight spiracy, and that in order to ruin Mr. Dixon. of view; in fact, business mon made it, and story of Canton, as instructed Lan Taotsi,
What is the motive The only motive is that far as we have been able to learn, the sugges- Managing Director of the Cement Factory to hoods include Mr. Beerbohm Tree, the this inan who is now about to leave the colony.
The Chief Jistice-I need the word based tion is one which is generally approved by sene a notice announcing that the Factory well-known actor, and Mr. A. W. forever perhaps, at the end of his career Mr. Potter-They are not based on Hang. business men in the Colony. The discussion was established by the Government for the Pinoro, the equally well-known drama-endoured to ruia Mr. Dixon. Your Lordships Hang had an interview with Mr. Hastings in will be compelled to decide between these two which he said that money had been taken by en Thursday supplies no adequate excuse purpose of obtaining funds from the proceeds
men, because the confessions in this case are a Mr. Dixon. He refused to gave any instances, for "backing down" ou the part of the
material part of the cage, and I will show your but having been at apon our inquiry by Hung unofficial members. The Government's
Lordships that in coming to a decision you will we got out witnesses. Hung would not consent, strong card was that the issue of advertise
have to consider these specific charges into come because he was guilty himself. meate for tenders for the Opiura Farm was already delayed a month or two beyond the uzual time, and they urged that to call for teaders before the Bill embodying the new conditions had become law would create A. S. WATSON & CO.. such doubts in the minds of the persons
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of Ralo of the cement and bricks manufae tist. tured by the concern, for education purposes, and asking merchants to purobase and use the products of the factory, alise to warn the public that the imitation of the factory's trade mark is at offence puuishable according to the laws against forgery.
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Mr. Potter accepted that, and continued his address.
..
The Chief Justice remarked that the charge
rests on the charges made by Hung. That needed to be strengthened.
3. Potter disagreed. Ha add that thoir obarges rested not on Hung but on the evidence which they brought out.
relation to the confession. You must enco Mr. Potter then went on to refer to Mr. Dixon's
LONDON, June 25th. Sir John Anderson, the Governor of the Straits Settlements, has received the Grand Cross of St. Michael and to the conclusion Brat whether these comode of life and stated that the accounts St. George, Mr. H. Conway Belfield, fessions have been made or not, and there which he submitted were misleading, us items for This year the Dragon Festival here was
British Resident at Selangor, Mr.onclusion whether or not Mr. Hastings is incinded. Continuing, he said it would be fore necessarily you must come to the clothing for himself and for the woman being marred by the capsizing of a large dragon boat FS. A. Bourne, Deputy Judge of telling the truth or Mr. Dixon is telling the necessary for their Lordships to decide whether in deep water in front of the Shameon Band H.B.M.'s Supreme Court of China truth. My Lords, you must have noticed that they would accept the statement of Mr. Hos- resulting in the loss of many lives. There were and Korea, and Mr. W. R. D. Heckett, Mr. Dixon hesitated, and hesitated for a long tings or of Mr. Dixon. Mr. Caltrop had sug
Mr. Hastings had perjured himself. He clearly case, and even looked at from that point saw that it was a practically impossible position it often happened that in a criminal case the strongest evidence was that of a confession necessary for their Lordships to believe whether those confessions had been made and whether Mr. Hastings had perjured himself when he
90 man in the boat; about 75 of them were
be obtained. We think it will be genera.saved and the rest were drowned. It is reported British Consul at Bangkok, have each time, before, he would go so far as to say that gested that was on all fours with, a criminal
admitted that this contention was effectively answered by the unofficial members. It does not seeni to us that the passage of the Bill into law can have the slightest infly ence on the persons tendering. They, in any can, would submit tanders on definite and fixed torme. There is still the chance-remote though it may be that the Imperial Government, now that it has begun to realise the difficulties involved, way see the necessity for modifying to some extent their instructions to the Colonial Government. This is what the Colony will Orders for extra copics of DAILY PRESS continue to hope, and should that hope be thiuld be sent before, 11 ank QT
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We cannot congratulate the unofficial members of the Legislative Council upon the result of their encounter with tho Government on the Opium Bill on Thursday. They went to the Council, so the Hon. Mr.
batter of the tenders for the Opium Farm, would be in un better position than if the unofficial members had stuck to their gune.
The abandonment of the swendmer*, was a mistiken decision but we hope the discussions which have taken place in the Council will nevertheless receive at the hands of His Majesty's Government the prompt and sympathetic consideration desired, นายส it any, perhaps, not be too mach to hope that the decision will be telegraphed before the new tender is accepted,
Mr. Fujimurs, of the Independent Nowa Agency, entertained some of the leading Japanese business men and foreign and Chinese journalists of Hongkong to lunch yesterday on
Fujimura leaves for Japan by the Awa Maru.
that yesterday the River Police recovered eight been made Companions of the Order dead bodies. The nooldent was caused by the of St. Michael and St. George, while toon cannot expost
waves. from a passing steam-launch swamping the dragon boat.
POSTAL BEGULATIONS,
The Imperial Chinese Postal Commissioner of Canton has issued a notification containing the following new regulations:-
Sir John Jordan, British Minister at Peking, has received the civil decora tion of Commander of the Bath.
1. No railway passengorg, etc., will be allowed THE GAME OF THE GREEKS to carry letters or parcels which ought to be sent through the Post Office.
2. All letters or other postal matter discovered op the train or about to be placed on the train.
without haring passed through the Post Office will hereafter be seized by officers of the Post Office.
··IN TURKEY,
LONDON, June 25th. Shevket Pasha, interviewed by Reuter's correspondent at Constan- tinople, warned the Greeks in Turkey
3. All letters and postal matter seized by the of the danger of the gaine they are officers of the Post Office shall be detained and will only be released upon payment of the prope playing. The Government had learn
ed that they are importing large
fines,
A. If employees of the railways are discovered quantities of rifles for seditious will be reported to the authorities of the purposes. infringing the above regulations the mutter
Railway Baronu and they will be either fined"
or dismissed from serviso
CHINA'S REFORMED ARMY.
or two months after the
LORD AND LADY ROBERTS, It has become a common practice amongst From a review of the married life of I ord the soldiers of the Reformed Army who and Lady Roberts on the occasion of the Jubilee are granted leave of absues to return aniversary of their wedding we extract the
following the Army one
A whole volume of career and character is expiration of their furlough, thus cansing summed up in Lord Roberts' tedioution of his great annoyance and inconvenience in the Aray famous book" To the country to which I am 30 so deeply indebted, and to my wife, without In order to put a stop to such conduct the proud of belonging, to the Army to which I am Military Authorities have recently adopted whose loving help my Forty-one Years in now regulation to the effect that soldiers exceed India' could not be the happy retrospect it in."
friends became hers." bare their wagas stopped, and his dismissed fract the service: besicles which they also will he punished in accordance with the regulations
perjury and criminal conspiracy w
motive. He said first that Mr. Hastings had been misled. Then he said Mr. Kes. tings has misconstrued the interview. Then
he said Mr. Hastings had wilfully mis told them of thoses confessions. There was no construed the admissions that he had taken room for mistake Either Mr. Hastings was presents, into an admission that he had taken telling the truth or he was guilty of perjury. money from the office. Finally he charged It must be one or the other. him with perjury. Mr. Dixan's counsel hesitated
made any
The Chief Justice--You will have to deal
Mr. Potter-The case of Wong Hui Tang was not discovered until later.
to go so far. The most he says on that with the point that the confession is not con- point is that it is absurd that Mr. Dixonnected with the actual charges. The confessions confession, He clearly saw that relate to small sums at the Police Court. The this accusation of the defendant was on which charges are larger sume, any person who knew Mr. Hasting, and his career would practically find it impossible to accept. What is Mr. Dixon's defence? A total denial of the evidenca giron by every witness. While I am on this point let me call your Lordships attention to what Mr. Dixon
The Chief Justice-The confession is no-
cepting smalt sams at the Police Court. The charge is accepting a large sum from Wong Hai Tung.
Mr. Potter-That is really part of the case – said in reference to the letter of 27th March, written by Mr. Hastings to his brother, a letter part of the charge of gross misconduct--because which Mr. Dizon characterises as one which is there are admissions that certain sums of money a mixture of truth and falsehood," although he | have been taken from time to time. There are admits that letter could never have been put in also charges of having taken a loan of 15 0 evidence by Mr. Hastings. Why, therefore,rom Wong Hui Tang.
The Chief Justice-Reducing it to a définite should he write this mixture of truth and false- hood to his brother, a private letter which he proposal, to which charge de you say this refera ? Mr. Potter-I don't say it refers to any never could have expected to be produced in this court? The letter sets forth very clearly special charge. I say it is an admission of Mr. Dixon's cage as well as Mr. Hastings. It conduct which will entitle your Lordships to is az eminently fair letter and cannot be strike him off the roll. said to be the letter of 2 vindictive br. Calthrop pointed out that there had been man. It puts on record what happened at the five charges against Mr. Dixon, and these wer
HEWETT said, with the intention of voting board the N.Y.K. steamer Tango Maru. Mring their leave of absence beyond oue week will From the first," with scarcely an exception, my interview of 26th March. Correspondence took now reduced to three. The specific charges imust.
referring to deserters.
MODERN METHODS OF TRAINING.
An early incident ahows how at Miss Bars place upon that letter, and I submit that letter bo proved. was to be the wife of a soldier. Her husband must receive consideration from your Lord. hoped to be sent to China to serve in wiping out ships as putting on record what took place at case, the repulse experienced in the Anglo-French the interview of 26th March. Coming to. attack on the Taku forta. But he was not certain admissions made by Mr. Dizon, the chosen. Soon he and his wife were dining with
on
Mr. Potter-This confession is part of the
Mr. Calihrop-I asked for specific charges and these were all that were given to me.. Mr. Potier-These are specific, charges, The Chief Justice-We will deal with that
against the third reading of the Bill in order to again emphasise their protest against unfair treatment on the part of the Yesterday's nows from Maca was that the Home Government, and they ended by rickshaw strike at Macao is still maintained, to the great inconvenience of the general public. withdrawing the amendment they bed sub-
Our. Macao corrispondent mentions that, by witted. Though this was evidently done inadvertence, he wrote that the licence fee
SIR IAN HAMILTON'S FAREWELL th Cennings, and Lord Clyde remarked to the first admissions that he received presents of with the greatest reluctance, the outstand-charged rickshaws was $30 per quarter; it!
four separate occasions young wife that he thought he had earned her money, that gratitude by not sonding her husband with the he accepted presents of money amounting after the recess. ing fact is that they stultified the it should have been per annum.
China expedition.
to 8300. It was never mentioned in his After the tiffa, interval, argument was con- action they had very properly taken on
The following farewell orlar by General Bir
"I suppose," he said, "you would rather not the second reading and throughout the found a man lying in Des Voeux Road with a
Early yesterday morning an Indian coastable Ian Hamilton, on giving up the Southern Combe left in a foreign country alone a few months atdarite and Mr. Hastings was never cross-tied, and the Chief Justice asked-Supposing mand, has been issued from Iidworth House after your marriage. If Roberta had not been examined upon it. It was obviously brought one of us were of opinion that the charges fail, discussion on Thursday until the time fractured thigh and a broken jaw bone. He headquarters) by Brigadier General Haking, a newly married man, I would have sent him." na a mere afterthought. For why? I think it what are you going to do with the confession ?. came for the vote to be taken, His ExOEI told the constable that he had been attacked by
This was too much for the wife, whe sympa is clear. Mr. Dixon suggests it himself, because "Are we to exercise our disciplinary powers on When four years ago the General Command thisen greatly with her husband's disappoint he said in cross-examination that Mr. Hastings the confession? LENCY's speech does not appear to us to six men with iron bars, but when taken to the responsibilities of a new appointment, he re- to you," she said, "for making my husband feel bad misconstrued his admission about presents
ing-in-Chief found himself faced by the ment. am afraid I cannot be very grateful contain any adequate reason for whittling Central Police Station he admitted that his solved, in so for as in him lay, to maintain I am raibing his career by standing in the way down the strength of the proteat by the injuries had been received by attempting to among the troops (Regular and Territorial of his being sent on service. You have done abandonment of the amendment which the climb a down pipe:
entrusted to his charge, the high soldierly your best to make him regret his marriage.” azandards established by his predecessor, Field “Lord Clyde, Hon. Mr.MUBRAY STEWART had proposed in
20 Marshal Sir. Evelyn Wood
if I can understand you an effective little speech which we are sure has the cordial endorsement of the com-
you would like, and have only succeeded in making you angry. I will never try to help. munity. His suggestion to insert a suspensory
Woman, again,
clause would have served the excellent
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cn Manchurian battlefields.
We regret to receive news of the death in Manila, of Mr. C. Evans Dale, who had been inresolved to try and impart to these same troops women! I have done the very thing I thought
pith of the experience he had thou freshly especially did he hope he might be able to influence Cavalry against the peace practice of She saw he had meant to be kind, sand in the real tactics, and encourage Artillery to pored sto and Lord Clyde became great friends. It is for others to say whether the work of these fect hemmoires in the use of concealed positions
the employ of the Daily Press Office as accomn- tant for about twelve months and was retarging to his home in Australia. Just before he left Hongkong Mr. Dale was suffering from fever
We all
by the defendant to explain away these dumning admissions made, as we allege, by Mr. Dixon. It is not for me to comment on this question of taking presents after a case is over. know it is undesirable, and so undesirable is it. considered in England that a special Act was passed in 1996 to make the taking of presents
Mr. Potter said he had not considered, the into an admission that he had taken money which point very carefully, but he thought their belonged to the office. Therefore, I say this Lordships would be entitled to exercise their
disciplinary powers. Farther heWell, I'll be hanged tonished, exclaimed, question about presents has been put forward Mr Cathrop again addressed the court..
briefly and the case was adjourned sine dic
OPIUM SPECULATION IN INDIA.
Speculation in opion does not seem always to be successful, though large profits have been made in Calcutta and Bombay in the palmy days when the export trade to Chine was in full swing. At the present time it would seem be dangerous for the Marwaris to gamble their old fashion. In a note which appears in the "Indian Trade Journai" it is stated that business in Calcutta was interrupted from the 19th to the 22nd May owing to heavy lossen by many brokers in raising the market." Rapid fluctuation in prices do not naually have the effect of standying operations, but the specula-
recent losser.
week, on the occasion of the second provo beneficial. He appears to have become yours has been good or bad, but certainly if my LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS under such conditions a criminal offence.
reading of the Bill, to get Home. Moreover
purpose of enabling, the protest of last it was thought the sea voyage would quickly
seriously ill on the voyage and was gut ashore at progress has, in fact, eussed, then it has been it would have given the Colony the remote Manila from the ss. Prinz Waldemar, on the 21st anderlying aim-the aim, that is to say, of due to the sympathy of all ranks with the
The str. Oceano left Manila on 24th inst. for Hongkong, and is due here to-morrow a.in. chance that soins modifications might he inst., being taken to St. Paul's Hospital, where preparedness and officiency for war. mude," particularly now that Lord CREVE, As the cause of death was not clearly asoor-
he died at an early hour the following inorning. The mission of the
The P. & O. str. Sardinia left Singapore for General Commanding in. Chief is now at an end. He bids the troops ho this port on the 25th instant at 8 am, and is the Secretary of State for the Colonies, bas tainable an autopsy was to be held and the body his fellow workers for the last time, and wishes
has commanded a regretful farewell, Hosaintes due here on the 30th instant at about 4 m.
The E.-A. Tanie str. Slavonia left Singapore awakened to the fact that the Opium Ques-was to receive Christian burial at St. Pedro them the best he can wish them Stirring on the 24th instant p.m., and may be expected tion is fraught with difficulty. Secondly, Cemetery on the 23rd inst
times and rapid advancement."
here on or about the 30th inst.
The Chief Justice-A grateful client is s person very well known.
Mr. Potter-Yes, my Lord. The Chief Justice-A grateful alient is known all the world over.
Mr. Potter-The legislature at home have
said that if 'n man after work for his employer
takes presents of money or kind without the
to
tive spirit may possible to checked by these