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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18TH, 1909.
§ of 1908, and a memorandum appanded to the Bill bluntly states that the primary object of this measure is to transfer from the Justices of the Peace to the Government the control of publican's and adjunct licences. It further explains that "The existing CO.system, whereby these licenses are issued by the Justion, has been proved in practice to be cumbrous by reason of the lengthy procedure attendant under the Principal Ordinance upon the issue of a liemee and to
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AMMONIA
FOR THE BATH, TOILET AND HOUSEHOLD.
WATSON'S
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Le more a matter of form than of utility by
At Bisham Church, Berkshire, on Banday, TELEGRAMS. reported to the Throne that the An- 10th ult, the marriage was solemnised of Mr. F. Bonald Easterbrook and Mrs. Little, widow William Farrer, Vicar of Bisham, officiated, of Mr. B. W. Little, of Shanghai, The Bay,
and the bride was given away by Admiral Sir Edward Seymour, late Commander-in-Chief of
the China Station. Mr. Portie Wilkinson acted as best man, and Miss Wilkinson, daughter
of Lady Wilkinson, attended the bride.
The death is annonood of Mr. Frod. Haskell, a well-known resident of Shanghai. He died last month in New York. Mr. Haskeli came to
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SPAIN AND MOROCCO.
AT THE MAGISTRACY. INFRINGING POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S
*PRIVILEGES.
tung-Mukden railway question is difficult to solve. He states that
Sergeant Wilson charged a coolis before Mr. several Japanese men-of-war have re-J. E. Wood with infringing the exclusive
privileges of the Poetamaster-General by bring cently been visiting various ports ining unstamped letters into the Colony, The Manchuria, and using unnecessary ordered to pay a fine of $25, in defirali fourteen öffence was proved and the defendant was
force in the maintenance of their days' imprisonment. claim.
The Throne proposes
ASBAUEZ,
At the Police Court before Mr. F. A, Hazeland to send yesterday, Chung Se Ng Kai charged another Chinees Indy, Li Kul, with assaulting her on
LONDON, August 16th. Melilla says that General Marina's Grand Secretary Na Tung and Tong the 11th inst. and inflicting grievens bodily
Reuter'a special correspondent at
altended for the most part only by the did much for the development and extension of force now amounts to 30,000 infantry, Shin Yee to Manchuria to make hearing the evidence the defendant was bound
reason of the fact that the meetings are
presiding Magistrate, the Captain Sapor- intendent of Police and one other official Justice called in to make a quorum." The ATTORNEY-GENERAL is certainly correct in his reference to tho attendance at these meetings called for the purpose of issuing or transferring liences, but this fant does not strike us ha a sufficient reason for con-
Chine in the early sixties, when Shanghai was
Fonng and small. He was public spirited and
the Motel Settlement, having served as a Municipal Councillor. He was intensely inter- ested in all that pertained to the wellaro of Shanghai, For some year he was at the head of the Chins and Japan Trading Company, in Bhanghai, He retired from business about ten years ago and returned to his native land-
America
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE QUESTION OF THE HOUR.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG DAILY PRESS"]
question of the hour, fe., the Colony's increased
troops
1,400 cavalry, 18 field and 40 moun- tain guns. The spirit of the is admirable, but the nature of the country presents immense obstacles to the Spanish troops.
THE MOORISH REVOLT.
LONDON, August 16th. A Tangier message states that the Sultan's forces made a combined attack on the Army of the Pretender and defeated it. The Pretender escaped, but it is expected that his power has now been entirely broken.
LONDON, August 16th.
centrating the sole authority in the Captein Superintendent of Police. It is astonishing that such a proposal should be brought forward nowadays when public sentiment is at far from favouring secrecy in such Promotes a healthy action of the skin, counter-matters that it leans to local option. What
Hongkong, 17th August, 1909, acte all effoote of perspiration, and is as
S12,-Reading the correspondence in the refreshing and invigorating to the system we have to bear in mind is the fact that
under the system which at pressat obtains columns of the Local Frass aunt the burning as a Turkish Bath,
in Hongkong, and has obtained, we believe, taxation, it occurs to me that our demagogues throughout the life of the Colony, the have left out of their estimates the veiled Justions of the Peace, and through the promise, by the Home Government, of a THE FUTURE OF THE CONGO. advertisements in the local Press, the comprobable reduction of the Colony's Military munity generally, are kept informed of all Contribution. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY THE applications which are being made; and MEDICAL PROFESSION though, in nine cases out of ten, not more threw strengths, containing 5%; 10% and 20% than three of the hundred and sixty Justices of the Pence attend the meetings, it is no argument that the general body, of Justices have not paid any attention whatever to the application. We can agree with the ATTORNEY-GENERAL that the person most competent to judge of the merits of a eandidate for a licence is the Captain Superintendent of Police, upon whom de- volves the duty of ensuringthat the business of the licences is carried on in a proper and orderly manner, but it seems to us rather too CARBOLIC ACID much to claim that this official is also the most competent to judge of the suitability
of pure carbolic acid,
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ARNICA, -CAMPHOR,
AND
I think it is rather giving the show away to rush into proposals to entirely meet the revenue deficit in the ways suggested in each correspond what is actually needed and then discuss her that amount is to be acquired. There is little use in slapping our pockets now and saying wo are rich: we will probably regret having done so later on when the University fad becomes a fait accompli
ence ns. I have read. Better to find out first
Enclosing my card,I am, yours respetfully,
CREPUSCULUM,
Cur correspondent's letter is wvidently written by many others, we insert the letter and onder a misapprehension, but, as it may be shared explain that the Government is at present not taking into consideration what the Colony will lose in revenue from opium, That cannot be ascertained matil the DAW tender for the farm is accepted and time Imperial Government announces the exact Apart from the loss of opium revenue the Government onlculates that there will be
of a locality in which to open licensed pre-amount of its promised "substantial contribu
A. S. WATSON & CO., mises. Toera are surely many unofficial
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Hongkong, 19th July, 1909.
tion."
returned to Brussels from his trip to Prince Albert of Belgium has
the Congo. He said that the Congo surpassed alt his expectations, the country offering inexhaustible re- sources to men of energy and initia. tive. Its future was assured if they would strive to raise the moral level of the natives by improving their material condition.
CRETAN AFFAIRS.
London, August 17th,
arrangements with Japan.
SUPREME COURT.
Tuesday, 17th August.
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. BEFORE THE FULL COURT.
KARKERG & co.,
HONGKONG MILLING COMPANY V. ARNHOLD,
The eighth day's session was ronched yes- terday in the action in which the Bong kong Milling Confpany, of which Mr. H. from Arahold, Karberg and Co. for damages, Perey Smith is liquidator, claimed 3100,000 for alleged failure to supply an ico-making plant according to stated requirements: Sir instructed by Mr. John Hastings, appeared for Henry Berkeley, K.C., and Mr. M, W. Slade,
plaintiffs, defendants being represented by Mr. MacNeill, from Shanghai, and Mr. G. C: Alabaster, instructed by Mr. H. W. Looker, of Mesure. Deacon, Looker and Deacon.
Mr, G. 9. Cruikshank, mechanical engineer in the employ of Messrs. Arnhold, Karberg and Co. ance 1965, said he saw a good deal of the late Mr. Rennie, who discussed with him in the early part of 1906 the erection of an ine plant at Junk Bay. Witness thought Mr. Rennis had studied the matter very considerably from a commercial of co-making pinats English, American and point of view, and had quite a lot of catalogues German, Arnhold, Karberg & Co. had sold to Mr. Reanic some muschinery and plant before wit ness arrived in the Colony. Some time in 1906 witness sold for Arnhold, Karberg and Company a small Brausvick ice plant capable of producing 100 tons day. Witness was frequently at Junk Bay during the erection of the ice plant, and spoke to a difficulty which occurred with regard to the pumping.
ing A despatch from Macedonia states
Justices who are equally competent to judge deficit of some four lakhs of dollars, as was the that the new Administrative Committee
such a question. Have there not, indeed, boencase last year. To avoid taxation last year the
the abject of machinery. If they had to Mr. Slade objected to Mr. McNeill introduc-
harm. Mr. Sydenham Dixon prosecuted, anil after
over by Mr. Hazeland to keep the peace in the
sum of $100.
A DISHONEST STOREKBETER. Before Mr. E, A Jaseland youterday-F spastor Gourlay charged a general merchant. who trades at 62, Connaught Road West, with retailing goods with false scales. The few weights used by the defendant were short of the weight indicated on them, and he was aise ning stones in place of weights. His Worship imposed a fine of $50.
BETURNING FROM BANISHMENT, A coolie who was charged before Mr. J. R.
Wood yesterday with returning from banish- ment proffered the excuse that he thought his bo His Worship sentenced the defendant to six term of exile was up. As it was proved not to
months' imprisonment and four hours' stocks. Ou conclusion of his sentence the defendant ASSAULTING A FOREST QUARD, will be banished for another five years.
Two natives were charged before Mr. F. A. Hazeland yesterday with assaulting a forest guard. The guard arrested another Chinese for outting troos ou Crown land abore Conduit Road, but was prevented from taking the prisoner to a police station through the alleged interference of the defendants. After hearing the evidence his Worship discharged one of the defendants and sentenced the other to six weeks” ( imprisonment with hard labour. **
STOLEN TAPS.
yesterday with larceny of 91 water tape. The A native was charged before Mr. J.-R-Wood- taps were said to be ordered from a Chiness firm Street, West Foint. They were carried to the at East Point by a native firm at Hilliar West by junk, but when notified the Western firm declined to take delivery. The defendant. ' however, presented on order purporting to and the tops were delivered to him. It was come from the firm at the West Point, subsequently discovered that the order was verdict of guilty, and the defendant was sen- dant, was arrested. His Worship brought in a forgod, the police were informed, and the defen-
occasions when the Justices of the Pence and Orphan at the Civil Servants Widown in Canea yesterday took the oath of ge into that the case would last another four or tencel to three months imprisonment with hard
Government,
have disagreed with the recommendations
but this Fund into the general exchequer,
allegiance to the King of Greece.
of the Captain Superintendent of the Police
year no such funds are available, and consequently the Government must have recourse.
to increased taxation in some form. The [29
pro-
five days per
Witness then produced a sketch of what he saw at Junk Bay and explained the mechanism
labour and four hours' stocks.
A TEST CASE.
For sometime past a number of idle coolies at
on that point? Be that as it may, the posal now announced is, we fear, not the LORD CHARLES BERESFORD'S of the innerster which was there and the other Shaukiwin have been making lounges of anlet
question of the suitability of a locality is
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. ONLY--communications relating to the news eminently one on which the community half lakhs at the most, while many believe a
· columu should be addressed to Tuk Earros.
Correspondents must forward their names and adresses with communications addressed to the Editor, not for publication but an evidence of good faith
generally should have a voice, and in view of the increased interest which must attach to this subject by reason of the proposed All letters for publication should be written on further taxation of the liquor trade, me vids of paper only.
No anonymously signed communications that it seems to us more than ever desirable already appeared in other papers will be and necessary that the powers which inserted,
Orders for extra copics of DAILY PRESS existing Ordinances confér upon the hould be sent before 11 am on day of Justices of the Pesce should not be inter- publication. After that hour the supply is fered with. What have the Justices them. limited. Only supply for Cash.
Telegraphie Adrean : Pamus,
selves to say on the subject? Of the 160 on Colas:"A.B.C. 5th Ed. Lieber,
the roll only 40 are officials. Why do not P. O. Boz., 31. Telephono No. 18.
the unofficial Justices of the Peace convene HONGKONG OFFICE: 104, Des Vœux EOAD C a meeting and express the'r views on the LONDON OFFICE: 151, FLEET STEKET. EC subject by a resolution?
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, August 18th 1909.
To-day the Emperor of Austria celebrates has seventy-ninth birthday.
The Chartered Bank of India, Australis and China opened a Bab-Agency of the Bank at Klang, in the Federated Malay States, on the
No one who has the smallest acquaintance wirb the local history of this Colony will | 20th ult need to be reminded of the claim to a more
It is stated. that there are two boats one p effective voice in the management and controllas Funnel and the other P and O., up the of local affairs which the British Community Yangtse River at the present time loading con has consistently been urging for the past signments of Chinese pork for the English
market, fifty or sixty years. By public meetings and by petitions to Parliament they have
A concert has been arranged to-night at 8 frequently asserted
this claim in the p.m. in the Sailors' Home, Arsenal Street, by strongest possible manner, and we all know the Hongkong Temperance Union. Mrs. Kew how successive Governments bave expressed Mrs. Jonghin and Mr. White of the Tamar a large amount of sympathy with this desire are amongst those who have promised to sing and have met it to some extent by increas. Strangers will be welcomed.
Say what you will about the Germane, says the Tsingtau correspondent of the Shanghai Mercury, but they are an industrious ustion, whether it comes to tilling the band or inventing nirahips. The Tsingtan hills and vales have changed very materially in ten years. Trees
one of the kind we are destined to hear of, as is not estimated to yield more than two and a tenth of that sum will be found mueb nearer the the mark. ED.].-
DEFENCE.
REPLY TO INQUIRY COMMITTEE'S
REPORT.
LONDON, August 17th. Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, in
machinery.
The next witness was Mr. Eric Wolff, from the office of Messrs. Arnhold, Karborg and Co, who spoke to having visited Junk Bay during the erection of the ice plant t
Cross-examined-Did M. Borsig send out a description of what he called the distilling plant to your firm -Yes.
And this is what is supplied to the Milling Company?—Yes.
Included in his distilling plant is this de
FRENCH SAILOR DROWNED.
The danger of overloading a small cutter was emphasised on Monday when B. O. Rodelle de Messina, one of the arew of the Franck mail steamer Bracet Simons, was drowned in the
a letter to the Press, states that it is The deceased, with hardly possible for a committee of the three other seamen, took the catter to Laichi Cabinet to produce a report more in kok to procure a load of sand to clean the deckaecordance with his statements. Hesulting ngineer at Manila, taken de bene creo, the small craft so that when she left Laichikok attributes the introduction of eight of the steamor. It appears that they overloaded
harbour near Yanmati.
she was down in the water nearly to the gunwale, important reforms, including a hom
On the way back a stiff westerly breeze was en-
nerating apparatus ?--Yon.
The evidence of Frank Lee Strong, con-
and refrigerating machinery, and remarked that www read. He had an experienco of ice plants the can system was more generally in use in
stalls in the Saiwan O market, and all the threate of the palice have not been succesful in driv- ing them out of the market. As soon as the caretaker opens the market at four o'clock in the these stalls, in which the coolies sleep during morning it appears that there is a rush for
the heat of the day. As warnings had been in vaiu, Inspector Collett decided to charge some of the offenders at the Magistracy, and yester day three men were placed before Mr. F. A.
Hazeland on a charge of traspassing. Ou
hearing the evidence his Worship fined each of month's imprisonment. the defendants $15, the alternative being one
Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistracy yesterday Inspector Langley prosecuted a lukeng before
ALLEGED THEFT BY A LUKONG.
countered and the vessel healed over before the geneous fleet under a single command America. He had been shown some blocks of ou a charge of stealing the winter uniform of a
all could be lowered. Water immediately poured and the formation of a naval war staff,
in and in a few seconds the cutter had sunk, and to his suggestions.
the seamen were left straggling in the water.
and as soon as those on board observed the is a shortage of modern cruisers and A water police pinnaos was in the vicinity He further maintains that there
accident they immediately went to the setia of the, sailors, and succeded in lauling
men out of the water. The deconsod, however, want under before the arrival of the police, and did not come to the surface again. The body has not yet been recovered.
THE FLOODS IN MANCHURIA.
FARMEES CUT THE RAILWAY EMBANKMENTS. A very peculiar state of affairs has pre- vailed on the LEN.C. north of the Wall nearly a week longer, the China Times mays. during the past week, and is likely to last for Laat Monday was the last day on which there
Peking and Makdeu. There has been heary
ico which he was informed had been made by. the Hongkong Milling Company's plant, and in his opinion that ice had not been made with
thirty days for the trial. He did not consider due care, there being more core than there should have been. In his contracts ke named
destroyers, which means danger. a. week's trial suficient for a new plant.
The Admiral repudiates any sug-
Mr. A. H. Ough, architect, said he had made gestions of disloyalty or want of dis-end of the Milling Company, and found that the experiments with the ice of the Ico Company
cipline on his part.
DUKE OF CONNAUGHT AND THE ARMY.
There is no official announcernent
TURKEY AND MACEDONIA,
LONDON, August 17th.
was through railway communication between of the Duke of Connaught's resigna- rains, resulting in floods in South Mancharin, tion of the presidency of the Army At Hainminful the IR.NC. Lave a bridge Board of Selection, but the absence with a waterway of 300 ft. in width. ing the unofficial representation on the Mr. J. 8. Dobie, the Hongkong Agent of the river has changed its
But the Legislative Council, and by yielding to the Chinese Engineering and Mining Co., Ltd., run some
course and now of the name of His Royal Highness three miles to the westward wish for unofficial representation on the inform us that the total output of the Com of this. It liss run up against the railway from the list of the Board in the
track, and the railway embankment has blocked Executive Council. Two Governments of pay's three mines for the week ending 31st its progress, The opposing shades of politics have even con- July, 1909, amounted to 29.511.33 tons and the lands of the fare consequence was that the latest Army List confirms the report
whose property adjoined the sales during the period to 15,07207 tons.
line were flooded, and the farmers cat through sidered the feasibility of establishing
the railway embiakment in order to liberate the Municipal Council in Hongkong; but while
from being flanded. When the railway en accumulating waters and free their own property they came to the conclusion that the
gineers came to repair the embankment, the -proposal was not a practical one in Hong,
farmers and villagers of the neighbourhood kong they nevertheless strongly eympathis.
out their work. But this was not the main opposed them and prevented them from carrying ed with the aspiration of the community to
trouble. Further South and nose Kaopatze that the Powers have informed the participate in the management and control have been plautel and good roads laid out
there were three separate points in the. track where. 4 wash-out had
occurred Porte of their decision to suppress the of locul affairs in every practical way. We everywhere. All the beautiful hills round day on which a train was able to
45 wo have said, Monday was the last financial control of Macedonia as a
through regret to notice a very pronounced tendency Tsingtan are either replete with madern forts,, from Peking to Mukden. On Tuesday the mark of sympathy to the new regime. in recoat Colonial legislation to check and little Gibraltars, or with waterworks and sigual train was diverted to
Yingkow, Bad thonce also experiencing t
passengers were carried on the Japanese line to to counteract such developments. Unofficial stations. Business is
their destination, On Wednesday the I.B.N. [FROM THE "CHUNG NGGI SAN FO," representation on the Sanitary Board has considerable revival, they say. Whatever the had trains at both sides of the thres besaka, and become practically valuoless, and at next ally few this year. New buildings are put up and, being too tedious, was abandoned on reason may be, but mumer gucats are areoption. other. But this took something like five hours, conveyed the e passengers from one train to the Friday's meeting of the Council one of the here and there, and among them a new Lutheran Wednesday, when the Yingkow route was
THE ANTUNG-MUKDEN most reactionary Bills that have been laid church. This community may be in need of a resumed. This arrangement is still being car
RAILWAY. before the Legislative Council for some time new church, but much more of a religione ried out. It is expected that it will be at least comes up for its second reading. It is a abort revival-more spiritual salt and loss of social five or six days before normal conditione of troffe are resumed on this portion of the Bill to amend the Tiquor Licences Ordinance and moral decay.
IR.NC. system,
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Tea Company's ice melted three minutes quicker than that from Junk Day, However, it melted quicker when the core was reached, so that there was scarcely any difference between the two.
The Chief Justice-How do you know it was Junk Bag ice?-I was told so.
Mr. MoNeill Mr. Looker obtained it himself. Mr. Slade. We will accept it as all right. ・・ This concluded the caso for the defence,
comrade. It appears that while the second Inkong was absent on leave the defendant took
a uniform out of his box and carried it to his sister's house at Yanmati. Suspicion fell un the defendant, who at first denied taking the
clothing, but oventually stated that he had
award it. When asked where the pawnshop at his sister's house. A constable was de was, the defendant stated that the clothes were patched with the lakong to Yanmeti, and found and took them, together with the defendant, this to be the case. He secured the clothing back to the Tsimshatsof Police Station. Evid unce was called and the hearing of the case adjourned.
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report: ---
On the 17th at 11.55 a.m.The barometer.
Mr. McNeill, in summing up, said the fact re. has fallen slightly over the S soset of China terms between 'r. Rennie and the Ice Company coast of China and Japan, A moderate risa mained that Mr. Arndt did not know the exact and Tongling, and risen a little over the E or the terms of the guarantee. It was certains taken place at the Bonina. that if Mr. Ronnie did not know can ice innst harcore he had ample means of knowing, and
enough evidence had been produced to justify their Lordships in concluding that Mr. Rennia when he bought the can ice plant did so with his eyes open. What the plaintiff had to prove was that there was a warranty of a particular kind, and that that warranty was broken. Не
Tho depression which is situated off tim B.W. coast of Japan appears to be filling up. low pressure trough is lying over S. Chine
Pressure remains bigh over the 8. part of the China Ben,
Fresh 8. and SW, winds may be expected in the Formosa Channel, and the N. part of the Chinn Sea. --
at 10 am. to-day, 0.00 inclies.
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending
The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon to-day is as follows Hongkong & Neighbourhood(*) Formosa Channel
9.W. winds,
fresh.
South coast of China between ?
Hongkong and Lamocks. Same as No. 1. South coast of Chins between
Hongkong and sins...}
(*) S.W. winds, fresh squally, thunder
It is reported from Constantinople.bmitted that the warranty was nots warranty with the meaning that the ice to be supplied was to be in every respect identical with the ice of the Ice Company, but only ice of clear ness and purity and of a merchantable kind. They said the plant was never takou over in full working order, and there. fore the warranty did not attach. They said also that for all the practical par-showers poses for which that warranty could have beon intended it was substantially performed.
3. Alabaster followed, dealing with various smaller matters. At the outset he referred to the special damage claim, winch was for seven eights, $175,000, of the original claim, which was Tor $200,000.
PRKING, August 17th. The Viceroy of Manchuria has
The hearing was adjourned.
Massrs. B. Roby, Ltd., of Bury St. Edmund's, England, who are manufacturers of Garbutt's pateat Two-Minute Charn, send us an illustanted price list and a selection of the testimonials from dairy farmers using the Chura. It is butter that the cream is capable of producing claimed that by this machine the most perfect can be made in an average time of two minutes, This Chura is said to represent the greatest advance in dairy appliances of modern times.