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1,800 miles, or less, while at the same time reducing very considerably the ser journey Cross both oceans--the Pacific and Allantiö.
The idea of the line is, of course, old, but
It is stated that Mr. Ho Kon Tong has TELEGRAMS. the affair that may well afford a useful! lesson to China. Up to this all Canada's resigned his position as member of the Sanitary great works have beon engineered by Board account of pressure of business. Canada herself, but the present is quite outside, and it would be well for China
Threotyphoons are reported by the Manila
under very similar conditions certain outside Sea, and the warnings issued have had their syndicats offered to construct for China, usual offet on local shipping. Yesterday the red cone (point upwards) and drum were hoisted, without in any measure hampering her, and indicating that the typhoon was with east of with full acknowledgement of her "sover the colony. In the evening they were replaced eiga rights," railways, over which she was, by the grea, red, green lights denoting that too, to have the right of purchase, China, the typhoon was within 300 miles. A notice indignantly. As a compliment, he was that the typhoon had entered. die met maur willing to accept the money unconditionally, Amoy. but she was not going to make any terms,
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PEARY v. COOK,
SUPREME COURT.
Wednesday, September 15th..
IN BANKRUPTCY JURISDICTION.
BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE (918 F. PicaOTT),
UNSUCCESSFUL SPECULATION.
Re So Yut Sang, Mr., Fletcher, Baputy Offcial Receiver, "said an order had been made by the Court calling upon the debtor to show LONDON, September 15th.. cuues why be should not be imprisoned for Commander Peary, being inter-isdemeanour. It was allogod that white
knowing himself to be insolvent he had 'incurred.
being able to pay them. He did not wish to press for imprisonment, as the debtor had explained that he had large dealings in landed
magnificent port of Prince Rupert on the it may be remembered, turned up ker nose issued by the Observatory at 5.10 p.m. stated viewed at Battle Harbour, said: "I am dobis when he had no possible expectation of
ap to the present has existed duly in the to noticɛhow it has been received. When Observatory to be traversing the North China aÊUTEE'S SEXVIOX TO THE "HONGKONG imagination of a fow enthusiasts. In fact WATSON & CO. it is only within the last year that affairs in other directions had advanced so far that the line game into the category of possible Avontulities. Those bave been brought about by the practical opening of the Pacific, and the undertaking by the Grand WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, Trunk Railway of Canada of a trans-
The Austrian Lloyd Steam Navigation Co.'s Continental Pacile-Atlantic line all the her sovereign right" were too precious steamer Austria, on her arrival at Singapore Prove it. I have concrete proof that property and he had a reasonable hope that if
from Bombay, had about 14 or 15 members of Dr. Cook did not reach the. Pofe. I her firemen and crow down with malarial fever, intend to wait until Dr. Cook issues supposed to have been contracted while the his statement, and then I will make steamer is at Bombay, where considerable excavations are in progress in connection with public my information, on which the builling of a new clock. The men were taken scientific bodies may pass judgment." ill on the voyage after leaving Bombay, and ono
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things to be bartered. Well, as we all know, she got the money, and the first thing that she did was to appoint directors, and the directors called a family council, and appointed all their relations to the twelth degree to office, and when the money was asked for to build the railway, it had my teriously disappeared, and no one was found who could explain where it had gone: Lu the end, true, the railway was opened in a kind of way, but the sleepers were of Japan softwood, the rails were second-hand, having
the only man who ever reached the North Pole, and I am prepared to
land values had risen he might have been able to pay his debts.
Debtor's discharge was spended for two, years.
WHOLESALE TIMBRE DEALER'S FAILURE. examination. In reply to the Official Rocoivor Sung Cheong Chi osmo up for his public
way from New Brunswick to the borders of Alaska, and all through Canadian territory But, though arising out of the new under taking of the Grand Trunk Pacile, the new Jine will be entirely independent except for its connections in British Columbia, and will have its own independent port with access to the Atlantic, across which it proposes to run its own steamers. This, fa fact, is the main feature of the scheme, and upon its practicability or the contrary the whole turns. The new extension of the Grand Trunk system may be said to be been rejected elsewhere, two or three ot yesterday with being rogues and vagabonde is return to Tokyo, tavelling via consisting of book debts, wore fairly good
As
entirely a government undertaking. the great system of the Canadian Pacific, which bas contributed so powerfully to the making of Canada as a great
contractor's engines had been picked up cheap," and wero recommended as a great bargain, and as for the rolling stock, there was just sufficient to marshall one train of
of them, a Sreman, was so ill as to necessitate his removal to the General Hospital at Singapro.
Two ntives who were arrested on the pre-
niines of the International Bank and charged before Mr. F. A. Fazeland at the Magistracy
SIR CLAUDE MACDONALD.
he stated that the business won handed down to him from his father and that his indebtedness amounted to a 830,000 and his amets to about 85,000 or $6,000. He denied having removed any of his stock when he knew he waS Sir Claude Macdonald, British Am-insolvent in order to place it out of the bassador to Japan, has left London on jurisdiction of the Court.
The Official Receiver said that the assets,
were defended by Mr. Otto Kog Sing. One of the fendants was in possession of $80 when Siberia. arrested, and the other was divovered to be The later told Mr. wearing a false queue, Hazeland that he had ombraced the Christian
nation, was entirely the scheme of Canada's passenger carriages-and thit of the poorest faith, but, wore the queue while boing business
earlier Prime Minister, Sir JoRN MAC. DONALD; so is the present the outcoms of the fertile brain of Sir WILPEED LAURIRE, the present. The discovery of the enormous wealth of the hitherto practically unknown western lands on the eastern slopes of the
on the mtertrout. His wife, in giving evidence, stated at her bustand wore a que because he was suffering from a disease of the lead. Both. defendats were discharged.'.
LONDON, September 15th.
TO ENCOURAGE AVIATION.
Mr. F. X. 'Imadu applied for costs, en behalf of a creditor who had protected - the state. They had discovered that timber was being removed and obtained un attachment.
After discussion His Lordship awarded appli› cant $25 and out of pocket cœts,
AN UNFORTUNATE JURKTY. In the examination of Yuan Lau Hin, whe
LONDON, September 15th. M. Santos Dumont, with the smallest and cheapest cropland in carriod dá businose us a building contractor existence, in a cross-country flightder the name of the Long Hing firms, it transpired that he attributed his failure to from St. Cyr yesterday, covered five having become surety in 85,000 for the compra-
known firm of CHAS RANCOURT ET Rockies was one of the first results of the come from New York-Canada's keenest mai ofitters, has not been allowed to leave for miles in five minutes, creating a speed doro to the Robinson Piano Company, who had
FILS, are guaranteed to be tho genuine product of the Juice of the Grape.
Clarets from the Celebrated Chateaux above mentioned are too well known to con- noisseurs to need further comment, and w a confidently recommend them as" mature and in fue condition.
and commonest description. It is instruç- tive to vote alongside this how very different has been the reception given by Canada to the similar proposition. In the first place no question of Canada's sovereign righật was raised, though the money largely is to
of exceptional value, sud opening of the Chuadian Pacifio; as these competitor: Canada being quite able to commenced to be opened up, the fertile belt take care of her own prerogatives; in the was found to extend far more to the north next place, no expression of contemplaque indignation met the proposal: Canada than the most sanguine had ever dared to
A business proposition in accepted a hope; Sir WILFRED LAURIE, with this business-like manner, and her only question additional information at his disposal, as
was whether the project was worth con. well as baving now trustworthy assurance sideration from a financial point of view. that the northern passes of the Rockiss | As yet the affair is but in theembryo stage, about the Peace River were lower and less but it is evident that if once the doubtful subject to interruption than the line adopted question of the feasibility of the mavigation A. S. WATSON & CO., by the Canadian Pacific, saw that the time of Hudson's Bay were decided in the
had arrived to launch his now scheme. affirmative the new route would rapidly LIMITED,
Doubtless he was actuated in this largely by become a favourite, to the great advantage a desire to emulate his predecessor, but this of Canada, and it is easily seen that China was no unworthy motive, ami so far as it heraali would share in the benefit. With has gone, all the preliminary arrangements regard to China, no one, in fact, stands to go far to ensure the ultimate success of the lose by her foolish holding on to her project, not merely as u speculation, but as, atrangs ideas of her sovereign rights being like its predecessor, contributing largely to in danger so much as China herself. The the enrichment of the country at large. cry has been got up for selfth motives This tract of country north of Winnipeg it is entirely by her old re-actionary parts, who through which the intended line is to pass, would gladly see the state of affairs that and the advantage which the line offers to it brought on the great Taiping rebellion
ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS
AND KOWLOON DISPENSARY.
Hongkong, 8th September, 1909.
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record.
absconded,
The Sheerness correspondet of a naval jourustwrites Mr. A. E. Harrison, charge Hongkong without some tangible expression of
Mr. F.-X. d'Almada also applied for costs in the stem in which he is hold by the engine
In order to encourage aviation M.this action for having taken stops to protect fitters both in the shop and sist. From the work in the fitting shop he meived a gold Santos Dumont has made the public the estate, but on hearing a statement by the albert, and by engine fitters stoat and tha engines of the yard craft, he was presented a present of the patents of the with a silverplated tes service. Mr. Harrison machine. was at us time pecretary of the Sheppey United Football Club, and in the day when the town club was represented in the First Division of the Southern League, he was a regular player.
LORD TWEEDMOUTH
SINKING.
LONDON, September 15th. Lord Tweedmouth, who has been
Mr. W. Drew, chargemau of boilermakers, whe is taking passage to the Far East in the same ship a Mr. Harrison, was presented with a gentleman's companion as a token of estoom from the boilermaking staff Mr. Draw, 48 long ill, is sinking. hours before leaving for Hongkong, rescued a boy from drowning, one of the Fresh-air Fund' children"
* AT HOME" AT MOUNTAIN, LODGE.
HE, the Governor held an "At Home" last evening at Mountain Lodge, and from 4:30 until o'clock there was a constant procession of cha from the tram station at Victoria Gap the summit of the Pak. The cool broozerhich prevailed yesterday added to the pleasus of the gathering. Tea was served on on the courts. The Buffs Band was in atten- danse dering the afternoon.
The
Official Receiver he withdrew his application and the debtor was adjudged bankrupt.
MASTER AND SERVANT.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION,
At the Magistracy yesterday Mr. F. A. Hazeland delivered his reserved decision in the caso in which Nar Din, an Indian tailor from Murray Barracks, summoned Gholan Uber, master tailor of the 88th Co., R.G.A, for absenting himself from complainant's service at. the end of July this year.
Mr. F. C. Barlow (of Masers. Goldring, Barlow and Morrell) appeared for the com- plainant, and Mr. Roader Harris (of Masers. Wilkinson and Grist) represented the defendant,
THE PHILIPPINE SQUADRON.. The Third Squadron of the Amoriens Pacific Floet, which returned to Honglong on Wednes day from a tour in the north, comprises four cruisers. The Charleston, which is by far the dant was entitled to avoid his contract, bis On the first point as to whether the defeu- largest, carries the flag of Her-Adiniral Gilos Worship said that there was no direct case as B. Harber. Her tonnages 9,900. to whether a servant was entitled to avoid his Cleveland, Denver and Galveston balong to the
contract on non-payment of wages The rule Cleveland class, their tonnage ranging from 3,213 of law laid down in the Mersey Beel and on March 12th last and remained for a fortnight his opinion applicable. Lord Justics Black- On their presoat visit they will stay in the
barn in that case stated as follows-The Colony for five or six days.
rule of law as always understood it is a con- tract in which there are two parties, each side having to do something. If you see, that the failure to perform one part of it goon to the foundation of the whole, it is a
Editor, not for publication but as evidence of is placing it in Immediate corn manication by restored, in order that they might fall in for the grounds, and tennis and croquet were played to 3,100. The squadron arrived in Hongkong Iron Co. and Naylor, Benson and Co. was in
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some fat office where they could pick and steal to their heart's content without any checking hand to restrain them. The trus offender in their oyes ja not the foreigner- with him they would be quite content to share the plander-bat a reforming Government that socke to control the peculations of an unprincipled officialdon. The Mahommedan Fast of Eamayan, which lasts for a month, commences to-day
To accomplish this it is the object of the syndicate to establish a line of steamers from Europe to Fort Churchill in the wes- torn coast of Hudson's Bay in N. Latitude 57. On the Canadian side Fort Chur MY. HAROLD SHALLARD, a son.
[1207 chill is to be made the terminus of a new
To-day. the Jewish era 5670 begins, and we HONGKONG OFFICE: 10a, De Veur Road Cystem of railways to communicate with the LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET. EC Edmonton, Winnipeg, and across are informed that the Jewish offices will be
Rockies with the principal centres, aud closed both to-day and to-morrow.
On 15th September, at 52 Fink, to Mre and
The Daily Press. nically, by means of the sow Grand
HONGKONG, SEPTEMBER 16гa 1909.
Trunk, with Prince Rupert. The line will thus have its womanications with both Oceans, and it is intended that it shall form the shortest and cheapest outlet to Europe
The NY.K. Iyo Marn is described by a
Straita contemporary as the first meteliant ship to enter the port of Singapers with wirelese telegraphy. “
Four Chinese are being charged at Shanghai for the great grain crops of Manitoba and with fully setting fire to a godown belong
While on her way up the Huangpu last Friday, II. M. 8. detru run into and sank a cargo boat laden with bales of silk. The crew of the boat was rescued and most of the silk was recovered, in a damaged condition, from the water.
A NARROW ESCAPE,
Inspector Fenton and Dotoctiro Cashman had serious injury during the brief thunderstorm on a BIO excape from instantaneous death or
Tuesday night. Both officials were standing in the telephone room at the Central Police Station when a vivid flash of lighting shot betwen them and was followed by an explosion like that of a bomb, the flash of light with which it was accompanied temperarily blinding both men. The report caused al in the vicinity to hasten to the telephone rom, but as they gained the door they met the Inspector and the Detectire coming out, considerably frightened bat uniurt.
FUST FREE SUGAR FROM THE
PHILIPPINES.
THE ST. LEGER.
following Information additional to what we Telegrame in the Southern papers give the have already published regarding this classic race: There was an enormous attendance at good defence to say, I am not going on to the St. Leger, His Majesty King Edward perform my part of it when that which is the being among those present Bayardo won root of the whole, and substantial consideration easily by a length and a half. Minore, the for my performance, is defented by mi- King's horse, was fourth. Beting was 11 to conduct"". His Worship was therefore of 10 on Bayardo, 100 to 8 against Valens, and 40 to 1 against Mirador.
INSURANCE CO. DEFRAUDED.
opinion that the defendant was entitled to avoid his contract of service. · Ás to whether the complainant told the defendant he could go, his -Worship thought it was not necessary for him Shui Tung-lue, s broker, Ying Tubaung, a
to decide that point. He thought is highly shroff, and Woo Yen-woo, a shopkeeper, wore improbable that the complainant would charged at the Mized Court, Shanghai, last Friday with having been concerned together have told the defondant to go. Regarding with others, who were not in custody, in the question of deduction of wages, he fraudulently obtaining the sum of Tla. 2,500 thought that there ought to be a deduction What in destined to be the fint shipment of from the China Mutual Life Insurance Co., on made for the time that the defendant was away- Philippine sugar to leave the Philippine Islands June 2 hat. Detective-Sergeant Thygeson He could not agree with the view put forwart for freentry into the United States left Iloilo stated that the first named accused had told cargo of 5,000 tons of sugar was the extent of that before he could repay the money une toment or dismissal. on September 5 on the steamship Linmore. A him that he had some land in the country, and Mr. Barris that there must be either pay the first shipment, and the Linore sails from the Insurance Company, he would have to sell foil to New York with it. Its reported on his land. Shui was sentenced to nine months the Ibilo sugar exchange at two other imprisonment, Yang to three months and Wog foreign vessels will arrive the next week to take the other shipments to New York.
#BANTOS": THE MIDDLEMEN
IN JAPAN.
to six months.
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report: --
On the 15th at 10.15 .m.-Bod North Cone and Drum hoisted,
He thought the correct view to take on this point was that the defen-
dant, having been taken bees, there was sa implied consent to this deduction. Regarding the point in which the complainant accused the defendant of stealing money, the Megistrato. said the complainant had failed to prove this part of the case. It was highly improbable that the defendant would have taken it, having regard to the large enn due to him. His Wor ship found as follows:-
Commercial Attack at Tokyo, in his annual fa For some time, says Mr. Crave, the British
port, as-animated discussion has been going on
At 1215 p.m.-The typhoon has mored in the vernacular and foreign Pross ss to the A native appeared before Mr. J. E. Wood at advantages and disadvantages of direct trade rapidly Westwards since yesterday, and has the Magistracy, yesterday on a charge of steil. One pint in the discussion concerns the reached the middle part of the Formosa Channel. ing a quantity of clothing from a friend. He possible gradual elimination of the "banto," or It will probably extor the cat near Amor: 144 to the defendant
told his Worship he borrowed the clothing to go to Macao, but as the Magistrate did not baliove the story le sentenced the defendant to three weeks' imprisonment.
where the barometer has fallen with great rapidity.
Reports from Formoss and all stations to the North of Amoy are lacking.
(a) The charge against the defendant for absenting himself is dismissed.
(6) I order the complainant to pay rupees.
TERRIBLE DISASTER IN JAVA.
No country in the world has throughout her career been more consistently careful to preserve intact her prerogative than the North-west, and on the other shall forming to Messrs. Shewan, Tomas and Company, Canada, and this is a fast of which China the shortest and quickest link between in which goods to the valas of Tis. 30,000 has had personal experiences. When Europe, North China, Manchuris and Japan. were stored.
The scheme is a great one, though, of Canada Brst commenced to legislate re.
course, it has the great drawback that garding her growing Chinese population, Hudson's Bay is only open to navigation for China, ehe may remember, made complaint at the very most half the year, and even to England, with the satisfaction that she while it is nominally open the ravigation is was told in so many words that England did at all times dangerous, owing to the quanti- not interfere with the internal arrangements ties of floating ice to be passed through in of Canada; as a fact, she had at one time entering by way of Hudson's Straits in N.. attempted to coerce Canada into opening latitude 62°. ber ports indiscriminately, but Canada
The scheme, though, if found practicable pointed out that this formed no part of her it will be of great importance in the com- agreement, and she would continue to act mercial history of the world, is not one on her own discretion. It may, therefore, that recommends itself to the ordinary be a matter of a little interest to China to investor, and has not been taken up in Learn how Canada bas recently been acting | Canada, which, as yet, is not in a financial when a syndicate of outlauders proposed to position to warrant the expenditure of great
ently dispensed with, might start in on his own mount sud, with his considerable knowl her to make an important line of railway sume in an enterprise which certainly does
edge of forsign business methods, prove a formidable competitor. right through her territory. The line is, too, not hold out, any hope of immediata return,
The head of one of the largest Japanese of some interest to China, as it forms part and which, if in the end likely to be pro-defendant. His Worship imposed a fine of $3.
concers told me that when he wanted to do basines with a foreign firm, it was only with of a scheme for shortening the journey from fitable, must be content to wait for years
the gatest diloulty that he could get Sergeant Wills prosecut a lird fancier bay and see the principal. Vosthantes" past the the eastern ports of China to Europe, and before earning any reasonable dividend. It from Ko Shing Street before Mr. J. R. Wood are honourable and honest, men; some are not,
rain later. so is intended to be a direct competitor with need not, therefore, be a matter of surprise at the Magistracy yesterday for stealing aand it's not always easy for's Britisher to find the Eussian Siberian route-with the that the syndiente which has brought the chicken. Defendant told his Worship that s out at it whether his prospective "banto,” as
How To BE BEAUTIFUL-Keep your com well the other members of his Japanese staff,
plosion, Mrs. Ellen's Crème Charmante, Lait advantage that it is intended to carry goode scheme forward is entirely outside' Canada, | cat was chasing the chicken and he joined in
are all that they should be. British firms might Charmant and Special Skin Tonic and Poudre Her as well as mails and passengers-and this and the individuals interesting themselves the pursuit to reaone the chicken from the take into consideration the advisability of Charmant will enable you to do it.
Japanese Specialities for the Shin are the study of a the misery of the populace they are now faced is intended to be brought about by shorten-Jiu it are partly English but largely capitalest. Sentence of seven days' hard labour was insuring their employés with
passel.
insuruse company doing fikity guarantee lifetime. A. B. Watson & Co. Ltd. Sole Agents, with a famine owing to the stocks of grain
1453 having boon swept away. ing the land journey across Canada to some ists from New York. It is this aspect of
A lukong was charged befors F. A. Hazeland at the Magistracy yesterday with assaulting a woman alleged by him to be his periour. He stated that. the complainant approached him in the street while on duty, and asked him for money. The woman said she did not know the
at leaha cartailment of his dutie
The banto" occupies the position of chief of the Japanees staff of the arm, and most transsions are made through him. In this sense he is a middleman, and if one were to get rid of him one would be nearer "direct trade, while the "banto's profits, which are often considorable, would vanish. There is, of course, the possibility that the "banto,"
busines
The returns from Indo-China show that pressure is low over the Annan coast. at 10 am. to-day, 0.17 inches.
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours-ending
BIX HUNDRED LIVES LOST DY DUESTING OF VOLCANO' CRATER. Very serious foods are reported as having occurred between August 28 and September 1, in Bast Java, arising from a crater in a
The forecast for the 24 hour suding at noon volcano which had become filled with water
to-day is as follows:- Hongkong & Neighbourhood(") Formosa Channel
Cyclonic gale. W. winds, Bouth coast of Chime between South coast of Chins between Same as No. 1. Hongkong and Lamocks. strong to a gale. Hongkong and Hainan...) (*) N.W. and W winds, strong; squally,
giving way. The loosened waters rushed down. is mountain with great violence carrying snor, mous quantities of ad and mand. Rivers over- flowed their banks, and the floods swept everything before them, and destroyed the rallway in the district of Lumajang. The damage to railway property alone is set at one million of guilders, and it will take at least a year to repair the line. Six hundred persons are reported to have lost their lives. At one village, 60 people were buried alive beneath mud and sand, while at another the number of deaths stands at over 150 and those missing totailed at least a hundred. To add to