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on claim and counter-olaim, in his notion against not compare in dramatic interest oven with the Shanghai Hero Bazaar Co. The matter the Home Rule days. REUTER informed us
arose out of a chipment of 15 hoces by Mr. indeed only a few days ago that the mod-Abrams to Shanghai. He forwarded his bill CO. erate men of both political parties are agreed for $5,450 (Btruite dollars) and roosived in phy that the result of the election depends on ment a draft for $4,032, which defendants mid the mass of seemingly apathetic silent was the equivalent of 25,450 (Mexican dollar), in which money they alleged they were pur voters who are believed to be extraordi-chasing. There was a counter-claim for Taels CHINA'S FINANCIAL POSITION. narily numerous. We can quite understand 1,500 for loss of profit and expense of keeping why it should be so, The dispute between the horses. The defendants also alleged various the Lords and the Commons is not, as the defects in the horses. Liberal leaders have been affirming, the sole issue of the election. The country is not
CONFECTIONERY.. Selections of the Farest and Finest Quality
CADBURY'S CHOCOLATES.
An interesting trade-mark, ese dame or before Mr. Wolferstan, at Singapore, on Dec.
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outraged at the decision of the Lords refer Imported from the Leading London, New ring the Budget to the people for their con
sideration, and while the silent voter will Tark and Parisian Houses.
have his own opinion as to the necessity of a second Chamber he will bear in mind, that issues are involved in this election which far transcend in importance what is called the House of Lords Question. Home. It is presumed that the Japanese manufacturers, Rule for Ireland and Tariff Reform in imitating the label of Meares Closet & Co. MIXED for the whole of the United Kingdom are/ did not know what the Malay chagneter the closest attention.
23, when Chieng Eye Wan, of 16, High Street, pleaded guilty to applying a false trade mark to ent hended “China's Indebtedness." betties of scent. The sount was made in Japan, but boars a label to the effect that it was " Mads in Jermany" with a "J." This is not the label complained of, but a small one which bears the image of a cock, a few words in English and the words Messrs. Clouet & Co., in Malay,
IN FANCY BOXES: CHOCOLATE ALMONDS, CHOCOLATE WALNUTS, and others in Great Variety ALMONDS End RAISINS,
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questions of far greater concern to the country. No such unchecked con- FULLER'S CONFECTIONERY. trol over finance as is demanded for the House of Commons exista in any British COCOANUT TAFFY, ALMOND TAFFY
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rignified. The accused was fined $25 and the Case of essence forfeited to the Crown.
Before Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistracy yesterday a Naval potty officer proceeded against a ricaha coolie for attempting to steal a 85 bill. the Colonial Hotel in Jubiles Street, and in feeling in one of his trousers pockets for a ten cent piece he dropped the $5 bill, which be. alleged the richa coolie covered with his foot. A bluejacket who was in the vicinity informed the Court that he saw the coolie do this, and op- proaching the pair pasked the latter and picked up the note. The coolie then saised his riosha and ran away. Defendant denied the charge. and called a witness from the body of the Court, who corroborated his story, Wood dismissed the charge.
CREME APRICOTS, SUCRE DE LA Colony or in any of the principal countries Complainant alighted from a ricsha in front of CREME, CARAMELS,PEPPERMINT of the world, and if the House of in reality the LUMPS, and CHOCOLATES, † lb. and Lords. Question was
issue before the electore we 1 lb, Boxes, &c., &o, &o. WALNUT sole TOFFEE, PEPPERMINT CREAMS feel very sure that it would be shown that the country has no burning desire for a Single Chamber. Home Rule, Tariff Reform and the Budget introduce lines of cleavage in the Party ranks which make it difficult to forecast the result of the election, especially of seemingly 10.98 TOFFEE, FONDANTS, CARAMELS apathetic silent voters who extra ordinarily numerous.. The official forecast of the Chief Liberal Whip in October last was that if the Lords rejected the Budget the Government would lose. sevenly seats at the General Election. It may be that he is not now quite so optimistic in his estimates. At the General Election in 1906 the Ministerialista a ecured a majority recently..
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AN EXTRADITION CASE. Chief Detective-Inspector Harmon applied to Mr. J. R. Wend at the Magistracy yesterday, on behalf of the Portuguese Government, for Make Fat, who is alleged to have been oya. corned in a big robbery which took place there
the extradition to Macao of a Chinese named
DISSOLUTION HONOURS.
LONDON, December 31st. There will be none of the customary New Year Honours, but an Honours list on the occasion of the dissolution is expected.
TARIFF REFORM.
LONDON, December 31st. Mr. Balfour, in answer to the statements made by the Radicals that the Unionists sought to imposo taxes on food, emphasized the fact that food was already taxed and that the proportionate contribution to the revenue by the working classes would not
LONDON, January 7th. "The Times" prints a two column article from its Shanghai correspond The Correspondent says the security other hand, there would be increased em
be increased by fiscal reform, while, on the
of the loane made to China depends ployment." solely on the continued authority and solvency of the Central Government.
The policy and proceedings of the Chinese Government, he adds, deserve China must seriously put her house in order or face financial difficulties of the most serious kind.
RUSSIA AND JAPAN.
REMOVAL OF A BUSSIAN FOREIGN OFFICE OFFICIAL..
LONDON, January 7th. The St. Petersburg. Correspondent of the "Times" states that M. Plancon, Head of the Far Eastern Department of the Foreign Office, has been super- seded for presenting
a Memorandum alleging that Japan is preparing to attack Russia.
THE HAGUE PRIZE COURT,
LONDON, January 7th. A Washington dispatch says that Mr. Knoz, the Secretary of State, of 854. If they were to lose but seventy i Mr. Hanson informed his Worship that the has circularised the signatories to soats in the coming election they would defondant was arrested and charged with being The Hague Convention proposing still occupy
a strong position in the; in possession of property stolen out of the
Colony. The Macao authorities had applied that the Prize Court established by new House of Commons, but the opinion for his extradition, and it appeared that his the Conference be invested with func. A. S. WATSON & CO..seems to be growing, that whichever party accomplice in the crime had informed against
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is returned will have a small majority, and him. Captain Badeley had answered the letter it need hardly be added, nothing can be he received from Macso, and referred the worse for the country and the Empiro at enthorities there to the Macao Extradition Ordinance, which made it essential that 'ecrie arge than a weak Government.
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HONGKONG PHILHARMONIC
SOCIETY.
The concert given by this Society last night in St. Georga's Hall equalled, if it may not indeed be said to have surpassed, any previous
The lengthy administration dispute, which commenced in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, concert given by the Socisty. The chorus was resumed yesterday, when Sir Henry Bernumbered upwards of fifty voices, and the keley continued his opening statement.
Herr Max Müller, German Consul, who has been seting Consul-General in Shanghai Juring the absence of Dr. von Buri, has left for Han- kow, where he will take charge of the German
On 7th January, 1910, at Bioton, 117, The Consulate. Peak, the wife of L. N. LEEFE, of a son. [145
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St. At Stephen's Collage this afternoon the At Shanghai, GEORGE READ FAWCETT, late last meeting in connection with the universal member of Hangkew Company, Shanghai Vol-week of prayer will be held. The Rev. I. Genahr unteer Fire Brigadu.
will introduce the discussion, which will be on the subject Home Missions and the Jons."!! The total output of the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company's three mines fr the woek ending 15th December amounted to 20.605.78 tons and the enles during the period to 28,805.65 tons.
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HONGKONG, JANUARY 8TH, 1910.
orchestra was a fairly strong one,comprising as it did many members of the Band of H.M.S. King Alfred. The programme opened with the ballad The Miller's Wooing" (Faning) given by ekorns and orchestra. It was exedingly
well rendered sad showed at once the efficiency
of the chorus and the careful training, it had received, A song by Mr. C. K. Lloyd, B.N., entitled "Son of Mine" by W. Wallace, was the second itam. Mr. Lloyd has a plaising baritone voico, and sang the ballad admirably.
The audience by prolonged applauso signified
their wish for an encore, and the kinger sang I live for you," a song which, however, was not the equal of the first Mrs. E, Barrott followed with two songs, (a)" My love for you" and.. (b) "The dawn of joy" composed by Mr. Denman Fuller and orchestrated by the composer for this concert. They were exceedingly pretty compositions, and Mrs. Barrett, being in excellent voice, Bang both songs with a grace and sweetness that won the most cordial applanas. The Bicond song was very kindly repeated. The fourth itom was a duo concertant by Weber, for piano and clarionet, faultlessly played by Mrs. Cómsins native before Mr. E. Halifax at the Magistracy and Mr. A. 9. Turford Then followed the yesterday for stealing a quantity of clothing fallad Tabal Cain," given by the chords and found guilty, and sentenced to one month's imprisonment.
The subsidy of Y420,003 to horse-racing THE election campaign in the United King-associations, which was rejected in the last dom is rapidly drawing to its close. Parliassion of the Japanese Diet, is again included in the next Badgot by the Horse Administration ment, which was prorogued on the 3rd ult.,
Burean. will be dissolved to-day, the election writs are to issue on the 10th inst., and the first pollings will take place on Saturday next. More than a mouth has passed since the House of Commons by a majority of 215 votes affirm ed the action of the Lords in rejecting the Budget to be a breach of the Constitu-
Inspector Macdonald proceeded against a
tions of jurisdiction by the Arbitration Tribunal to adjudicate differences between the Powers.
The acceptance of Great Britain, Germany and France is expected.
The execution of the plan will mark the completion of the most im portant step in making international arbitration a fact instead of a theory.
MANCHURIAN RAILWAYS.
AMERICAN DESIRE FOR THEIR
NEUTRALISATION.
LONDON, January 7th.
A Washington dispatch says that Secretary Knox in a statement anent the neutralisation of the Manchurian railways says the Government of the United States believes this to be the most effective way to secure for China the undisturbed enjoyment of political rights in Manchuria and to promote the normal development of the Eastern province under the open-door policy.
MR. BALFOUR PROVOKES A
STURM.
CLAMOROUS PROTESTS FROM THE
GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN PRESS.
LONDON, January 7th. A statement made by Mr. Balfour
LORD CHARLES BERESFORD AND THE BRITISH NAVY.
Loroos, December 31st. Speaking at Grimsby Lord Charles Beresford said that he would publicly ask Mr. Asquith whether it were not a fact that letters were constantly received by the Government from senior naval officers |pointing out the inadequacy of the British
Navy as at present constituted.
THE AUSTRALIAN STRIKE,
LONDON, January 3rd. Despatches from Sydney, New South Wales, state that there are no signs of a settlement of the strike of ecal-miners.
The Broken Hill South Silver Mining Company has been closed owing to the of col. This renders idle 8,100 men. impossibility of procuring further supplies
MUNIFICENT BEQUEST.
LONDON, January 3rd. The late Dr. Ludwig Mond, formerly managing director of Brunner, Mond & Co., Id., whose death was reported on December 18th lat, has left £50,000 to the Royal Society and a similar amount to the University of Heidelberg, for research in chemistry and physics.
THE ACCIDENT TO THE "KAGA MARU.”
Confirming the telegraphic news from our
SUPREME COURT.
Friday, 7th January,
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION,
BEFORE MR. H. H. J. GOMPERTA (PUISTE JUDOB),
ALLEGED WHONGFUL SEIZURE; The case in which Wong E claimed $1,000 from the Mitani Bassan Kaishan for wrongful seizure of goods and trespass was mentioned, be fixed. Defendants had not fled their defence, Mr. Gardiner for plaintiff asked for a day to but he thought they would dose in a day or two,
the case stand over for a week, because his friend might want further ploadings.
Mr. Davidson, för defendante, nekod that
His Lordship remarked that the case had been in hand a long time.
Mr Davidson said thero had been a great deal of delay by plaintiff in the early stages. The defence was roady and would be filed now. The houring was fixed for Tuesday week.
COMEDIAN'S ACTION, The case was mentioned in which W. Lochrane, a comedian, saed L. M. Lery, for
$878.98
Mr. L. d'Almads, for plaintiff, asked for a day to be fixed.
hed to get documents from Shanghai.
Mr. R. F. C. Master, for defendant, said he
The case was put in next Friday's list.
A DRESSMAKER'S BILL,
Marie Flint aned Miss Olga, Lyndlist. Terrace, for $224.20 for dresses and dress making..
The hearing was ixed for next week.
MISTRERS AND GOVERNESS.
Mr. Paget Hott, who appeared for the plain- tiff, mentioned the case in which Eve Engeldow and Mrs. Prior, of Victoris View, Kowloon, for $443.50 damages for alleged wrongful dis- missal from her position as governess to defen- dant. He explained to his lordship that the other side had the previous day served him with the defonce in the matter.
Mr. Dizon, for the defendant, thought they had better go into chambers.
Mr. Holt said that the grounds for the dis misan? were stated to be" general behaviour" and wilful disobedience to lawful commands. He would like to have particulars of the disobedience and to give some indication of what "general behaviour" was.
· M. Dizon said it was rather difficult without disclosing his case, but he could tell his friend' verbally what it was,
Mr. Hett replied that he preferred to have it written.
His Lordship agreed that the particulars
SUING AS ONE.
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Tokyo correspondent of an aseident to the naked be given. Kaga-mart, the Hongkong Branch of the Nippon Yusen Kaishu write-We beg to in In the notion by W. Dobby and another form you that we have received a telegram from against M. Tehelcheluttaky for $131.00 Mr...
[.] Emo d'Almeda, appoerad fan-the plaintiff. No. our head offles in Tokyo reading:-
"Kaga-maru telegraphs from sea starboard fendant, who appeared in person; denied owing shaft broke 29th December. She is expected the money and the hearing was fired for at Yokolioma 18th January. Cargo pasan. Tuesday, gers go forward transhipping to Tamba-maru Habstituted for, sailing from Yokohama 20th -January.**
The Kaga-maru was scheduled to have left Seattle on 21st December.
THE 9.8. MINNESOTA,”
With reference to the Tokyo telegram published in our yesterday's issue which stated that the Minnesota as well as the Kaga, Maru hed wet with an accident at sea, we are informed by Mr. C. F. McWilliams, General Agent of the Great Northern Steamship Co., that he received a cable yesterday from the head Minnesota arrived at that port on January 5th, oflee, Yokohams, advising him that the her due date, and will take her departure from all ports of call according to schedule.
We are glad to make this correction of a mistake which we are at prast unable to explain
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His Lordship—I don't know who the plaintiffs are. How can they claim salary jointly?
Mr. d'Almada They were engaged together. His LordshipAre they husband and wife? Mr. d'Almada-No, they were engaged at the same time.
His Lordship-I don't think they can bus together.
A SPORTING OFFER, Gunda Singh, watchman, aned J. M. Haugh- ton and another for $450 due on a promissory note,
Mr. F. X, d'Almada appeared for the defen-
dants and stated that payments amounting to $130 had been made.
His Lordship-But that was paid as interest You cannot take that off,
Mr. d'Almada enggested that plaintiff be asked to consent to judgment for $320.
Plaintiff declined to do so.
The second defendant, a Portuguese woman, was called and spoke to baving made the payments mentioned.
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Plaintiff denied having received the money, bat agreed, if the first defendant would go into the box and state on oath that the money had been paid, to accept his statement and agree to
GREAT FIRE AT MANILA.
DAMAGE ESTIMATED 700,000 PESOS..
The Manila Cahlenewss of the 4th inat says: An overturned candle caused a F700,000 fire which broke out at 1.45 this morning in the Foixart buildings, corner of Nusra, Norsagaray judgment for 8320. and the Rosario, a three-cornered structureThe first defendant stated that the money had housing a saccession of small stores on the boon paid, and his Lordship accordingly entered ground door and a horde of Chinese residents
from a brothel at Yaumati, The defendant was orchestra, All concerned are to be cordis in a speech at Harley to the effect The buildings behind were soon afire and the
the very fine ronde
Capt. G. B. Mackenzie and Mr. J. J. Stodart The Directors of the Y.M.C.A. have invited Kennedy to join the Board in place of Dr. A. P. Wilder and Mr. Hon. H. W. Slade, who resigned on leaving the Colonya:
tion and a usurpation of the rights of the Cominous. Following closely on this fifty: speakers addressed an indignation meeting in Trafalgar Square. "Political garotters | and hereditary highwaymen " were the
The Tokyo Foreign Office is reported to have favourite opithets employed to describe informally decided to station commercial com- the action of the Lords, and one of missioners in London, New York, Hongkong the Labour M.P's. gleefully announced that and Tientsin from the next fiscal year. The the House of Commons had got the necessary expenditure is included in the Budget House of Lordsby the throat and for 1910-11. was going to stranglé it. The meeting by resolution demanded that the right of veto possessed by the House of Lords should be
congratulated
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VOTSOS.
THE SLANDER ACTION.
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Wilkinson and Grist, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. B. F. C. Mester, of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Master, appeared, for the defendant. The jury consisted of Messrs. P. R. Wolfe, A. Hamilton and J. H. Mead.
on the second and third floor. The fire started judgment for $320. somewhere inside the building and had burned- several minutes bofore it was noticed.
The case in which W. H. W. Loureiro Station after station sont its equipment until coodedagainst J. C. Cameron to recover damages finally the whole department was there. Anot exceeding $1,000 for slander, was resumed. hose was laid to the Pasig river, and a good. Mr. Header Harris, from the office of Messrs. volume of water gushed through the twelve: inch mains. The building and the one next to a two store structure, were as so much tinder and were soon mere shells and fell in. of the work, and particularly the
fire spread over a whole square blank back to and Laat
An interval often that he had heard Germans remark Calles Nueva and Dasmarinas. The wind minutes followed, and Part II opened with
shifted so that the flamas turned in the
A. J. Lindberg, second engineer on the Paul oroliestrs, by Mr. Denman (Faller at the piano Britain to adopt Tariff Reform, handel that scation aeroco Calle Nusra Mendelssohn's "Bonde Briliant", for piano and that Germany would not allow Great direction of the American Bazaar and other
that vicinity on
Beate, said he was on the Tak Hing in Jaly last stores and the orchestra auder the conductorship
the
Plaintiff was then on the Shun Lee. Witness the two-by-four alley Carce separated the barn said he remembered that on the 11th July ing tinder boxes from the somewhat more plaintiff asked witness to change into the Shen substantial building between them and the Lee as there had been some treable on board Bacolts establishments. The firemen broke Next Sunday Loureiro was dismissed. On the into this building, and there in the narrow, smoks blinded alley, they fought until after some day witness saw Captain Cameron, who told four o'clock before they were sure of having him that they had had to get rid of Loureira: saved the important business section of Manila. because he had been getting so much work dona
The quality of the buildings and the stores The Austrian Press denounces Mr. made excellent food for the flames, The build the ship. He said that Loureiro had been
the Calle Rosario side was made up of drygoods ings were of flimsy wooden construction and in the habit of accepting bribes and commissione,
Cross-examined: storsa, while these facing on Calle Nuova wers grocery stores.
of Mr. Tuxford. Mr. Faller's ability as a provoked a storm of discussion and
pianiet in B well known that it will
go without the saying that the work was criticism and clamorous protests from played with masterly execution and perfect the German Press regretting Mr. sympathy, delighting the audience and evoking applause, which unly ceased wher Mr. Faller Balfour's tactics as serving the ends of re-appeared and gave as an oncoce a short but exquisite composition entitled The Water the wer-mongers. Nymphs." Thon ame The Wreck of the Hesperus" by the chorus and orchestra. This,
we heliove, is the third year in suacession in Balfour for unt shrinking from hor- which this ballad has been given by the A new nickel five-cent coin has been issued Philha mais Booisty, but we do not suppose it rible falsehoods regarding Germany in in Ceylon. In shape it is almost square with was any the less acceptable to the audience, pas rounded corners, When Hongkong decides to that account. The work had been orchestrated an attempt to gain popularity.
While the flames were eating their way back entirely abolished. By the Liberal organs have a new subsidiary coinage distinguishable got for this concert by Mr. Denman Numerous speeches are being made to Calle Nueva and wera darting eager tongues Fuller, and the ballad was certainly given.co
scross the alley Carco the inteuse heat on this demonstration was regarded as a most been so closely copist by China, so for as shape that is no mean compliment. Taken allogether.
in the dark from the present ouinage which has this occasion with finer effect than before, and by members of the Cabinet, including
Calle Rosario where the fire started, No. 94, was threatening the stores and building across hopeful indication of the extent to which and weight are concerned, we think the little the concert was a great sucesse) on which all who Mr. Asquith, Mr. Lloyd-George, Mr. the street, and the fire Agbtors had to drench the country had been aroused. We were Indian nickel with a selvedged edge would be took part are to be heartly congratulated, and Mr. McKenna and Lord Crewe, de-them repeatedly.
none more so thau Mr. Denman Follor, the
No loss of life is reported, although there treated to discourses likening the situation to preferred to the Ceylon coin, which appears accomplished conductor. Special mention should claring that Mr. Balfour is wantonly were many narrow escapes. Most of the pro- the fierce and strenuous times of CROMWELL, from the illustrations in the Colombo papera to ako hamar ecension was the oceans and inflaming Anglo-German opinion.
perty belonged to the famong Polanos, estate. who, on this occasion, was the accompanist,
The buiklings were insured, but most of the but as the campaign has proceeded it is realis-be rather cambrous.
a very efficient one,
stores were not insured owing to the high rate.
Are you pri good terms with Captain Cameron ? -I am on speaking terms with, both.
This concluded the case for the plaintif Mr. Master asked his Lordship to dismiss the action,
Mr. Harris said the evidence must be left to the jury,
Mr. Master addressed the jury, suggesting that there was no evidence of the slander com- plained of having been uttered and that there
was no occasion to hear the defendant.