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MRUTHA'S HURTIĢI JO TER “HONGKONG
THE GENERAL ELECTION
BUPREME COURT
In Omarrin JURISDICTIONA
BAPORN TEN Ho, Mr. BAH DAVIES EACTING CHERT JUSTICE).
BE THE HIGH GLASS As stated in our previous lune judgment was delivered by his Iardship in the case in which the Hang Shing firm sued W. B. Loxley & Co. for $4,274 for goods sold and delivered and the defendants counter-claimed för 34,5937)
We should never have lazed Kho had let us slona: Els is not eeeding against, hdr. Jackson
His Lordship-Has your client any employ- ment here nów P
Mr. Goldring--No, my Lord, but he is having a benefit: comoert to-morrow
The hearing was fired for Weinadey nezt.
CO. the establishment of a gendarmerie
of the big cities of the Empire, but there seems tale hope of either becoming efficient antal the Chinese Government entruste the development of these institutions to com- petent foreign instructors. Never has Chins been in greater need of a man to guide and direct the grant forces ∙nów at work which should make for regeneration. We do not know whether the Chinese newspapers which purport to $500 or three months. During the hearing of results will be declared ten daya bence of Hongkong The notion was in respect to who was the best of the famous
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give the opinions of the various Grand Councillors on the question that has recently been agitated at Poking do these high officials injustice they certainly do not give one the impression that the man required by the times is to be found in the Grand Council as at present constituted. Strong leader ship is lacking. There is apparently no one to intelligently control or guide the forces now at work in China, and as Mr. Como pointed out in one of the articles he contri buted last year to his Timet, in the absence of control or guidance there is always the danger that these forces may either waste themselves in ill-directed effort or else break out into violent explosion: In this matter of the promised Constitution we see a sharp conflict of opinion between tho people, represented by the Provincial Councils, and the Imperial Government. and it remains to be seen how the people these Councils represent take the rebuff The Provincial Councils, according to the representations of the delegates who were sent to Peking, see no good reason why the grant of a Constitution should be any longer deferred; the people, they say, are becoming more enlightened and patriotic every day, and Grand Councillor suggested to them that the consequences would be deplorable it a Constitution were granted before due preparation had been made, it was retorted that no evil consequences had followed the inauguration of Provincial Councils, and
The Chief Justice, In the comme of s lang thy
NORTH POLE DINNER
£50 A-HEAD.
LONDON, February 3rd. Chief Exeles Offer Hoggarth charged two The three results outstanding are
the Scottish Universities and the judgment, said this was an setion brought by
paper--was the "North Pole" dinner given at WE. Loxley & Co., general merahante, both the Savoy by Mr. George F. Kosler, the Orkney and Shetland Islands. The the Hang Shing firm, rice merchants, against festivitine and they were many, says a Lonton
natives with being in unlawful possession of and salling opini in Blake Garden. The charge whU proved and each of the defendants was dasd
the evidence in the case, one of the excise
officers, a Chiness, was friad guilty of perjury, and his Worship onlored him to pay a fina of $25, the alternative being one month's împris. onmant.
KAISER'S SYMPATHY WITH
PARIS
Most striking of all the Christmas Eve
of the
cost of
dinner rive sold and delivered. The plainting' olaim | "
at the same hotel in 1906. was admitted aubfoot to the defendante counter- In America he is known as the champagne There were no speeches at last night's king" elairn. The onus of establishing their counter function. It spoke for itself spoks eloquently claim thereforo was upon the defondante, and it of the power of American ingenuity when was in respect to the counter claim that the case coupled with American dollars, ability of the Barpy stat. The turned. The amount in dispute between the this dinner, to which thirty-four people sat LONDON, February 3rd.
parties was comparatively trivial, but them were down, was at least £2,000, or about £60 a head. The Kaiser has expressed his sym-important legal points at issue, and the bearing. It should be at once pointed out, however, that pathy with Frence and contributed lasted fourteen days. The plaintiffs, by four con- rics. Two of these contracts related to what £1,000 to the fund for the relief of there, agreed to supply this defendants with sufferers by the disastrous flooda was known se No. 1 Biam rice, one to No. 2 The Seine continues to fall and the Biam rice, and the other to both kinds In these contracts in each case the rice was to be twelve monds imprisonment with hard labour servico of boats has been discontinued delivered free on board. The No. 1 riso was to and six hours slocks,
Exemplary punishment was meted out to Chinese thief by Mr. Hallilar at the Magistracy yesterday for matching a parcel from Mes H. L. Donnys. As the lady war walking along Wellington Strout on Wednesdays colle snatched a paros she was carrying, but was esptured before he had an opportunity of escap- ing His Worship sentenced the effonder to
The Government is circularising British
firms in Hongkong desiring Information za to the number of officers of British raos in esok firm who have already served at home or elsewhere (6) in the regular Army, (b) in the Volunteers, and the length of such service, The inquiry farther calls for information na regards the number of officers of Eritish raos in och firm who have over andorgone Any military service.
in most streets.
PENNY POSTAGE IN THE NEW
MALAY STATES.
LONDON, February 3rd. The postage in Kelantan, Kedah, Perlis and Trengganu, the territory recently added to the Federated Malay
H
the
Winter
the
the costly presentz which cool guest received. this expenditure included hospital gifta, besides
self, who, however, had able assistance, The scheme was the work of Mr. Kesslor d
At half past is in the oventag Garden was filed with a throng of happy, exalt ed children, who had made merry, evor Christmas gifts and theatricals. At nine o'clock the stage the seatre of the room had given place to be equal to "Special good quality" or "Extra North Pole. Whether Mr. Cook, from his good quality," or "of the best." No, 2 was to expert knowledge, would describe the scene ax an moonrste representation in doubtful, and be of the "Bast or extra good quality." The immaterial Wonderful, we couldn't touch it defendants had been dealing in rise in South | anywhere,” sighed one honest American. The Afrios ainge 1905, and before the first contres dinner table was arranged in an oval, in the was entered into they sent a sample of No. 1 midst of which Peary and Cook gazed at each Sian ries to their agenta in South Africa, and other from opposite sides of the Fole, which rose from the summit of a snow-clad globe, round on kaing saked for a price they communicated which the Northern Lights glowed. The ox with the plaintiff, who brought a sample plorers End evidently arrived at the same for their inspoollen and quoted a prins moment. This idea of dead-beat was delight Finding that the two samples corresponded, ful, and perhaps diplomatie. Around them was realistic plaster representation of fos they wired to Bouth Afriss, undertaking the fields, the whole weighing s ocuple of tons. The professional humorist and pantomima tween the plaintifs and the defendante was to hommalva. To the Pole" itself the then drawn up by the defendants, and it was moan was fized by a huge white nail-not the chopped by the plaintiffs. No mention was lesst humorous of the many sly allusions of the made by the defendants of the proposed der evening. It was as follows! tination of the rice other than that it was to be
Bir principal offers of the Hongkong Citates, has been redaced to one penny order at a price named. The first contract beter are evidently not to have the North Pole
THE UNIVERSITY OF PEKING.
Mr. H. C. F. Finlayson, M. A., has been sp-
Service have retired on pessions since Jandiary, per ounce. 1909, namely, Mr. Dyar Ball, chief interpreter of the Supreme Court, 32,448 pár sunum Mr. a Hong Mi, assistant interpreter of the Supreme Court, $1,520; Mr. Justice Wise, $4,509 10: Dr. C. H Bateson Wright, D.D., lats head master of Queen's College, 2495; Mr. Arathoon Sell, 1.5.0., late Registrar of the Supreme Court, $3,315, and Dr. J..0. Thomson, medical effor, $2,633.33.
Early yesterday morning the Fire Brigade were called out to cope with a fire which cocurr-
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in Causeway Bay. The outbreak is supposed to have originated through some live coale falling into the soal banker, but it was patent long before the fradost arrived on the soone with the fremen. As a consequence the latter spaut a fruillons sarok for the damaged launch, for the crew instand of notifying the brigade that they had extinguished the fire, turned, fur and
Imperial Parliament. It is represented that thie answer was deemed by this Grand Councillor so convincing and conclusive as to outweigh his objection that the laws were not ready, and there and then be promised to support the recommendations the Delegates were making to the Thronel Other members of the Grand Council, to strop, ZÜGIGA - Wuulil seem to have entertained a vague perception that it would not be well to act with any precipitanoy in this matter, and the Regent has, wisely, we think, adopt-
AN ELOPEMENT.
pointed, on the recommendation of the Univer." Free on heard. On the lith of May the ity of Landon, Profesor of Political and defendants received a wire from their agents Economie Spisuce in the newly established Imperial University of Peking This is the in South Africa stating that the rice re first professorship of politics in Chian Mr. cited was not up to sample and requiring Finlayson las graduate of Aberdeen Univer them to gustantee the consigamente, which alty, where he took final honours in the Modern they did. The defendants ceux elaimed
Bchools. After watdying at the.
to this low of proft, as also vites of asburg, Birsesburg and Paris,
he returned to London and lock a post-graduate for surv ing foon and charges inaldental to the course of the London School of Ecomomics and dealing the interior reloa Political Salomon,
counter-claimed in respect of a difference in prios paid on the porches of rice in Hongkong
AN INDIAN REGIMENT DISGRACED to replace a portion of tas rios not shipped
TORRES, KATYAUTY TAMPERED WITH..
Courvoisier.
Caviar das Bibérienus.
Tortue Verte à l'Anglaise Saumon du Rhin à la Daumont, Suprime de Calite Washington. Selle d'Agussu de Pré-Sals à la Broche. Pommes Macsire, Patila Fols Nouveaux à la Menthe, Traffes da Périgord “ North Pole." Sorbet an Kümmel. Dindonnena fardi Californienne, Bord Balade Fomiraonianus. Asparger Vertes an Bentro d'Isigny, Pinm Padding Flambé su Rhum, * Bombe des Esquimosax
"the unfi
Corbeille de Fruits, under the contrast. The evilenes of the
Apart from the excellent fare there was agents and unbrendess of the rios was taken on nothing conventional at this feast. Walters commission at Port Elisabeth in South Africa, even neemed to have been dispensed with, till and this evidence, together with the certifostes one detected them at their work in the unwanted. -4 painful sensition has been crated in of the survey, formed the important part of age of Baron. At each end of the room
an savstive little seems, one representing s Calcutta, where the regiment concerned in v the defendants ouse. The plaintifle as to sleigh drawn by dogs over the loo, the other popular, by the following editorial in the
want the counter-claim denied that there was any being picture of losberge with a couple Panglushman
formidable-looking Teddy bears in the with axheme regret and reluctance we beach of contract, or that the rice round the very atmosphere seemed to puhlick the fact that attempts, which seem to delivered was inferior to the contrast sample, Arene by touch of the magicia have met with a minimum of sur
of succons, have been The truth of the old adage, the course of made to or with the loyalty and maxity of They denied their liability in respect of thed, but that was only due to an afterli
behind the little stage you by Swar ed their view. The EMPEROR KWANG HAUL ever did man moths once more the 10th Jabe Begment now stationed Allpors daima in South Africa, having, as they allege, ating Labem and fountain which
proved at the Magiftras, yesterday, when a Tisunderstood them, the chore of the reditivului no knowledge of any of the contests entered Hana tato of Eskimos of understood what Constitutional Government Chinese youth was charged before Mr. E. ETO zot pared particularly successful, batem Inte by the defendants in South Africa, and hue made sweet squalo. Al cada corner of
fot romana that some ten men of the regiment The military authorities are naturally wary amined by the defendants and was delivered to
Mr. Komler to the Homitat recent over the fair probably in the hope and accepted by them free on board. In con he girl with her mather, and the youth with his test much metal Information will presandy be closion, his Lordship add there would be on themums with which the walls and by festoons of the snowicet and whitest of rea transferred from Calcutta The judgment for the plaintiffs on the claim and for
pillars were decked. The menu-holders on the family The Agiment will
small mesenro to the Colonel and offers of the amount found to be due on inquiry based on complete the Impression of Arctic regions, regiment, which Ives the capital with such the manner he bad indicated. The question of inlet hang from the ceiling. Needless to say, main upon its good name and reputation.
champagna was load.. [The O. C. 1013 Jala, according to the latest costa would be reserved. Army List, is Major-General Firth, the other oneer being Lient-Col. Promy, Majors Wright, Robson, Bourne, Captains Bally, Iles Cwyer, Lients, Slater, Tvis, Mortimer. Macpherson, Welt, Haines, and Captale Espaloy, 11.B.)
Orders for extra copies of DAILY Pas meant better than any of the statesmen now Halliar with taking a girl under age from the have been arrested and have Jean lodged in gol. they further contended that the rice WAR GX. XOON Tree & Christmas-tree, glitterin
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would the gentry and people of the country At Bhanghai, on the 3rd last, the wife of understand what was aimed at and "be GEORGE HUTTON POTTS, DE 6 son, 1259
prepared to start the foundational of a Con HONGKONG OFFICE: 30%, Dis Varuz Road (stitutional Government." The answer the LONDON ORVION: 151, FLEET STREET: EO Throne has now given to the memorials from
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, FEBRUARY 4TH, 1910.
UPWARDS of forty delegates from the Provincial Councils of China have been in Peking recently for the purpose of making
Shear, be
REEIDENCE IN CHINA AND ÖLD AGE PENSIONS.
Flad to nots, with some 160 prosent Children The wintry anggeation
the
in power. He had evidently closely studied custody of her parent. The lovers, it appears, the matter, and when in 1906 he lived in the mme building at West Point, the sketched the preparations which rightly deemed to be necessary, he declared parents. The boy sought the hand of his affinity that only when those, reforms were made in wedlook, but the mother disapproved of the sympathy of the star will be extended in no the defendants on the counter-claim for the table were in the form of tiny Eskimos, To
matoh, the consequence being that the wayward daughter aloped with hot wooer. youngsters set up house in a distant - part
Frocter Smith was responsible for of the same district and lived happily for
IN BUKWARE JURMDICTION:
programme of entertainment which followed the dinner, the artiste being the few weeks, until they were discovered by the
Howard Troupe, Nina Gordes, the Eidisy girl's mother, who called in a pallostan and had
BETORY Ma H. E. J. GUMPERTZ
Sisters, Nelson Jackson, Willia Bard, Fred the provinces shows that the most trusted the youth arrested. When Mr. Halifax showed
PUINE JUDGE).
Farron and Bostries Collier, Sam Mayo, and advisers of the ruler are still of that these yesterday he informed Inspector
Foot-Gem. The programme was covered with OCMEDIAN E TROUBLES,
amusing “advertisements" in which, skiis opinion, though unanimity of opinion Robertson that if it was continued he had fo
Two csses were called in which W. Lochrane, the fames of the guests Wer's Introd goed. Mr. may be wanting. Unless, however, there alternative but to sand the defendant to ghői. The mother wished her daughter to rotund
comedian, was concerned. In the first he Procter Smith had also written, somo verabs is strong leadership shown at Paling home, but neither of the lovers were willing to
rued L. M. Lery, of the Victoria Cinematograph, about an imaginary quest to discover the Pole,
describing how ma The following letter taken from the for 1379.98, said to be dos as alary and money the coming nine years are likely to pass be separated, and the girl informed his Worship
«" I walked and I walked for days on the 1080 without much real progress being that she preferred going to prison with the Botemanc
lent; and in the second case he was sued by Mr
With never a thought of my life or the price, Getting thinner and thinner, and growing pale, made. It is noteworthy that a casual youth to returning home with her mother. Bir-About a month ago yen permitted me to Levy, who sought to recorrer a sum of 8509.51,
But I made up my mind to find that nisi. from Boot
as follows: Mrs. Kessler, representations to the Throne in favour of opinion reported to have been express-His Worship sent the parties to the Registrar. indicate the circumstances under which an old which $294.51 was inlleged to have been - at +Shinghal, the remaining 1215 ed by YUAS SHIH KAI in conversation with General, hoping that the Hon. Mr. Browing pensten had been withheld thoroughly advance
Tomat of 82 or 63 years
BRZINALS Alexander," Miss Bradley, Mr. Bustin, deserved it. If eras: applicant, did I sabmitted being belanes of a sum of $415 received at ■ta Balomon, Miss Pakeman, Mrs. Danlds the cause in more cotali to alt George Horsemast night at Shanghal in August, 1999. NE Mendelsohn, Mrs Hand, Mrs. Woodward, of the Scottish Local Government Board, and P. W. Goldring appeared in both cases for Mr Neal, Mrs. Minor, Miss Minos, Me
a due course, Informed me that there heulty as to the spent tra
Mr. Lochrane, while Mr. Jackson, of Man Ziegler, Mrs Pivor, Mitu Orogg, Mr. John Johnstone, Stokes & Master, appeared for Mr. Pakaman, Mr John Burti, Mr Brust Salomon, China, but that the Board were giving
Juige Coyne, Hr Froter Smith, Mr. Peal Arthur, Mr Peter Daniels, Mr Jackson Neol, consideration to the case. The residence in Chien " diki Ity arises from the test that about teen years go the Indy companied free
M. George Minor, die Bryan Leighton, M Henry Ziegler Edward Dignum, Mr married daughter to China-unwittingly omit
Edward Bugg, Mr Archibed Johnston, Mr M. zfmtalssohn, and Mr Giorga Alexander:"- ting to leave legal domicile in this country Servemained in Chinto two Aria kand she fir returned home, Shahduse koma rod in this country, so that out of her mom the tour soute
Let though har case years le har rodded for at lart.sighty roas Espects most deserving one the lady reaalataly of mod, on the purgesdon of friend to apply for a peridon when the act fest came into no fault of her own, sinoc changed he is still without a pension
tof pepolsiming Radicaly aro Izád öl
Unionist to old age pensioner under happen
Government Mr Ure and his friends would to well to look late the case I have brought under notice. It is that of widow who,
the aid thì trong hoa Tin ministry,
Most Union Cherch
shortening the period set for the granting of Constitutional Government. Although it has been represented in the Chinese news papers that the proposal had the support of a majority of the Grand Councillors as well as of most of the Imperial Princes in office, an Imperial Decree, published within the last few days, shows that other counsels
a friend on the mission of the Provincial Council delegates appears to have been ac cepted as oracular by certain high officials behind the Throne, and there is much spe culation as to whether we shall not see Yuan restored by the Court to favour at an carly date. Although he may not be a statesman in the highest sense of the word,
would be able to arrange a settlement.
After the tilla adjournmout the parties wore ragazze again taken before the Magistrate, and it was arplained that an agreement had been arrived The mother of the girl was ling to settle affair in consideration of payment of a man of 1100 by the youth who had stolen ham dan
affection. The defendant was agrosable to this course as soon as he could raise the money,
have prevailed. In the valedictory edist. he possesses judgment and strength of wil which he thought he could do in a few days vintion of permanently witling there and then
of the EMPEROR KWANG Haw the period of preparation for the Constitution was get as mine years, and the Deoree issued few days ago expresses the regret
Tarons that this period. cannot
be sho ned. When the Constitution was promised by the EMPEROR KWANG Hev in 1906, in obedience to the instructions of her Imperial Majesty the Empress Dowager, it was plainly stated in the Decree that much preparation was necessary before a Constitut. gion coull, esfelybe given. "Any impe ahown in introducing these reforme will in the end be so much labour lost" declared the Edict, and it went on to say It i incumbent upon us es a beginning there fore, to reform the official systera, next to
and is the only man who has shown himself capable in any marked degree of the leader. ship of which China to-day stands in such
dire need
Saveral Army offers left by the Rubi yester day for Manila to take part in the CA sports.
A native appeared before Mr. Hallifer at the Magistracy yesterday charged with satching a watch from a shopkeeper in Pokfulam Road, The offender tras found guilt,
to one year a imprison
The Hongkong Civil Ser has just been grund. formation we доте General among the Heads of Departmen which it in directed that KEMETZTERS Intentat co-operate with
revise carefully the laws in their most Secretary is crying on the prod minute details, promote, and encourage ernment with the least afrenz universal education, regulate the finances plmost dispeboh
His Worship adjourned the ces until Saturday anding the girl meantime to the Po Long Kak, and admitting the defendant to ball in the sum of $100 daah, or one sun of $2200, Fin Bootland.
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.io bat ber Circumstances Lavo, through
The CN. Co,' siz. Cainhua loft Shanghai on the 3rd inst, and may be expected here on the 5th Inst
The C.P.B. tr Empress of China perived Nagasals of 8 Cm on the 3rd instant, and left again sf 3 pm, mame day for Kobe, where ska iz dus to arrive at 5 pm on the 4th inst
The P&O Ceylon left Bingap
port on the 3rdinat
here on the 9th init, Et shoul
HOW TO BE BET
plation, "Mrs. Flim'a Creme Charms
will cable yo onialities for the Bkin ra the
ove
Mr. Goldring asked for an adjournment a the case was really in the hands of Mr. D'Almada savore cold and was not able who had sang
Mr. Goldring) w willing to the day. Then there were some And he also thought there- taken on commission
Lordship-I don't think that will be
don't see how either party wly settle their esas unless that is whole thing depends on what hap- ened at Shanghai..
Jackson opposed the spp His Lordship ald he should this 2765 not a diferit one, but bond not
a differe
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WEATHER REPORT
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report ---
On the 3rd at 12.10 p. The barometer has risen sus Idarably over E. Japan and the Bonin, and fallen over the contament, parti cularly along the Langtse valley
Eastwards The anti-cyclone deca la spread and now covers China 8. Japon and the Patte towards the Bening
Pasture is relatively low over the Pacific to the NE of Japan, and over the S. part of the
msoon, may be expected in the Channel, and strong monsoon over tha
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wafeighbourhood
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