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THE HONGKONG DAILY
His Majesty the King, han ut bon to exercise his power of disalloASCO poot to Ordinance No. 23 of 199, Ordinance to amer relating to Opium and Its
Frederick Faulkner,
the American Legation in capacity, has been found and has received prisonment at San Quentin Ben Bay).
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY /TE, 1910.
rtain quarters has risen considerably the railway to Cantos will be runn
and so bring closer to that great centre but we are still more anxious to with the iness portionvoit con
Hankow, for if the two lines are
to be separated by the length and breath of the city of Canton, through carriage of goods enaberalment between here and places beyond Canton will be in - randared impossible and our line robbed of its Tinciso chief support and aim. It is to be hoped that our Goremment fe fully alive to this and will bring pressure to hear in the right quarter su fhat we may be linked up with the main line from the start and no gap be permitted in our
A scheme is being matured fy establishing Large sugar refining company a Formoss
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JAPAN'S NATIONAL CREDIT.
LONDON, February 6th
SUPREME
COURT.
Saturday, 5th February,
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
BEFORE THE FULL COURT
THE MOOSA CAŊM JAMAN The Aeting Chief Juation (Hon Mr. Rest Dari K.C.) and the Puis Judgo (Mr. H.
The Premier, speaking in the Diet, trial of Moosa, Ebrahim for various
dwelt upon the improvement in the national credit, and announced the
H. J. Gomperta) sat to hear argument on the several points raised by defendant's counsel in offences under the Bankruptcy Ordinance. The first point was whether the word "person"
in the number of tontista viisting Japan has been a feature of cent years. The situation of Japan has always been distant, but, the facilities for reading the country have never been so great, nor, we may add, o cheap as they are today. Nor do the bad hotels go far to explain the decrease, for if there are bad hotels, it must also be said that there are many in the most popular resorts of Japan, which, with the hotele compare favourably to be found anywhere East of India. But the statement of our Yokohama con
was what was the meaning of his property," temporary that "Japan has acquired an
through connection with the North. The im intention to prosecute the policy ofnotated a firm or body incorporate, the second portance to
need not dwell on it to you, gentlemen. The ac./convorting the loans in the future in and the third was the mossing of the word evil fame abroad with the result that
counts are simple and require little explanation order to relieve the country from the majority in the Jury Ordinance.
The Hop. Mr. F. A. Haroland (Attorney- very large losses are suffered every, year,
ment Sundry Debtors representa various enormous amount now paid way an- General) and Mr. M. W. Blade, instructed by The scale of fees chargeable for exarsistion cannot be controverted and bad guides
nually in interest.
Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, Crown Solicitor, appeared and unscrupulous tradesmen have certainly in the Bacteriological Institut is published in accounts receivable which are all good. ·· Our ro-
for the prosecution, while r, Eldon Potter, had much to do with the making of this is the current Gustle. No char's will be me de ingeanne is only very slightly loss, bat to earn it wa
JAPAN'S SYMPATHY WITH nstructed by Mr. C. D. Wilkinson and Mr. C. reputation. What led to the observations espest of specimens from or is stod had to do a large turnover and pay out more in on borrowed money, ote. We have
PARIS
E. H. Beavis (of Mesars. Wilkinson & Grist), appeared for the defendant. raising decided to recommend the usual dividend of eight per cont. this time, as we hope to show little larger proft for the present
needs re year, but our Reserve Fund plenahing and we must not keep up this
capital of Y 10,000,000. Among the promoter are the leading business mon of Oaks, Tolayo and Kyoto, Marquis Matakse is reported be keenly interested in the prost
cases of infections 'disesse uitted, for/
in
in the Colony.
to
of our contemporary was the announcement amination by a medical practioner that the Welcome Society an institution founded about fifteen years ago facilitate the coming of touriste Japan and to make their sojourn comfort
kwas
of this to all of us in no manifest that I Men Bag
Toxro, February 6th. Their Majesties the Emperor and
Mr. Potter, in opening, painted out that the jury convicted defendant on one count, namely, of concealing his share in the partnership baal-
The case in which a Chiese rout charged with taking a girl under the age of 18 years from the custody of her mother, in which able-is now in low water. The Society has Mr. Hallifax was to have detared-histleofsion rate unless we are also able to place a substantial Empress have cabled twenty thousand ness of 8. E. Allana & Co., and that three at the Magistracy on Satulay, was again amount to the credit of that fund. But we francs to Paris in aid of the relief of published guide books useful to tourists, adjourned. The mother had agres to allow have been able to do that in the past, and I do the distress caused by the recent but apart from that we have no knowledge the routh to retain her daughter in o jeiders not despair of being able to do it again, for
Hion of his paying her $100, and the da fendant was allowed until Saturday morning to raise that amount. When the case was called on his Worship was informed that only $60 ws forth coming, no silowed another adjournment to enable the youth and his frends to see rok for the balance of the bargain mwey.
Returns of the average aunt of bank notes in circulation and of spede in reserve in Let Hongkong during the math ends January, 1910, sa certified by the mana yers of the respective banks, are as follows
BANKS.
AVERAGES AMOLENE,
SPECIE
We learn that up to of its operations..
be said to have the present, it may been supported solely by a few hundreds of yen obtained yearly as subscrip tions from its members, and by the proceeds of its publications sale, but it has been notified that the Railway Board will hence forth cease to purchase the Society's booke and maps, and similar action in other quarters, together with the marked reduction in the stream of tourists, has brought down its income by fully 50 per cent. It has now applied to the Prime Minister, asking that the matter should be brought to the notice of the Diet In other words, we suppose this means asking the Diet to grant a subvention. No doubt there is plenty of cope for a Society in Japan with the aims and objecta of the Welcome Society, and although there is perhaps something to be said, in the present instance, in favour of the subsidy, one cannot help thinking that a Society of this kind should derive its suppproached by Detective Nakazam of the A. S. WATSON & CO.. port entirely from the voluntary contributions Hongkow police station, with a proposition to
of the interests likely to be benefitted by its print several hundred en ones which aid, as is the case with similar Societies undertook to dispose of. The enges rem at which exist in certain other countries, first agreed to the propen but later backed
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Chartered Bank of India,
Australia and China, 4574.119 4,000,000 Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation, 11552,436, 13,000,000 National Bank of China,
51,253 Nil Limited
a
Total
... 14177,808 171,000,000
For some time past, says the Shanghai Iercury, number of Japanese engravers ha1 | e been printing bank notes for Cilebso banks, Borne time ago several of engraver
were
he
everything, I think, points to a steady revival of trade in the Colony in the months to come. Before I move the adoption of the Report And Accounts I aliall be pleased to answer sny ques tions from shareholders.
There being no questions the report was adopted, on the motion of the CHAIRMAN, sevezded by Mr. WHITE
The re-election of Dr. Noble and Messrs. H. F. White and U. Poi On to the poulting committee was proposed by Mr. MACHADO, seconded by M. MCNEIL, and carried. *
Mesars A. O'D. Gourdin and W. Kutton
message
[REUTER'S SERVICE TO THE BONGEONG DAILY FRESS."]
THE DISASTROUS FLOODS IN FRANCE.
points were reserved. The frat point, was whe
unincorporate, the second, what was the meaning or the word "person" included a firm or body of his property", sad the third lind reference.
floods.
The Mayor of Tokyo has cabled a to the meaning of the word "majority"" in the Jury Ordinance, Dealing with the first point, of sympathy.
Counsel said that Eub-section 1 of Section. 82 of the Bankruptoy Ordinance stated. that any person against whom a respiving order had been made, whether adjudged a bankrupt or not, should in each case following. be guilty of a misdemeanour. In this case, said Mr. Potter, admittedly the only receiving order was made against the firm of Moon Vieira & Co. It was agreed that this was a partner- ship consisting of defendant and his father, He submitted that unless the recel ving order: had been made against the defendent personally there could bọ ne conviction uncler the sootion he had quoted. Obviously as po roceiving order Lad been made against defendant personally the The Chartered Bank of India,only possible mode of convleting him would be Australia and China and he Hong. kong and Shanghai Banking Corpora- tion have each given £105.
LONDON, February 5th. The Mansion House Fund for the Potts were re-elected auditors, on the motion of relief of the distress caused by the Mr. Tezzy, spoonded by Dr. WHITE.
floods in France now amounts to 250,000
The CHAIRMAN-That is all the business, gentlemen. I am obliged to you for your attendance. Dividand warrants are now ready,
LORD KITCHENER.
CHINO-JAPANESE SIVALRY DURING PRKING TIBIT
One of the penalties of the greatness that a man like Lord Kitchener of Khartoum must. pay is the loss of privacy enjoyed by ordinary Even though he himself states that he will persone Heiss never be entirely unofficial. face a plodere trip like any other globe-trefter, people are sure to suspect him of deep and hid den motives. This is exactly what has happened
LONDON, February 6th. M. Briand, the French Premier and Minister of the Interior, his declared that the effects of the flood) are more limited than had been feared, and that the apprehension of an epidemic
by deciding that the wading order made against the fhm was a receiving order made against him personally.
The Chief Justice pointed out that by Bub- section 2 of Section 6 a reeving order made againat a firm should affect the joint and separate property of each partner.
Mr Potter That is purely a clell matter concerning property.
The Chief Justice I it affects property
does it not affect any offence under the Ordin-
ance connected with proparty?
Mr. Potter-No, my Lord. It is purely a
notably in the United States. In any case a cut. The police were infirmed and they in with regard to his tour of the Far East, writes following the abatement of the floodaivil matter. When a roeiving order is made
Welcome Society cannot do much to entice tourists to Japan so long as the, hotel- keepers and others who benefit from the
abroad influx of tourists do nothing of themselves to change the "eril
fame
which it is admitted the country has acquired in regard to its treatment of foreign visitors. The Welcome Society, we read, was started with a view to all these reforms, but it has proved powerless,-after fifteen years of effort. Want of funds, we are told, bas
the Paking correspondent of the argonaut
(San Francisco The Chimese have heard that has disappeared. he will be present at the autuma manœuvres în Japan, and review 10,000 men there: they have been given hints that he carries a special letter to the Miksic from King Edward in his pocket
se
and they wonder what it means. The and Japanese, on the other hand, watched him as a
noted the Japanes; cumulate, 4 result that for the past week D. točtive Nakamura has been detained at the Corulate, being ambjented to a stris sxaminatios Nakamurs has now bear found guily hit connection with the proposed
sentenced to four months' imprisonment
to deal
COMPANY MEETING. CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND
MORTGAGE COMPANY.
The thirteenth annual mpting of share holders
eat watches a monso all the time he was in Feking, and wondered what he said to the Regent, and whether he advised his own Govern
ELECTORAL REFORM IN PRUSSIA.
LONDON, February 5th. The electoral reforta bill which has
ment to increase the number of Belting ours been introduced in the Prussian Diet
preserves the system of voting by
against to firms in the firm name the property is liable, trut the person in certainly not liable to criminal proceedings. Proceeding, Mr. Potter skid so far as the Hongkong Ordinance wan concerned the word “person" certainly only in- qluded a body corporate The Crown might say that if his construition were right they would never prosecute a partner for a bankruptcy offence. But he would show their Lordships
how they got over that diffoulty at Home. Counsel then proceeded to quote authorities in
now studying language in Chius--and worrying Japan by their curiosity about her dolage
When he started for Manchuria the struggle between the two nations became painfully acute, classes, according to the amount of rapport of his contention, pointing out, that in days when sheep stealing was punishable by They were sack ready to tear him įlimb from
prisoner was guilty of stealing a sheep, although
Thould be sent before 11 am on day of crippled its capacity for usefulness, and we in the above company was held on Saturday #limb rather than allow the other to have the taxes paid and the open non-secret death the Courts refused to conriot unless the
publication After that hour the supply
limited. Only supply for Cash,
Telegraphic Address Paras.
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MARRIAGE.
On the 5th inst, at St. John's Cathedral, by the Ber. F. T. Johnson, MA STANLEY C.
fas officer of the genera managers. suppose that the case for a subsidy would Shewan presided, and that were also be that if the Society has to depend H. F. White, D. MoNail, for its existence on the voluntary contribu Machado, E. W. Terry, A A. Cordero,
Me.
resent
M. R.
and
tions of the people whom a tourist traffic. A. Young (abcretary) directly benefits, it could not count on a long life if it began to conduct the campaign against excessive charges, bad hotels and so
whole of him. What the Japanese wanted war ballot, but voters will elot the De- to take him under their charge from New
chwang, to Inige him, feed him, and generally puties direct instead of indirectly, spises him it the moment he left the The number of voters is kigher and
sountry What the Chinese wanted was to entertain him in the palace of their govornor at the divisions are increased The Secretary having read the not 18.6o. Mukden just be how the Japanese and other NITARREK people host is the real authorityingi Mano- 4. Both parties began to invite him while vening the meeting,
he was still in the Yang Valleyfour daya way from Peking. He received urgent telegrams at all hours of the day and night. One from the Chinese demanded an immediate depended upon it. A reply was prepared, but to Cannes, before it was sent off Lord Kitchener himself
and definite answer, as many arrangements
The Daily Press. Welcome Society, if the publicity which has it was the rate of interest dined whichs remesh specially naked to see spactly how the telegram
HONGKONG, FEBRUARY 7TH, 1910.
Mukden: Imposable scoopt your invitation. had been worded. He read "Governor of Other plans are being suggested.”
MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
LONDON, February 5th. Mr. Joseph Chamberlan has
gone
TURKEY AND GREECE.
APPREHENSIONS RHEOVED.
The CaIBMAN said on will have from the Report and Accounts which were MACNIDER to ADELINE G. H. HERBST, forth with the activity that the circum-ed some days age that the business done in HONGKONG OFFICE: 101, DEB VOUS ROAD C stances demand. Residents in Hongkong 1909 hoes & falling off, é father the result is LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLERT STEERT EO and the Treaty ports of Chins will not not so satisfactory as if of the previca year, regret the moribund condition of the for although thesctual tuniver was really larger been given thereby to the causes contribuit lower than zal that has advarsely affected our ing to the decline in the tourist traffic to pronts The fact is, noxey was so a hoop and Japan
results in arousing the cesscience of plentiful throughout the year that it was very liloult to keep it employs for as our customers We notice in the Japan papers a lament all comparned to the need of reform in the paid back old losos at high rates time was lost that there has been a marked decrease in directions indicated Japan will always putting the money out agala, and thenew los the number of tourists visiting the country passes attractions for the holiday seeker would only be negotiated si lower rates of inter in Asia, but so long as those who go there est, the competition for inst-class mortgages be, ears. Something, much perhaps, in recent years.
ing partionlarly severe last year. Our godown recognition of it, make others recognise Cabinet that an agreement between remarks the Jayen Mail, is to be attributed with the tales of extortionate asinis has boon very stafsetory and has been the Chineed supremacy in Mashtiris. But the Powers has been reached which
instinctively As you to Japan's distant situation, and to the diffi- charges which have been so common in very useful to our loans department.
years, little improvement in the will see, we lost nothing by our investments in made him give the "teoft recent culty of getting at her, a great deal, a very
ver Co., na the China Light and great deal, is also due to the bad hotels, the volume of this traffic can be expected.
were disposed of at a pruit and the exorbitant charges for carriages, jinriksha
$90. The present exterinary low and so forth, and the chicanery practised by The English Mail of the 8th January was redeemed at $100, thek
guides in the matter of commissions." Residents in Hongkong and eTraaty ports
delivered in London on the 4th inst.
The meeting of the China: Association takes
for Cement shares meitates. Fur
opinion those shares AEscuchande
ing
SATIJITING ALL. PARTIES. "No, that won't do at all," as remarked, sud, Muken Very many thanks indeed for your aking out his penicilote Governor of courteous invitation, which I regret not being able to accept, as I shall be in Mukden only two I how important it was that he should, by or to hours" At that time he had not
LONDON, Febmary 6th.
M. Pichon, the French Minister of Foreign Affair, has informed the
the hot mid cattle." They refused because cattle might bear variety of canings
He saked that that prinople be applied to the argument in the present case that they could not convict, because the word "person" might have a variety of meanings. And when they had an Ordinance which expressly e said it should include body incorponta, – and when at Home express enactments stated that it should include body unincorporate, then he said their Lordships must say that the word person was an ambiguous word and that they could not allow a conviction when in fact it was in their power to construe the word favourably to prisoner. The section had two possible mennings, and once that fact was simitted defendant must be acquitted. If they put upon the word * person" the meaning "any one individual against whom a receiving order has been made, defendant could not be convicted, because in fact the receiving order had not been made against this passage in such a way as would soquit
him. Because their Lordahme could constras
set for which he is we moves dompro will prevent complications between prizomes on the authorities He had quote
nine arranged in Peking after many anxiona hotes for all converted Bally skilled b parties. The famous soldier, with Heaven only know what intrigues up his sleeve, did stay quotation with the Chinese Governor of Makden after all lafer he allowed himself to be taken in writing band by the Japanese and shown the battleboda
khand by Таралово
Turkey and Greeds.
they ware bound to do so. With regard to the second point, an to concealment of “hia The Minister added that the de- property counsel said it was proved by
clarations of the Governments of the Crown witness Allans that a water Turkey and Greece had removed of defendant's interest in vertain
of Chios will not be abis srzated in this place at the City Halat 4 p.m. this afternoon, $20,000 from the Herve Fand, bat in our of the Russo-Japaness war by their generals apprehensions.
statement, for they must constitute & very
An advertisentent in another colon calls
large proportion of the tourists" referred for taulers for the opiam farm of the Frenon to. If they are showing a tendency to spend territory of Kwongson wan
rather", we'
their summer vacations elsewhere, it is not because of Japan's distant situation, but
42 we venture to suggest, because the cost of a holiday in depan has increased so enormously in recent years. It is not merely that the charges for carriages, pariksha and so forth are axorbitant, but the descr tion is one we haye fréquen returning tourists apply to accommode tion generally in Japan nowadays
This undoubte
in the diversion
Japan
the
the
Police Sergeant Sim and Lange Sergeant Fowler have been appointed exatainers of weights and measures in the New Territories.
Mr. B. Calton Baker formerly of the US Consulata, Fouche and Istlers of the s of Far East Affairt, US State Department,
HAZAREVEL has been appolated U.B. Consul at Autung.
Mr. Calhoun, the China, will sat 8th March by After a brief
will recover their true vise what
to its old channels and the
running after strange
valuation they cannot
year I do generally
ed and who fought in them, and who were sent over esturas from Japan for that special purpose.
WEDDINGS IN HONGKONG...
Three
ship property had been made to his (Moss's infant son.· · Defendant was charged and con- victed of concealing his interest therein Ob- iously if he had transferred his interest on November 25th there was nothing to concent. nied in the Colony
The Chief Justice-Dld is contine, parlasť P. Mr. Potter We sa zot, my lost. Allana at Et. Jam's Cathedral, the fet being Mar and It. Stanley Csaid it was a fraudulent transfer, and that de- Schanson officiated fendant remained pestar to the end. Counsel then argued that boause the transfer, was which took place at the King fraudulent it was not roid in the sense that fter, the reception
the happy cogh left for Mauso
the property kad actually passed away from the transferor to the fran
Theliaya Lord Kitebaner remorked privately rket has doneer and till he was only anxious to see the
their present lay
the land, and had no wish to fight every over again. It is not likely, however, that apsrete, general specially, sent over from Mis on Saturday, two were country will let bir guest on any detaile. The the contracting part
rion of 8 Field
of Great Britain prafers buying. Piroslan, to tramping lafield's would be incomprehensible to the Japanese mind, and especially to the Japaneto
ment, for this
the
and the
of the ainly
ntiful for
has had some hesita
American Minister to secur Ban Francisco on the dente
hist he will proceed will be Appointinent Hioman, who returned to the situat Colony on Friday after a holiday at Home, bar sepainted: Acling Becretary of the Chias be struck out of the catalogue of reasong Fire Insurance Co.Ltd, during the absence of which go to explain why a marked decrease Mr. G. W. C. Pemberton.
we think
ness and its worDD
tary techniqu
́s doubt, Lord Kitche
kept down to the
in the For Efst. che sveldet any unso because, as he said sever the most interes
and he wishe
dding was celebrated, H3,8. Tanár, being maz-
of the Nerd the Rev. O: R
were attiche
Dealing with the third paint reserved he held and not that there must be a majority of 6 to
6 to 2 mg in this case, before there could be a conviction.
The hearing was adjourned until to-day.
HOW TO DE BEAUTIFUL alictric plexion, Mrs. Ellen Créme
Charmant and Special Skin Charmant will enable Spesialities for the 8ấu Blethine, A. 8. Warm Co, I
the afternoon at the Union Church, Kennedy Road, the wedding of Affs B. M.C.M. Detzners to Dr. K. Hosh was clebrated by the German pastor