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IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION BEFORE HIS HÖNÖTE MEH. HJ. GOLPEBIZ (PUINNE JUDGE),
THE CHARGES AGAINST ALLANA.
The hearing of the charger preferred against 6. H. E. Allans, of emshoesling #250 and a gold watch and chain, was continued before Mr. E. B Hallifax at the Magistracy yesterday.
Mr. F. W. Goldring (of Motres. Goldring, Barlow & Morrall) appeared for the prossen tion, while br. F. Paget Hett (of Messrs. Brution & Hatt) reprosented the defendant.
✅ INTERFLWÄDER ACTION. The claimant in this interplander action was
8. A. Marican, recalled for cross-gmmination, the proprietor of Wing Cheong shop at 11 Tang Street, the axecution creditor being Trotated that he parshosed the business of Sai Tip, and the third party the Bam Wo firm. Allana & Co, about November Zed, 1908. Mr. Davidson, of Messre. Hastings & Hastings, was for the claimant, and Mr. E. W. Tso rapes sonted the exsouter creditor.
The
gnment was prepared by Mesaro. Hastings & Hastings. He could not remember when Allana's bankruptcy petition was filed, but it might have been on November 3rd. **
Is your memory bad. Mr. Marican P-Ne, Anything that concerns my minesh I re-
Do you mean by that that S E. Allans &
After you purchased the business of Allans &
and ease in Court 3-Yes
Co, was not your business — benght it.
LONDON, March 1st. While a Chines gentleman was inspecting Mr. Asquith has moved to ap:Mr. Daridion explained that chiment a shop
stall in Do the articles offered for sale on a Voong Road, a thief anatched his watch and propriate the time of the House of ad not cocupy the whole of the ground
sito eide being the Sam Wo shop. The member. phain, and was in-turn mixed by a constable Commons until March 24th for the door, but only the right side, on the oppo After hearing the evidence adduced when the come to an amicable agreement by which man was charged at the Magistroy yesterday, Purpose of passing urgent supplies. Sam Wo were lessees of the whole of the Mr. Hallifax found the prisoner guilty and Then, after the Easter recess, he pro- ground fear from the plaintiff and they sentenced him to one year's imprisonment with posed to introduce resolutions in both had sublet one half of the shop to the claimant,
Houses of Parliament excluding the The claimant's shop was a durlo shop and was Co, the assignment of it was the subject of a hard labour and air hours' stocks,
A Chinese dispatch says that Great Britain, Lords from a voice on Finance Bills distinct from the defendant's shop, in which a for warlike purposes. An arrangement was the United States, Germany and France have and ensuring the predominance of tailoxing businses was sonducted. On the 18thigament of the businusa to you was
commuulsated with the Waiwapo, protating country precisely the same relative force after against the intended cancellation of the pre- the Commons over the Lords' veta fuit. a warrant of distress was iganest by the notition had been prepared on the same day and
liminary loan agreement. The Walways has accordingly asked the Ynalauga "to devízo some plan of action which, whilst not affecting international relations, will not provoke mur- mars from the people."
advocated which should preserve to each
the reduction as before, and this reduction of obsolete ships of the line was presented as paving the way for an amicable arrangement WHISKY for putting some limit to these new arma-
ments which were springing out of the BLEND OF THE FINEST PURE transition state of the two navies. It was
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Sir George Phillippo, who for the last 12 years has been British Consol at Croneve, has retired. Bir George formerly served as Judge at Gibraltar, Hongkong, Sierra Leone, and in the Straits Settlements, and hold the post of Attorney-General in British Columbin when he retired on a pension to live at Geneva. Of recent years Sir George has been in indifferent health, and his doctor now insists on complete
Hailways is to be opened on let April, that is, 19th March of the Russian ostendar. The details have just been arranged at Harbia.
clearly recognised at the time that the application of iron plates to shipbuilding, which had rendered the reconstruction of the world's masies necessary, had to be regarded as the commencement of an indefinite series of changes which made it not improbable that the new rest. flects would be obsolete almost before they! Through passenger traffic between the Rus were constructed. So in fact they were, but sian railways and Volunteer Fleet and the an international agreement for the limitation Japanese services concerned will be inaugurated of armaments was found to be a no more on 14th July, corresponding to txt July, by the practical idea than it has proved in the first Gregorian calendar. Prior to this, by way of decade of the twentieth century. If those preliminary, through passenger trafte between who were responsible for the naval administhe Chineas Eastern and the South Manchuria tration of France and Great Britain were in those days appalled at the prospect of a rivalry which offered a boundless field of expenditure to both, without antisfying either the reason or arabition of either, what can we say of the prospects to-day when our super-Dreadnoughts are costing nearly two A.S. WATSON & CO.. million pounds sterling apiece, and when nearly all the leading Powers of the world.
"Fest feel impelled to keep in the race? Yet it is Two Stop...Mumblin Mon
God Save the King, 1. vain to hope for international agreemente which will decide for ever the relative No lesse of land is registered in Dalny for a position of nations in the world. If longar period than twenty years, and the fifty years ago the movement so influentially Japanese Government Authoritise reserve the supported in England had achieved it power to raise the rents at their pleasure during object, what a different complexion the the currency of the lease. The consequence is that few of the foreign firms established in the world would wear to-day1 No German
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Navy would have developed, no Japanese Navy, andno American Nazy worth counting, England and France were to be acknow ledged for ever as the dominating Powers in the world. The proposal was obviously impracticable and will ever remain so while there are progressive and ambitious nations in the world. Complete disarmament is the only way of escape from the ever increasing financial pressure caused by this rivalry in artaments, but until the day of Armageddon U has passed this will continue to be only a
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BEUTEL tells us that the Navy Department at Washington, having learnt that Japan
is laying down two super-Dreadnoughts, is seeking the sauction of the Government for
The Bill within a single Parliament. carrying out these resolutions would be introduced later.
THE TIBETAN SITUATION.
DALAI LAMA APPEALS TO BRITAIN
AND RUSSIA.
Court to dietrain the goods and chattela on the promises of the Sam Wo for the sum of $450, be no doubt and the bailiff agreed with this We amount of tex mouths rent. There could view that the goods of the Wing Cheong were not in the apparent possession of the Sam Wa His Lordship asked Mr. Teo if he hold he was entitled to the goods
Mr. Tso said that he did. Mr. Davidson admitted that in common law the sub-fonant was liable to distress, otherwise dis. tross became a farce, but for some reason: the local Ordinance was so drawn us to modify that position altogether. If his position were of action against the bailiff, and possibly the orrect, then his client would have the right landlord for trespass.
London, March 1st. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Times" says the Dalai Lama has appealed to Russia for support conjointly with Great Britain against
Mr. Davidson-I have fled an affidavit stat. ing that the unprovoked aggression of there your goods,
Complainant stated that his name was Hung Chinese.
Pak Lam,
BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY
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FINANCE ASURES PASSED.
LONDON, March 1st. Mr. Asquith's motion was adopted
...Costa, without a division.
kind permission of Col. Prior and the Officers, the Band of the 13th Rajputs will play the following programme of music at the King Edward Hotel during dinner to inorrow (Thury- day) the 3rd March, 1910 March * Anh ranges1,”
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The Premier declared that the Goy. Goifrey.erment regard the prompt enactment
Godfrey.
Kabaer, of the anti-veto legislation as a primary
and paramount duty.
that the authorities, desirous to improve matters, but powerless to extend the term of lease, have decided to make an exception of this class of foreigner and to less lands to thow at a Brod rental for twenty years.
port have built their own offices. We now read
The sunken steamet La Seyne is now lying in twenty-two fathoms of water, the strong current in the Straits where the collision co carred having taken her off the comparatively shallow bank on which she went down. Not. withstanding this depth, an effort is to be made this week to recover the famous Hope diamond
Mr. Austen Chamberlain said the Opposition supported the Government in passing the necessary financial busi-
ness,
and had no desire to throw the nation into confusion by a soap
division.
Mr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the
sured its supporters that unless they Exchequer, said the Government as
found themselves in a position to en- sure that their proposals would become law they would not continue in office, The tension in the Liberal camp has been relieved by the exclusion of Re- form of the House of Lords from the Government's present proposals and
said to be fraudulent became the bankruptcy
Ried on the following day --It was not said to to be set aside, and it was compromised, to be fraudulent, hat the judge said the sale was
Messrs. Hastings & Hastings prepared the bankruptcy petition for Allans?-1 think so,
Do you know or do you not?-I cannot say for certain.
Do you mean by that that you never knew who preporod the pepere, or that you did know and have forgotten? Perhaps Mr. Hastings told me, but I am not quite certain about it.
Have you forgotten. that you paid Messrs. Hastings & Hastings the bill for Alinna's
an order, asking me to pay the costs. bankruptcy I remember the Court making
Did you ordid you not pay Messrs. Hastings
His Lordship -Yon have to show that these & Hastings costs? I did.
Mr. Two said the claiment was not Hang Pak Lam. He was imporecasting Hung Pak Lam and was perjuring himself,
His Lordablp-Are you sure you are Hung Pak Lam ?!
Witzen-I am quite sure.
His Lordship-You are quite sure you are not merely a relation i
Witness-I am quite sure. He added that he was never known by any other name.
Mr. Tep-Da all your neighbours in East Street know you as Hung Pak Lan P
Witness-My neighbours don't know me, You have been living there for nineteen years and your neighbours don't know you?-Well myown name is Ab You and my marriage namé is Pak Lum.
His Lordship-When did you first take your marriage name P
WitneWhen I was fifteen.
His Lordship When were you betrothed P Witness When I was fifteen..
Mr. Tao and the Wing Cheong and the Sam wo were really one, the two signboards being
business carried on. set up because there were two classes of
His Lordship, after hearing evidence, decided the issue in favour of plaintiff with costs.
CHARGE AGAINST A PAWNBROKER.
A pawnbroker named Chan Yuk Sing, who carrine on business at 57, Hollywood Road, was Magistrsay yesterday on a charge of failing to and a large amount of other jewellery and bon de
arraigned before Mr. J. R. Wood at the
known to have been on the steamer when the
seite and detain a person who pawned a diamond able cause to suspect of committing an unlawfat 8thank Mr. Teal, an expert diver of long expert concentration on the question of the ring, and whom he slenld having had reason-
ence, has been engaged for the work and is veto.
practice. making preparations to begin at once,
The Radicals are jubilant. The Detective-Bergeant Appleton prosecuted, and Looker & Deacon) appeared for the defendant. Mr. Abraham, of Messrs. S. J. David & Co., petion (E. da Rosa's team v. J. M. Britto's respondent of the N.-C. Daily News on the 18th Nationalists also appear satisfied with Mr. W. E. L. Shenton of Messrs. Desuan, alt, is recovering slowly but surely; for he is the Government's assurance that they now said to be practically out of danger, though will not continue in office unless they testifled to the ring produced being his, and he is naturally very weak after his long battle
The final of the eleven-a-side Football Com
team) will be played to-day at 5 pm, at Cause way Bay ground,
Sir John Jordan, writes the Peking cor-
His Worship-On the order of the Court ?. Witnose-Yes, I said so.
Mr. Hett-Can you suggest why the Court should make you pay the costs of Allana's bankruptcy - vannot
And you paid Messrs. Hastings & Hastings for the costs of the application for Allana's dincharge?—I might have paid it on his account. I remember he told me he had no money in hand. ⠀⠀
I suppose if you paid it on his account you would debit it in our books P-It should be dabited against his wages,
(A book was handed to witness, which he examined, and stated that there was no debit for this item.]
Whose handwriting is that P-Moss's, And It must be Moosa's mistake.
You made a definite arrangement with Allane that he was to receive 850 or $75 a monthYes.
He could take 650 er 75 as he liked No. After a fow
for months his salary was to su raised to $75.
When did you raise his salary to $75 P-It was not raised at all. After July I had to send him away for not attending to the shop, and because he visited bad houses. Then he bang
and wished to know if I would give him proper wages if he would work honestly. I told him I would pay him 850 a month and give him 334 told me he was sorry for what he had done,
per cent of the net profits,
Despite the fact that Allana's ealary was 850
Eventually when you discharged Allana you he drew a great deal meso, didn't he?—Yes. bought him a ticket to Bombay and paid him a sum of money?—Yos
How much money did you pay him P-Over $200,00
You knew on that data that you paid him $200 odd, and you knew that he had embezzled $250 Yes.
8250 năả.
How much did the ticket to Bombay cost F-
You also promised to give Allsna $2,500 didn't you?No.
Did you promise to give him a promissory e
Did you sign a note for that smonat-No. Did you say to Allana or anyone else, "I dare
It is notified in another column that the sup with pneumonia. His love has been granted, are able to carry out their proposals,etated that it was stolen on the night of Febru. notes for that amount P-No.
ply of water will be controlled in the Rider
ary 18th
Cross-examined by Mr. Shenton, he stated
the construction of a record-breaking main districts of the Colony from Monday next able to undertake the journey. Daring Biz JAPAN AND THE CHINCHAU" that he first missed the ring on the morning of not hand this note over, but I swear on the
battleship of 32,000 tons. Whatever may be the official explanations, it can confidently he predicted that the mass of the people on both sides of the Pacific will see in this aunouncement evidence of mutual animosity which heavily discounts the occasional acts of friendship exchanged by the two Govern- monta Fifty years ago the rivalry in
the water being turned on at each rider main for two consecutive hours daily.
In response to many equesis Prof. Jay G. Rodger, Ph.D ban consented to deliver another scientifle lecture in Hongkong-probably the last of this series. His subject will be, "The This will be delivered Miraculous Element." in Union Church School Hall to day (Wodnes
day) at 5.30 p.m. All will be welcome.
naval armaments was described by an- eminent. English publicist Is the monster
Mr. W. F. Mitchell, who was for some years evil of the day, though it was prac the principal in the East of Moars. Samuel tically confined at that time to England Samuel & Ce, contested the Dartford Division and France, Then we had DISRAELI in the Linionist interest and won by a majority passionately asking in the House of of 817. The Liberal majority at the previous Cormons: “What is the use of diplomacy! election was 2,804. Mr. Mitchell was for two What is the use of Government ! What is Years Chairman of the Tokohama Foreign
Chamber of Commerce, the use of cordial understandings if such things can take place? At that time the superiority of the iron-clad over the wooden line of battleship hel been established in the American war, and the improvements in explosive shells and other combustible misales and the means of projecting them satished the experts that in future naval. wars wooden ships of the line would be nothing but slaughter-houses, and that to crowd nearly a thousand man upon a huge wooden target, with thirty of forty
but the doctora cannot yet say when he will be
John's absence on leave for a year Ms. Mar Müller will be Chargé d'Affaires. There is no foundation for any of the numerous reports of other appointments to the pest of Minister to Poking
The Hon. Treasurer of the Allos Memorial and Aliated Hospitals bogs to acknowledge with thanks the following donstions to the funds
of the Hempitals:--
Three Patients
C. T. Gaupp & Co.. J. B. Michael & Co.
C. Montague Ede, Esq D. Domujee,
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W Н. Wickham. Eig
Patall & Co.
C. Abdools & Co.
Dorabjes & Son
Abdoolally Ebrahim & Co.
A. Becker, Esq.
Aquarius Co. N
Asgard, Thoresen & Co.
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The two armed Chinese who are alleged to
RAILWAY.
Did you hear Moosa's evidence in the Supreme
This is the first time you have heard the Count about the note you rofased to sign?-No, suggestion of this note for 32,500-Yes.
the 19th, and last saw it on the previous day, head of my child that I will forward this to you It was then in one of the drawers of his dear in India"--No,
Was there ever any suggestion that you at the office, That drawer was looked with a LONDON, March 1st.
Chalb's lock and key but had been broken should sign a promissory note F-No. Sir William Bull, MP, neked in open. It was not common knowledge in the the House of Commons whether the Government was prepared to admit Japan's claim to be consulted in the construction of the railway between p Chinchan and Aigun; also how Japan's attitude could be reconciled with her Treaty obligations.
Mr. McKinnon Wood. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, said he wan unaware of anything inherently un- le in Japan's demands. It reasonable
At the Magistracy yesterday before Mr Ballifax, with Lieut. C. W. Beckwith, R.N., sitting as assessor, the mater of the have been found at the residence of Mr. Hun was for China to decide whether these steamer Spir was charged with cbstructing the tor, No. 3, Lochiel Terrace, Kowloon, on the were acceptable. The matter was one approaches to the central fairway, and with tonight of February 17th, appearon before Mr for arrangement between ing to remove and take up a berth allotted by the EE. Hallifax at the Magistracy Fatorday China and Japan. Harbour Master. After hearing the evidence They were charged with assault with intent his Worship dismissed the first summons, while the second was withdrawn. “
The Saigon Opinion hears that a row agree mont between the French Government and the Mesageries Maritime Company is under official
THE DALAI LAMA!
Russia.
LONDON, March 1st, The Dalai Lama is expected at
to murder. Mr. P. Sydenham Dixon, Irem the office of Mr. R. A. Harding, said he had. just been instructed by the defendant, and asked for a remand. Inspector Langley raised no objection, but said he wished to add two further in their possession arms, one a leaded re- charges. The first was that the spoused had
and one a dagger, with intent to commit Darjeeling this morning. He will be them to a bombardment with detonating france to the company. It will also storico from the Captain Superintendent of Police.
with carrying as without a permit the guest of the Government.
The Buddhists are preparing shells and other combustible projectiles the company to build several steamers in foreign His Worship consented to the addition of the would be a suicidal proceeding. Conse: countries to meet the needs of the Manageries further churges, and remanded the mass until procession with local lamas, quently the Governments of the world sud. I services.
consideration at Paris. Under it, the Gore heother count charged the defand-
tons of gunpowder at their feet and expose mant will guarantee a loan of 25 millions of
this day wook.
office that he kept jewellery in his drawer, and ke never had dealings in jewellery at the office, None of the clerks, had left the offee, but who he went there that morning he found the door
La reply to Bergeant Appleton witness stated that the ring was not in the same state before as when exhibited in Court. It had been
cleaned.
The further hearing was adjourned until to-day.
THE HARBOUR ACCIDENT AT MACAO.
THE" ON LEE". "ZXONERATED. We learn that caly one death occurred to the result of the evertoning of a sampan at Masso on Sunday by the On Lea. There were throw women and a boy of ten years on board at the time, and all the women were saved." "An inquiry took plaon stt Harbour Office at Macao shortly after the accident, when Mr. Gil Perely, who was on the steamer wharf at the time and witnessed what cocurred, gave evidence. The Harbour Macter sxonerated Captain Cameron from blame, and held that the sampan ought not to have tried to pses near the steamer when she was going to her wharf. We are informed takes the report that the steamer was required to gire • substantial bond before har departure was inocrrest.
You swear that Yes.
You su not telling the to th. Is your memory coming back 734y memory in all
g
When did you first discover that Allans had ambezzled your money P-About August 19th, 1909
Did Moosa make you a prosent of his part og′′ the business of Allans & Co. -No.
Was Moon working for you?-No; he was a friend
Half the business of Allens belonged to Moosus didn't it You may say so, batit did not.
Did Mooss pay you anything for his board
How did you and out Allons had embezzled and lodging P-No, he looked after the busines
$250 Moon told me,
When did you first hear of the embezzlement of the watch and ohsin Mooss told me some time in May, 1909,
After further evidence the hearing was adjourned.
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