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and now utilise iron, though they do not yet understand the treatment of metals. Whereas formerly both sexes want naked, they now wear simple garments. They no longer make fire by rubbing together pieces of wood, but utilize iron and steal. They aro not wanting in a sense of the artistic: the designs and colour, affects which are shown in their cloth give evidence of this, and some are very skilled in carving," "etc. Their prodatory habits and head-banting proclivities, however, have caused the Jap- anese administration a good deal of anxiety, and military operations against them have WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS been necessary for the protection of the peaceable and law-abiding inhabitants in the plains, and it has been alleged that the policy of the Japanese authorities is to treat these aborigines as if they were vormin to be exterminated. That is a very strong in dictment to bring against the authorities and ohe which we are glad to believe is disproved by the small difference in the census returns of the savage population over the period of fifteen years during which these operations. have been in progress. The aim in view has been not to exterminate, but to bring the tribes under civilising influences. So far as our information of these operations WHISKY has enabled us to judge of them, we have
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The King has granted to Mr. Alexander Smith Harvey, barrister-at-law, his Majesty's Royal licence and authority to accept and wear the Insignia of the First Clase of the Third Division of the Imperial Order of the Double Dragon, conferred upon bim by the Emperor of A China in recognition of valuable service rendered by him.
ASSEMBLY.
END OF THE ERSSION.
PEKING, January 10th- The Assembly adjourns to-morrow. Prince will represent the Throne at an elaborate private ceremony.
The impression formed of the The result of the usual Hygiene Competition for Schools in Hongkong which was held in session's work is that while the December has now been published. There were Assambly's labours have resulted in 16 competing teams with 136 competitors. The the shortening" of the Parliamentary Belilios Public School obtained the first place,
during 1911.
SUPREME COURT.
Tuesday, 10th January."
IN OLIGINAL JURISDICTION.
got. That was the broad history of the tran sations, The defendant was to obtain materials. iron-work and so on, from the plaiutiff, and' there was the usual power of ordering artros and so forth in the contract. On being found that the joists spesified were not sufficiently
BEFORE HIS HONOUR SIS FRANCIS PIGGOTT heavy, heavier joists were ordered, and they
·(CHIEF JUSTICE).
COUNTERCLAINS FOR WORK DONE. John Lemn suad Chan Kam to recover the aum of $2,363.28, doing balance due for work done and materials supplied and for rent, dus by the defendant to the plaintiff. Defendaut -counterclaimed a sum of $4,847.75 us money dus for work done and materials supplied and money expanded.
Mr. M. W. Blads, K.C., instructed by Mr. J. H. Gardiner, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. C. G. Alabaster, instrnoted by Mr. Hang of Man. Denoon, Looker & Lencon), repre-
iented the defendant.
Mr. Alabaster raid he had an application to make under sections 132 and 176 of the Code that six paragraphs of the statement of claim should be struck out with certain necessary
that they disclosed no cause of action, and were consequently annecessary, vexations and embar- rassing.
and is accordingly entitled to hol the Shield scheme and a half promise of a the greatest number of marts, Miss Shia Taking tremendously, instilling patriotism
The competitor who obtained Cabinet, it has influenced public feel-paragraphs of the particolars or the ground bing, was a member of the winning team.
We are requested by the Attorney-General, Mr. Roes Davior, to state that a report in regard to his accident that the pony shied and throw him is incorrect, as is also the statement that he was picked up in a semi-conscious con-
dition.” The fact is the pouy, while 'cantering, crossed his legs and fell and Mr. Reas Davis, who was never at all unconscious, prosesded to the Golf Club and afterwards to his rooms entirely nosided. While complying with the Attorney-General's request, wa may mention that the inaccuracies did not appear in our own
report of the accident
would have dous,under similar conditions, Chinese string band. The theatricals are con-
and hope in the destiny of China,
{31775R'S SEBTICE TO THE "NONGKƠNG
DAILY TRS35."
BAGDAD
AND NORTH PER- SIAN RAILWAYS.
LONDON, January 10th. The Paris correspondent of "The 11 says that since the return of Times M. Sazonaff to Russia, Great Britain and France have been kept fully
Mr. Blade thought it would be correct to open with the pleadings, and then take the objection,
His Lordship agreed,
Mr. Shade then read the pleadinge.
Mr. Alabaster then brought forward his application to strike out six paragraphs of the statement of claim and certain paragraphs of the particulare.
His Lordship-You have admitted two of the paragraphs.
Mr. Alabaster I have admitted that what he
has stated about them is true.
were ordered in places where, in the course of the carrying out of the work, it became apparent they would be desirable. These joists were in due course supplied by the plaintiff to the defendant, and the defendant, until this action commenced, had never contested his liability to pay. They were delivered to him the prices given to him, and lo had to pay for those joists just as much us for the bricks and mortar med in the construction of the building- And the reason for the delay in making a claim against him was because of the insolvency of Chan Hewan: the plaintiff very fairly lot the mattor run on until the plain- fiff actually received payment under. his mortgage, but when the contractor got dash in hand plaintif expected to be paid. When Chan Hewan died the defendant employed the plaintiff to get out an accurate account of what was then due, and what was going to become due to him from Chan Hewan's estate under this contract. And the amount named in the mortgage was based upon this account given by the plaintiff, plus the amount duo to the plaintiff himself out of the estate of Chau Hewan, which together made a total of 313,000. Defen- daat had to get necessary iron lars from the plaintiff, and the latter supplied him with 700, which ought to have gone into the work. Of the number,supplied some 126 were retained.
His Lordship-This is a case which should be referred to au official referes at once.
Mr. Slade asked his Lordship to settle the actual liabilities, then the details of the work.
never regarded them in the light of we TRE sures to exterminato. The authorities owe it to the law-abiding people of the island to afford them security for their lives and property, and we are glad to see that a British missionary not prejudiced on the side of Japanese policy in all matters of administration" is able to testify that the Japanese authorities and military oficials have dealt with the aborigines of Formosa as kindly and humanely as any other nation The missionary, wliore identity is not disclosed, but who is doubtless well-known to foreign residents in Formosa, since ho' would seem to have considerable knowledge of the Japanese operations, says the Japanese have lost hundreds of lives in gorila warfare, and through wholesale massacres, "yet they have never treated the savages in like manner." In short, we gather that the Japanese military authorities have shown most admirable restraint under great provocation and that in the criticisms which have described the methods pursued sa "methods of barbarism," there has been "a reckless perversion of actual facts." One instance of this is given. An electrical- ly charged wire is used as a ring fence. This has been pointed to as one of the methods of barbariem," but the British missionary says of it: "This wire is as harmless as any ordinary fence wire during the day, except in cases of serious uprising on the part of Dione stood well towards Yaumati, the other Dr. Richmond will superintend the completion wasting the time of the Court.
His Lordship What is your point under eos- could be refereed na suggested. With regard to the rent of Kowloon fulant lot No. 5, x. Slade The variety entertainment in aid of the Sol-informed of the state of the Russo-tion 1527 diers and Sailora" Home takes place in the
Mr, Alabastar-That these paragraphs disinformed the Court that the defendant was Theatre. Royal to-night. The programins is German negotiations regarding the close no-cause of action and are therefors unaoonrrying out not only the works on the very attractive. In the first part there will be future of the Bagdad and Northcessary, and that inasmuch as they will occupy Station Hotel, but was also building thres Chinese amateur theatricals, with music by Persia railways. It is, therefore, considerable amount of time, and there is a Europeaa houses on an adjoining lot for a Mr great deal of dispute about them, they will tend Patel, For the execution of these works he ducted on European lines and are the first of the made clear that the present Russo-to prejudies, subarass and delay the fair trial of required a vacant space to put his workmen kind to appear in the Theatre Royal. In the German pourparlers have nothing to the action. Counsel then reforced to section 176, store his material, carry on carpentering work bayonet drill. bayonet fighting, Swedish drill, second part there will be a display of sword and do with the European balance of which stated that the Court might order any and so on. There was no room for this upon pleading to be struck out on the ground that it the ground on which the Station Hotel was outlass drill and a cockade fight with single power or Russia's relations with disclosed no reasonable cause of sotion or defence, being built, so he endeavoured to flad space in He was turned off thres sticks by seamen of H. M. S. Monmouth. France and Great Britain.
His Lordship-That is not at the trial, surely? the neighbourhood LATER. Mr. Alabaster-If the statement of claim dis. places which he tried to use as a damping doses no cause of action on the face of it, it is ground for his material, until finally he put the The Berlin "Vossische Zeitung
useless to go on with it. says there can be no question of a complete surrender of the final section or terminus of the Bagdad railway to Great Britain. If the latter insists, Germany will know how to get what she wants over Great Britain's head.
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ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB
The 6th Club Races were sailed on Saturday, 7th instant, in a fresh N.E. breeze.
Eight yachts competed in the Handicap Class, viz,!
E.
Dione, Sir Henry May, K.C.M.G. Tris, Commodore Eyres, H.N. Erica, Mr. A. Denison.. Ada, Col. Chapman, Kathleen, Offlcers, Colleen, Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C.. Min, Messrs. Irving and Alabaster. Ayesha, Capt. Loring, R.G.A. The course was North Fairway Buoy (star.) miles. Dione led the fleet to the North Fairway Kowloon Dock (star) Channel Rocks (star.), 10 Buoy, closely followed by Ada. On the beat up
boats kooping moro in the Fairway. Iris showed some of her old form and took the leading position before Channel Rocks were reached and held it to the finish.
The times of finishing were as follows:
Actual Corrected Marka
time,
Iria Dione...
H. M. 8.
time.
H. M.
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THE TONKIN PULP AND PAPER:
CO.B PROJECT.
#1
Dr. G. F. Richmond, the technical manager of the Tonkin Pulp and Paper Company, is due
Car' time, en route for Vietri, in Indo-China, to arrive in Hongkong in about sight or nine
where the mill for the Company is being arested.
of the mill buildings and the installation of the machinery as it arrives, and will also organise the field service for the transportation of the raw material to the mill site. The mill is to be situated on the right bank of the Clear River, on
His Lordship-Ton more to strike it out? Mr. Alabaster-Yen,
should raiss it on the pleadings.
Hi Lordship-That is a point of law. You
whole of his material and built a matshed on the plaintiff's lot. For this he was charged a rent based of six per cent on the value of the ground he occupied, and which came to 560 a month. Apparently there was nome verbal
Mr. Alabaster-I am not bound to raise it on arrangement, bat no payment was made of this amount, and subsequent letters were written the pleadings.
specifically telling the defendant in the course. of his occupation what his rent would be. In June, 1904, Mr. Lemm made a contrast with the defendant to build a couple of houses on Kow. Icon lot 5. These houses were to be finished by December 31st, but by the following Angast the defendant had not even opened up the
Hi Lordship-You cannot ignore section 174. Mr. Alabaster your Lordship will read the paragraphs you will see that this will dolay the action by proving something on which the plaintiff cannot possibly recover.
His Lordship There again you come round to the same point. If it is a point of law raise
my pleadings I may move at any time to save it in your pleadings.
Mr. Alabaster-I am not bound to raiso it in
trenches for the foundations. He did the work
impossible for him to carry out his contract un vary improperly, and finally it became perfectly-
to time..
His Lordship-Directly you do that the ob vions answer is, why didn't you take out a sum-Station HotelP
mons?
His Lordship Is he still working at the
Mr. Blade The Station Hotel is finished Mr. Alabaster-If I could have disposed of Proceeding, Mr. Slade stated that plaintiff told the statement of claim by summons I would have the defendant to stop the work referred to, as he
& site in close proximity to the town of Vietri. /faved the whole of my costs by doing so. Tho was disentisfied. Mr. Lemm then agreed to pay
to date, and in immediate touch with railway and river
18
4 57 53 (3) 4 57 4.58 23 (7) 4 68 23 38 Kathleen 5 0 46 4 54 Erica.. 0 54 (5) Colleen 5 2 32 da 5 4 5
LIEShow?
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transportation.
Work on the mill buildings is reported to be well under way, and is being carried out to designs by export pulp mill engineers acquainted with local conditions. The designs have been
plaintiff as a third party is trylug to enfores the terms of a contract between the defendant and Chan Hośna, which the latter's administrator on the would not dare to enforce himself.
to
About
the savages.
At night it is charged, but all the savages know this grave fact. The result is that there is hardly any loss of life. On the other hand, without this means of protection--not extermination--the lives of both Chinese and Japanese would be quite
him for the actual work done, less improper things done. Work was stopped entirely unsafe. They would not venture any dis-.
lot in August, 1904. tance from their homes on the one hand, or
December Lemm appeared to have in- from their camp on the other. They would
His Lordship thought there was an implied formed the defendant that if he made an bo shot down without a moment's notice
contract set up by two of the paragraphs which of this tot stora his materiale he At Kobe, on December 30th, & A. DA COSTA, and their heads taken as if they were wild
made to effect the greatest economy and utmost it was sought to strike out, and disallowed the would be charged rent at the rate of 260 aged 43 years.
Yes, the loss of life would be
application.
per month. Whether the fuots amounted On January 4th, at the Isolation Hospital, ten-fold more." Without
efficiency in the distribution of power, and the
Mr. Slade, in opening, informed bis Lordship to a definits verbal agreement it would a full know-
mill as now planned may be considered to be that Chan Hewan was the superintendent of the he for-his-Lordship to consider, but it was Shanghai, EMMA, beloved wife of M. COURTNEY (Captain of the I. C. S. N. Co.'s str. Choysang.) | ledge of the facts it is easy to The five boats of this Class Boiled East themest compact and economia possible. China Merchants Co. here, and reputed to be scortain that the defendant did make use of the
write with exaggeration about the electri- usual, the course being, Channel Rooks (p), Cust
The machinery is being made by the leading rich man in his life, some time in 1904 conceived ground to store his materials. The matshed he LONDON GEFICE: 131, FLEET STREET. EC cally-charged wire as a weapon of warfare Rock Buoy (p), Kowloon Rock (s) Channel Scottish manufacturers, Messrs. Jamos Bertram the iden of building a large hotel at Kowloon to erected, as he said, for the purpose of carrying HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, DES VOUY ROAD Ü
& Son, Limited, of Edinburgh, and 'is' most against the simple-minded savage; but while Rocks (s) 71⁄2 miles.
Baltyon. and Ailsa had the best of the start, modern in every respect, including as it called the Station Hotel. This was to be out the contract, was put up on the old a British missionary who has investigate || „ed with Bonite they just made Channel Rocks does special equipment for the Company as well built in most modern style, and with very foundation of the work he had started the situation is able to write of the Japanese in one leg, the first-name boat leading by 40 as improvements on already existing methods modern convenience, in anticipation of the rail previously. Other items of the claim were very
DEATH
Daily Press.
GKONG, JANUARY 11, 1911.
boar.
dealings with the aborigines as kind and humane we can safely conclude that things WHEN Japan fifteen years age added the in Formosa are not quite so bad as they
island of Formosa to the dominions of the Mikado plans were drawn up with a view to tho subjugation of the aboriginal tribes. At that time it was calculated that there were.
are sometimes painted.
The British Post Office at Hankow whe barglarously entered on the ist inst., and petty cash amounting to about $100 was stolen.
An American College Club is being formed in Peking.
The engagement is announced of Mr. RH. 687 savage tribes in the island representing Beasley, of the Chartered Bank at Forchow, and, a total savage population of 113,539 | Miss Marshall, a visitor to the port. occupying 7,500 square miles of territory, or about ons half the entire surface of the island. They are a warlike people allied to the Malays and Poly- nesions, and live principally by the chase. Formerly they spread over the whole island, but the increasing tide of Chinese amigration between the seventeenth and the nineteenth centuries drove them into the mountain fastnesses. In Mr. Davidson's book
The Japanese cruiser Akitsushima arrived in port yesterday. The fagship Tsushima is es pected to-day and the gunboat U on Thursday.
and Lady May is to be held at the Y.M.C.A A social gathering to take leave of Sir Henry
rooms on Monday,
A cargo boot loaded with tea intended for
4yesha 5 5 24 (4) 4 57 Min
7 45 (8) 5 1 ONE-DESIGN CLASS,
5
A
way boing shortly completed. Chan Hewan, small. Lemm's accounts had never“ · been sees.; Alannah and Daphne had to make a short All the machinery was selected by Dr. Richmond, however, seemed to have repented of his challenged since they were sent in till the day tack and were some way behind. The boats after close investigation of many modern mills, maintained their order and distance daring the and with a thorough knowledge of the work it has scheme, and after having entered into the this action started. Counsel thought the ran, but Halcyon went away again on the best to perform and the conditions under which it contract with the defendant he had that evidence would satisfy his Lordship that the. contrast for an olaborate modern heter defoudast promised again and again to pay the to the Dock Point and rounded Kowloon Rock will be operating. The plant for the preparation cancelled, and a new contract entered into for accounts, and only asked for further time. My with about two minutes lead, Ailsa and Bonito of the raw material had to be specially designed altering the existing houses on the site to make Lemm had been very lenient with him, had given still being close together. Bonito then went and has been patented.
it suitable for the lease of it high-class hotel.bin time until he could actually get some money The chief engineer is expected to arrive from Under this contrast for the Station Hotel, as it under his mortgage, and now the plaintiff had about out into the middle of the harbour, whilst the two leaders stood in to the North shore, a
Scotland with the first cargo of machinery and continued to be called, the defendant, did a to bring this action. Concluding, Mr. Slade couras which proved to be the better, since dilsa, he will instal the plant. The European - eubstantial quantity of work, but on the 23rd said that from what he had opened he thought by going in furthast, gained a minute on Haley-ployees in charge of the various departments in January, 1966, Chan Hewan died through his Lordship would be abundantly satisfied that on, whilst Bonito fell back a long way After a the mill will be all Scote and there will be six falling from a verendah the day before. Chiness the defendant's counterclaim was an imaginary ran home the boata finished as follows!--
of them to work die mrosant unit. The mill
new year. Whether he committed suicide or one set up for the purposes of this caso. The work done on Kowloon inland lot No. 5. navor double unit Finishing time. Marks
has been designed to make a
socidentally fell was left to the imagination. got above the ground, and yet the defendant to date. at nominal post, and when the Company Bat the day before e mortgaged his was claiming $3,000 odd for the work he alleged
decides upon a duplication of the present
he had on it.
Evidonco was lod, and the bearing adjourned.
IN SUMMARY JUEBLDICTION.
Halcyon Ailea Bonito... Alannah Daphne
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FOOTBALL.
LUSITANO RECREATION, OLUB. · ·
The final of the L.B.C. inter-club competition
plant it may be affected without interruption of property heavily to a man of the name of Wong work. If everything progresses as hoped it is Kat Fat, who was the surety, and to Chan Kam- expected that the mill will be operating in He mortgaged the property of the Station
about six months' time.
Mr. W. H. Donald, who has been to Europe
on business connected with the Company, return- ed to Hongkong a few days ago, and leaves this week on a visit to Tonkio.
Hotel for $40,000, and exosted another mortage BEFORE HIS HONGUE ME, F. A. HAZELAND on the same building and on other property for $53,000. After his death the defendant cossed.
(ACTING PUISNE JUNGE),
on Formosa ha briefly describes their social shipment per the Somali was wrecked at Pagoda will be played on the Causeway Bay Ground CHINESE BANKRUPTCY PROCEED./doubtful of getting any payment -out
Anchorage. The goods were fully covered by to-day, 11th inst., kick-off at 500 p.m.. insurance,
The following are the teams :-- Mr. Cruz's team ---Goal, L. E. Remedios
at Pagods Anchorage, has arrived at Feochow,
f60
work on the Station Hotel, being exceedingly. T. SHAW V. HONGKONG ELECTRIC LIGHT CO. of The trial of this action was concluded yester- condition in the following terms: They
bia estate. The first mortgagee apparently day. The plaintiff sought to recover from the INGS AT SHANGHAI. have censed to lead a nomadic life, and now
took possession, and an arrangement was come for injuries to a fan, a suit of clothes defendents the stim of $70.50, being damage Chen Yoh-ching sud Tai Chin pao, the former to botween the mortgagees and the defendant, and a jacket caused by the defendants, live in villages subject to certain social
known to foreigners as Cling The (his piece whereby the second mortgages transferred or by the negligence of the defendants restrictions. They have emerged from a
Mr. Werner, at one time British Vice-Consul hacks, E. Leitao and A. H. Hyndman; bait Court gaol bofore his Honour the Shanghai Tao- $13,000 of his $53,000 mortgage to the defendant standing in the piaintiff's shop on the 18th
goods Hong name), were brought from the Mixel
or their servants, in knocking over state of isolated individuality, and are now relieving Mr. F. E. Wilkinson at H. B. M. books, F. Mulier, F. V. du Cruz and A. F. tal for trial in the afternoon of the 4th intant. according to the recitals, as payment for the July, 1910. In the alternative the plaintiff under the control of chiefs. They no Consulate. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson and family Baptista, forwards, H. A. Hyndman, C. M. Mr. Tion, the Shanghai district magistrate, work done, and on receipt of that mortgage the claimed from the defondants the sum of 570.50 jonger make their homes in caves or left for Nanking.
Sequeira, J. V. Braga, H. A. Castro and M. R. and Mr. Pas. the Mized Court official, were defendant continued with the work and being damage for trespass by the defendants or
present. After a long examination tho Taotsi trees, but have learned to build huts
Leitao:
gave Chên seven days and Tai ten days in which finally completed it to the eatisfaction of the their servanta at the place and time and on the
day above specified. Mr. Ribeiro's team ----Goal, F. M. Gutterres; to settle one way or another with their many mortgagee in possession. In 1909 the first kong Benevolent Society is advertised to take backs, J. C, Silva, haif. creditors. If he found at the end of the time place on Monday hort st 12 The Hom bacles, A. Barato and B. C.da han assigned that their debts were still upsid et mortgagee sold under his powers of sale and Mr. Henry Keswick has kindly consented to. L. Brags, F. A. Yvanovich and A. C. V. family effects would take.
F. Soares; forwards, E, da Luz, D. Baptista, anation at their properties and obtained $54,000 for the property, $40,000 for ake N.-C. Daily himself, and an extra $14,000, ont of which he take the chair.
Ribeiro.
could pay off the $13,000 which Chan Kam iad
of wood and stone. They have more or less religious ideas and worship the spirits of their ancestors. They have passed from the age of stone and bone as materials
The annual general meeting of the Hong-
News,
Mr. M. Reader Harris (of Messrs. Wilkinson &
Grist) appeared for the plaintiff, and defendante are represented by Mr. A. Jackson (of Mere. Johnson, Stokes & Master).
His Lordship, after taking further evidence, reserved his decision,