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THE MAGISTRACY.
Before Mr. C. D. Melbourne, a Chinese was charged with unlawfully attempting to export 200 bed of opium, Revenue Officer Wilden ef étes the arrest. Mr P. W. Goldring dicfended, and applied for a formal remand, which was granted in bail of $500,
As a Chinese was landing at the Har-
bourmaster's wharf he was apprehended by Lance-Sergt. Wills for haring in his possession a revolver and a quantity of ammunition. Mr. Hazeland imposed the maximum penalty of $250, or in default two months' hard labour.
The Chinese woman who jumped into the Harbour recently and was rescued appeared before Mr. Hazeland yesterday. Asked her reason for attempting to com- mit suicide the said she did it in anger. and now knew she was in the wrong. His Worship allowed her to go on promising not to repeat her action.
A European named Alp employed in the Naval Yard, appeared before Mr. Melbourne yesterday for failing to comply with the Vaccination Order in re- | ference to his child born in September of last year.
Defendant declared that he had complied with the Order, the child having been vaccinated in February last and the staff surgeon's note to that effect had been forwarded to the Sanitary Board. An official of the Board informed
THE HONGKONG DAILY, PRESH, BATURDAY, DECEMBER 28r¤, 1912.
SOLICITORS AS FRIENDS.
In the Summary Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court yesterday the case was mentioned in which a ship's officer was sued for $75. Mr. M. J. D. Stephens appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Tso appeared for the defendant.
י.
Mr. Tao said his client could not afford to pay and offered $10 a month.
Mr. Stephens replied that if the man could afford to engage a solicitor he could afford to pay his debts.
HONGKONG SHARE MARKET.
Mesura. Vernon & Smyth in their weekly share report dated 27th December state :-
THE VALUE OF HONGKONG TO
THE EMPIRE
Mr. Stanley Portal Hyatt, in the course- of an article in the London Evening Feins on the reported intention of the Indian Princes to make a gift of a whole squadron of twelve warships to the Empire, remarks-
COMPANT, MEETING.
UNITED SERDANG (SUMATRA) RUBBER PLANTATIONS (LTD.).
"A SATISFACTORY YEAR --DIVIDEND THIRTY-FIVE PER CENT..
Business has been interrupted by the Xrous holidays, but the market closes strong, a fair amount of business passing principally for settlement account. Fine
The fifth ordinary general meeting of Hard Para Rubber is quoted 4/7 per lb. The greatness, the very existence even, and the market for shares closes quiet. of our Empire, depends on our retaining shareholders was held on the 22nd ult. control of the highway of the East. It at the London Chamber of Cominerce, Mr. The Bank of England rate of discount is unchanged at 6 per cent. and the openis casy to talk of our great Colonies, toArthur Lampard presiding.
- The ́representative of the secretaries- Bar Silver is 28 15-16 for ready and of red, South Africa, Australia, Canada. Harrisons & Crosfield (Limited)--hav market rate has dropped to 4 per cent, open a map and glost over huge blotches
You can find them at once, put youring reur! the notice convoning the meeting 29 for forward delivery. Sterling T.T. closed to-day at 2/- 13-16 and Shangbai finger on them, and point out to the and the auditors' report, T.T. at 718
bonighted foreigner how large a slice of the carth we own.
Mr. Tso said that he happened to be on board the steamer on Thursday, and
BANKS.-Have changed, hands at $830 in he was appearing almost as a friend.
Mr. Stephens-These solicitors do not fair quantities and are still on offer.
London quotes £84 108. appear for their friends so regularly. If
MARINE INSURANCES.Unions have beon they do they must be hard up, I ask for neglected at 89173 cellers. Cantons cre judgment for the full amount with costs. steady at 8270 after sales. North Chinas are quoted $135 sellers. Yangtazes are His Lordship-I might make an order
unaltered at 8192) ex 73. for $20.
FIRE INSURANCES. - Hongkong Fires Mr. Stephens-Would your Lordship have further improved to 8378 buyers and China Fires to 148 buyers without business. make it 825 a month!
SHIPPING.-
Hongkong, Canton and Macaos are quieter with sellers at 828 Indo-Chinas are without business at $88. London geotes £8 10s. middle price. China and Manilas changed hands at various rates up to $13, but are weaker at the close, shares offering at $12, Douglases are steady at $43. Star Ferries have been sold at $35 closing in request. Shell Transports are in demand for London account at 11/6.
REFINERIES-China Sugars after sales at $105 and $108 are in demand at the latter rate. Luzons have weakened to $34
His Lordship-The defendant is getting 8:00 a month and is already paying 850 under two judgments, and Le has two children to keep.
Eventually, on the application of Mr. To, his Lordasin entered judgment for plaintiff for $90 a month.
GAMING DEBTS.
AN INTERESTING 34DOMENT. His Honour the Puisue Judge (Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz) sitting in the Sum- the Magistrate that the note had not been mary Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court recrived, and defendant promised that he delivered an interesting judgment. The would get another order from the staff parties were Chinese, and the claim was surgeon and would forward it to the auth-for money lent, the defence being that orities. His Worship ordered him to du 800 of the claim represented money lost in playing 'ai kan, a game of chance in so without delay.
which dice and dominors were used and that the balanes of the claim was for money lent to be used in playing that game. His Lordship in the course of his judgment said-Very circumstantial evi- dence was given on both sides and it is common ground that the transaction took place in a brothel. I do not propose to review the evidence in detail. Had there been a jury in this case 1 should have left the matter to them with the direction that they were to find for whichever party they
sellers...
hands ati
China En-
MIXING.-Eaubs changed various rates up to 84.35, but close quiet buyers for London account, at 841. Tronohs have improved to 82 gincerings are steady at 36/-.
DOCKS, WHARVES AND GODOWNE. Hong A $56 and $663 closing in demand at kong and Whampoa Docks have been sold $50. Kowloon Wharfs after declining to sales at $76 rose rapidly to $78 buyers, New Amoy Docks are enquired for at 863 Shanghai Docks have advanced to $55 buyers. Hongkew Wharves are un- changed at $103.
LITTLE RED DOTS.
for 1
The total capital was now
estate,
The Chairman said that the company had had what he believed they would all admit to be a satisfactory year. (Hear, But Singapore and Hongkong are not hear.) so obvious. They are mere dots, really £210,000, as against £190,000 last year. a few square miles, and to the average The premiun on shares amounted to homestaying man they seem of little £42,000, as against £32,000 last year, The importance. How many thousand Hong-capital expenditure for the year had been kongs would it take to fill up the great £5,283, bringing the total amount of desert in the centre of the Australian money spent on the property to the date of the accounts up to £292,133, or £35 7s. continent?
It would be interesting to give that 6d. per acre. That was the actual money problem to a child to work out, but it spent ont it, but, deducting the premiums, the cost at which it really stood the com- would be even more interesting, far more pany in, according to their books, was practical, afterwards to drive home to
magnificently found that child the fact that. Hongkong is the 27 17s. 6d, per acre-a very low figure greatest port in the world, the brightest (Cheers.) The total crop of rubber.{ jewel in the British Crown, the Clearing secured to the date of the accounts was House of a hemisphere
534,970lb., against 218,530lb. in the previ ous year, and against what the directors had called the conservative estimate of 433,000lb,, when they first put the probable result of the past year's working before the shareholders. The net price realized, after deducting freight and all expenses which were incurred between f.o.b. and the sale, was 49. 3.73d., as against s. old. last year, and the all-in, cost was 1s these costs there was an item which he was perfectly sure would appeal to all of them commissions and bonuses 7.73d., against Is, 8.32d. last year.
namely, the spot (Cheers.) allowed to the staff who were working on
That tiny red dot on the Chiun con represents more in wealth to us that does the whole of the big red blotch which is marked Australia."
We are proud of Australia, justly proud. It represents one of the achieve inents of our race; but there is no disguising the fact that if, to-morrow, Australia decided to break away and set
Our pride would be hurt. We should up a king of its own, or a president, we lose faith in the colonial system we have should suffer very little material loss. built up so patiently; but the pocket of new Power did not repudiate its financial the nation would not suffer, provided the obligations
Australian trade would come to us still, because Australia wants to sell things which we are anxious to buy.
But if we lost. Hongkong, London great part of London, at any rate-would find itself on the verge of bankruptcy.
A LONDON QUESTION,
In
The
He was absolutely certain that the prin ciple of interesting all who were working for them in the prosperity of the company was one the benefit of which would como coffee crop was 1.005 piculs, as against au back to them all many times over. estimate of 850 picule, and the previous crop, was 3,205 picals. All the coffee had now been cut out, and their only cultiva. tion from now onwards was rubber. The 8s. 112d. per picul,
price secured was and Inspector
believed on the facts as a whole to be Putting the case to telling the truth.
LANDS, HOTELS AND BUILDINGS.-Hong kong Lands are quiet at $105, Kowloon Lands are wanted at 806 and West Points at 857. Hongkong Hotels have been done steady at 973. Humphreys Estates have at 8115 for the old shares; the new remain been sold at 883 closing steady. Shanghai Lands are quoted 200,
COTTON MILLS. Hongkong Cottons have been booked at 881 closing in remuest are wanted at $121 and Shanghai Cottons at 6114.
MISCELLANEOUS-China Providents are wanted at $9. China Borneoa at $91 Dairy Farms at $211 and Green Island Cements at 841. There have been sales of Electrics at $25 with further buyers. peak Tramways (old) are enquired for at $111. Union Waterboats have been booked at $14 and Watsons at 26, closing in request at $6.10. China Light and Powers were sold at $24, sellers now asking 30.90. Fisheries, Stoam Laundries, Po
LONDON QUOTATIONS.-Owing to holi- wells, and Ropes are wanted at quotations. days we have not received our weekly quotations,
The police received certain information that a room in 338, Queen's Road West was being used for the purpose of print
tickets, ing lottery Dymond, Sergt. Adlington, and a number of police raided the premises. A big haul was made of lottery tickets, type and printing material and five men were ar- rested. Inspector Dymond informed Mr. Hazeland that there was a lot of this The establish- going on in the Calony. ment concerned in this case was really a branch of the Macao Pau-piu Lottery, and had taken up its abode on the second myself in the same manner I have no floor of this house, and only ten doors besitation in saying that I believe the from the Police Station. There was no defence and that I reject the story told doubt that they were doing a good deal by the plaintiffs witnesses. Having got of business, although they had not been far I have to decide whether the there very long. Somebody, he thought, defence proved is good in law. In my must be backing them, because they had
opinion it is, as to the whole of the claim. The 'n good deal of printing material. police had great difficulty in securing in- It seems that the Act 13, Géo. II., cap. 18,, formation in these eases because the men makea illegal games played with dice. concerned were prepared to pay heavy Money, therefore, lost at such a game "silouce money.". He asked for a heavy cannot be recovered: the only considera- penalty. His Worship fined the first de-tion for the promise to pay is an illegal
HONGKONG RIFLE LEAGUE, fendant $100, or one month's hard labour, one. Again, money lent for the purpose on the first charge, of printing the tickets, of playing at an illegal game cannot be
Bix teams have entered to compete for and on the second charge, of having the recovered back. The lender is himself a the Shield presented to the League by tickets in his possession, 8500, or three party to the violation of the statute. I Mr. R. E Belilios, viz,- months', the sentences to ran consecutive must give judgment for the defendant R. N. Dockyard.-R. Stewart, It. N. ly the second and fourth defendants were with costs.
The fined $50 each on the first charge. third and fifth defendants were dis- charged. The property was ordered to Je confiscated.
THE POLICE DANCE.
The annual Police dance took place in the City Hall last night, and proved an
TREASURES OF THE CHINESE EMPERORS.
NEGOTIATIONS FOR SALE IN LONDON.
Dockyard...
INTIMATIONS
DISTRESSING ECZEMAS And Other Itching Skin Troubles
Ailleurs SOAP
Instantly Relieved by CUTICURA
Soap and Ointment
When all else fails. No other emollients afford such.com- fort to skin-tortured and dis- figured sufferers, young and old, and do it so economi- cally because so speedily.
Samplon with 3-5. book free from nearest depot: Howley, Arp. 75,27 Charterhoung.. Londoni 1. Town&Co., Bylany, N. 8. W. Lennon, Ltd.. Enpes Tra: Bullet. Maclean & Co. Untoutta and Einzelay: Totter D. & 0. Corp. ale prome., Horton, T. 8. A.
89-1
Chs. J. Gaupp & Co.,
ÅLEXANDRA BUILDINGS,
CHATER ROAD,
The Far Eastern trade is one of the main factors, probably The Main Factor, against £3 129. 7d., and the cost was £2 in the business life of the City. The 8s. 1d., against £1 118, 5d. last year. whole of the produce of Asia is dealt with Their total profit was £72,599, against in London. Even though a cargo of teak £13,707 last year, and it was made up ne Together be destined to go to the United States, to rubber by £72,350, coffee £1,006, and
London expenses of £1,031. and eventually goes direct from Singa-suudries £271-a total of £73,627, less art pore to San Francisco, the deal is done with the carry forward, and after deduct in London, brokerage is paid in London.
the amount available for disposal that helping to pay the salaries of Londoning the interim dividend already paid, day was £67,088; and if the shareholders clerks,
The Far Eastern trade is immense agreed to the suggestions put before them we hold the command of the great trade amount, it would mean that they had dia overwhelming. And we do it all because with regard to the distribution of that They had transferred to re- route of the world, because Perim, and tributed this year in dividends $71,732 CHRONOMETER-MAKERS,
serve £10,000, and there would be a carry Aden, Colombo, Singapore, and Hong (Cheers.)
That was a very kong, the Koys of the East, are ours.
that is the secret of our immense forward of £5,713. national wealth-we are the keepers of liberal distribution of the profits this year, but hitherto the directors had been the world's great highway.
very conservative, and they felt justified from the prospects in adopting the course laid before the shareholders.
The Indian Princes realise that, hence the discussion of this magnificent offer of a great fleet. The offer is not mere generosity; it is the highest statesman- Bhip. And it is also a stern and bitter rebuke to our provincialism.
Never again must we dare to question the patriotism, much less the wisdom, of the great Indian princes.
The scheme may come to nothing, or may be years in bearing fruit, but the lesson of it should remain.
THE PRIZE OF THE WORLD.
After all, the Far East is the Prize of the World. From the very down of international history the nations have coveted the East
Teikos. D. Danby, Butterfield & Swire. Hongkong Police.-P. P. J. Wodehouse,
Hongkong Police Station. Hongkong Volunteers. A. E. Bullock,
Alexander understood, as did all those Colonial Secretary's Office. Bougkong Reserves.-W. Dobls, P. W. D. other connerors who followed his H.M.S. Sfingtour.-L. Hunter, Mxample-Ginghis Khan, Timour, Mabo-
H.M.S. Minotaur. The London Daily Express understands, that negotiations are now in progress.
Week-ends have b..
Seen alloted for league which will probably lead to one of **
wuo "matches"
the teams have been drawn art treasures as ows:- most sensational sales that he
ever taken plaes in London January 26th & 26th-Taikoo #. Volunteers. This is none other than the offer at
met oven.
acres.
BETTER RESULTS ANTICIPATED,
WATCHMAKERS,
JEWELLERS AND OPTICIANS
FINE
DIAMOND
JEWELLERY
A SPECIALITY.
AND
SWISS
AND SILVER BRACELET
WATCHES.
The initial stages of the company might be regarded as over, and while they would continue the policy of building up a re- serve, they still believed that they would be able to do very much better for the eharcholders in the current and follow- ing years than they were proposing to ENGLISH, AMERICAN The average do that day. (Cheers.)
GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES. yield worked out at 269b. per acre, and the percentage of the area tapped over to the planted area worked out at a shade GOLD under 24 per cent,; and, of course, that portion which they were tapping over was not by any means in full bearing. Their planted acreage on the horizontal survey ENGLISH MOUNTED CHINESE JADE
JEWELLERY. worked out at 8,266 acres, but measured The additions during the year topographically it worked out at 3,202 were 195 acres. They planted up that 195 acres previously in Rambong, and now the only pruduct which was cultivated on the estates was the heves. That area was in two compact blocks, and if the share- bolders confirmed the arrangement which Columbus went, not to discover the the directors commended to them to acquire the Serdang (Sumatra) property, West Indies, but to find a new route that property adjoined the Naga Timbool from the imperial palaces in China, which have been in the possession of the Chinese
along which the trade of the East might division to the west, and had many ad- vantages. The weeding of the estate had flow to Spain. Imperial family for centuries.
15th & 16ib.-Police v. Dockyard.
Napoleon went to Egypt, because, hav-cost them is. 2.63d. per acre per month, collection includes the finest specimens of March
Reserves v. Talkon. every form of Chinese porcelain and
20th & 20th.--Police. .. Volunteers.ing the idea of a Suez Canal in his brain, against Is. Did. in the previous year, and Reserves v. Dockyard. Egypt seemed to him the one thing the whole of the estate was absolutely.
essential to secure the trade of the East clean from one end to
(Cheers.) ceramics, and is unique and enormously Some of the, picces taken
Notes for team secretaries: valuable. during the looting of the Summer Palace
1.-Scoretary of first-named team is to France. in Feking in the Boxer rising trace back at least three thousand years. No one,
match. says our conteraporary, can compute the responsible for all arrangements of the 2.-Matches to be "shot off" on the value of the porcelain owned by tho
F1
-
Reserves r. Police.
The trade of the Far East was the lure which drew the early Portuguese explorers round the Cape of Good Hope. Prince Henry the Navigator knew how he could make his little country the most
even greater success than those or former Hublic auction of the wonderful treasures February 8th & 9th.-D'yard. r. Volunteers. wealthy in the world.
years. This is saying a good deal, but there can be no doubt that the commit
entrusted with the arran
ements carried ont their duties in manner that makes the 1012 dance compare favourably indeed with its protecessors. The attendance was as farge as usual, and the dance ar rangements being so admirably attended to the enjoyment of practically everyone was secured. St. George's Hall was transformed into a beautiful ball room, lace curtains and evergreens over the portals making the interior look very
The
Taikoo v. Police. 22ad & 23rd.-Dockyard v. Taikov.
Volunteers v. Reserves,
Imperial family. It can only be described range of the first-named team if possible. is the way of Eastern peoples. as fabulous. The Chinese palaces are In cases where the heat-named team have
WAS
the other.
MAPPIN & WEBB'S
OUR
The STUDY
And
weather being unfavourable the secre-finest, sanest form of National Insurance growth of the rubber was excehich was
HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE AND
·SOUTHAMPTON
Their labour force on August 31st We cannot drop this question now that
amounted to 3,569, as against 2,080 at the it has been raised in this vivid manner,
same date last year, and the health had The been very good; the death-rate worked out raised suddenly, emotionally perhaps, as scheme may come to nothing, so far as at 3.84 per cent. In regard to the growth going to be worried by pests and diseases vast storehouses of art treasures. Tai Hsi, no range of their own the secretary must the provision of the ships is concerned; and general condition of the rubber, they an make arrangements to secure one and but it is our duty to remember the lesson had had no new pests or diseases in fact, the late Dowager-Empress,
After all, sacrifice is the wrong word. to any great extent. (Hear, hear.) The only trouble really which they seemed to cosy and comfortablo. The recoption assiduous collector, for she used to receive notify their opponents. (Taikoo, Tai and the warning and to stop at no they had lessened and they were not room, too, was well arranged, and none of on her birthdays quantities of bronzes, Hang and King's Park Range could be sacrifice to maintain what we hold now. the details that spelt comfort or enjoy black pearls, and gold ornaments of rare obtained almost any Sunday afternoon.) A permanent fleet guarding the Highway ave had this year was on account of deer 3.-Matches must be "shot off" on workmanship from loyal subjects who
In case, however, of of half the World would be mere the and pig, but it was not serious, wished to buy her favours.
dates alloted above.
also the renewal of the bark, ment were lacking.
very important feature, and it was due Dancing commenced at nine o'clock to
taries of teams must arrange another dato
to the system of wide planting which had A SOBER NATION.
and notify league committee of same the music: senlied by the band of the
been carried on throughout the estate. Generally speaking, he was (Cheers.) KO.Y.L.J. who came from camp special-
Taking as his text, the belief that "we within 4 days, otherwise the match will
It was reported at Southampton garly confident that the properties were in first- ly for the occasion, and as the floor was
are now a sober nation," Dr. Charles be considered as cancelled. in excellent condition the programme
Mercier has been discussing the effects of proved most attractive. It included some alcohol. He deals with the days when Ships who enter the league must fix their this month that the Iamburg-American class order in every shape and form; and, the British port of call for their eastward January to May and another from the The middle of June to Angust, the crop twenty-two dances, the numbers embrac-drunkenness was the fashion; when our own dates or can arrange to about three-Line had decided that after the end
forefathers sang, as they were taught to cornered matches on any of the above the present year Southampton should be considering that they had a drought from believe, that
5.--As it is very probable, the interport bound liners, instead of Plymouth. He who drinks small beer and goes to
match will take place during April, that liner America, which leaves New York on secured was extremely satisfactory and bed sober
Falls as the leaves fall, and dies in month has been kept free from league January 4th, will; it is stated, inaugurate augured well for the future productive
Southampton only on the westward voy- matches to enable the interport team to the change. The vessels at present call at capacity of the estates under normal con The doctor (he writes) was often practice.
Mr. Mowbray S. Northcote is the Hon. age: half-seas over when he attended his drunken patient; the parson was often Secretary of the Hongkong Rifle League. drunk in the pulpit; judge, counsel, and attorneys pursued their evocations in court in a prevailing atmosphere of hot
ing such old favourites as Sir Roger de
Coverley, D'Alberts, etc.
Among the guests were scen a fair num ber of military and naval representativca, Messrs. Grant, Cooper, A. Clark, and R. Roddick acted as M.Cs,, and did much to contribute to the general enjoyment.
Suppor was served in St. Andrew's Hail, the catering being in the hands of the Astor Horse Hotel The general ur- ut by a strong rangements were carn committee, of which lef Inspector Baker was chairman, and Mr. A. Pattison *secretory:
The programme was carried through. with much rest, and "Auld Lang Syng" wae not bung till well beyond the "wee short cor."
October.
coppers.
The Prime Minister want drunk to the House of Commons, where he was attacked by the Leader of the Opposition, also drunk, while order was kept by a Speaker who was half-seas over.
As you passed along the bye-streets of London you might read the legend hung out over the drink cellare, "Here you may get drunk for a penny: dead drank and clean straw for twopance.
4.-Secretaries of teams from H.M.
dates.
TALL TIDE STORY.. :/
In Scotland they learn to look at things life. A stockbroker, whose veracity is from the business point of view early in vouched for, rang up a Glasgow news- He xenit to his son, aged six, that the paper office to tell this story, tide at the Broomclaw bad been 25ft., the highest for twenty years. The boy's
comment was, "That would be the time. to sell, father, wouldn't it ?**
*TWA YAIRDS.”
of
A Scotch story seems always to sound much better than it would be in plain English. The yarn of the man who had Andra entered the draper's looking been sent shopping is not a bad example sorely worried. "Whit d'se ca the de'il keeper anxiously. Satan, replied the forbye the divil?" he asked the shop
Satan Andra, That's it," said Andra in tones of relief. Ah've been sent for twa yairds." latter in some amazement.
dituns.
THE OUBBENT YEAR'S ESTIMATES. They were estimating in the current year for a crop of 921,000lb.; that was on a conservative basis, and he thought that Tho a little more might be looked for. crop was going to be secured from 2,843 They actes, or, roughly speaking, 34 per cent. of the total acreage cultivated. were estimating for a capital expenditure which £23.500 was for building. capital; it might do and it would do during the current year of £61,602. f however, did not mean, as some people Lossibly somewhere about the middle of next year. The capital expenditure, tor imagined, an immediate issue of frash
after that year on the present planted acreage, unless a great deal of farther (Continued on page-5.)
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