SUPREME COURT.
Tuesday, October 28th
BEFORE HIS HUNULL, THE CHIEF JUSTICs (Sin W. RECs Davies, K.U).
"THE GANJEWAY BAY MURDER CHARQE.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29TH, 1913.
WEL Shenton (of Deacon, Looker, Deacon & Hurston) defended.
Mr. Lowis said the agreement for the purchase of the business was in writing,
money In pursuance of the contract
HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB. more value to them than to any one else We hind succiful cricket season, for beat Shanghai last November on our
Cricket league Congratulatons to the ground and our team won the
ANNUAL MEETING Yesterday afternoon the annual meet
THE REPUBLIC OF
CHINA
INCREASE OF CUSTOME-DUTIES CONTEMPLATED
The Leking Ji-po writes:-In con- nection with a revision of the existing. treaties with the foreign countries an
ROYAL STUDENT'S DEBTS.
£20,000 LOAN TO SON OF PRINCE HENRY
... OF PRUSSIA.
According to the Geneva correspondent of the Fans a, Prince Waldemar of
and included the purchase of the entireing of the Hongkong Cricket Club was winning teams and to Mr. R. Hancock increase of the import duty by one to two Hohenzollern. student at Strasburg' business, $200 being paid as bargain held at the Club Pavilion, the President and Mr. Maas for respectively, heading por cent, is being considered, whereby the University, eldest son of Prince Henry of The case was confinued in which Mok the sum of $700 was paid by the defen (M Frank Maitland) presiding over a the batting averages and bowfingerenge of the income by twenty-one said to have been so pruch in-debt that be,
Tong, a youth, was arraigned for the murder of a Chinese girl between the ages of 7 and a years in the vicinity of Cause way Bay,
Mr. C. F. Jenkin is defending and the Attorney General is in charge of the
prosecution.
fixtures.
Prussia, and nephow of the Kaisur, is
in Haikuan tucs. The representa felt impelled to borrow £20,000 at a high Central Government will obtain ቢዝ
tivos of the Foreign Powers, whom Sua rate of interest from a Jewish banker of Pao-chi, Minister of Foreign Affaire, has Zurich approached thereabout, have reporte instructed with regard to the precautions they have to ask
Goverments and asked be
CURRENCY REFORM Reuter's correspondent
Peking
reports that in order to obtain uniformity of which a crutral bank will be districts will be created in China, in each established, which will have the exclusive privilege of issuing banknotes. The first for the five northern provinces, and i of such bank will be erected in Poking second one at Hankow for the Yangtze Provine. The other two will be created later on. The issue of bank-notes will be in accordance with the system adopted
at Zurich, at the request of the German
This banker was subsequently arrested. police, a circumstance which aroused a great deal of indignant comment,
The banker, however, took legal action.
the late prisoner, says the Daily Concer and quickly secured his anconditional release, Matters did not rest there, for
was that he was legally held responsible mar's promissory note, and the result to repay the banker £25,000, a debt which his willingness to meet the borrower's father has now announced
to the plaintiffs. The total presentative attendance of members, analysis. Further, we congratulate all ante purchase price, according to the plaintiff, Among those attending were the. Hon the winners in a very interesting tennis amounted to $1,299,83, and the balance Secretary (Mr. P. M. Hodgson), Mesers, foursament, especially of the scratch remaining after the 3700 was paid was J. W. C. Bonnar, H. A. Nisbet Hevents; Mr. H. A. Nisbet the Cham the amount now claimed.
He had Hancock AC. E. Elborough, J. R.pionship," and Major Bowen and Capt, abandoned the amount of $38.35 for Wood, A Lang, and Captain Crawford Professional paits." I ask
Robertson. Mr. Shenton said they admitted owing THE CHAIRMAN said. The report and is the new blood coming along to success hoth cricketers and tennis players When $200 and 8136 for furniture and goods, aunts have been in your hands for fully compete with our old stagers? If amount of the good debts, and whether as read. Regarding the accounts, your third year in secession by Mr. Nisbet, they had got to be paid for at present.
Committee once more regret having to Mr. Loxis added that the previous face you without having repaid any of theMody challenge cup will become year's balanco-sheet was gone through, the outstanding debentures ($14,450)—not,
his property and we shall have to cuk and the debts held to be doubtful were quite as good security as Hongkong Hotel round for a new cup. We are under con- marked oft along with those which it was debentures, although interest on them has tract to send a team of cricketers to
Mynheer W. van der Swan, Commi considered were good debts. On the page always been paid punctually (Laughter.) Shanghai next. May, so as to keep up our
sioner of Police, has left Java for of the book in winch the entries had been The account before you shows a great eighteen monthly competitions with the
Hongkong, where he will receive. Mynheer made was the statement "all debts will improvenivut in maily respects in com- Model Settlement. To beat Shanghai on
and Mevrouw Sonneveld in custody from be taken over" or words to that effect. parison with the previous year's account, their own ground we shall require the
the Hongkong police. By September, The debts, he contended, were taxon from notwithstanding the heavy loss on the best eleven in the Colony and the players | The Peking Daily News reports that the 13th, 115,500 of the missing the balance-sheet book in accordance with racquet-court. But for this loss, which will have to be in their best form to bring Public Prosecutor of the Republic bas guilders belonging to this Netherlands the contract, and agreed to at the time, 19 about $1,000, after allowing for sub-back a Shanghai Hng, We are fortunate drawn up a black list containing the Tudies Escompta Maatschappij had been and after the 3700 had been paid the scriptions from members (very few) who in having such a sporting, Governor and to support the provincial authorities in that date the amount recovered has risen names of the rebel leaders with a view recovered by the Hongkong police. Since defendanta vent into possession. It was have joined the club for racquets alone, Acting Governor, and I hope they will arresting them. The adjudication will only new that they repudiated the and the writing off of $619.67, an not consider it presun poms on my part sako place before the High Court of to 16,00 stilders and £2.007 sterling question of the debts, reported requests accumulation of bad debts from previous when I say that any cricketers in the Justice in Poking Among the names of Several credit notes for 2500 sterling for the portions of the balance had been segons, which should have been allowed Clovernment Service, who may be selected Sun Yat-sen, Huang Hsing, Ho. Haiming, a bookshelf during the preparations made the rebels the following are mentioned- were discovered hidden in the books in made, and liability had never been for by our late Secretary and Treasurer, will probably be allowed leave of absence Chen Chi-moi, Li Lich-chen, Po Wen-wei repudiated until quite r cently.
we would have been able to repay about for at most a fortnight, and I take this Chi Kuang kuan, Lin Fu, O. Yang wu, for their auction-straits Times. $1,500 worth of debentures. & result in a
Chen Chiung ming, Tang Yen-feng, and large measure due to our new and opportunity of asking Taipans to seo that Niu Yung-chien. Altogether seventy energetic Secretary and Treasurer, and any men in their offices who have the names are gathered on the list. the thanks of the club are due to him for
Psked to represent the
A Chinese witness, who is employed in the Cotton Mills at Causeway Bay, the only question at issue being the few days and I will as usual take them the tennis championship is wou for the will regard to bank-nates four large correspondent, produced Prince Walle and who also lived with accused at the murdered girl's house, spoke to seeing accused walk out with the girl on the afternoon of 12th August As accused returned without the girl witness came to the conclusion that he had kidnapped her, He taxed prisoner with this and Mok Tong denied any such thing. Immediately he had douted this accused ran away, Witness gave chase and caught prisoner and later he assisted to take him to the Na. 2 Police Station, at Wanchai. "Witness almɔ said he was one of those who saw the body of the girl, hanging from the tree by a strop after he had been searching for here
Inspector McHardy said that on 12th August acensed was brought to the police station by deceased's father and another Chinaman. They charged him with kidnapping the murdered girl. Accused's girdle was missing, as was also his jacket, Asked about the absence of the strop
honour of
accused said he had left it at home. There arrangeinent which could have been made the amount of time and care he has given olony are ordered to go North. And
His Honour, without comment, gave judgment for the plaintiff on the claim and also on a conterelaim for seven months rent and for speciñe charges on
Mr. Shenton contended that the plan- tiffs had not carried out the arrange ment which had been made between thein and the defendants, which was the only were scratches on Mok Tong's back and with any security in defence in this case also upon his shoulder, and they appeared | Plaintiffs had not conformed with the to be new ones. Witness detained the arrangement made. acensed on the charge of kidnapping, and on the 14th August he sont the man to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs on 14 August, and from there, heensed was sent to No. 2 Police Station. About | work done, 4.30 p.m. on the same day Chan On came to the police station, and as a result of what he said witness went to the hillside, Here he found the body of a little girl hanging from the branch of a tree.
of a tree. The head was tied right against the trunk of the tree, and in his opinion it would have been a matter of impossibility for the girl. to have tied herself up in that maner. The Inspector gave a practical illustra tion of how the body was hanging using the actual strap for the purpose.
Cross-examined
by M Jenkin,
Mr. Shenton thereupon asked for a stay of execution for seven days,
Mr. Lewis What guarantee Have we that they will not run away (Laughter.) His Honour granted Mr. Shenton's application,
SIR E SHACKLETON'S LECTURING EXPERIENCES,
AMUSING STORIES.
now fur tennia
Year by year more.
-
A BLACK LIKT.
President Yuan
INTIMATIONS
180.000
THE COMING
WHISKY
OF THE FAR EAST.
HAIG'S
GLENLEVEN.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE CONSTITUTION. The Poking Gazette understands that to our interests. (Applause.) He quite facilities have been given to tennis the amendment of several points in the President Yuan Shih-kai intended to recently informed your Committee that players, and your Committee, after con- Provisional Constitution. The Bill, how- submit a Bill to Parliament, requesting he found the work of the two posts too sidorabia discussion, have decided to ever, was withheld- onerous, so they have appointed Mr. C. throw open the whole ground for tennis desires to send a few delegated to attend Bernard-Brown as Treasurer, and I am future.
on every Monday and Wednesday in the meetings of the Constitution Drafting sure the two together will do all they can few tennis courts open for play. Further, hath Houses of Parliament for passing On other days there will be a Committee and the combined session of to make the Club a success financially. that the ground will remain open all the the Constitution. In a letter to Parlia The accounts have been carefully year round, but from 1st May till 31stment up the subject President: Yuan JOHN
have been analysed by your Committee and any is due, players will have to pay for the interested in securing a workable Con- August, cach year, when no subscription
points out that he is principally explanations s you may wish for I will give balls they use. I hope thes, further constitution. During his provisional régime to the best of my ability. I would exisions will lead to more playing he obtained valuable experiense which mention that of the $741.13, sundry members joining the Club. We congratu- ought row to be available for the benefit debtors, $305 have already been collected late the LRC on again beating us in of the country. He goes on to say that and $50 allowed for nossible bad debts.until we see ladies playing in this com- the President to make amendments to the the annual match, but in my opinion the Provisional Constitution authorised which our Secretary considers ample.petition the interest in the event will not Constitution, but according to the present Then all stocks have been taken at or he kern, för almost invariably the men draft the President's sole duty will under cost price The Inrge stock of selected belong to both clubs, which has ensist of enforcing a Constitution in the discounted the interest taken in the drafting of which he has had no voice... racquet gear is all in tin-lined cases, and match in the past. A quite interesting has resulted from the continued lack of croquet tournament was hell recently, tire of the Government and Chief
President Yuan adds, as a representa interest in the ane. Your Committee with the following results:
Magistrate of the nation, if he is unable in consequence decided to try and get our Mr, P. M, Hodgson Single Handi- regarding the fundamental laws on which Mr. P. M. Hodgson Championship to express an opinion to legislatore military friends to take over the courts, and I am pleased to say they have done
depend the success or failure of a Govern-
squash racquet-court, which should be popnlar, I feel sure that civilians who desire to play racquets or squash-racquets will be let into the new Club. Arrange,
racquet gear to the new Club as they ments have been made to sell our stock of
require same at prices totalling $1,135, I have which is well under cost price. beard it reriarked that before getting rid of the racquet courts we should have
cap
Six Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic Inspector McFardy denied that before explorer addressing an audience of men the Magistrate he said that the wratches at the Browning Settlement, Walworth, on the accused's back and tight shoulder recently, fold some amusing stories or ms so and are turning one of them into a Double Handicap. lg beta med and eventually make a remedy impossible.
were old ones.
scratches.
experiences as a lecturer,
Hon. Mr. Fletcher and Mr. Baker ment, great danger will arise unnoticed
"My Favourite Drink,'
to get both playing and non-playing of the fundamental laws of a nation?
I hope all members will do their best He asks is this the original purpose members to join the Club. The latter can President Yuan finally explains that he join without entrance fee for $10 pas desires to prevent the Committor from year, and they have the privilege of embodying unworkable clauses in the
desire. The club owe thanks to Mr. Hattempt to remedy subsequently. It is ment and to play lawn bowls if they so drop out before promulgation than to competing in our annual croquet tourna Constitution, which it will be easier to
C. Joass an Mr. C. Bernard-Brown for understood that President Yuan also SAMPLES ON APPLICATION auditing the accounts. I beg to propose pointed out that the President is the before you. (Applause.) the adoption of the report and recounts prose elannel for the promulgation of the Constitution, whereas the Committee Mr. D. E. DONNELLY seconded, and the has published the portion already passed
without reference to him.
unanimously re-elected President of the On the notion of Mr. HANCOCK, second ed by Mr. NISBET, Mr. F Maitland was
Ho added that it was quite impossible for the girl to have led the strop around services at an equal rate of remuneration called an extraordinary general meeting, motion was carried
her neck in the manner in which it was tied. The knot was at the back of the
neck.
Mr. Jenkin-Suicidos amongst young Chinese girls are frequent in the Colony about this time, are they not --No, I do not think so.
amounted
Club B
The following were elected on the Cem mitteo Mesars R. Hancock, AC. E. borough, H. A. Nisbet, T. E Pearce, H. Kog, Major Dickinson, D.C.L.I., and W. D. Juop, A. R. Sutherland, and T. Captain Robertson.
Yuan Shik-kai visited the Constitution
A Peking telegram dated the 23rd fast. H. says Delegates representing President.
sent in their cards requesting permission Drafting Committee during a sitting and to attend The Chairman of the Committee quoted the Parliamentary Regalntions, and refused to allow the attendance of the ferlidling the presence of any outsiders, delegates, who thereupon withdrow.
After he had returned, he said, from Mr. Jenkin--According to the copy of the first expedition with the late Capt Scott, years ago, he went up to Scotland your evidence given before the Magistrate to get some golf and a rest. One day you said that the scratches were old ones; he received a letter from Harrow School now you say they were quite recent did not want to go, so he wrote fixing a asking him to give a lecture there. He Were they, or were they not, recent prohibitive price, as he thought fee of Inspector McHardy-They were recent 530, exclusive of expenses. To his great amazement the offer was accepted, and he duly gave the lectura On the strength of that he wrote to the authorities at Eton, the rival school, and offered his The reply was: Dear Sir, This is but I hope that members will agree that. five times as much as we pay to really it was as well for your Committee to Art-class lecturers, or slinch the bargain on the spot, for the
On another occasion he was giving lecture at Leith in Beatland, and be paid loss to our Club since the courts were 5 for the hail and 110s, for advertis first given to us in 1896, when I was the ing. Other expenses another pound.
to He drove from Ed Honorary Treasurer of the club, has been burgh to the hall and instructed his very large. A few years ago. I referred he found an audience consisting of an would have to be shut up and the staff the CHAIRMAN said he had a matter to cubran to wait for him. In the building to this loss and stated that the courts old, decrepit-looking man, two women disuimed. If they were not more mention which would probably prove of and a couple of children. (Laughter.) Anxions to increase the number of his patronised. The Secretary has informed whom they knew as a Champion at tendis, interess to the members. Captain Day, auditors, he went down to the cabman me that twelve civilians in all played in the Colony before, and who gave Mr members of the Diplomatic Corps photo- and said, I will pay for somebody to hold the horse, and you can come up and cquets last season and of the eight Nesbit a terribly hard fight in the final graphs of a latter which the Tientsin hear the lecture? The man at once wore cricketers.. Last season to tourna two or three years ago and another police found with a number of bombs replied. "Oh, no, thank you. Sirment was held, and we do not loow what gentleman who had recently won the when resting a rebel recently. The am all right where I
(Loud to do with the old Championship Chalve here it two in three days, difficult to understand, apparently owing Singapore Championship at tennis, were is worded vaguely and is rather laughter.) The lecture was, however, given to the bitter ond, and at the elese lenge Cup. On it are the following and had challenged the bout player at to references in it to previous letters, there were 25 people present. Next day names
tennis. The match would probably take It is addressed to one. Pu and is dated he was sorrowfully reconating his experi
place on Wednesday week, and ought to early in October. It states that the ences to his wife and calculating his losses. Twenty-five people at a shilling
be a very fine game indeed. Singapore had always heen noted for especially fine he was
make the total
tennis players. The Chairman added Oh,
that what he had said about he Racquet from that. I sent the cook and one of half, you must deduct two shillings
Cup was entirely his own idea, and he the maids." (Laughter.)
would like to get she feeling of the meet. ing on the suggestion:
Do you ever hear of any fes; not Noty many. Not of in girl of seven years,
at any rate.
seven yeara,
Have not you read of them throwing themselves out of boats, and things like that "-No," I have not. I have heard of A girl of seven years of age, but not of A Sergeant. Interpreter spoke to charg- ing the accused with murder early on the mipening of August 15th. In reply to the charge Mok Tong said I have nothing to say. I did not commit murder. She, a head,"
the girt, diod, I am held to blame." The receipts £1 in his better-
statement made by the accused at the Polise Court hearing in which he also denied any connection with the crime was read over to the jury. It was also read over to the accused, who made nu com- rent. In fact he was singularly silent throughout the hearing.
Several more witnesses were called for the prosecution, and when the hearing was, adjourned one more witness still remained. The case will be resumed to-day
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION,
BEFORE HIS HONOUR MR. J. H. KEP (PUIGNE JUDGE)
COMPULSORY SNAP-SHOTS.
ALL CHINESE MUST BE PHOTOGRAPHED Government officials at Ottawa have issued orders for the photographing of all. Chinese in Canada and the taking of other records for preservation in Govern ment archives dan kan denga
This news indicates that the Govern- ment officials are cognizant of the yellow peril of which so much has been said and written in the past. Official notices are expected to be distributed throughout Canada in the near future, and it will then become the duty of the local police to rand up all the Chinamen in their cities and have their pictures taken, which will be sent with other information concern The Kung Cheung firm, and Li Wasing their to Ottawa Tsz, the managing partner therein, . The recent law passed by the Provincial Stat In She and Lau Po Sha The Legislature of Saskatchewan forbidding claim was for 8323.83, being balance of laundries and restaurants operated
the employment of white labour in the purchase money payable by defendants to Chinese is being opposed by the Chinese the plaintiffs for the goodwill and of the Dominion, and considerable dis stock-in-trade of the business lately cussion has been aroused over the fight. carried on by plaintiffs at 30, Main agitation has probably been the direct to have this legislation repealed. This Street, Shaukiwan
cause of the act of the Dominion officinis Mr. W, Lewis (of Jolmson, Stokes & to procure reliable information concern. Master) appeared for plaintiffs, and Mr.ing the Chinees all over the Dominion.
Canada Moil.
A PURCHASE DIFFICULTY.
1898--Commander Grafton, IN. 1897-Colonel Gordon, W..R. 1898-Capt. C. B. Simons, RAF 1002-F. C. France-Hayhurst, RWF 1800-1901 1903-5 1000-18 II. C. R. Hancock (10 years),
1000-8-H E. B. Hancock (three years). I recommend that the brothers Hancock keep the Cup and perhaps tags for it. They have offered to give a new cup ja its place for the Racquet Championship of the new. Club if we will allow them to become the owners outright of the old cup, which is naturally of
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FAILURE OF HEBELLION DUE TO SIN AND
The Waichiapu has forwarded to the
SOLE AGENTS:
RUTTONJEE
& SON,
14, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL
MAPPIN&WEBB,
LIMITED.
NEW CONSIGNMENTS
SILVER WARE
PRINCE S PLATE
failure of the Southern rebellion was STERLING entirely owing to Sun Wen (Sun Yat-sen) and Huang Huing and goes on to say, “We are huisting a fresh Hag and still hope for s strong revival of the revolus tionary movement. The letter asks Fu, who was lingering in Tientsio, if he was It was pointed out that the Club could afraid to proceed to Peking. If so he hast not legally and properly deal with the better hand over the bombs to a certai extraordinary general eeting would Ho Hai ming knew to be most friendly to matter at that meeting, and that an person of a certain nationality who have to be called, upon the signature of the rebel cause. The letter eay Pu ton members.
⠀ should consult Ting and arrange to throw Th's was eventually dons, and the bombs Parliament prior to Detober regard to the matte Chairman undertook to call a meeting in 10th on which day he should throw a
The concluded the busine
PERTUSSIN.
Is a harmless and efficient reedy against all diseases of the respiratory organs, especially WHOOPING COUGH. CATARRH OF
LARYNX, ACUTE AND CHRONIC BRONCHIAL CATARRII, ASTHMA, &c, which fun. Joan
recognised unequalled by the highest authoritie Also the AFFECTIONS OF THE LUNGS will be greatly elieved by the use of it.
TO BE HAD AT
THE MEDICAL HALL,
HONGKONG:
bomb at Yuan Shil-kai if possible. If no should provoke the British and Russians in order to give another Power anportunity to intervene. Pu, the letter adds, should arrange that the homb outrages in Parliament should be blamed against Yuan Shih-kai's supporters
The Waichizopu's reason for forward- ing photographs of this letter to the Diplomatie. Corps was that the Powers should allow and assist in the arrest of Ho Ha-ming, who, however, has appar ently reached Japan. The reference to provoking the British and Russions
(GUARANTRED FOR 30 YEARSE
CUTLERY
From the
SOLE AGENTS
radiates that bomb outrages at Peking CHS, J. GAUPP
were being planned, but in this matter. the letter is very vague.
The Census of Peking shows that the uity tataias 200,600 families and 1,300,000 inhabitants.
Dr. G. D. Freer, the senior Medical Officer, Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Penang, has tendered his resignation from the F.M.S. Government service,"
& CO..
ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.
CHATER ROAD,