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ALLEGED WILFUL PERJURY. EXTRAORDINARY STORY RELATED AT MAGISTRACY.
Three Chinese, of the merchant, cláss appeared before Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistracy yesterday on a charge of com- mitting wilful and corrupt perjury,”
Mr. Eldon Potter (instructed by Mr. W. E. L. Shenton) appeared for the conx- plainant, and Mr. H. E. Pollock, K., and Mr. F. C. Jenkin (instructed by. Mr. F. d'Almada) represented the defen.
'dants.
J.
SWATOW NOTES.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT:]
SWATOW, September 13th.
THE GREAT FLOOD.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS TUURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23rd, 1918.
RAW
COTTON SHIPMENTS Į SHANGHAI COTTON MANUFAC-
FROM AMERICA,
A Japanese paper states that it has been arranged, with the impending oper- The Dautai bag issued instructions to aling of the annual eatton season, that the his subordinates that they collect as much American raw cotton amounting to 450,00 money as possible for the relief of these folos shall be imported into Japan by the
who suffered by the great Canton floods.
A MAGISTRATE CRITICISED.
the
A CHINESE BOOK CENSOR.
It is news to hear that there is a book
|
following vessels-
TURING CO., LTD,
The Statement of Accounts of this Com- pany, of which the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha are the agents, for the year ending the 30th June, 1915, is as follows:
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.
Including the Belance Tls. 12,488.00
Credit Balance of this account amounts brought forward from last year, the
to Tls. 053,717.08, which sum your Directors propose to
04 deal with follows:-
To write off-
Buildings Spinning
From October 1st, 1915. to May 318 1016, the N.Y.K. and 0.8.K. liners leav ing the Pacific ports will take on boart each 4,000 bales of raw cotton per hom ward trip to the aggregate amount of 64,000 bales each.
T.K.K. steamers of Teng Mare and Nippon Mara types will lead 4,000 and 1,500 bales respectively each trip to th| Weaving. amount of 40,000 bales, the total amount to be skipped by the above-mentioned three Furniture Companies vessels being expected to he
To pay 168,500 bales,
The auxiliary carga houts of the three Companies are expected to ship about 31,500 bales.
and Plant
and Plant
INTIMATIONS
LANE
ORAWFORD & Co.
FURNISHING DEPARTMENT.
Machinery
Muchinery
Tis 16,501,42
32.925.03
17.608:00 486.33
Tis.
67,520.81
NOW SHOWING
to Share-
holders: -
240,000,00
NEW
per
00,000.00
300.000.00
DESIGNS
170.000.00 16,196,07
A Dividend of Ts. St
per share
These Companies are, however, racking A Bonins of Tls, one
anda
Flajf their brains as to how to load the remain ing 250,000 bales.
The Toyu Kisen Kaisha, which, bas recently chartered the s.8. Jiang Main (7,300 mea: tons) and Kenkos Mara
to charter the Daizen Mara and Keishan Jari. 6,000 mess, tous ach, owned by the
and Kisimoto S.S. Co., Dairen,
th Astma Jars, 0,750 meas, tons, recently purchased by the Tingho C. Now. chwang, and has opened negotiations ve the charter thereof,
A peity Magistrate at Thai-Ma, on the Han river, is severely criticised by the native Press for, what is very manifest, Mr. Potter, explaining the facts which illegal denlings. He is reported to le led up to the present charge, said that guilty of following:Permitting on the 3rd August the first defendant gambling tables to be set up on cách mar- initiated certain criminal proceedings, ket day, for which he levies n tell of thirty. against the pressat complainant by laying five cents per table; also opium dens, each information before Mr. Lindsell, ne bo to pay thirty-five. cents nach market day. At ho Ngun Khe rach den pays twenty-five dol-- substantiated the allegations which made by a statement on eath in this usual lars and at Lam-khang forly,
The information form of information. alleged that the first defendant was purther in the Wing Cheong Sing firm, ceasor in China, A Herary student, by import and export merchants, of Same Shin Than, has worked laboriously. 6 (7,050) meas: cons), is contemplating Bonham Strand West, and that was the at odjíing an anthology of Chinese ballad staternent in respect of which the present poetry. He completed his task and his book proceedings were taken. He also alleged was printed by a well-known house in that the present complainant embezzled
Shanghai, The sale of the book was con- the sum of $1,500. Upon that informa-
siderable. A copy of the sanie fell into tion a warrant was issued, the present the censor's hands. The result is that the complainant was appeted, ands wars took in proger-bed-eini-Ins-boon-withdrawn brought against him uf embezzling $1,500.
from sale. The authorities give a strong It was obviously of the great st. imp. backing to the ceaser, for the collection is ance to the first defendant that he should fibertine in spirit and a danger to public state his sworn information that he
The strange thing is that the in was a parter, for that would give is dividual ballads composing the collection information the appearance of reality
are sold freely in most of the market places, The that would otherwise he absent.
w are already well-known to the book complainant was charged before. Mr. Lindsell, and at the close of the case for reader. The authorities maintain that the the prosention the Magistrate dismissed perusal of such literature by the people the case without calling upon him to would render government impossible. reply. The charge against the first defen. dant was that the statement he made to the effect that he was a partner in the Wing Cheong Sing firm was faise and amounted to porjury. He (Mr. Potter) would prove in fact he was not a part-great question people are divided in nor. He would also prove that the third opinion. There are some who favour the re- defendant, who was the father of the turn to the old system, while the majority, first man, was the partner and that he perhaps, are anxious to stand by repub.vessels.
The name of Dr. Goodnow is was the owner of the tong name claimed licanism. by the first defendant, and that beer many lips and he is held responsible for THE CHINESE MINISTRY actually drew all the interest on the capi. the present ferment. What the people.
peace.
THE ABSORBING TOPIC:
While the boycotting spirit is still alive congst the people the topic of conversa- tion at presett is the talk about, the return About this to the monarchical system.
ruler. This they say would rend China in all her borders.
After all the President
has said against his wearing a crown they think it unlikely that he would accept the high office of Emperor, and the news is that he will propose his god when the opportune There is now a strong and time arrives. responsible society being formed with a view to make plain the advantages of a monarchy, but its chief aim is to raise the present President to the throne.
It
tal standing in this tong name. His list all fear is the return of a Manchu worship would probably ask the reason for a false statement of that kind being made. It might assist the Court in arriving at a conclusion if he explained the motive. Thero was a certain firm, called the Ying Chiu Wo Hing Ki, which carried on business on the same floor as the Wing Cheong Sing firm, used the same safe and counter, and had a number
The third defen of common partners. dant was a partner in both firms, and he did not deny that he was in fact w partner is reported that what may be termed the in the Ying Chiu Wo Hing Ki The Cabinet at Peking is opposed to this second man was also a partner in this society and that the President, perceiving Some months ago, a partnership the possibility of civil strife, is pressing dispute having arisen, the complainant the supporters of the monarchical idea, to break up their society. This, however, these proceedings brought action they are unwilling to do, and the 20th has against the second and third defendants, been fixed as the day on which they mesa claiming part of the profits of the firm, to make known to the world the object and aim of their society, which is known by the which wore very considerable, and were name "Chhiu An Fei" (Devising Peace. believed to amount to about a lakh of Society). dollars. He (Mr. Potter) suggested that the prosecution in the other Court before Mr. Lindsoll
initiated order to bring.
to pressure the present complainant in upon regard
action. the impending practically
case of September. has come in with cool north breezes. The change is a great relief. We blackmail. He suggested that it would have seldom had such a dry sultry August.
firm
in
tick
It
was
was
23
in
BANISHINO EVIL CHARACTERS.
The Swatcw officials, thus far true to their word on assuming office, are gradually ridding the neighbourhood of evil bear characters who have beans such a menace tu
public peace and happiness,
THE WRATHER.
shaie
To set aside:-
To Reserve for Re-
nowels and Repairs.. 170.000.00 To carry to New Account.
Tis. 558,717.09
Total
N.B.-Additional-cost of Repairs and, Renewals for the year: x 79,340,31 charged to Working Aerbunt.
BOARD. OF DIRECTORS. According to the Articles of Association, Mr. B. Robertson retires from the Board. but, being eligible, offers himself for re- election.
All these vessels will be need as auxiliary steamers for transportation ul raw cotton.. The Osaka Shosen Kaisha is reparted to have contracted with cotton merchants w ship the above cargo, single-handed at Yo cents per 100 lbs. A noteworthy change
The appointment of Baron Y. Fujimura, has, however, came over the shipment of American cotton to Japan. The railway rice Mr. S. (lagaki, retired, requires con- freight on cotton from Galveston, Tex.firmation. one of the principal accumulating and distributing cotton centres to San Fran cisco and Seattle, wherefrom the cargo 15 exported, is ordinarily quoted at 93 cents REMARKABLE SENTENCE ON per 100 lbs. and the steamer, freight between the last-mentioned two ports Yokohama and Kobe is at 50 cents, the total rate amounting to G. $1.48 or so. Ou the other hand, the direct steamer freight from Galveston to Yokohama, ria Panama Caual, will, according to the investigation | of the Mitsai Bussan Kaisha, be G. 81.5 per 100 lbs., bring 20 nts cheaper than the former TOBIC
The Toyo Kisen Kaisha is now prepat ing to inaugurate a Galveston-Yokoham' cotton service with some of its chartered
COMMERCE.
. PROGRESSIVE ACTIVITIES.
CHINESE OFFICIAL.
IMPRISONED FOR USING TORTURE.
Assistant magistrate Chou Wen-lich of Feng-hsien was recently prosecuted for torturing prisoners. His trint took place on the afternson of September 15th and resulted in a sentence which marks a new departure in Chinese judicial history.
He appeared before the Shanghai Dis- trict Court of Justice, Procurator Trung Yunting conducting the prosecution. Chen Wen-lien stated in his defence thuc
of the Fenghien district not very long OF he was deputed to be assistant magistrate Lago. He received the two prisoners who were said to be concerned, in the robbery of the house of Mrs, Shen of that district, from the 1st Water Police Yamén. Upon reading the despatch delivered to him, he The Ministry of Agriculture and Com-found 1 was therein stated that those two confessed thèjr crime merce under r. Chow is making active prisoners had efforts in planning for industrial develop already. He then had then brought and ment. A series of bulletins dealing with questioned separately, but they repudiated various industrial topics have been written their confession and refused to admit in simplo Chinese and distributed free of anything. charge. These have been issued three times each month during the last five months and have already acquired much popularity among the commercial community. For the promotion of agriculture and forestry, the Ministry has made elaborate plans for the establishment of agricultural and forestry experiment stations, marine pro duce stations, and special agricultural administrative organs in the various pro vinces as well as sufficient fishing organ sations along the sea-const states, A large sum of money, however, is required for the initial expenses, and the Minister said to be working hard for the means of financing such a scheme in order to realise his manifold sims,
As they had injuries on their bodies caused by torture before at the Police Yamen, he dared not give any order him.
He reported the. self regarding them. result of their trial to magistrate Pun Hai-chiu who instructed him to try them in accordance with military procedure, Thus, he continued his sitting the next day and minutely examined the prisoners, who, however, held tenaciously to their pleading of innocence, in spite of his per- He then ordered them to le susies. severely flogged and remanded in custody. He pleaded that this was done after leave had been obtained from the magistrate who had ordered the whip to be adminis
tered.
After some consultation between the Judge and the Procurator, the Court decided that Chou Wes-lich should bu imprisoned for two months.
The Commission for Industrial Leve'op. ment is doing good work along the general fines on which it is planned. The division of information is now undertaking a thorough investigation of the cotton pro
THE USUAL PUNISHMENT, duction and manufacture in China and
The sentenco is a remarkable one in so the facilities of transportation in the pra far as it is a complete departure fron Hitherto it has vinces, starting with Chilli, The printing traditional practices. industry and banking institutions are also always been considered sufficient for receiving special attention, while letters officials to be degraded in such cases, or, of inquiries have been sent out to all the at the most, dismissed from their posts, a step which always left it possible for them commercial concerns with a view to com- pile a complete business directory, the first to be re-instated or employed again else one of the kind in China. The division of where. Imprisonment for an offence of experimentation is just being completed this nature is an unheard-of punishment. take to analyse commercial products and reform of China's judicial system new materials discovered with a view too far distant as it usually appears to extend or to build up new enterprises. it be.-N.-C. Daily News. The Tung Wa Hospital begs to acknow-is said that a pure food campaign will the second and third defendants arose outledge with thanks the following donations also be undertaken when the laboratory to the Kwangtung Flood Relief Fund:-and office are in good working order. The
have been somewhat too obvious for the second and third defendants to hard started the proceedings in the other] KWANGTUNG FLOOD RELIEF and equipped for work. It will under and one which leads us to hope that a
Court, so the son of the third man-a man
of straw, they believed--was put forward
to initiate this criminal prosecution.
Mr. Potter Baid the case against
of sworn testimony made by them before
Mr. Lindsoll.
The case was adjourned.
GENERAL PERSHING'S FAMILY PERISH IN FLAMES. WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN DIE.
FUND.
Por Hon. Mr. Lau Chu-yak and Mr. Po Kwai from the Chinese Community at Cal-
eutta
Per Chong Kee of Halifax,
Herbert River, N. Queens land Per Wong Ping Kwan for nett
takings at the theatrical per- formances at. Tai Pak Lau...
tion book
Wing Sheung Lau'n Subscrip Chik Ip Girls' school.............
"WE NEED PEACE."
пос
division of commercial exhibition is now fully occupied in making the preliminary. PRINCE BUELOW AND GERMANY'S
SACRIFICES, arrangements for the national industrial
8 2,142,40 exhibition to be held under its auspices and on it's own campus. Owing to the delay of goods in transportation, the ex- 308 75hibition will be opened to the public on the first of October instead of September 20th as formerly announced. It will last for a month, during which over a thousand articles will be displayed.—Peking Daily Xews.
180.00
164.50
·61-80
Already acknowledged... 8543,800.45
Total ......
8546,744.91
CHINESE
PATRIOTIC MOVEMENT.
$8,000,000 COLLECTED.
AN AUDIENCE OF ONE,
}
In the course of a speech at a presenta- tion at Klein Flottbach, near Hamburg, Prince Buelow delivered a speech on the war. He said:
*Germany needs peace, a peace which will be not only honourable but proud, which will compensate her for her heroism and her colossal sacrifices. We count on the Kaiser for this prace, and we want no other."
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Mrs. Pershing, wife of Brigadier Gen eral John J. Ferthing, and their daughters, Helen, eight years old, Ann, six, and the youngest child, a girl' of font, were suf-,
Political importance is attached to the located and burned to death of the night
speech. It is supposed that Prince Bue- of the 27th ult. in the course of a fire at the
low will play a diplomatic part after the Pershing home in the Presidio of Sun
war, and maybe during the peace nego- Francisco, The five-year-old son of the
Typical of the fate that has overtaken tiations. Pershings escaped with his life.
so-called many of the
The neutrality
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zei The blaze started from a lamp explosion.
FUND leagues
organized throughout the time, according to Berlin telegram, The flames spread rapidly and those in the
United States to conduct pro-German declares to be an invention the telegrami housa were overcome by the smoke, while
propaganda, is the following story of which the German Emperor alleged to they were asleep, except the little boy who
meeting in St. Louis, told by Reuter's have sent to the Queen of Greece, and managed to escape. General Pershing.
New York correspondent:-
which was published in Bukharret news- who commands the Eighth Brigade now 12
The directors of the Shanghai Patriotic Thousands of dollars had been spent papers. The reports of German peace MACGREGOR&C. duty at the border, and who was until the Fund Society held a meeting last week in newspaper advertising and on flaming proposals to Russia through the medium latter part of 1913 Chief of the Depart at which the Chairman made a report on posters announcing the forthcoming meet. of the King of Denmark are also declared ment of Mindanao and Governor of the the progress which has been effected. He ing of the St. Louis Neutrality League, to be unfounded. Moto Province was not at home at the stated that, during a brief period, over according to a despatch to the New York time of the tragedy.
three hundred and twenty societies have Evening Telegram. When the hour German Government will certainly not WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS Mrs. Pershing was before her marriage been established throughout the country arrived the chairman of the meeting refuse sensible proposals of peace when Frances H. Warren, daughter of Senator to promote the movement and that the stepped to the platform and looked at the they are submitted, but the time for the Francis E. Warren of Wyoming, chair funds collected at home and abroad ag audience. The crowd consisted of one German Government to make peace pro- man of the Senate Military Committee ugregate 88,000,000. He expected that at lone newspaper reporter. "The after- nosals will have come when the enemy to the time of the Wilson administration. the coming general meeting over hitty noon meeting is adjourned," announced Governments are ready to acknowledge She was married to General Pershing in representatives from the provinces would the chairman.“The night meeting will the failure of their bellicose under
taking." January 28th, 1903, at Washington, D.C. be presont-
start promptly at seven o'clock."
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