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CORRESPONDENCE.
HONGKONG UNIVERSIFY:
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG DAILY PRESA"]
Sin,From the telegram quoted hy Mr. Hinton in his letter yesterday, it is -evident that he did not come out here as a professor from the opening of the University. Besides, & most thorough
search over the Daily Pres of *1912 verifies my stateinent, that his appoint- as professor was not publicly ment announced
Is there any wonder, then, that. Professor Smith seems to overlook such an appointment 7-
As Mr. Hinton is not prepared to argue the point any further, 1 need not encroach any more, upon your space,~ Yours faithfully,
A RESIDENT.
BUSINESS TROUBLES OF
CHINESE FAMILY. PRIVY COUNCIL CONFIRMS. HONGKONG FULL COURT JUDGMENT.
News has been received in the Colony that the Privy Council have confirmed the judgment of the Hongkong Fall Court which was given in 1914 in favour of one Ho Sau Lan in the partnership action of Ho Chin Lam against Ho Sau Lam alias Ho Ngok Lan.
The appeal to the Full Court was made. from the decision of the Chief Justice (Sir William Rocs Davies). The original
also to restrain him from interfering in any way with the partnership assets.
action was a claim by Ho Chiu Lam, as partner in the Po Cheung firm of Canton and the Wo Ken firm of Hong kong, against Ha Sau Lam, for a dis solution of the partnership entered into Hongkong, July 'oth, 1010.
by an agreement, the appointment of a Receiver of partnership property; taking NAVAL SALVAGE MONEY.
of the partnership accounts; and on PONTOPOROS”. PRIZE MONEY.
injunction to restrain Ho San Lam from converting the Tsing Hing theatre into It is notified in the fiarite, for the in ¤ dwelling house, or in any way inter- formation of all persons interested there.fering with the structure thereof; and is that preparations are now being made for the intended distribution of the award of prize salvage for services rendered to the str. Postoporx by H.M.S Yarmouth on fir 12th October, 1914. Agents or other persons having any just and legal donaud, unliquidated, against the award are required to trans- mit the particulars of way such demand to the Engistrar of the Admiralty Divi- sion of H.M. High Court of Justice, in order that the same may be examined, taxed, and allofed by that officer, and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said court.
HONGKONG MAGISTRACY,
FAN-TAN
For playing fan-tar in the street at West Point a Chinese banker" was £ned $80, and two backers were find each.
CUTTING EAVES.
A Chingse of the coolie class, who was charged with cutting eaves from the roots of houses, was sent to prison for six months and ordered to be exposed for four hours in the stocks.
THE BOOT."
Judgment was given by the Chief Justice in favour of the plaintiff, and the grounds of the application for up- setting his judgment were:--That the Chief Justica decided wrongly and against the treight of evidence; that the plaintiff did not retire from the partner- ship, the subject matter of the action; tint there was no settled and agreed account; that, therefore, the Chief Justice decided wrongly, and that the plaintiff's claim was not barred by the Statute of Limitations; that there was a condition precedent to the plaintiff's retirement, and that such condition was not per
formed.
Subsequently the decision of the Chief Justice was reversed by the Full Court, and judgment given in favour of appellant defendant The Presiding Judge (Sir Havilland de Sausmarez), in the course of a judgoient extending to twenty foolscap folios, said that the view he took of the evalener was not the name
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRES8 MONDAY, JULY 10rm, 1916.
PERING NOTES. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]
PEKINO, 20th June.
·TUE DEAD PRESIDENT.
Yesterday witnessed the removal ju state of the dead President route to his ancestral home. The funeral proces sin was simple, dignified and effective, To those who came out expecting great sight it was very disappointing. Many a more elaborate funeral could be sorms any day passing down. Hatame it
There was a very elaborats cremory within the Palace on Monday, when the President offered up sacrifice before the bier. This service was attended by most of the foreign Ministers and high Chinese officials, and was very impres sive indeed;
The funeral was remarkable by reason of the number of foreigners who took part, President Li Yuan Hung witnessed the removal of the eatafalque from its rest ing place, but did not join the mourners The bodyguard of the deceased looked a fine body of men, and the soldiers, who marched with rifles reversed were smart and business-like. Perhaps the most interesting feature of the funeral was its westernised incidentals-the crage bands on the arms of the military and naval men; the exhibition of the uni form, sword and decorations of the de- ceased; the mournful western music; and the appearance in the procession of: Yuan's two ponies--not to speak of the “kodakers" and the cinema operators.
CABINET MAKING..
The South seem to have won all along the line. They played a trump card this week in the declaration of independence by the Navy, but, of course, such prac tices are not without their danger, espe- cially when constitutional procedure is the great consideration.". Whether the impetus was given by the action of the Navy or was due to the freedom afforded by the removal of the dead President from the capital is not quite apparent, but the President has to day issued a mandate restoring the Nanking Pro visional Constitution. As this coincides with a list of resignations of members of the old gang," it is obvious that the
SINO-TAPANESE BANK FOR
MURDEN.
It is reported that a plan is foot among leading bankers in Tokio and Yokohama, for the establishment of a bank in Mukden, which would net as the central monetary organ for Manchuria, in accordance with the contract the Bank of Chosen has recently entered into with the Mukden Treasury Department as one to fe conditums of the recent." Mukulen lean, says the Jupu Daily Man
On June 201k a conference was held by cluding the representative of the Bank the promoters of the plan in Tokio, in of Chosen, Mr. J. Longe, the President of the Yokohama Specie Bank, and the bank thus to be established will be othera. According to a report to hand authorized to issue gold notes which will replace nil previous, issues by the Muklen native banks, and readinst the currency system in Manchuria which is now so much depressed as 'unfavourably to affect trade in general
The bank, if established, will have a capital of Y5,000,000, which will be Chinese capitalists, mid will be styled the equally contributed by Japanese and Sino-Japanese Bank.
The scheme of the Bank of Chosen to. peha branch at Harbin has almost materialized, according to despatch from Harbin, Mr. Abe, the manager the proposed branch office, having rations will be begun by the bank about already arrived there. The actual ope- the middle of July.
WIRE-MAKING IN JAPAN..
ACTIVITY CAUSED BY THE
DEMAND FOR EXPORT.
made rapid growth some years ago the When the hydro electric plants had wire-makers, in anticipation of the in- crease
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demand,
minde an in
crease in the productive capacity, says the Japan Advertiser. The present capu- city for wire-making in Japan is as follows-
Yokohama Densen Co. Fujikura Densen Co. Nippon Densen Co., Kyushu Densen Co....... Sumitomo Densen Co. Osaka Densen Co
Tsuda & Co. (Kyoto)
Yen .10.000.000 4,000,000 $1,600,000. 1,000,000 1,600,000 1,200,000 1,000,000
INTIMATIONS
LANE,
CRAWFORD & Co.
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Made from this, cool fabrics that let the air through. Cut on full, free Lines that prevent tightness at any point. The comfiest sleeping suit to be had Nata pesny more costly than night apparel of any other sert that you might purchase.
ALL SIZES IN MEN'S
B. V. D. SLEEPING
WHITE
SUITS
MAINSOOK $3.00 BOISETTE $4.75
COLOURED
AERTEX
BUTT
SUIT.
CELLULAR
UNDERWEAR COAT CUT $2.00 E
VESTS
KNEE LENGTH
DRAWERS $2.00 E
"AERTEX ventilates the body-lets out the heat and keeps the skin dry and cool.
MEN'S NAVY
SWIMMING and BATHING
SUITS
$2.00 AND $3.00 PER SUIT,
LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.
Besides, Oki & Co., the Kyoritsu Denki HONGKONG, CANTON,
Tokio, and the Taniguchi Co, and Fuji Co., and the Nippon Denki Co., of & Co., of Osake, manufacture to somIS extent The total capacity of all these
MACAO
WEST RIVER STEAMERS.
es the view taken by the Chief Justice,- Government will soon be in the hands of mounts to 1.22,400,000 a year. The de JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG. CANTON AND MÃOSO
though he hesitated long before ventur: ing to disagree with the Chief Justice, who had himself confessed that he did not reach his conclusion without doubt
those acceptable to the South. The old Parliament is to be reconstituted and convened in August, and a representa.
A Chinese was fined 10 with the alter-He thought the appeal should be allow tive Cabinet will shortly be constructed, ereased. Especially since May last nativen 10 days' imprisonment for being with costs, both there and in the Cours with General Tuan Chi Jui remaining as India and the islands in the South in
in unlawful possession of a number of glazed tiles. He told Mr. Orme that he
below.
Leave to appeal to Privy Council was
Premier. Chen Chin Taoe has accepted the position of Minister of Finance, and
end in an ordinary year was said to thought to be greater. But since the out- he V10,000,000 and the supply was break of war, the demand for export has year has the demand in Russia, China, creased. To meet this new deninud for export every factory has kept up work at 70 per cent of its full capacity. How ever the makers are said to be making to the high cost of material. But as they are making larger amounts than before, their profit will make a good sum, and the larger factories, such as the Yoko
na Denson Co and others, are paying higher dividends to shareholders for the current business térni.
had taken them from his master's yard ventually granted, with the result that Tang Shao Yi will in all probability only a very low margin of profit owing
at Canton because he had given him the boot.".
DAMNING EVIDENCE. Observed coming out 19, Wing Wo Street, at 3 o'clock on Saturday morn ing. & Chinese was arrested and searched. A pair of pinchers, capable of removing such obstacles to admission as locks and bolts, was found upon his. He was sent to prison for six weeks...
SKILLFUL PICK POCKET. While looking in a shop window a Chinese was cleverly robbed of a $10 bill en Friday. A man brushed against him and extracted the note from his pocket| and the owner turned round and “grab
bed" the man. Not in the last perturbed, the raptured man passed on the note to an necomplice who calmly walked away. The man who was caught was sent to gaol for three months.
KICKING CONSTABLE.
An Indian constable ebarged coolis with assaulting him. His story was that defendant pushed him, that he fell down, tore his clothes and cut his leg. The coolie said he was sitting on the footpath when the constable came along and kicked him. He made haste to go but was not quick enough to suit the constable, who aimed another kick at him. Unfortunate ly for him, it missed its mark and so great was the power the constable put behind his kick that the impetus caused him to fall on the ground. His worship (Mr. Wood) said he thought the coolie was telling the truth, and he would be dis- charged.
AWORKMAN
the decision of the Full Court, in reversing the judgment of the Chief Justice, has been upheld.
Mr. E. H Sharp, K., and Mr. C. G Alabaster tinstructed by Mr. Reader. Harris, of Messrs. Wilkinson & Crist) represented the appellant in the Fall Court action, and Mr. Eldon Potter and ] Mr. F. C. Jenkin (instructed by Mr. Otto Kong Bing and Mr. Leg d'Almada) were for the respondent;
REFUSE COLLECTION IN HONGKONG.
QUESTION BY MR. BOWLEY.
to be held to-morrow, Mr. F. B. L. At the meeting of the Sanitary Board, Bowley, pursuant to notice, will ask
1-How many rounds do the dust-carts make daily in Victoria, and at what hours?
2-Are the carters allowed to rust the carts down-hill without using brakes?
-At what hour are householders allowed to put out their dust-bing in Victoria and when aro the dust-bina emptied?
4-How often, by whom, and under training into the Mongkoktsui harbour of whose supervision are the trained nullahs refuge cleansed?
The other business on the agenda is of a formal character.
HONGKONG BANK-NOTES. The returns of the average amount of bank notes in circulation and of specie
accept the portfolio of Foreign Affairs. sulption of the constitutional and poli- tical troubles of the past few months is undoubtedly within sight, but there is no guarantee that China will enjoy the peers and the rest that she needs to ale else will occur to provide excitement. tend to her own development. Something
PERSONAL
FREIGHT MARKET.
There will be great changes at
Jessra, Snowa.an & Co's freight the British Legation · ́ere- loug, Sir Treular, dated 8th July, states:- John Jordan, the Minister, leaves in We last reported on the 24th ult., siner Rwhen very little chartering business has bech transacted. The feature of the fortnight under review has been the re- Bangkok to Hongkong which, in the markable rise in the rate of freight from interval, has risen from 75/03 cents to 100 cents for inside/outside bar load-
October or curlier and Mr. Macleay, the first Councillor, also returns home for an appointment not yet announced, Mr. Beilby Alston
Counciller and as Charge d'Affaires. He who was here before, should arrive in the capital in the first week of August an will be accompanied by Mr Lampson, who was a member of Lord Redesdale's mission to Tokyo some ten years ago to confer the Order of the Garter upon the Emperor of Japan.
Mr. Hioki, the Japanese Minister, will be leaving soon, and Baron Hayashi, who way Ambassador to Italy, is mentioned as his successor
Mr. P. J. Miller, enginces in charge in the British Legation, has just received us in the Officers Training Corps. Mr. his commission after six months' train A E Weare, fermerly Reuter's cor respondent, has I hear received his cap taincy He has also been mentioned in despatches
has been practically no demand whats ing, whereas, on the other hand,, there soever from Saigon to this, in conseque to 32 cents. Since then two medium of which the rate has dropped from 45 sized vessels under Chinese charter have been loaded on the berth at 45 cents per picul. This, however, is more or less i Sgure can hardly be taken as the current private arrangement and the latter rate. T
Unless arrivals of grain from the at Saigon case somewhat, there would interior are more plentiful and rice prices- seem to be little libellond of any denstad tonnage in the near future. worth while speaking of for outside"
export
sort of ice from Saigon from 1st January to 30th May amounts to 472,703 tons, as compared with 369,540 tons for the same pediod last year, Quotation for No. 2 white round sifted Sigon for July/Augast shipment. rice stands at 9453 per picul fo.b."
Mr. Lian Shib Yi, who is regarded by his friends as one of the cleverest men inf China and by his enemies as the evil genius of his country, has gone to Tien- in reserve in Hongkong, during the tion of head hunting Republicans. Most been put through at 55 cents for Manila tsin, where he is safe from the perseen- SAIGON/PHILIPPINES.--A charter has month of June, as certified by the of the other monarchical Ministers and ments are being easily filled by Philip- and 60 cents Lebu, otherwise require managers of the respective banks, were others associated with the movement have pine owned tonnage taken up some time es follow:-
sought the same asylum: Average Specie
Dr. hoch, of the Government Civil amount, in resere Hospital, Hongkong, is a visitor to the capital and is perting a number of the former residents of the colony.
Sir Charles Eliot also is here.
7,331,704 5,000,000* FINANCIAL___
Under-the-prétence of repairing a house at Yaumati on Friday two men stripped the house of its guttering. In Chartered Bank of Shanghai Street a man was observed to India, Australia, be carrying a roll of the metal and when
and China questioned said it was given him by a Hongkong and man named Al Yit, whom he was able Shanghai Banking to produce Ab it, however, denied Corporation 24,815,300 20,000,000 ever having seen the other in, and it Mercantile Bank of was not until some time later that Ah · India, Ltd. Yit was found to be one of the men who
1,073,770 550,000). had stripned the house. The Police went to arrest him, but his cubicle was empty, The house belonged to Sir Robert Ho Tang. Mr. J. R. Wood ordered defendant to be imprisoned for a month with hardt labour.
Total
$33,720,834 25,555,000
Sterling Securities deposited with the
Crown Agents valued at £150,000. Securities with the Crown Agents
£68,040.
The moratorium is still in operation. One suggestion for remedying the finan cial deadlock is to keep the Bank of China a national institution and to make the Bank of Communications a commer- vial and foreign exchange bank. Mean time the discounting of the notes con- tinues. One facetious remark heard this of the foreign banks to take Chinese holi, week was that it was unfair on the part
days and decline to accept Chinese-not
ago.
STEAMBOAT CO., LTD., AND CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD. HONGKONG-CANTON LINE.
Single Fare by Night Steamer Betorn
(available ale for return
by day stemmer) Single Furn by Day Steamer Betorn
HONGKONG TO CANTON. I
MONDAY, 10гa
8 m. HEUNGSHAN. 10 pз KINYILAN.
Bam. HGNAM. 10 pm. FATSHAN,
$8.00
11.00
5.00
9.00
CANTON TO HONGKONG.
JULY, 1916.
8. HONAM,
3 p.m. FATSHAN
TUESDAY, 11ra JULY, 1916.
8. a.. HEUNGSHAN,
p.m. KINSHAN.
HONGKONG-MACAO T
LINE
88, TAISHAN, Toan 2.000. | 8.8, 80I-TAI, Tona 1,661.
HONGKONG TO MACAO,
Weak days at 8 am and 2pm. from the Company's Wing Lok Btreet Whos Zendaya si 8 am and 1 pm, from the Company's Wing Lok Bireed Wharf,
MACAO TO HONGKONG
Week days at 7.30 am, and 2 p.m. Sundays at 7.30 am. und 2 piztu EXCURSION TO MACAOJ
- SUNDAY." 16 JULY, 1936,
The Company's New Stonmahip
STAISHAN"
Well depart from the Company's Wise Lox ETEET WEARS at 6 8.m., and stimu trosa Maono al 2. p.m.
N.B-The Company will also run Beamer from Maso on Sunday at 7.50 na and from Hongkong at 1 pm, from the Company's Wing Lak Street Wheels
FARES AS USUAL.
MACAO-CANTON LINE
B.S. SUT ANDEREN Departures from Mane to Canton on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 9 pm: Coperturen from Canton to Macso on Tuesday, Thursday and UINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO
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CANTON WUCHOW LINE
8.8. BaINAM, 588 tona, and 9.8. NANNING, 588 tona, Ons of the sbor Bieamers leaves Canton for Wackow every Monday, Wednesday azi, **r: sy, at shout 8 m., and the other leaven Wushow for Canton on the same days si 8.30 am, Ronks ir) take about 5 days. Passengers can return to Hongkong or vice veran by thi Company direct Beamers LINTAN od BANUL Thoca resole have raperice Dades
sommodation and are lighted throughout by slectricity, Electric Fan in each Cabin, Booking Office open daily (Sanday sxsepted) 9 a.m. to 5 pad. * Further particulars may be obtained at the Office of the
HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT Co., Læs..
Hotel Mansions (First Floor), opposite the Blaks Pior
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ISITORS TO CANTON
Arrivals of grain from the interior being TO CORRECT CONSTIPATION | ▼ Should Purchase -
SALGONJAVAA couple of "outsiders” have been placed at much reduced rates. somewhat under expectations, prices of rice at Saigon have hardened, and from and biliousness, clear the complexion, the present tone-of the Java market it
cure sick headaches and sweeten the would not appear that there is any like breath use the dain laxative lihood of mach demand for tonnage, for the lime being
NEWCHWANG,The order for first half of this month loading has been filled by a Japanese steamer a, in cents per picul. as against 70 cents fixed for middle July as reported in our last issue,
change since last report
COAL FREIGHT.There has been no
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