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·
THE "LAERTES
AGAIN.
CASE
TO COME BEFORE FULL COURT OF APPEAL:
DEATH OF MR. A. G. GÒRDON, WHILE ON THE VOYAGE HOME.
By the death of Mr. Alexander - Grand Gordon, at Bombay, on June glat,, while travelling to England, the Colony of Hang- kong has lost a most genial personality and one of its oldest Europena residents. He had lived in the Colony upwards of forty-four years with very few holidayı and had enjoyed excellent braith down to quite recent years when age began to tell. Early this year he had a illnes, and accompanied by Mrs. Gordes and their youngest daughter, Jean. be left for Home less than a month ago on, the
very seriom
is more "noticeable" than the increase in It is announced that King Edward's body The approval of the Secretary of State the number of tea houses. Not only has is shortly to be removed from beneath the having been reeived for the appointment the number inermused" in recent years but choir of St. George's Chapel. Windsor, of Judge Skinner Turner of Shanghai as an the expenditure in the decoration and, and placed in the sumptuous tomb which Appeal Court Judge, in the place of Bir equipment of theme places has als, in-has been prepared for if in the Albert Haviland de Saumarez, who is now on cfeared. This shows that the number of Hemorial Chapel away to the east end,
leave, the Fuil Court of Appeal, compris those who frequent the ten drinking places How the thought takes my mind back to jing His Honour Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz, have increased and that the people are a day many years ago when I stood on the Acting Chief Justice, His Honour Judge demanding that the tea houses provide organ screen of St. George's side by side Skinner Turner, and His Honour Mr. J. better accommodation than in former days with one of the Windsor dignitaries. Wood. Acting Puisne Justice, will sit
Until recent seats the Cantones-look-
| What a blaring day it was-ons of those Hongkong on August 3rd. - bat two meals a day. One of these came!
heavy June afternoons when there was not
"The appeal for their consideration in 29 & 0 Norura, it being coaßdentle hoped against the judgment of Sir William Base that the verge and stay at Home' would about ten o'clock, and the second about a breath to stir the air. five in the afternoon. In between was the.
Davies, K.C., delivered on January 14th, quickly lend to complete powers. U in the famous Laërtex case, which "arose happily his condition evidently took a turn. out of the collision at sen, on December for the worn on the corner. He opteret a 18th, 1917, between "the Laertes and the hospital in Rombay, and died on Monday Warrinse. In the course of the judgment, last., 3[r. Corion Wares behind, a wife. Sir William Rees Davies stated the facts fire daughters—all of whom are mareject to be as follows:-The applicants, the accent the youngest-und Anst son, Alan Hung Hing Steamship Company. Ltd. Gordon, who is being educated at Dulwich -effected two marine insurance policies with (Allene. Of his family, only one daughter. the Tai Sua Insurance and Banking Com Mrs. A. C. Leith, is in the Colony ag pang, Limited for 18 months from 16th. present. It is hardly necessary to add that July, 1917, ano policy being upon the hull the deepest sympathy is felt for Mrs. and machinery of the na. Luertes and the Gordan and all the members of the family- other policy being upon the proft of, in the sad circumstance. that ship. No question however arises Born in 1859 Mr. Gordon was this ou the policy прод the hull and nearly 6 years of age at the time of his machinery, the amount of that cleidenth.
He was educated at Glasgow and having been paid in full. As to the received his early training as an enginese
non-time cup of tea, with a few cakes in Ardition,
The noon-day tens have grown in im- portance until nt the present time much more than a few sweet 'cakes go with the ten. The restaurants vie with each other -in preparing a variety of meat pies inade from all kinds of fish and ment, These ment pies are either baked or steamed and are made from wheat or ries four. In the Chince they are called tim sam " which may be translated, as that which touches this heart.". These Sment cakes are.. well named, for the Chinese rook knows, how to put in a taste which appeals to i "the exter, "With the meat cakes usually"
cures a dish of "min," a Chine hoodles. which is more tender than the spaghetti
A strain of mingled joy and thanks giving was welling forth from the organ. The white-robed choir entered, and the rofen of the priest was heard beginning to chant Erensdag. Bome one touched my companion on the arm,
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He turned to me, and I followedl.
"Where was 1. in a dream ↑
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I stood in a low-vaulted chamber imper- fectly lighted by a couple of oil lamps, my eyes gradually became accustomed to the gloom I realised that I was in the presence of the departed of bygone genéra-"; tidas.
"This," said our cicerone, is the coffin of William IV. Here is that of George __LV_and_theru at the extreni-east-cfd-lien-
questions
你
Pea various other concerns of which MATH,
the body of poor old King George 111 Palier upon the profit the policy is a It is a very rare thing, indeed, that the valued polier and the agreed value of the as we have said, 44 years ago and followed on the Clyde, He came to the Colony, royal vault is ever opened save for some, profit is specified at $200,000, whereof the his profession as an engineer and naval wo dear to the heart of the Italian, a great funeral, but I thought you would amount of $20,000 is insured under, and architect. He was for maxe 'years the the end of the meal is often a “lin yung, like to hear how wonderfully beautiful the is the agreed value of the policy in Superintendent of the now defunct China chuug." the ground-up sweetened seeds of music sopods down' hère.“ the intus flower. wrapped about with. Then hard on the vesicles there burst
Land Manar Steamship Co., Ltd., as wall The policy is payable in the event of a Consulting Ragineer for the Brick and glutinous rier, Punctuating the dishes, forth the palm supported by a wonderful, the total loss of the ship. On 13th. De Tile Works at Deep Water Ray and for will be many kinds of sweet cakes each rolling accompaniment from the organ. cember. 1917 the ship was sunk at with its particular appeal.
and chanted with that purity and beauty as the result of collision and became a Shewan, Tomes Cn. were: the agents. He In these days of high cost of living it of tong in which the Windsor choir always total hsss. The Insurance Company went
was also the Government Surveyor of wil interest the foreigner in China tä`exccis.
into voluntary liquidation in March 1918 Boilers of private steamships under know that for all of this noun-day tên the It was an occasion to which only the and the applicants claimed from the tons, and Surveyor of the Marina Board- customer pays only about swenty cents in pen of a Macaulay or a The Quincey could Tipidator the amount of #29.000 respect of Underwriters. Philadelphia and San Canton currency. For this amount the possibly to justies. How the mareklessing the loss of profit. The solicitors for Francisco. He had been the senior part- ter drinker not only gets his tea, int with music surged along on its way as the the liquidator demanded that the appli- ner of the arm of Liordon and Co, sinou it he gets from six to eight different dishes thoughts rose up in one's mind of George cant
should Furnish particulars with 1880, and # fem yours "agn= he and leaves the restaurant feeling that he, the founder and constructor of this vouchers of any profit carned by the ship founded the Hongkong Ster; Fontärs could not eat more and be happy. It may royal vault, who had loved Windsor with between the date of the policy and the Co, at Shaukiwan of which the be that in the dishra of the Cantone the Ali his heart and soul, and who had drag date of the sinking of the whip. The ap; firm of Gordon & Co. ara. food rortrollers of western countric Red out the last ten years of his dim old plicants however, contended that such Managers, bir. Gordon's professional.......... might find a way out of the problem of which be was the proud possemor. There, azi yady no obligation to furnish the title to place after his name the initials
rage in a couple of rooms in the castle of particulars are irrelevant they qualifications
by hi
i "haw to redner "the cost of providing for
tou, lay the Prince Regent, the first iso and that they are entited the M.IN.A., M.I.M.E., and M. I.E. & 8. the table of the ordinary citiz
атр indicatel
the General
In even the best of the housy in Canton's rütleman in Europe." who by his vices agreed value of $20,000* respecting the loss Mr. Gordon, it may be added, was one
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and follies had nearly brought the English of profit. The liquidator therefore! monarchy down to the dust. There, too, entirely rejected the ection
of the original members of the local The appli most pathetic of all, was the coffin of his cants say that the rejection was wrongful Eagers and Shipbuilders Institute. daughter, the much-Leved Princess Char- and that they are entitled to the agreed. He had been a Justice of the Peace of the amount of 820,000 respecting the loss of lotte, with her tiny baby besale her.
profit.
Cology since 1905. The notice of rejection by the,iquidator states:- that any or what loss of profit, resulted ()-That no proof has been furnished from the loss of the ship.
(2) That the policy upon the profits
the foreigner ofiserves custom's which would cause n' riot if observed in a good restaurant in America or Europe. In the first place the costume of the waiters is i decidedly decollete. Above the waist and At last the time cans for us to retrace below the knees there is nothing to cover upper world once more and out into the our steps, and we passed out into the the brown skins of these serves. It would brilliant June sunshine feeling that we were be hard to imagine these waiters in a different from what we had been au bour Life and death-how strangely
Western restaurant where the right to show are they intermingled!
the back and What a ring for the feminine guests. However, it must be admitted that there is a much or more reason for little clothing on the waiters as there is for little clothing on the guests when it is remenibered that the waiters must come into close and frequent proxi- mity to the Chine.toves.
deappointments, of joys and sorrows, ie hidden in that royal vauit, which during the last ten years has been enriched so greatly by the presence of Edward the Peatmaker.
Does not, after all, the greatness of Eng; land consist in the unbroken continuity of her life, in, her power of adaptation to the changed circumstances of the times, which has scarcely ever failed to be exemplified in the life and work of thow who sit on ber throne7-Daily Express.
the play when the villian wishes to get a The Chinese theatre reflects this fact. In
knowledge of affairs in the village he goes to the ten house and keeps both ears open to the conversation going on about him, he desires, He is sure to get the information which If animated conversation is
It is doubtful if the ten served in these restaurants would please the palate of the Western tea drinking connoisseur. The guest makes his, choice of "dragen well " (green) or of water fairy" (rd) The dry leaves are brought to him in large cup. Into this cup boiling water is poured and the tea is allowed to stand until the drinker pours it out into a small er cup from which he drinks. There is an aid to digestion the guests of a Chinese no need of sugar or milk and the same tea tea bouse will never suffer from dyspepsia. leaves serve to provide a large number of mall cups of tea during the entire drink ing bour
There is a custom in the ten--housen-
Socially be was one of the most likeable
of amusing anecdote, which, added to bis of men. He had a ready wit and a 'ford
interesting recollections of the early days.
of the vesel claimed upon was a gambling of the Colony, when Hongkong, was a vastly
is such. policy and void
different place to what it is today, mača Bir William docided as follows: can him actre of mirth and interest at any come to one conclusion galy, and it is, social gathering. He shone specially at I think, consistent with justice and com- Scottish gatherings, for Sandy" a he mon-sense, that the owners should render was familiarly called by hosts of friends. particulare of the profits curned between was then at the top of his form. the date of the charter and the date of It was an President, for a year, and a the loss of the vessel, and that these profits standing member of the Committee of St.", should be accounted for as against the sum Andrew's Society that Mr. Gordon aume insured. In arriving at this conclusion I very much into the limelight of publicity have covenant which is in the common form rails-untiring and enthusiastic worker On
not overlooked the terms of the especially during the war, for he was The words to pay the sum of money so all those occasions when the Scottish com. assured" ciearly means the sum of money munity laid itself out for a co-operative so assured on loss of profit; and for the effort on behalf of charity. He was the reasons which I have given the loss of sole survivor in Hongkong of the profit can in my opinion be only construed Caledonian Society, the parent of the St. tion, and the words no abatement what Scots foregathered to celebrate their na to mean such loss of profta in proved Andrew's Society, and many a good story to be due within the margin of the valuas could he tell of those old days when the ever shall be made" must be read subject tional day or the birthday of the immorta to that qualification. The applicants must Bobbie Burns, At, the last meeting of pay the costs of these proceedings.
HARBIN MYSTERY,
DOINGS OF ALLEGED RUSSIAN OFFICERS.
{ARIATIC NEWS AGENCY.]
the St. Andrew's Society, he suggested the formation of a Cronies' Club, with the object of affording to men from, "The Land o' Cakes more frequent opportunities of "meeting in a social way. He will be greatly missed by a wide circle of friends in the Cology.
MURDER OF REIMERT
CHINESE GENERAL'S DENIAL OF RESPONSIBILITY.
which does not prevail in any other part of China 'according to a guide book in Chinese which hạt recently-been-published- This is the practics that the Cantonese hav The hot water for the tea is poured from of washing, all the dishes and the chap a large kettle and the waiters have become sticks before he begins to ting thema
Imagine the amazement which the fre
Hažsix, June 16th. extremely expert at pouring out this boil-
The officials of the Chinese Eastern Rail- quenter of London restaurant would ing hot water into the cup of customer. Noonuse if he wasbed the dishes brought to Aduinistration and of the Harbin drops are allowed to fall on the guests nor him. In China this is done by pouring meats of two groups of alleged Russian police are vigilently watching the move
WUCHANO, June 16th hot water into the shallow cover of the on the marble-topped tables. The kettles larger tea cup.
military officer from Chita, whose
With reference to the murder of Dr... are heated over charcoal burners-at-one which the guest drinks is then turned especiais ja sho
The smaller cup from mision is ambiguous the Chineas of the Militar Governor, Wong Taz-yan
and suspicions, Reimert at Yochow, in reply to the enquire. side of the room and the waiters are con around in this cup cover until it is clean authorities, who are daily in
General Chang Chin-yao declines to accept onough. Water is then poured into the of a coup d'etak by a stantly circulated among the tables pro smaller tes cap and the spoon and chop in the hope of establishing to supremacy ground that there are other Northern
certain country
responsibility for the incident, on the viding hot water for the tea leaves, ·
sticks receive their washing. This practice over this Rumo-Chinese, line in North armed forces in Yochow besides his own. With the Cantonese the noon-day ten in Canton would seem to indicate that Manchuria. According to reliable informs Seventh Division troops Yochow reports. these alleged Eussian military officers, say that the Northern defeated troops are cleanliness than their Northern brothers,
to
fear
provides more than nourishment for the the Southernera have a greater desire fox | to the control of a Colonel, are 10/15 need of money and supplies which Hupch
from
General
stomach. It provides opportunity for the One feature of the tea house will please reality Barints, Mongole nad Jews who is not in a position to give, so that more exchange of ideas in conversation which the Westerner. There is no ipping of the are reported to be working hand in band trouble is feared. Every train and boat
waiters in the large dining rooms where with those. Hunghutze leaders whose names from Hunan is full of refugees, has so far... lengthens the tea drinking time to an hour most of the guests take tes. If privacy in are in the possession of the Chinese Gov. there is no indication that the Southerners
towards Tochow or mero. The signs in front of these res desired, small rooms may be rented. Here ernment authorities in this city, and whose are Advancing towards taurante bave on them the Chinese charae the tip appears under another name, real mission and object are creating dis. Changsha,
Chang Chin-yan The customer does not tip the errant. He turbances or organizing Hunghutze raids,
has wired to ters which mean "tes and talk" The merely pays for mented water which is like the one which reostly occurred in the Wong urging him to assume his new duties talle is as important as the tea,
brought to him in a brain at the close of Taipingling railway station, for involving as High Inspecting Commissioner of Huana and Hupeh, and then send General The Americas "takes his noon day meal the meat for bathing his face. For this China in international difficulties.
Wa Kuang-hsin to Hunang because he wants to retire from official life as it is trom off a lunch counter. Eating to him a large price in charged and this | includes the tip which the waiters receives,
impossible for him to recapture Changsha is a means to existente. With the Chures The custota of tipping all waiters has not
But General Wong has already wired to Peking giving various reasons for his in ability to assume his new duties in view
Liberals of Western India, representing it is a time for the exchange of gossip and yet spread to Chins Bat we should not the Moderates, of the Bombay Fresidency, lose hop? Western civilization is have submited a representation to Mr discussions of an infinite number of sub coming this way rapidly. The Cantonese Montagu against the retention of the re- of the existing dangerous situation in his jects. This custou is as old as China. Į may yet have to pay to hang up his bassidential qualification for candidates for own province. General Wong urges that in t-cheele room to be provided, and to election to the Bombay Legislature under General Taso Kun should be ordered to (Continued at foot of nezt column)leare an honorarium!' 'under the dishes, the reform rules,
relieve Hunan-Arintie mer-Agency.