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CHANDES among the personnel of the Japanese; Navy took place on the and inst, the new ap
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to the Hashidate: Captain "Inouye Chiyoda Second Captain Imig, to the
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LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
SUPREME COURT.
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. Before the Hon. W. A: Goodman (Acting
Chief Justice.)
May oth
WILLJAM KERFOOT HUGHES, Plaintiff,
it.OS, CATCHICK PAUL, CHATER, C.M. Defendant.
This was a suit to recover $14,306.42 the | heading of which was resumed this morning.
Hồn. H. E. Folloch instructed by Messrs. CAPTAINS Ogawa and I and Lieutenant Johnson, Stokes & Masters) appeared for the Suto have been decorated with the, 5th, Older | Haimiff," and, Mr..). J.. Francis, Q.C., (in- of the Golden Kite in recognition of their dis.structed by Mossess Deacon & Hastings) for tinguished services in garrisoning Formosa the Defonitante,
fficers have been, decorated with Orders of the Rising Sun and the filperial Sacred Treasure, the degrees varying from the
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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1899.
NOTES AND COMMENTS..
THE PLAGUE.
The plague appears to be steadily incicas ing, for during the week ended agilf, April twenty-eight cases were reported, whil cases reported during the week end th. May number up less than sixty-four, a ugatly three times the number for the previous week. Yet, despite thisrapi in
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THE Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Mentorial and Nethersole. Hospitals begs to acknowledge, with thanks the following, donations to the funds of the Hospitals:--- W. R. Lasier & Co, pàg. Hom T., H. Whitehead Leon me le Roux Liao Ese Sal
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dag of Admiral Crene, arived this morning from Venice. The Strongly an ingre, second class cruiser of $475 tons. She carries two of in. Armstrong gins, si 5.9 m. guns, one 24 in. and, live 2.2 quick-firers, Her (indicated horse power is 6252, her speed 17 knots, her lengdi 282,8. 2 in.. beam 42 fg7 int draught to ft. She has twin screws and was tilt ar Venice in 1886 at a cost of 4220,080 Her nonnal cont supply is 630 tons and she curries a cross of 315. She-loft Venice, on 31st Marchu
Having connexion with the company's Milrease in the number of cases the appear, hala enger Yrombali,
Steamers to VÊNICE and TRIESTE,
to have been no increase of activity in the ODESSA, NEW YORK, MEDIT: Sanitary Department. At least, if inspect TERRANEAN. ADRIATIC, LEVAN of the Chinese quarters of the city is in pro- TINE NORTH & SOUTH AMERICAN
gress it is being carried on in a very un PORTS up to CALLÃO,
stentatious manner, search parties and Taking Cargo at through rates to PERSIAN whitewash brigades nor being fa evidence in the streets, as was the ease during fornger outbreaks, We should like to know what steps have been taken to ensure the due porting of plague cases orautring in the miserable stunis surrouuling Kowloon City, * for apparently they line moerore under ↑ British jurisdiction. Nobody visiting the plage can fail to be struck with the animat jof filth and dirt, everywhere-in-evidence, sewage matter, the narrow lanes and the while the open drains filled with festering | filthy and overcusded hovels cannot fail to remder this spot a breeding place for disease of all descriptions. Has not the time now artived when a daily return of plague cases should be issued ? Sixty tom Pases a week means user dine a day!
* BISAGNO,"
Captain Maganzini, will be despatched as above on MONDAY, the 15th instant, at Noon.
At Hoмpay the Steamers are discharging in Vicrosia Dock.
The Steamer has Superior Accommodation for Passengers.
For Further Particulars regarding Freight and Passage, apply to
CARIOWITZ & Co. Agents. Hongkong, rothy May, 1899)
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The jury.ompanelled were --MessrĀ, Charles Wedderlitrn Dicksni, Paul Witkowski, Sydney Hancock Agusto José Gomes, Henry Allan Ritchie, Alfred Herbert Rennie, Edward William Mitchell,
The Plaintiff's claim ingfor 1917 The sum of $24,500,52 fwing the balance due from the Defendant er tre Elimiff on the so day of June 18opon various accounts thich have been fecently stated and settled betwach them.terest on the said sung of 824,506.fromthe said goth day of June, Baby, until payment of judgment at the rate of $7 per cenat per annum calculated with half yearly Tests (3) Costs of suit.
Secuse was resumed this morning, Mr Francis continuing the examination of Defend |at. Me Chater said: There was an account idup aksent to Plaintiff on the 30th June. copy letter bank. There is a copy of the account in my press. solicitors have seen a copy of this.
Both Paintiff and his
A heated discussion took place between Defendant'sand Plaintiff's Counsel concerning the later having seen the statement; the document was eventually found to be in the possession of Plaintiff's Counsel,
books was kept in reference to these accounts Witness, continuing: A complete, set of --cash-book, journal, ledger and was posted
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Pintit must have gone into the account or he would not have given the promissory note. In May and June I was continually in communication with Plain- | tiff. His illness did not in any way prevent him altending to his business. Since Plaintill returned to the Colony he has been making certain enquiries about the accounts, and all our books and documents have been freely (shown to him and alsotohissolicitors. There was no ubjection made to the statements concern. ing the 4.350 Punjum and 730' Kowloon Shares ndted in the accounts ; in fact, Plaintiff's solici. tors said they were perfectly satisfied. The result of the transactions with those shares, was that, on the goth of June, Plaintiff owed us $30,000.
Contract notes were produced, the signatures of which were recognised as those of Phintiff, and brokers.
vintiff his September settlements, and Witness, continuing: We carried through for furnished him the statement. At the end of September we received the brokers dccounts in the same way as we did in Juner
Documents were again produced and recognised, but a long discussion ensder as to the proper carrying out of the June transactions concerning the 4.350 Punjonis and 733 Kowloon shares. I was admitted that the whole of the September accounts were correct, but Plaintifs, Counsel were not satisfied as in whật, wid done with the shares.
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appears as if the 19.the Brisk proceeding 10. On Monday she steamed gaily. bour convoying the destroyers - Zamp and Whiling, only to return again the same evening owing to an accident of the If'hifing Again she left for Wei-hal-wei, this time alone, and again returned, steaming into the harbour yes- terday afternoon with her bows damaged. We learn that the vessel has been in collision with. a junk which sustained such damage as to necessitate the warship blowing the wreck up in order that it should not prove u-danger to navigation,
SANITARY BOARD.
MORE RINDERPEST
This afternoon a special meeting of the Hongkong Sanitary Board was held for the purpose of considering an outbreak of rinder pest at East Point Dairy Farm. The President (Dr. Atkinson, Principal Civil Medical Officer occupied the chain and there were also present the Hon. R. D. Ormsby (Director of Public Works). Mr. E. Osborne, and Dr. Clark Medical Officer of Healthy," Mr. A. W. Brewin (Acting Registrar-General), and Me Duggan Secretary), Mr. V. Lädds (Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, was also in attendance....
Tied to form
Bank the Iottery
(Settlement late the Kanagawa Prefectural Office ¡tion" na to, whether their enterpri
permitted to continue after the Reviss go into operation. The Prefect forwarded the query in the Home Department's the Home Departpient sont it on to the Departament of Agriculture and Commerce, and the Depart ment of Agriculture and Conimerce returned it. unanswered. We do not believe the story, Neither the proprietors of the lottery not any of the Authorities to whom they are said to have. addressed themselves can be under any doubts whatever as to the illegality of the enterprise,
A SHIPPING PROSECUTION.
Captain Chopard was, his morning, says the Singapore Free Preas of May 1st, prosecuted for carrying twenty-nine passengers in excess of the number allowed, on board as. Sultan on April '17th, Captain Crauford, Master At tendant, conducted the case, and Messrs. Nan- son and Buckley appeared for the defendant.
From the evidence adduced it seems that ou the afternoon of the 17th of April, the defend anc:ŝignalled for-a-boarding officer. Beswei¦ therick went and found twenty wine passengers in excess, hidden in the hold. This was repofted.
Captain Chopard admitted this, but he denied any knowledge of the presence of the people in. the hold. He had them sent ashore and went to sen without them,” He had given orders to his crew that people were not to be hidden on board,
Mr. Napson did not dispute the presence of the people in the held, but he held that since the defendant did not know of this, he had not committed an offence,
did also the Comt, which imposed the maximum The Master Attendant thought otherwise, is penalty of ten dollars for each passenger in excess. Mr. Nasson gave notice of appeal
The Chairman said as a case of rinderpest had been reported he had no option but to call the meeting to declare the sheds an infected area. Mr. Duggan then read the report from here were eight cases of rinderpest at the East the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, stating that Point Dairy Fann. There were 99 cows, four bulls and 2 calves' houses upon the premises in addition to 11 buffaloes and 11, buffalo, calvos, The disease had probably been imported from Canton, where the Company had large grazing FAILURE OF A JAPANESE BANK. grounds. The disease would in all probability. spread to the other animals on the farm.Dr. Clark proposed and, the President seconded that the area he declared infected, Mr. Lards, said that, all cattle that showed symptons did not necessarily die, that | treatment was not good, and that during the Summer the disease was of a milder form, On farther discussion Dr. Clarke volunteered the information that to stamp out the disease: at Kowloon 42 cattle had to be slaughtered
Mr. Osborne in proposing that the cattle should be slaughtered said that they had started in a certain way and as they had had se many of Mr. Kennedy's cattle slaughtered they must continue on the same lines, but that he thought the whole question needed recon- sideration and at an early dale he would bring forwania motion to that effect. He proposed that the cattle be destroyed and that it should be, left to the discretion of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon to slaughter any others if recovering, also that the owners be asked in. in his opinion there was no chance of their.
avail themselves of any recommendations that Mr. Ladds might submit for their guidance.
Mr. Ormsby said that rinderpest had already cost the colony something like $20,000. Dr. Clarke seconded and the proposition was carried, Messrs. Orinsby and Brewin Vating against.
This was all the business.
The Osaku Asahi states that the Kojaku Bank, at Imara-mura,· Shiga prefecture, has been decinred bankrupt by the Otsu Chilo Sai- bansho," on the petition "of three creditors." Mesars, Takashima Nabushige and Kawamba- yashi Jirokichi, members of the Board of Di rectors, and two others were arrested. On the 21st April two Judges and a Procurator in the Oishi Chiho Saibansho visited the head office. of the bank, and the directors and auditors: were examined by the Procurators in the imazu police station on the same night. On the zend the Judges and Procurator, together with the official-receivers, visited the Kaizu and Oura branches, and on the following day the-Nishi- Yurugi and Komatsu branches, where all the property was scaled up. A search in the houses of the directors resulted in the seizure of some documents. The creditors and leading share- holders are holding meetings.
THE CANADIAN TEA DUTY.
At a meeting of the leading tea merchants of Japan held at Yamada, Ise, on the 24th April, a long discussion ensued on the rumoured proposal of the Canadian Govem- ment to inspose duties on Japanese teas at the rate of 4 cents on, green tea and 6 cents on | black teu, while Indian and Ceylon feas were to be admitted duty free. The following re-
to the meeting
YOKOHAMA LAND RECLAMATION.solutions were test should be made by:
From information given to the police, Chier Detective Inspector Hanson obtained a warrant to search Gilman's Bazaar. No. 38. Last night. accompanied by six policemen, he went to the -house, first sending a Chinese policeman up to the second floor where the gambling, "Was "said to be carried on, who was allowed to enter the soon and joiù in the game of "prikau” and had laid two or three stakes before the other A handy linke pocket tide table for the police samstilles arrived. Eighteen Chinamen Bangkok Bar has been sent us. The book and a woman were captured together with the hould prove a very useful guide to Captains dice, cards, money and other gambling appur. of vessels, for Bangkok, in common with a tenances. Several men escaped up & ladler few oth places, has a must erratic side through the roof, one on, beg arrested while system; and with the exegption of the pilots, | insensible in the street below. They were the local shipmasters, and the principal bmught up at the Magistracy this morning, shipping firms of the post no one knows any Lo Kwok and Wong Sing, being, proved as thing about the titles in the Bar, as not the managers of a gambling den, were sentenced manent tide table has yet been published to red fine sir two months impriment. The The present work is synoptical and is cong-
money not being forthcoming they were impris iled principally from the most successful observations taken at the Bar Ligh: Housened; the sither prisoners were fined $i a by the latest aptain WARNKEN, who was for Pere, niny years the custodian flære, it does not pretend in compete with the elaborate tables in the possession of a favounsel few. These contain some hundreds of thousands of gars and give approximately the depth of the water for nearly every hour of the day But this little work has the advantage of be inga permanent table, in a handy form and a good to years hence as it is today, it is based entirely on the neora's age in each month, and gives the hour and the depth of high water both a.si, and M. for every daye but of cirse to use it on must know the age of the moon. For all vessels using the attractive young performers Misses Ella King, were necessary to supply Plaintiff's demand. Japanese of Tokyo, reclamation to the extent of the Empire should be sent to the United masinas depth of water on the Har it will and Maule Parkes with a pianoforic duct. be found correct. Tur vessels bound to Hilda Lang, Ruby Leykum, Ethe! Long and Bangkok from foreign ports it will be a sem
Nellie Prince, the alt two singing "Sailing vircable guide, enabling them to avoid loss dressed, in may-of-war's-man's costume. Mr. of time in pumping or flooding the ballast Ernest Sheffield gave a very amusing character tanks, or in trimming cargo, and also giving | sketch of a Chinainan and also sang "Jack's | thom the hest time to arrive at the pilot | "come home." The evening terminated shortly, ground. The gompiler will be glad in re-
before to pm. by singing "God Save the ceive corrections, and hints for inpowe Queen." The ball was crowded by a large auntience, among whom were many ladies who take great interest in the laudable work carried on by this Institution.
ments.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.-- GREAT BRITAIN AND THE TRANSVAAL
* Loxbox, May Bibi. The Daily Chronicle beams, that although up ultimatum, or threat of an altímatuig, baš been sent to the Transvaal, Mr. Chamberlain's
Entertainment
A vary surcessful concert was giyen last night at the Kowinon", Instituite for "Seamen and Soldiers-by Mr. Shefteld, who enlisted the services of the young ladies of the Belilios Public Schools to give a first-class evening to the mercanule seamen, Eighteen turns were on the programme and owing to its length encues were allowed, although each and every songstress
France presided. and introduced among other was most heartily applauded. The Rev. Mr.
A SEVERE SENTENCE.
NINE YEARS FOR TEN SEN.
On the 25th April, a man named Nogawa despatches are uncompromising in tone and Kakuzo, aged 21, was condemned to penal their temper. is a distinct-indication that the servitude for nine years by the Kobe Chibo Government intends to compel a settlement Saisho, for having imitated a ten-sen piece and of taking some risk of was. The Corres-in lead and attempting to pass.it as good coin pondent of the Morning Prot in Johannesburg Qutes that the general opining is thui a crisis is impending. The families of some of the prominent men are preparing to quit, and all Boers have been warned to be ready for emergencies.
WEATHER REPORT. ·- The Observatory report says:-On the roth at 11.55 W The barometer has iisen in the
extreme, Nortlí, and over S. China. Pressure is low in E. Japan, and high between S. Chiva 48.00 and the Loochoos
Gradients slight with
All our Brandy is guaranteed to benderdate monsoon un the S. and S.E. coasts.
of China. "ForkCAST :-- Moderate N.E. winds;
TURE COGNAC, the difference in price fine. being morely a question" of age and vintage.
Smuller quantities and sample bottles will be supplied at propor- tionate wholesale rates.
We guarantee our Wines and Spirits be genuine only when bought rect from us in the Colony or from
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ised Agents at the Coast
AS WATSON & Co., Limited,
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
GOVERNOR Sir Charles Mitchell gives a Ball at Government House, Singapore, on the even
ing of May 24th, to celebrate Her Majesty's Birthday."
Ix'an old curiosity shop at Barmouth, North
Wales, Captain Trebarne. a visiter from Devonshire, purchased for 255. a seapiece painted in oils on an oak panel, unframed and slightly dilapidated. On the panel: being cleased, and two or three-coats of varnish remove; the initials M. W. T" appr It is stated that the panel has been pronos a genuine Terper, and has been valued
CLAIM ON THE ISÈ COTTON
SPINNING COMPANY: -
His Honour remarked that if the shares male over by Plaintiff tó„Defendant werd to:]" remain in a safe for say years, they would probably then be worth nothing: then what be dealt with. etendant's Counsel painted would be the security unlesthesesitares could out that that was their contention. Unless these shares could be dealt with, in whatever way they liked how were they to secure them- selves against the sums paid out on Plaintiff's account ?
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Examination continued From 1887 to 1891 we had in hand more Kowloon shares than We were always ready to supply Plaintiff at any time with shares to satisfy his demand: that is, up to 1891. i was an agreement be tween us that we were not bound to hold those specific shares, I have never received any or kept any Kowloon sliares car-marked as Plain- tif?s.
An adjournment was made for tifin." The case was resumed at 2.13. Witness, continuing:-1 was never called upon to pay for 2,075 Punjom shares; only
Mudy, which were paid for think Mr. E. Sassoon had the other 1,000. With reference to the 90 Punjoms, we sold boo, that left 350 to be taken up and be paid for by outside parties. We had on the 30th of September 450 more Punjom shares than we owed Paintiff I was present on one occasion at a sale of 540 Kowloon shares, and also when Plaintiff was asked to give us something towards what he owed. About that time he asked for thcredit of £1,000 sterling; he was about to go to England. The reason we cancelled the account ap to September 30th, expect, was because Plaintiff called to isk for a new one to be made up as he was going home, and this was accordingly done up to the 31st of December, the additional business therein being, adled instead making qua seperate account for it. I have a copy.in my leiter book. On the 3rd of April ́Plaintiff signed and initialed each sheet of the account in our office, in the presence of Mr. Mody, as being correct. I was not present myself
- 1.—That a strong protest the joint action of all the tea merchants of the Empire against the imposition of a duty, on tea in Canada
be conveyed to the Canadian. Government by That the opinion of the meeting should
telegram and letter.
That an immediate memorial should be addressed to the Government calling for the establishment of a Japanese Consulate at Ottaw
A recent meeting of the Yokohama City Council, the principal topic for discussion was the reclamation of foreshores below the Bluff of the application of Mr. Kinjiro Wakizawa resolution was unanimousiy passed in favour
and 35 others who propose to reclaim an area of 89,242 sube extending from the northern part of the Bluff to the boundary point between the city and Hunnieku. This will have to be submitted to the Kanagawa Kencho for official sanction. Ose of the other applications was made by Mr. Oyatmada Shinzo, and two other That representatives of the tea murchants
States and Canada: of 107,137 sude being contemplated by them: The third is by a number of Japanese of Tokyo the project being to reclaim as much as 760,000 sudo-Japan Mail,
NEW AMERICAN SHIPPING LAWA
5 That the meeting expresses its desire that the duty on tea in America should be abolished t
* 6.—That negotiations should be entered into with: steamship and railway companies for a reduction in the freight charges on tea shipped ta. Canada from Japanes
The ship Emily.-F. Whitney (Pendleton, The resolutions were referred to a committee master) was the first American slip to Icare of nine members, and a standing committee of New York, says an American paper, under: five members was appointed to which all the the new law which allows the ship-owner to atters relating to the protest were entrusted. to advance to the sailor no more than the Mt Sone, the Minister for Agriculture and equivalent of one month's wages. The efforts Commerce, in the course of a short speech, of the boarding-house keepers to prevent her pointed out that green tea was not much used securing a crew proved futile and the sailors in Europe. If it was desirous of exportin shipped are said to form one of the best crews tea to Europe, black tea must be manufactured shipped out of New York for many yous pastViscount Aoki, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, If the new law is a success, as it should be, said that the Government had opposed the and could be, made so by the cooperation of Canadian tea duty. He believed the the shipinasters and others interested, there Canadian Government would act impartia would be less trouble for the ship's officers the matter, and recommended that no gical when at sea through the incompetency of the agitation should be raised. men, and at the end of the voyage the sailor would have a more satisfactory amount of money coming to him than under the former regulations..
SILK BUSINESS IN JAPAN.
No other districts in Japan can surpass Shinshu in the manufacture of silk thread. "It is the most important silk centre; the number
THE YOKOHAMA DOCK CO.
The official opening of No. 1 Dock of the Yo kohama Dock Company took place on May 1st. in the presence of a large bumber of officials, merchants, and others interested, both Japanese and foreign
The new deck says the Jepair Advertiser
The Kobe Shimbun states that Mr. Hon | Plaintiff received a copy of this account at the of furnaces being at present, about 10,000,15 of 18git length on blocks, and 93ft. broad at“ leizayemon of Tokyo is bringing an action time, think. We had enough Kowloons. Owing to the recent quotations on silk threadp, 751t, at bottom, with a draught: of 27ít, at
for
against the Ise Cotton Spinning Company recovery of some V10,000, which he advanced the concern. The company is said to be in a very critical position, owing to a yearly loss on it's working of some Y20,000,
A NEW RAILWAY.
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On the 21st April the charter for the fortu-/Soon after he left there was a rise in Kowloon the raw materials are to be had. Be that 15 achieved the flocking,accomĺpo
tion of the Harima Railway Company and for the construction of the line, was granted. The line will be 33 miles and 43 chains in length, and will extend from Akashi station on the Sanyo Railway to the Tanigawa station on the Hankaku Railway.
She-Do you remember how you said, when you were courting me, that if I would marry you I would have nothing to do all my days but sit around and look pretty? And how different it is now! HeWell, it ain't my fault if you can't look pretty any more,
Teache Teacher Once upon a time there wore two rich men, one of whom made his fortune by honest industry, while the other made fraud. Now, which of these two men you
prefer to be Tommy (afte heciation Which made t
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tides. It will accomo- ordinary spring ti cover Plaintiff's call if he asked for which have begun to show a tendency to date a vessel of soft, in length and them, up to December, 1891. As to Punjonis, advance since about the close of last year, the pumped out in five hours. The No. 2 dock, in September of 1887 we had 450 more manufacturers of small means in the district which was opened in April 1897, is 351ft. long than were requisite. At the end of February are proposing 20 commence their season's by soft, and a broad at top and bottom re 1388, * we were five short. The matter for business as early as possible, that it as soon as the arrangement of a loan of £1,000 was
spectively. The depth of water, outside's raw materials are obtainable, so that they are dock, however, will only, allow of a vessel dong with Mr.. Mody and myself, Defendant expected to start reeling carly in June next. to all appearance was well and able to do his Large establishments on the other hand hold drawing about 33ft to enter, at present, but we dredged understand at a channel is N work; he had his brother here at the time. a different view, thinking it prudent, to shortly which will allow of thes depth of Defendant went away on the 4th of April, 1888, commence the business after full supplies of the docks being utilised, and when that is shares to about 160. After some delay it may, the number of furnaces" in the locality. Defendant authorised the sale of 500, which
will be increased this year to 15,000 altogether as complete as is likely to be required. were sold by Mr. Jones for delivery from us. so that keen competition is said to be pre We received the money from the brokers and vailing among the manufacturers in securing ENGL
SHUN PUBLICITY. credited Defendant with the amount. Since skilled female operatives, some of the Plaintiff has returned to Hongkong, he and manufactures offering: 10 yen in advance to his solicitors and also Ms. Pollock have been desirable workers. Hence it is feared says the to my office and respeatedly gone through our Japan Timer and not without reason, that the books, and Counsel said they were perfectly result will be the rough finish of the aur, put, satisfied.
as the manufacturers are only anxious to send There was a discussion concerning a balance out their goods to the market in some way or sheet produced, with accounts up to the time of other. the issuing of the writ, front which His Honour wanted to know whether Defendant could show a larger counterclaim than the Plaintiff's claim [of $24.506.12, which he did to, the amount of $45-331,67 all over and above $30,000 dollars being accumulations since the accounts, were nade up previous to Plaintiff's departure for
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