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To-day's Advertisements.
HONGKONG ODD VOLUMES
SOCIETY.
R. W. V. DRUMMOND has kindly
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1900..
Intimation.
The friends of Mrs. Theodore Schnell will be glad to learn that the Chinese Government have granted her the sum of Tls. 19,000 and bought over the coal mine property in which her late husband had invested.
We regret to record the death of an old resid- ent in the late Mr. John Maclean which occur sed last Saturday evening at the French Hospital, says the Siam Free Fress of 26th. ulto. The deceased had long been alling in. the hospital with kidney complaint. The funeral obsequies were held in the Church of
Rev. Pere Colombet performed the last sul rites at the Catholic Cemetery?
consented to deliver a LECTURE on A. S. WATSON & CO4 and confidently await a change for the better preparations are being made to take away the the Assumption on Sunday morning nad the
"NATIONAL TROUBLE" in the ST. AN-
DREW'S HALL, CITY HALL, on MONDAY, the 15th January, 1900, at 5.15 PM.
Ladies and Members of the General Public are invited.
H. E. POLLOCK,
Hon. Secretary.
Hongkong, 12th January, 1900,
f5zh
NOTICE is hereby given that the SANITARY
will distribute RAT TRAPS on Loan, free of charge, to all Householders who may apply for them, or if preferred, will supply Bird Line and Bouds, to be used for the pur- pose of catching Rats in Houses and Godowns within the City of Victoria.
A REWARD of Two Cents will be paid for cach Rat (however caught) delivered, whether Dead or Alive, at the Sanitary Board Office.
By order of the Sagitary Board,
"C. W. _DUGGAN,
Sanitary Board Office
January, 1900.
STEAM FOR
Secretary.
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IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE
SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI, KOBE AND
YOKOHAMA.
HE Steamship
THE
SACHSEN.
of the NORDDEUTSCHER LLOvn, Captain F: Mentz, will leave for the above places, THIS EVENING, the rath instant, at
10 P.M.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. For further Particulars, apply to
MELCHERS & CO., Agents.
Hongkong, 12th January, tono.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
"
LIMITED
FOR SWATOW,
THE Company's Steamship
"THALES"
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Captain Passmore,' will be despatched for the above Post, on SUNDAY, the 1 instant,
at Daylight, instead of as previously calvertised,
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LÄPRAIK & C», General Managers.
Hongkong, 10th January, 16x3
LIMITED.
ESTABLISHED Å‚D. 1841.
"J. H.M.S. Encounter June 1st 1854. TR was a very severe storm on the 23rd ult. It struck the coast at Osaka, Numazu and Hamamatsu, and did great damage, wecking
Times, one would require to be an "oldest PROBABLY, says a recent issue of the Bangkok
inhabitant" to find a` parallel for the present surprising weather. For a week past the south- west monsoon has been blowing all down the weather and frequent showers in the very gulf, and we are in consequence having mild
this Court. Also by these proceedings Mr. Francis went on to show that Plaintiff had claimed to bave shipped lambskins when it had been proved that only old sheepskins were put
on board the Activ at Tientsin.
The Court rose before the conclusion of the curned, Counsel's address,
January tadi.
This morning at the sitting of the Court Me Francis continued his opening address and said- that his learned friend had admitted two docu- ments which he wished to pat inánd had referred to yesterday. The documents were two letters:
furs had been put on board the Activ. In addressed to Messrs. Boyd & Co. and Messrs. Forbes & Co. stating that eight packages of
point, of fact only lambsking and sheepskins had been shipped from Tientsin to Tamsui
The learned Counsel then called the witness. Mr. Hubert Wachuan, Acting Secretary of the and put in two risks netes, one issued by the China Tinders, after being sworn, produced
we have had as to the strength of the Boer position in Natal. Of one thing, however, we may be assured and that is that we have now the finest talent of the British Army at the head of affairs. Whatever Lords ROBERTS and KITCHENER make up their minds to do they will carry out, at any cost, We notice, says the M. C. D. Neus, that and all we have now to do is to patiently
Bund wall of Dent & Co.'s old property. We in the position of affairs in South Africa."***
trust that the inscription carved on it by a THE CERMAN EMPEROR'S TELEGUAM, 24-bluejacket nearly forty-six years ago, which is We have heard several adverse comments one of the land-marks of Shanghai, will be made upon the telegram despatched by the preserved. It occupies the bricks and reads German Emperor to the King of Wurtem burg, but we do not think that the incident is one to raise any doubts as to Germany's WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. friendly intentions. We do not think that
it was sent in any hostile spirit, but si as stating the Emperor's views upon the ravy, while the reference to recent events was doubtless only intended to make his words carry more weight. We must give the Emperor WILLIAM credit for seeing that were Great Britain to become aggressive in distant seas the German navy would be power- less ta interfere, for such would be the case practically all over the work. The German $11-10-Emperor's présent, ambition is to have a navy which shall be as strong in proportion, as the German army, and to gain this end he will doubtless make use of every incident which may be likely to bring his people round to his was of thinking. The Hera incident supplied him with an instance and he was quick to seize upon it. He has no head-quarter, and drastic measures to clear out Lascar Row, by Mr. Wong Yan Shan for not to the general average clause,
PORTS.
(For Invalids and General Use.)
B. — Vistaan,superior quality,
~Red Capsule C.--FINE OLD Vistage, sip- erior quality. Black Seal Capsule.........
Per duz. 1.Live.
16.20
:
D. VERY FINE VED VISTAGE extra superior, Violet Capsule (Old Battled) 20.80
Port after removal should be rested for a month before use. Wine re- quired for drinking at once should be ordered to be decanted at the Dis- pensary before being sent out. Those Wines are too favourably known to need comment.
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neressity of largely increasing the German many junks and fishing boats. Thirty-four middle of the cold season. Weather -proplets | Yangtze and Commercial Union Insurance
said in his telegram that our ael was unwar ranted, but has simply, we think, pointed to the fact that had it been so Germany could only have protested and could not have backed up her protest by force of armis. The telegram only serves to show that the Emperor is alive to his position.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
RELTER'S SERVICE, Arrivals of Lords Roberts and Kitchener.
LONDON, January roth. Lords Roberts and Kitchener have arrived jat Capetown..
The Recent Seizures.
lives are said to have been lost, and some twenty persons received injuries. The gale seems to have been very sudilen. It burst out shortly after sunset, and was accompanied by thunder and hail. Ia Tokyo and Yokohama it was felt also, but did not cause any disasters.
THE rebels in Formosa are still active. A tele. gram-from-Taipeh dated the 18th ulto, says that a party of them recently attacked a gendarme station about 20 miles from Tainan, at a place the name of which we can not identify, and that they killed two gendarmes. The village where this occurred has always been a rebel
the malefactors were adopted last July and August. Apparently the result was not com plete.
A VERNACULAR paper states that soon after judgment was passed in the Miller appeal case in the Tokyo Court of Cassation the other day rejecting the appeal, the news was immediately sent to Miller in the Kajibashi Prison, when the prisoner-idened-in-silence-to-the_text_of the judgment read by a clerk and after a few minutes' pause, with bowed heal, calmly ex- pressed his regret at having to die in a foreign country, although for offences which he had committed. It is stated that the execision will be held probably towards the end of January. -Japan Herald.
say we shall pay for it presently by a cold snap here and storms in the Gulf when the north west monsoon manages to reassert itself.
YESTERDAY Messrs. Hughes and Hongh offered for sale by auction six, lots of property by order of the official trustee and in pursuance of an order of the Supreme Court of rongkong the lots being part of the estate of Mahomed Arab, deceased. Lot 1, No. 18, Upper Lascar Row, was bought by Mr. A. Razack for $2,550; lot 2, No, 21, Upper Lascar Row, by Mr. Wong Shan Lam for $4,750; int 3, No. 23, Upper
$3,725 lot 4, No. 22, Lower Lascar Row-by Mr. Kwong Yan Shan for $3,850 ; lot 5, No. 24, Lower Lascar-Row, by Mr. Kwong Yan Shan for$3,500; and lot 6, No. 19, Square Street, and No. 150, Bollywood Road, by Mr. Cheung Stin Chun, for $2,050.
Companies showing that the cargo far Tient- sin, cl, had been re-insured.
Mr. Francis told the Court that there had been a partial settlement on these notes, with the money paid into Court by the China Traders.
Mr. Francis put in the policies.
Mr. Drummond said these forms of policy has nothing to do with the case and so be would object to licir being put in.. Mr. Francis said he was puiting them in to show that the pale issued to Plantiff was in accordance with the Company's usual form and whether the general overage clause was inserted in the body of the policy or in the margin the words "chall be proved in case of loss" were inserted clearly showing that they referred to the amount and
His Lordship asked Mr. Francis if he insist- ed on these policies being put în.
Mr. Francis-1 insist that one of them be put is, I brought down a bundle, so it could not be said there was any selection.
His Lordship asked Mr. Drummond if he was willing to take the risk of having sup. pressed evidence, Mr. Drummond said he had only put one construction, the grammatical one, on the sentence, there were many others that could be put. He went on to address the Court and said that his Lordship had a right in risk note and quoted law cases to that effect. equity to amend the policy according to the,
Mr. Francis drew attention to the fact that the admittance of the policies was the point now under consideration.
should be noted, and allowed the policy to be Mr. Drummond asked täht his objection put in.
Ladysmith.
VERSIN'S Serth, a quantity of which has been Twenty three deaths, from enteric fever, procured from Saigon through the good offices Sample bottles and smaller quanti-occurred last week at Ladysmith.
of the French Minister in Tokyo; is said in abic not to load the guns in the magazine. £42tios will be supplied at proportionate
have the potency of reversing the rate of morThere is quite a useful field for British wholesale rates.
The fertug has been released at Durban tality in cases of pest; that is to say, whereas mechanical engineers to teach these childlike reference to a valued policy, the application
70 or So per cent of the persons attacked perish without the aid of the serum 70 or 80 low immense must be the gratification of the
UNITED STATES AND CHINA JAPAN STEAMSHIP LINE
FOR NEW YORK VIA SUEZ CANAL
THE Steamship
"INORAVELLI" Captain Craven, will be despatched as above on MONDAY, the 5th instani, a 4 P.M.
For Freight, apply to
JÄRDINE, MATHESON & Co..
Agents,
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Hongkong, rath January, 1900.
INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR MANILA.
THE Company's Steamship
"YUENSANG,"
Captain P. H. Rolle, will be despatched as above on TUESDAY, the 16th instant, at 4 P.M.
This Steamer has Superior Accommodation for First Class Passengers.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
JÄRDINE, MATHESON & Co,
General Managers.
Hongkong, 12th January, 1900.
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY,
LIMITED.
FOR YOKOBAMA AND KOBE.
THE Company's Steamship,
"SZECHUEN,”
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We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to he genuine when hunght direct from us in the Colony or from our authorized Agents at the Coast
Poris.
A. S. WATSON & #0...
LIMITED,
THE HONGKÖNG DISPENSARY.
BIRTHS.
At Lianyang, Manchuria, on the 8th of De-
It is stated that Great Britain's reply to Germany, in re the recent seizures,, nuin- tains the legality of searching vessels plying
to neutral ports.
Cape Colony. General Gatagre has reconnoitred the Boer position at Stormberg, where the enemy. was found in strength. After a few shots were exchanged, the recomaissance with
drew..
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER GAZETTE “SERVICE.
Portuguese Action.
LONDON, January 11th. The l'ortuguese police at Lourenco Mar- ques have stopped Portuguese recruits for the Roers on the frontier. In future no one
per cent. recover when the serum is used.
inventor of such a cure! He recognises in himself the direct saviour of thousands upon thousands of lives and the averter of mourning from innumerable households.---Japan Mail,
A TRAIN, Currying many Reservists, drew up at the platform of an Irish junction the other day, where stood a servant of the company, porter or platelayer, who, dn seeing the Reserv ists, called out for cheers for the Beers. In- stantly a Reserve man left his carriage, and without a moment's delay knocked down the porter, and gave him probably a sounder thrashing than he had ever had in his life. The station master and some policemen at band
people, who are intelligent enough when taught. The question concerns our manufacturing engineers, too, for China will be wanting not so much guns as railway engines, rails and tools in the immediate future, and it will not do to sit down while the active German or American picks up all the trade. Lord Charles asks fora Itritish school of engineering in Hongkong to begin with, a place where the Chinese language, history, and political geography will be taught If such a school were established we could hold our own. But it must be started at once; and a British exhibition of mechanical products night be opened on the mainland at the same time.
M. Gazette.
(CLEARLY there is room for a school of mech. ancical engineering in China. Lord Charles Beresford's account of his wanderings among Chinese forts and arsenals and engineering shops reads like a chapter from "Alice in wonderland The Chinese must have lost more men in "accidents" at practice with their big guns than they did in fighting the fapanese. Not that a few hundred Chinainen more or less mandarin seems to matter, still even
The concluded the case for the defence. Mr. Francis in addressing his Lordship may be brought to believe that it is as well to know which is
started by saying he was perfectly willing for the discharging the case to be taken on the application for end of a breechloader, and that it is advisand risk note, and in criticizing these he said that the amount was certainly mentioned on them both, but neither contained any specific
was for an open' policy, and the risk note, on policy were intended special words would have its face implied an open policy, as if a valued
been inserted to show that fact. There were no words on either to show that an agreement of value of cargo had been mutually arrived at and without this agreement it was impossible to issue a valued policy. There was nothing on the note, he held in his hand, which was actually a debit note but which he was willing to accept as a risk note, to show that the Com- pany were willing to renounce all claim for consulsive proof that the value of the cargo had been mutually agreed upon. essentially the meaning of a valued policy.. was made that both parties should be It was essential that when an agreement
talking about the same thing. The application form and risk note had been put in, and the learned Counsel contended that the contract was concluded. The Plaintiff had a right to 'sue on the risk note though he did not have the policy. He admitted that the policy, which had been filed, was the property of the Plains tiff, but the policy was not the agreement; it could not in any way deviate from the condi tigns of the agreement as laid out by the ap plication form and risk note. The accurate and safest way for his Lordship to put it to the Jury would be to ask them to decide if an open or valued policy was intentled. The premium on the $40,00 had been collected, as until the final adjustment of claims and settlement of accounts the insuring Company had the right to collect on the maximum amount that the insured wanted exempted from risk. He denied that there was any ambiguity about the application form and risk note, there was not a- single syllable about agreed value of cargo, le admitted that there was carelessness in the
cember, the wife of the Rev. GEORGE DOUGLAS, \ will be allowed to cross the border without loudly applauded the Reservist, who, having '
of a daughter, Helen Grant.
On the 6th of January, at No. 15, Sans Souci Terrace, Shanghai, the wife of LEONARD KERR,
DEATH.
of a son.
On the 5th of January, at No. 44, Rifle Range Road, Shanghai, Mrs. J. A. BELL, aged 23.
Captain Hall, will be desquichert as above The Hongkong Telegraph
en WEDNESDAY, the 17th instant.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD' & SWIRE, Agents.
Hongkong, 12th January, 100
OCEAN STEAMSHIP. COMPANY. FOR LONDON VIA SHEZ CANAL.
THE Company's Steamship
"STENTOR"
15ola
Captain Jackson, will be despatched un TUESDAY, the 20th February.
For Freight, apply to
-'
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, / Agents: Hongkong, 12 Janu ry, 1900,
IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL, LINE. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. S.S. SACHSEN?
Tiger Serbi, formed
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 19th instant, will he subject to rent.
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1900,
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
A DISGRACEFON: DECKEN,
A more disgraceful and idiotic decree than that of the Empress Dowager alent the murder of Mr. Brooks, which we publish in another endum, it would be difficult to ind. It is in fart little more than an ey pression of regret at an occurrence which happens to be annoying to the Empress on account of its liability to use some foreign Power to make unpleasant demands and aquiries. Everybody knows that mission- aries are allowed to live in the interior and we also know that no proper steps have been
a permit from the Governor.
A Loyal Act,
The Times understands that the Union and Castle line "have withdrawn from the Delagoa Bay trade in order to prevent the use of their steamers for interests unfavour. able to Great Britain.
*WEATHER REPORT.
The Observatory report says:— On the 12th at 11.55 am, the barometer has fallen slightly the China coast, risen mode- rately in Japan. Pressure is highest over China, lowest to the E. of Japan. Gradients slight to moderate, with moderate and fresir monston on the roast and in the N. part of the China Sea. FORECAST:--Moderate N. o N.E. winds; fine.
LOCAL AND GENERAL:
We have received a very bandy date block from. the North British and Mercantile Insurance Co., Limited.
THE enquiry at the Magistracy into the West End fire yesterday, was further adjourned after some more evidence regarding the contents of the godowns had been taken.
administered exemplary chastisement, quietly re-entered us carriage and proceeded on his journey.
Soms further details about Midshipman Bol- dera's being detached for sevice in Natal are to hand in a private letter, says the Singapore Free Press. He landed with a search light party, with maxim guus, &c., at Durian on the 7th Nov. and is understood to le now about Chieveley. He is the only midshipman select ed from the Terrible to be sent to the front, an honour that Capt. and Mrs. Baldero will appreciate. (By the way it is understood that the Terrible landed no fewer than 27 guns at Durba Two, 4.7's, eighteen 12-pdrs, and nine maxins. So it is possible that the six naval 12-pdrs. that were last, for a time, at Colenso, were a batch of these guns from the Terrible.)
It is reported in native official circles that Kang Yi and Li Ping-hông who have always shown themselves the most bitter enemies of
Reform have again begun to rake up the ashes of last year's Conspiracy of Retonners," as they term it, and have selected the ex-Imperial Tutor, Weng Tung ht, non refire, merial victim, regarding him as the head of the Reform Pany, as Weng's strenuous support of Kang Yü-wel and strong recommendation of him to the Emperor are considered as having opened the way for the Reform movement in Peking. Whatever these two bigots have secretly said to the Empress Dowager is still unknown to outsiders, but the wrath of their Imperial Mis- tress is plain enough, it being stated that she intends soon to have the unlucky ex-Imperial Tutor bound in chains and brought up to Peking to undergo a trial for his treachery." -N. C. D. News.
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MEETING OF THE FOOTBALL
SHIELD COMMITTEE.
Yesterday evening a meeting, of the Football Shield Competition Committee was held and took into consideration the protest made by the 25th Co, S.D., R.A. against the Referee's deci- sions in their match against the Hongkong Foot ball Club, asking that the game might be replay el. The different paints in the protest were inost carefully gone into and discussed, it being finally unanimously decided that the request of the protestants should be refused but it was agreed that as the protest was evidently made in good faith the protest fee should be returned.
The drawing for the Shick Ties them took place and resulted as follows:-
Royal Engineers v. H Company, R.W.F. 2-G Company, R.W.F. 7. Hongkong Foat.
ball Club.
3--25th Company, E. D, R.A. 2. B Com
pany, R.W.F. 4-Engineers Institute 38th Company,
R.A.
The first mentioned team has choice of ground and must provide, ball. The time of kick-off must be not later than a quarter past four. The second round must be compiled on or before February 10th next.
Semi-finals.
The semi-finals were then drawn as follows:
Winner of (4) v. Winner of (2).
(3)
V " (1).
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
SUPREME COURT.
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. Before His Hon, W, M. Goodman (Acting Chief Justice.)
January 11th.
Huso uru CHING . THE CHINA TRADERS'
INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
of the NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. HE above Steamer having arrived,
taken by the Chinese Authorities in Paste that their Goods, with the exception of Oplum, | to insure their safety. A weakly worded Treasure and Valuables, are being landed and decree such as the present one is likely only stored at their risk into the Godowns of the to encourage outrage and will, we feel con Hongkong and Rowinon Wharf and Glownvinced, have not the slightest effect towards ONE result of the Transvaal war is, the Range Company, Limited, Kowloon, whence delivery bringing the murderers to justice. To
Times bears, that the Mounted Company of the may be obtained.
denounce the implicated officials in severe" Optional Cargo will be forwarded 'unless
turns to the throne will not mend matters. Rangoon Rifle Volunteers has lost the valuable notice to the contrary be given before 3 P.M., TO-DAY.
They should have been immediately de- services of its Dutch members. graded and shown once and for all that it Two new post cards have been issued by the will not do to play with the lives of foreigners Siamese Post and Telegraph Department for as they have been in the habit of doing. We foreign postage, a single post-card at 4 atts, trust at the troubies in South Africa will not prevent the British Government from and a double (reply) post-cardi a1 8 atts. taking the matter up with a strong hand and THERE will be a football match at Causeway convincing the Chinese Authorities that even Bay between the Hongkong Engineer's F. C
IT is stated that the Tsungli Yainen has sent a missionaries of English race cannot be and H.M.S. Barfieur's F. C. to-morrow, Kick- murdered with impunity.
off 4 p.m. The following will play for the circular dispatch to the various high provincial authorities, authorising them to send abroad Engineers:-Moore, Lapsley, Dyer, Ritchie,ach a large number of students for the purpose The telegram which we publish to-day Wilson, Tuohy,, Duncan, Smillie, Mcquire, of studying one of the thirce professions, vir (instructed by Messis, Dennys, and Bowley) cannot be said to be either extensive or Herton and Blades.
Scientific Agriculture, 'Mechanics, or Com-appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr.J.J. Francis, exhaustive, but it contains one piece of news,
by Messrs., Johnson, Stokes and Master) for at which everyone will rejoice Lords THE body of the man who committed suicide mmercial affairs. Six years are, to be allowed.C., and the lion. H. E Pollock (instructed [22
ROBERTS and KITCHENER have at last by jumping into the river on Wednesday morcach student to-complete-his-studies and the the defendants
The following composed the special jury reached the Cape and we may now lookning has not yet been recovered, says the expenses are to be defrayed by the Imperial
Government. The student who wishes to take Messrs. G. Moxon (foreman). C. W. Dixon, E forward to receiving reports of further British M.C.D. News of 8th instant, and two residents action within the next few days. We do.
T. I. Rose and G. P. Lammert. of the Settlement are still recorded as missing, advantage of these conditions must first apply W. Mitchell, A Babington, C. C. Inchbald, CONSIGNEES of CARGO per Steamship not for a moment suppose that the move- notwithstanding the eilorts of the Police to to his own local authorities who, in turn, will
Mr. Francis, continuing his opening address ments of Lord ROBERTS will be chronicled; hence their whereabouts,
petition to the Viceroy or Governor of the pro to the jury read and quoted from the corres COPTIC005 are will probably disappear for a time from our
vince, tre fatter, to report the matter to the pondence between the interested parljes, show. ing that the intention of the Company was to insure a full cargo from Tientsin, Newchwang Throne for approval before sending the student
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All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godawns, where they will be examined on THURSDAY, the 18th instant, and MONDAY, the 22nd instant, at 9.30 A.M.
All Claims must reach us before the 25th instant, or they will not be recognized.
No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the Undersigned.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.
MELCHERS & Co.,
Agents Hongkong, 12th January, 1900. OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAM-
SHIP COMPANY. NOTICE.
are hereby notified that their their risk being discharged into Lighters and/
THE WAR.
In this case the plaintiffs claim $44,318.34 for. loss upon. cargo insured by the defendants and shipped by the plaintiffs from Tientsin to Amoy upon the steamship Activ, which vessel was totally lost on or about the 9th day of Nov 1898. The plaintiffs further claim their costs of suit.
Mr. W. V. Druinmond and Mr. E, Robinson
This was
Amoy office, that the clerk who had made out the policy had blundered, and which the Plaintiff wanted amended. He agreed with his Lordship that this policy could only be taken as evidence as showing intention, but it must be taken as a whole and if amend must be done according to the risk, note which would make it an open policy. The" form on which the policy was made out was the usual Company's form and was applicable to both open and valued policies. His Lordship, con- tended that when the amount was inserted that that constituted a valued policy. On these forms were two sets of wards, one showing that the amount had been agreed upon and the other that in case of loss the autount' of loss. shall be proved, neither set of words had been obliterated by the clerk. He contended that if his Lordship amended the policy in accord- ance with the risk note then the words regarding agreement of value would have to be deleted. Referring again to intention as shown by this policy, Mr. Francis, claimed it showed the intention of issuing a valued policy on the full cargo from Tientsin, Newchwang and Chefoo to Tamsui and Amoy and not partial cargo of unascertained quantity from Tientsin to Amoy: In England his Lordship would have been asked to make out a policy from the application form and risk note and ho would then have to be guided by the inten tions, as expressed by both parties and which had been mutually agree upon by them. The present case was exactly similar, as the policy: had to be amended and the learned Counsel claimed that their intentions should have as much consideration as the Plaintiff's.
On the conclusion of Mr. Francis' address Mr. Drummond said he was willing for the case to go to the Jury on the third issue,"If the goods shipped by the Plaintiff as aforesaid, were over valued, was such over-valuation made with intent to defraud the Defendant
Mr. Francis agreed." Company" without any more speeches,
His Lordship consented.
The Jury then retired and returned-shortly after 3 pm and on being asked their verdict. are agreed that the answer is No." the Foreman, Mr. Moxon, said By 5 to 2 we
Mr. Drummond asked, if that was judgment. for Plaintiff with costs and interest,
His Lordship said he saw no reason why the usual course of the Coun should not be adhered to and that was. Judgment for the Plaintiff with
or landed into our Godowns at Wanchai anden and the first ness that we shall get of Tu Bard of the Hongkong Reginient will delivery may be had either from Lighters or him will be when he has had time to grasp play at the Hongkong Hotel, to-morrow
nite cargo from Tientsin to Amoy. He then from Godowns upon countersignature of Bills the situation and has commenced to act.turday) evening, from 8 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.
He may go to join the Modder River force,
of Lading.
Goods remaining unclaimed after the 19th instant will be subject to rent.
No Fire Insurance has been effected.--
JS VAN BUREN,
Hongkong, 12th January, 1500,
Agent
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or towards Colesberg or to Durban, but in ali probability it will only be in the event of his going to the latter base that we shall hear of him, and that he should do so is hardly. likely, considering the very gloomy reports
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PROGRAMME, March.....
"Hearts of Oak " Valne......
tachtfather......Lincke. Selection....Chee ¡tolsette".
Arch. Song., Venetiau Serenade (Acdiy Window Meralli. Pola
God save the Queen" ...
(Saabroad. Proclamations in regard to the above Chefoo, Tamsui and Ampy and not an inchli- costs.
His Lordship, in thanking Die Jury for their
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will soon be posted in the ratious Treaty ports, prefectural cities and towns, and it is estimated went through the evidence as given before the attendance, said he was sony that he had no that before the end of 1900 some 1,000 to 1,200 Commission at Tientsin, pointing out that the greater hospitality in the way of warmth la students can be thus sent abroad to the various agent, Fuk Kai, at Tientsin of Hang Hiu Cling offer them. The case had been a long oocand was his own man and not an independent party. he would see the they were not again called countries of Europe and America.N., G. Das claimed in the evidence for the Plaintiff, and upon till, the whole roster had been gone. News.
which he denied when in the witness box in through