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Fresh NE. and E. winds in the Foratosa↑ Keep your eyes open for C. E LeMunyon's ↑ THE “ZAFIRO" "MYSTERY. 【 ping compiples to protect themselves an far in On the 28th April, at Shanghai, the wife of Channel and off the S. coast of China. R. G. PARAMOKE, of a son,
THE various warships in the harbour were decorated with bunting to-day in honour of the elegraph birthday of the Czar, of Russia. At noon a salute of a guns, was fired in honour of the
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RESIDENTS in Hongkong should look with anticipation for the completion of the Bagdad Railway. General Bason Von der Gelix, wia It was only in our issue of last evening is an authority on Asia Minor, lecturing res that we translated certain comments appear-cently at Konigsberg on the importance of this ing in a recent number, of the semi-official railway, said it was probable muits would be organ L'Avenir du Tonkin, with reference to carried to India, four days shorter than the French activity in these regions. When we present raulo-and eventually to Hongkong. reproduced the article in which allusion is
BEFORE Mr. J. H. Kemp this morning Sergeant made to M. Hardouin's abortive attempts to MacSwayed charged a native with causing buy the Boa Vista Hotel and apparently needless suffering to pigeons at the Canton to convert it into a hospital but in reality to and Macao Wharf yesterday afternoon. The establish a foothold for France in the Portu pigeons, 61 in all, were suffering from thirst guese settlement, we had little idea that the and bleeding, and when the Sergeant asked Boa Vista property would so soon again be the native to have them removed to larger made the subject of contention by the French cages, the native look no notice. The Magis Government. Last week we announced the trate imposed a fine of $10 or three weeks, fact that Mr. W. Farmer, who is a British Watch C. F. LeMunyon's announcernent in subject, leased the hotel, by public tender, for a sum of $4,225 yearly for a period
this paper.-Advi.
of five years and two months commenc ing from the 1st inst., from the Santa Casa da Misericordia, a benevolent corpor. ation, in whose ownership the property has now been for over a year. Mr. Farmer. obtained the lease by public tender, notice of which was advertised for some days in the English newspapers of Hongkong. Be- sides Mr. Farmer's there was only one other tender and that we believe from an Ameri can gentleman. During the time that the lender was advertised no objection was raised to the legality of the action of the Board of the Santa Casa, who, in due course, and after the usual formalities had been gone through, granted the lease to Mr. Farmer as the successful higher bidder. We are to-day in receipt of information from our Macao correspondent, who writes under yes- terday's date, that the Executive Council of Government have unanimously disapproved the lease on the ground that the Miseri- cordia petitioned the Government for per- mission to retain the Boa Vista with a view A. S. WATSON & CO., to conduct it as an hotel-sanitarium. Their
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THE Sin Wan Pan gathers that Yung Lu's family has selected the 15th instant as the most auspicious day for the funeral of the late Grand Secretary. The same paper again gathers that the Waitupu has recently ordered the manu facture of large numbers of various classes and
divisions of the Daigon orders which the Gov- ernment intends to confer upon the Foreign officers who afforded protection to the civil and military officials of the Palace during the Boxer trouble.
We have received the Chefeo Express of the 25th ult. A tug had just arrived from the Victoria with the captain and crew, who had count of the bad weather. The gale had caused some loss of life among the boat po- pulation at Chefoo. The great kindness of Captain Ching of the Chinese cruiser Haiyung bad elicited a grateful public acknowledgment from the captain and crew of the Victoria and from Lloyd's Agent, Mr. F. J. Cuntis.
had to leave the wreck and the island on ac-
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THE Sin Wan Pao is informed by its Hupeh correspondent that the Foreign tea mer
chants, in view of the fact that the tea of
VERDICT FOR DEFENDANT CO.
WITH COSTS.
ey could against loss by making special rates where freight was shipped above, a special value. In accepting that special freight the defendaal did not blad himself to After claiming the close attention of a special the truth of an statement made by the Hupeh and Buran is getting worse and worse jury for four days and a half the reatly dis- plaintiff 1 dan't accept your statement; if every year, have arrived at Hankow in very cussed and perplexing problem of the dis- you tell me it is, so you must pay the That did not bind the defendant to small numbers this spring to purchase the said appearance of a box said to contain treasure | (reight”**
plaintiff. It was staple, in fact their number is about half of from the strongroom of the China-Man la accept the stalement of the whit it was two years ago, coas fuently it is steamer Zafiro was bought nearer to a solu- in order that defendant might become liable hoped that these of the Government who have tion to-day by the verdict in favour of the to make good the value of what was charge charge of commercial matters would at once defendant company. The shippers of the box, by him. It was quite possible that the the Man Loong firm, sued the shipping com money might have been stolen on the way devise measures for im roving this trade.
pany, China and Manila S.S. Co., Li, for down to the ship, or that by accident the bag of According to a paper laid on the table of the breach of contract and damages amounting to silver contained notes, or by the carelessness $0,000 gold. The case has been conducted of the defendant's servants in taking it out of Singapore Council at its lust meeting the pay-
before the Acting Chief Justice, the Hon. Sir the ship and putting it into a lighter the meats made by Government to convents and other religious educational establishments from
H. Spencer Berkeley, and the following Counsel bottom of the box might be knocked out and were briefed: the Hon. E H. Sharp, K., the silver lost. Special freight was meant to 1872 10 1913 amounted to $173.307. Of this
cover possible loss; it was an insurance, $104,369 were expended in Singapore, $110,200 and Mr. M. W. Slade, (instructed by Mr. F
Paget Heit, of Messrs. Mounsey and Brutton) is view was that the special rate of in Penang, and $58,832 to Malacca
for the plaintiff firm; and Mr. H. E. Polinck, freight paid by the plaintiff at the demand grants to orphanages proper are distributed, $49,507 to Singapore, $55.73> to Penang, and K.C, and Mr. T. Morgan Phillips (instructed by of the defendant had nothing to do what-
Mr. J. Hastings, of Messrs. Deacon and Has ever with the question of what was the: $26,70 to Malacca. The building grants to the Brothers and Sisters schools in the threetings) for the defendant company. The fol- true contract between the two persons. lowing was the special juryMessrs. A. The bill of lading was the contract between settlements amount to $16,284..
Shelton Hooper, foreman, (Hongkong Land the persons. The learned Counsel, who Investment Co. J. W. Holles (Standard Cil very ably conducted the case, both ag eed Co.), J. J. Leiria (J J. Remedios & Co.), Ain accepting the jury as men of business and Turner (Paliner and Turner), Gaston Mayer (Banque de l'indo-Chins), and F. D. Goddard (God lard and Douglas).
The
It is understood that the Earl and Countess of Lonsdale who came here by the Bayern en route for Tsingtau have chartered the Governor Jachte for a fortnight commencing from the Toth. inst. It isot known what route they will take, the only information so far to hand states that the vessel will leave Taku on or
about the oth reaching Nagasaki on the 24th or 25th where the charter expires. The Eat is a personal friend of Emperor William and he government of Klotchou have received in structions to arrange the trip.
.
IN an article on Russian trade with China which appears in the Viesnik Finanzof, it is stated that 70 per cent, of Russia's trade with China is carried on by the trans-continental route, and the journal considers that there is a great future before this trade if Russian merchants
At yesterday's sitting the evidence for the de- fence was concluded, and Mr. Morgan Phillips addressed the jury on behalf of the Steamship Company. Mr. Slade commenced his reply for the plaintiff, and contended that the onus of proof did not lie, with his clients, and of er quoting various authorities on the question of law left his speech unfinished when the Court rese for-the day.
The Acting Chief Justice sat at à quarter to eleven this morning when the Court was well filled with interested spectators, including several ladies who have watched the case most keenly since its opening on Thursday of fast week.
Mr. Slade, continuing his re laid the would only push their goods. From a detailed analysis of the statistics, it appears, says the points which he suggested should he put to the Vesnik Finunsof, that there is a good opening. jury for specific answers and which would settle in China for mineral oils for illuminating pur-positively, all questions of fact arising in the poses, lamps, glass and crockery ware, iron
and iron manufactures, sugar hardware, and perfumery.
A LAND slip attended with fatal results occurred on I. L. 576 (between Seymour and Upper Castle Roads) as about 10.30 am. to-day. It appeared that while a gang of workmen were engaged in digging and cuting out foundations for a new retaining wall for Mr. Chow Tung Shan's new house, the earth above suddenly slipped and buried two workmen under the débris. A rescue gang was immediately instituted with the result that one man when
was sent to the mortuary,
matter were, as to the contents of the box, if his Lordship decided in favour of the defendants "Are you satished that it has been proved that the box shipped-contained $50,coo gold”?-
His lordship-That is if the onus is on the plaintiffs?
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congratulated him on the fact that he had stel men belers him. If such was the case, he need scarcely tell them that the bill of lading: was a contract, and although in the margin the plaintiff declared he had shipped the case, said to value $50,000 gold, at the funt: of the document the shipowner declared, ha did not, in any way, know whether it was true or not. 'Eefore the Jury could find a verdict for the plaintiff they must be satisfied that there was as a fact $50,co (gold), in the box for shipment by the Z-fro on the 12th September. If they were satisfied us to that, heir verdict should be for the Man Loong firm, because the defendant company admitted the receipt of the box, marked and addressed as appeared in the bill of lading, and had not delive.ed it, "It was no defence in answer the claim of the plaintiff that some one stole it from the company. They were bound to carry keep, and delivery it. Therefore,
the jury believed, after hearing all the evidence, that there was 5500 gold in the box in question, it was their duty to fid a verdict for the plaintiff, If they found to the contrary as a fact that the case ship, et by the plaintiff did not contain that sum if money, and if they found as a fact that the Mr. Slade:-If it is on the side of the defen- plaintiff represented to the defendant it did not. dants, I subunit the question should be in this contain that sum the verdict must be for the form, "Are you satisfied that it has been proved defendant; for the reasons, first, because he that the box shipped did not contain $.coco was liable to answer for what the plaintiff had gold." Continuing, he suggested that further proved the case to contain; and, secondly, because questions were: "Are you satisfied it has been such representation that the box contained proved that the plaintiff was guilty of a false and gold was untrue and false, and dece.ved fraudulent misrepresentation when he declared him at the time, whether they intended to or
In view of the trolley system being installed in found was quite dead, the other only* rece.ving the contents of the box shipped were of the not, and was a fraud on the past of the plaintiff, hampton, who at first looked unfavourably on Hongkong it is interesting to learn that Wolverstght injuries to the legs and arms. The corpse value of $ ̧0,0:0, and also, "Has it been proved and severed the whole contract between this
this method of traction, has given a year's trial to a surface contact system" called "The Lorain," which it installed on two or three iniles of its streets. They have found it a very expensive experiment; having lost £2,0.0 on the year's working, and are now beginning to look on the "trolley" more favourably as being the most practicable method of tramway
traction.
revising the present rules and bye-laws had
been before the Committee for some time and
the late Chairman, Mr. C. S. Sharp, had given much time to the matter. The present rules,
BEFORE Mr. J. H. Kemp this morning, Captain C. J. Mattock of the s.s. Amara charged Fong Fook Hing and Fong Keong, tallymes, with unlawfully defrauding the Indo-China Steam Ship Company of divers sums of money viz, the passage money in respect of certain passengers travelling without tickets on the 5.5. Amara on the 31st March and also violat
number permitted. Mir. T. Looker of Messrs. Deacon and Hastings appeared for the prose cuition, and Mr. G. K. H. Brutton for the
defence. The case was adjourned till to
some of which are out of date, had been in force.morrow at 10 am. since 1874, and the now regulations now laid, on the table were the result of the work of the
that the box shipped was extracted?" Proceed parties. Therefore, the question for the jury to ing to address the jury, Counset briefly review determine, with such assistance as he hail Watch for C. E. LeMunyon's locals in this them, and observed that the plaintiff firm was
ed the evidence which had been brought before been able to afford them, was practically, - Do you believe there was on the Zafiro, in a box, paper in a few days.-Adv.
not of mushroom "growtb, but a wealthy one, marked T. S. T,' addressed to some body" ur other, on the 11th September, the sum of and although the defendant had endeavoured to
It was disprove the statements regarding its business $co of the United States currency dealings he had failed to call for the bills of
common ground t that the plaintiff shipped lading which could bare out the assertions re- by the Zafiro a box stated on the bil xarding the large transactions. It was pointed of tuding to contain $5,000 gold, and on out by the other side that the plaintiff could which plaintiff paid freight calculated on Portugal must be Keep track of C. E. LeMunyon's locals.-Advt.
produce no documentary evidence to show how that sum. But before they could arrive allowed to exercise her right of sovereignty }.
the notes in question, were obtained but proof at an answer to the questions he bad just over her
AT the monthly meeting of the Chamber of
could have been given of the dealings with placed before them, his Lordship observed that ΟΝΩ colonies, and within her territory she exercises sole juris-Commerce, held on 15th ult. Mr. E. A. Herberting the requirements of the Chinese Enigra firms involving the receipt of much larger sum, they must ask themselves two other questions, |-(Vice-Chairman) said that the question of tion Ordinance 1889 to 1901, in excess of the He submitted it was not a very grave offence First of:nil, "Was the plaintiff in a position in
on the part of a man who paid ca h if he kept send Sooo gold, and, if so, was he is his books in a certain manner it was not neces- to have it-in his possession under all sare proof that he was dishonest. The stories circumstances already detailed at length set up by the other side was that the plaintiff The question was not whether
the bad, entered into a long and ingenious-plot the plaintiff was a wealthy man and had for the purpose of effecting a fraud; but, shares in the Hongkong Bank and so on, but argued Counsel, was there any conceivable whether they believed that on the 12th Sep reason, except in proof, why the plaintiff ember last year, he had in his possession should have varied in his statement on the the sum of 55-00 of the United States currency bill of lading regarding the contents of the Ofcourse, he might very well have had it there. box. In fact, the only point upon which the was nothing improbable or impossible about. other side disagreed regarding fact was the having such an amount. Then came the ques. question of the weight of the box. But evention of whether it had been proved to their satis in this the weight given by the officer of the faction, assuming the plaintiff had that amount, Zre did not differ to any great extent from that there was any need for it to be sent to Manil that given in evidence on behalf of the on that day. It they came to the conclusion- plaintiff. As a matter of fact, suggested Conn- that plaintiff did have that money, and there sel, the evidence given by the officers was was no reason to doubt he had it and that it coloured in order, that their side should win. was required in Mamla, it was strong evidence LA BIRrkerdefendant: He then dwelt upon the evidence given both in favour of the plaintiff's" for the plaintiff and for the defendant and was company bad put it to them that unless they were going to accepi, what was called by the occupied as hour and thirty minutes in com batting the points on behalf of the shippers.man in the street, the fore dish of the plaintiff,
His Lordship commenced to sum up at 1215 | there was no evidence. It was all very well- p.m., and in the course of his opening remarks for a man to come forward and state that he said he desired their close attention for a few had $50,000 of United States currency, and had kept it in a safe, since the beginning of the to come, to an accurate conclusion upon the American; way without
kjag it. Surely, he could produce some documentary evidence to prove that such was the case of course, evidence always was alter of credibility. He had known cases where one
international rivalry prompts the interference of the latter against the grant of the lease of a business as a purely commercial venture to a British subject. And at the same time the harmonions relations prevailing between the Portuguese officials on the one hand and the British representative at Macao on the other is an assurance that no Britisher's interests will be prejudiced by the unwarrant able intervention in a commercial transac- tion by a third Power.
Sub-Committee formed at the last monthly meeting. Rules bad also been drawn ap for regulating the procedure at General Meetings called for the purpose of electing a representa tive of the Chamber in the Legislative Council. Afier some discussion the new Rules and Regalations, subject to a few minor alterations, which were agreed to, were ordered to be printed and circulated to all the Members at least to days prior to the annual meeting to allow the Members
at that meeting the opportunity of adopting them as provided by Rule 18.
NOTHING further bas transpired in regard to Newchwang, writes our Tientsin correspondent on 24th- alt, but the Russians are still sitting light, and the Chinese report that they are pouring into Fort Arthur and Southern Man. churia rather than pouring out The Russian authorities are stated to have laid down seven conditions of withdrawal, among them that the Russian Government be privileged to appoint five or six consuls or magistrates in Manchu ris, that no places be opened within Manchuria for the trade of any other power but Russia; and that no other power but Russia be allowed AN interesting article on the Solution of the THE captain of the Kawachi Muru which to work railways or mines. Of course there is Silver Question appears on page 3.
arrived at Singapore on the 29th, ult. disap- | nothing particularly new in these save that peared somewhat mysteriously in the Red Sea. their reiteration is a kind of counterblast to The Times of Ceylon says:-Clain James America's recent request to appoint a consul Thompson is supposed to have jumped over at Moukden. board on Easter Monday morning, the 13th-
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THE annual meeting of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce will be held this month.
A DREDGER for Port Arthur should arrive here PHOTOGRAPHIC shortly as we read in a Ceylon paper that No.
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PROMPT RETURN. Hongkong, 8th July, 1902. CARMICHAEL
accepted seats ou the general committee and MESSRS. D. R. Law and A. G. Wood have Messrs. Ferd Bornemann and H. E. Pollock, K.C. have been elected to membership of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce.
at
night on
ultry He was last seen by James, a A SUMMARY method of dealing with thieves passenger on the vessel, about 11.30 o'clock and rogues is reported to us, says a Siam paper,minutes while he endeavoured to assist them
Easter Sunday. Captain and no doubt it will have more effect on the Thompson was then going on the bridge. delinquent than a few weeks in prison. It the Captain was called in the usual way, trouble of a prosecution, although it smacks of Next morning, between 7 o'clock and 7.30, certainly has the merit of saving the time and
when it was ascertained that he was
the risks of taking the law into one's own missing. Absolutely nothing more is hands. A certain European, who lives not a (728d
known. The bridge deck is, after the usual hundred miles from Bangkok and whose Ar the instance of Detective Sergeant Kerr, manner, protected with rails. It should be originality in other directions has made him AND five natives were charged before Mr. F. A.entioned that the chief officer did notice a famous, caught a burglar last night. Being
Hazeland this morning with running boarding certain peculiarity in the Captain's manner soun
unable to sleep on account of the heat, the Eur houses without the accessary permits. Fines after leaving Suez, but it made no more than a Spean in question was prowling about the passing impression upon him, and he did not premises during the night in search of a breath consider the matter of sufficient importance to speak of it to the doctor. His papers were all of air when he espì da Chinese moving about the servants quarters in a very suspicious left behind in perfect order, and letters to his manner. Having thoroughly satisfied himself solicitor, &c, instructing them regarding the
as to the man's motives be collared him and disposal of his property, and to the company with the assistance of the servants who had been telling them where his papers were to be sent aroused by this time secured the would be in the event of bit, death. No mention, how burglar in the stocks and then tarred him from ever, was made in any way of impending death.
head to foot. He was allowed to go this morning After the disappearance of Captain Thompson, at eight o'clock, and the crowds of workmen the command of the ship devolved upon Capt he had to pass through-treated bim according E. H. Len. –S. F. Prus.
Compare Sim to his deserts. The tar would not come of and stuck all the firmer by reason of his having Endeavoured to rub it off with dry earth,
CLARKE, CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND
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1903
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FROM reliable sources we are informed that late yesterday evening the leading Chinese boot and shoe makers of the Colony signed agreements with certain firms for the supply of 30,000 pairs of ammunition boots to be delivered in 14 daysštime¿?
THE Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Nethersole Hasplais bags to acknowledge with thanks the following donation to the funds of the Hospitals
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Where the question of conflict arose there was enerally a question of probability, because documents could be forged and have every
evidence which had been brought before them He proceeded to quote the endorsement on the writ and subsequent pleadings and, regarding the bill of lading, said it was extremely important they should ow what man or one woman had stood up in the box- the parties contracted between themselves. The giving evidence in contradiction of the state- bill of lading did not, in his opinion; containments of half a dozen people, and they bad tay he had know is verbal “been'«believed; ; and any specific declaration by the plaintiff that be
evidence taken by a jury on a question of shipped, in the case in question, the sum of $50 000 United States currency. It stated that conflict in preference to documentary the case contained notes said to value. $10,00 gold. In the body of the bill it was a
weight, contents, and v.lue unknown." The effect of such words limited the responsibility of smal the defendants to answer only for that which lies the case actually contained at the time it wan received on board of the Zafiro, sad before the plaintiff could recover the money he would have to satisfy the jury that on the day the box was shipped it did contain $50,000 gold.
specia mate of freight was charged to cover was alleged by the shipper to be of a valuable character, and because the defendant firm, and common law in
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