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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY APRIL 6, 1905.
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MR JAS. CHRISTIE'S AFFAIRS
BANKRUPTCY PROCKEDINGS:
Mr. Stephens-When did you run d-bts went to Shanghai on the 16th November last up 10?
year, but before going he was served with a writ for $3,800, and Mr. Brutton accopied ser vice on his behalf. He returned in Hongkong in December. At the time he went north he had not been pressed for money except by
Debtor. Up to sometime in October. When did you take your bankruptcy pro ceedings-Sometime in March.
Between October and March, what were
ATS. WATSON & CO.. | The Editor will not undurtake to be boonably for that floating mine had been sighted lately trading as hotel proprietor at the you doing? Were you carrying on business. Messrs. Radecker and Co..
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CONGKONG, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1905
HÔNGRONG WATER SUPPLY.
Householders in Hongkong and particularly those resident in the Hill district will rejoice to learn that they are once more in posses sion of a constant supply of water: It is BLEND | trise that the notice announcing the re sumption of a full supply hints at possible interruptions, but after being cut off at the main during the greater part of the day people will be thankful for small mercies, and trust to providence that the new pumping enging and main will prove effective under all contingencies. It is now several months since Hongkong householders have had the advantage of a continuons supply of water, MELLOW and many have been the shifts to which
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people have had recourse in order to obtain an adequate daily allowance. Chinese ser- vants are not particularly notable for their sense of cleanliness, and for that reason it is perhaps fortunate that the average man
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of the menage. The effect of the intermit tem supply has been, however, to give peo- ple an increased interest in the storage accommodation of Hongkong, and the waste which continually gues on all over the city.
was stated that whereas the usual quantity withdrawn from the re- A. S. WATSON & Co., servirs, when a constant supply was being given, amounted to something like four mil. lion gallons per day, the quantity drawn off, when only a four hours' supply was allowed, amounted to over three million gallons. In (32 other words, in a sixth of the ordinary period, three-quarters of the usual quantity was taken
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At the Supreme Court this morning the public examination of Mr. James Christie, Metropole Hotel, Shaukiwan Road, came before-No his Lordship the Chief Justice.
When did the business stop?—It was closed down in November, I was away from the Colony at the time.
What did you go there for For matrimo-:
they admitted the presence of mines there, they have made no attempt to remove them since If the Japanese are, lethargic in the matter, what can be thought of the British warship which calmly announced.
near Wai-hal-wei right in the track of ship ping, and yet took no steps to explode the mine? If the China fleet in the vicinity of
Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton appeared on behalf Wel-hai-wai makes no effort to clear the path of the debtor, while Mr. M. J. D. Stephens for the merchant shipping there must be represented the Victoria Dispensary, Mr-October?-No, I did not go to Swatow, i Didn't you go to Swatow in the month of tre. At F. B. L. Bowley (Messrs, Dennys and Bowley) something radically wrong somewhere. At present, vessels of all nationalities-aktough appeared in the interests of Messis. Radecker went to Shanghal, it is to be presumed that British prepon; & Co. and Mr. H. G. C. Bailey (Mesars derate--are crowding to the northern ports Johnson, Stokes and Master) was present on which only recently opened, and it surely behalf of Messrs. MacEwen, Frickel & Co, cannot be held that they should be made (Mr. G. H. Wakeman), said he was a hotel pro- Debtor, examined by the Official Receiver responsible for the destruction of the mines.prietor lately carrying on business at the As it is, officers of the merchant service Metropole Hotel and formerly at the Bay View seem to spend their spare time, while pass Hotel and the Praya East Hotel. In Decem- ing through the danger zone, in looking for ber, 1901, he commenced business on his own mines, and then exploding them by rifle account, and prior to that date was the licensee sbots. It is clearly the duty of the Navy to of the Praya East Hotel where he was paid a remove this handicap to trade, and it may He commenced business at the Bay View salary of 5150 a month with everything found. be hoped they will recognise their respon Hotel with a capital of $3,500, and, with Mr. sibility in the matter.
·LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The final of the Lusitano Football Club inter-club competition was re-played yesterday at the Happy Valley resulting in a win for Mr. Victor's team by 2 to 1. For the winners Mr. P. da Rora played a good game, and for the loosers Mr. L. A. Ozorio, showed himself a promising forward.
Downs as a partner, took over the premises froni Mr. J. W. Osborne at a valuation of the furniture and license, Mr. Downs finding about $900 as his share, of the partnership. The „business was carried on until March of last year; but owing to sickness Mr. Downs had been obliged to retire from the partnership in the year previous and was paid $2,000 for his abare: of the business. When they commenced the partnership, both put in about $930 each, Debtor knew all along that the Bay View Hotel was not paying, and on his partner leav ing in April, he was obliged to put a manager The annual racquets tournament is now in pro-in to look after the place while he went and gress, aud in the double and single handicaps the took charge of the Fraya East Hotel which he first round must be completed hy Wednesday, took over from a Mr Walpole on payment of 12th inst.; second round by Monday, 17th inst., $1,383 on account and on the understanding thot, and third round by Thursday, 2oth inst. So if the licensing fee was increased during the far Messrs. i. Hancock and J. L. Holt are year, Mr. Walpole would again take over the the only competitors for the Championship house. As a matter of fact in November the Cup..
fee was raised from $ 0 to 1,850. Nearly all the summer of 1953 he was fusing on the house. At that time Mr. M. Collins mun aged the Bay View Hotel and debtor visited the place twice or three times a week. In December Mr. Collins left and debtor went and took charge of the premises He had been paying Mr. Collins $.50 a month. Mr.
Ar the Supreme Court this morning the Puispe judge commenced the hearing of an action in which R. Freiwald Vojack sued W. V. Effel for Siro in respect of work done and services rendered. Mr. H. W. Looker appeared for
plaintiff and Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.G. represent
ed the defendant. The case was adjourned until Tuesday next.
THE final for the Soldiers' Club Cup will be played on the Naval Ground, Happy Valley, on Saturday next, between the West Kents and the Royal Engineers. Kick-off at 4.15 p.m. A close and exciting game is anticipated, and should the weather remain fine, it is hoped that a goudly crowd will be present to witness this, the last of the season's matches.
THE chief officer and the chief engineer of the s.s. Pak Kong summoned Captain Patrick of that vessel for a series of assaults on board various times lately. When the case was
Hoggett was then put in charge of the Praya Easi, and in March of last year the Govern ment took over the Bay View Hotel in order to convert it into a police station, and debtor moved into the Metropole Hotel, and had to pay about $1,8.0 for putting the place in re- pair, besides getting new furniture and bring ing the old from the Bay Vi w Hotel and the Praya East Hotel. He considered that, on an average, the monthly takings at the Metropole Hotel were between $1,000 and $300. He remained there until November, and although at the outset be did not expect the place would pay, he did not consider he had had a chance to get it going properly. In June a bill of sale for $2,500 was given on the fur- At the present time his liabilities
nature.
nial
reasons of my own, and I don't think it is
necessary to state them in Court.
Do you reside with your wife at the present time?-1 do not."
Do you make her any allowance?—I do not
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By Mr. Bailey-Between January and March, 1904, he obinined liquors on credit-from Messrs, Price and Co., MacEwen Fricket and Co., Victoria Dispensary and others to the valuo - of $10,282.
You sold these liquors, I take it, as a profit? —Yes; a small profit.”
What is the average profit when you get it
wholesale and sell it retall across the bar? That
is a very hard question to say.' It all depends upon who drinks. Some men may make six drinks out of the bottle and some thirteen,
A cask of whisky-how much profit would
think that question ought to be asked. My you make on it?-I never buy a cask of whisky. wife is in the Colony.
I want to know what you did with this ma-
ney. Where is it? I have a perfect right to ask you whether you make an allowance for your wife or not.-I don't at the present time. In the month of October
When did you pay her some money" last —
October what 1904.
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I always get it in battles.
In bottles, then ?-About 25 per cent..
Where has all this money gone to? It has been paid out to the "boys" and the servants, lights and license. That has swamped alt
this up.
When you left the Bay View Hotel, why did you go to the Metropole? Was it purely. Had you been paying her money then?-1 | apecalation, when you took this place ?-1
had.
What allowance did you make her?- £8 a month.
Regularly P-Regularly..
When did your wife cease to reside with you -My wife left Hongkong in May or June, 1904.
You say you went to Shanghai, for matrimo- nisl reasons. Is that what you said That is what I said.
In what way?
Mr. Bratton-1 do not wish to object un-
necessarily, but it seems to me that this is not going into his statement of affairs, regarding his money...
thought the Metropole would pay.
You lost, first of all, on the Bay View, then on the Fraya East. You lost on each of them?
Yes, sir.
Why did you not stop then? You knew you were solvent, yet you incurred all these debts, when you knew you couldn't pay them ?—1 could have done so, if this partner had come along.
You could not have paid them out of your money?—No, sir.
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Since you left the Metropole Hotel in
November how have you been living?-I have been living on the boxing proceeds I have
made.
Mr. Stephens,-) may ask as to lús money,^ "What were the last profits 7. What did the Mr. Bruton-Yes, as to his money, but not | Inst fight realise ?-13158: as to his private affairs.
"Did you have to share profits with anyone?
His Lordship-it, is a fact he went (Ad--With McCoy. dressing the debtor). You have, of course, to 'give a reasonable reason for going, if you had
to go on account of your domestic affairs,
The debtor. The reason my wife, is away from me is that we were not living together She came up unexpectedly. I went to Mr. Bretton and said "I don't want to live with her I then went away for a time thinking
that she would probably go away to Australia.
Mr. Stephens-What has become of all this manay you have lost? It is outstanding.
What bas become of it all? You had all these goods from various firms) MacEwen Frickel, Price & Co, Victoria Dispensary and so on, amounting to some thousands of dollars. You have said the stock; where is the mo ey?--What stack
You sold the wine and spirits-I don't know anything about them. It was put in the hands of the Official Receiver.
I am referring to the time when you were carrying it on We were selling at a loss; the rent and the licenses were so high. Money I have had on account of boxing during the past three years I put into the
In reply to further questions, he said he, got the money to pay for the Praya East froni a fight he had with a man natired frost for $1,000 and gate receipts..
At the time you were negociating about the Metropole you had an offer of Sinoco for the hotel, and knew you were in debit all round ?--- Yes, sir,
Why did you not accept the offer?-Because this other man offered an amount that would' clear.the debts.
Don't you think it would have been the pro per thing for the benefit of all your creditors 10 accept the $40,000 and pay up all your". debts? It would have been for the c
creditors and myself, but I went by the man's word as a gentleman,
His Lordship-It was evidently a firm offer and he (debtor) must have believed it to be a good business which had to be worked `upi Mr. Stephena, in re-examination ?—Yuu qay. you paid into the account all sums you have taken in boxing contest Have you put them in the account?- have put them in the ac..
count because they did not belong to the busi- ness. 1 paid the money into the bank.
by the householders and others. It would called on the captain did not appear to answer mounted to $21,073, one item of $7,043 being has also been lost business and that count. I did not put them in the business ac‹.
to the summons, a constable was deputed to trace his whereabouts, and if in Hongkong to order him to appear before the Court on Saturday.
The masters of two launches, Nos. 8 and 10, were charged by the Water Police with anchoring their launches, which are the property of Hunger and Whampoa Dock Company, near the docks, without exhibiting the regulation lights after dark last night. The men said they never had any lights when not using the launches at night. Mr. Hazeland said they would have to in future, and in order to help them to remember it, they must pay, a fine of $1 each.
therefore appear that, under normal condi tions, every man, woman and child in Hong- kong uses over 13 gallons of water a day, while under restrictions to gallons are used per capita-aking the population of Hong. kong al 300,000. Anybody who knows any thing about the uses to which water is put in Hongkong, will agree that such a quan tity per head is far too much. It is con ceivable that in the summer months large quantities of water would be required, if only for bathing purposes; but during the past few weeks, when Hongkong has been enveloped in fogs, and drenched with rain, SPIRIT MERCHANTS, | besides having occasional icy blasts of winter, the amount drawn off by each household has been considerably in excess of require. The conclusion would seem to be that people have little right to grumble when the water is turned off, if in times of plenty they wantonly waste the supply afforded. It only requires a little supervision at the rear of each house to check the evil of withdrawing unnecessary supplies from the main, and it is to be hoped that the
Ar about a quarter in eight o'clock this morn nuisance of a partial supply of water, toing the police on pal at Praya East found which people have been subjected of late, will induce householders to give this matter their attention.
HONGKONG,
34, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,
FIRST FLOOR,
(WM. PUWELI. & Co.'s old premises),
HOCKS.
Laubenbeiner
Graucher A.
Nterstetier...
Hochheimer
Liebfraumiik
Sparkling Hock
Sparkling Hock Nonpareil
Per case, quarts.
$14.40
15.00
16.00
ments.
SHIPPING DANGERS.
According to the reports inade by the
PROGRAMME of music to be performed by the Band of the 10th Mahratta Light Infantry, on the New Parade Ground, on Monday next, the toth inst, from 5 to 6.30 pm -
March...." St. George and the Dragon"...Harris Selection......" Blue Bell in Fairyland".....Slaughter
"Reveuse "..... Follet "Umler the Batalion Tree"
......Cule "The Orchid
Mockton .....Dou
Song... Selection
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." illumangellu·er Ham Dance....." Careless Cachous" .......Bucalon
God save the King.
the body of an able seaman in the water below the praya wall, opposite the Naval Canteen, and had it removed to the mortuary. It was subsequently identified as that of J. W. Fister, un A.B. from H.M.S. Centurion. As there were barely three feet of water below the wall, it is surmised that the deceased must have fallen in earlier in the morning when there was a greater
as the man was drowned and has no marks of any blows.
due to Messrs. Price and Co., for wines sup plied to the Metropole and the Bay View Hotels in 1904. There was also an account of $1,800 due to a Chinese firm for alterations ta the Metropole and furniture, etc., supplied. His personal expenditure was about $50 or $50 a mooth. All the money he had was lost in the business. He was a married man.
Mr. Stephens. When you left the Bay View Hotel to go to the Metropole how much were you in debt?
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Mr. Christie I don't know; I could not exactly say.
But you surely know somewhere near the mark; how much was it?—1 don't know, sir, how much it was.
You have not paid away anything which is at shown in the nccount -No, sir,
Have you given any money away?-i have have been "hard up." given $to and $5 away to different people who
Did you put that in your ac ounts.-No. You say you gave your wife 8 a month
Yes.
Up to July last year 7-October, Have you given anybody else any money besides your wife 7--No, sir.
No?-No.
It is in the bank, buy the accounts are not put in the account-Yes.
Are there any other sums you have not itemised-No, sir.
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Have you sent any money away to any one by drait ?-The only draft is the one I sent to my wife.
Mr. Dowicy, in re-examination,--About your book debts how much do you think can be realised?—I think it could all be realised from the people in town. When the people knew I was bankrupt they would not pay. Most of
Have you given any money to any female the people that the chits belong to are in town.
No.
You kept books of some sort, I suppose?- My clerk kept the books,
Under your directions, I suppose-Yes, buting T'supervised them.
How much did you owe when you left the Bay View Hote-Somewhere about $2,400.
If you owed money at that time why did you 'go on ?-Because I had the promise of a man coming into partnership with me and bringing $15,000 into the business. He did not turn up, and failed to keep his word." I have letters in my pocket now which if can show his Lord. ship.
Debtor admitted that he did not keep a cash book although he had' a petty cash book, monthly accounts and so on which showed receipts and payments in full.
Mr. Stephens reminded him that they, did- not show details of the transactions and Mr. Christie replied that he did not keep an ac-
No?-No.
Not to anyone?ot to anyone. No allowance?—No.
Of any sort?-No.
You answer me to dhal effect?-Fam answer the truth also, you don't think I would come here and take the chance of going through bankruptcy if I could pay people.
An.wer the question ?-1 am answering the
truth.
After further examination, Mr. Stephens asked was it not $6,000 you owed when you look over the Metropole ?--I don't think so,
Have you any proposal to make in reference. to these debts --None at all, I have absolutely nothing, I have not ing myself; not a cent.
Can you make any proposal for the credi tors?—Nothing; what can I do with. Sigo to $200 a month what proposition can I make I may be here months before I get a job.
In reply to Mr. Bowley, the debtor said that" since taking over the Bay View Hotel he had not acquired any fresh capital although various
different fights had been placed in the business For the furniture and stock-ic-trade of the Bay View Mr. Downs, and himself paid $1,160, Nothing was paid for good will; only two months rent to Mr. Osborne.
Did you buy any furniture? -Yes, Jater. no Did you and Mr. Downs go into the business on equal terms?-Mr. Downs only put in $900 experience at the hotel.
After a few more questions had been asked. and answered the examination was, closed and debtor was subsequently adjudged bankrupt.
SIX marines stared opt to have a good time' last evening, and as usual, commenced with a visit to the nearest bir, What they imbibed there so exhilarated them that they thought they would start the fun of the evening by wiecking an inoffensive general dealer's chop in Queen's Road. But when they broke a lamp for a start that also ended their fun, for the dealer promptly had them arrested. They were placed before Mr. Huzeland this morning at from $3 to $3 for being drunk and disordetly. the Magistracy, when they were fined variously
SHIPPING AND MAILS,
MAILS-DUK.". American (Siberia) 9:h inst, no^n Indian (Cathrine Apcar) toch inst. Indian (Arratoon Aptar} toth inst Canadian (Empress of India) roth inst. “German (Prins. Heinrich) 14th just on
American (¿fongolia) 16th inst: Indian (Namsang) 17th inst
masters of vessels arriving at Hongkong, a depth of water. This appears the more likely count of every separate transaction over amount, which he received in connection with this port og 5th inst, and may be expected
very dangerous condition of things exists in the vicinity of Wei-hai-wei in the shape of floating mines. For over a year merchant vessels trading in northern waters have been navigated by officers who were in fear and trembling lest they should unwittingly strike 24.00 ja mine, and even now it would seem that
21.00
27.00
MESSES. Arnhold, Karberg & Co., the local agents for the Wireless Telegraphy Co., Ltd., of Berlin, forward us an illustrated pamphlet describing s e Telefunken system of wireless telegraphy as worked by this company and
the bar they were included in the day's' tak ings. Mr. Stephens pointed out to him that there were such entries as Dairy Farm, Price & Co., Radecker and Co., and so on. What did they mean, he asked. Debtor replied that the Dairy Farm was for milk, Frice and Co, for wines, and so on.
Mr. Stephens. You stated that you owed
The H. A. L. sa. Suevia left Shanghai for here on or about the 8th inst at noon.
The P..M. S. S. Co's 8.s. Siberia aztived at Manila April 5th at 9 a.m. and will leave for this port April 7th at 5 pm, due Hongkong April 9th at about noop.
The P. M. S. S. Co.'s 5.5. Mongolia with Finails, &c, from San Francisco Murch +Bifa via Honolulu, has arrived at Yokohama, and leaves for this port via Inland Sea, Kobe, Nagasaki and Shanghai, ot the 8th inst, duc
the normal anxieties of the shipmaster are which arose out of the amalgamation of two $2,400 when you transferred your business to be was going to be manager and give us his Hongkong on or about the 16th inst,
After three months in the business you paid him $2,005, Why so much?--Because if I had not paid him out another man was to come in.
by no means lessened. It has been known systems which bad separately obtained a world. the Metropole, and on the rath August, 1904, all along that the Yellow Sea and Gulf of wide renown among the many competitors in you wrote a letter to the Victoria Dispensary in the field of spark telegraphy. The apparatus reply to an application for payment stating that Pechili were honeycombed with mines laid, on the one hand, by the Russians for the employed in the new system is made from the you were sorry to say that you were unable, for company's own models in the workshops of the at least ten days or more, to settle part of the benefit of the Japanese squadrons, and, on
two Braun-Siemens and Slaby-Arco companies; bill, and that you had been greatly disappoint Up to the time he left you had already the other, by the Japanese to prevent the sa that both in workmanship and material, theed over a draft of money from London, What lost money, yet you paid him $2,cor egress of the Russian fleet from Port Arthur, articles produced manifest the well-known ex-is that draft you refer to From my partner-he place had the repulation of being Now that the seaboard has been cleared, so celleare which characterizes all the manufac) who was going to let me bave this money) a good house during, the summer months, and far as active hostilities are concerned, these tures of these companies. In the volume seat On October 13. you say, "I am incurring if had not paid bim out another man would mines have apparently been left to floatus the origin and rise of the Wireless Telegraph on new debt". Did you incur any more after have come in.
into space, a constant menace to the Co is fully described together with a list of the this date?-No, sir, not that I am aware of. I away shipping of the world. It may be remem,installations already erected, while other chap. ters are devoted to the present possibilities of of the Growers and Distillers as compared bered that when H.M.S. Andromeda pro- the system, provinces, of wireless telegraphy, to bottling done in China by Chinamen ceeded on the futile journey to Port estimates and plans, arrangement of bigh fre.
Arthur, the Japanese marvelled that she should have escaped the innumerable hidden Hongkong, 28th December, 1904, [33- dangers of the high seas, But although
N.B.-All our Wines and Spirits are battle at home, thereby ensuring to our Customers all the advantages ncerning from bottling done at home under the direct supervision
at the service of European Firms.
quency circuits of intermittent current (mount- ing), description of apparatus and accessory parts, and illustrations of stations erected,
don't say that I did not with anyone else. I am referring to the Dispensary,
But you say, "I any incurring to new deb That refers to the Victoria Dispensary. His Lordship take it he means he was not incurring any more debts with the Dis pensary.
Continuing, debtor said that the monthly
The O. S. S. Co. & C. M. S. N. Co.'s 5.3. Tydeur from Pacific. l'oris is due to leave, Moji
due here about 23rd înalte on 14th inst. for Shanghai and Hongkong andis
The C. P. R. Co.'s 5.5. Emprest, of China; arrived at Kube at 8pm, on Tuesday, 4th inst, and left again at noon Wednesday for Yoko hama where she is due to arrive at 2 pm. on
Thedaycare th just
Apcar Co.'s $8. Arrotoon Aptar from
Penang left. Singapore for this port on the 4th afternoon and may be expected herei
or about the toth inston
The Apcar Co's 15: Catherine Aptor from
estimated the total value of the furniture at the 4th afternoon and may be expected here on
rent of the Metropole Hotel was $40. He price of $10,000, and on if raised in bill of sale for $2,500, and when it was sold by the Official Receiver last month it realised $3,050 When he filed his petition he estimated the assets at $15,000-$10,000 furniture and $5,000 chits. He
Calculia lef Singapore for this port on the or about the oh instof You
The C. P. R. Cr's sis. Emprest of India nurived at Nagasaki at 8 am, on Thursday, the tih inst, and left again at 4 pm, same day, for Shanghai where she is due to arrive at 2 a.m. on Saturday, the 8th inst;;