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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 25
On the "asth instani, at^ Peak" Hospital, FAIZULARHOY ESBABHOV. EBRAHIM, partner. in the frm of Moses 'Abdoolally Ebrahim & Co.. Aged 25 (typhoid fever) Deeply re gretted. (Bombay and hanghal papers please copy).
The Hongkong Celegraph
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1905.
"HONGKONGS LOSS":
LOCAL AND GENERAL
ACCORDING 10 % native paper the new Tianisla mint will coin gold dollars for "experimental circulation in the Treaty Ports,
GENERAL Me and his troops will shortly leave Shanghaikuan and vicinity for Chinese Tare kostap, a long weary march of at least four months', duration.
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IN COURI
AQUESTION OF. PURCHASE.
uf = contract. • Nowrepli being received, twelve days later, the day
the full balance of purchase money was due and pay. able, he made a tender of the amount through bis solicitor, who inte
who stated that (unloin it was Accepted and the contract completed, legal proceedings would be instituted against thom asked him to call a "church meeting," they for breach of contract. The defendants then
all being Christians, to submit the matter, but plaintiff refused to do as as he said
It is not often that the affales of a newspapem are brought to the notice of the Supreme Court, and the fact that one of the Chistae journals was the subject of an action in Sum mary jurisdiction 10-day, was in itself of no 32221 small interest expecially in view of the soma
what remarkable evidence adduced. It seems that Tam Man Sam sued Tam Yau and they refused to complete their contract or Cheung Sam Pong, liquidators of the Sai Kai return his deposit money. Kung Vick Po Co, Ld, for the recovery of $1,0:0, being, $500 deposited by the plaintiff with the 'defendants as part purchase money of the business property of the "Sai Kai Kung Yick Pot Co., Ld., contracted to be said by the defendants to plaintiff, and $503 damages for breach of contract.
We understand that a meeting of gentlemen Interested in the promotion of a St. George's Hall will be called for the 15th November when a proposal for holding a Ball en 19th January will be discussed. Has Hongkong reached the apex of its rue China Mutual liner Krems, which is business capacity and started on a career of dus here on Saturday from the Pacific coast, is decadence? The question is suggested by bringing 3,800 tons of salmon,, consigned to the report published in the Hongkong Teir Edgland, besides about 40,000 feet of lumber giph yesterday stating that, owing to the for various ports in China and Japan. difficulties in the way, the Russian warship A LECTURE on * Some wonders of nature and Caarentfed will not be sent to Hongkong for some works of man" will be delivered at the repairs. There was a’time, not so very long Chinese department of the V:M.C.A. this even? ago either, when anything connected withing, by Mr. Chas. K. Edmunds, of Canton shipbuilding, ship-repairing or engineering Christian College. The lecture commences at in the Far East was sure to be shared by the lantern views.
pm, and will be illustrated with magic Hongkong docks. Indeed, it was a foregone
'conclusion that if repairs had to be executed,
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IT is expected that the Board of Education will if any specially difficult operation in conneesia will be Vice-Presidents while Huang he soon established and Usi Ying and Yen tion with the reconstruction or overhauling Shao-chi, Wu Shih-mei, Lian Ting-feng and of vessels had to be performed, Hongkong Wang Yistung will be secretaries and chancel would be selected as the place where these lors. It is also reported that Chang Po-hal and operations would be most efficiently carried uan Fang will become the Presidents of the
new Board. out. It was only the other day that we
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The case was heard before the Puiste Judge, Mr. A. G. Wise, when Mr. G. E. H. Beavis, of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist, appeared for the plaintiff, and . H. W. Looker, of Maaste Deacon, Looker and Deacon, represented the
defendants.
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Mr. Beavis stated that pleadings were ordered and had been filed, and from these it ap: the plaintiff did or did not tender the deposit
denied by defendant. Did the plaintiff by his portion of the money, as alleged by him and
acts repudiate the contract? If he did not he was entitled to the return of his deposit, and also to damages. Suppose the defendants were able to prove that plaintiff had failed to comply with the stipulation regarding that por that he made every effort to pay the whole tion of the purchase monay, he would prove
down to a question of fact.
His Lordship.The case has worked itself
'peared that the whole point at isaija was whether
plumed ourselves on the dexterity and skill is interesting to hear that the Commitee with which the useless guns of the Albion and of the St. Patrick's Club have another good of the purchase money. the Glory were removed and new guns hoist plays Sergt. T. Pitt. This is a friendly chal billiard fixture for to-night. Mr. M. Leong ed into position. That was a feat accom-lenge of 300 and will start at 8.15. It is plished by the employés of the Hongkong regretted that earlier publication could not be
anxiety and will undoubtedly prove most in- teresting.
He said
they could call a meating if they liked, and if the meeting found that he was not entitled to the return of that money he would drop the matter. He had paid the salaries to the people he engaged,
Cross-examined by Mr. Looker, witness said
the management so he did not know if the
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* HONGKONG TELEGRAP
SERVICE
THE PEKING OUTR
EMPEROR INTERROGATED
REPORTED TO BE UNDER RESTRAINT [From Our Own Correspondent.
Shanghai, 26th October,
2.85 minutes
The authorit es at Peking continue their investigations into the reco bomb outrage, and as a result of
na made certain interrogations. their inquiries the Impress Dowager
he was at one time editor and a director, and out. He wanted to give up the managership was an original subscriber and director through as there was a debt of $9,000 owing and no money to pay it, so they wanted to sell the It is reporte I that His Majonty the paper to settle the debt. They called for tenders, but the amount necessary to pay off Emperor Kung-han has been ques- the debt not having been subscribed, a new tioned on the subject, and failing to ret of tenders was called for. Wildess's ten der was then accepted, but he had relised from give satisfactory replies has now been arount of his tender exceeded the own deeplaced under restrain and in being
Soooo and $9,100 His was the only tender perial Guard. He thought the amount of the debts was between closely watched by four of the Im-
which exceeded that amount. Atthetimehesent in his tender he had the amount of his tender all ready-that is $5.o the deposit money, and the rest available to pay when wanted. If ho had had to pay the whole of the purchase Lo Ping Cheung told him to divide it into money on that day he could have paid it down. shares and so raise the money. He bad got all the shares sold, but the money had not! beed paid; the abareholders had said the moment his tender was accepted they would pay him time whatever money he wanted he would let him hare it. On the 12th day when the purchase mosey was due, he had collected the full amount. Witness was then cross-examined. at some length as to the amounts of shares subscribed and dates of collection of the money
CHINESH ARMY MANŒUVRES,
DADERA 'TO THE TROOPaired Mugs
the following to connection with the Chiasse. The China Times of October 10th publishes military maneuvres
and Whampoa Duck Company which was given as this match has been looked for with question of fact. The plaintiff refused to pay the amount, and Lo Ping Cheang suid àt any 1 Tientsin with General Tion Linng on the 18th:
praised even by the Service papers in Eng. land. The people of Hongkong took credit to themselves for the performance. But ap: parently a change has come over the spirit of their dreams. Instead of being the first and foremost in the field of competition, the Hongkong and Whampoa. Dock Company
serm content to rest on their taurels.' A few years ago, to put it no nearer, the very sug gestion that the Russian authorities were contemplating the advisability of docking 2 cruiser of ther character- and importance of the
sten
SENATOR Paterson, one of the members of the Taft party, summarised his impressions of the Philippines as follows "The more you know of the Philippines the more serious appears the problem. I am convinced that in this govern. ment we are getting farther and father away. fram Secretary Talt's patriotic and bumane policy, the Philippines for the Filipinos and ultimate independence. The gulf between the natives and the Americans is widening fear the Philippines is a smouldering volcano.":
IT. is announced at Tientsin that Mr. Hubert
Mr. Looker Quite so, my Lord; it is a
the deposit and repudiated the contract.
The plaintiff, who lives at No. 19 Jervois treet, said he was present at a meeting on the and June last when his tender for the purchase of the paper was accepted. An advertisement was inserted in the paper calling for tenders, and a circular was sent round to the share holders stating what the paper was worth,
To the Court.-I was a shareholder in that paper.
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portion of the entry was, not there when he signed the book. It had been added after wards. When he signed it the sheet now there
Witness, continuing, said the value of the assets of the paper, according to the circulat was 518,734, while the deble amounted to about 58,000. When his tender was accepted an Cserenitch would have
entry was made in a minute-book to that effect and it was also advertised, and the conditions of the Dock Company's officials ready to
Vos has completed a portrait of the Empress-safe were also made and witness signed them, berth the ship at a moment's notice.
Flowager, who is represented at the age of Cheung Sam Pong made the entries: 1he book. Difficulties? There were no difficulties about 40 sitting in a chais, surrounded by ac-produced was the minute-book, but the first that could not be overcome. The au-
cessories of Chinese art in a grove of bamboos; thorities, we are told, telegraphed asking the background shows us an inland sea and whether the docks at Hongkong could ac mountains, very much reminding one of the scenery around Ningpo. Her Majesty has a commodate a vessel of the size of the Care commanding appearance, full of dignity, and rich, and what was the reply? The Rus force. The artist has been commissioned to (32sians were told, so we are informed, to land paint a second picture in which he will repre
their guns and stores at Tsingtau so that sent Her Majesty as she is today.. the vessel might be lightened. Now, what THE Tientsin S.V.C. had some exciting mo was the obvious course that the Dock Comments during the night attack on the roth insi, pany should have followed? They should have replied that the docks could accom- inodate anything of the British or foreign navies afloat-if they can cater for the levia-
$18 per
Case.
WE CALL IT No.1 BECAUSE
IT IS SO IN
EVERY RESPECT
AND ALSO TO DISTINGUISH
FROM OTHERS.
GREGOR & CO.,
WINE MERCHANTS
Hongkong, asth October, igoj,
was not in the book...
Mr. Beavis.-What I want to show is that this book has been divided in two, the old page taken out and---
Mr. Looker---Wait a bit;this witness under stands English as well as you do.
Witness, continuing, said that the entire
The writing was different, but it was the second page was taken out and a new one inserted. defendant's writing. "Will your Lordship look at the back of the book and see where it has been tampered with ?” asked witness, “
His Lordship.-Yes, I have looked, and now
ampering took place,
for those abares. `-
Other evidence having been heard the "cake was adjourned.
THE CRICART IN THE BOWL.
JUDGMENT RESERVED.
Before Mr. Hazeland this morning the case
in which 61 Chinese were charged with gam- bling by betting on cricket fights, at No. 39 Gough Street, was continued,
Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, Crown Solicitor, pro secuted, the Hon. Dr. Ho al, Instructed by Mr. Otto Kong Sing, defending all except the second defendant, who was represented by Mr, P. W. Goldring. On the case being called His Worship stated that as far as he was able to learn there had never been a conviction on case of cricket-fighting in this Colony, with the exception of one small case in the ew Terri tory.
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His Excellency the Viceroy Yuan Shih-kal has received an Imperial Edict through, iku Grand Council commanding him to start from inst, for. Ha-chien Fu, to review the troops at the military mancavres on behalf of their Majesties the Empress Dowager and the Emperor.
The dates now fixed for the manœuvres to take place are from the 23rd to the 26th lust, instead of from the ar11 to 24th inst. Invita
ions have already been issued by Prince Ching and Viceroy Yuan to the various foreign miulad ters in Paking and the general officers.com manding the foreign forces in Tientsin: „Thess invitations request them to.select military offi cers to witness the maneuvres. Owing 10 the want of good and spacious reception houses in Ho chien Fu, the ministers and generals are particularly informed that the number of off.. three, as a to avoid disappointment, through cer to represent each country in limited to
the lack of sufficient quarters, >* *
The Viceroy Yuan Shih-kai bas Issued: the troops about to take part in the comin maneuvres a proclamation, which paraphrased as follows:--You, my soldiern, are about to take part in most important mill. tary evolutions near Ho Chien Fu You will be divided in two opposing corpe, the Army of the hob and south respectively, which will attack A one another. Your skill and strategy or fai
that the place was a Club, as was in evidence,
Hon. Dr. Ho Kai then argued for the defence competence and weakness will be manifested not only to your Sovereign, and the Imperial and therefore it did not came within the mean-
Court. There will alsd be "treat numbers of ing of the Gambling Ordinance, Cricket-fight military attachés and diplomatic officials from ing was merely an amusement amongst the various countries, and great numbers of Chinese, the same as thrush, quail, and other spectators. If you show lack of skill or dis- consider they were gambling was shown by the your performances, therefors call upon you, posted, no precautions whatever taken against your clothing, and your equipment, fact that the place was open to all, no guard my soldiers, to look well to your conduct, your
Take every precaution to drill with the uimost? a surprise visit from the police, and the money. His Lordship. Has the paper been sold?found wat only the proceeds of the sale of precision, Why did they not want to complete the sale to
crickets notified by posters us being held at the club. He submitted that it his Worship you?
decided against them in this case, the penalty should be a merely nominal fine, a second offence if any such should be brought up could be dealt with more severely as it would be committed with a full knowledge that it was a breach of the law.".
thans of the British Navy, surely it is not too into it, and before they knew what had happen suppose you look and show me where the fighting amusements, and that they did not cipline, it will be vident to all who view
one part of volunteers imitated the beroes of Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" by falling into pond. Hurrying across broken ground, they came suddenly upon what appeared simply to be a pitch of black earth. They went straight
ed, found themselves waist deep in a horrid mixture of water and farm stuff, from which they had to extricate themselves as best they could. Others were hopelessly lost in the himself that he had to be taken home on a country; one member so seriously strained
stretcher..
ship, inserted it where the division had been Witness, receiving a penknife from his Lord.
made.
much to assert that they can provide all that is necessary for a Russian warship, They should have said-Bring the care witch to Hongkong and we will do the rest." But the cautious, hesitating Dock Company tendered advice which was not wanted ; and, as a consequence,, they lost the contract. Such vexatioun shilly-shallying deserves the FROM a belated Bangkok paper, some three. weeks old, which found its way into our mail reward it received. What necessity was bag yesterday we learn that two syces employ. there for the Carevitch to land her guns ed in the Royal Stables in the city were taken and stores at Tsingtau? The cruiser could seriously ill at their lodgings there, and were have come to Hongkong, and if the deck found to be suffering from plague. They were armanent had to be landed, in order that removed at once to the plague hospital. An- the vessel might be docked, it could have other case occurred there the following mora been landed at Hongkong, after the Docking. The whole of the stable, with their in-money was to be paid.... Company had secured the contract to repair
mates, are in quarantine, and the buildings and carriages are all being fumigated and dis-
vessels on this run,
Witness-I don't know. A meeting was held at the Company's office on the and June, 1905, and all the assets, stock-in-trade, good will and other things were sold to witness for the sum of 59,170, he being the highest bidder. On the grd of June all, the expenses of the liquidation were to be borne by witness, and within 48 hours one-fourth of the purchase
The degree of skill and completeness of exc regiment will be recorded and preserved by the Board of War and published to the world, and according to your forthcoming performances will we be the object of other nations, admira lion or contempt Let not these foreigner bave, occasion to laugh at us or despire us for lack of military capacity. Do not your u be the cause of your Government useless! Mr. Bowley, in addressing the Court, said that spending the immense sums necessitated Dr. Ho Kai had argued from a standpoint that those manoeuvres Any regiment or milit the men were charged with cricket fighting: unit making a spectacto of itself or causing that was not so. The first three were charged foreigners to laugh at them will be say
punished and the officers degradedit Tak with maintaining a common gambling house, of my instruction, and let them be care and the rest' with gambling therein. It had obeyed." ANDISH been contended that the fighting was not cruel;
SUGGESTED BOXER, REVIVA he would submit that it was so, as in many, Tientsin, October The subjoined. cases the crickets lost their wings, antenation is that of a paragraph to the a
Pao, It follows the original article closel legs and often their lives, and it should be on the 27th of September wereco stopped as it had been in Canton. As regards letter from, Peking" saying" [hat recently the gambling the evidence was so clear that residents and officials of that city have been there was scarcely any necessity to say much a great state of excitement wing to; numerous
rumours abroad, We hav
have heard that in the matter. The evidence in the cate against of the Autumn manosure ce identity, but he thought the blo the second defendant was mistaken face at Hochienfurther oficiai was reliable. It was proved that the was there and was acting at an accountant lo the game. He would not press for a very severe penalty for the others, but would do so for the first three,
Judgment was reserved,
'versión | commandosilny, chitó:
endant the transport of soldiers
plies. The
Kuba soldiers and' carters"
BALE OF THE "A," "G-ROPES":
In
His Lordship. Why does he not tell me which part of the entry is genuine? the vessel. That, however, does not seem infected. H. Phys Dever, whore house
Witness-Only the first part on the old page to have struck the Dock authorities, with adjains these premises, has voluntarily placed is genuine up to the 8th column. The first the result that they pusillaniniously allowed himself and household in quarantine for the column gives the data of the meeting and then the minutes. After that the names of those the thing to slip through their hands. This specified period. is not what we have been led to expect of the TRADE with British Columbia, Puget Sound present at the meeting had been put in they were not there when he signed the minutes, Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company. and the Orient is growing so rapidly that the Witness then went on to testify that he was to It is not the policy which made the Dock Bitte Funnel Line, which now operates over obtain control of the paper on the 3rd June, Company what it is to-day, not, we venture any steers, has decided to place five new and also to his going to Yaumail to pay the to think, is it the policy which will commend larger than the Afinnesota and Debeln she the second defendant said that as the day was One of these will be deposit money. Ta Yau was not there, and itself to the shareholders. A concern of the will have a displacement of more than 31,000 Sunday he could not attend to the mater extent and importance of the Dock Company, tons. The steamers are now being built in as he must go to church: Winess said "here with all its ramifications and manifold in Glasgow and London, and some of them will is the money; why don't you take it as terests, cannot stand still. Grist must be probably be launched next year. All of them to-day-is the day for paying it; why do you want to put it off till after the brought to the mill, in open.. competition are being built on the cantilever plan, which li with other dock companies if necessary, but acknowledged by marine experts to be the date of payment?" The second defend. strongest and most convenient method of ship- aut had not anything more to and at all hazards. And a vacillating, querulous building. Ships built on this principle can be walked away, while witness wedt to look for method of business is not likely to succeed loaded almost twice as rapidly as those built Tam Yau. He could not find him, and they The Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Com- with the interior stanchions, pany is so bound up with the Interests of Hongkong that whatever concerns the Com. SHANGHAI editors enjoy the unusual blessing as he wanted to pass them before they were sold by auction the dailing ship . G. Roper, of defying illness or death. An advertisement published. On Saturday he brought Cheng which, having been dismasted in a typhoon pany affects the Colony, and it is most ex in the N. C. Daily News reads The Editor Lin Tai in as editor, and a printer, an account some months ago, returned to Kobe and was asperating not only to the share holders but of the above magazins having been assured by ant and a cook. He went upstairs on Sunday abandoned as a constructive total fons." "The to residents generally to see business chances the authorities concerned that be will not fail, and gave instructions about the paper, and auctioneer stated in opening the sale that he such as that of the repair of the Czarevitch through illness or death, to produce bie nga took a copy down to the defendants to show valued the donkey-engine, cop thrown to the winds. Even if the Russians xine for the next six months, now begs to invite them, but they raised all sorts of abfections say chors at Yra,coo, and he would ther had decided at the last moment not to have the public to subscribe for that period." There ing parts of it would not do at all. He then the bidding at that gure. Bidding the the vessel repaired, that would not have is the golficant, addendum Subscription called for the minute book and when they pro menced with an advance
payable in advance. One wonders who the daced it, he pointed out that be had control cended slowly until the signified in the least if the Dock Company's authorities concemed" are, and how it is under the contract. He returned to the office reached, at whic officials had made a strenuous attempt to done... Cases have been known where on the and found a lot of things had been down lo an secure the contract for Hongkong The publication of their journal editors have been destroyed, there, including some of his editor's not procedure of the Hongkong and Whampoa visited by both Illness, and deaths, but that books, He sent for the second Dock Company in this matter in not at all occurs only in America, of course, Still there who came in the ofice and then they happy augury for the future.
are many respectable people who, if thoughts discussion about the could kill would long alace have been cont victed of the manslaughter of half the editors Wa bave received a copy of the illustrated to the world. It would be interesting to know, Málche Skimbo Victory Commemoration and had scrap, whether the editor would be supposing the "authorities concerned fell out Number," Issued to celebrate the restoration of pecvided, with a return ticket for Elysjpm, and,
If so, whether he would príblak his exPMIIARO,
went to the paper office, to see the newspapers |⠀⠀⠀⠀ At Kobe on the tóth inst., Mr, G.]; Ponday
with the ford goers and
and moreover Likv moon, they will
destroy
Many of the mole ignorant proj
and are removing their Tas
from the capital into the jarej Kisoŭvery untary
suœtivres there