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HE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH:
NOVEMBE
aubett
con
Poland
declared that the ment can no longer tolerate what if stigmatises as an impudent movement aim ing at Independence, and therefore, as long as the troubles continus and the people, are... induenced by agitators, Poland will receive no benefit from the manifestues of the 18th August and the goth October
Japanese Loan
(the Fate/
tgage, trans
nises No. 1427 Danon'e
for the plaintiff, and Mr.
SMP. Dixon said, the defendant; approached
the plaintif With regard to his securing the sum of $20,002 on the security of his house No. 143, Queen's Road Central, stating that if he secured the bony in the course of the day the go of September, bla commission at the rate of 1% would be paid at once, that would Bë 3200,"l’laintiff went about knong the Chi4 nese money lenders and secured the promise of the money, and went and fold defendant to Defendant said " that is alright, I will pay you the commission. The parties went together,
ated by
brightly decorated under
of dances, an unsurpassable Band (the Royal West Kent's), bright faces, beautiful dresses, handsome uniforms, life and galety, lights and lower everywhere, and last but by no means fast, a kind and courteous host, ably seconded in his efforts to entertain bis 1,200 guests by bla Aides-de-Camp and Private Secretary, all || SINONISTSKO
went to make up such a wise un scène un 10. leave nothing whatever to be desired, by the and the Ball was another of those delightful heart of men—or woman either, for that matter,
tend to be
"it"straight in
In spite auswer. ***
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|that is the plaintiff and Chouk lu Ting the functions which His Excellency knows so well aperiting. Just when you think you have got
A Later. Reuters Agency learns that Japan has de.ender, to the office of Mesars, Wilkinson cided on an issue of a £50,000,000 loan at and Grist, to have the papers of mortgage up, when it was discovered the tile 4 per cent, immediately, probably this month; one-half of which will be applied to the condeads were not in order and Cheuk was advia- version of external loans,ped therefore not to lend the money, and the
Paris will take a large share of the lond.
master fell through,
Japanese Prisoners in Russia. Japan has chartered two Dominion Liners to repatriate the Japanese prisoners now, in Russian S
One hundred officers and two thousand men will embark, probably at a German port, a month hence.
[Straits Timer
Russian Amnesty.
London, 6 November," The Russian amnesty is of the widest da ~ "cription and applies especially to political
offenders ge
4. BUTCHERY OF JEAS, There are no sigan that Russia is quieting, Grava disturbances and bloodshed are report ed from fresh places daily.
A despatch to Reuter, from Kieff, describing, three days and nights of plunder, rapine and murder in Jewish quarters, confirms the reporta of excesses in Russia, of which Kieff is but a solitary instance
HIGH PERSONS - IMPLICATED.
The report declares that the mobs are organ- ised by certain high personages, and that the police and troops are not merely impassive but are actually directed to lool
Practically every Jewish shop and 'private residence has been destroyed or looted, and thousands of families are ruined.
Millions of roubles are fast and relief - is'
urgently needed it is impossible to estimate the number of-{iña'slain 'as the police” have secretly removed the bodies,
Coming Election.
The Times, commenting upon Mr. Chamber- lala's fiscal campaign, anjicipates that there will be a general election early next sesiion,,
Obituary.
The death is announced of Lord Moniagu,
A vacant sccurs in the New Forest divino through the succession to the title of Mr. Scout Montagu
Congo Atrocities Investigated. The report of the committee appointed by King Leopold to investigate the Congo atrocities declares that many of the allegations are unfounded, but there are many abanes in the rubber traffic, and the committee recom mends that.no, fresh_rabber_concessions be granted and that the strictest supervision be exercited over existing concessions.
The committee makes various other recom mendations for improved administration.
Bloody Hussia. The police have taken furdy measures to end the slaughter of jews at Odessa, T
Bloodshed continues elsewhere. A hundred have been killed and six hundred wounded at Minsk, A
The resignation of M. Bulyguiné, Minister of the Interior, has been accepted,
Finland.
A manifesto by the Czar convokes the Fianiab Diet on the 20th prox with a view to the revision of electoral representation: abolishes the dictatorship; meanwhile four, warships, conveying ten thousand troops, are anchored at Helsingfors.
Germany and Amerion. The negotiations for the German American commercial treaty have been opened,
German Minister to Abyssinia. it is stated in Berlin that Germany intends to appoint a Minister to Abyssinia. A
Gladstone Memorial Unveiled
Mr. Morley unveiled the national membrial 10 Mr. Gladstonia in the Strand.” The Duke of Devonshire was pre-auta.
Socialists Abandon Demonstration.
5 London, 7th November,
A great Socialist demonstration, organised
how to make eminently enjoyable.
THE ZORILLA MUSICAL COMEDY COMPANY.
short
TO-NIGHT,"
(WEDNESDAY), November 15th.
The Great American Success, *IN GAYABAREE
A Comedy: 13CTS
To the Cast appear the following Artistes →→
MAUDE BEATTY, Kamerly of Druty Lane
Theatre, 1 ondon,
"Sheridan.
PHILIPPS SISTERS, young and charming sanbrette, from the principle Theatrea of Australia.
COLEMAN GIRLS, a Dashing Double Serios. CHARLES WEATHERLY, Light Tenor anti
Musical. Marvel
thailä the rain!
nty Dida siika the nearest gamp and
sco by believļa) abla superinten Elmo bis, com of Inspector Ritchie, a foor in excellent own? Did he beard a cara und condition for dancing i(the raison dfire of the sleep when a lady appeared and there was no
scat for her unless he rose? Did he may entertainment), a wall-thought-out progamme "Rain's good for the complexion; pour on, glorious rain? He did not. He solemnly look. ed at the thunderstorm, looked the ye so to speak, and said..." What are Four cosmic forces ? No of this carried on my researcher, particularly in Safareed to Mercury and Saturn, Mercury and nur Vesus with Earth and Man and
Saturn and Uranus and Neptuns. blue 2nd do zaw we should be coming the point.
With the tree modesty of the scientific obANG, SHAW HAWLEY known as "
GOTHAMS, formerly of the Oxford, servir Mr. Marti adilis: It is always
London Comedians and Gize Singars.
Moore. But even Mr. Marti is apt to be ex FOL. BARNES, Sopraza, formerly with John ticklish matter to prophesy." That is, BERT BRADLEY Leading Tenor, formerly courın, if you don't know how to do it, like Old
with John Sheridan,
him he slides through back door. Now you lee it now you don't is a capital mottu for a prophet and in the following paragraph Me: Marti shows 'what he can do in this fine. He "Once set is motios, cyclones and typhoons do, it is true, travel to the other half "It was a pity that such an excellent show as of the globe, but do not probably cover the Mr. Dixon submitted ibat plaintiff was entit that put up by the Zorilla Musical Comedy Com-while That is quito explicit. Absolutely led to his commission as he had secured the pany at the Theatre Royal, City Hall, last accurate forecasts can only therefore be pos sible, when the area'affected, including the Sea money which was all he had to do. Nothing night, should on its opening night have clashed surface, has been calculated as well as the was said as to any coedition that the matter was with His Excellency the Governor's Birthday forces employed. There are certain places to be put through before the commission was Ball, as it entailed the curtain's rising upon payable. Maintiff in the usual way of his very meagre "house, the sails and dress business carried out his instructions to find a circle being but very spurstly filled, which was man ready to lend the money, his instructions scarcely what such a good show deserved. Ap going no further, and his commission being pro-parently, through some misconception, it was mised on his finding such lender, without any what may almost be described as a "gentle- stipulations whatever!
man's night," the fair sex, with but two excep- Plaintiff gave evidence corroborating the tions, being conspicuous by their absence, above statements.
The performance is refined and free from any suggestion of volgarity, and ranks with some of the best from profissionals that Inngkongites have been treated to, while it is certainly superior 10 some that, bave visited this Mr. Thomson That is no evidence against Colony. The Company's opening selection "In the defendant, and cannot be accepted as Gay Paree," is a comedy, if it may be so styled, evidence. What the plaintiff told this manippling with humour and refined fun. It has nothing to do with the defendant,
Chai Foh Ming said he was a mortgage broker
instructed by the defendant to get a loan?
Mr. Dixon: Did the plaintiff tell you he was
His Honour: Yes, I must disallow that. Mr. Dixon: Well, I'll put it this way: Did the plaintiff say anything to you about a mort gago?
Mr. Thomson: That is the same question. His. Honour: Oh I no, it, is not; he has left out any mention of the defendant.
Witness: Yes, plaintiff told me he had bean commissioned to find a man to lend $20,000 on mortgage, and that on finding such man the was to receive -x per coat, on the 20,000 Plaintiff subsequently told me he had found a man.
Mr. Beavis, called, said he acted as solicitor far Lai Siu Tong, who instructed him to pro para a mortgage deed. There was a flaw in the title and the transaction fell through,
Mr. Thomson said there was no case against | the defendant as he did not obtain the mort- gage, and therefore plaintiff was not entitled to any commission. Mr. Thomson then proceed ed to quote authorities which said a broker was not entitled to his commission in such cases until the money had actually been paid, unless there was fraudulent delay in puiting the malter through. There was nothing of the sort here. He then quoted certain cases which he said were on all fours with the present case, in which the plaintiffs were non-suited, because, notwithstanding that they worked for their prin cipal, the mortgages were not obtained, which was of the essence of the contract. Mr. D. D. Thomson then quoted further authorities at great length, and submitted that unless the money was bastand obtained by mortgagor the broker was not entitled to any cuminission since the mort gagor, received nọ beneût from the brokers
sviken.
·
Mr. Lixón quoted other authorities in which it was set forth that a broker was entitled to his commission if a mortgagor agreed to give it him on his securing a man ready to lend the money" Plaintiff had done this.
His Honour; The difficulty is that the tran said he would lend the mosey if the title was alright. The title wit not alright, so how does
the commission come in?.
Mr. Dixon: The plaintiff did his work; and secured a "man" ready with the money, and brought him into negotiations with the defen dant. Defendant had had the benent of plain ft's services, and it was no concern of his that the title was bado submitted that plaintiff was entitled to his commission.
His Honour. I'll consider the point. The case can be placed on Friday's list and I'll let you know, if it is to go on.
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acknowledged that "In Gay Pares" the usual plot," however cobwebby, is wanting, and the management is offering $500 gold to anyone who can discover one. So here's a chance for those blessed with vivid, clastic, romantic imaginations, of whom there must surely be at least one or two in Hongkong. But to appre- clate, the performance at its proper worth it must be seen, and seen it should be by all who have the chance, for it is worth it, and deserves the fullest patronage. Fine voices, graceful dancing, elegant costumes, polite badinage, and a general spirit of humour provide a low hours' amusement which none should miss.
*
`FOR HONGKONG WEATHER PROPANTS.
HINTS TO WEdding' parties AND
WASKARMEN,
1 -་
and wide tracia in the different zones, where
the rainfall is very alight, sometimes there is
none at all. This may conduce to the exclu sion of every cormic force except that of heat, attraction and light.
WILLIE GREEN, of Chicago, Baritone, and
Female Impersonator ANNIE CHRYSTAL, Serio Comic.
Tickets on sale at Robinson's Piano Store: No increase in Price.
[106
· LOUIS M, LEVY,
General Manager. Rangkong, 15th November, 1935.4.
THE KQUITAULE, LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES.
That does not seem to "give away the secret exactly, but there is a great deal more in it than meets the eye, and the more it is studied the greater are the truths established. We commend the reader to its perusal a second time. To proceed. You may not know it but it is a fact that "Since the time of Dove "ngagement has been terminated. reference to the Ark-"no progress of any im portance has been made, for Maury's searoutes belong to another domain, and all the sums spent on meteorology did not prevent the disaster of the Yangtsekiang. Which disaster Mr. Marti refers to, we do not pretend to know, but we object to the Yangtze, being lugged into the discussion in preference to the Canton River or the West, East, North or South Rivers. Thereby he loses our sympathy.
IVAN, TOMES & Co, GENERAL HAVE this day appointed Messes, SHE-
MANAGERS for Hongkong for the above. Society, in the place of Mr. F. KIENE, whose
J. T. HAMILTON, General Manager for the East. Hongkong, 14th November, 1905. 25(1119)
OCEAN ACCIDENT AND GUARANTEE
If he thinks to be adepied as a poor orphan when be says on page 19 of this pamphlet am at present alone in the world," or expects us to furnish him with a blushing brida he is Mr. Marti after dragging vattly mistaken, us after. Copernicus, and Gallileo, Maury and Dove, discovers that he is not quite prepared at the moment to tell the washerman when to wash or the wedding-party when to wof. After abusing the good old sun and her majesty the moon, be has the temerity to end his treatise with the following sentence te it not a sublime idea that the bread and meat which we eat, the milk and wine which we drink are the heavenly gifts of our brothers the planets and of our mother the Sup? -
DEATH OF MR. MITCHELL.
CORPORATION, LTD..
Head Office: Moorgate St., London. HAVE this day appointed Mesars: SHE- WAN, TOMES & Co., AGENTS for the above Gorporation, in place of Mr. F. KIENE,
J. T. HAMILTON, whose engagement has been terminated.
Manager for the East. Hongkong, 14th November, 1905." (1120
HAVE this day Started as INSURANCE
AND GENERAL BROKER.
F. KIENE, Alexandra Buildings, 3rd Floor, Hongkong, 15th November, 1955.
AN ORGAN RECITAL will be given in
ST. JOHNIS
Ju
CATHEDRAL,
ON TUESDAY, November 21st, at 5.30 P.M. -
By Mr. DENMAN FULLER, F.R.CO., LRA.M., who will play Passacaglia in C minor
Bach Prelude (Dream of Gerontius). Elgar Fisic (Pathetic Symphony) Tschaikowsky Dithyramb...............Basil Harwood
and other pieces: :: Quartet and Double Quartet for Solo Vaices by the Cathedral Choir. Hongkong, 15th November, 1905. [122
KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB.
N EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL A MEETING OF THE MEMBERS of the above Club, will be held at the Seamen's Institute, Kowloon, at 8.30 P.M., 2141 November 1905, 10 decide what Pavilion shall be erected by the K. C. C.
By Order of the Committer,
Et ia all..very well to talk about Brother This or Brother That, and "our mather the Sun' and the milk and wine, which we don't drink by the way, but that is not business. That is rhapsody. However, we have, said enough to show all those about to marry and all washers men and women how to prophesy the weather People in "Hongkong have-long prayed for to-morrow. It is a merc matter of radiation an infallible clerk of the weather, but like and heliocentric conjunction and if they fail, Bonnie Prince Charlie he has been "lang through neglecting the instructions, their fail.
comin'". A gentleman, who goes by there cannot be laid on us.. name of Mr. C. Mart, and hails from Switzer land, comes to the rescue at last, and if we only go about the business in a calm, believing We much regret to have to announce the spirit we should be able to foretell the weather death, which event took place yesterday man for to-morrow, next week, and the week aften ing at the Government Civil Hospital, from with a degree of prescience which will alarm pneumonia, of Mr. James Mitchell, at the age our friends at the Hongkong Observatory and of 48 yeain, Mr. Mitchell has been sailing as a send them packing to places where prophets chief engineer in and out of this port for the are as yet unknown. Knowing the scientific past 5 years, his last appointment being that and other abilities of the staff of the Hongkong of chief engineer of the coasting steamer Telegraph, Mr. Marti has scht us a pamphlet | Hoining. The deceased was very well known - sonorously entitled: "The Weather Forces of in Singapore, having previously been with the the Planetary Atmospheres"-which is a five monthful and should be absorbed gradually,
Now, most of us have a sneaking Treard for the ancient Greeks. Why, nobody knows un less it be that they were great on roots. The pany. The deceased was a brother of Mr. 1 of different designs and varieties. Greeks, it seems, nearly hit upnayihe plan how to become weather prophet-they knew there were such things as 'stars and planets, a sun, and a moon, eclipses and so forth; but they did not think of radiation, so there we have them If they had only, thought of radiation instead of dabbling with magic, and building up a lan- guage which is a terror to every properly brought up boy, or chiselling marble they would have reformed the world.
Samuel Shell Co, trading to that port, as well "an along the Chinese coast, and was a very popular and well thought of man in his com-
Müchell of Messrs. Jardine Matheson's, and leaves a wife and family to mourn his loss. The funeral took place this afternoon at the Happy Valley and was largely attended by his many friends, a large number of beautiful wreaths being sent down by sympathisers,
COMMERCIAL
SHANGHAI SHARE MARKET.
'Advices from Shanghai dated soch inst sinta: -Business reported:-Farnham Boyds at TI 144 for December. Wei-hai-wei Colds at $11. Langkaps at is 235 for Dec, and Tis. 215 for March Telephones at Tis. 461.
As Mr. Marti fearnedly says--and we want to save a weather calendar to know the thoroughly agree with him:-" House-wives most favourable time for washing. Afine, warm, sunny day is desired by others for a wedding or a festival. Now there you have it tersely, ep grammatically put. Think of the poor was- her woman turning to the evening paper, the Business doce direct-Indo-China at Tha Tikmph of course, and reading Fine day 671/68 cash. Wei-hai-wei Golda at $10 Lang- tomorrow; bright sunshine; grand day for dry-kats Al Tis. 235 for December, ing blankets i cloud a hundred miles away. but blue ethereal sky from 6 a.m. till 6 p.m. in Hongkong. The Peak, especially fine
at St Petersbuig yesterday, was abandoned JAPANESE STEAMER MISSING; think of her reading that effusion from the
owing to the stern threat of General "frepoff that he would repress disturbances rigorously.
Eussia Protects its Citizens An official communication declares that it is Indispensable that all classes should refrain from mutual friction in order to avoid disturb races, which the Government must suppress for the projection of Russian citizens without dialection,
Obituary.
Sir Trevor Plowden is dead,
French Frile Heturns.
M. Deroulede bas arrived in Faris
Butchery.
INFORMATION DISIRED.
The Consul for Japan informs us that a Japanese steam-launch, named Tafari-mark, of 155 tons gross tomage, with twenty-three of a crew on board, is missing since her depar- ture from Tamsul, for Heteishi, on the 30th ultimo. It is feared that she experienced very rough weather for several days after her depar ture, and it is believed that the altered her course for Spath China with a view to find shelter on the coast. The Japanese authorities will be glad of any information relating to the vessel which shipmasters trading on the cost may be in a position to farmish
prophets at the observatory and 'work-ng 'ön ibat hypothesis only to find that the weather seers were thinking of yesterday instead of to- morrow. That explains how it is that the comings and goings of the washerman in Hongkong are so erratic. Now we know why is up-to-time when the Chinese New Year ho is at hand, and so condemnably lazy when on wants: one's only dress shirt for a gubernatorial function. The Greeks are to blame, is the first instance, and after them the Observatory people who seem to spend most of their time counting up the inches of water that have fallen, instead of predicting five drosby wealber
Even a prophet is at fault on occasions, Marti says. And we sympathise with Mr. Maria We also have erred and strayed 10wa appreciate his Jament. He had prophesied and warm, sunny day for a wedding or a festiral"—he (doesn't remember which, and the difference is great--when this happened: "The scaffolding of three public Mesas Diederichsen, Jebren & Co, Chofpo, buildings collapsed, in the city of Derse, at have been promised an ascual grant by times for which would have discouraged
I had prophesied storms the German Government to steamer service between Tsingtao and Has anybody but a weather expert; but they re-
Thave been killed and don, and the same num-o
Australia, ASIATIC
rmed?
Ahat the
chow. The first steamer the Chifa Vest: Aor- the 5th September; between
chow, resulted ja heavy, loss to
» month earlier. That
semble the farmer who looked at his% Waters bury; and said "If, the sun isn't set in two Has minutes en seconds be's later, the fact of
The matter was, Venus had not been or she
cantil, diment to discover bich
ocentric conjunction to Jupiter
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10.
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Do. demand ................................................... Shanghai---Bank T.T. ............. Singapore T.T.......................................n. Japan-Bank T.T. fara-Bank T.T.
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THE
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FROM HAMBURG, PENANG AND SINGAPORE.
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