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The Houghong Celegraph occurred at Kinking on the 23rd finishe
the CM,steamer. Afanfod and the steamer Talsang, "It appears: from: nes g
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1905, hand that the Taliong was lying at and
GAMBLING. DABIS.
Попа
they
kin gaye rent
the boats through the
rapids that have been enco long trip up from Samaliui, and the draft glided past the long Kluklang on that day when the Kiong!
rafts moored alun
ide the bank down river from Hankow during
ned on the stony and before it could be averted the down
the Americ steamer had crashed into the ven
Hag and the Viceroy's representa striking her on tha portat
The prac hole about two feet above
to the officialjanding steps. Kangoo also sustained some aligus demakers of Chinese were congregated on
heap representing the
water ling..
espinge
Judge Sweeney, of the Manila Court, has ruled that a debt incurred in gambling is a debt which must be paid the same as any other debt. Our contemporary, the Cable- netes, enlarges on the fact and says in effect In Summary Jurisdiction this afternoon, His generations past. They gaand on the
Honour Me AG. Wise, Puisne Judge pre on the bosts and on the Chinese that it is a desirable, and longed for judg-siding, Lau Wan Shen sued Lao Yunwing with fized bayonet an ment. With that we wholly disagree. There for the recovery of the sum of $435, being the | running up falitha afyaik Is an inherent vice in man to take chances. amount of money lent, and interest thereon, after tam..on Sunday, in recognitic The opposite party who, os, or, by fair to defendant by plaintiff - Mr G F H short service had been held on the means, induces a man tok money on a Beavis, of Messrs. Wilkjozgn and Grin's office, boat, when the Chinese officiali horse race, on a game. of poker, or on the appeared for the plainted Mr. F Paget representatives of the American
Hett, of Messrs. Brutton, Hett, and Goldring, They included the sob-prefect}}/ problematical solution of a problem has no appeared for the defence. The plaintiff being Tang, who has temporarily replaced Shem right whatever to claim in law that he is absent from the Colony, and stapping in Can-Shu, who was also present, the deputy tong ́entitled "lo" recover his bet. The bettor iston, and therefore not present to prove claimtrate Chwang Chung Ying, Colonel, La Ci
an offence against good morals; he is an offence to himself; because, presumably, he has lost the sense of morals, or ethics as you please; he has lost the sense of Independent character; and he is without the saving grace
Hs Honour son.ruited him with costs in favour of the defendant.
On the morning of the 24th Nov., at the Babe bling Well cemetery, Shanghai, practically the whole of the Russian community, headed by
Consol-General Kleimenov, attended the fung.
of humanity; and, moreover, his game is total of the late Mr. Lavrentieff, the head of the bleed. Our contemporary, very speciously Hassian Shipping Commission, who died at pleads that "It has never been alleged the General Hospital on Wednesday evening, that a man was compelled to enter the after a long illness, to the sincere regret of all A. S. WATSON & CO., game or to stake his money, and his being his numerous friends. The deceased feditle:
LIMITED.
WINE & SPIRIT
MERCHANTS,
trade thirty years ago, and more recent acted man was very well known in the Hanket tea
as agent for Sheveleff and Co. in Gensen, and lately as agent for the Chinese Eastern Rail- way Co. in Cheloo. He leaves a wide and a large circle of friends to mourn his lost. C. D. News.
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Ku, Commander Chul, Commodore Kaw Tire Fan and Tantai Wan Tsung Yao. They ex
pressed great regret at the cause which had led that the people in the district, while being of a to their meeting at the same time explaining peaceful disposition, were most ignorant and entirely different to those is the southern part of the province. They promised to provide the party each day with fowls, eggs, chicken and vegetables, and, while offering to send down beof, explained that it would, no doubt, be too
tough to be relished.
wern many, those.
desires to
the people, baru
"Ela neither lents. There are other
character to bear
The members
surprised there, it is poor policy, when losses are met,
Several of the sma THE SCENE OF THE DISTURBANCE.
sion property to claim that a note was signed under com-
Early in the afternoon the Chinese officials inhabitants of the house pulsion." We shall never subscribe to the
accompanied by Tasial Wee Commander `have abandoned ther doctrine that a man is as good as he appears
Chui, Commodore Kaw and the usual retinpeZIE COMMISS to be, and in plain language that is what
of soldiers proceeded across the tiver from the The Commission city and visited the graves of the five cludes a vist to the Manila people would like to believe,
missionarias on each of which they placed a the forenoos be In Hongkong, not so very long ago, a man THE sa.'Duneṛu was due to leave Southamp wreath. Towards four o'clock the Hon. Mr. official visit by who made a bet and failed to pay. it when to on Nov. 4 with drafts of artillary and Lay, L-Comdr. Evans, Lt-Comdr. Dismukes, Tomorrow (T he lost had to appear before the Court. He infantry, and details of Royal Engineers and and the other foreigners accompanying the whoes successfully pleaded, that it was a gambling Departmental corps for Singapore and Hong Commission alighted for the first time in the hold the
kong. The details of these troops have al city. Troops lined the streets and the water front; boats. bet, and the judgment went for the de-ready been given in these columns, Second where chairs of all sorts and in various stages fendant. If men will bel-and most Lieutenants J. G. Lecky, 119th Infantry of dilapidation were provided. These n waje 17/EM men do bet on absurdities sometimes (Moolian Regiment), and R. F. Dil 12th manned by cooliss better accustomed to sling it is a matter for their own conscience ás a
Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis. Houging a bamboo pola across their shoulder than rule, whether they pay or get paid. The kang, have been promoted to the rank to swinging along with a sedan chair. This in great Bacon Jaid it down that those who of lieutenant from April 21, last. Stall Ser conjunction with the condition of the convey- Hett and
geant Bush, Royal Engineers, Scottish_")la:|\anco.resulted in mishaps to several of the un-ahip. naked their money on indeterminate subtrict, has been ordered for duty to Hongkong... | official members of die “party. "At length, a Bankruptcy jects were worse than fools, and as, accord-The survey ship Sealark, Commander H. B. T.
start was made through the arrow city streets ing: to Carlyle, we are mostly fools, then the Somerville, is due to arrive at Colombo on 19th proportion of those who bet is quite appre-prox. ciable. With the learned judge's'statement that you can discourage gambling by inter- posing the law, we are, at loggerheads. Betting is in the blood, just as thieving or practical Joking is, and it cannot be removed To discounten 19, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. by legislative measures.
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lo Summary Jurisdiction, His Honour Mr. A. G. Wise, Paisne. Jedge, presiding, Wing Shing Choung sued the Luen Wo firm, and Lo Yuen and Lo Hop, puriners therein, for the recovery of $584.83 being the amount due for goods sold and delivered to the defendant by the plaintiff.
Mr. R. Harding, of Messrs. Ewent, Harston and Harding, appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. R. A. Harding for the defendants.
For the defence it was stated that the amount in difference, vir: Szio had been credited to defendant. in plaintiff's books, and born the signature of Lau Tim, the plaintiff's accredited shroff,
to the footbridge scross the river.
1 be party, in processional order, were escorted, by armed troops, some marching in front and others behind the procession. On a small bill, about half a mile from the city, across a wide river bed--nearly dried with a stream only running and a few hundred feet or so wide and very shallow-is the Mission property, V
The Mission house was visited. Dr. Machle |
pointed out the various buildings that had been,
-
aswed his applic
of Choy Chun Li, the millions
Mr. Goldring said the deptor há in" gaol one month and something should be done, and asked His Lordship to could renew his application, You can renew your applicatio „Mr. Goldring: Noi before I was thinking of Saturday
His Lordship: No, No for that, Proceedings'are
but the ruined walls of which, alone now
The reverend gentleman's own | Mr. Goldrings Are remain,
be any residence was on the top of the bill surrounded seam by camphor, dele, and, olive trees. It com.. mands. a magnificent view of the city with ita wide wall and watch-towers behind which rose stately mountains with jagged peaks. Away parties to the north are more mountalus, and through a fertile valley winds the Lien-chau river,
been a beautiful house. Sa
ance it, there is the law of England-a law, remember, founded on Roman practice which refuses to have any concern with betting or any of its auxiliaries, The question of a "place" within the meaning of the Act has nothing to do with this matter. But when a man says that by process of law he can recover a debt which is made in a wager, when that wager is tantamount 10. refusal to obey the constituted authorities,
The house was built about two years For the plaintiff it was contended that the then he should have no sympathy. Take signature, was not Lau Tim's, but on ex-ago, cemented and tiled outside. The staircase was made of camphor wood, and the case to an extreme-not the extremistamination His Lordship held that it was point. Why should a man not jump over Lau Tim's signature Mr. R. Harding aid date-tree wood was also used in the interior of the pier In order to win a bet? Why should if His Lordship held that it was. Las Tim's the residence. It must, undoubtedly, have not a man commit murder for a bet? The signature, he must withdraw. His Lordship: thing is obvious, A bet cannot be classed The plaintiff had better take the money in as a commercial speculation because it eli-Court, but without costs. minales all factors which may lead to the fulfilment of his idea. A man cannot be a thief and an honest man at the same time; a man cannot speculate in shares, which have their being in determined circum-re in the shop. stances, and throw bets on nothing around. His Lordship: Oh, indeed, I am sorry for The dictum that bets are recoverable is ‚vicious and immoral. We had thought that American law approximated to English law, being founded on the sime bais, "but Judge Sweeney's judgment does not suggest that view. It is a view to be reprobated.
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Mr. R. A. Harding asked that the plaintiff be
charged for particulars as he brought an action for $210 more than was due to him »
His Lordship: You have books, ha en't you?
Mr. Harding; Yes, My Lord, but we had a
that?
Mr. R. A. Harding: We could not possibly pay into Court 5:00 more than we owed without particulars, is originally plaintiff claim was $200 loss,
His Lordship 14. Well, I think Ma'R. Hardi: ing must pay your costs.
"Mr. R. A. Harding: I would also ask that your Lordship make an order that plaintiff pay the Sta for the particul, as to that 1. will split-
His Lordship:
the difference, and each side will pay $6.95)
His Lordships There will be judgment for
A THANKSGIVING 'dinner will be served at the the defendant with costs up to time of payment Kowloon Hotel to-day at 2.30 p.m.
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In the case wherein Lo Yee Wo sued Kwong Kam Yuen, before His Lordship Sir Francis Piggott, Chief Justice, for the recovery of $3,000, reported fast evening, His Lordship said the plaintiff's evidence was very unsatisfactory and gave judgment for defendant with costa,
NOT long ago, Mr. J. E. Low, of golfing fame, fold an excellent story about St. Andrew, which may appropriately be recalled to-day. The pation saint of Scotland and St Patrick were playing golf when the Irish salut holed out
over a dozen yards St. Andrew here. tody that "it" was an inde
there were to
LEPER BANKRUI
In Bankruptcy, Jurisdicilo before His Lordship, Sir Fran Justice, the hearing of an tion as to statement of affa
cise Leung, Taup Sing In the grounds around the building, were Shun, Mr. CF Dixo fruit trees; suck as appic, dates, pears, cherries office, appearing for and the many other varieties which abound in was an app this part of China. The trees were wantonly debtor warto ber destroyed and tom up
THE TEMPLE.
The native temple stands a few hundred feet away, and it is understood that she-officials are going to take it down. C
The women's and men's hospitals, which the
mob pillaged on the memorable 28th October, were fairly large buildings. Nothing remains of them now but the, white walls and charred
beamy,
tion was from
Outside the women's hospital, was written the following in Chinese, on either side of the suit hie porch, with a' charred stick :-/
"Don't be afraid to pull down
"What they do in here, injures the people
WANT THE CEMETE
most beautiful view of a well
On the other side of the hill com
in, less the $6 for particulam. The plaintiff to is the mission, cemetery take the money paid into Court. The question of further costs will be settled by the Registrar,
1HR" DERWENTS”: ARRIVAL
ƐA BATCH FÖR THE. POLICE.
ground was enclosed by
way room for no more than
The wall was thrown down. only.mpapments in Rev. M. Schali 11904, and the other.
broken, and thrown visited the cemetery The victims of
Tha nuisance which boarding house runners cause the police and the danger they prore to safe navigation of the harbour has, induced the in hand. When athorities to take the matter, a the steamer Darmuaf was taking up position at are her anchorage to-dry a couple of the reader. Dr. (Mis fraternity were captured P. C. Berria, just as and they boarded the Derwent, They were brought before Mr. Melbourne and sentenced, to pay a fine of Sag cach:(. The captain of the Derwent handed over to the constable tires depertass who had been trying to 19 Colony On the way they werIDES thjaving picks 204 einle from
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