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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY DECEMBER 1 1906.
fortune of any Crown Colony to own, we can
formed to administer the relief fund | „INOTHER FLOATING MINI for the benefit of the distressed people of Kiungpeh.
Famine relief appeals have beon drawn up locally naking for help fron
It is stated that £250,000 is re- quired to alleviate the distress of the people.
MANCHURIAN RAILWAY
COMMISSION'S CONFEFENCES
ENDED.
CHANGCHUN TO BE ONE OF THE TERMINI.
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
Shanghai, 27th November,
2.45 p.m. The Manchurian Railway Com- missioners have now, concluded thair deliberations.
A proces-verbal was signed to-day by the Japanese and Russian Com- missioners.
residents of Kowloon who are 'directly or A QUESTION FOR MARINERS: in the end, a smaller expenditure in splints and arnica plaster than would be the case did wa indirectly benefited by the labour required
conflue our perigrinations to the over-drowded at the factory, is a disinterested testimony:
(29th November.)
Pavements. Speaking seriously, if one cdodnes to the wide interests of the Company which Shipmasters and those who have the bait | herself, or himself, to the sheltered, side walks
is only is distinctly valuable. It may be that in the interests of the shipping community at heart of our streets, it
amarga:as if, from dim and distant future Macaulay's New will view with considerable misgiving the the scrum of an American football gams at its Zealander on his way via Singapore to report that it is'proposed by a number of pro-worst and roughest. Every woman who as sympathisers in Europe and America
mlmont Liverpool shipowners to exercise their
you, in the jostling that she herself 'receives, view the ruins of London may stand amazed influence in inducing the Board of Trade to at the cement factories of Singapore, but reduce the qualifying time for second mates incidentally, if unwitting y, the authoress of an attempt to gouge your eye out with her even then he will be faced by the evenpro- certificates of competency from four years to
parasol. Your beat friend, from a pure spirit of sent utility of Green Island cement, pro-three years. It appears that these shippwners duced by a concern which is ever expanding have inaugurated a training scheme for ships all-preservation, elbows you in the riba; and in the unseemly scramble for zoom to breaiba and its interests and increasing in vitality. Thereofficers, with the object, according to the chief move, loathly persons whom you have bever representatives of the Merchant Service Guild, seen before--and never détire to see again-- is, at least, no need to fear the com of obtaining a grantor supply of officem, tread upon your most sacred coros, and glomerat petition of Singapore in this respect, and Obviously the scheme itself is open to condem-yon by way of apology. Without doubt, the awful wa might suggest that the energetic spirits of nation by those who are most interested in the and fear inspiring misregulation of the traffic, Singapore who are desirous of developing seafaring Pit must be apparent to them that calfetor
professinn, the ships to them that both pedestrian and vehicles on than is get the commercial resources of that Colony selves }
greater supervision,than given should look in other directions and leave the influx of raw and immature men must
to it at prosent. Whilst we admit that we possess Cone of the fl est body of Police, which it is the cement severely alone if they hope success injuriously affect their status in the service, in fully to compete, in an already crowded field, far as the general public are concerned, and at the same time affect their own pockets. With against the cement produced by the Green
an abundant supply of officers possessed of Inland Company. At the same me we ticket of sorts, salaries are bound to be reduced thoroughly endorse the suggestion of the Arts all round, and only the certificated master Press that Singapore merchants should be mariner will be in any thing like a position of on the outlook for additional sources of safety. But, of course, there are many youths revenue by the establishing of fresh local who would readily take advantage of the in
novation and accept the qualifying period at the Industries.
babest of the owners. Only when a new gang. had qualified and were pitchforked into second officers' places would they begin to reales the foolishness of which they had been guilty. The point that an officer may be as fully qualified after three years x- pericace as he would be after four is chant Service Guild will not accept that Bugurs well and favourably for the future,
dictum. But the longer period allows of pro- and no less for the parly settlement of those
motion for the senior officers who in turn pro- vexed questions in the foreign policy of the vide places for the younger men. What the Viceroyalty, which arose during the admi owners seem to want is a plethora of officers nistration of his predecessor, Viceroy Shum. at cheapjack rates, officers who might possibly His first official act in taking firm hold of be more ornamental than useful, but who would the affairs of the hitherto sadly mismanaged Rive that touch, of colour to a ship which
the nervous passenger into security. The Yuet-han Railway, shews that his policy is secretary of the Guild in expressing the views to be a bold and progressive, one. He has of that body observes that the scheme if adopt replaced Mr. Chang To Chai, the former ed "would be entirely against the interests of President of the Yuet-han, by an experiaafety in the merchant service. It is not train enced and capable engineer, in the parsoning alone that is required for officers: Ripened of Mr. Sum Tung, who has had many years' experience and an adequate sense of respen- experience of railway construction and man-
sibility can only be secured through sufficient length and width of service, and four years' agement in the north, and in this matter has qualifying service as at present-for a second pleased not only the Throne, but all people mate's certificate of competency is in reality faterested in the integrity and welfare of too short to prepare a man for the important that important commercial highway. This duties and immense rasponsibilities which change in the personnel of the Yuet-han must be reposed in him." There are few on railway has not been effected without the China coast who would support the scheme, for the difficulties of masters and chief officers opposidon from what may be considered are sufficiently great at present without their as the reactionary party of Kwangtung, since being saddled with new responsibilition in the the latter has been at pains to stir up a shape of incompetent second mates, More. number of the shareholders of the railway over, the prospect of any reduction in the pay
would only
further embluer the lot of those to repudiate the Viceroy's appointee, and to put forward in his place one Lai Kwok Lim, who already are in many cases underpaid. It a wealthy banker of Canton. In face, how
would in ali probability have the effect of all- ing the seaman's homes and in the end affect
•HỌN, VICEROY CHOW BU
The practical and capable way in which his. Excellency Chow Fu, the new Viceroy
to go so far out of their duties, not expect them to
ready too multifarions to become trapsit inspectors. be" Rule of the road” munt, for the safety and comfort of all of us
be much more rigorously enforced than is the case at present. If the Colony cannot afford.
few properly qualified transit officers-and
surely we can always Sad enough time-expired Atkinser among us to supply our want-why at, we would suggest, expend a few hundred dellers upon enamelled notice plates, which might be hung upon brackets from the collunades of our shop rows, and fixed upon standards in the centre of each road crossin characters, the simple but eminently ful device" Keep to the Lala. Power invested in the Police to summarily fine, to small extent, any one flagrantly guilty of violating this rule of the road, would, we have confidence, bring abt the required result is regulating
our city. In making this suggestion we are traffic of all kinds upon the thoroughfares of fully possessed of the courage of our convic lions. If the carcice majority of wayfarers will not mend their ways, then let them pay is some measure for the discomfort which they unthinkingly force upon the more considerate minority.
From a communication which has been issued it is undera'ood that the
one of the termini has now been ren- dered feasible.
ACCIDENT.A
IGNORANT VILLAGRES KILLED AND INJURED.
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[From Our Own Correspondent.]
Shanghai, 28th November,
11:15 am
News has been received that a mechanical mine, which had drifted ashore on the coast of the prefecture of Akita, was tampered with by the villagers.
The mine suddenly exploded, with the result that ten persons were killed and 56 wounded.
THE HONAN FAMINK,
REFUGEES AT WOOSUNG. [From Our Own Correspondini.]
Shanghai, 30th November,” 8 p.m. Famine refugees from Hozan are arriving at Woosung,
The men have the appearance of
nudity.
turned on Mr. Goldring and struck him, on the
mouth with his fist, while the other soldier made an attempt to bring the butt and' of his gun in contact with the gentleman's head, but the blow was warded in time by Mr. Goldring raising his arm above his head. The blow struck his forearm, and caused him some pain. for several days after. The assault was with nessed two ricksha coolies, who were waite
by ing to drive the two gentlemen to the "farty whit
Mr. Goldring, on receiving areply to his letter demanding an apology from the regiment, took out summonses against the soldiers, and we learn that there are five cross-summonses to come from the other side. Mr. G. E. Morrell, of Mean, Deanys and Bowley (Crown Solicitors), appeared for Mr. Guidrios and Mr. C. E. B. Boavis, of Messrs. - Wilkinson" and Grist,” when the case was called on before Mr. F.A. intimated that he appeared for the soldiers, Hazeland, this morning, at the Police Court, He applied for remand, remarking that he did not know what was going to be done in the
caso, Hi Worship formally adjourned' the case until tomorrow at I am, diesen Mema
SURIOUS STABBING: AFFAIR,
BOATMEN: ENGAGE IN FREE FIGHT,
Thres
remon-the coxswain, the engineer and Reaman-part of the crew of No. 1 steam water boat, are'now lying in a ward in Govern-S ment Civil Hospital suffering from multiple knife wounds which they received in a fren fight. The condition of one of the man is
of the two Kwang, has taken up his duties, not necessarily disputed, although the Mere Crossing, bearing, in figlist and Chinese proposal to constitute· Changchun starving and are in a state of semi. serious, but the doctors think ba will live.'!
ever, of the Imperial approval of his Excel
lency's nominee, and the firm stand taken by the Viceroy himself, this first attempt to undermine the Viceregal authority has been
nipped in the bud. In a special interview granted by him to one of the most influential of the shareholders, his Excellency pointed out that, although he had seen fit to appoint Mr. Sum Tung to be President of Railway,
the prospects of all concerned. Enless the owners have longer arguments to offer in representations to the Board of Trade will prove
favour of their proposal it is to be hoped their to be still barn.
TELEGRAMS.
"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH”
SÉRVICE.
KOWLOON-CANTON. RAILWAY
THE FIRST SHALLOW
* {From a 'Correspondeni.]
Shanghai, 26th November. The Queensland Commissioner left Shanghai to day by the ss. Malta Mr. Jones is proceeding to Hong kong in connection with the supply of timber for the Kowloon to Cut railway and the determination of the Crown Agents not to permit open tenders for Australian luinber for the
the merchants were not to go in fear that the eulted by us da hot tell us exactly bow long sleeper supplies.
A KULE OF THE ROAD.
Years and years ago-the chronicles con- ago--but presumably when Hongkong was still in the bud, and before the advent of reclama. tion works and electric juggernauts, we bellove with an emphasis upon the word believe- that there really did exist in this Colony of cur, something in the shape of an unwritten law or a general understanding absorbable by
CHEKLANG RAILWAY.
· FIRST SOD. TURNED.
[From Our Own Correspondent.
Shanghai, 20th November,
9.16 p.m. The first sod of the Chekiang rail- way, was turned on the 14th inst. "
concern would, in any way, be controlled by the officials, but that the latter, while leaving the actual running of the railway to the merchants who were the real proprietors were bound to keep a parental but firm supervision of the company and its line. He further made it clear that, as it was most
the crassost and thickest headed of mortals Important that the accounts of the company which was known to people under the self- should be correctly and inviolably kept, explicatory pseudonym af "The rule-of-the- those who collected or paid out money in mad." Of late, it being our business, among the course of the company's work would be other matters to trace, on behalf of the public, held responsible to him personally, through things which are lost, wo have set ourselves the Managing Director, for all such receipts the task of discovering the "Rule-of-the-road
in Hongkong, with the most heart-rending and payments; meaning thereby that his and disappointing results. We bave sought Excellency had firmly, set himself against the rule" upon the Peak, we have sought the possibility of any little leakage occurring it upon the middle and lower levels; we In the Company's financial transactions. have sought it upon the flat in Wen Having, settled to his satisfaction thechai, and in West Point, also, likewise momentous matter of the Yuet-han Railway, and by special requestin Kowloon; and this physically feeble but mentally gigantic can fad, no trace of it. Like the Dodo, the old Viceroy proceeds to gather together rational dress for women, and English good Great Auk, the Melogasaurus, the Snark, under his own direction the schools and
manners, the tule-of-the-road appears to have other educational factors of his province, gone into that happy state of ratirement known throughout which he has proclaimed his as total extinction, until such time, as, the Intention of re-organizing the entire system of
to rake it out like u sleepy hear from
FOREIGN CONSULA
HONOURED. TAOTA'S BANQUET ON EMPRESS
DOWAGER'S BIRTHDAY.
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
Shanghai, 26th November,
8.15 p.m. The Taotai of Shanghai, gave a
honour of the Dowager. Empress's birthday yesterday.
SHANGHAI DOCK SCHEME CARRIED
ANTAGOISTIC SPEECHES BY PROMINENT SHAREHOLDERS.
ENORMOUS MAJORITY IN FAVOUR OF THE PROPOJAL.
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
Shanghai, 28th November,
11.15 a.m.
An extraordinary general meeting. of the shareholders of the Shanghai Enginearing and Dock Company was held yesterday to confirm the reso- lution proposed and adopted ut a previous meeting which was to the effect that the property known as the Old Dock should be disposed of for the purpose of being converted to the use of a wharf and godown company..
Mr. E. E. Taylor moved the adop- tion of the resolution as he had done at the previous meeting.
Mr. Holliday acconded. Intensely antagonistic speeches of great length were delivered by Mr. Neilsen, Dr. Gilbert Reid and Mr. H. Keswick.
The sense of the meeting was then taken by a show of hands,
It was declared that the resolu- tion had been carrried by eight votes to twenty-three.
Mr. Taylor thereupon demanded that a poll of the shares represented at the meeting should be taken.
Eventually it was found that share- holders representing 28,299 shares had voted in favour of Mr. Taylor's resolution and 2,723 against.
The resolution has accordingly been duly passed.
THE SHANGHAI TRAMIPAY,
"
CHINESE APPREHENSIVE,
1 From Our Own Cörvaspondent.]|
Shanghai, 80th November,
8. p.m. The Chinese Chamber of merce entertain some apprehension upon the advent of the Tramways and have accordingly addressed the Tuotai on the subject.
Chan Kan, master of cargo boat Ne, 194, and a fokt were locked up at the Central Police Station on a charge of maliciously cutling and wounding the three men in hospital; and an- other, whore wounds were so trivial that it was not necessary to send him to hospital.
· At about four' o'clock yesterday afternoon cargo-boat No. 494 was going alongside Wing Lok Street Whaif. No. 3 stean wates boat, coming in another direction, WAS also bound for the same wharf. A few yards west of the wharf the water-boat col Comfided with the cargo-boat, doing practically no
as it is alleged, in a challenge baing issued dainage. There was a quarrel, which reunited..
the one of the parties, which was accepted by other side. They repaired to the what, where the quarrel was renewed, and the cargo-boat crew dashed into the mea belonging to the
The Chamber desire thuit regula. tione similar to those for Tientsin should be promulgated for the con; trol of the 'Tramway in this Settle 'ment.
A SUMAR CONTRACT,
ALLEGED BREACII,
water-boat. During the fight the cargo-boat men were alleged to have drawn knives and
an
attacked their opponents, doing serious' loju. ries. When the police arrived on the scene The three water-boat men were found lying the wharf, bleeding freely from their wounds. and their assailants nowhere to be found. The injured men were prompily dispatched to hospi tal for treatment, and from information receiv ed the police boarded the cargo-boat and ar rested the master and his fake. At the Central Police Station the master of the cargo-bost, a queue-less Chinaman, was recognised as bav
In Original Jurisdiction this morning hising once been an inmate of the Lunatic Asylum.
Honour the Chief Justice presiding, the Hol
land China Trading Company, of Alexandra
Buildings, Hongkong, sued the Tong Tai firm, the sum of $2,137.22, being the amount of traders, of No. 9 3 Wing Lok Strest, toʻrecover damages sustained by the plaintiffs by reason of the alleged breach of contract, fur certian hags of sugar,
Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C, instructed by Mr. C. D. Wilkinson, al Messrs. Wilkinson and Crist, appeared for, the plaintiffs, while the defendants were represented by Mr. M. W. Slade, instructed by Mr. F. X. d'Almada, e Castro,
which the plaintiffs wore to
discount. A note of the contract was made
sugar
The two prisoners were arraigned before Mr. F. A. Bareland, at the Police Court, this morn- ing, on the charge, but the case was adjourned for one week, owing to the absence of the còm- plainants in hospital.
PICKPOCKET CAPTURED,
FUN BETWEEN LUKONG AND DISTRICT. WATCHMAN,
WIP
teachingand education in general, and placing pronor, the Legislative Council, or the Police, banquet to the foreign consula in Godown Co. to require the Old Dock properly with plaintiffs for the purchase of 500 bags of
The stillness of the night was broken only Hon. Mr. Pollock said that this claich, way Urought to recover the sum of 2,137.21, due by by the soft sounds of a drizzling rain that fall in a silent lane. Every house in the vicinity: breach of contract. The facts were that on the defendants to the plaintiffs as damages for
WAL
in darkness, signifying that Morpheus had been wooed and won. Even the flickering,light thirty-the 31st May, 192, plaintiffs entered into a of a lamp post in the lane refused duty. The
contract with defendants to sell to the latter
ime was 3 am. At the further end of the lage bags of sugar, weighing in the aggregate
a man was seen prow ing about the doorsteps, 435.521 picule,
In his right hand he held a glistening looking order from Holland, to be shipped as follows article. Suddenly he left his hiding place and 135 to be shipped as soon as possible and
was seen to be following two pedestrians, the balance of 335 to be shipped one month
There was a short interval, and then there was later than the first shipinent, the price a marvellous change. Pickpocket! *** Hold
tim]" "Save life I were the cries that to be 83.50 per picul feas two per cent in writing, and the plaintiffs craved leave to
turbed the tranquillity. By the flickering light two men were seen struggling against a wail. refer thereto. When the arrived in this Pandemonium reigned & sleepy.looking Colony in December, 1905, and January, 1906, district watchman in glain clothes, who was the plaintiffs forthwith notified the defendants of the arrival, and asked the latter to take de pacing the side walk, dashe 1 into ! Yik Lane, [The resolution in question, which was pass-livery of the goods, but the defendants refused from whence the noise came, and seeing the men struggling he grappled with the night Su tro to do so, and the sugar was therefore sold by ed at a previous meeting which was called on
prowler. In the struggle that followed the the 1st inst, for the purpose of consideri a public auction, in consequence of which the district watchman scised the man by the hand proposal which had been made by thirty-eight plaintiffs suffered damage to the extent of
that held the glistening-looking article. He shareholders for the formation of a Wharf and 57,137,32 and cow claimed that amount. The
released it pretty quick for he had cut his defendants admitted entering into a contract
fingers with the razor the night prowler held. A Chipere detective heard the cries on passing and part of the proper hetween the Cosmo- politan and International Docka, was in the falugar, but denied that by the terms of that con-
Tukong sat in to work at once.
grabbed lowi. & forms; "That the directors be and they tract the sugar was to be ordered from Holland, the lane and he also made for the scene. The They affirm that the sugar specified the con-
Con are hereby authorized to dispose of the property
the night prowler by Tibo
queue, separated and of part of the property situated between the ire crystals and marks," and might have been them, and marched the palt to the West ordered by the plaintiffs from anywhere. The Point Police Station, "fighting in the pub- Cosmopolitan and. International Dock as late-
advertised in the public Press in a limited defendants negatiated for the purchase: of the lie street, was the charge laid against ly company to be incorporated under the Hong. the employ
augar through one Ming Kee, a salesman in the two prisoners. The district watchman dis- the plaintiff, and they signed closed his identity and told his story to the kone Ordinances with a capital of Tis. 1,780,000 the agreement on the terms stated by them.
amazement of the lukong The two passers-by. in shares of Tis, 25 each, and having for its They were unable to speak or read English, who were attacked by the night prowler, gave principal object the construction of wharves and⋅
their version of the story, which is part cor roborated with the district watchman's state- ment, and the night prowler, who gave | bis
Dame as Lani Pui, was hold on two charges: Being a rogue and vagabond and carrying a dangerous
ad uniawiul possessión!. weapon, to wit, a
It upon such a basis of liberality, freedom, its hibernation quarters. To the passenger on
·Toot,
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Ha
bility of a properly graded education within the electric car has come as a very mixed | INTERNAZIONAL WALKING | Yoown as the Old Dock situated in fiongkew tract was" Austrian crystals, B R.B., andforsimi i the district watchmina by the cost collar and
blessing. In fact, in spite of the general utility of the service, it has, in the matter of the regu lation of the traffic in our crowded thorough- fares, only served to make confusion worse confounded, since it drives smaller vehicles into narrower places and spaces. We made an after- tiffin reture recently from the neighbourhood of the race-course to our office, in one of thasa nondescript funereal vehicles, which, in Hong- kong, are given the courtesy title of rickshas, Our experience of that drive will never fade from our memory, since we that is to say, the man in
MAI OH.
VICTORY FOR ENGLISHMEN.
Shanghai; 26th November,
3.15 p.m. The international walking match was won by the English team, four of whom were among the Bret nine who returned:
Mr. Featherstonbaugh was the winner of the match.
The French team came in second, while the third home were the Scotch
representatives, and the Portuguese
¡arrived fourth.':
The time of the winner was two hs, hours and forty-four minutes.
SHIPPING DISASTER.
1
to the passenger by ricksha, to the bicy. and enlightenment, as to bring the postclist, and the passenger by gharry, the advent of the reach, not only of the classes, but also of the masses. Thereafter his Excellency turns his vigorous attention to affairs of justice, to the administrators of which in the per- sons of Judges, Magistrate, and Officials, he issues an order that the utmost care be exercised in delivering judgments in cases where Missionaries and Foreign subjects are concerned. Additionally to setting his own household in order, he has ordered that the Provincial Treasurer's yamen be demolished,
the shafts and his abedient, but uncertain and that upon the ground thus left vacant, vehicle-threatened life and invited death at there be erected public market, the every 50 yards stage of our triumphal flitting, profits accruing from which are to be Starting from the extreme east of the Wanchai devoted entirely to the support of the Road we had obtained, luckily or unluckily, educational establishments. In only two from a point of view of speed, a veritable matters do we notice any retrogade tendency ostrich among ricksha coolies--we flew in the instructions issued so far by for a criminal career; passing everything ahead of us, through, that lively thoroughfare upon our Chow Fu, one of which, viz., the order for his shaving other rickshas both coming and Cificials to discard the semi-military uniform bumping into or brushing aside decrepit old gology hitherto in vogue; we rather commend than
мед and women, missing the otherwise, since it is our opinion that every
by of innocent children slaughter
hairbreadiba, man looks more natural and dignified in his fouling a Chinese hawker on the rear, and own national costume; and the other that bamboo-coolie on the off side, as the arratic work upon the the Canton Public Garden ba fancy of our coolie dictated our course. We skidded on and of iramlines, bumping into the discontinued. This latter order we deplore; foremost and latter cods of men, women and since everybody who knowns Canton well recognizes the necessity of a lung of some things cationed off the red-in the shape
men of the West Kent and 3rd Middlesex-on kind in that insalubrious city. "We truel, to the bige-in the persons of Marine Artillery. however, that the stoppage in the construc mes and men of the feet. We bors down, like tion of this valuable improvement may be the original and only Assyrian-apons gray of only of a temporary character. His Excel. boys returning to school and played ducks and
drakes with a party
of (Chinces country cousins, lency, already, in the drastic reforms which who were taking in the wonders of Hongkong ho has so early set himself thus vigorously by fixedly staring at the firmament. The only to leitiate, shows that not only in his preshing which we did not but, bump into, cannon fectural policy will he rule his province with off or shave was the Sikk policeman who stands a firm bend, but that his foreign policy also on duty just below our office, but we made will be of such un enlightened character as to very good felnt at knocking him down, and bring both Chinese and foreigners to a better might have succeeded, had he sot moved into And more, amicable understanding of each safety. We were deposited at our own door in a state of prefuse cold perspiration, and with Ather both commercially and socially. Finally, the scalp of our head wrinkled into nuilaha of he has repudiated the advances made horrified anticipation. To go into Queen's to him by the majority of those high officials Road to shop, or for a stroll, at any time of the who served his predecessor, evidently, pre- evening from still fuck entails a degree ferring, for the sake of the province which he rules, and for his own personal ends and satisfaction capable men whom he knows, and, whom he can trust to follow implicitly, And without question the polley which he
has laid down for them.
of
ol
I danger and discomfort such as we have Personally we prefer, in anaking a hazardous experienced aswhere else in the Far East adventure of this kind, to walk in, the, middia of the road, as, in spite of the strong, magestic attraction the person of the pede, il estellt, | 10 have for dukeka hubs and šliufis,
JAP: NE-E VESSEL WRECKED.
and the carrying on of the business of wharf. ihrough Ming Kee. Defendants did not admi of gedowns on the property to be sold, and the whole transaction was carried out ingars, and that the consideration for ruch sale that the sugar arrived in the Colony as stated shall be the sum Tis. 1,380,000, to be satisfied by the plaintiffs, or that the plaintiffs re.
quested them to take delivery, or by the allotment issue to this Company or
latter refused to do so. their nominees of $5,200 fully paid-up
in the capital of such proposed new Company Sir Charles Dudgeon seconded the resolution, which was an amendment to the original motion, and it was eventually declared carried by 36 votes to 2-Ed., H.K. T.J
the
that The defendants say
that on the 25th November, 1935, they gave aprice to plaintiffs that on account of the fallure of the plaintiffs to deliver the said sugar they would no longer consider the contract binding on the Defendagis did not admit that the sugar was sold by public action, or that the plaintiffe had suffered any damage.
Evidence was then called on behalf of the plaintiffs, and the case was adjourned.
THE INDIAN SOLDIERS.
AP LOGY VOM REGINENT REFUSED.
zgth. ult.
LEGAL PROTEST THREATENED. [From Our Own Correspondant.]
Shanghai; 29th November,
8.15 p.m. It is stated that it is Dostor Gil- bert Leid's intention, to enter a legal
Ever since Mr. P. W. Goldring and Mr. F. protest against the adoption of the
C Batlow solicitor, were assaulted in the Wharf and Godown Scheme passed garden of their house at Kowloon by Indian (From Our Own Corraspondini.].
by an overwhelming majority of soldiers, matters have not been allowed to remain shareholders at the extraordinary mediately after the assault was alleged to have Shanghai, 20th November,
confirmatory meeting of the Shang-- taken place, Mr. Goldring demanded an apology 3:15 p.m. The Kensei Maru has founderedhai Dock, and Engineering Co., Ld, from the regiment. for the conduct of two of
on tlio 27th inst.. off the south const of Korea.
Twenty-eight.livos have been lost.
TWENTY-EIGHT LIVES LOST,
CHINESE DISTRESS.
It inaked out this morning that, im
of Sio, whic was suspected to have been stolen,
He was asked what he had to say, and itvis. reported, he made a confession. Prisoner said he only arrived in the Colony, from Canton yesterday. He was taught how to pick pockets,
said. The ten dollars that was found an hii, he went on, was obtained by cutting a man's pocket with the raxor, as he wanted money to buy rica.
He was placed before Mr F. A. Hazeland' this morning, and was represented by Mr. O, F. Dixon, of the office of Mr. John Haired
His Worship read the statement
made at the station, which said he stole the money to buy rice, and remarked; How is it he wanted the money to buy, rice and he can find money to pay a lawyer, Lil-gotten gains, I think..
Mr. Dixon, presumed that, his friends, were responsible for that
His Worship held accused on $1,000 báil and remarked that he is bound to go to gaol,
their.mes. Tals was refused, and Mr. Goldring "BEHAVING in an insuling manner, in the kas placed the matter before the Court, bera presence of a Magistrate when acting in the.. To those who have followed the interesting it will be settled in a few days. The particular direction of bis duty, by smoking in Court, on the 26th instant," was the cher, entered report of the proceedings in reference to the of the affair wisich led to the trouble, and which scheme Dr. Reid's proposed action, appeaYE were gives publicity at the time by us, ware & against Chan Ving, diver, of No. 9. Macdona Palle rather curious. At the first extraordinary mesting follows:-During the month of October, and neil Road, Kowloon,, in the Central, of shareholders on the 1st inst when Dr. Rald previous to that, Mr. Goldring, with whom Biatlon charge room, shortly after noon on Moor
The
· famine appEALS FOR HELP, had criticized. Mr. F. E.. Taylor's exposition of resides Mr. Barlow, discovered that his stock day. A case was being heard at
the origin and development of the proposal to of poultry, had been growing less each day, and when the Constable of the Court noticed.
Mr. Taylor remarked form.sha.new Company,
other
over the heads. ascending things in and around the house had been this streak of smoke INFLUENTIAL COMMITTEE FOLNED,
-Perhaps Dr. Reid would make an offer to vanishing. The thief or thieves could not be of the spectators at the back of the Courts/H [From Our Own Correspondent.] reat the land at the opposita vids to feed cows found. In the morning of the 15th October Mr. quietlys
As hurd as
Wind would
Kilow 00 Read-I am prepared
Mr Shanghai, 27th November,
Dh Reid's interest at today's quotation was carrying a gue, traspassing in the garden. at a cigarette. He was taken to the charge straight off. Dr. Raid is reported by the We might mention here that there is a fance room, and later released on bail of $5 to ensure 2,45 p.m.
N.C.D. News to have accepted the offer, and around the property. Mr. Goldring approach he attendance at Court the following morning, An influential committee composad
it is safe to conclude that Dr. Reid's interested the soldiers, saked them their business, and. He did not appear, however, when the case. of Chinese and foreigners, has bien 7.2.2.),
in the Dock Co, accordingly ceased on gatting no reply, they were told to get was called on Inesday; nad Bir. Hufeland forg
One of the soldiers, we are intermed, l'folted, kis ball, and y
(16 take over | Goldring sawiwo Indian soldiers, one of whom | D8 hpnes that direction and found Chan
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