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The United States and Japan. London, 14th July,
A report that a Japanese has been arrest ed in San Diego, California, for sketching a. fort, has created much stir in Americs, but the Government at Washington affirms that it har no official information of the occur
rence.
A remarkable feature in the situation is that Eastern America'is constantly uninform. ed of what is happening in the West until the San Francisco newspapers reach New York.
Korea and the Hague Conference. The Korean deputation at the Hague yesterday presented Mr. Choate with a Korean protest. Mr. Choate while dwelling on the goodwill of the United States for Korea said if it wished to make representa tions it should address Washington.
Later.
France. President Fallieres, while returning from the review at Longchamps on the 14th inst, was fired at by a man who proved to be, insane.
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Two shots were fired, but no one was hurt Opering of the Cardiff Dook. The King and Queen opened the new dock at Cardiff, and the King' knighted the Lord Mayor of Cardiff.
Russia.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY JULY 16, 1907.
Yes, many. Can on many occasions have bad to stop'to allow him to go pant..
Mr. Grist-There are complaints about every- motorcar.
OUR CIVIL SERVANTS'
SALARIES
TAXPAYERS' HEAVILY MULCTED."
EXCHANGE COMPENSATION: TO HE
MADE RETROSPECTIVE. Sessional Paper No. 30 of 1007, which was laid on the table of the Legislative Council bis altersoon, contained 'correspondence and memorials on the subject of salaries of European Civil Servants in the Colony. We reproduce a few of the more important despatches bearing on the question, concluding with Lord Elgio's despatch which, with the Council's approval, sanctions an arrangement for the granting of exchange compensation which the Officer Ads ministering the Government is authorised to
That concluded the case for the prosecution. Mr. Grist started by quoting authorities, Then he submitted that the summoores were purely a matter of damages, which should have been taken to a civil cour. He contended that at home the driver of a motorcar cannot be prosecuted until he refuses to pay reasonable compensation for the damage done; then In this cart, he said, he can be apprehended the accused did not refuse to pay for the dein- age-in fact no demand was made for any. He would, therefore, ask that no conviction be made an that charge as his client was willing to pay That, he stated, disposed of that charge. As regarded the other charge, viz., reckless driving Mr. Geist observed that it was A matter of opinion as to what is driving to the common dinger of the public. There have been a goodly number of these cases at home he went on, and latterly both the peblic, and the Beach have come to recognise the handi ness of motorcars on the public road. Motor-The constant rise in silver is seriously care, said Mr. Grist, are always under control, affecting st.rling salaries and the Legislative and though they may travel at a very fast Council are pressing for action by the Govern speed they can always be brought up within a ment. I think some relief is necessary. 1 fow yards, The question remains: "Is the propose as a temporary measus to pay the motorcar dangerous? If that ricksha hadn't sterling salaries for the remainder of the year from the 1st May half at the current rate and happened to be there
balt at the i shilling aud 8 peony rate provided in the Estimates.
·A Voice" {f" (Laughter),
Mr. Grist said that nothing would have hap pened. Under the circumstances his client had to put out of its way.
His Worship-Was the ricksha on the right side of the road 7
Mr. Grist-Oh, yes. Then atorcar was lol- lowing the tram,
Mr. Hoggarth-Overtaking the tram.' Mr. Gris-Overtaking both, Finding then A document published in St. Petersburg that he could not get pass, the car and the Indicis, on capital charges, General Strickkha at a point further down the road the sel, Fock, Smirnoff, and Reuss, for concoct accused made a dash to clear before that point was reached. Another inch or an inch and a ing false reports of battles, and for recom; mending defeated Generals for decorations.
A RASH CHAPFEUR..
CCNVICTED FOR RECKLESS DRIVING.
Chu Pak Ock, the deaf and dumb chafftur, who has become notorious of late for his wild driving about the city, was summoned before Mr. G. N. Orme, at the Police Court, at nean, to-day, for recklessly driving his automobile
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put in force at once with effect from the fit of January last":
[Telegram from Governor, 'Hongkong, to "Secretary of State]
14th May, 1906
carried out to make ball the sterling salaries nad half exchange compensation payable at a fixed rate rather lower than that current at the date of the Secretary of State's despatch of the 20th July, 1901-1/8 instead 1/8)—and half at the average male of the proceding month. - In other words sterling salaries and exchange compensation become half a dollar and balf' sterling emolument. By the permanent adop::| tion of the arrangement when the dollar wat above 1/8 the Government's gain and officem loss, and when it was below that amooot the officers' gain and Government's, loss, would be one half what it is with existing arrangements.
Taking's concrete ciis of a salary of £500 and assuming possible in the futóre à fucina. tion of the gold value of the dollar to be about. as much as it has been in the last 30 years, de, between 4/- and 1/6, the fluctuation of the sa- lary in dollars would be from $4,750 to $6,333 or about half its lowest amount,
To-day's Advertisement.
KOWLOON BOWLING GREEN CLUB, AUSTIN ROAD."
the Green on SATU DAY, Ja'y zoth, AN OPEN AIR CONCERT will be held at comniencing 9 P.M...
MACHADOY STRING BAND will be in nt«. tendance.
Tickets, $1.50 each, can be obtained from inembers, or at the gate... Ladies free,
P. H. NYE,
Hon. Secretary. Hongkong, 16th July, 1907, 1
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TO EXTEND ITS Operations. Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., instructed by Mr. R. F. C.. Master, of Messrs. Johusap, Stokes and Master, appeared before his Hon. our the-Chief Justice, in Original Jurisdic- tion this morning, in the matter of the Man On Insurance Company, La......
6. Another scheme would be to fix a range within which sterling salaries and exchange compensation would be paid at the average rate of exchange of the preceding month and bayand which they would be paid at the rate
Mr. Pollock suid that when he brought the of the limits of the range. Thus if the range was 18 to 2 and the dollar was above 2/- they matter before the Court, of the motion for the Man On Company to extend its operations to would be paid at af and if the dollar was
Fire Insurance in addition to its present busi below 1/8 at 1/8. The objection to the system is that if the range is amall, as it would be withness of inazine insurance, bis Honour required the above limits, the scheme would practically further information as to the financial standing. be the same as converting all sterling salaries of the company. Since then he had obtained into dollar salaries for local payments and if the information supported by affidavits by large say 1/6, to a/a would not remove the Kwong Tung Fook, director of the company. Mr. R. F. C. Master, and the manager, and present difficulties.
these affidavite had been filed, and he would now ask for the order. His Honour said he would grant the order which, for the reason that he was not satisfied that the caplial of $1,000,000, was sufficient when the matter was moved before him before. He had now obtain- ed all the information he required and had
I likewise propose lo pay y the dollar carrying exchange compensation as if the Exchange was the mean between current rate and 1 shill-Taking the same concrete instance as before ing and 8 pence, Kindly telegraph sanction. the salary in dollars would be able to fluctuate from $5,000 to $6,000 or 1/5th of its lowest [Telegram from Secretary of State to ·
amount with the smaller range suggested or Governar, Hongkong↓
from $4,616 to $6,660 or 4/9th of its lowest 19th May, 1956.
amoude with the wider range. Your telegram of May. You can submit for consideration proposals to grant relief to prison, warders, subordinate police officers and persons of similar salary and status, but I am not prepared to consider any allowance to officers more highly paid.
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7. A third scheme would be to fix upon some
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ascertained that of seven marine and fire insur. New Stock just arrived ance companies here the capital was the SAIDE, half paid up. He was now satisfied and would make the order, the company to pay the cost of the motion and of this applicatios.-
air equivalent at the rate and if it goes below it to pay at the average rate of the preceding month. If for instance a af sale is fixed upon then when the dollar is above 2 officers drawing sterling saltios would receive to dollars to the £ and it CARGO FOR MANILA BROACHED, below a}- some greater number, according to the exchange of the previous month. 2. would be an arbitrary but convenient rate to fix.. iti considerably higher than the rate current at the time of the fixing of the sterling salaries by Mr. Chamberlain's despatch of the 13th June, rocó, but since that date officers, have on the
half and he would have got through. The trans, the solicitor said, was travelling at the same
[From Governor to Secretary of State.] speed as d'd the auto, and in clearing the
· Government House, ricksha the tram struck the motor. Who was
Confidential. Hongkong, 13th July, 1906. in danger? He would call a man, if the Court
My Lord,Referring to my, telegram of the wished, to say that ilie defendant was the most skilful driver in the Colony. Although he is 14th and to Your Lordship's of the 19th May on the subject of relief to Government servants deaf and dumb he engages two engineers to
on account of the rise in silver seriously affect make up for his physical misfortune, regards the question of his client speaking, heing sterling salaries, of which telegrams I en- stated that that did not interest anyone, for the close copies for convenience of reference, I
ders, subordinate police officers and persons ofwould again profit if the gold value of silver similar salary and status with regard to whose fell, while they would not lose if it rose. The relif Your Lordship is prepared to consider practical effect of this scheme, if carried out, proposals are not the persons most affected by would be to convert sterling salaries into dofiar the present state of affairs. They are provided salaries for local paynient if the dollar value with Government quarters, fuel, and, light; rose, above af whereas rent is a very heavy item of local. expenditure on the part of persons for whom
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POLICE SEARCHING WATCHMAKERS*
SHOPS.
along the Praya East, on the night of the 11th less said was the better. (Laughter) is What have the honour to point out that prisan war whole gained by the low exchange and they Detective Sergentit O'Sullivan visited three
instant, to the common danger of the public, and for doing dame to the extent of 55 to an electric immcar. -
Inspector Gourlay, of No. 2 Police Station, prosecuted. Mr. E. J. Griss, of Messrs. Wilkin an and Grist, appeared for the defence. Mr. A. Course watched the case on behalf of the Tramway Company.
Mr, Grist The defendant in this case, your Worship, is both deaf and dumb.
His Worship-He had better not drive the car then.
Proceeding, Mr. Grist submitted that the accused took all the necessary precautions when he was out driving in his car. He has two engineers standing on each side of the aula- one was to look one way and the other, the other way, so as to guard against any accidents.. His Worship He is charged with furious driving 7
Mr. Grist--It is all in one charge, your Wor. alip.
The
we say," concluded Mr. Grist, "is that we were taking all the necessary precautions to safe- guard the public and the car, and i submit that the case should be discharged with a caution," His Worship-1 cautioned him a week ago, aho advised him not to drive the car.
Mr. Grist-1f he likes to drive the car no one can stop him.
His Worship I think he is rash, Ho duesn't appear to mind a fine.much,
Mr. Grist Money is no object to him, your Worship.
The accused was fined $30 and ordered to pay compensation to the Traniway Company.
BUILDING CONTRACT.
FURTHER ARGUMENTS.
The city detectives are scouring Hongkong high and low in search of a number of silver
weeks ago during transshipment. Yesterday, watches which were lost in the Colony some
watchmakers' establishments, at 128, 154 and 59A, Queen's Road Central. A search was made and four watches; supposed to correa- pond in make with those lost, were seized,
Three arrests were made: Several weeks ago A consignment of watches arrived in the Colony from Marseilles for trans-shipment to Manila,
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The disadvantage of this scheme is the loss that would fall on the Treasury with a very no such provision is made and a great pro-law dollar; but a low dollar in generally good When the boxes arrived at their destination no RECEIVED BY EVERY MAIL. portion are also unmarried and live in messes, for trade and consequently when the dollar less than thirty-six watches were found to be an arrangement which greatly reduces the falls the revente tends to rise and to be in ageries Maritimes in Hongkong and the mat missing. The loss was cabled to the Messa-
Hongkong, 29th November, 1906. necessary cost of living. It is the class shore position to meet the additional expenditure ter placed in the hands of the police. At the these such as schoolmasters and the junior due to increase in the number of dollars paid Police Court,, to-day, the three watchmakers European.offices in the various departments
on account of sterling salaries and home pay were charged before Mr. F. A. Hazeland with that are most affected by the reduction in ia- come resulting froin" the fall, of the dollar,
Taking the same concrete instance as before being in delawful possession of stolen pra- though senior married officers with families the salary ia dollars would be liable to fluctu-Petty. Mr. E. J. Grist and Mr. C. F. Dixon and no private means also suffer, and of course
ste from $5,000 to $6,666 or one-third of its all officers drawing sterling or exchange com lower amount... pensation salaries are affected to the extent of the proportion of their income expended
locally.
ments.
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appeared for the defence. The case was re manded. The police said to-day that no stona will he left unturned until the remainder of the watches have been recovered.
8. A fourth scheme would be to revert to dollar-salaries, entirely, fixing a rate for con- version of sterling with dollar salaries. Such 2. In June, 1902, when the sterling salary rate might for the reasons already given be 7HE ROYAL HONGKUNG GOLF scheme now generally in force was approved. The advantage of this scheme would be by Mr. Chamberlain the value of the doilar to do away with all fluctuations in the local was 13. In June, 1.06, salaries were paid at values of salaries.
CLUB.
Ilis Honour the Chief Justice presided in Original Jurisdiction this morning at the Supreme Court to hear further arguments in the matter of the arbitration between the, Inspector Gourlay-No, he is not. charge is driving to the common danger of the executrixes and executors of Choy Chan, public. He has not knocked over anybody.deceased, and Tsang King, contractor, Mr. M.
The objection to this W. Slade, instructed by Mr. A. C. Holborow, Ms. Grist Then the two charges can he
of Messrs. Deacon, Looker and Deacon,
a rate of the dollar. The dollar value of scheme would be that if the dollar fell to say. takes together. The fact is he has only appeared for the plaintiffs, and Sir "eury the sterling and exchange compensation 1/6 or less the whole question first of exchange
George Hoggarth, chief excise officer, em Berkeley, x.c, instructed by Mr. G. E. Morrell salaries has thus fallen in 4 years to 83/102 or compensation and then of sterling salaries. ing cards were handed in':-
Crown solicitor, of Messrs. Dennys and Bowley, represented the defendant.
damaged some property. ployed by the Opium Farm, was the first witness called for the prosecution. He'testified to the effect that at about seven o'clock on the night of the ttth instant, he was travelling is anÐ
to just over 4/5ths at its former value,.
would come up de noras
9. Other schemes will doubtless suggest themselves in anyone considering this intricate subject, but they will probably only be varia
electric tramcar, gojng in a westerly direction. arranged with him for the building of 30 Chinese:th June, 1902, but this has been on account tlgaz of those' i have set forth as possible
On the left hand side of the road was a brown- -ricksha, also westward bound. When the tram ar came abreast of the rickshs witness On looking round heard the sound of a hom. witness saw that the ricksha had whipped into The gutter and a motorcar had appeared on the The motor, which was in charge of the accased, then made an attempt to get pas the tramcar and the ricksha. In doing so it colli ded with the tram. Two ladies, went on the wit.
3. i frae that in some instances salatias I will be remembered that is this case the
have been raised beyond the amount approved late Choy Chan called the defendant add in Mr. Chamberlain's despatch No. 171 of the
houses, for shops and dwelling houses, and also
of increased work or responsibility and not on for the pulling down and re-building of another
account of decline in the local value of the 15 Chinese houses, the work, after an exten sion of time, to be completed by April 15, 192, sterling-salary-or-exchange compensation. It Under the first contract it was agreed by and is also true that the value of so much of the between the parties that if the work was salary as is sent home by officers on account of nos completed by contract date the defend-insurance policis, inaintenance of relatives or ant-was-to-forfeit to plaintiff as quidated education of children in England, or purchase damages $75 per diem in the case of the 30 hures and $20 in the case of the 15 houses, of gands from England has not fallen in vafus, for every day the work remained uncompleted but it is equally true that if in tez it was pos- after the said 5ch April, 194. The defendant 1935, the work was taken out of his bands. The work wis to be done under the supervision of Mr. W. Dinby, architect and engineer, who was to certify that it was completed to his satisfaction, and all disputes were to be suh mitted to him for arbitration," By a later agreement it was arranged between the panies that instead of 575 and S20 respec tively to be paid as penalties, the defendant was to pay $3,000 for the first month and $6,000 for. the second month for, which the work remained uncompleted.
means of solving this problem. On the whole
am now disposed to consider the third scheme by which, if the dollar goes above 3/-, payments will-be-made-at-that-rate_and_if_il_ goes below at the average rate of the preced. ing month is the one which offers the most per manent and equitable solution
10. Your Lordship's telegram of the 19th May debate me from making any recommea-
Dess, who were in the tray, became alarmed. i dd pot complete the work, and on June 2nd,sible for an officer to devote 1/5th of his salory | dation in this matter, but: I have hevertheless
and remarked that they feared that the motor would enter the tram. (Laughter..
Mr. Gris-That is not evidence: Continuing, witness said that had the auto struck the rickshs something serious would
bave occurred,
His Worship-Had the ricksbn a fare? Witners-Ver.
Mr. Grist-This occurred between Observa- tion Place and No. z Police Station ?--Yei. The motorcar was the overtaking vehicle
Yes.
*Supposing the ricksha was not on that side
there be any danger?
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The witness thought for a while and an swered: Yes, I think there would sull be danger, at the speed he was going.
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Do you think the motorcar was travelling 21. a very fast rate?-I do.
How many miles do you think he was tra velling?—I think about zo miles an hour.
*Mr. Grist said that the electric tramcar was
to these purposes and to make provision for the thought it advisable to write fully with regard future it is not possible for him to' so,devote to it, and I shall be greatly obliged if I could any sum at the present time except by a curbe urnished with an expression of Your tailment of local expenditure, which becomes Lordship's views that I can put before the less and less possible as local prices rise. Legislative Council of the Colony. I would would add that, though if trade were flourishing add that the subject was brought before the and the chances of successful competition with meeting of the Executive Council on the oth the European retail merchants enhanced this May last, when Sir Paul Chater, the Senior should bring about a fall in the price al Euro Unofficial Member, asked me to appoint a pean goods purchased locally. no such fall has Committee to inquire into it, a course which did not appear to me to be advisable. To a practically taken plice at present.
question as to whether the Government would of sterling or exchange compensation salaries consider the advisability” of 'granting relief to
4. The strongest argument against payment
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The monthly competition for the Robertson Farewell Cup was held at the Happy Valley from the 13th to 18th July, 1907. The follow
ROBERTSON FAREWELL CUP Mr. R O. Hutchison* ... 78 kr. 78 Mr. M. A. Murray 83-3-80 Mr. P. W. Slade............ 97—12m8t Lt. C. J, Satterthwaite ... ·93 881 Mr. F. W. Warte.. 88 583 Mr. E. J. Grist.
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88-81 Mr. A. Morley....... 99-18=8¢ Mr. E. J. Grist................. 84–8 Mr. E. V. D. Parr ........ 92— 8-BI Mr. G. C. Moxon 100-18 = 82° Mr. C. W. May....ančana. 90m 7m83 Mr. D. B. Murray 96-11-84 (25 entries). *Winner of Cup and Pool.
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Sir Henry said that the point they had to consider was what was in the minds of the parties when they agreed that the defendant should compensate plaintifts in the sums of of the road—or was not there at all-would † 5300 for the first month and $6,000 for the at any rate other than the current one is thatione Civil Servants who werb drawing their seo-nd for which the work was uncompleted, by the agreements which officers have express pay on a sterling basis, put by Mr. H. E. ́ly ar impliedly entered into they have no legal: Pollock, K.C., representative of the rate payers and said it was clear that the intention was
claim to any other rate. Against this, however, in the Legislative Council, at their meeting that the two large sume were to be paid as compensation in full discharge of all liabilities, must be set the fact that it is impossible to ox on the 17th May, I replied that I had commu- and nothing more. It was liquidated damages pect a satisfied. Civil service in which the and not penalty.
His Honour: But it seems to me that they spending power of officers' salaries is constant got sick of waiting, and said if the work was ly being reduced through no fault of their own not completed within the extended time they and that with a dissatisfied Civil Service the would not be satisfied with $75 a day but would work of the Colony is not likely to be efficient take a lump sum of $3,000 for the first and by performed, while now recruits of the desired $600 for the second month's delay.
Sir Henry: But there was no penalty ; it was stamp will be deterred from joining by tbs liquidated damages, and when the agreement complaints of those who are constantly realiz was made it was never contemplated that the ing with greater resentment the unfavourabla delay wou'd extend over the fit moath, and the compensation was doubled for the reason conditions under which they are now serving, that in the second month there was greater The fact that the Cofony raises kis revenue and probability of loss of tenants than in the first fremes its estimate of benditure" in dollsis and so ápparently saved me the expense of t month.
Sir Henry then quoted' authorities at siderable foogth in support of his argument servants when the dollar goes above the rate
exchan.o at which the athal estimates are Arthur Course, traffic manager of the Tram that the liquidated damages were pola po made adds to the dijagn
from way Company, spoke as to the damage doneAfter hearing farther authorities from to the car. The brass hand rail, the corner Henry, his Honour said he seed ant call upon rail and part of the footboard were torn away, Mr. Blade to reply as nothing bad been said, and no authorities quoted sufficiently to the He placed the damage done, roughly, at $5. point to cause him to alter, the decision pre Inspector Gourlay-Have you had many viously arrived at, and that decision. would pecaplaints about the defendent's' motorcard... || stand,
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tarelling sixteen miles. Motorcars in England, be submitted, were allowed to go so miles an -The materman of electric tramcar No. 32 stated that on the night in question he had to pull up his train in order to allow the defend. ant's motor to overtake him. The motor then collided with his tram.
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5. The suggestion ambos my talegram oliviction that' of the 14th May was based some action in the maiter Waffecessary. The
· practical effect of the suggestion If it had baqa
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