OUR CIVIL SERVANTS SALARIES.
MEMORIAL 'DY" URADS OF DEPARTMENTS..
COST OF LIVING IN HONGKONG,
K:The following memorial forms one of the enclosures referred 'to in Sir Mat how Nathan's despatch to the Secretary of State on the above subject subs
Hongkong, November, 19:6,
Your Excellency,➡With reference to the reply of the Secretary of State to your Despatch on the subject of salaries of Public Servants, we, the undersigned heads and.. assistant heads of departments, have the honour to lay certain figures before you, in support of our contention i inadequate. that our present remunération We ask that Your Excellency will scrutinize these figures (whether by the aid of a Commie- sise composed of the unofficial members of Council, or as otherwise may seem beni to you) and that then, if satisfied as to their general correctness, you will forward them, together with such comment as may suggest itself to you, to the Secretary of State,
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY JULY 201
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13. Table D shows the average rate of ex: change during recent years, na di ko
tala the full confidence that we shall bar Your Excellency's sympathy and assistance, We have ticke
H.H.. Gompertz, Attorney General, S A. M. Thomson, Colonial Treasurer. W. Chatham, Director of Public Works IM-Atkinson, Principal Civil Medical
W. Brawie, Registrar General Officer.
Badeley, Captain
Superintendent of Police
L.A. M. Johnston, Postmaster General, A. A. Seth, Registrer, Supreme Court. G. H. Wakeman, Land Officer.
Edward A. Irving, Inspector of Schools. F. A. Haziland, Police Magistrale," "G. H. Bateson Wright, Headmaster, Queen's College.
A G. M. Fletcher, Asst. Colonial Secretary. P. N. H. Jones, Assistant Director of Public
Worki
UN „TABLE ACC
Estimated necessary income at present prices. of (A) a Head of a Junior Department (Salary
GAMBLING SUPPRESSION. MEETING OF CANTON CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE.
"MARINE COURT.
4
1907
INST THE CHARGE
PRADORE
יר
BANK MU he stopped business Hip
TEXT:GF. JUDGMENT PARKI
HARBOUR COLLISION.
15th Yeat. At the Marine Coul this morning, before Commander Basil R. Hi Taylor, RM. Harbour Master and Marine Magistrate, un laquiry was DEFICIENCY IN REVENUE HOW MET.
held into the clienmaiances attending the colli sion between the unlicensed steam-launch [From Our Own Correspondent,
Lan-Yank master," "nd the Reansed steam Taunch Chang Lee, Cheung Hei, master, it Canton, 19th Talys July, A meeting was beld, on the 19th instant at the waters of the Colony, on the and instant.
John Morrison, harbour engineer to the the Canton Chamber of Commerce, for the Dock Company, said he was leaving the Japan purpose of considering the advisability of fur which was lying at the Apcar buoy in the & thering the proposal: by, H.E Viceroy Shomunch. He left the starboard wide, the ship for a term of one year, with labour, and a fine the bank funds was discovered. Ha bad bor for the prohibition of gambling throughout the being swung to ebb. After shoving off he province and to devise means to make good
total ported to: litre round and go east. The the loss of revenue resulting from the total Chung Lee was coming from the west and abolition of gambling.
came close, round the bows of the Japan, and the A telegram has been received from R.E the two tauschel met nearly at right angles, ment are given as follows: V. 1902, RE Hip-Tong-fang, and that,ince then, be“ drow, Viceroy Shum Statfag that be intends' to'lim- pose a house tax to make good the gambling monopoly.
FORSIDE
Ana While wa believe that the facts and 1 $6,400 per atnum with double compensation. H.E. Shum, requesting him to adhers to the collide with bis. £la the bead ke saw several occasions a total sum of Yы1,213.54.@w:: 4th, 1905, alter the close of business for the
figuros given in the tables aileched will speak 15600 per mensem) and (B) a Junior for themselves, some general explanation of Officer on a salary of £345 per annum (at) our present position le necessary, as well as of |1=3255.56 per mensem). the principle upon which our facts were selected.
3. We submit that in "the Public Service, there can be but one just standard by which to determine what is or what is not an adequate recompense for the services performed. This standard is based upon the cost of the manner of living proper' to the class of persons who render those services, and is calculated to main- tain them in a reasonable degree of comfort. 'Our contention is, that our remuneration falls below this 'standard, 'and that it should, there- fore be increased.
EXPENSES PER MENSEM.
.. A
Percentage Di Tolal.
B
Percentage
of Total.
7.3.$35
9.8
FO
((.) Saving on account
00
of passages home and back............$ 60 (2.) Instirance....... (3) Rent and taxes, 150 18 1 75 (4) Depreciation and upkeep of fur- akture,
(5' Doctaly.
(6.) Dentist,
(7) Chemist,
(B) Transport (trame,
chairs and rick
The Justice of this argument, that our salaries must be suited to the cost of living of the day, has on several occasions been re- cognized by the Secretary of State. To mention two only, in 1894, what was known as "half compensation," and in 1901 "double-com-has), pensation, were given to us. On both these occasions the ostensible reason for the measure of relief was that the value of the dollar had fallen. But the tree reason can only be that the falling dollar had disturbed the conditions of living to our detriment, Had it beeù other whs, had we been unable to show, not only(14) Servants, .... that the circumstances had changed but also 15 Washing that the change bad been prejudicial to as, wa | (16) Winsig should have been totally usable to establish * Case:
!!
15. Our present position is no less serious; while the fact that it is attended by a rising Instead of a falling dollar seems to prove, hot (bat our difficulties are imaginary, but that the price of silver is not the sole factor to be con Aidered in calculating the cost of living...
(9) Compradore, (40) Fresh milk, (11.) Clothes and boots. (13) Light and fuel (15) Govement of school
faes.......
ærated
waters, ice and to. bacco...*** (17) Recreation and
charities
(8) Petty casha y
20
20
13520.5
35
23.9
20
355
さら
E27 These figures are based on a conservative estimate and allow no margin for entertain-- mest.
REMARKS.
6. To determine the cost of living of to heterogeneous a body as the Hongkong Civil | Service, and thence to deduce a fair rate of emolament, would be a task of great difficulty, It might be done thoroughly by a Commission with unlimited time at is disposal: any such thorough treatment is impossible for us." But as we feel that facts alone and not theories cantion. prove our case, we have endeavoured to select two typical instances, and to deal with them in a concrete way. If our argument hold good for them, it will follow naturally that pró- portionate readjustments should be general throughout the Service.
()stimated at 1/40th of cost of retura passages. Il families are not brought back, the cast of 2 establishments must be incurred. (2) Includes widows and orphans' subscrip: (3.) A. The average rent at the Peak (with- out taxes) is 5150; but the cheapest houses are too small for a man with a family..
B. A 4-roomed cottage at Kowloon or Hongkong..
(4.) 1% per mensem on (A) 52,000 and (B).
(4) Includes (A) Peak Tramway (H) Elecitic tram or the Ferry.
(9.) includes all stores and tinged provisions. (3.) B. includes school material,
(14) A-Boy S14: cook 514; Amah wash amab $13; house coolie $10; market coolie $9; bathroom coolic $z.
B-Boy Sto; cook Sto
"have rona bunkripte la tha
tonë kif chance of répayment,) had advanced. In order to ga bick" be continued” basin wa As already reported in our columns, the
structions of the Ranger on Oraks Appeal Court upheld the appast of the ability, in advancing mosey to Hir Procurator against the decision of the Kabe fang, he bought hial drafts for the bank, Chibo Saibambha, by which Pan l-chin, formerly tear the drafts to Hongkong, where Lau. the compradore the Kobe branch Cement would be receivedly. He burrowed money Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and Chies froin frisods and paid it, to the b Was acquitted of the charge of embezzlement to repay these loans, and: 10, he borrowed the and fraud preferred against him. The Osaka bank's money to settle the debts with his friend's Court quashed the decision of the Kobe Court Eventually defalcation of boul Yoooo In and sentenced the accused to imprisonment
towed the cheques of Wa. Chin shang,, tod of Vzo, and to be placed under police squared the accounts of the bank's funding This derica was discovered on September 5th.. From supervision for six months.
The text is now to hand of the judgment of this statement of the accused, it is evident that
the Osaka Court, and
of the judg
in May, 1905, the accused was instructed by the manager, not to purchase any more drafts from The accused was engaged in the stems meeting, Witness heard a long blast on the whistle of his Jaunch and then a compradore in the Chartered Bank of tadia, the bank's money on his own responsibility. and so embezzled the amount as charged. The short one. His could not say how the engines Australia, and China, No. 26, Naniwa-machi,
fact that the accused committed frand for the were being worked. Lai, Yuen, cozawals of Kobe, and while conducting the business of the launch. K. Tai blast of his whistle, be money belonging to the bank, he committed from the statement in the recs that walls, the purpose of concealing the defalcation is clear said on shoving off from the Chiness customers bills, and in charge of cause he was afraid the other launch would the following crimes clodged at the Court, to the effect while Japan, ho gave a long b
went ahead and Ful (1)-During the period from about May 10% accused was engaged as compradors, the cath his helm to port.. On drawing
September 4th, 1905, the accused embezzled on ACCOUDE WAS examined as usual on September the other launch ahead of the Japan on his port bow and he then gave another long blast. The When Mr. A. Graves, assistant accountant of
money
entrusted to him the bankN
by De day, Roda defalcation was discovered, for Cheung Las tank no notice. Witness kept his the Bank, examined the cash in hand, bills, by Wu Chin sheng on the Naniwa Bank and which were found a cheque for 40,000, drawa engines going aboad, and his halm sport. Chung Lee came on and struck witness's portos, as was usual after the close of business same pany on the 34th Bank
&c., according to the books on September 4th not
Another cheque for Va1,213.54 drawn by the for the day, the accused, with a view to que for Y40,000 dated September 5th () drawn by a Chinese named Wa Chin-Sheng on the Kobe branch of the Naniwa Back and also a cheque for Y21,213.54, drawn by the same party on the 34th Bank, falsely represent ing the cheques to have been received in the course of business from customers of the bank. As a matter of fact, the cheques were drawn at the request of the accused, who assured the drawer that he would not be involved in any trouble. The accused put the cheques away in the safe of the bank. Uo the following day the accused deposited at the Naniwa Bank a sum of 40,000 out of the money entrusted to him, and then cashed the cheque and brought the money to his bank. Thus he deceived the Chartered Bank, protrading that the cheque had been cashed from the deposit in the drawer The accused had no time to adopt similar clics with another cheque for Yal,213.54 drawn on the 34th Blank, and as be tested that it might be dishonoured-be returned it to Wu Chie-Sheng.
che
The
The Kwangchow Prefect has written stating that H.E. Acting Viceroy Wai has placed the master in his hands for investigation, and the Seventy-two Guilds Association bas wired to proposal for the suppression of gambling.
At the meeting the hope was expressed that the seventy-two guilds should devise some. means to make good the deficiency, arising from the abolition of the Farm.
The following resolations were passed(1) That steps be taken to devise means for ing from the abolition of gambling, after the said he was on board bis launch at the time of arrival of H.E. Viceroy Shum at Canion. (3) the collision, going from West Point to Tsim That triding taxer should be abolished and
He came along the Southern Fair fun-trul that the collection of Likin be given to merch-way, and then crossed the bows of the Zapak under the supervision of the seventy-two He saw the K & when about roo feet off. He guilds association so as to save the large ex- 'then went fall I speed astern and gave a short penditure spent on iis collection, thus mak blast ing up the deficiency. (3) That as the dif- ferant officials of the 72 guilds association are not all present, this question of Likin collection
of the
me
making good the deficiency of revenue result.) bow. Hal. Coxswain of the Chifz Lat,cealing the defalation, presented a che stated that the cheque for V40,000 /hid:
anis
be left over to a faler late.
LANDLORD AND PENANT
RAISE, A STORM IN A TEA-TOT.
. In the Summary Jurisdiction Court last Wednesday, before his Honour Mr. A. G. Wise, Puinne Judge, 1. X. Batalha, of No. 29 Mosque Junction, brought an action against C. S. Remedion, of No. 29 Mosque Junction, clerk, claiming from the defendant possession of part of the ground floor of the said house illegally occupied by the defendant,A
Plaintif
in person and Mr. P. W. appeared Goldring, of Messrs. Goldring and Barlow, represented the defendant.
Plaintiff said he took the ground floor of the house from defendant, and paid Sto a month for it, but defendant now allowed his servants to sleep there and plaintiff's servant had to sleep where he could.
Mr. Goldring: How many kitchens are there in the house?-There is only one kitchen.
Mr. Goldring: And bathroom? There is
one bathroom.
"
Mr. Goldring: And you both share them? Yor, with my permission, as they are on my floor.
Mr. Goldring: And the passage is common In both ?—It was, arranged that the passage should be used by defendant with my consent. is Honour: But he must get in and out by that passage?
Plaintif: Yes, my Lord, with my permis
sion.
Mr. Goldring: Now, didn't all the trouble arise through your allowing a child to be there with your servant ?--Yes, my servant brought the child, and 1 let him stay there.
Mr. Goldring: Whose is the child? No answer.
His Honour: Why don't you get a servant who does not take children to service with Sidhim?-Because he is a very good boy, and
so I let him keep the child there
Mr. Goldring: Don't you know that the land other than your servants to sleep on the pre- mixes?-As I have taken the floor I think ! have a right to permit him to keep the child there.
7. În making our relection of typical cases
$523 we were impressed by the fact, that the ad.) B. Free medical attendance and medi.100. ditional cost of a married life is far heavier, in
(6.) Teeth "go very badly in Hongkong and proportion to that of a single man, here than dentists bills are very high. at home It s dnnecessary to labour this point-house rent and steamer fares alone would prove it It seems inevitable therefore that our typical cases should be married men) It follows that they should also be men whose marriage could not have been considered by the Government as an act of imprudence, for the consequences of which they were them. selves alone to blame. Further, our examples had to be chosen from different grades of the Service. Again, as the up-bringing of children servants.
(17.) A. Includes Hongkong Club $7, and. ordinary consequence of marriage, we Peak Club $5. look for our typical cases officers on their
B. Includes Cricket and Civil Service highest increment, on the supposition that they
Clubs. had married ou frat reaching their present ap
TABLE ȧ.. pointments; and we have supposed that they
Shewing prices of commodities, wages and have esch a family of three young children, the increasing cost of whose inter education may and taxed in 1952 when the dollar was worth expenses of living generally other than rents "be left to the future and subsequent promotion and in October, 1906, when the dollar is yourself "Batalha*7-Since 1902.
worth 3/3.
An
The types selected by ur to answer all these conditions, were (A) the head of a junior de partment on a salary of $5,400, with compensa- tion, and (B) a subordinate officer on a salary of
Table A gives what we consider to be a reasonable rate of living for these, two officere, together with explanatory notes. It also gives the salaries drawn. by them at the present rate of exchange. And if it is alleged in reply that we have endeavoured to prove too much; that were the difference between the necessary and the actual un great as we represent open crises must have occurred as they have not done: to that we reply, they have been stayed off, but, in many cases by most unsatisfactory devices: wives and chil dren have been sent home, with no prospect of return; many of us have given up our houses and sold our belongings and are living in hotels and boarding, houses and messes like neither married men sor bachelors, and some of us have been compelled to abandon our policies on our lives, as we can prove to Your Excelleny
9. Were there any real hope for an early change for the better we might have continued to enduro în silence, as we have done for the past several years, But we know only ton
|
way;
His Worship said that no reliance could be placed on the witness's statements, as although he said he was going from West Point to Taim tsa-taui, bie direction being about E.N.E, he persisted in showing by the models that he was going N.W. The man were both to blame The X blew improper and misleading signals on her whistle, and failed to blow the signals laid down in the rules.
The Ghrung Lee passed too close to the bowi of the Japax, thereby making it impossible for her to keep clear of the & as was her duty. Both coxswains certificates were suspended I'for two months. '.
FAILING TO REPORT, At the instance of Mr As C. Botelho, chief clerk, Harbour Office, Lai Yun, coxswain of the unlicensed launch 4 was charged with un lawfully failing to report to the Harbour Master the name and number on his certificate for re- gistration within 48 hours of his engagement.
Defendant said he was only engaged for a few days as a substitute.
His Worship convicted and fined the accused $5, or 14 days.”
***
..
WILFUL DISOBEDIENCE. John Smith, quartermaster of the Athenian, was charged by Mr. Gerald Edward Bridge, first mate of the vessel, with dis obeying the lawful commans of the master, and continued wilful neglect of duty on board the steamer since the sath just, in this harbour,
guilty. Accused pleaded not Prosecutor said be gave defendant leave from 8 p.m. to midnight last night, and the officer of the watch reported to him at 11.30 p.m. that de- fendant had returned from leave drunk, abusiva and riotous, Witness went on deck and saw the accused, who was creating a great disturb ance, keeping all hands awake, and using abusive language to witness and everybody else. Defendant should have relieved the deck at midnight but he was unfit for daly, and another man had to take his watch. Wit ness hoisted the police signal, but by the time they came the man was quiet, Witness did not consider the defendant was fit for duty until 8 am. to-day, after he had slept it off.
Defendant said he came off at midnight to take his watch, and when he went into the Budkins, told him not to make so much noise. He said he wasn't making any noise, and then the other man struck b He was got allow ed to keep his watch.
The accused
been received from Findly, Rich Co. Inquiry was made of that it was found that: they had Enver listed such a cheque. The accused Thas stated that a Chinese clark under him þad received the cheque through carelessness. At 10 Lm on the following day the cheque, was presented to the Naniwa Bank, and canbed.lt "was"
the bank's money and deposited it at the subsequently found that the accused had drawn Naniwa Bauk before the cheque was presented. As regards the cheque drawn on the 34th Bank, the accused had no time to deposit money in the case of the Naniwa Bank. He thought that, had it been dishonoured, it would lead to the discovery of his, ombcasiement, and so be destroyed or concealed the cheque, as bo did not produce it to the bank;. funther that st about 4 pm on the same day the accused, Sho-ken, accompanied by Chinese named in the British Consulate, went to see the come plainant (the manager of the bank). -- He saw the accused in the presence of Butherland, (3) Chinese firm styled Fu Haing or when he furnished the details of the embezzle ment and confessed that he was insolvent and lok Hing, in Kobe, was doing business with therefore unable to make compensation, and the bank. The same of this firm was on the upon investigation it was found that the defal- list of Chinese merchants in Kobe, and the cation amounted id about Y65,000 as stated by 'firm was on a∙ sound basis and trustworthy the accused. It was laarned that he had in- The accused presented the firm's name to Mr. dulged very largely in dissipation. At the John Adamson, manager of the bank, who preliminary examination, Sutherland, account accordingly placed reliance on the standing of ant of the Chartered Bank, stated that in his the firm. The accused had among his friends |, bank a certain amount of money, would be * Chinese named Yeh Shao-ling, who was taken out from the vault every morning." He trading under the style of Hak Hing. He had held the key of the outside door, and Pan not opened an account with the Chartered accused) had charge of the key of the inner Bank, and his name was not on the said list. door, and the two together opened it. A Taking advantage of the similiarity of the portion of the money so taken out was entrust. pronunciation of the trade names of the twed to Pan, who paid out as required. Upon Chinese merchants, and further of the fact that the close of the dally businessche balance of the manager of the bank was unable to read Chinese characters, the accused borrowed bills drawa by Yeh Shao-ling, and falsely represent ed them as bills drawn by the Chinese firm of a similar name, and thus induced the mana ger to approve the acceptance of the bills. Then the accused, with a view to embezzling the money entrusted to him by means of the pretext of business, on August 1st, 1905, pre seated a draft-for Y12,000 drawn up by Yab Shao-ing as if it was a draft of the creditable Chicere firm of Hok Hing. Deceived by the accused, Mr. Adamson, manager of the bank, approved the draft, and the accused took a sum of Y23,636.25 out of the money entrusted to him, and on the 8th of the same month (August) caused Yeh Shao-ling to draw a draft for Yio,coo. Accused presented it and again de drew a sum of Yo,tay out of the money in his charge, further drawing a sum of YI8,250 on draft for Y20,000 drawn by Yeh Shaoling All these sums the defendant fraudulently obtained.
the money was examined and then the money was put away in the vault. He, furibar stated that at 4 p.m. every day the carb, cheques, &c., would be checked with books, and when doly balanced they would be put away in the vaults On September 4th, 1905, the cash, &c, were checked with the books as usual, with the re- sult mentioned.
(15.) A. and B. Wath amah included with lord can be prosecuted for allowing persons quartermaster's cabin another quartermaster,ived the manager by the same means, and the Chartered Bank and asked the accused to
I. COMMODITIES.
Commodity.
1903.
1955.
His Honour: Oh, you think so? Plaintif: Yes, my Lord, I think so, His Honour: Well, that's what I wanted to
Mr. Goldring: For how long have you called
get al.
mission to use bis name,
His Worship convicted and find him six
days' pay.
•
NEGLECTING. TO REPORT ENGAGEMENT. 15th inst.
At the Marine Magistrate's Court this morn Mr. Goldring: You called yourself "Xaviering, before Commander Basil R. H. Taylor, before that?es, but my father gave me por..., Marina Magistrate and Harbour Master, Mr. A. C. Botelho, chief clerk of the Harbour Mr. Goldring: What was your father's name? Department, charged Mr. W. Graham, of the Kowloon establishment of the manager Hongkong and Whampoa Co., Ld., with an. lawfully falling in report to the Harbour Master the name on, and the number of the certificate beld by the master of the launch
engagement. within 48 hours of hit
**Balalba.
Mr Goldring Then, why did you call your. Self "Xavier before?-On account of family
3. L. d. 5 L. sd. 1 Beef (lb)
JA 2.8 20 z Bread (lb)........... 05
c6 15 Butter (tin)....
10 70: 1.6.9 Coals (ton) 9.50 15 10 15.00 1.1.9 SEggs (doz)....... 18 .3.6 10 5.4 & Flour
14
6.5 0.5
Milk, fresh (pt.) .. 16 3.2 8 tinned (lip) 23 4.6 24 9 Mutton (1b)........ 20 4 26 7.8 to-Steut(samebrand) 38 7.0 45 1.0.1
II.
Other items cannot be stated so exactly, Servants-The market rate of wages paid in dollars has increased at least 20 per cent. We can give individually figures in support.
Transport, The Star Ferry have increased their rate for a single trip from, 10 cents to 15 cents since 1903.
in dollars as ju 1902.
The Peak Tram' and rickshas are the same
·
TABLE C.
Average Average Rental per
1906 @ 2/3.
mansem.
mensen,
A comparison of the dollar and sterling rents well that the cost of living is on the increase, of houses in 1902 and 1906, and that the higher dollar bas brought us no
(N.B.This return deals with the houses relief. We give in Table B some comparative and these only which were in existence jo figures to prove that we do not exaggerate. 1902.)
to The Secretary of State has informed Your Excellency that we are better paid iban
No. of Rental per the public servants of most other Colonies- Housi aatement that we are not in a position to
1901@1/8 controvert, as we have not the information at
$ £id. S our disposal that might enable us to do so. LowerLevel, 135 11 5 0 160 (nearly), 18(nearly) Our contention is less ambitious, namely, to (48 houses). prove that out pay is insuficient. There are Peak, 120 1000-130 (over) 14 (over) however certain items is our expenses which (oo houses). "are peculiar to the Colony, as compared with Thus the average dollar rental of European others in the tropics, which are:-coal, ex- houses has increased at the lower levels by cessive bouse-ront and the great cost of cinib-525, or ever 16% and the average sterling rea. ing due both to the need of providing against tal has increased by 6.15, or 60% The per ⚫very hot and very cold weather and also to the centage of increases for houses at the Peak are
destruction caused by the damp. Steamer 83% and 40% respectively. "Tares toð are higher from here to England than
from almost every other Crown Colony."
TABLE D.
11. Table C shows that the enormous rents Average rates of Exchange, demand on charged, so far from falling with the rise of London:-
silver, hava greatly increased when reckoned
in that metal, and enormonely increased when reckoned in sterling.
12. We have laid great stress on the increas ¡ing dollar prices, because therein lies the key to our position. Under no possible circom stances could we gain by the rise of the dollar, since being paid in sterling it takes the same proportion of our salaries to make our gold purchases, whether silver is high or low. At the best, if silver prices at once and automa- tically adjusted themselves to the different ex- changes we should be as well though no baller off., But as we have' shown, silvor prices so far from shewing a tendency to so adjust them. seiras, aven slowly,'arg saadily on the risej:
1524....
1875
A
1876..
1877.
187
187
disturbances.
His Honour: Well, it seems to me I can't do anything in the matter; the passage, kitchen and bathroom dre, by his own showing, com mon property. Can't you get out to other pre miser?
ME. Lang, of Messia, Johnson, Stokes and Master, appeared for the defendant.
His Worship said that it would be better, to Plaintif: I have given notice to quit in save time and fine, if the defendant, through
his solicitor, would plead guilty at once.
Mr. Lang then armitted the charge, and defendant was fined $5
August.
His Honour: Well, this friction will no doubt continue all the time. I can't do anything for you. If you choose to engage servants you cannot expect to be allowed to let them bring all their family, appurtenances and encumbrances on to the premises. I must non- suit you with costs. «
FAILING TO STOP.
As to the second charge, the accused admitt ed that he had bought three bills as alleged, but maintained that the compradors was authorised to purchase bills without the ap
alty for him to impose on the manager as
accused misrepresented one Hok Hing for another He Hing and obtained the money as mentioned is evident from the statement of John Adamson that he was unable to road Chiness characters. The accused advised him to buy the bils, and so approved the transac
At the pmliminary examination, We Chin had given the accuced two cheques for Y40,000 heng stated that on September 4th, 1905; he and Y21,313.54 drawn on the Naniwa and 34th Banks respectively at his request. The ac cused told him that such large sums were not deposited at the banks mentioned, but, he would hand him the money on the next day, and he then asked him (Wu) to deposit it at the banks. On the following day, he went to hand over the money or retom the cheques, when he showed the receipt for Y40,000, as deposited at the Naniwa Bank. The accused the told him that he was unable to deposit
fnd It is evident from his owo admission in money for another cheque, as be could not
the money, and the cheque, which he subse Court that accused was engaged by the bank gueally destroyed, was retained. The witness es compradore during the period from May, | further stated that he used to draw cheques for 1900, 10 September 5th, 1905, and that he con the accused. He had no intention of paying 41] them in asking to draw cheques, the accused ducted business as mentioned above. regards the facts of the first charge, the accused always stated that he would send the money to maintained that a compradore was authorised the banks the next day. From these facts in to conduct business between the back and the evidence and the fact of the written com Chinese customers on his own responsibility, plaint, it is plain that the accused had The manager would only dictate the rate of embezzled Y61,113.54, but the evidence is exchange and the amount of money to be insufficient to prove that he spent for his own advanced daily, and the compradora was
purpose the balance of Y4,524.74. authorised to do business in observance of the rate of exchange and the fixed sinount of money to be advanced for the day. The com pradore was not bound to obtain the approval The of the managar for each transaction. minutes of the proceedings of the first preliminproval of the manager, so there was no neces- they examination of the case contain the state alleged. It is, however, clear that the com ment of Mr. John Adamsos, manager of the pradore was bound to obtain approval for every bank, to the effect that a compradore must transaction as before-explained. The fact that obtain the approval of the manager for the the di-bursement of any sum. In European contrit, the bank was unable to pay out even a sen without the approval of the manager or hisrepresentative. In the Chartered Bank in Kobe, it was customary for the mager to entrust Pan (accused) with a certain tion. amount of money every morning, and in advancing money Pan was ordered to repon of the accused that he had advanced a sum every transaction to advance such and such of over 30,000 on bille, which were dra amounts to so and so~and, on receiving the by parties with small capital; cannot be aco report he (the manager) would write on paper cepted, ^* It must be concluded that he bad Many Tokio papers to day have editorials
in his own handwriting the amount of money embealed the amount mentioned out of the dealing with Korean affairs. Two papers pro
and the name of the merchant to whom the money entrusted to his care. His actions ren pose that the Emperor of Korea should pay
money was to be paid, and hand the paper to der him liable to punishment according to the personal visit to Japan to
Count
Pan, who would then pay the money. Mr tatter part of Anicie 395 the Clauses of Art Okuma considers that the detent of the would not stop.
William Surberland (accountant of the Char icle 299, and Article 396 of the Penal Code. Emperor is now practically inevitable. The
tered Bank) also testified in this Court that in
As be committed two offences, the Court l'of: discounting bills the compradore must obtain opinion that he should be punished for the first Kokumin says that should such abuser be alçal towed to, continue the Japanese Protectorate
the approval of the manager, for ever, transic
charge, which is heavier than the second will be frustrated, and urges Marquis Ito to come
tion. The compradore must bring the pay. The lower Count's decision in acquitting the not intend to destroy Korea's independence, o a bold and unequivocal decision. Japan does
coupan to the manager, who would sign it accused on the ground of insuficiency of
·SUICIDE AT EAST POINT. when approved. Without bin signature on the evidence was improper, and the appeal of Pro- but in view of the tangible recognition of
pay coupon, no transaction could be effected: curator is reasonable, so that the case in decid.. Inpan's position in Koren, as evidenced by ITALIAN HAWKER CUTS HIS THROAT.
From the evidence, it la plain that has cited as mentioned in the principal rest of the Pedro Navarino, an Italian hawker, residing pradore is not authorised to do business with mentioned in
principal text of the Judgi the rejection of the deputation to the Hague, Japan is entitled to every means lo har power at No. 1, Shau-ki-wan Road- teormens out the approval of the manager of this casement in accordance with Clausest of Articla. to prevent say disturbance in the Far East situated between the Bay View Police Station At the preliminary examination
251 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, PA Unless Japan and Korea unite to safeguard and the Belle View Hotel-committed suicide Mr. Adamson stated that the bank bad pur. The judgment is signed by Judge Nakaya. the lives and propeny of the Koreans the civil-fast Tuesday morning by cutting his throat with chased' cheques drawn by the Chinese firm of a Kataunosuke, presiding, Judges Kusunoki leation of that country is impossible, a knife. The discovery was made by an Indian Hip Tong-fang and payable at Hongkong Tannezo, Karami Aaijiro, and Neda Hokl,-~-
———UNHAPPY-EMPEROR:
policeman, who bad to force his way into the Towards the end of May, 1905, the said Japan Chronicle den Tokio, July 12 boose. His remains, which were then in a Chinese firm he found was not to be trusted The Emperor of Kores han sent a cypher state of decomposition, were removed to the and he lasiructed Pan not to purchase any telegram, in the name of an American, to the mortuary Navarian was close, on sixty years more drafts of that firm, thi
the the Police Court, last Tuesday fomnoon, whan Deputation to The Hague, stating that he is old, He came to Hongkong about fifiers. At the first preliminary
and imprisoned by the Japanese, and that, hin pwn
1 earned a living by follleg tinned accused stated that during the time be was, police inspector, who had previously been listen. Drs ago, ye Cabinet has sided égainst him,,
meats. Last year he was prosecuted and fined holding the position of compradore of the ing very attentively to a certain cate which Meanwhile the deputation to The Hague 550, hich be paid, formelling stuffuofitforstmas Chartered Bank he had advanced money to he was interested, sprang up from his wond started scratching his right call vigorously openly declares that it is in possession of Im food. There are few in Hongkong to-day who Hip Tong-lang several times since popred Although the court-room, was falily, med perial credentials.This compromising dis did not know the Italian by eight, for he was or March, 1905. The money so advanced closure of Imperial participation is highly seen daily, in good or indifferent weather, amounted to Y61,215.54 in all On September very few noticed the performance, but those disquieting to the Emperor. All political par trudging along the eastern part of the city, with th, 1005, he deporked at the bank'a cheque who did were not lacking in casnic rema ties at Tokio are taking up the Keresa ques a sack across his shoulder. What the motive for Y40,000 draws by Wu Chinabeng on the After scratching for a while withom any tion with great kenness
ained. He was seam on two days during draws by the came party on the 34th Bank and to the surprise of the spectaton
was for deceased's taking his life is still to be Naniws Bank, and another cheque for Varsit relief, the officer shook his trouser's in W legtebw Tokio, Joly in the part of last week' walking along Causeway About May, 1905, the bank stopped bus measuring close, one chrán
Mr. Sony Fong-chup, Korean Miunter, of Bay, batlasa, and in a broiling sangkran theory, aces witheklip Fong-fang, but he continued to dropped Commerce, has been appointed chairman of that is put forth is that decessed saying had " | Advance moneys, and the cask so advanced any of 186 onlookers comin
(The reason be barın the Committee having control over the Korean touch of the sun sought relief by ending his amounted to about Yi30,000.
showed the barlaser mila the tim 'Emperor's privatA PREDA,
JAPAN AND KOREA. -
We take the following telegrams from the
N; G. D. News
10:
Tokio, July 11.
THE EMPEROR'S PUREL
P. C. Henry Clarke charged Li Sap Mui, boatwoman of licensed fishing boat No stop 527613, with unlawfully failing to her boat when called upon by an officer to do so, iu Victoria barbour on the seth instant. Proseculor said that at 430 o'clock this morning, ho was an duty off the Kowloon godownt, He saw R number of small boats, round fucks moored off the godown wharves. He went near and told defendant to come alongside amongst others; but they refused to do so and pulled away. He caught defendant's boat, but the others got away. He searched the boat and found nothing suspicious, and knew of no reason why she
Defendant said she didn't hear the constable
She was convicted and fined $ia, or one mosth's imprisonment.
From all the evidence adduced, "the excuse
The
A doop deal of amusement was occasioned to
the floor - Batore