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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY JANUARY 16 1908-
ing the past week, The position of affair may be best understood from the consideration of the following tablo, which shows the quota tions for bar silver and the T, T. rate on Lon- don from the 9th insi, to data:
(9th Jan, Bar" silver, 6 g/1661. London T.T.. 1/11
*(opening) as s/vid_t
{1.10 p.m.)no molan
milk + ef
th
} \(opening)`as,p/its?
(1 p.), as ofiőt,,-!:
·051/361.
1/10 2/2016
110-1
1816
my raftó 1.
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it is certain they M. 8. MONMOUTH S reds really belopp, althou are being reared on grown doma
FAREWELLE→ the people wanted them, with
kobw
which would me out iny that whether they waar lost the re- waid was mil,, Mr. Yamamoto bid evolved A really great scheme and he was proud of it to, for he sulle få a'out li to the Preis, and twiled it upside down, and made deductions its success, and dwell on mo and
END OF TWO YEARS COMMISSION:
PLEASANT” VOYAGE HONE
The resast, in brief, is that the. T.T. rale bas viue and principle until Kobe thought it ward to Colombo.
POPULARITY falles to the extent of a farthing over the week's
Watson's
E
VERY OLD LIQUEUR SCOTCH
WHISKY
HAS BEEN ATTAINED BY ITS CONSISTENT EXCELLENCE
OF
operations. Lanked at from an economic standpoint the dally variation in the quotations is unaccountable, unless wa, attribute it to the action of "bulle" and "bears" in
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BROOK COLT
FURTHER DISCUSSION MATHESPETOJ
1be care of lu Kai blog, the former, who is wanted by the meat for the comma an of in the jurisdiction of Chine before the Fuil Coun, ous Sir Francis Pi gou("bi f] A. G. What (Pulsne Judge), Coun, this morais
marning... On this occ Henig Heikeley, K. Csins Judied by Mi Kong Sing, who appeared for the
applied for motion to appeal from the decl of Mr. Justice Wise in whi be concurred with the Magistrate abat the ghiasper should be forsendered
the "City and on Wall Street; and to put their moga, on a horse and quietly sub. played the traditional, farawell nira. The ait Grac proceeded to the "phons than tho, who was detained in the Viktos in Gar
sssuming that surmise to be correct it is obvious that the bull movement is decided. ly the weaker of the two. Such speculation on
„MESSRS." LUTOENS" EINSTMANN & COʻS
* SALES ROOMS DAMAGED, What might have provede scrions accident to the senior partnerin Hongkong of the firm of Messrs. Luigens, Elosimann & Co., and his At the end of her two years' commission to assistant, Mr. J. M. Grach, took place shortly, before noon to-day: Mestra. Einitmann & Co. Monmouth eight o'clock this
occupy a suite of th.es on the top floor of the mojaleg broke the paying raff pennant... At ten o'clock the ind cruiser was 1 einting inkjestic, building", adjoining the last nice en l'edder's pirenter Einstmann, and his ally down the fairway on a voyage south assistant were engagen, in the ordinary course.
The Mormout "caries
of their business, in the sales rooms during the time expired crew of Bau- 865 men 10. had found another edition of barbar's Indizolombo, at which, pari she will be recom forenoon. While there, the former gentleman observed a crack in the plaster of the wall, Wiley, Neb dy dared to hint except in the missioned preparatory. In her return for the and directed ble assist.nt to inform the most tentative way, that the main ides was China Station. As the cruiser made her way, pantomimic: it was too excruciatingly riony dead slow, down stream every British man-of-owners, by telephone, to have a coastector
Low: the wall. 50 #ooner had Nr. mattor he appeared on behalf of
on to suggest that pe ple would be simple enough war she paired mustered their Bindandrek and round to ascertain the batare of the Sir Henry Berkeley submitted that in this
rest, successively with Auld Lang Synt roof over the larger portion of the rooms came of appeal had already been
Farewell" and "Rolling Home". The down with a crash without any warning. Justica, Wire, who had refuteduhn crews of the warships in part happened, Fortunately deliber of the occupants of the for kabels corpus, and it was for him to a at the time, to be out of fouise.
age to give motion for habeas corpur as he intended Bad that not been the case every yard would room at the time was injured and beyond their Lordships that the Court had power have ben manned and singing cheers would couple of thousand dollars" wpijh of damage have demonstrated the latha lasm, in, wahing some samples displayed in the rooms, po other to raise today qurations which had not been God speed to many chain homeward loss has been sustained, The Palice were at raised before, utd, he would refer their
cace communicated with, and after their arrival | Lordships to treat thissaga giant for habease, bound. H..S. King dired, Admiral Sir Arthur Callies were engaged removing the debris corpus. We could then mare before the Full Moore's flagship, tan up the signal to the on The other portion of the real will have to be Court points not before mizde before individual mouth-Pleasant voyage home.
pulled dowo in consequence of the colfeper. judges, It will be remembered that the Monmouth Beyond the rebuilding of the roof it is not was the vessel to relieve the Bourgal which tabelieved that the building suffered any struc- ashore on her way out to the China Station
tuch? damage. Uotil as export examination is two years ago is! Thursday..
completed as definite reason can be assigned for the collapse, The building was erected
The Attorney-General-Yes, and your Lord- only a couple of years ago, and is occupied on | ships have not the power to grant fas málom. the ground fluor by the City of Paris" and a
mi to being mulcied of their windings (the be efit of somebody else." Evan the Japanese are not quite so green that. Accordingly the part of bullion brokers in London and as there was a race-meeting arranged to begie New York, although it is inevitable, is on the stb af January under the auspices of the manifestly bound to exercise a dangerous and Kwanini Kerba Club, the racing menser out to depressing effect on legitimate trade. The bamboozls the authorities and circumvent the large importing firms and the dealers are seized prohibitory injunction. Exactly Now they with nervousness, and trade resolves itself into suceeded in the game it is difficult a gamble on the value of unseen cards. Local
to understand, but succeed they did, and tradora are consequently at the mercy of move that the main thing. The moden ments over which they have not the slightest | operandi was something like this, so far as control, and are compelled to watch with what we can make it out: The betting men bäcket ever patience they can muster the manipula their fancy with the par-mutuel the latter tions of the operators on the silver market in paid over the winnings to the owners of the PURE MALT WHISKY the great financial centres. The collapse of the winulog and placed horses, and they in turn divided the money is equal shares among the discriminating possessors of the winning tickets. The pari-mutuel, it may be added, kept the usual to per cent, for their trouble So everything in the garden was, lovely and
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copper "corner," which had several features in common with the present position of the white metal, is still fresh in the memory. The price of the metal was sustained so long as the "bull element artificially kept up the value. but when the accumulation of stock so if he newspapers retain the old stereotyped, line
KAPODIATING CHARTEK-
PANTIES:
· PRIVY COUNCIL TO"DE MOVED.
A few days ago bis Honour Sir Francis Pig, gott (Chief Justice) dismissed the cass ja which the Lumbard Steamship Co., Ltd., 234, Great St Helens, London, applied for leave so appeal against the decision of the Chief Justice, given
UNREST IN NANNING,
CAUSE OF DISAFFECTION,
Wuchow, 14th Jananty, ¿
News to hand from. Nanning states that the
The Attorney-General--I shall contend un appeal lives......
Mr. Justice Wise-Because it is a criminal offence?...
• Sir Henry then proceeded to quote authoris ties to strengthen his contentions, at the con- cus on of which he moved that he had a right to appeal.
ordinately increased as to lax the resources of Lai the end of each race-" Pari-mutuel paid soon the "Gh. May I st, gaina! tham, in favour of.§.diiaffection in that prtis increasing and for The Chief Justice asked, 'an, a test; if thế ̈ ̈
the "ring" the crash could no longer be des ferred and the downfall of the market engulf the "bulis who bad been sonponsible for the crazy erection. This collapse haralded the recent financial crisis in the United States, but fomunately for us the currency stringency which followed the panic was practically confined to | the Republic, although indirect effects may be felt in Hongkong. At the present moment, and for some time to come, the utmost caution is absolutely necessary in dealing with silver, for although the inducements for speculation by the hardened operator are extremely fascidat. [33ing the attendant giske are ar hazardous s they are incalculable. For the exchange banks, however, the constant ups and downs
All einmalestioga kutended for publication p The HONGKONO TELEGRAPit" should be
should be xoosungeniet by the Writer's Name aud Attra
Messrs. Carlowitz and Company, in which ther detachments of troops are urgently needed action, the latter firm claimed $12,tza, being to put down the rebels. Times being very damages sustained by plaipuffs by reason of hard in Nausing the rebels are being re the breach of a charter-party of the British inforced by people from the City, who prefer steamship Salom now, entered into in long joining the rebels and sharing in the foot, in pre- kong on 7th February, 1992; His Honour, it ference to starving in the City. It is understood will be re-calfed, held that Ostacia was justified. "locally that Admiral 1.1-Chua is anos despatch in cancelling the contract a d. Carlowitz was fag some troop from Wuchow to Napping, with
also in the right in cancelling their, contract, large supply of up-to-date arms and ammuni tos. Mr. Justice Wise disagreed with the detion, ca'o. He mated that he would content him. will with stating that Carlowes were not en- toitled to cancel when they did and thought the appeal should be allowed supposing it were allowed the question of the amounts due by the parties would be subject to further consi daration, he said.
many dollars." The Kabi Herald's description of the scope.on the racecourse is gay the least, Interesting even if it canons, be con sidered very enthusiastic. "Much interest rentred," we are told, “le the arrangements with regard to the pari-mutuel. The only tangible change seemed to be that a notice in lapiness had been put up to the effect that balden of experts' tickets (kantsi ken) for successful horses would receive, dividends (harzo), the use of the word 'bakea denominate the tickets being discarded. Otherwise, everything appeared to go on as before and the 'expert' purchasers did not seem to differ materially from the gatherings These round the pari-mutuel at the previous meeting. It should be said, however, that the proceedings in connection with the and payment of tickets were conducted in up entirely quiet and orderly manner." With regard to the last sentence, what had the Herald man expected?. Did he believe that the batting enthusiasta would create a riot at the pari-mutuel, and trample to death all those in front of them in their anxiety to put their little bit on the nag? Or are we to assume that on former occasions the proceedings have bees the London syndicate. To-day's opening ex-anything but quiet and orderly? Perhaps be chauge quotations, however, show silver to have declined one-eighth of a penny per oz., and Hank quotes telegraphic transfers on
market figures, the regular irregularity in the aldround in The Kister, L. ke Hogs Roads and daily. quotations, spell additional profits and good credit balances, always provided that there are cool heads at the helm, an attribute The Kalite will also in le responsibik for which is generally possessed by the taipans
Oplinare fasitesi ensidervienen un • sternal i de miiisoned
un The Managan,
Any existat VS., nee to cei grn sux Contributine.
BIRTH.
On January 9, 1908, Mr. and Mrs. 1. WEN- MOUTH-STRIKE, Shangbai, a daughter.
DEATH.
On January 10, 1908, at Shangbai, Roz ENGLAND,
The Houghang Helegraph
of the backs in Hongkong. The latest news in connection with the silver mara ment is to the effect, that America has purchased 200,000 oz of silver, which may result in again strengthening the market even of id ex not directly advance the object of
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 19:8. London at 14, se‡f.
This morning, before. the Full Cours, Sir Henry Berkeley, instructed by Mr. R. D. Al- is, of Messrs. Deacon, Locker and Descon who appeared for the appellants, moved form leally for leave to take the maljer to the Privy
Council.
thought that the people would bave waxed so hilarious over the bugs joke perpetrated by the C. P. Procurator and returned with interest by the Club that they would have been rolling round the grandstand in fits of laughter, and rocking with such utter abandon as to be
The appellants agreed to pay the costs of the last action on the undertaking of the solicitors to refund it if the decision was reversed,
This was agreed to, and the motion was granted,
THz puller of ricksha No. 679, by name Chan Sam, was, at the Police Court, this morning, sent to gaol for thres months with hard labour and ordered to be exposed in the stocks for four hours for attempting to rob an intoxicated spadan belonging to the "Bedford last night. The seaman, it appears, was tast asleep in the ricksha, and an Indian policeman standing on the sidewalk in Chater Road, saw the coolie drop his vehicle and attempted to rife his fare's pockets, ".
The Attorney General held that there was no appeal in the matter, He submitted that the prison'r had been committed by s magistrate, which was lan'amount to a conviction, and the Court had no power to revere that decision.
decision were revered if it wou'd amount to an acquittal.
The Attorney-General repied ie the affima"
"Aod there could be so fanher application'
tive.
for extradited again?" he quenéd
**Not for that offence, replied the Attorney- General
The Chief Justice said he would treat the matter as an appeal and would give h`a judg ment on the heating of the motion,
A COOLIB'S DRET MANŒUVRE.
Sir llanry proceeded to present his caus, arguing on the same lines as he had dane RICKSHA PULLER'S STRATEGIC GAME'→
before. After he had read the declaration SKILFULLY FRUSTRATED.
made by the prisoner, the gist of which is al- An ainusing.incident, which had its charac ready known, he referred to the character and teristic side was witnessed in Queen's Roar position of the man, and asked if a mist of bis Cenital yesterday, during the basisst hour of tinding could have best, implicated in au the alternoon. While she traffic was at its armed robbery as alleged. In May last there thickest, and Chinese coolies were pretend ng was a rising at Wongkong, in which the pris that they hadn't a moment to spite, a boy's cap sover look a prominent part. – On Junu 20th made an elegant descent from one of the up the Caires Authorities offered a reward of per windows of a high-building," and landed || $1,000 for the capture of the prisoner. They eight in the centre of the street. The Chinese hit then, that on Juan 20th there was a passers-by were struck domb with amazement, reward poblisked in the neighbourhood" for At the sight. "First age and then another | $1,000 for the capture of the prisoner. Now, courageously advanced towards the object in what capacity did they ffer 5,000 for his which had fallen from the clouds and inspected capiure? In June zoth the possession of his the phenomenon, Never had they been mon
body was sought for by the Government surpilsed. They gazed at the cap, then fool authorities as a leader of rebels, and thatcáẩy, On the 4h the fugitive was discovered to be surrepli jons, glints at the sky, kept an eye a the consable who was ton tired to move from in Hongkong, and on it day a requisition his peach against the temp-post, and watche) was made to the authorities at Hongkong for warily for the next item us, the programme bis apprehension on the charge of an ed he cap refund to do any tricks, aishough rob'sery, and Le was apprehended on that day. some of the Chiness manifestly expected it to Referring to the warrant on which the accu ed rear up and perform a cake walk. The was apprehended, Sir Henry said li with not crowd continued to grow and when the precías that on the warthat there was no state- cooles had found their tongues, loud med of the time, the place of the person, or and acrimonious argument arose as to when or where the robbery was committed, or✨ the nature of the beast that bad come who was affected by it. There was no state- Reference was made” some days ago to the incapable of making their wishes known except engineer of Tado-China Steam Navigation into being. If the piece of headgear had been ment in that warrant that the fogillva : lying on a country road when a solitary coolie committed the armed robbery, mi Pingchow in confidence the balance of probabilities with high morality which compelled the Chief Pub. by signs. Not so; be betting people maṛched Company's steamer fiopsany, who was drowned was pas ing it would have disappeared with as was a long time afterwards alleged, n
as solemnly to the pari-mutuel as if they had in Kowloon Dock last Thursday night, was re-suddenness and despatch, But dobody had There was no statement on the warrant illustrated in a marked degree within the past on the pari-mutuel was gambling and therefore been going to the funeral of a Judgment debtor, covered floating in Hunghom Bay. Mr. Barker, the courage in front of the crowd to gather it of any particular, parson, and that, suck, K2-
it appears, was crossing a plank, which con nected his ship with the dock, when he slipped half-a-dozen hold schemers thought out plans Court of Justice. Could a man, he asked, be in. Seeing that the cap szemed to be lifeless warrant would be quarted-ln/a British - and fell into the water. Deceased was well known and well liked in the Colony, Fe was for the rescue of the discarded goods, but fall arrested on a warrant charging him with robe A ricksts: 4monib, later witnesses say that he robbed- bom in Govan, Scotland, and had served ined to evolve anything particulaily plausible to bere committed within the British Empire and the Indo-China Company for some yeais. His account for their interference.
puller dragged his vehicle alongside add people in Sydney? The danger was apparent funeral will take placa to-morrow,
regarded the quiescent article with interest. at once. ? be man was wanted for “aimed rob- THIS evening at the Union Church Literary Theo he made up his mind and began to bery," which probably meant the robbery, of Club & lecture will be delivered by Mr. W. H. create a division will bis ricksha. While arms and ammunition from the yamen, by- Williams on "The Origin of the Drama, some continued to search she horizon for a the insurgeple, during the rising Speaking There will be instrations from Old Time possible owoor of the cap and others remon of the evidence given at the trial inthe Folicat Plays staged by boys of the Victrrin School, strated with the crowd which pushed behind, Court he said that there were enty to vilasses Dream will be represented and the parts sus mined by the following set of G. Hubbs..........(Bottoms and Pyramus) F. Hobbs Quince) Mihilverstone...,(Flain and Thisby) ****, G. Witchell (Scout and Wall): "ye 'J Gibson' .........(Starveling and Mhonshine)
G. Baker.(Song and Lioo) G. Stoker (Scene Shifter)
GOR BRRATIC EXCHANGE,"
"
The difficulty of guaging with any degree of
A JAPANISK JOKA.
respect to the movements of silver bave been tic Procurator of Kobe to declare that betting
week, or perhaps we might go further and sayan dictable offence. He prohibited the use since the beginning of the year. On the oth of the pari-mutuel at those race-courses which inst, when the majority of people were regard came within his juridiction and, stopil for, ing with intarest the resuscitation of the dollar, purity se racing med obedience to the law, dioxpiring: 42 and closely watching its tendency to, riss These sentiments, besatiful and inspiring q 'to its former height, we expla ned the reason they were, somewhat galled those backsliders for the recovery of the token coin at who iesisted that a gentle flutter
deduced from the telegraph and inside insider added to the gaiety and enjoyment of a
At all events, the pari-mutuel is not dead yet,
name of pari-mutuel or totalisator or mother's darling it still doles out the coin and keeps the
in Kobe, and whether it is known' by its old
10 per cent.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
TO-DAY, the body of Mr. W. Baker, second
formation at our command. Op the date in race raceling. There is no doubt th 1 some THE German mail of the 18th December was. question, bar silver stood at 26. 7f1fd, and the racegoers cannot p profess any real'intetest in the delivered in London on the 15th inst. TT, rate on Loudon was quoted at re, 11ď per fight for the Championship Cup or the Stand Tas destroyers Offer, Pame; Hart and Virups, Two scenes from the "Midsummer Night' the puller secoted overal strategic move against the prisoner, one of whom waN A YAMORO
dollar. When silver began to move upwards from the teŋfd, which suled towards the end of last year we poloted out that, as the result of Mexico's action in resolving to mint new dollars to meet her own requirements and the strong, loquiry for silver which emanated from
Plate unless they have some fioun ist stake on the result. Now, in the eyes of Mr. Yamample the C.P.P, of Kobe, such a state of mind is not. merely reprehensible but is actually so evi dance of degeneracy. What didpeoplepatronise the races for except to encourage the breed of
which were attached to the British West River Flotls are all now in port.
HE. the Governor will preside at the prize dis- tribution at Queen's College on Wedhesday bext, the 2nd instant, at noon. **********
Mr. G. Friesland,” of Messrs, Melchors & Co China, the value of sliver was likely to horsest suidhe, and if they wanted to throwaway has been nominated to a seat on the board of monst still higher before it has reached is their money let them back their fancy to the director of the Hongkong and Shanghai Back maximum. A new element, hewever, was in faliextent of their tressary, on the understanding ing Corporation, is succession to Mr. Armin troduced which seriously complicated the issue that any wionings' should be handed over to Haupt, who his left the Colony. A
This lecture is open to the public. It is parti cularly requested by the committee that mem hers and their friends attendier will be punctual
call which delighted the European specia rusner. Io the course of his examination. a tors who had stopped to view the scene. He doubt arose as to him character. He put him- bent his back and cricked his arm and had self forward as being a "teacher" only, but it almost dropped his richt over the coveted was suggested-ibat he was really a yamen run cap when there was a suddan yell. A coolle mer and krawabs prisoner well.. le came here carrying two empty baskets slang on for the purpose of getting, the, toward and bamboo pole-came along shuffing concocted part of the Mory.He waild save trot and howled for a passage,,. The bam the magistrate believe, and "apparenļly mada baskers properly, awang, took up the space of literally be said he 7 Ma boo was three inches in diameter the the magistrate believe, that he was mally the three fat men. The coolie gave another shoat knew of the matter be the crowd meckly fell back donen paces words in the Mandarin jangla and in bis oxcitement the fickakiman sat down was at once noticed by the intere violently on the macadamised road; In's trice; | called the mang
*ppmaring" the silver market. It was im descriptive powers." If the horns, refosed the
pl-ca "ba-Chinese New Year Day. The ER to charge of the F. and O. Company #genty, likanco ple effodian clubs and keeping up his turn ke aske possible to discover the extent of the syddi cash and preferred oats then the money should trance fee is $3. Estrias in close on 31st Jan is at present in Singapore on a tour of Inspec acous bowls for more cop, swept through resources or the influence it was capable he presented to the owner or, for that matter, wary. The winner will receirs a new Humbertion. Mr. Allen, the agent at Colombo and Mr the throng at the rate of a slow express trad of bringing, wo bear towards the gohancement the jockey. A more philanthropic scheme was machines cood prise a pair of Danlop tyres EA. zweit, the agent at Hongkong, are also and was in sight of the cause of all the com of the ruling price, and in consequence the never devised. Of course il the abolition of and the third man will be presented with a both hers, in order to bave a joint consultation motion, With great presence of mind he defily
pair of inner tubes, a bell and a lamp. The over theadairs of the Company in the Far Eastwisted his big toe round the edge of the cap and syndicate's
dicate's intentions. Apparently the pre
pro killed the race meetings and extinguished al},
which deposited it in the frost basket. Then ing of the Three Admirals of the Chion Austin Wahout a by-your-leave the coolie was off, motors of the scheme to develop a comer". Interest in horse-Besh' why, then, was it not a- The Chiness gunboat, Cin: Awan which was las mod fudian stations,
lemitting in the white metal have not yet disclosed the | fact that the Government were breeding horses | «buite by the Kawasaki -
when it was reported that a syndicate bad the notie animal which had given the sporting THE Dragon: Cycle Depo',' of 1o‚ ‚D'A¡uitar/ The chair will be taken atg påh, sharp/t been formed in London with the object of Journalists the chance of exhibiting their sifeet, ata "promoting a bicycle race to take MR. Frank Ritchix, well remembered hire / the co.lie-poster, skilfully whirling his basketé | casa, proZI
cate's
adaria, and the witamin Counsel wanted to
market began to waver in u .certainty as to the the pari-mutzz) and the probibition of betting course 10 be selected will be announced later,small way'ʻabis reminds us of the sunugimuste } and still, trolling, jerked "it" "into a spare hand duty andj
strungth of their hand, bot their comparative on ranches belonging to the Emp
passivity has not tended to foster say pro nounced belief in their power to rule the mer, Information Far Ear
Vits do not attach muc
could these pet replace the anli wito individuals no longer itki
and arrived at Woosung hich pri from Japan and
for racing
Andd to be
obe, not
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whicking and jangling his ba
# while the
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