You suggest that Mr. John Hastings bas gons into the box and perfured himself? don't know.
I want an answer to tha, question.—I suggest that Mr. John Hastings in the first place was misfed.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY JUNE 23, 1909.
Is Mr. Hung in the Colony?-Your witness said he was in Capton..
Don't you think he would be a valuable wit- dess to you?-He would be a valuable witness to you.
Anewer the question, please.—He would be a valuable witness to me if he repeated what he had said to Mr. Gedge and Mr. Harston.
Why didn't you get him to make so affidavit?
Will you give me as "answer 2-He was misled, and he has been anxious and eager to accept'ibe #islaments that had been made to, bim by the Chinose as an excuse for getting-He would not, rid of hir liability to me on the agreement.
You suggest he is will only, mislead ?—No. What do you suggest now 7-1 suggest that he has wilfully deliberately misconstrued my statement to him, that I had received presemis, and that i had misapplied his firm's monay."
Do you suggest that he has entered into a criminal conspiracy with the witousses? -1 can Dot offer any suggestion,
So do you suggest he was only misled? can offer no suggestion."
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Can you give any other motive why Mr. Hastings je committing perjury in this way, ex- cept that he wishes to save salaries, cnmis sjon, holidays, zic. - 1y it would strengthen his case at all events,
I wish to ask you whether you cay give any other motive for Mr. Hastings compiling pare jury in this way, except that wants to Ave salatics, commission and høidays?—To strengthen bis case, I repeat,
lo order to get rid of youfom the firm - Yes, certainly.
lu order to rain you for yan?That will be the result if the case is sucessful.
Are you opt aware Nat. Mr. Hastings is leaving the Colony ate end of this year-in October of this year? No, I am not.
Was it not one of your objects when you saw Mr. Harston to clear your character ?-Yes, To prevent myself being driven out of the Colony by Mr. Hastings.
Do you agres with Mr. Hurston that your fights were substantial rights ?→Certainly,
I put it to you that you were prepared to forego your substantial right if Mr. Hastings allowed you to practise here?-1 was,
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PROPERTY SALE,-
$8,000. FETCHED.
A property sale took place this afternoon at Mr. G. P. Lammert's sales-room, whes all that, piece of ground known' and registered in the Land Office an Section H. of Inland Lot No. 430,'together with the massuage erections and buildings thereon known as No. 28, Cross Street, was put up by public auction. The aquual Crown rent is $9.65 and the area is 636 square feet or thereabouts. The property is held for the unexpired residue of the term of 999 years commencing from the 29th May, 1855, croated by an Indenture of Crown Lease of the whole of the lot dated the 17th October, 1855.
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Mr. Laung King Nam offered $8,000 for the You wore prepared to enter into an arges.property, and no advance being made on that moot with a man who is charged with mis- sum, the property was knocked down to that
gentleman at his own price: appropriating money ?-At that time.
Mr.
And you were prepared to take no further steps to clear your character?-At that time 50 doa knew of the charges which Hastings was thinking of bringing against me, and unless Mr. Hastings did not make it public it did not matter...........
Answer the question, am not a 'rich man and I could not afford to enter into heavy litigation to clear my character
Didn't Mr. Gedga kodw-about it ?—Yes.. Dida't Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist know about it?—Yes,
And you were going to practise by yourself when you know that these people with whom you would have to associate knew all about the
matter? Yes.
And you were going to lie down to that ac Were you ever awe of ? You were in- formed that he was Yes. I was. I under-cusation?-Because I had not enough money stood that he retured last October when he to vindicate my character.
It was only was to stay six paths oaly, gamip.
And then theme was going to retire from the firm ?--Th was the rumour,
Now, thayou have heard Mr. Hastings statement nghe facts to that effect, do you believe theymour was correct?—Mr. Hastings was to leay at the end of the year,”
You acco! that statement by Mr. Hastings? -1 am ní disposed to dispute it.
That was going to leave the business to
be cooled by his brother, Mr. George Has tings. '/ou know thu?—Yes I suppose so.
When you had the interview with Mr. Havi ings, did you say that must deny it or i shall go under altogether"?—it is not so,
So that was a pure invention, on the part of Mr. Hastings ?—That in so."
don't you go to Canada; if I wan a young man Dida's Mr. Hastings say to you? "Why
I would go to Canada"Yes.
Didn't that convey something to your mind? Yes, that he wanted to get rid of me. Was there anyone present at those inter- views?—No.
Want, therefore, made him tax you with hav.
"ANTI-OPIUM-CAMPAIGN,
'ANOTHER IMPERIAL EDICŊ.
Peking, June 17.
On the 22cd of the zud moon, this year, We issued an explicit Edict proclaiming the important anti-opium measures to be adopted and their division into prohibition of smoking and plantation. We hear, however, that the officials sent by the various Ministries and Offices in Peking to be examined as to their babits, are mostly petty officials of unimportant rink, and those who bold important appoint meals have seldom submitted to the test.
Moreover, some of them have resumed simek- ing after having broken off the vice. It shows that the prohibition is enforced in a perfunctory manner. We find that prohibition of smoking is foremost in importance a opium suppression.
According to reports from the provinces. poppy plantation has been entirely or partly prohibited, which shows that conscientious
efforts have been put forward.
hould smoking not cease after plantation has been entirely prohibited, people would be Addicted entirely to foreign opium. The poison would be wore. More mpey would be wasted and greater harm would be done. This would violate hygienic and economical principles.'
GEKMAN TROOPS IN N. CHINA.
The following excellent letter, which has been addressed to our Tientsin contemporaries, speaks for itself
Sir,-Permit me to loform you that in accord- ance with Imperial command the East Aslatic Detachment, including the Paking Legation guard of 150 men is going back to Germaoy to badisbanded.
The Legation Guard in Peking in command of Capt. Dinkelmano departe after being reliev. ed by the Marine Detachment on the roth inst. in the charge of the aforesaid officer.
The East Asiatic Detachment: taken this opportunity of expressing its most hearty thanks for the many demonstrations of friendly sociability they have been given as a feeling of, genuine regres that the mutual good relations that have subsisted must come to an end ow- ing to this parting —Youtṣ, &c.
VON BARFUS,
Lt. Col. and Commander, East Asiatic Detachment,
Tientsin, June 9,
THE SHANGHAI Alhambra.
CESSATION OF A PUBLIC SCANDAL
Once again has Shanghai's noted gambling resort, the Alhambra,' drawn a cloth of moura- ing over its gaming tables. No longer do the roulette balls spin to the accompanying click- ing of chips, and instead of the rightly scene of bilarity there is a mourafuliaess about the 50-called 'clubrooms suggestive of a closing. Borer to re-opeo No reason is vouchsafed for. this sudden termination of gambling festivities, and eager patrons anxious to risk their money. in the games of chance are wondering what it is all about and when it is to end.
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This sudden closing occurred several even ings ago without warning. People arrived as usual after driving past the Settlement limits and were mat in the customary manner at the entrance of the establishment by an affable in- dividual clad in dress-suit, but instead of being corteously let to the inner rooms where the roulette wheels were wont to spin unceasingly the guests were invited to partake of liquid re- freshments at the big brightly-mirrored bar, EASTERN AND AUSTRALIAN STEAM-
SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED, If musically inclined they were advised to at authorities to institute, inquiries and to subject the large building where a solitary orchestra duubtful officials strictly to examination. faint-heartedly tried to lastila measure Viceroys, Governors,~Manchu, Generals and officials in charge of educational instrutions. are commanded to make strict investigations and probibit the vice,
The Anti-Opium Commissioners are com-
ing made' those admissions?- see no season.manded to ask ibe Peking_and_provincial-tend-the-concert-hall in an adjoining part of
Didjot My Hastings say to you that he at tribal this to your keeping bad company-believe-it-was-was- Cheung arm and ving with a European woman?-Some consulted by the Kwong Hung Cheung firm thin was said to that effect,
against Reuter, Brocketmanu & Co.?—Yes.
You had the sole conduct of the case, bad you not ?—I had.
s that M. Hastings' evidence on these „pol's' is a nixture of truth and lies'?-That .1910
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You also uggested that Mr. Jobo Hastings mid that you should go to Japan ?-Yes, and
Shanghai.
You said pu had received presents from clients -Y.
Why didyou do: put that fact into your affidavity affidavit is more complete.than that of Mrnatinga,
Why you not put that in 7-1 did not think it necessary.
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But yeadmit it was no important point ?--- It may Ho.
·Count then made reference_le_the first occasiuwhen the respondent was called in by Mr. Hangs on the question of the moneys in-.] volved it was admitted that the alatement made Mr. Hastings was substantially cor ~rect_the_xitoys thought that the remark aboutceiving small aums was an invention," ThCourt adjourned for an hour for tiffio. So after two o'clock is proceedings con- tiau and Mr. Dixon returned to the box for funt cross-examination. He said, in answer, to Poller, that he had taken presects from Clife after transactions had ben completed
before.
bat form did those presents take?-jewel- le and sometimes money. I had also two
kwood chairs. In two occasions you said you have had joey-Oac or two occasions.
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Vas that without the knowledge of your Agloyer12-With the knowledge of my em ployers. It was only last Christmas ! received
Do you deny thawong Hui Tong made you any loads or gave you any prescals?-Ab. solutely.......
In January, gay, he paid you Spoo for costs? Yös.
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And he said be paid you $200 31 ́à tono ? That is false. I may add that I am not sure whether Woog paid me the money personally. lo Wong's evidence, you might remember, he said that some of the monies were paid by hi
Why should Wong Hui Tong come bera and perjure himseli?
The witness was understood to say that the reason why Wong came to Court was because he wanted something from Mr. Hastings.
la faci prohibition of smoking and plantation must go hand-in-band-and-all-Ministries and Offices in and out of l'oking are commanded to obey the several Eacts issued and carry out the matter in a faithful spirit. Any apathy in action will entail punishment on the negligent panty.-N. C. D. Neton,
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Some of the strange difficulties to be en
Are you prepared to swear that Wong Hui.countered by the railway engineer in Ching
Tong did not pay you $350 for costs ?-No.
Do May the gth, didn't Wong make you a "loan"of $750°?—No,
On 23rd June, did he lead you $300?—That
10 falon.
f the syth didn't Wong pay you another
were related to members of the Royal Society of Aris on 19th uit, by bir, Arthur John Barry,
11-official-opposition-to-railways-is-now- merely a matter of history," said Mr. Barry: "popular superstition still exists, if in a modified form., Fengshui is still a power to be reckoned with. The Fengshui,of a place, as nearly as I can express it, is the luck of the
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of encouragement into the atmosphere by the playing of popular sire and now and again a solitary danseuse, airily clad, would appear and perform a light fantastic step or two before the footlights. But gambling? No!| That was strictly tabooed. The roulette tables. and all gambling appurtenances bad disappear ed. They had been mysteriously caried away: Where? Nobody knows. The only answer obtainable from the management as to all these for Passengers, and has a Refrigerating Cham strange proceedings was "We have lost heavily bar which ensures the supply of Fresh Provi during the past few weeks and cannot start the❘sions, Ice, &c., throughout the voyage, game acew until moin banking capital is acquited,"
so ends for all time, if reports are true, public gambling in Shanghai. Not because the fainous Alhambra establishment is short of funds as alleged or that internecina
strife is known to prevail among the gamblers themselves, but as a direct result of the active crusade being persistently waged by the Muri- cipal police against this blot on Shanghai's fair Dame. The beginning of the end-may-wall-ba- considered to have commenced several weeks 280 when the police raided the place and not only carried away part of the gambling pora- phernalia but built a barricade on Siccawel Road, Prohibiting the public from passing to the establishment. Though the gamblers re- "wasa meg skilled in the mystery can lay; and
taliated by threatening to bring legal proceed- *When was the receipt given for that money? | sonie of the conclusions arrived at after sofemo -The money was paid on Saturday, but the Lvestigation by the sages of Fengshui shouldings against the police their threats resulted receipt was given-signed by Mr. George put to shame the pronouncements of the sages only in bringin, about an armistice during lastings-on Monday,
loan of Stor-No.
And what about the $3,500 paid to you for costs ?--No. That money was paid to Mr.place, but what lack depends upon only the George Bustings.
Please add up the accounts of costs which wers paid to your firm down to the 17th July -$11,575.
Now, will you deduct from that $4,500 paid
í silver cigarette case and I showed it to Mr,ato Court as security for costs? -$7,075, John Hastings.
Were your employers aware that you had received money?—I don't know. I received a certain sum and i think Mr. George Hastings know about it."
What were the amounts?-Altogether? la-each particular cast. I have, received $100 on two occasions. and Sça, on two og cations. That was practically all 1 received,
Do you think it was proper conduct to take
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Will you look at the portfolio of 17th July? How much do your costs come to up to that date-17th July ?-Profits costs 53,316.
Will you tell how much was due to Counsel for fees up to 17th July?-$2,500.
· Wasn't it $3,675 ?—No.
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“Spirits have av be taken into accoust, and their accustomed, movements only the wise maa koows. He only, therefore, can last you' whether the line you have laid out of the warks you propose to construct will interfere with the habits of the unseen world or not, and whether any, and, if so, what, modification must be introduced.
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The question of graves was a simpler ope. As the Chinese buried their dead on any piece
So that makes $7,8:6 in all-amount due to of unoccupied ground, it was generally impos- Messrs. Hastings and Hastings for costs?sible to lay out a railway without interfering with gravés. But this was no longer an insur mountable difficulty, for the basiness instincts
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Some interesting observations on tho come:
mercial situation in the Far East appear in the report of the Banque de l'ado-Chine on the past year. Reforming to China, the report notes the unfavourable state of affairs which has pre. valled. At Shanghai the accumulated stocks are still very important, and the banks have bad to accord very large facilition to com
gamblers resumed their vocation pending an in- timation of approval or disapproval from the Spanish Kiciter in Pakia. This long-awailed decision at length arrived and hence the final scene of mournfulcess. What the exactierms are merce to cannot be definitely ascertained, but of one crisis. Nevertheless, thing all parties are assured and that is: The Shanghai coterie of notorious gamblert Can Do longer conduct their nefarious traffic. Should they re-open in the future it will be with the aid of some newly discovered legal technicality which has been overlooked. In fact many still, consider that a legal battle royal" with the police will yet occur before the gamblers are aally induced to relinquish their grasp upon
$300 as a present from your clients without the firm 5741 due to Hastings and Hastings?—Yes. of the Chịzese bad triumphed over superst. Shanghai and purchase steamship tickets fortain is of too recent establishment to have
knowledge of your employers? -1 see no reason why thù client should not give me a present after the cine was finished,.
Therefore you did not think it proper?—I did Bột think it improper.
Have you beard of the latter written by Mr. John Hastings to his brother, George Hastings? --I hart.
Mr. Dixon admitted certain parts of the latter, but denied that he had taken, according to the letter, any of the firm's money,
The louer was rend.
Do you say that this is an notrus letter?- Sobatantially untrue,
Can you suggest why Mr. Hastings shouldly. write thisuntrue private fetter ?...it may be part of the scheme of getting rid of me,
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Wong Hui Tong said to the Court that you offered him $10,800 to full payment and that
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At this stage the jury's verdict, and the tion, and his feelings could be salved by a Their troublesome history in conducting Chief Justice's decision on the technical ques- suitable consideration.
what has often been termed Shanghai's "gild, tion of trespass in the Kwong Hing Cheung- "Any qualms of conscience that may assailed palace of hell" has long been marvelled at Reuter,
Brackelmana case, including dates, him are dispelled by the knowledge that if his by residents throughout the Far East and is &c, was gone into.
final piety is expressed by sufficiently vebe usually considered to be a relic of the wars of After this, Mr. Potter questioned Mr. Dixonment conscientious objections, the amount of the past ten years, in the Philippines, the at length on the question of the amount paid to compensation he will receive will be propor Boxer campaign, and later, the Russo-Japanens him by Wong Hui Tong and others in the lionately higher. He must, bowever, be wise struggle. During these strenuous times in matter of costs. This took some time and needed | enough not to overdo it, for there are several numerable camp-followers, gamblers and certare books and documents being consulted. sad cases, when in deference to the cloqueal blacklegs congregated in the East and when is it true that you offered Sto,Bon to Woog to objections of living representatives of the past peace finally prevailed, the horde, as if by close the whole affair? It is not trun. There generations the centre lice of a railway has mutual consent, selected Shanghai sa Macca been deviated, and no entreaty could bring it for future gambling operations. Invariably was only $io,100 is the client's account.
without either country or religion they swore So te is quite, wrong about that?-Absolute-back again to where it was before.",
THE COMPENSATION BUSINESS. The grave question was, however, still allegiance to say and various Powers whose proached in 1907.
representatives were either lax or heedless in serious, for whenever compensation for disregard to assisting the focal police authorities turbance was being paid it was remarkable in stamping out the gambling rice, and secur-HE TIEH LIANO, President of the Ministry how large a number of ancient and forgottened what they considered a permanent site for of War, has pointed out to the Prince Regent graves found owners. "
a veritable Munte Carlo beyond the inter- that with the exception of the Hupeh, Kiangsu "To make sure that a claimant really has national boundaries, on Chinesa soil. grave to claim upon, sometimes it is, the rule to insist on each claimant producing psist of law, and I am not prepared to answer it. WITH veforence to the report of the Police the ancestral refice for inspections and
Do you see any reason why Mr. Haulings Court case appearing in our last liste, our know of oas unfortunate man who was moved should write this letter to you?--To get rid of attention has been called to the fact that we to genuine tears and despair because, after inadvertently reported Mr. James, Marshall as having dono a brisk businger is biting on And later on you saw Mr. Enog?--Yes, tavlog brought up the case. It was Mr. George, his parents' bones at so cantas time to Boggarth who proceeded against Miss Elisa- eager applicants for compensation, one of them bath Marshall for using abusiva and insulting was careless enough to lose them, with the at salerprising repre: language. Mr.-Marshall issued ́a" cross-sum-dire consequence to that a moos for assault. // Both parties were-bound sentative of family, that in the fofure world over to keep the ponctueze
he would have no friend to welcome himera
Do
you not know that this letter could not be be refused it in the absence of a detailed ac pur in evidenca by Mr. Hastings himself?→ | count?—That is absolutely untrue. That is so. L
At this stage the case was adjourned until How could is belp him then, in getting rid of || to-morrow morning. you ?—It was rapaționed in bis agreement.
“How could it support his scheme ?—It in a
me.
my boase,
And when did you see Mr. Harstos ?—The next morning.* GAZ
The first denisl you made on paper was after you had suen Mr. Hong Ji-Two days later,
Who the stera director of affairs and political leavener of this noted place has been for the past low yours will perhaps, never be legally, definitely known. He is reported to be an in- sidions worker. Ever in the background, direct ing operations, from a safe legal point of vant age, he has persistently defied Shanghai public ethics with, a benvade which now appears to end ingloriously in the drawing of the closing curtain over his establishment with a mysterions allance, leaving the public to conjecture as it plosna vishanghai Timesį
and Yascan provinces, each of"which"has
trained one division of troops, and Chibli pro. vinces, in which two divisions have been form. ed, none of the provinces, have formed any divisions, so that the complete organization of thirty-six divisions of troops for the Army in China in the 4th year of Han Tong, cannot be expected. He advocates the immediate re adjustment of flounces, so'ns to provide funds my scheme, and that the pro to carry out the army s vincial governments should be forced to con- tribute the fands required. The Regent fully nadorses his viqwE
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