Intimation.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 1909.
passengers during the thirty years previous to
1908 was 137*
In the thirty years ending with 1907 thnie | was one passenger killed on the average in every 41,000,000, and one injured in every 1,400,000, as compared with none killed and 000 in 4,500,000 injured in 1908. The risk is
report points out, since they take no account of the journeys of season-ticket holders, the number of whom bas greatly increased is re- cent years.
A. S. WATSON & CO. really less than these figures indicate, as the
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This welcome immunity from fatalities to passengers last year in to be read only in con. nection with accidents to the trains in which
Criminal Conversation.pl the visit to the Boa Vista Hotel, his
JURY'S UNANIMOUS VERDICT.
PAMAGES AWARDED.
The action was resumed before the Chief
Justice (Sir Francis Piggott) in the Supreme
Court, this moreteg, in which Captain C, W, Mitchell, master of the steamer Fook Sang, is claiming damages from John Lemm,, a Hong- kong architect, for alleged misconduct with his | wife on divers dates and at various places in this Colony.
Sir Henry Berkalay, KC, instructed by Mr.
beta present on the viska to Macao, She was also
CANTON SELF-GOVERNMENT
SOGIKZY..
: THE "VAZSKAN" INCIDENT..
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
Canton, It September.
At the menting of the Canton Salf-Govern- moet Society held yesterday, it was unanf mously agreed to erect a monument, as sug. gestad, over the grave of the late Lai Teo Chol, who appeared as a witness in the Pitskan pass and died, as alleged, of consumption, on ac- count of having overstrained himself in assist
aared passenger.
could not find himself to bellove that these people were so clever as to have no direct evidence against them that they com. mitted adultery at any time. It was extra. ordinary that the daughter should have been. present on all occasions. She was said to have
said to have been present when the "boy" ap- parently visited Mrs. Mitchell at No.8, Granville Avenue, Mr. Lemm had given his version of how hecame to mess with Mrs. Mitchell. There was no evidence that Mrs, Mitchell went to No. A Granville Avenue. They had to consider if adultery had been committed in any of those
There was contradictory August, 1899). evidence with regard to whether. Capt. Mit- With regard to the question touching the chell had known if the two, had messed and present state of affairs in the Three Eastern slept together. Capt. Major's story his Provinces, the Society bas been prohibited by Lordship loft entirely in the hands of the jury the Government to say anything about it. At witnesser His Lordship referred to the fact that the Chinese residing in foreign countries im Capt. Mitchell was uncertajo as to some of the pressing upon them the critical condition of facts. Be had been a little vague as to whe-affairs in those provinces and asking them not ther his ship came from Wanchai and dwelt on to forget the disgrace involved upon the Chi- nese people and at the same time to maintain the boycott movement, in the talegrams thus despatched, the Society purposely omitted the
AN OVERWORKED JURY.
APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION DECLINED.
At the conclusion of the Mitchell-Lemm case this afternoon, Mr. J. W. Buller, on behalf of The jurors empanelled in the lengthy litigation, asked the Court to grant them an exemption for several yours.
The Chief Justice smilingly declined to acquiesce in the application.
O. S, KIS. AMERICAN LINE.
▲ SEATTLE PAPER'S WELCOME,
those passengers were travelling. There is, of H. W. Looker, of Messrs. Deacon, Looker and periods (February, March, Jung, July' and ing to fight the case in the interest of the diely as follows on August 3;-Another steamship course, every year a number of accidents, ex. clusive of train accidents, caused by the move. ment of trains and railway vehicles. Last year in this class of accidents there were recorded
the deaths of 102 passengers, 376 servants, and
Deacon, appeared for the plaintiff. Mr. M. W, Slade, instructed by Mr. P. M. Hodgsoo, of Messrs. Ewans and Harston, defended.
The jurymen empanelled were-Messrs, E. Hughes (foreman), J. W. Bolles, E. Shellim, and M. 5. Sassoon,
The Seattle Post Intelligencer wrote aditorial.
line between the ports of Pugat-Sound and the Orient has been inaugurated, and bus- little. local notice has been taken of the matter. On Sunday the first verset of the new fleet reach ed Seattle and went on to Tacoma. This
Shosen Kaisha,, is the fit of the Boat. The Seattle Mars will be the next one to arrive, a month hence, Both vessels, a their names indicate, are built especially for this trade and this line. The inauguration of the fent lice of steamships from the Drient to Seattle was made the occasion for a great de-
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It appears that the average numbers killed and injured in previous years were tog killed in the thirty years ending with 1907, and 1,696 injured in the twelve years ending with 1907 | for which alone trustworthy figures are avail-
the convertation which took place on the rainy night when Lamm visited Capt. Mitchell's house. In conclusion, his Lordship directed
able. A comparison of these figures with the improper relations existed between the two. Ho the jury to judge the question is a reasonable, game of the country they intended to allude to mopstration in this city." It was folt, and felt with
corresponding figures for gas, given above, I shows in the latter year a slight decrease in the number of killed and a considerable increase CHAM-in the number of injured.
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Just and discreet manner and said he felt por-- fectly sure that they would so.
This morning's proceedings opened by Mr Lemm being called into the box, where be up- derwent further cross-examination.
Mr. Slade then contiound bis address. He said that it was ridicolous to infer from the visits of Mr. Lamm to Mrs. Mitchell that any
would ask his Lordship the Chief Justice to par to the Jory a sumber of specific questions to which the jury would hava to reply. They would have to fort the evidence before them. This was not an and returned, with a unanimos verdict of The jury then retired for about half-an-hour
easy matter, and one which very few persons"Guilty on all the specific charges and award- declared, who were not accustomed to hearing $7,500. |-* were pable of doing. Most people, Counseled the plaintiff general damages in the sum of evidence could only retain in their mlad a vague idea of the evidence heard. Proceeding, Counsel, stated that there was no specific act of indecency between Mr. Lemm and Mrs. Mit chall. There was no uoduo familiarity. The evidence adduced was purely circumstantialed evidence.. The jury wore bɔund to give the bene. fit of the doubt to the defendant. They were as much bound to give the benefit of the doubt to the defendant as to a prisoner lo a criminal trini. it was for the plaintiff to establish the charge which he bad made againe Lemm. The
Taking the number of journays into account it will be found that in 1908 there was one pa songer killed in every 13,500,000 journeys, and one injured in every 570,049.journeys, as com pared with, one in 9,800,000 killed and one in 673,189 injured, the averages for the previous twolve years. The apparent increase in the non-fatal cases is no doubt due, the report says, io extra vigilance in reparting the accidents in consequence of the issue of a stringent Order by the Board of Trade in December, 1906. Alluding to the accidents to passengers in this class the Beard says,in' the present report that most of them are due to wast of common care and caution on the part of the passengers thentvidence, Counsel declared, should leave solver.
In all classes of accidents during 1908 wo
Do doubt, in the miods of the jury. He sub
perfectly, straightforward manner.
Mr. Slade applied for a nto, of execation for three months.
After some discussion, his I ordship granted a stay of execution for a fortnight, at the end of which period the question is to be consider
in Chambers.
CANTON DAY BY DAY.
RIOT IN SHAMEEN.
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
Canton, 1st September. -
HONGKONG WATER PULO SHIELD COMPEUTION.
NINTII ROUND.
In the last round of the Hongkong Water Polo Shield Competition, the Lusitano Recren tion Club easily scored a victory over the 88th Company Royal Garrison Artillery by 6 goals to oil. The latter, however, must be compli- mented on, the splendid game they played, especially the goalkeeper. As interesting feature of this game yesterday afternoon was
reason, that with the commencement of direct. service to the Orient a new era was opened to Seattle and to all of the Paget Sound country. The soundness of the prediction was justified by the factthat since1bedirectservice wasestablish ed a foreign commerce aggregating 550,000,000 in apuual value bas been built up from the Sound, of which commerce by far the larger share goes to Seattle. The new service, in- augurated in connection with the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Faul railroad line, merely affords additional facilities, for handling existing trade and siding in its expansion, so that the event is not as important as was the establish- · the absence of fouls.
ment of the original line, but it has its own im».' "The second match played yesterday between-portance, at that. When the Union Pacific's the 83rd and 88th Companies Poyal Garrison system is operating direct tratos into this Artillery resulted in a win for the 83rd Com city, a matter of but a few weeks in the paoy by 2 goals to ono, after a very hard and
future, still another steamship line will be fast contest. The Byrd had matters pretty well inaugurated to handle the business of that road. their own way in the first balf of the game, scor- The foralga commerce through this' port, has
this match, the 83rd Company carry off the has driven millions of dollars' worth of busi- in the second spell, notting once. By winning of the interstate commerce commission, which Artillery Inter-Company Water Polo, Cup, having also defeated the 871b Company about a couple of rounds back.
God that 1,043 persons were killed and 7.08 1.mitted that Lemm had given bis evidence in a this morning between the Shameen guards ing their a goals, but the 28th reversed the tables suffered a revere handicap of late in the rulings
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Kingdom. The average figures for the pre- vious ten years were 1,155 and 7:036 respec- tively. This shows a decrease in the total number of fatal accidents and an increase is
the non-fatal casne.
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Ms. R. Piercy joined the Volunteer Corps
on the 28th ultimo,
COMMODORE E. C. T. Troubridge has been ap pointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King, in place of Capt. R. H. S.. Bacon, promoted to Flag rank from July 12,
THE-P. Rad O. Company's steamer Molton, which left London on 30th July, took the follow A. S. WATSON & CO., Shanghai, bar silver preci gold, 1,002;
£15,000.
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INFORMATION has been received by the Colo Dial Secretary from Shangbai to the effect that quarantine restrictions imposed upon arrivals from Hongkong have been removed.
giving evidence on matters which seemed to go Even in
against him, he gave it in a straightforward way, which was the surest sige of the genuine. net of a witness evidence. The charge against Lemm was almost as serious' as that of murder. it was a charge which would ruin the defendant. Is conclusion, he said that there could only be ona verdict, and that would be "Not guilty."
THE REPENUE PROBLEM,
A riot occurred here on the Shameen Creek
rice juck basing entered the Creek and, as (Chinese) and the rice merchants owing to a
alleged, having canned an obstruction there, She was ordered to remove_but_the_men_on board kar refused to comply. Whereupom words were exchanged between the men of the two parties and in the end words led to blows. The rice merchants along the Sha Ken Street, in front of the Creek, on the Canton alde
SINGAPORE'S TEMPERANCE. were at once informed of the disturbance and kaley addressed the Court at great length. attack the guards in the meten several per. necessary for the Government to consider its
After the tiffia adjournment, Sit Heary Bar- they were then collected in a large number lo
Circumstances in Hongkong bave made it,
Counsel related the divers incidents attaching sons were injured. The rice merchants have financial position, with the result that there is to the familiar relations between Mr. Lemm closed their doors against the transaction of refrenchmeat on the one hand, and additional and Mrs. Mitchell and traced the early business to-day with the intention of going on
taxation on the other writes the Singapore bistory of their acquaintance. Counsel laid strike. The Taotai of Constabulary, on feara-Fras Press editorally. Retrenchment does not s'ress on the point that the relations between ing of the incident, proceeded with several the two were kept a secret from Capt. Mitchell officials to the scece of disturbance to restore af er the messing arrangements had been order. The officials have now the case in hand stopped by the latter. Several witnesses had sad it is expected they will soon settle the been called and according to their statements, trouble without much difficulty.. the jury would be justified in returning nyam
verdict of guilty intercoase. In conclusion, be
Bi
FIRE.
At to o'clock last night an outbreak of fire occurred in Ngau Yu Kiu in the Western suburb in a building contractor's shop. Seven teen houses in all were destroyed and several others were more or less damaged. During the las: few days several cases of fire have been
appear to have greatly alarmed the business people-those chiefly represented in the news- papsis: the views of the retrenched do not find ap soofficial outlet-but additional taxation in the matter of liquor licenses in exciting much discussion and journalistic writing. It is rather a domestic matter for. Hongkong, and we should not care to interfere, sive that the Straits, is alternately pointed to as a bright exemplar and an awful example. When the Governor palats out that wo get 71 lakke from our liquors, and Hongkong coly gets af, then the example is one to be followed, But in the couras of argument the Hongkong Telegraph || objects that the increased taxation will mean the closing of many of the houres, with 'a "correr. Do behalf of the committee I have much-ponding diminution of the consumption of liquor, pleasure in presenting the sixth annual report of the Cricket League.
HONGKONG CRICRB¡ LEAGUE.
- Nice clubs participated in the Shield Com petition, viz. Hongkong 'B,' Civil Service, Telegraphs, Hongkong 'A,¦ Craigengower, Roy.
and Kowland. al Garrison Artillery, Royal Engineers, Police,
asked the jury to award subuential damages.
• The Chief Justice, in summing up, said that he felt sure that the jury, like bis Lordship, had come to Count with preconceived notions and if that was the case, it was necessary to judge the case from an unprejudiced | recorded. standpoint. There had been -& rumour in ONE of the most interesting fixtures at next
connection with the relations between Mr. NOTICE.
́year's International Exhibition at Brussels will Lemm' and Mrs. Mitchell and it was their communications Intended for publication is be King Leopold's restaurant.
that rumour. The building duly to put an end to * The HONGKONG TELEGRAPH " shoul! !♥is is the form of a Chinese pagoda. It has Cost Lordship directed the jury to find a verdice addrowed to The Editor, 1, Ios flouse Road, and
His Majesty £170,000, all the decorations and ous way or the other and thus pat so khonid be accompanied by thatWriter's Name and
wood carving having been executed by nativeonding to it. Proceeding, His. Lordship Address
artisans.
said that there was doubtless a lingering trace in their minds that it was somewhat ex- THE following officers of regiments represent before the Scotch Court and should then again |traordinary that the question should have come ed in Far Esatera garrisons have passed the qualifying examination for promotion to the
come before the Hoogkong Beach to be debat.. next superior rank:-East Kent Regiment,
ed. That was not to. Capt. Mitchell could-only Captain C. H. Hood; Middlesex Regiment, obtain a divorce in Scotland, Lemm was not a UP Captain H. P-F. Bicknell and Lieutenant J. Jpected of Lemm to walk into Court and ask to party to the proceedingì. fi could not be ex- Macanney.
be made aco-respondent. Such athing could not be expected of anyone. His Lordship stated that THE Courrier Saigennale ays, that the European the case before them was a very complicated ex:ort-firms at Saigon have been so hard hit by one and asked the jury to banish all double the long-standing commercial crisis and by from their minds: It was possible that the peo- Chinese failures that they have formed them-ple in Scotland may have taken a very serious selves into a syndicate to safeguard their view of visiting Macan on a.Bunday. It was matual interests. The post of president of the crefore perfectly obvious that Lemm should syndicate has been offered to M. Schneegans, have a fair trial by "those who had a sound who was formerly chairman of the Chamber of knowledge of local conditions. They were to bring themselves in the level of the parties bringing the complaints. They were not to
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Commerce there,
On the 1st day of September, 1909, Abdool in the course of a report from Canton, the Act-judge according to their standard but according ing Consul General says that public opium to the standard of the people concerned. They [624 On August 17, 1969 at Shanghai, james H. smoking, in divans and restaurants, has practi-ware to judge the people according to thait Arroit, Inte Chief Engineer, Chinese Engineer. cally ceased, owing to the strict enforcement status of life and their resources, They were. fog and Mining Cole us. Hsiping, aged 45 of regulations by the police, hat there would years.
appear to be little diminution in the amount of opium smoked privately. The authorities have failed to induce smokers to take out licences. As those licences take the form of a printed document on a board some 12 in. square, this reluctance on the part of smokers is bet to be 2, 1909. wondered at.—L, & C. Express,
The Shield was won by Hongkong 'B' after a keen struggle with Civil Service; the runners
The competing clubs were not an equally matched as in the previous season when four clubs went neck and eck for the Champion ship. Some club's found the league programma too arduous and failed to complete their fix
fares.
The premier club, baving a heavy interport programme before it will not enter 'A' and 3 teams for the coming season but will pro- bably enter a capable second eleven. It is rise as eleven and will be merged in the probable the Telegraphs will be unable to
Balls will join the competition. "Hongkong Club It is anticipated that the
It has been suggested that a‘League XL.
1.
play a series of three test matches against the Hongkong C.C. It has also been suggested
and we are brought in in apother light. Our con temporary ways as to the Governor's conjecture that there is a larger liquor consuming com musity in Hongkong then in Singapore:-
pess away from this port, either to Canada og
to the Atlantic anaboard Fonucately there is
one part of the transpacific' which cannot be diverfed, which must be built up is the future," and that is the export trade in articles of Washington's own production,
SIR MATTHEW NATHAN'S APPOINTMENT,
It is somewhat difficult to understand the reason why a distinguished soldier and ad. ministrator like Lient. Col. Sir Matthew Nathan, of the Royal Engineers, should be appointed to such a post as that of Secre tary of the General Poit ffice, says tha Ceylon Oberver. He It was who succeeded Sir Henry McCallum as Governor of Natal returning home on leave, however, quits lately, owing to the serious illness of his mother. Previous' to that he was Governor of Hongkong, and other positions be held were those of Governor of the Gold Coast, Officer Administering the Government of Sierra Leone, and Secretary of the Colonial Defence | Committee 1895-1900, His military experiences include'service during the Nilà Expedition.of 1885 and the L'ushai Expedition of, 1889, when he received a medal with clasp. --The last 8ec- retary to the Post Office was Sir H. Babington Smith, K.C.B., CS.I....The salary of the post is from £1,750 to £2,000, as against £5,000 for the Governor of Natal!'
188. BANK OF KURBA.
GENERAL MEETING OF PROMOTING COMMITTEE,
sary to exercise care and discretion in order to `avert any attempt to organise a boom.).
"We have no idea where the Governor'ob rained the information which led him to the conclusion that there in a larger liquor con- suming population in Hongkong than in the...A general meeting of the promoting_com.. Buraits Settlements. Wabout appearing to mittee of the Bank of Korea was held on ibe malign cür nei bbours in the South we should 23rd ultimo at the official residence of the say the reverse is actually the case, or at all-Minister of Finance. Baron Matsuwo (Governor events, there is nothing to choose between the of the Bank of Japan), chairman of the com- two Crown Colonies. We remember a time mittes, outlined the business of the meetlog. when it was said of Singapore that hardly a Marquis Katsura as Minister of Finance, then single white resident went home at night per made some remarks. He said that the forma fectly sober-which was, of course, a vilalion of the Bank of Korea would bring Japan stander--but certain facts must have led to and Korea into closer relations. In placing such a view being expressed publicly. How the shares of the bank on the market the ut ever that, may be, the fact remains that Hang- most care must be exercised to prevent a specu...... kong is quite as temporale as any other place lative mania. At present the money market much, but is at least an excuse for the proclivi- conditions extremely favourable, while capita. in the Far East, which may not be saying very in abis country was very easy and the economia ties of that portion of the community which liste wore eagerly seeking investments for their indulges in what is popoła:ly known as a re. surplus money. If there wers; any rush is viver after the day's work, and those who were subscribing for the shares, the financial alton- temperate before will be much more so in tion would be disturbed. If was therefore neces that a second-division of the League ba formed.excess will have to curb their appetites in ac fatare, while those foolish few who drank, to The method of placing clubs in the League cordance with the depth of their purses." to find whether the 'visits were inappropriate to tabin is the sama si (hat adopted by the Conn. their station of life and their resources. Alties at bome, viz, by percentages, and i would with paw. Some might be found to resent the We do not resent the comparison of old times though the charges were drawn in a general
anbar, such, as in lead to the belief erassily recommend that the method of suggestion that we in the Straits, could not that Mrs. Mitchell was the paramour of Lemm, the jury could not give a verdici, that the management of each club planxes carry as much as they of Hongkong. Such a on such an assumption. They were to base their vardict, ou definite charges-wheibes the maximum. If some such scheme as this is. adultery had bean committed in such and not adapted several clubs and many individual pare elephant was really painted, was when da (Director of the Finance Administration WE are advised by the local agent of the Pacific such a month. They were to judge each players will decline to take part in what they the Hongkong team came down here to Bureau), Viscount Kodama (a Secretary Mail Steamship Company that the Company, particular charge separately. They could not domina too arduous undertaking
play cricket. Daring smoking concert in the Residency-General), and Mr. -schihara and the Toyo-Kingo Kaisha (São Francisco begin by assuming these and then deal with the
some of the visitors left the Town Hall and (manager of the Korean branch of the Dai Ichi"" Lines) commencing with the sailing of the s.v. specific charges. They were to deal with the
advertised Aspinall's chamel by palating the Ginko). The semienions barlag been passed, Siberia from Hongkong, October 1st, will quote specific charges first. Coming to the question
poar old elephant. This much is to be said. The meeting approved the draft of the Articles the same rates of passage from Manila to San of special damages, his Lordship said he could
It was not satirely red, but variegated cream of Association, The method of placing the Francisco, points in the United States and not advise the jury at present to adopt such a the match with the Ladies' Recreation Club, and red with black spot. It had never. been staren on the market was next considered. It Canada, and also points in Europe, first-class, coprire, but world have to be prepared to
Mr. A. E Asger, the Indefatigable hon, sec.
·done before or bas noser been done since, but was decided that the sub-committee "should The report shows that the whole of last year intermediate and second-class, as aro Dow bear Conasol. If the verdict were in favour of the League, leht Hongkong for England in that can hardly be adduced as to the present decide as they thought fit the_terms, on which passed with an entire absence of loss of life to quoted by these companies from Hongkong to of the plaintiff, then the jury were bound to give April and is expected to selura in about two relative capacities of Hongkong and Singapore subscriptions should be received, and that if passengers through any accident to the trains the above points. Also when passengers em- | Capt. Mitchell what in their opinion was a fair months.
for the consumption of liquor. We can. in all necessary the list of subscriptions should be in which they were travelling. An to the aum bark on the steamers of the above lints at compensation as comfort and solace for hislos, The accounts show a credit balance of seriousness, assert that a very great change closed even before the expiry of the term when?" ber jejured, viz., 283, that figure is very low Manila for through passage to ports beyond If Capt. Mitchell were entitled to costs, he would $41:00.
has come over as in the last ten years eved, the required amount was subscribed. when compared with previous year. "So'far as Hongkong, they will be allowed, if they desire get it. The duty of the Jury was merely to give The annual general meeting will be held in: and it is no longer considered the thing to do the records extend there was only one previous to remain as much vessel during their stay in him what they considered a reasonable compen the Hongkong Cricket Club Pavilion on Mes more than quench this thirst after sports and year, 1991, in which no passengers were killed | Hongkong, to do so on paying $15 gold to cover sation for a man in his utation of life: Proceed» | day, the 13th of September, at 5.30 p.m.. ganica: Hard drinking before and after dinner in trala accidants, “The avarage numbers for cost of subsistance, etc. Any further, Laforma. Ing, his Lordship said it was curious that seeing
ALAN O. BREWIG✨ -
Is quite out of fashion and that is an advantage the past ten years were at killed and dad la- tion desired will be gladly furnished, upon
compared with which a'dimiantión' of the re- The Krange sumber of fatalities to I 'application to the'âgent,
rouve from liquor is a triking monitor,
The Hongkong Telegraph
Hongkong, THURSDAY, SEPTEMB
ZAR LIPR-TOLL OF RAILWAYS.
The general report which the Board of Trade is about to issue on the accidents that occurred on the railways of the United Kingdom in the course of the year 1908, is one that ought to 'give the travelling public a sense of safely and
confidence, remarks the Pall Mall Gonitis,
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arranging fatores be likewise the same; that
itself what and how many fixtures it arranges
The meeting adopted the--business, tulès: drawn up by the promoting committes, and it' was decided to "ppoint a, sub-committee for the management of affairs relating to the pro motion of the bank. The Chairman nominated
as members of the sub-committen Mr. Wakat- comparison is not exactly ódious ; rather it is so long as it artangas and plays at least half moment is that the only time the Singa (Korona Vice-Minister of Finance), Mr. Kateg fuisoma. The retort that occur at the auki (Vica Minister of Fioauce), Mr. „Arsi
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The Shield and gold medals were givan into the keeping of Ms. F. Maitland, the H.K.C.O. President, by Mr. W. D. Braidwood, the Vice President of the League, at the conclusion of
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In reply to a question Beron Matsuno Vidil.4%) mated that he wished the formation of the bank next. The mesting rong at 4.50 p.m. to be complated before the end of October-
it is expected that the shares of the bank will be placed on the market by the middle of next month.----Fežen Chronicië
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