STORMY MERTING AT ÇANTON RAILWAY SHAREHOLDERSÅ AT LOGGERHEADE,
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY NOVEMBER 20 1900
THE FLORIDA WAIBB CASE,
OPENED BEFORE A SPECIAL JURY'
15th inst.
defendants were calculated to deceive, Castor, reih November.
On the xgth inviant a general meeting of shareholders of the Canton-Hankowe Railway Compasy was held at the company's office. There were present no less than a thousand persons, among whom were the Provincial Traashier, the Taolal of Constabulary, the Kwongchow, Brigadier General, the two district magistrates of Nambol and Pap-yu and the Total for the Development of Native Indus tries, Chan Mang Ting. who was specially Instructed by the Ministry of Posts and Com munications to superintend the meeting. A number of police was also present so as to maintain order. The meeting was or iginally arranged for the purpose of appolating a president and a vice-president to fill the posis vacated by the resignation of Sir Chun Tong Liang Cheng and Mr. Lo Pa Shup. Contrary to expectations the meeting resolved itself into A rowdy affair; considerable discussion and dispute arose between two parties of share. a. holder. In the heat of the debate the share. holders were on the point of coming to blows had the officials not been present to keep order. The reason of the unseemly occurrence was the receipt of a telegram on the day before the meeting from the Ministry of Post and Com munications directing that there be one vote for are nomination instead of two as was the car before.
It was the rule of the Company that every vole Is entitled to nominate, two man at the same time, one as president and the other as vice- ia president. Some of the shareholders were favour of the instructions of the Ministry of Portu and Communications while others object- ed and were of the opinion to adhere to the original rule of the Company. As the sharo holders were still pursuing their heated con. troversy up to 4 pm, in the afternoon, the offi cials gave order to drop the question of the election for the present until further instructions are received from the Ministry of Posts and Communications.
JAPAN'S SHIPBUILDING
BUSINESS,
The case was opened this morning before the acting Chief Justice (Hon. Mr. W. Rees Davies, R.C.) and a special jury in which Edward Kemp and others, trading as Mears Lauman and Kemp, of New York, are bringing an action "gainst the Kwong Sang firm for (1) an Injunction to restrain their, servants and agents from selling or exposing or adver Lising for sale, or procuring to be sold, any Florida Water bearing theron a label (annexed la the claim) or any other label so contrived or expressed as by coloumble imitation or other wise to represent or lead to the bel of that the Florida water sold by defondsats is the Florida Water manufactured and sold by the plaintifs (3) An account. (5) Damages (4) Costs,
Mr. M. W. Blade, instructed by Mr. H. W. Looker(of Messrs. Deacon, Looker and Deacon) appeared for the plaintiffs. Sir Henry Berkeley, K., with whom was Mr Eldon Potter, in stracted by Mr. H. K. Holmes, was for the defendants.
The following was the jury:-Messrs, D. W Craddock (foreman), L. Gibbs, G. H. Medburst, C. W. Lafrentz, D. R. Law, A. Shelton Hooper and A. Mackenzie.
His Lordship, addressing Sir Henry, said be. regretted having bad to unavoidably require the presence of tbd Jurors.
Sir Henry opposed the application, which he minato the defendants, and, drifting Inte said would enable the plaintifa to set open absol- sarcastic vein, Sif Henry stated that an emi ately new case. The plaintiffs were not in a ment firm of solicitors had raked Hongkong position to call any wiinesces and to pitchfork with a tooth-comb (Laughter). The cass, Sir an amandment foto the case would be embar | Henry told the fary, must stand or fall on the marsing and vexations. Although the Court assumption whether the labels bed by the and unlimited power, it could not grant an application of that, nature on any and every occasion. The claim was for the infringement of the two-gitis brand as the fountain Brand There was not a scintilla of mention about the brand which Mr. Sinde proposed to put in.
After Mr. Slade had replied, he proposed to pass a bottle to the jury.
Sir Henry objected, and, la doing so,
again said that the sole question at lane was whether as a fact the manufacture, used by the defend, nota was calculated to deceive. The Court had nothing to do with the question of intention whether the girl brand infringed the fountai mark or the ten-mark (be fountain mark. 1 had been found necessary in the .criminal action but not in the present action,
Mr. Slade said the question of latention was absolutely material to the can and cited. authorities in suppen of his contention.
After considerable discussion, His Lordship ruled that Mr. Slade should proceed with his opening.
Sir Heary applied for the removal of the offending bottle from the table, otherwise, Mr. Slade would be guilty of contempt of Court,
His Lordship over-ruled the objection. Continuing, Mr. Slade said that defendants: had started a rival business to that carried on by Messrs. Lanman and Kemp. If an unwary man could mistake one label for another, then the plaintiffs were entitled to their verdict. The resemblance could not be accidental: Defend ants deliberately copied the brand in order to: improve their trade.
The statement of claim in affect set out the, manufacturers that the plaintifle were of and dealers in Florida Water and were the proprietors of a trade-mark consisting of a foral design. The trade-mask was registered In the Colony as an old mark under the osmo of Lauman and Kemp on the 15th February, 1908 The plaintiffs were also the propria- tors of another phoenix trade-mark, which was registered on the 15th February, 1908, siso under the foame of the plaintiffs. Plain tiffs exclusively used the trade-mark. Defend-out ants were selling Florida Water, not manufac lured by the plaintiffs, but so designed as to ba calculated to deceive. Defendants wore guilty of an unlawful imitation of the get-up of the plaintiffs' boules, as a result of which the defendants derived largo profits.
in the afternoon, Mr. Slade continued his address to the jury and referred to the criminal action which had originally been brought against the defendants, That action tutaed unsuccessful but different considerations turned on that case and had no material bearing on the present action.
Evidence was called and the case adjourned.
‚ 'PLAINTIFF'S EXAMINATION CONTINUED. 10th inst.
Mr. & Lamperski, the local agent for Mesurs Lauman and Kemp, New York, was recalled.
Several bottles of Florida. Water manufactur. ed by various Sims were produced and their similarity or otherwise to those manufactured by Messi, Lanman and Kemp testified to by the witness, -
Mr. Slade replied, and, after his Lordship had delivered his summing-up, the jury retired to consider their verdict,
Whe. they returned, the foreman announced that the jury were disagreed, the verdict stand. log at a majority of four to three in favour of the plaintiffs.
His Lordship asked them to retire again, bat after having done so, they returned with the same verdict.
Judgment was accordingly entered for the plaintiffs.
MANILA SMUGGLING CASB.
· GRANT-KENNEDY APPEAL
THE STOWAWAY CASE,
'SENTENCES' MITIGATED.
429
PRESS RATES 10 HONGKONG,
REDUCTION PRECLUDED)
The following lettern and comments appear
Electra House
Before Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistracy last Thunday," Mr.: E. Davidson (of Mesirs in the Singapore Free Pren Hastings and Hastings) made an application on behalf of ons of the four prisoners who had recently been convicted of being stowaways on board the s.. Easter with intent to obtala a passage to Australia and wontended to nine months' imprisonment each,
Mr. Davidson, urged that there must either be direct evidence or evidence from which an inference could be diawn. Such was not the case and prisoner at the time of his arrest in tended to get away.
Mr. Gedge, for the prosecution, asked His Worship to impose as sovore a penály· an possible to serve as a warning to Chinese who may la fature try to obtain passage to Aur. traila.
ME BORY, who appeared for one of the prisoners stated that he wished to associate himself with the remarks of Mr. Davidson. The Ordinance which provided for After a strong Sght, Louis T. Grant, one of the imposition of heavy penalties for ships on the defendants in the Kennedy smugglingcase, which stowaways ware found stood by itself has falled to secure a new trial, and his own and had nothing to do with the nature of the case and that of William Kacpedy, his co-penalty to be imposed on prisoners. The defendant, will now go before the Suprame momal certainty was on the side of the prisoner. Court, reports the Basilä Timer. William The men were found in the afternoon and only Kennedy has already filed notice of appeal and the bare facts of the case were laid before has forbished an appeal bond in the sum of the Court. There was an evidence of guilt P9,000. There is no question but that Louis T. His Worship sentenced two of the prisoners Grant will also appeal his case.
to seven months' imprisonment and inflicted a I finé of $50 on the fourth prisoner.
The last motion for a new trial in the Grant case, which was filed with the court several daya ago, has been overrated la a decision handed dows by Judga Lobingiar yesterday, and an- nounced in open court this morning. Grant will very probably Ele an appeal bond this afternoon or to-morrow morning, when the cass will be admitted to the Supreme Court.
Both defendants now stand convicted of the illegal Importation of opium fato Manila, each being sentenced to imprisonment for one year, after one of the hardest fought cases that has come before the court for many months, Dar- ing the trial of the case tenacious fight for their clients was maintalaed by the attorneys for the defence, not only on the facts, with particular reference to the case of Kennedy, but many difficult problems of law were brought
into the cases.
The principal line of defence in the Kennedy case will be the question of the validity of the testimony of Louis T. Grant against Kennedy without which the prosecution admite that it could not have secured a conviction. A larger Sir Henry (holding up a boule to witness) question which will have to be decided by the Now, lea't this similar to your bottle?-Certaio-Supreme Court of the United States is that as ly not.
to whether the Counts of First Instance of the Hir Lordship (to witness)-What do you say islands ara duly constituted according to law, certainly not ?-Certainly not.
Judge Waita costeading that they are not. Sir Henry-Would you mistake one for the
The principal defence in the Grant case, will other 7-Yes, unless I looked closely at them. be bis alleged release from criminal responsibi. What difference is there between them?lity and subsequent prosecution upon taking There is a difference to the make-up.
the witness stand on behalf of the government
There is a butterfly on the tops of one label- and the dragon flag on the other. Would you mistake the battery for the dragon flag ?-Yes. Then in that case you bad batter consult & doctor if you can't distinguish a butterfly from
a dag.
CHINESE PASSENGER'S INGENUITY. It would not require a commission to award to Jan Cay, a local Chion, the prize pipa for consummate ingenuity is attemping tosmuggle opium. But to Chiel Derr, of the baggage division, and bis able corps of assistants, be
MANILA CARrnival and HONGKONG.
· CHINESE FRAUD DISCOVERED. The fame of the Philippine Carnival having: spread to many lands, the big show has furnished an opportunity for at least one potty graft which, according to Information received in Manila, was worked in Hongkong lust fear, reports the Manila Times..
In a letter to the Carnival Association, Colo. aal McCoy, Insular Collector of Customs, states that he is in receipt of Information from the American Consulat Hongkong to the affect that last year a circular printed in Chinese and pur porting to be lisued by the Carnival Associa tion, was clrealated in that city, in which it is announced that any Chinese person desiring to come to Manila might do so at little trouble and less expense.
The circular sets out that such persons, upon presentation of their photographs and the pay. ment to the American Consul of one peso, would have a yellow certificate issued to them which would ont lie them to land is the Philip pine Islands.
Colonel McCoy stated that he believed that the Carnival Association had nothing to do with the circulars, and made known the in formation received in order that stops may be takes to prevent any such fraud in the future.
It is believed huse that the frand was con- calved by some ingenious persons at Hong- kong, who might easily have duped the more ignorant of the Chioase of that city into band ing over a peso for a worthless certificate, given them by crooks posing as representatives of the
American Consul,
Finsbury Parament, London, E. 0, 15th Oc1⁄4% 1909, Major W. G. St. Clair,
"Singapore Free Press," Singapore.
Dear Sir,
I daly received your telegram of the Eth insti, and beg to enclose for yote lnformation copy of letter to the Chairman of the Cable Rates Commities, Imperial Press Conference, saib
instant
Yours truly,
KHAW. HIBBERDINE. P. S.—t um expecting the concurrence of the Indian Government dally.
W. H.
Copy.
(Enclosure.)
Electra House, Finsbury Pavemenų
London, EO, Esth October, 1909, The Hop, Harry Lawson
Chairman, Cable Rates Committee,
Imperial Press Conference,
Dear Sir,
of
I am directed to inform you that your letter the 27th pitima was laid before the Com- mittee of the various Administrations carrying, the telegraph trafic between Great Britain and India and the Far East, and I am instructed to. advise you that, subject to the concurrence of the Indian Government in the arrangement, it was agreed to reduce the Prass tariff between Great Britain and Penang, Sisgapore ⠀ and Labuan.
As regards the application for a reduction of the Press rate between Great Britain and Hongkong, the Committee regret that there are special circumstances applying to Hong. kong which will, at present, preclude the re- dacilon of that rate.
1 am, however, desired to inform you that there is an arrangement in operation in Hong kong, whereby the Press in that Oity receive. the major portion of thole news at the mais of 4d par word.
Yours truly,
→SL W. HIBBERDINE, To the above it may be added that up to the
The defendants admitted that the plaintiffs were the proprietors of the trade-mark bu denied that plaintiffs had the exclusive right to use the words " Florida Water." They denied DEPRESSION STILL CONTINUES. that they had told Florida Water cot of plato- The Osaka deaki notes that the depression iffs' manufacture under a label so closely re- "In the marine transport business will continues, tembling that of the plaintiffs as to be calculate and Individual shipowners are reduced to aed to deceive. They admitted that they had sold difficolt plight, though the Nippon Yusen Kai Florids Water in bottles of the same shape as she and the Osaka Shosen Kaisha are scraping those used by the plaintiffs. Such bottles were along in one way or another. In these circum-common to the trade in Florida water. It was a stances shipbuilders are complaining that there distinctive, trade-mark, vis, two Chloess girls, is no prospect of a revival in their business. The one holding a bottle in ber hand and the other inactive resson for shipping has now been enter- a sprig. They denied that the use of the words ed upon when steamers are withdrawn from Hok. Florida Water" were calculated to deceive a kaido and North China waters. In this reis a purchasers loto the belief that they were buying great animation usually prevails at all the ship- plaintiffs' Florida Water. They denied that the building yards in the repair of seamers and plaintiffs had been dampled. Defondants' continues until February or March, but in the competition with the plaintiffs was fair trade present, conditions, it is feared, even the ship competition. Subsequently (they discontinued building and repairing business will be adver- the use of the trade-mark and gave notice of saly affected, and that it ma be worse than discontinuance to the plaintiffs." was the case last year. Such yards as the Mr. Slade, in opening the case, said that the Miten Bishi and Kawasaki received orders action was ope which was brought by Messrs. for po more than one steamer each last Lanman and Kemp, who were old-established month, and these yards are wow endeavouring manufacturers of Florida Water, to give employment to their skilled artificers in two main grounds of action. One was the in- shore work. The Oraka iron, Works has start-fringement of plaintiffs' trade-mark and the ed the construction fa dredger for the South other was the imitation of the get-op of the Manchurian Railway Company, a trawler, and plaintiffs' Florida Water. They overlapped to two cargo-boats, but this company is also seek a certain extent each other. The simplest case lag shore work. Other yards are trying hard for the imitation of a trade-mark was for a rival to obtain orders for any work in their line but man to simply "copy the carlier-established are in an aven les favourable condition than trade-mark. This pact'ce was nousual but they were at this time last year,
the one generally, resorted was to so closely imitate the mark, as to be calculated to 1H8 TRADE OF KIAO-CHÂU IN deceive. To as snobservant man, the imitation
1898.
was hardly apparent. To an able and dis- honest trader, it gave opportucites to paas The Times Berlin Correspondent writes:-off imitations for the gevalue article. The The report of the Director of Customs in Kiao-sus! way was to take the prominent features chat states that the total volume of trade for of a particular mark and make slight changes the year 1908 amounted to £1,600,000, being here and put different figures there. The law mentioned about the floral designs 'and'scrolls. heard of the unsuccessful efforts of passing | Hi Excellency the Governor has nominated cost £200,000,000—I had occasion to sand a
the previous year. Imports slightly declined so that the increase in entirely represented by exports. These have received a remarkable fillip by the calling at Tsing-tau since April of the P. and O. steamers, which give a direct communication with Europeap ports. The number of ships sailing under the German flag declined from a81 to 222, and those under the British 137 to rcg, while the Japanese ships, on the other hand, increased from 58 to 797 and the Chinese from 5 to 20,
SIAM'S BUDGET:
IS SATISFACTORY CONSIDERING STATE' OF TRADE.
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The report of the financial adviser on the budget of the kingdom of Slam for the year 138 (1909-10) bas been issued by H. R. H. the minister of finance, says the Slam Obsaver. It reads extremely satisfactorily, considering the | state of trade prevailing in other parts of the Far Fast. he estimated deficit was brought down from Geo and a half million ticals to one of some ticals 646,010 odd, and this was all owing to the increase on the revenue side of the account. The principal increases were in the opium, lavd and fishery, taxes, customs, forest, railway traffic slaughter and licence fees, etc., etc., and the only headings in which there wars only fallings off were the birds' nest farm and the telegraphs. The receipts of bath fell short of the original estimata by some tc. 503,000,
GREAT IMPROVEMENT.
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There were
Mr. Slade-My friend must not pervert witzer' evidence. He said that one would pass off for the other at a distance and not that he couldn't distinguish ́a butterfly from a foun. lain, which is not true,
Sir Henry then proceeded to read the transla ion of some bisere characters printed on the red label used, by Messrs. Lanman and Kemp
for their Florida Water.
the distinction of eternal vigilance and refusal to be daɔed by heathen stratagem,
Theseizure yesterday morning by the officials of the baggage division of four kilos of prepared opium, extracted from the guanysack " travel- ling bag of Jan Cuy, says the Cabinas American of 1tb inst, constitutes one of the cleverest captures of the contraband drug made
Sir Heary-his is a translation by the
since the enactment of the anti-opium law. Court Translator. I suppose you accept that ?-
Jan Cuy arrived from Amoy on Trisang on ye
In this trauslation, appear the words Beware November 3. Disembarking from the vessel, bo
left his bag containing personal effects and of imitations!" The silention of patronisers is liberal supply of liquid dope, at the baggage also directed to the words "Males in Lamman" office trusting that what be considered the most (the Chinese equivalent of Murray and Lan-"original packing" yet devised together with man," the predecessors of Lanman and Komp)
his seaming tardiness is claiming his property states that 'the water has been It also
would succeed to landing the swag, Chineas tested for years and has been. appreciated
bloomers, canoe-shaped footwear, chopsticks by scholars and merchants alike. Nothing is
and candlesticks, dope and all. Jan Cuy had
did not a trader imitate the get-up of some of his-rival-tradera-After-furcishing-a concrete example, Mr. Slade proceeded to say that the plaintiffs Imported Florida Water isto this country since before 1875. In the original criminal action against the defendants, the jury returned a verdict of Not guilty" but that fact had no bearing on the cass before them. In that action, defendants had made certain admissions and one of thein admissions was that before they had started dealing in Florida Water, they knew of Messrs. Laaman and Kemp's Florids water, and knowing this, they started selling Florida Water of their manufac-looked closely at them. ture in 1905 and 1906.
koowledge that everybody have the right to are floral designs in the manufacture of Florida Water. How else can you account for the omission?
Witness' reply was net audible at the Press table.
At this stage, Mr. Slade was about to pass a
certain brand of Florida Water of defendants manufacture to the jury, when Bir Henry.ob fected on the ground that no exhibit could be flowed which was.to be excluded in the cases and considerable discussion followed.
The Chief Justice-Isn't.it the alleged in fringement ?
Sir Henry replied that it bad nothing to do with the panicular claim in which plaintiffs were seeking for a remedy against the alleged injury inflicted on the plaintiffs by the defend- ants.
Mr. Slade-If my friend doesn't make those. hardy, assertions, it will be easier to go on.
Sir Henry contended that it was an attempt on the part of the plaintiffs to bolster up the case, which must fail.
Mr. Slade stated that plaintiffs were suing for two separats infringements. He then proceeded to display three boules; of Florida Water, by tween two of which ha asserted there wAS A
strong similarity. Plaintiffs made no complaint
in respect of the third bottle.
There are two Chinese girls on Kwong Sang's bottle and a fountain on your bottle Would the representation of a girl misland you into the bellaf that it was a fountain -Yes, ons girl would.
One girl would but not two girls -Not If 1 I put it to you that your Florida Water in not Dufactured from flowers but from chemicals? They are made from the extracts of flowers.
There are books which give the chemical recipes for scents-Oars is not made from tar. Sir Henry (smiling)-There are some fine products from tar. In other words, yours is „iba only genuine article?—Yes.
Have you ever tested various Florida Waters and compared them with yours? Yes.
How did you test it ?—I have tested it. How did you do it?-By sprinkling some on my handkerchief and smelling them. You can make out the quality of 'a good perfume add a cheaper article.
You claim the monopoly for Florida Water? Unfortunately, we cannot claim the monopo-
ly.
It is not that unfortunately you can't claim the monopoly. You unfortunately can't an force your claim.
The examination was continuing when our report closed.
17th inst.
bottoms and tubs containing drid fish and the scheme ho hit upon to fool the sleuths eclipsed anything heretofore attempted.
Jan Cuy leisurely sauntered into the baggage office yesterday morning, nonchalantly asking for his travelling bag." The customary ex. amination was proceeded with and at the bottom of the sack were discovered three roughly hawn, flat pieces of wood, of non-descript, shape and appearance. One would have” guemed them to be placed there as ballast, Bat the customs officials, with all their senses trained to the discovery of contraband, seemed to take a strange interest to the blocks It was the weight of one of them which attract ed the attention of ons of the sleuths, and an- other, as though perchance brloging it close to his olfactory organ, began to sniff ominously.
The denouement and arrest of the Chino followed rapidly. The wooden pieces, opened with an axe, were found to contain four tins of prepared oplem. The tins, about twelve incher long by six wide, wera pertly ensconced and tighly sited in their wooden receptacles.
Instead of golden pipe dreams, his ecstasy heightened by the supreme gratification of having foiled a "Melicas" custom man, it is to
ARBITRATION BOARD.
RESUMPTION OF KIL, 441 AND 618,- The Governor-in-Council baving, on the roth inst, resumed the property registered to the Land Office.as Kowloon inland Lots 442 and 68 for a public purpose, a Board consisting of three members should be appointed to deter mine the amount of compensation to be in respect of such resumption. Notics is given in the Garells that, it has been mutually arranged by Judges of the Supreme Court that is Honone H. B.J. Gomperts, Paine Judge, shall be the chairman of the Board appointed for the assessment of the compensation payable to the owners of the above-mentioned properties in respect of the resumption of such properties.
of Public Works, to be a member of the sald Board. The owners of the properties are re. guired to nominale almember of the said Board, Nomination by ownere may be sent to the Crown Solicitor's Office,
RAVENUS FROM ÓPIUM.
BANGKOK VIEW ON PROPOSED MONOPOLY IN THE STRAITS." Opium is much the biggest revanuo baad in Sism's budget-thirteen and a half out of sixty. three millions--but fortunaialy, saya the Bdug. kok Times, this country can regard with some equanimity the plight in which both the Straits and Hongkong are finding themselves from the same scorce of revenue. The Government of the Straite Settlements is following the example of Siam in bringing the opium monopoly neder Government administration, but the colony is ruled from London, and the better the new department does its work, the greater will be the opportunity for censure on the part of the sati-oplam agitators in England, and the greater the danger of this source of revance being taken from the colony, The farms have beep get rid of in Siam, with a view to steps blog drug, But we are not aware that any such steps buvo been taken so far, since the opium rdvenue is as important here as in the colonies mentioned. The necessary preliminary of ending the farms has, however, beau, complet ed, and when the new department bas sufficient experience the question of what can safely be done to prevent the spreading of the habit will A mild sonsation has been caused over deserve serious consideration: Opium does real
met Palme, Captain Cockmas, one, of the can take bez owe time in carreleg them out. what may be termed the remarkable case of evil, but the evil will not be lessened by ill-con- Mr. J. G. Sima, chief officer of the P. and O. sidered ipforms, and fortunately this country big cargo vessels of the P. and O, feet, writes the Forth correspondent of the Times of that, when the vessel left Sydney for Mel- Ceylon ander date November 4. It appears tourne last week, Mr. Sims was missing. On
be the rockpile for Jan Cay. He will be risken ultimately to discourage the use of the
rainged la court to-day.
CURIOUS LOSS OF MEMORY.
REMARKABLE DISAPPEARANCE. OF A P. AND O. OFFICER AT SYDNEY,
present the Telegraph Office at Singapore appears to have no information as to any ins tructions for the reduction coming into effect. Nor is there any information concerning any decision by the Indian Government, which is the carrier of tolegrams over its own land lines between 'Bombay and Madras, where these are put out the Madras-Pabang Cable. The Cable Company, it is understood, have bean in negotiation for some time with the lodian Government for the lease of a Goy. ernment land, lina. But this `question`dpós not yet seem to have been settled. Another point should be noticed. Stress is placed by Mr. Hibberdine qn the fact that Hongkong gets the major portion of its' prear news at a low rate, evidently referring to Renter's despatches. Buta paint made in the Editor's letter to the Chairman of the Cable Rites Committes, (though not be.. cluded by Mr. Lawson in his letter to the Cable Board) was that as the Far East may in the fu zurawitness Important political developments, it was essential that every facility should be afford. ed for the sending of full press information from, the Far East to London. It does not really' meet the case, when the position is that nows gous one way at a reasonable rate, and at the other way at an almost prohibitive rate. Com pression almost always leads to misunder standing, and misunderstanding may, in times of political tention, have unfortunate results." Mr. Moberley Ball, of the Zimas speaking as a member of the Imperial: Press Converenca deputation to Mr. Asquith on cable rates, gara an interesting instance of this. He said
"Perhaps. The Government might save by cheap telegraphy. May I sell very briefly one little incident that bappeaed to myself. Be- fore the South African war-which, i beliers,
in to Mr. It derstood. I.confirmed it by letter. The reply I received from Mr. Rhodes-I have it still-is this: If your letter had arrived ten days ez!- or, what a difference it would have made !! Now if the rate had been a penny a word. I could have telegraphed the whols of that letter. I do not say it would have stopped the South African war; but it might have made a vary enormous difference."
THE BBA SERPEN1.
BERK ABOARD THE "ON SANG."* Nothing makes a toan smile easier than to inform him that the Sea-serpent has been seen. The narrator is lovited to "change bis brand*.or "did be liave 'em cnally bad, this time." If he were informed that a strange water reptile had been seen, like an octopus, for example, he might be belleyed, but "Son-ser- pants" won't go down. They are too fabulous, too monstrous, too much like the Franken. stein story and the notion is Jaughed away. There is a sketch of the Sea-serpent. In the Bingofors Free Prou office at the "pre, sent moment drawn by an official of the steamer On Sang now in, port, so that, any incredulous person may satisfy kimisil, that this boge snake, measuring about apo fest in real life, was not a myth but a reality. To come down to facts. When the Indo-China Co.'s steamer On Song, was on her just voyigu from Java to Hongkong, being, then in Lat, & dag. to min. N. and Long. tog deg. 35 min. E., tha officer of the morning watch: discerned an im- mansely long object fipating, partly aboys tha surface at a distance of some 400 fast from the ship. Shosis of black fire are so common la these parts that the officer atosce concluded they wore this variety following each other in order with black fios appearing above the water." { he movement howover was different on further aramination and the whole mass, just like the undulating motion of a huge stake about roo From the list showing the various servifest in length, left no room for doubt that it was
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BASTERN CADETSHIPS,
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION, 1909.
As a general thing there was a great Im provement in the amounts gathered in. The light loss in the telegraphs was due to the
Sir Heary read the writ in the claim, which revision of rates on account of the exchange complained of the infringement of one part of Intention and told the jury that the intention, Sir Henry Berkeley dealt with the question value of the tical. ' On the expanditare side ticular label' to which plaintiffs had taken ex-
to be of any value in the case, must have suc the increase was but a small one, it being ception. and not any other labels. The object ceeded. He rested the whole of his case on the only a matter of ics. 111,000 over an estimats of the writ, Sir Henry declared, was to prevent ground that the marks were not so similar as of over tex. $6,500,000, so that it is little the defendants from doing what was alleged to be calculated to decaive a customer, however wonder that the entire budget is to be cou against them at the time the writ was lodged anwary he may have bean. They had the right sidered satisfactory when the general stats | ogalost them" The presar action was not to use the same kind of label as Lanman and of trade in the Far East is taken into consi❘ brought in raspect of the particular bottle which Kemp. Sir Henry, addressing the jury, said the run round the coast every effort was made cos to which the successful candidates' in ] the san-serpent. At intervals iis huga black: deration. Taken as a whole it would seem Mr. Slade proposed to put in but in respect of that the entire revenue of the kingdom of the label anexed in the claim. The action that the case was not put before them in their find him. It was thought he might have the concurrent. Open competitive examins fins appeared, and a sketch was able to be
entirety. In support of his contention, Counsel before the Palas Judge was for an interim proceed to read a lotter, which he said dit lujboction, while Mr. Slade sought for a per-coated all allegations of fraudulent intention manent Injunction. Plaintiffs, Sir Henry stated, agales the defendants. He trusted on their Counsel proceeded to read certain affidavits, commonsense as basicess-men to thrash out when he was interrupted by Mr. Slade, who the trail of the matter and said that their whole vardict turned on the fact whether, the, two- moved a formal objection...
Sir Henry contended that he was entitled to bottles were so like each other as to be calcu-
Isted to decalra. ·. read the affidavits,
Biam in 1959.10 was 'ics. 63,000,000, which must be considered a very fair amount. The Lovene estimates for next year are a trifle
more than this, by, tcs. 4,433,67o, but we must confss themselves to their claim. do pol think that anyone will be disposed to complain about them, seeing the enormou profits accruing to the country generally under the existing methods of administration. EXCHANGE.
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If a student of finance follows the figuras Mr. Slade said be could do so at kis peril. contained in the report right through he will
Sir Henry stated that the Interim injunction sap that the Government and its advisers in was being sought to be made perpetual. There this direction haye adopted and adhered to a were only two labole in respect of which the policy which makes for safety. There is little action was being brought. It was necessary elim to be said about the prosent budget. Most that plaintiffs' should confine themselves to people in the Far East would seem to have speclic pleadings. Mr. Sizde's action would their own views upon the question of exchange, be extremely vexatious to them. The action precisely as it suits their own convenience, but was in respect of the two-girls brand. It most he conceded by all that the ministry of Mr. Slade declared that the plaintiffs wanted finance has done all possible that is 'concomit remedy for the injury leficted on them. act with stability and existing circumstances. His Lordship said it appeared to him (ba Slang, having adop'ed the gold standard, at the action was directed in respect of the parl. #tally had to put up with certain inconveniences, -cular label,
if not actual losses, at the outset, but it must be After further argument, Mr. Slade applied remembered that these are but temporary for learn to amend the statement of claim by i sentidemend that they will result in eventually the lasertion of the word "various" before the lacing this country upon the basla: www All --word "labels", in paragraph 8 of the stalemant
'JUDGMENT FOR THE PLAINTIFFS.
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not the gigantic Mos of New Zakland whose legs measure seven feet and are ma thick ka a man's Then why not the sea-serpentinapart frets the too frequent Imbibition of alcohol).
fallen down a hole into one of the bankers and tions held in August 1930 for (1) the Civil mids, though it in a pity to camera, was belog stunned, was unable to cry out for Service of India (1) Clerkships (Class L.) bandy at the time. There is also another alstence. Capt. Cockman caused the coal in in the Home Civil Service, and (ii) Eastern witness to this stenoge sight and it in.lakt the bunkers to be timed over to depil of 7 Cadetships fu the Colonial Services, we give the to ons onders to draw deductions from what is ships, including appointments to Ceylon, the all, the questing arises why should set gigantic or leht, but without finding the missing officer. namen of those assigned to the Easter Cadet solemnly declared to have bean sean. After Capt. Cockman on reaching Melbourne, on Monday, reported this, but on Tuesday, Mr. F. Straits Settlements, the Protected Federated reptiles, serpents or other living menntag ba found in the sea? Hava wa nne in our Musanias Haben Ernest Newnham, Dean Close suck colossal extinct creatures as the Megathuria received a message from the company's White, the P. and O. agent at Melbourne, Malay States, and Hongkong 1
and fearful and wonderful animals that livad office at Sydney stating that Mr. Sims Memorial School, Chelseskam, Oxford (St. The Goverment Analyst's and other evid-was alive and wall, and no auxiaty need John's Arthur Mitchell Goodman, King before the glacial period, in binda, too, have
be felt regarding him. The most remark Edward VI. School, Both, Oxford (New) Gay pce was taken and the case adjourned.
able part of the disappearance was still to Stanley Woodman, Rossall Cambridge (Jesus) come. The missing officer was discovered at James Devaus, St. Muschia's Limerick, Royal Sir Heary Berkeley contioned his address to Parkes last Monday, where, on arrival, he at University of Ireland (Queen's College, Cork), the jury and in the course of a lengthy dissection once went to the house of his sister-in-law. Mark Aitchison Young, Kton, Cambridge of the various points on which the case tamed, His mind was a total blank regarding his (King'), Mungo Tennept Archibald, Hamilton said that pas of the issner was whether the pak life. He recollected leaving the steamer, Academy, Glasgow, Oxford (Pembroke), Wil defendants had copied Mesara Lanman and but he could not remember what vastal itam Konoeth Hunter Campbell, Rossal, Ox Kemp's label so as to induce people to buy was or where he left. He next remem their wong Sang's) bottles of Florida bared finding himself at Parramatta, white, Water. The most prominest feature of the seeing the name of Parker, he suddenly case, Counsel declared with some smphasis, decided to go there. Mr. Sims is in good was that the plaintiffs had not been able to health and pormal in every respect, with the bring forward single person who was in a excepilon of the inexplicable loss of memory. position to testify, to having been decalvod: Ha hai no recollection whatever of the posities by the labels of the defendants, it was he occupied on the Palma. Hr. Sims will be farssons Conclusion that pinintiffs' law. known to many la Unylon, having been once, pure had let po stong natured to ingri, odlost of the Moldavis
The On Bang hag a Ana whither trips reports Capt. Wolley, from Hongkong the only fultos ward erent being the suicide of one of the uret men. It seems this individual chows TRAVESS ford (Wadham), Robin Ernest Gordos-Walker, shoot by way of latinching himself into neuralty, Rugby, Cambridge (King's), Rickard Bourke As soon as the alarm was given, ille-bathr Osborne, Cheltenham College, Oxford (Wad-thrown and a boat lowered in the. ham), Roger Edward Lindell, Uppingham, cuing the man, but kyvas or Cambridge (King's), Henry Augustus Ferrer, the man sank soos plot fampian Dulwich College, Cambridge. I Magdalena), though, be'swim for soms distance Samuel Barnside Boyd Meldeny, Campbell, Song has put out a larga často College, Belfast, Tricity College, Dublin, wunday and will probably get away (Mr. McRiderry will probably come to Hong logo to-morrow matrisk for Jars where
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