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ALLEGED MALICIOUS
PROSECUTION.
AGASDEYENDANT COMMITTED TO PRISON.
the Inst..
Before the Chief Justice, Bir Francis Piggott, and pacial jury in the Supreme Court this morning, the case was resumed in which Li Nam Shan, dilas Li Kal Mi, aliar Li Sas, ved Ma Fo Ban for that he did maliciously and without charge of forgery and other charges reasonable and probable cause, pre- against the plaintiff before a Police Magistrate, causing the plaintiff to be wast for tilat on the wald charges and imprisonment thereon and prosscating the plaistis thereon atlas Criminal. Sessions, where the plaintif was acquiited, Particulars of special damages were $3,500 Plaintif claimed damiges on account of the said malicious prosecution. Mr. M. W. Slade, K.O., lanirncted by Mr. W. E. L. Shenton, of Masste, Deacon, Looker and Deacon, appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Eldon Potter, Instructed by Mr. H. L Dennys, Sty from the Crown Solicitor's Omes, represented the defendant. ̧¦-
bela's, was as follows: Messrs. E. Ormis ton (foremad), L. N. Leefe, J. Barton, A. W. A.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY AUGUST 5 1910
SHARKS AT TAIPO,
CAPTURE IN TOLO HARBOUR.
7gth inst.
HONGKONG IN 1909,
HONGKONG WATER POLO SHIELD COMPETITION.
THE HITCHEDULEMM CASB.
INTERESTINO DISCUSSION ARISES OUT OF DE MOTION FOR LEAVE TO APPRAI~*
3rd inst Before the Chief Justice, Bir. Francis Piggott, The first match in the aumi-final of the above and Mr. Justice Flizelini, Acting Folano Judge, the Victoria Rec cation Club bath, between the W. Slade... insistcted by Mr. P. M.Hedg competition took place yesterday afternoon insisting is. Fall, Groet this, morningis Mr Ms V.R.C. and the C.V.C. The match was keenly son, of Magars. Ewers and Harston, moved watched by large gathering of interested motion for leave to appeal to the Frivy Council from a drciales of the Fall Court delivered on spectators. Mr. T Mask acted as referee,,
The teams ware as followi
the ith July last in the case in which Capt. Tez Claxton, A. S. Ellis, H. A. Lammert, A. H.
V.R.Q.i–L. E. Lammert, ]. Forbas, &. A.-L.A. Mitchell sted. John Lamm, architect, for damagas for alleged criminal conversation Carroll and A. V. Barros,
Bank with his wife, Mr, G, G, Alabaster, instructed O.Y.C.-R. O. Witchell 0.1. Cooks, C. by Mr. D. V. Stanvidson, of Means. Deacon, Bun T. Logan, F. C. Shtosa, G. Witchell Looker and Deacon, appeared for the respond- and Hey.
The gains wAN A
» was a fast and exciting one in the Mr. Bizde stated that that was a motion for
as the judgment delivered by the Court Was play, Logan, secured the feather and pat Cooke, and the latter had tas fest apportaulty end it to H. C. Witchall who canterad it to
wrong in fact and in law. The poskios set out the bletary of the case, accurately, to have a try at the opponent's goat which appellant felt aggrieved at the judgment, want too wide, After this Ellis got posses. slow of the ball" and sant it to Claxton he tried panch is but missed. Imms dilately after this Ellis, Claxton and H. 4. Lammert played an excellent combination game the latter scored the first goal of the
costs to Messrs. Descon. Looker snå: Dascon, 'strange' formation. It was "perfectly flat and There is a noticeablo increase la Nam kuchlik | subscriptian of $11,000 The total fand at the | frst half, and when the whistle sounded for leave to appeal to the Privy Goanchi, lasompchi
Messrs Butterfield, and Swire and their allled firms contributed 10,noo and H. E. Cheung Yaa-tson, Governor General BIR HENRY MAY'S REPORT.
of the Liang Kdang Province, $100,000, Chi- bese residents in Walchow through Mr. Chang In concluding his report, dated auth July, to
Fal-sze S01,764, Chinese residents in Hopp. the Secretary of State, on the Blue Book for Yong $195,000. Oblusse residents in Canton A small specimen of shark, of the peculiar 1907, Sir Henry May makes the following gene: 513,971; Chinese residents in Saigon Sto,000, hammer hund wariaty, was on viscavenger tal observations on the more notable event the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank $50,000, Harbour Office this forenoon. This in the year. He writes tom p
The assessment made for the year 1909-11 Messrs. Jardine, Mathen! & Co. $15,000, and Mestre David Sassoon & Co. Menirs. E.D. monster of the deep was brought to Hong- tong by Capt. G. La Willoughby from Talpe, (est July to seth June), shaws a slight decrease Sassoon & Cn the Chartered Bank of India Territory earlier in the day. The doh warn 060 per cent. Id Shaukiwas, the Hongkong 5.000 esch Other sums have been promland. the Stanley having arrived from the New in the rateable value of the whole Colony of australia and Chles, and Water. Charter & Mody small one, balag just about two last long, villages, Kowloon Point, Yaumsti, Hanghon Mr. Ng Li-bing a resident in this Colony, has a but is rare to these waters. It was of the and Kowloon villages there is an increase reordertaken to transfer a sum of $50,000 original
Ing from 0'44 per cast, to 10'53 per cent, bat ly: Inlanded for the Hongkong Colleges of strange variety known as the "hammar-head," The body and the tall are indistinguish decrease in shawn in the City of Victoria of Medicins to the University and the Chinese 100 per cent... In the Hill Digict of oʻg:' per
asidents of Saigon have promised second able from sharks of the other varintias,
cent, and in Mongkoktaal of 973 per cent. alther in colour or shape; but the head was of shaped like a hammer, which accounts for the of $41,545 or 66-66 per cent of the close of the year stood at $1,379,194 His Majesty's Government, as token of their The average rate of exchange (demand on sympathy with the undertaking, granted a sam popular name of the spacles. The mouth was
London) which bad bero 3/96737 to the dollar of 100 per annum for the endowment of a underneath, while the syns were at each and of the head of the bammer shape. The native for 1968 fell to 1/9 0501 for 1999,
scholambip at the proposed University, and H. M. the King was graciously pleased to pat- fishermen in Talo Harbour made the capture
The position with regard to anballiary colnsmit the holders of this scholarship to be des during last night. It was brought up with many others but of the round-noga or doz-fish
remained nosatisfactory, and during 1989, the cig sind as King &dward the Seventh Government withdraw from circulation liver Scholars. A site for the University was colect subeldiary.coin amodating to the face valor of | að at iha junction of the Pokfulam and Bonham $779.713 and copper to the face, valoa of Roads, and at the beginning of the current Iand where they were melted down and sold as derick Lugard. bullion for £7.75718, 48, and £1,595 or vil respectively. The loss to revenus by this trans clon amounted to $76,863.17. The discount during the year on Hongkong subsidiary coin. subsidiary coin 41% and 8%. Hongkong copper varied between 4 and 71%, and on Chinese .cents warn from, 105 to 120 per $1, and Chiness copper conts from 112 to 133 per $1. Negotia tions conticued without success between this Government and the Chinese Authorities with A view to decreasing the excess of Chincus sub. | sidiary colo
Backer, F. Maitland, J, W. Belles and W. not last night. Logan,
jury.
UNSUBSIDIARY COINS.
TYPHOON.
game. Before the whittle sounded for half
too wide.
The second half of play was
was similar to that of the first. Soon after the start H. A. Lammert swam away from Bunji and scered the second and last goal of the game. Cooke now was just the mad in the right place and cleared tried Forbes again with a stinger, but the latter the isather every time.. Ellis now had a bosutl- fol opportunity of scoring, but somehow or other his shot went too high. Soon after this Barros sent in a stinger which was disallowed as he was within the two yards' line. Bofors time was called both teams had a few more trias, but nothing was added to the score. The whistle then sounded for time with the "Old Club" a wloner by = goals to mike
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Mr. Alabaster said that the petition, also asked that the execution of judgment be suspanded. He was instructed to oppose that The application was made under Rails Sa
The Chief Justice-It's merely a question of
Mr. Alabaster They are not, as a right en procedure
I ask that the time be cut down from three months to a much shorter period, fundars, stand that the stay was anked for in order to enable
the 'appellant to send home tha paperi but he has had heaps of time to do that and I from home. One mouth would be ampl" rum, understand that he has already received opinion cient. It would be unjust to the respondant to grant the stay, but it would not be unjust to the appellant to refute it because of a foreign at tachment of $30,000 to recoup him`la respect of costs.
specimen. That brought to Hoogkoug ible morning was the only was brought up in the While being conveyed to Taipo market carly Mr. Potter continued his address to the this morning Capt. Willoughby, who happened | $40,616, These coins ware shippad to Eng-year the fonadatlou stone was laid by Sir Fregime Cooke had a couple of trias`which went titled to a suspansion of exacullon of fudiment
Counsel dealt with the mortgage to be passing by at the time, spotted out the swiadia, which had cost defendent Stonorange fish in the basket and bought it from The Jury bad board that Li L.tung's mother had the natives. Even by the villagers at Talpo, applied for the mortgage to be set aalde and de- who have seen several specimens of the shark fendant's next step was to prosecute the plain caught in Tolo Harbour, it was admitted that in and another party, who pleaded guilty, fish of the kind of which the master of the Mr. Slade had suggested that the prosecation Stanley became the possessor this morning has had been instituted in the hope of getting rarely been seen before in thesa waters. It has money out of the family. He strongly protest been suggested to Cast. Willoughby to present. ed against these suggestions when there was the specimen to the City Hall morsom, not particle of evidence in support of them. Any body could say "Oh, you prosecuted me in the hope that somebody would pay the money. What was defendant's position? He had done bailors la America and had made some money. He said he was a contractor and plaintiff admitted that that was so. He was not a money-leader and bad never been one. He had only advanced two loads on mortgages in the course of his life, one for $3.500 and the other la respect of the present transaction, The defendant had been termed a money-loader and a blood-sucker. Anybody who had spare money to lead would therefore come under that category. It was not fair to brand a ma In that way unless there was proof.
Mr. Slade-You musta't say that.
70|| THE WRECK OF THE " TETSURBI.
-MARO,"
EIGHTY-THREE PERSONS STILL MISSING.
A report made on the 17th altime by the Osaka Shosen Kalsha to the authoritles on the wreck of the Tetrural-mars gives the approxl- mate number of persons on the steamer and those so far known to have been saved, as fol lows:-
ar
First-class passengers. Second. Third
Crew........
On Board, Rescued.
6
14
12
ITI
45
56
10
79
153
Mr. Potter There's no proof to this cate Proceeding, Mr. Potter stated that four times Military officers and man. 59- under cross-examination, the decadant admit-Stip's officers....... ted that he had made advances two or three time. Because he said that was it'fair that he should be called a blood-thirsty money. Lender and a liar? Was it fair that his friend should pick out pieces of evidence and brand him as a money.lender?
His Lordship-The point which Mr. Slade made use of was that the rate of th percent per month was too high,
Mr. Potter-1 understand that it's the ordin
ary rate of Interest among the Chinesa,
His Lordship-That was one of the paints. Mr. Potter-He want further than that. Ha used the strongest adjectiva which could be applied to any man in a Court of Law, and in -support of ble allegations he hasn't one tittle or joi of avidence.
.......... $4
Total........... 24. 354
It is remarked that the details of passengers and crew given above are still doubtful, A more accurate ilst will be fasted on the receipt of the information which is belog brought by the Amakuta maru. The number of people in No. 5 boat, which has been picked up by the date-marx, is not included in the figuras given, as the pumber is a known. It has since Seco learned that the boat contained 17 pas- songers a seamas. Thus it wil be seen that 54 passengers and 29 of the crow are still missing.
The cralara Yodo and Mishima, which were sent in search of the missing people, report that it is remarkable no wreckage is seen float.. ing la the viclalty of the disaster..
Continuing, Counsel said that assuming that all that the plaintiff said was corrects took his story to be true-the mere fact of his id
Captain Uyamara, of the Imperial Army, nocence did not guiltle blm to their verdict, In that case, any man could institute proceed who was y Jassanger on the wre:ked steamer, Inge in a case of that kind. What the plaintiff has arrived in Osiks, and giver et arker of bad to prove was that at the time the account of his experiences I embarked on defendant brought the charges against him, be the Teisure-mars at Mokpo. We warn dining did not honestly believe in his guilt and that together with the Captain and other officere of he did not take proper preciations in bringing, sto imer at about 7.45pm, when the charges. With regard to the question of bolse was board and the stormer stopped. We the photograph with the declaration attached want cut to see what was the mater, and soon found that the Bleamer was aground. The Cap thereto, I was inconceivable that, assuming, that defendant was a villian of the darkest dye,tain did not lose a moment is calling all bands ha could be such a fool as to make use of it if on deck, and giving orders for the safety of the His behaviour was admirable in he was convinced that to do so was dangerous, passengers.
borrible
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OPIUM DIVANS.
In pursagace of the palley of H. M's Gavera. ment, 16 opium divans were closed on the ist March, 1909, and compensation amonating to $11,613 was paid to the divan-keepers. All re- maining divan-keepers both in the Colony and the New Territories were bolised that no licences would be renewed after 8th February 1910. The opiam laws of the Colony were con solidated in September last and were amended so as in give full affect to the recommendations made by the International Oplum Conference, which sat at Shanghal during February, 1919, and to the policy of H.M Government. Tenders for the lease of a new Opium Farm for 3 years from the 1st March, agro, were called for, and the lease was granted to Messrs. Ho Kom-teng, Ng Li-ling, Lau Chil-pak and Ch'an Kal-men, et an angel, rental of 3+183,200, This means a fors to the revenue of $119 860 during 1910 and of $170,551 daring each of the, FORTE YOTE And '1917,
The restrictions on the consumption of opium both inside and outside the Colony era as follows:-
(1) The smoking of opium is restricted in Hongkong primarily by the existence of a mesopoly under which the sole, right of pre- paring opium for smoking and of selling the prepared drug is vested in a monopolize who is theresabled to charge a very high price for the drug. The selling price of prepared opium and drosu opium is $1.50 and $1.05 raspecilvaly per Ohlsese ounce (1 o). The monopolist alone can import prepared opium,
(1) Oplum divans (or oplum deus as they are called by some) have been closed, as explained in the preceding paragraph. Heavy pangkies are imposed for the illicit opening of a divan. Persons fasad smoking in a divas are liable to fine and persons found in, or escaping from, divan are under the law presumed to have been
smoking therein. "
ilooer.
(1) Penalties are imposed on" any person who administers say infection or furnishes morphine to any other person except under Prescription from a qualified medical practi (4) The importation for sale or use within the of morphize and compounds of oplam are stricted by licence.
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Between the 19th and auth of October vory savera Typhoon struck the Colony, Timely winning of the approaching storm tory. The damage done to Government was fortunately given from the Observa- cost over $50,000 10, repairs. property Private property also suffered severely. The Destroyers H.M.S. Randy and H.1.5. Janse were kindly sent by Commodore (now Rear Admiral) Lyon, to the assistance of a number of disabled junke, which were reported to the 9.W, of the Gap Rock Lighthonis. These towed in 4 disabled junks and distributed rice and water to other fänke which were short of previsions. A tug filred by Government was also pat and brought in ga sülpwrecked Chlonsa and one junk. Later the Destroyer accom pauled by H.M.S. Cadmus made a fortbar and more extended search is consequence of a ra- poit that there were other derelict junks ia need of assistance, They returned after 3 days' cruise without having found way more vessels. It is presumed that with a change of wind these would have gained the mainland, In addition to these rescues the Ocala Steam- ship Co.'s Telemacku brought in it ship. wrecked Chloess and a German steamter. the & Mathilde, towed la 6 Junki-s very creditable performance. Two other steamers brought le 16 men and a jank. The total saved watt man and it junks.
DELIMITATION OF MACAO.
In Jane General Sir J. Machado, K.C.M.O, and Kao Erb Chito, Portuguese Commissioner and Chinese Commissioner respectively for the delimitation of the boundaries of Macao, ar rived in Hongkong where they held their de liberations in the bouse of the Coosal-General for Portugal: The Conference closed on the 13th November.
V. R. C.
The Victoria Recreation Club, which under the style of the Victoria Regatta Club held its first reguita in 1849, and, is the oldest athleile club in the Colony, successfully celebrated it sixtieth Anniversary on the 10th of July at its handsome new club bouse as an extension, adjoining the Naval Yard, of what was formerly Murray Plor.
CLUB GERMANIA,
On the 17th of November the Club Germaola commemorated its ditieth anniversary, a large cumber of the English commanity, locluding His Excellency the Governor, baing present..
LATE MR. BAIN,
On the sist of April Mr. George Murray the Press is the Far East, passed away after Bals, who has been aptly called the doven of one months of precarious health. Mr. Mar
editor of the China Moll, In 1871 he becam
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WATER POLO.
V.R.C. 0, CİV.C.
4th lost.
and C.Y.O. (Semi-Final) took place on Tdos- The water polo struggle between the V.R.C. day afternoon before a very big gathering, and I think this match crentes quits as much inter ett in Hongkong as the Jeficios Johnson fight." As both teams took the water, they were greet- ed with continued applause from the excited backers. Whentheteams faced each other for the coming struggle, grim determination could be on stamped on the swimmers' faces, and from the mlonte the whistle sounded for, the come mencement of play; every good move on the part of the men was rewarded with a antbaslastic round of applause.
Tommy Logan secured the ball at the start for the O. Y. C. and gave ble team the first chance of the game, but the V.R.O. representa could be done, nad là lass than two minutes dives were on their opponents before anything H.A. Lammart registered the first goal for the home team, sending in a stinger, which Heigh was unable to stop. This cooülderably warmed up the contestants who struggled up and down the bath, but the backs of the V. R. G. were always alett and never allowed a single chance to be given to their rivalt, half than being called with the register showing one goal to mil in favour of the old Club.
Mr. Slađa—All the property In Bled up, It is a most foganious device on respondent'a part to prevent the appeal. It's very difficult to dispose of the property.
The Chief Justice-The question is what security you should put up.
Mr. Alabaster--Yes, but the stay should not; be granted if to do so would not be just to the raspondent and I submit it would, bể unjust to grant the stay.
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The Chief Justice-What's your position, Mr. Slade?
Mr. Blade-Our posliian la that the property. is under forsiga attachment. We've sold part of the property and the sum of $17,000 is in Court. The whole amount of the judgment and costs is $20,000, Against that thars in this. sum of $17,000 in Court from the sale of portion of the property
The Chief Justice-Assuming that there' la $10,000 la Court there's an and of the bood?
Mr. Blade-Yes.
Mr. Alabaster-The bond is for $10,000. They may not value it but it has not bass vacated yet, It's not only a cass of respon- doat being kept out of the money for a very long period but respondent is a bankrupt and
as long as he remalas a "bünkrupt, he's subject to a penalty of $100 a month to be paid to the Official Recalver to supply assets to craditors, elmply because the appallant wishes to dis 'whether this Court and the Court below are wrong in their judgmeste
Mr. Slade-We are perfectly willing in fall in with my friend's wishes provided he'll far. wish security.
Mr. Alabaster-We'll endeavour to give security.
Mr. Slade-You must.
At this polut, the Chief Justice Intimated that Mr. Alabaster's point would be allowed, subur ject to security being provided. -
The interval was greatly relished by both teams who appeared pretty well-fagged after round No. t, but on restating, they went hard at it again with the same determination as in the dist spall, and H. A. Lammert was given another opportunity to shoot, on account of his opponent leaving him unmarked. Play wat *** "YBLLOW"RIVER BRIDGE: stil confined to the Corinthians' quarter, and
CONSTRUCTIONS A MASSIVE COM after two corners had been conceded to the hot shot, which the referee disallowed, on home team, without success, Darro's sent In a account of this being scored within the two-yard was still having a bad time when the game proprietor of the paper with which he was sucoded, la a victory for the V.R.C. by goils to cessfully and honourably identified up to thei
The loams were as follows:-- -- time of his death.
V.RO.: A. A. Claxton, H. A. Lammert and A. S. Ella (Forwards), A, H. Ostroll (Half Back) L E. Limmert and A. V. Barros (Fall Backe), and J. Forbes (Goal), C.V.: T. Logan, O. J. Cuuke and F. Ross (Forwards), R. C. Witchell (Half Back), G. Witchell and Carl Bunje (Fall Backs), súd J. Heigh (Goal)..
The defondant was the only person la posses. | ovary respect. I was dreased la ywkais, and did / Colony, the preparation, manufacture and sale Bain cama to the Colony in 1864 ax'zub, limit. The custodian of the Corinthians' goR) | the Yellow River has been secured by tha">
sion of the document and there was no other document of the same, kind. He could have dropped it into the 6re and nobody, would have boon any the wiser for 11.
His Lordship having summed up to the jury the latter retired to consider their verdict.
Aller nearly balf an hour, the jury returned with a unanimous.verdict to the effect that the defendant had not taken reasonable care to establish the truth of the charges which he pra ferred against the plaintiff, that he did not hon. estly bellava in plaintiff'e guilt and that in bringing the charges be bad acted with malice The foreman announced that the jury would
Like
e to know whether their verdict was to cover the $1,500 costs incurred by the plaintiff
Bia Lardship said the question of speciaj damages was to be settled in Chambers. is
-paralý a legal polo?.
not like the idea of being found in such garment had 1 beso drowned. I therefore changed into my unlform, and 31 passengers and some of the crew took the No. 1 boat and time the Gapiniz was working sirenuously left the steamer at about 8.30 p.m. At this directing the crew in the operations for the rercae of the passengers. The Captain may have gone down with the ship as nothing has been heard of him. We sighted the bikoto Light about two miles ahead, but in a few mo ments the light was lost in a dense fog, and was seen no mora We lost the light and our bearings, and drifted about all night until sighted Rokyn Island at about 6 p.m. We had ao provisions into the bost, with the ex of some cucumbers and egg ception with which we satisfied cur. banger.
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about 1 am the fog began to lift, and wa The foreman said that the jury wished to rowed for an island ararer the shore... Os the award damages on the basis that the plaintiff way we met a patrol boat, and landed on should not be out of pocket in respect of law. Gaikatau faland, and there we found a Japan. -yers' costs incurred at the time of the criminalese boat. Escouraged by this, we plucked up our spirits and rowed harder with all our proceedings.
His
might. We reached Makpo Island with great difficulty, and there we were picked up by a steamer and brought to Moji,
Lordship-I'm afraid I can't guide you
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SALE OF MORPHINE, Licences are restricted to a few chemists and royalty to the monopolist referred to in (1.) of druggists of good repale who bave to pay a ten dollars per lack of morpiise and four dol lare per teal of compound of opinm other than
morphine. The price is thereby enhanced. Under the conditions of these licences morphine and companode of opium may not be sold to the general public in quanti las lose then, of the value of a cente. The
vander must supply the purchaser at the time of aile with a counterfoll certificate,
The
FORMOSA v. JAVA SUGAR.
THE CHINA MARKET,
"The sugar boom still continues in Formoss, hat the existing sugar companies in the island bare become a little marvous and now propose. a combios or Test. The Ossko-Matnichi ob- serves that the proposal bas been made from the fear that the ovar-production of sugar will delve the variegs compsalas into kaén and damaglin
While the poilcy of the Formosan Government
""JELLY BUG"
SEMIFINAL
In connection with the building of the now, rallway route from Tiantain to Tsinanic, the contract for building the great iron bridge over Angsburg Nurnberg Machine Works and Bridge". Ballding Co. Talk bridge will be a massive construction of a kind like the Forth. Bridge, : and not like the ons that crosses the Hwangbo-
along the Peking Haskow line, the length of which is two miles. Great precaution, was kes along the Tleptala-Pokow llas to select a narrower stretch of the river bed. This was found at Loku, where the Yellow Rivas, at Doring part of the rainy season the river bad low water, is only one-fifth of a mila wide, stretchas out only two-fiths of a miis, but when the highest water is reached the width is almost Ltwo milon.
pussession of morphine and compounds campetlilon in a few goals agafout granting | afternoon in the V.R.C. Bath, The represent-sikla, where and when such disasters happen.
day more charters for the formation of sogar companies in Formara, company-promoters are often able to force the Formosan authorities to Frata charter by various pleas and pretexts. For instance, the Hokko Sugar Company has parehased a portion of the sugar plantations fald by the Dai Nippon Sugar Company, and has applied for a charter. The Imperial Sugar Company has purchased a number of small sogar mills operated by Formosans, sed, with | them has formed a new concern. These com
paules declare that they are not forming new concerns, but are merely changing the names of old-astablished enterprises. Some com. paay prompters anticipate as over-production of sugar, which would certately result to the incorporation or boying out of smaller com paster, at ie the cats of the parchess by the Dal Nippon Sugar Company of the Dairi angar
of opium without each certificate is illegal, and in quantities exceeding 11 official doses whether covered by certificates or DOL·
Supervision of the trade in these drugs is sured by the compulsory keeping of books by the licensees which are open to Inspection.
Opium, morphine and compounds of oplum are declared to be poisons under the Pharmacy Ordinance. Under the provisions of that Or diance iba seller must mark in English and In the matter, gentleman,
Chinese the battle or other package contalaing The jury then awarded general damages in
any such article with the name of the gridle, The Postal Department in the Kwantung the sum of $1,000.
Government has forwarded the following to- the word poison and the name and address of Hia Lordship then addressed the defendant as follows:-Ma Fu Sao, most of your evidence has port from the Mokpo Post office A mala of the seller. In addition under the conditions of been tank perjury. What have not been direct the Toural-maru, who had charge of the mall's licence above referred to, medicices par rrived bern at 3 p.tn. to-day, the aựth ult. Hi ponleg to be for the care or rallef of the oplum falsehoods have tiasa ruggested falsehoods In particular, your answers to the questions states that this steamer having struck a sapka kabit, or to be substitutes for oplem smaking or pat to you with regard to what had passed rock at 7.45 pm, on the 21nd he Immediately taking for the morphins habit, and themselves between you and Mr.Kong Slug have been rushed to the mall-room for the purpose of get containing opium morphine or any compound of direct perfory. Under the law, I have power toting the mall-bage out and leaving the steamer opium must bear label such effect in Chinese commit you to prison, Have you anything He found the room fall of water, however, and writing for the information of the purchaser.
The Impart, for parpssss of expert, of mor- he was Dosble to take out any portion of the say as to why that should not be so
reported the fact to the Capials, phine and compounds of opium ii regalsted by sare * Defendant--¡ did noi špark to Mr. Koog als
and left the steamar in one of the busts, taking licence under conditions for storage to a bonded Sing..
Lordship-Can you show cause why I charge of the first-class passangers. The maili warahsuse and for the keeping of books, where
which were on board the steamer consisted of by the trade in supurwised, should not commit you to prison
The export of prepared opium or dress oplum Defendant-Have I not spoken the trath? 53 bags of ordinary mail matter, and '79 par- His Lordship You are sentenced to three cels. it will be impossible to raise the malls by any parson (including this monopolist of the without sending down a diver. The mail-room preparation and rate of prepared opium) to months' imprisonment without bard labour.
is strasted on the main deck wear the fore-mast, Chine, Franch todo-China or any country which APPLICATION FOR BANKRUFUIS so that there is no fear of the bags balog wash-probiblis the import of prepared opium or dress
ed away.-Japan Chronicis,
opiam, le illegal, DISCHAROK.
CREDITOES TO BE NOTIFIED.
5th ivst.
T
THE SUNQARI · RIVER.
The export of prepared oplum and dross oplam to countries to which it is lawful to a port them, is only allowed under pamit,
Similarly the export of morphine and com. pounds of opium to constries which probibit their import, is illegal,mi
Stringent regulations are in force for ragulat log the trade in cocaine, its derivatives and compounds with a view to prevent their use as substitutes for opium,
Java
their sugar la fane or
mill, at anormous expoate. In the svent of the old and now companies going to work seriously, continues tha Ossks Journal, it is car fog a field for the of tain that they will experience difficulty in find- ve years to come The average price of was about Y6 per big, but it is cow as high as rig the past Ave or six years (approximately) Y8.80; This is an exceptional rate, and cannot be maintained. There can be no doubt that the market will subside to average Agures before long. In estimating the possibility of exporting Formonan sugar to China and other foreign countries it is secas airy to base the price on the average quotation of java sugar.. Now taking the average price
The Chloete Government, which apenda The second match in the semi-final of the milliona la conserving the river embankments, above competition was played off yesterday bolds the Governors of the provinces respon ing teams were the "Buffs" and the 87th Co. It is, therefore, evident that all possible care Royal Garrison Artillery. The game wás a was taken in studying the conditions for the hard to score to the first half, but nothing very evan ons throughout and both teams tried bulldlog of a
suited. In the second half play was also even, and all expected a draw game. At
the close of time one of the Artlilerymen swam away from his mao, and scored a lucky goal. Thus the game ended la a win for the R.G.A. by one goal to niż The teams were as fol- lows:-
Boffs: Gibbons, Vincer, Burger, Wit liams and Westcott.
87th Co., R.G.A:-Old, Fossoms, Taylor, Bancroft and Mayor.
The final will be batween the Victoria Recreation Clab and the f7th Co., R.G.A.
PORTOGOBSR CRUISER'S
WORLD"URUISE.
THE "BAN GABRIEL" AT SHANGHAI,' A reception in honour of the Commander and officers of the Portuguese cruiser, Saw was beld on Thursday fast at the Clab Gabriel, which is on a tour round the world, Vaino, baoghal. The Portuguese Consul, Mr. Ji F. das Chagas, Mis. Chagas and many ladies were present. The reception room was rendered delightfully cool by many fast, so much so that some of the officers and others present braved the heat and danced, the music being supplied by de sonra, the President of
the Filipisa Band. MY. E. Muga
STRONG AND SUBSTANTIAL A bridgn over a rivey the bed of which has no
underlying rocks at any reasonable depth, bat, on the contrary, gives causes that hava to be
calculated on, such as the continuous warhout and chaugen of fie bad. The angiosars decided to sink calusons into the rivar mad even below-bly the depth of the sea level, and further relsforcing by driving into the underground from to to 50 ft. long roloforced concrete beams, each 52% weighing about five tons. There are for each of the bridga pilare, in the midst of the fivaz 250 of such reinforced concrete pilas driven bayang Into the river bad; these gire the bottom supe Dust for those meorious calling tạo là bịa ch ft, the weight of which is 1,000 tons). It is on these supports that the upper" granita"stone block supports will rast. There are to all thirteen actual deg
", "BRIDGE COLUMBIAN
four of which are slipated in the stream; in addition thereto there are the two bridge and South Louku village, and family there are pilars, Lo, one at the North-sod, ose at tha sevsa of such immense bridge pillars erected in the possibly foundated area, ananipaikne Tisse, latter ara sach of at: matres spas, while the capire span of the bridge is 185 matres, and the middle spans are: mach aga metres wide. Only one of the os matrie city is situated just dve miles atmight, south o Ings is on the Southern or Talaanfa side, which
RUSSO-CHINESE MEGOTIATIONS.
of Java sugar at Yo par bag, this price is not the Club elcomed the officers in a speech, this bridge the underground workallas thi Before the Chief Justice, Sir Francis Piggott,
more thas saidclent to cover the cost of the and said that it was a pleasure to sus the inundated bridge ground analitike lane in depta in the Supreme Court this morning, Mr. G. H.
Peklog, August 1,
sugar cane in Formoss, and it is impossible for Portogasse Ang to these waters and that served than that of the rivar proper. Hare the zains Wakeman, Ofela! Receiver in Bankruptcy,
The negotiations in regard to the Bungart
Formosse sugar mills to compete successfully to show that the mother country thinks of her forced concrete pillars, constructed "mentioned the case in which hun Siu Oa
ON THE SPOTAVERATION debtor, seeks to be discharged from bankruptcy, River navigation question have been conclud
with the java product. The case, however,iudif. sons spread all over the world ferent the Government
takes maasuren
for the
The Commander, Capitao Pinto Brito, by Chinese workmen under European Bapary!- Hr. Ex Davidion, of Mesir. Hastings, and ed, but the agreement has not yet been signed,
encouragement of the export of Formosas suger thanked the Committee and the members of slan, are over a hundred only of about 5 Hastings appeared on behalf of the debtor. ~~| Chion's claim a free trading some of fifty vernts The Ofell Recalver said that the case was on aach side of the Russo-Chinesa boundery
to order to replice the revenue lost on
by grantleg a bounty. If each a course is not the club for the reception and said it was a length. There are over a hundred ei tháng taten by the Government, the formation of pleasure for his officere and himself to meet so used as the bed suppons, for their calmour originally set down for bearing youtarday morn only affect goods emanating from oppothe ing, but on account of another case it was zouns and has been abandosed. It has baan oplum, & law was passed on the 17th of last
The 8. Gabriel left Shanghai on Saturday, the Hwangbo has only a depth of about adjourned till this morning. He asked for an decided that the goods from the whole of auch September impoleg duties op latexicating more new sugar companies is purely suicide. far from home their countryman, condos and columns. At the present very low
liqours consumed in the Colony and in this Not only will the existing companies be affect
She Will touch Foochow Manila, Macao, Hong that this is where the flientela-Pakor ed ourdment, becaues the applicatiaa kevirg|| country should be free in the ather's zonu, P An connection the Imports and Exporte omad, but the Formosan spyår industry as a whole the Datch, British and Portugassa Indian, I crosses the rivaz. At high water the food beanTM Kävertised yesterday, he had not had rebate following upon proof
was reorganised, Lieut. Beckwith, the will be disturbed, so kong
From the above it will be reas that Formosa and the cost of Africa. She left Lisbon on to about so ft, and at times orient tless to notify the creditors. He had only there. China concedes the reducilon of the Assistant Harbour Master being appointed
to endless chain of the river embankm Heard·last pigkì that the application' was to be ) of the local laxes on beans and gralo. In con: Superintendent. By the close of the yesi a sum #ugar can only compete with. Java tugor in the sith December,; 1900, and: expects dat is erected on both sides of this thờ
Japan by virtue of what are practically sob reach the capiṭti. again by March, 1918, beard thle
morning. It war? Becessary that action with the concage doen Russla que el Ston, 444.30 had been realised from the new idles so it can only compats with Java sugar On board the croiser there is a large number, long river ass protection.
Articles 15, 16 and 15 of the Treaty of 1881. quor dutiestne notice should be given to the craditor
abroad by virtue of bounties. As it is assentials) of midshipmen who are being trifoed for.the.The englosers have selected 2. Mits Davidson I made the application in was finally decided to instituta regular 'fr'ght
CHONDRONG UNIVERSITY. bae not been dues, which are expected to increase Cklas's.
ip pecassary for the prosperity of this com, navy, The craiser, so far, has met with the perikare and of the bridge which revenue by twenty five per cent. China, is to Much progress, was made with the colpanies to maintain the price, the time when best reception in all the ports she has touched. sida la protected by a MOKRIN The Oncial Recalvar-Il' necessary t provide tops equally for all yasselektor Alection of an endowment fund for the pro- this infant" industry can stand alons in very The shortages of her stay, and the time of the stone called the
Tils understood that both Governments are posad Hongkonglaiversity Thai pyarn Jempre, Marswhile the whole people are taxed "year precluded the Portuguese community of laws Hote the aramination.
pleased at the satisfactory, ending of the nige meat of Macao made a donation gildag for the bazedt olis faw, miiltownara, "korn"from giving the officer and case wa {ations--N. Ø, P. NIKI,
and the Chiness Government one, of $155k | Ohranisius pay
to
of consumpilon
LIQUOR DUTIES,,