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SHANGHAI SENSATION.
CRAIO AGAIN IN COURT.
At H. M. Police Couet, Shanghal, on the 13ib, before G. W. King, Eq,
Ji Craig appeared on remand in anser to A summons, socd at the instance of the Crown Advocate, the clintge reading as fol. lows:- For that y a on March 16, 1910, did conspire with one wil.lam fits and on divers, o'har da es betwees tho-fas! mentioned day and May 16, 1910, unlawfully fraudulenily and decelluhy, did amongst yourselves conspire
combine, confode:ais and agree together, and with divers others persons whose names are unknown to the complainnet (the Crown Ad- vocare) by divers false pretences unlawful and subtle ways and means, stratagems and devices ta, obtain acquire to yourselves nd from the Slak Indraesera Rubber Concessior, Ldy divers large cums of money and certificates of the sald company, and to chait and defraud the sald comping thereof,
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Mr. McKean appeared to prosecute, on behalf of the Urawa Advocate, and Mr N. Macleod appeared for the defence.
Mr. 3. G. E. Douglas held a watchine brief on behalf of the Directors, and of the Slak Company,
When this case cars on fortring at 10 am. bis Worship announced with regret that he would have to Adjoara batil ti am, as he had to open an iequest at the Mortuary,
Mr. McKean appel to the Coart to order the attendance of G. J. Lind at a atm- as he had some funther questions and documents ti put to him.
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Mr. E. H. Gadicey stated that Mr. Lind would be in attendibce when the Court to sumed.
On rasuming, G. L. Lind was recalled and stated ibat Mr. Pitts was not in Shangbul at present. He did at katw his whereabouts. He was in commusiculog with him a fortai; ht GRO, Witness instructed Messrs. Els and -Hays to commudicate with him, fest obtaining the telegraphic addica Lladurance, Afelbourne, from Messrs, Barkilkand Sons. A telegraphic communication bad received from Pitt, to witness's own knowle 'go,
Mr. Mckeau introduced this evidence to satisfy the Curt as to Mr. Pits' whereabouté, and asked for. a warraut to be issued against
Pitts
Witness fated in Me Pis feft Shanghai: about the middle of August. The dicaments wita produced cams loto wilcess's posses jan.because when Fisis lek he told the typist te pat iba documents of each estate to a pucel to keep as a recur. The documents witness now produced had bees' placed in a bandle. None of the documents produced.in Court wers obtained fep Pits after he had left Shaughat. Wildess identified one of the documents he had produced in hd found it in the bundle. It was erdor.ed fa juk Pitts. The body of the documeat was not i
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Fitts' bandwriting. Witecas also ide tified receipt from the Eastern Extensian Telegraph Co., made oal to Lind an 1 Pitts, for $Bos for telegram No. 1917, to Medin, dated May 11, 190. The receipt was endorsed in 'Pits' hand writing,
Gerrit Jan Nijhuis, sws'n, said- am a Da'ch subject and a Doctor of Law, and the representative of a Datch Syndicate thas owned three estates named Supkel Siak, Sungei Olak, and Latbe Ampol I kątwa man called William Pitta: Grit met him at RM's Ho el Singapore, in that day November, 19:9° ATTER tuna 1
Dudexion with the
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY JANUARY 20 1911
His Lordship-What are the telegrams about? Mr. McKon-One telegram was in reply to the telegram which stated "your instructions cannot be carried out" The witness said that subsequently he received a letter from Messrs Craig and Co., confirming all the telegrams he received referring to mialog rights and they had cert, The telegram of May 13 which management was, however, not confirmed.
anyone in Medan of the game of Francken ?
Mr. Mpkean-Did you at the time know Witness-Yo
the agent of Messis Donaldsen en Burkin
Mr. Mckena: Do you kobe the same of show in Medge?
Wcess:Yes I know him. His name
is
SIR HENRY MAY.
IIIS SERVICES' During tub 1894 PLAGUE OUTBREAK.
18th los
QUEEN'S COLLEGE.,
PORTRAIT OF ANOTHER MASTER TO DE PRESENTED.
18th-inst
present chairman of the Turg Wa Hospital, in
We understand that Mr. Chan Kal Ming, the leads to prescut a portrait la olls of Mr. W. M. to that institution. B. Arthur, forrastly a master 21 Queen's College,
of the College.
Mr. Chap Kat Ming is himself as "old boy' The portraits of past watthies presented to
STORY OF THE SNIPE,
ITS HABITS AND CHARACTERISTICS."
GANGS OF ROBBERS.
DISGUISED AB DRAVES.
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
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Canton, Jan. 18. Tak, and the gang of plunderers numbers about Robbery is agalo rifs in the district of Ying.
[By Alan R. Haig-Brown,] Mr. A. Shelton Hooper, when proposing at
which requises poft ground for its quest of common; both are paaressed of a long bill, Saipe and woodcock bare many points in 15 Salary Hoard meeting yesterday the re- solatiors congratulating Sir Healy May on
food; both are partly resident and partly migra. his rew appolotment, referred to the How
tory; both twist in their flight; and both have 200. They have built a strenghold in the goosleman's services to the Colony during the this resclution, dir, it will be with the know. 1894 plague outbreak Ela said-in moving
cuasion among natutalists. On the siber hand, district, Thry not only lay their hoods na rome characteristic which has led to much dismountains, and go about looting placas in this
when Sir Hebry Mny was on'y a pass d cadet lato Dr. Frederick, Sievert, the late Mr. C. Fal species that visits these istande, while tbo late the destruction of soldiers Robber Kingsl the woodcock likes coverts, though the snipe villagers, but aim at the salsare of arms and ledge of some of the members at this fable the College now comprise the following: the detests them; and the former has but one ammunition, the capture of guards' boats and In This Colony; when he served for a time as The wildes, next proceeded to identify a private secretary to one of our governors who | Mr. Gao, Bateson Wright, than whom Do better may be classed as British,
ars notoriously known as the Kloga" rong and Mr. A. J. May, i.so, and a bust after can boast of three different varieties which letter which he said was in the handwritting of predicted for him a future governanhip. In-principal cccupied the leading professorial chair sortu of Europe in October. In the main the thair force of soleless is inadequate. In view The local authorites are powerless to deal Our foreign visitos start coming from the with these marauders, giving the excare-bat This concluded the examingites of the with t-ir Willlam Des Voeux He steadily in the College, cross-examination, ness and Aff. Macleod said that he reserved his
number of migrants is probably not nowadays of the close of the year, the merchants and so great as it once was, because much land has panpla in this districi are feeling uneasy, and bean drained and given ovar to cultivation, havs to lock their doors bofora dark every but, granted a hard winter, the toll taken si evaping. and the western bogs of ireland are still, a gunner's paradise If a prolonged frost has visit ed our land and the land beyond it whence the
Vanderbrett, and as laro lawyer in Medan.
Mr. Craig.
greased in his services on behalf of the (rown, and 'whilst bolding the appolotment of Captaià Superintendent of folico be became thereby an creficio member of this Board.
"It was whil
LARCENT OF PEARLS.
was so acting that the SERTENCE OF TWO YEARS' HARD LABʻUR AT culpo la the British Isles is still a hanvy one,
THE CRIMINAL SISSIONS.
18th lost,
pique weich was pact cally unknown lo modern days in aug part of the world, broke out here with tremendous v'ruleave, and we
At the Criminal Sessions this moraidg, be Erskiel, alias Elli), was cursed with the for: ceny and being in valawiol possession of two pearls and pawsing same. The prosecution Do behalf of the Crown was conducted by Mr.. O. G. Alabaster, instructed by Mr. H. L.
detailed the facts of the cass which cams out anys, I of the Crows Solicitor's office: Mr. Alabaster, in the course of his addrese, in the svidenca given at the Magistracy.
strength and duration of this frost there is a if the ground is everywhere imponetrable to strict limit from the sportsman's point of view. the snpa's bill bo must either d put or dis of starvation, and the first cause of a good swipe reason, if prolonged, may easily land, to dis. aster and several subsequent approlific years.
About9 pm on the rath inst, the Tal Shek village of Pan U district, was raided by robbers. Over thirty of them; in the uniform of soldiers,
by the Fun U Maistrate to ask the marched to the braves' atat as in this villages'
robhers. The braves in the station did pot. bravas to assist them in hunting down know that these men wase sobbis in disguita au consqueally they were taken by surpriso Before they had time to discover the plot, they were set up:o by the robbers, relieved of their guce and ammunition with which the marau. ders made of Not content with this booly, they repaired to a gambling house, gear by, and took away all they could lay their haadi OD.
Mr. McKean-That practically closes my cate. h.vs only one more witas, be is a representative of the telegraph office. He will prove the lespatch if cerinin teograms to Dr. Nijhuit, it was very dult at the opening ofis case to know ex.cily what Telegramos 1 d co machinery to cope with it. It dovolved fore Mr. Justice F., Hizslord Puisse Judge. ships starts oo his journey. And yet in the They said that they had been dispatched mouli bs required to be poved. Thexalto the pil'ce and the members of the Sanitary was that I asked the telegraph office to prove Board and its offiers to do the best they All the tel-grams in this case. The original could, and the yeoman service that was done
legrams bave been forwarded to London, bat may assist the telegraph office by iciling who were hete thes sind din remember it.
At that time will never be forgotten by thoas them what telegram1 want. The telegraph e
The small area of Taipingsban, and more. ame of the person who sends the telegram, so is now Blie Garden, be the brunt of the record, which its automatic, do not give the particularly that portion of Taipingshan which that I shall requi ea short adjournment to e- ep'd sale, and the death-rate amounted to 100 ablo tits cfficials to go through the books,
per day. Tho Chinese were so scared that Afer a little. discussion His Worship ad
they did not damp the corpses into the street, journed the case uatif next day.
but left them in their houses to be found. There were not sufficiant officers to put these corpses in the collies, but it is a known fact that Sir Henry May was one of those who actually performed that service! 'allude to it because pohips it was the greatest epidemic that has ever taken place with such viralsace in such a confined locality in any put of the Heard and is one that should not be forgotten by members. This is a pead oppor.usity to place tenord our appreciatioh not only of those sesvice, but of services he has rendere to saaitation generally. Iviature to say that the statute book to-day, so far as it deals with the proble health and buildings of this Colony, would have brae a different complexion if Le bad not be、nlere."
COMPANY MEETING..
9th fest.
The winy cecond report of the Board of Directors of the Hongkong Land loves ment pud Agency Company, Lumitur, wll be sub- mitted on Friday at noon to the ordinary mesting, of shareholders to be held in the Company's Olie-sia V ctoria Buildings
The net profits for ite şeir ending Decem- ber 31, 100 inc.nding 517,671.73 balance brouget forward from ir stacco, and transfer of Sup from the reserve fund for repairs alter paying all charts, amount to $38, 179.39 per state has already brak puld From this amount on laterim d vileed of 13.50
per share, und after writing directors d It is pr pised to pay a fealdiv'dind of 53 50
auditer's less, there remains a balance of $ 4,679.59 to be canitd forward to the credit of a new Profit and Loss Acchult.
During the year the following changes were made:-
Messiri EƒStellim, 13, P. White asd C S. Gubby baying resigned, Messrs. W. Logan, G. W. Buf.a and S. A Livy were laviied to Join the yard in ther plice. Mr. G. W. Barton Javing resigned Mr. H. P. White was lavited are in the Tourd in bis place There appointmen srequire confirmatioa. Messis, G. Friesland and H. P. Whits are ietitian by rotalico but offer themselves for re-eltetion. Mr. J. Cox Edwards having resigned-mpon leaving the Colony, the accounts have been acded by Messis, H. Fercy Smith and R. O. Edwards, who are rething but offer thems Ives for selector.
WALK UPRIGHT,
HỦY THỂ, KORIAL LOTIX IMPROVE THE C'NERAL HEALTH.
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NEWS FROM THB NORTH,
[Spect. By Translated for the Hongkong clograph
RAILWAY EXTENSION.
costulted with the Ministry of Posts and A sumber of big French merchaats have Communications upon extending the Yongau-zochwab Railway as the questions of far as the Yangises and the construction of the Lungchow-Nanning. Wushow Railway in o der
Chin to promote the trads in the South East of
i S.LARIES OF HIGH CFFICIALS.
Evidence having been led, the jury found the prisoner guilty in respect of all the charges. Sentence was parand of two years impr.n. ment with hard labour,
OPIDM DIVÄN RAIDED, '.
ANOTHER-11G CAPTURE BY THE POLICE.
18th fast,
Detective Sergeant James Watt and a party of Police made a big haul last night in no opiam divan at No. 83. Wanchi Road,
They arrested 35 men, one for keeping the divan and the remainder for afoking opium. Hallifax at the Police Court this morning and They were brought up befors Mr. E. R
after bearing the evidence, his Worship fiord the proprietor $ co or two moaths, and the smoke:s $z caco.
HONGKONG ATIACRED.
MARATTAS AND HAJPUTS ATTEMPT INVASION.
On Monday and Tuesday nights the Colony was supposed to be attacked by the Rajpets fending force was formed of the R. O. Y. L, I.. and Mabrettas six hundred strong. The di-
Ross, of the Scouts Company, took charge of and a batch of to Valinteers, Capt. C. H.
the intter.
The Volunteers left Blake Pier et 5 p.m. an Monday and landed at Gindrjokers' Bay before six. They then marched to Pins Apple Pass and camped there.
I calculating the preliminary estimates of the Empire, it has been arranged and approved by all tha Ministers that the salaries cf.
The next day they were attached to a com- Grand Councillors and Viceroys will be Taels
pany of the K.O.Y.L.I., with whom they work 74,000 a year aud of Acting Viceroys Tacls
ed during the operationis,
Both the attacking and defending 2003. The Ministry of Finance has recognito excellent work, the "fighting" lasting all,
armies The Iecause of lacis 9,50 10:0 in calaries for the 3rd year of Hann Tung.
the morning and until 4 p.m., when the "Cease' file" nousded..
OPIUM REDUCTION.
The High Commissioner for the Supperssica of Up.um his instructed the Police authorities in Peking that from the ith moon Lext year the manulacture of prepared opium should be
opium smokers. A communication to this -g equsi decrease in the member of licensed fact has been forwarded to the Ministry of Civil Administration,
PRINCE REGENT 'DISAGREES,
The attack was repulsed all along the flac, wa understand, bit not without heavy less." very successfu: field work.
The forces have returned to the Colony after
BOXING.
JOHNSON'S NEXT MATCH.
A Chicago message to the new York Herald is the authority for this statement that Jack Johnson has agreed to meet the winner of the Langford-Joaunelte fight to
It is pointed out by Dr. Scones Spicer that co attempt has yet been made to defise what is the. The Frises Regent has disagreed with the correct standing position of the humin belug.
proposa's regard ng the Parliamentary quas tion and Constitutional Laws, which were sub. February, The true normal in living mia canso be
mitted by the Minister of the Interior, His. Imperial Highness Prince Su.
·RECALL OF EX GRAND COUNCILLOR. The ex Grazd Coureller and the present Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Posts and Communications H.E. Wa Yuk Sang, is to be recalled to the Grand Council. The Imperial Decree will soon be isssed, for his appoi iment,
AH EXTRADITION QUESTION.
Taong inang éciale On January 25 1915, I wrote a letter to a Maclenrar, the agent of Lind and Tits at Singapore. On Febru
Writing in the British Medical Journal," ary 101 wrote to lid and Fitts, with ro Dr. R. H. Scanes-Spicer points out that bo has ference to the three cities. This is a trued the teaching of the normal oright nosi-reduced by seventy per cart, with a correspond- copy of that citer (produced and pument al th:ost, nose, and voice trouble. A tion in carrying the body invaluable in his treat ID). After the dispatch of that letter I came to Shangbal, arriving here on March 5. The faulty position in sta ding or si ting is the cause gentlenies met me, Dr. Ransone, M., Lind of many deformilier, the use of which lies in a, and Mr. Pitts. I sayed at the Astor osse, retro to the normal posture. Mr. Fitte was alio living there. The fist evening I spent in Shanghai was in the com- pany of Mr. Pitts, The following day Mr. Fina asked me to go to Mr. Craig's residence in Bubbling Well Kend, I went there and net fund by measuring a chance hundred of 10. Mr. Craig. We discussed the qention of the called ordinary belay individuals and taki g three estates, because Mr. Craig wanted pare overa:c. Bach of these individuals has ticulars with a view to purchasing them. I
been more or less subjected to the injurious referred him to the decus ents aed my letter to infi sercas of c'vilised life, Tinging, school Lind and Pitts, I saw Mr. Cinig sguio next day desks, easy chairs and feather bed. at his office. It was on that dito (Muday, the 7th) that Mr. Craig agreed to bey the estates, On arch 16 ngreement for sale was made outand signed by me and Mr. Craig. This is the original agreement (p oduced). Between March 7 and 16, I saw its every day. Da Mirch 7, when I called at Mr. Craig's office, Mr. Pitts was prosent, & that interziem Pitts proposed that I should make only one agreement with Craig The prstures permitted and taught by semm & Co. and pay in a commiss.cs. At tha: ph s.cal col utitts, with retracted bead, stiff time I was not willing to giva its five per neck, hollowed bick, and beat kceer, are cent as I thought i had sold the estats to Lindabsolute caricatures efte to mal erect posture and Pitis. Eventually I agreed to pay him and directly produce diformity and disease. TIL 10.030, Mr. Craig proposed that the pur
The normal car ct posture is essential for all chate plice should be Singapore $ 60,co) and efficient respiration, corect voice production, that he should pay Tis, 10 003 to Mr Pills, and and speaking.
would then bave nothing further to do with Lind noi Pitts. The agreement was signed at Mr. Macleod's office. Vesis. Craig, Macleed and Pitis and I were present. Os March 11 ! attended a meeting of the 1irecters of the Siak Indrapoe a Robber Concessions, at which Meiri Crilg, Pitts, Liddell, Neel, and Dr. Marshall were present. On March 35th left Shanghai. Prior to my departure on March
The permair, therefor, must be the ideal," galded from the men of all time, and system. aic incolcation of the normal erect posture daisy growth The type of respiration Batut. ally ass ciated with it is the main factor is the arrest of physical degeneration and will pro mote the saurs of the tuman farm to tfa' of the ancient Greek,
FUQIBALL.
NAVAL YARD. HM 5. "MONMOUTH" The above teams met on the Naval Ground friendly game. at Happy Valley yesterday afterncos in n nessed by the laga crowd of spectators, An excellent gams was wit.
o appearance, The match eaded a visery for the Montaguth team by one goal to mi
of a private telegram from the newly-:ppaio ed The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in recept Viceroy of the Two Kwong, H.E. Chang Ming Chi, requesting that as agreement should be epleted into with the Frèrch Misleter in. Fek..
for the extradition of prisoners from the frontics of Kwangso.
RUBBER SHARE MARKET. Messrs. Ellis and Ells, in their weekly re- rat, state-While the price of the raw ma- terial has remained stationary during the week, -pointing to a healthier tase la the market ihrough the absence of any violent fluctuation, quotations for rubber markets by not ander gose any change at all. lavestors realising the its dioess of the market which is likely to remalo 10, while freed from any beavy bear Ieflecce, have coms in the miket with lavesting or derr, and, in cons:quence, several lines of the leading producing companies, lika Vallam
Ualled Serdang, have been segotiated at the present safe remunerative rites. Young pro- ducers, with the immediate prospect of enter ing upon the dividend paying state have also received attention, nttably from the Straits whisher strips have again been sent down fom Hongkong. The release of dividend monies during the next few weeks will have a stimulat- isg effect in keeping up the buoyancy of tha market,
Faris пех
The battle suggested is one of 25 rounds for 250adol, Jotason's stipulations being that the money shall be posted in Americ, and that the referes shall be an American, The heavy weight champion is prepared to mest his op pencat on French soil.
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THE GYMENIC"
PURCHASED BY A PARSEE IN BOHDAY.
Kemari Polot, in the Eastern Province, Ceylon. The sa, Gymeric, which went ashore at abcut the middle of May fast, aud has been "laid up" to harbour ever since she was towed lato Colombo by one of the harbour tugs bas been sold to Mr. Estojen Tajubo7, of Bombay, It is probable that her prescot owner will get bar towed to Bombay.
was in charge of the vessel till delivery to the Mr, Lozie, the master of the Gymarle, who
new owner, and Mr. Patman the chief engineer, suilta for home in the "ity of Karachi,"
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A PUZZLE FOR NATURALISTS. For miny years the drumming 'no:e of the breeding snipe, sung of by posts, and locally baffled th: icientist, who could not decide as responsible for h saame of "heather blenter"
to how it was produced. Most birds are con tent with this mouth us an organ of sound, but la the case of the saips It is now tolerably car. tale that the noise roforred to caused by the agency of wing and tail feathers,
Scientists and naturalists have been equally at a loss 10 discover any evidence that the jack Sipe, the smallest species that we know of In the10 parts, ever bröcds among us. It is as certain as anything can be that he does not, and we bave paiforce to credit these tiny wings which seem almost too lazy to bear its five tundred miles over au lonospitable spa. owner ont of danger with a journey of some
The jack snipe is as different from the full soipe or common snipe as thrash is from paridge; his fight in a high wind is like ihat of a butterfly; la calm weather he flies straight, and is content to pitch, even' when shot at, within a bundred yards. "As a sporting bird be has only the merit of variety, but as a colmart delicacy he is highly prized."
The great solpe is a creatura of the antama, except la that season be is never found among us; but many great soipe have fallen uoldentified in the British Isles because them. To the sainitiated there is hul to all sportsmen do not know how to identity
later varies much in size, and such variation distinguish great snipe from the full snips; the
is not always much commouted upon. It must be remembered that a large full eslpe and a small great snipe appear to a casual observer as the same bird; but if the tali feathers are counted it will boan unfailing means of setting the matter right. The great snips has fourteen tail feathers, but Wo full saine only twelve |_ Moreover the_former ffice more evenly, and
gives forth no warning note as he rises.
The great snipe is a rarity, and the jack snips not a very commos visitor, If we compare them to the full snipe, the commonest long. billed bird, the British gunner comes across, 1tis, therefore, with the third mentioned alone that we have to deal in any consideration of Ditish suspe shooting. As many as fifty couple baya. bien killed in a day on sich favoured grounds as the head of the lake ni Blenheim, but such lota's are few and far between. Qa reason for this is the afore. mentioned drainage of land for agriculturat purposes, another is that the driving of birds has rendered sportsmen discontented. with poltering about after snips, while a third is the fact that snipe, when pleatiful, are ususlly very wild,
SNIPE-DZIVING.
The gentry of the vict'mired village reported the outrage to the local magistrate who sent a deputy to the spot to javesligate on the 17th is
THE VICEROY ACTIVE.
His Excellency the Viceroy has instructed · the authorities in every part of the province regarding the fequency of robberies lo the places under his jurisdiction." His Ex- cellency says that robbery in thate days is rife, and Isotieg, seizing people for ransom, in- cecdiarism and masstere are of frequent
occurrence.
Some lanes the gang of robbers amounts ta several hundred men, and their captives includo women and children. The tortura the victims have to suffer in their hands is simply lamente abin.
"KNIFE DAGGER'SOCIETY,” Recently a Knife and Dagger Socióly sprang Into oxitécco, and is spreading to every part of the provlace. The members of this society work hand in hand with the anarchists. Even is Jonton they take no notice of the officials, hold unlawfel meetings and demand black- mail. That the civil and military authorities are not alert in the hunting down of these. shies His Excellancy' arival at Canton to wilful characters, no ona cin galasay. Ever
Jake up the Viceroyship, he has been studying plans of doing away with theia fawless people. In his despatch to ble juniors throughout the province, dis Excellency, has made it clear that in case of the capture.cf robbery who are disbanded soldiers or members of secret societies, or have offered resistance, to the Imperial soldiers, the punishment meted ont to. them should be capital and carried out on tho spot when they hye been caught. 7 ba authorities are reminded that if they be dis covered reticeat in the cip:uro” of those marruders, they will be cashiered and dis alss:d.
THE SHANGHAI CRISIS.
HOW THE PIECE GOODS ARE AFFECTED. .
Meurs. Noo! Murray & Do's Report on the Shanghai Picco Goods Trade says:
Referring back to the question of unpald Dativo Baak 'orders, it was understood at the time by the foreign Banks who advanced the Ils. 3,500,000 were to be radeamed thereby, tha former Tastai of Shanghai, who was cashiered Saipe-driving is practised on sma rstater, in consequence of that loan has publisked duz- and grand sport it is, bat the blids cannot being the last few days in the foreign newspaper managed liku partridges, grouse or pheasants, and a snipe drive is usually short and sweet, and soon over, with but lite execution done It is not possible to take the birds a len distance, and short drives result generally in the surps coming over so much together that the guns have no time to deal with them."
his explanation to the F'eking authorities of the whole matter, in defense of the charges mids by them against bien and on whom they ar trying to place the whole of the responsibility and sunk their guarantee of the loan. In a long, and what probably is a perfectly_lucid state- mest in the vernacular, ine late Toatai makan I should, however, be very leath to suggest a full statement of the measures be found it "xave the that any form of snipe shooting is comparable absolutely necessay to adopt to the tramplog of bog and marsh by one or situation" caused by the fanc al critis that two guns. It is wet and dusty work, but it 1 bat overwhelmed this market'dusing tha“ gives sceps for much endurance and an summer months, and which the stops ha fatimate knowledge of the habits of uns quairy. The best time to go is after
was persuaded to take atons nverted' untold. still and moonlight sight, when
and far reaching dirastors that would bava fair, occurred otherwise. In defending his action a breeze is b'owing, to dead so somewhat the complete exposure is mad. of the methods in noise made by the oncoming of the goos. It which the finances of the local Governments is best to walk down wind whenever possible, so that the rising snipe, ia finding the wind may give a crossing shot, and it is ever desirable to preceed as quicily as can be
are manipulated, and there is no doubt that the stability of the autive Backs is largely dependi ent on the funds they borrow from that sodice, Consequently any sudden stringency, in toa Mach advice bas been given as to when to money market, ut de time money is wanted, CHINESE STOWAWAY, shopt a snips, but it may be said that the arc-fɔi the service of the iɛdemoítica for instance, cessful soipa zhet is leva jably the man who is causes something like a panic, sod nalive Bank MASTER OF EMPIRE FITED' 100, quick with his gus, who can make up his mind | orders, which in zealnty are the only recognized in an instant as to whether the bird in in range currency commercially, are "discredited. On In the Summons Division of the Water or not, and who shoots at once, without any taking over the office from his predecessor be Police Court, Fydney, on Dec. 2011, Peter foolish attempt to wait for his quarry to step found the Treasury was empty, all the funds Thomsen beling, master of the steamer Entwistleg. The hesitating guonet is inst on the having been loaned out to various Banks and
bobne, of the Customs Department, for having command il a satisfactory bag of "lorg-billg", "no seady money was banded over to ma on board when the vessel arrived at Sydney, is to be gathered to comparison with cà iridges nor was there any property representing it.", on December 1, one fang Kow, a Chinese Jured.-Pall Mall Guzeltä, stowaway, grattary to the farmigeation Restric-
on Act of 1951-1958,
24. received a letter fom Mr. Craig, ad- although coe.half of the Yarders did not put in brosas, Argi: Malaya, Kuala Lumpurs and pire, was proceeded against by Injector Bo- | marshes, and nerves have to, bs, und r good i was represunie3⁄4 ̧by the so-called Bank orders,
HONGKONG POLICZ VI, LR.C
This match was played on the Causeway Bay ground and resulted in a win for the Lusitanos by two goals to niz,
SCHOOLS' JUNIOR LEAGUE.
dressed to me at the Astor Horss. There two documents (piodared) are the ·ED- closures referred to 1 sirived in Singapore o April 4, and according to Mr. Gig's init uc; tions I called on Messrs. Doraldson and Bu kinsbow, and gave them all ite information in my power concerning the estates.This (pro- daced) is a telegram dated April sent to me care of Messrs. Donaldson and Barkio haw, by Craig & Co, Between the date of my anival in Singapore and May 16. I resolved a g-cat QUEEN'S COLLEGE WA ST. J:SEPH'S COLLEGE, number of telegrams signed "Gralgco," the tolographic address of Craig & Co, Ld. Thess The Queen's Col ege football teams played (produced) are the letters and telegrams I re-theis ist match yesterday afternoon in con. coived from Craig & Co, Ld. between those nection with the above Léogus at CausewAY dates. The leters are signed by Mr Craig, Bay. After a fast and exciting game, be Between the same dates I received there lollars senior Collega team proved the winners. ka (produced) from Lind & Pits, geed by Wil-scales were even in the first half-one allsiderably more of the expor; than the United liam Pitts. I also received five telegrams Sherly before the call of time la the recond halwain these dates, purporting to come f.om alles College scored the winning gol Pitts. These telegrams were confirmed by Pitte The game was referread by L. C. Lambait, of lasters. I was on the way from Bengkalls to the K.O.YLI,
Singapore on May 7 and Pitts' talegram of that
da'a war, I balleve, awaiting my arrival. We were using the A. B, O. Code 5th Edition, Ex
RUGBY.
copt open are occasion, when we used a MID. HONGKONG RUGBY CLUB VI ILM.S. TAMAR." ing Code. I decoded that tele trom of May 7. This is the correct decoding. I'efl Singapore Happy Valley between the above trama. The An exciting regby match Lok place at for Medan on May 9. telegraphed to Mr. Tamir, opened the score with a goal and Fitts telling him that I was leaving for Medan. pains. Shastly sfiorwards, the Cib bad I arrived there at 7 am on May is. On May good ry, but the sho: went too wide. The It I received a telegram
The Court then adjourned until p.m. game thes resulted in a win for the Tamer by
On renaming in the af crnoon His Worship, addressing. Mr. McKean, stid that on the evid ence that bad been offered so far ho would in warrant for the arrest of William Pitts.
If Mr McKean wanted to take any further stepa he might do ko
Dr. Nijibuís contlouing his evidesco spoke of 1wg telegrams ha received purporting to fome from Craig &ON
5.palats to 3
LONDON RUBBER PRICES. · ·
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Malacca, January, 13-Information kas bien received by Malicca Rubber Plantations, Limited, that the price of fios Fare in London
ontziday was ¿ja por lb, valus.
The market closed quick-Stratie Zimes.
THE OPIUM CKOP.
The British CoDialar Report on the trade of Boinita for 195g-so notes that the eplum crop was again good. China aguia received coo.
Kingdom, the figures belog: China, $3 tors seem strange at first is consideration of the gainst United Kingdom, 3 tups. This might fict that provision has been made for the gradual acoual reduction of the amount of epium Imported into China, with a view Persian is a barn speculator, and some fancy altimately to its complete prohibition; but the prices have rec atly been realised, precisely. for the reason that opium is becoming scarcer lo China and consumers desperate. Ose calO came under notice in which a consignment of palltoplum, for which, in 1901, 550 per chest $900. were offered in llongkong, eventually realised
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A plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant.
It was stated that on the arrival of the ́Em- pire from Chlua on the date mentioned, a Chineso named Jung Kow was found leaving the vessel, inquiries ellcited the fact that ho was a slowaway. The company want to, cOD- siderable expense'in having photographa'talen of the crew, nad it was by this means that Kow was proved to be a stowaway,
Every assist ace was given the authorities
the E. and A Company. Captain Green, superintendent of the com-
areaped dotection,
stated that though the vessel was search ed several times for stowaways, the Chicaman
A fine of £ras was imposed.
SHANGHAI PIECE GOODS.
WORLD'S NEWS, From "N. C. D. News"].
THE JATANESE MINISTER.
Peklog, Jan. Earas Ijaio, the Japanero Mlaister in Paking, leaves baie to-morrow on two months' farlough,
PRINCE WILLIAM'S TOUR, iff iravel from Shanghai 13 Peking via Han- Peking, Jan. 13-The German Crown Princa
kow.
THE PANAMA CANAL,
His successor. is now pressing him for the Treasury balance, which of course are eve more involved than they were when ko took,
climax. fco, and so things have come to The late Tactal was a competest business man and it is a thousand pities he was dismissed, However, it is no ase crying over spilt milk, and the proper authorities must see that the
engagements entered into are carried out as
undertaken,
PORT OF HEUNGCHOW.
TO ER DISCOSSED IN PEKING,
[From Our Own Correspondent]
Canton January 18th. His Excellency Tsang K, the Tartar-Gene ctal, will soon Isavo for the North, While H.K. was Acting Viceroy, he memorialized the Taroze for sanctlon to the proposal of declar
Heungchow a free port,
Leados, January 13-The Fortification Board has recommended as the aritiament for the defence of the Panama Canal: eighti faniteco-inchi guas, twelve six-lach goon and twenty-four twelve-inch mortars. The garrison || is time of peice should consist of twelve com panies of coast astillery, four re iments of log Messrs. Noel, Murray & Co. report; -Our infantry, one battery of field artillery and one market is quite good and hes a mers healthysgu dran of cavalry. 7his can without a doubt be attributed to the recommendations to Congress stated that, toae about it than has been known for years.. President Taft's Message submitting the practical elimination of the indent system, and whom completed the Casal would be virtusily consequently the inégafarity that often prevalf- a part of the coast lice of the United States ed owing to the dealers contracting for their and therefore it was their right and their duly different circumstances for attival about the goods ne different patiofs, and madek widely to fortify it. name time, complicated, too, by speculative manipulations of Exchange reitlement which mast bava caused Importers the wreatest con fasion. Yow goods are bought by the merchants as wanted and if bought to arrive it is quite re- frothing to see the eagerness displayed by the hayura ta taka delivery,
INTEREST IN THE FAN BAST,
In view of his departure for the Capital, tho marchants. In Heungchow, la appreciation of gifts in the form of an embroidered picuro, His Excellency's good work, sent him farewell, two embroidered scrolla, sue inblet and a silver cup, through Messer, Wong Cheuk: Sam and Fung Sheong Man yesterday. The presenta tion was made in the Tartar-General's yamen. The recipient thanked the two represOD|D||VAR in suitable terms, and questioaed them how far Heungchow was from Macao.
The Ohinese Minister to Russia has reported to the Feking Government that the German and Russiao Governments bare optered into certain agreements in St. Petersborg for the tom protection of their latgrastu in the Fax Bathory The reprocentatives then withdrey
His Excellency remarked that, on bis ar... rival at Peking, bo would wy bis best to confer on the matter with the Superintendent of Unt,
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