SUPREME COURT.
A Curious Case
GREEN ISLAND PASS.
Passage Unobstructed.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY 1911
ESCAPED FROM CUSTODY.
A Point of Law
THE CORONATION FESTIVITIES.
Committee's Thanks.
A NEW FEATURE.
PERUVIAN RUBRER.
It is proposed, with Saturday's Dimsluished Export from Iquique issue, to commence the publica-.
at Better Prices. “
The following letter has beention of legal or scientific articles aldressed to HE. the Governor, woll se urtiplos apam subjects
Committeo:-*,
fr. Contul 11, Cazes, roporting
In the court of summary juris-|: diction, on Thursday, before Mr. The Stanley proceeded under Justice Gomportz, Choung Fük orders from the Harbour authori-,
On the 21st inst. a caso, camo Hing sued the Taun Shijng firm
tics late Wodnesday afternoon tolo- | bofora Mr. F.. A. Hazeland in and Tso Taun Sing, a managing
by Sir Francis Piggott, chairman which, it is considered, must be of of trade, of Iquitos for 110 director therein, to recover the cate the sunken stone junk that which John Tatam was clurged of the Coronation Colebrations great interest to the majority of says: Rubbor is the centre of al sum of $598 being the balanco went down outside Groon Island with that he "did unlawfully
our readers; and to contiune commercial undertakings, and so due for work done in removing a the other day. The steam tonder attempt to oscape from legal mound of debris, at the Italian wont by bearings und Captain custody when being convosed Sir, I have the honour to re-such publications on each suceesong as priots for this article are convent, at the defendant's request Willoughby anchored at the spot from Victoria Goal to the Supreme quest your Excellency to convoy articles will deal with the new
sive Saturday. The first of these maintined it anything above ds. and also for sårth suppliet.
Mr. Willson appeared for the have gone down.
where the junk was reported to Court, Victoria, in the Colony, to the heads of the different de- shipping convention.
or lb. this is likely to contiune to be the case. The average quantity on the 10th inst." Mr. W. B.partments, and their officers, tho, An article will also appear on plaintiff and Mr. Johnson for the
After dragging for two hours in Hind at the time appeared for thanks of the committee for their Universal Pesce, to be followed rubber collected by a rubber dofondant.
lay came across no obstruction prosecuted, the vicinity of the wreck, the Stan- defendant and Mr. F. B... Bowloy efficient co-operation during the each week by an article on the collootor during one senson, on a whatever. It is surmised that with
same subject, Mr. Hind raised a point of law
good estate, is from 250 to 300 Forent colebration; to the Dire¤-
cilogrammes per season. the strong tides the junk had cap-and suggested that though antor of the Public Gardens for his HARBOUR COLLISION.
tiompt lo esunpo from prison was untiring zoal in promoting the -The absence of any floating a crime, no statitle had over bron suecass of the foto on the first planke or spurs in the neighbour-passed that mundo it a crime for a night; to the Harbour Master, for hood loads to the conclusion that debtor to escape from the custody his strenuous labours which the junk is still intact, but that of a constable arho had him in brought about the success of tho she is out of the way of navigation charge.
fireworks and other work in tho to salo to surmise, as the object pol the Stanley's mission was to locato and remove any obstruction off Green laland.
Evidenco was given by the plaintiff and his foroman and at the conclusion of the caso tis Lordship said the plaintiff did not ovon seem to know what his caso was. There was nothing upon which he could givo judgment.
His Lordship to Mr. Johnson: Why did your client not pay -They were always prepared pay. Thoy had always had the untry in the ledger. The always came overy, timo for his money but on this occasion he issued a writ instend without; notifying his clients.
His Lordship:- How much have you paid into court?
?
Mr. Johnson-1 hayo paid $46 | into court; we should have paid
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sizod.
SMUGGLED CONTRA-
BAND.
The Smugglers' Methods.
that at once if he had come to the To "TALWIRATH" COMRASPONDENT., oflice.
Canton, June 28.
MARINE COURT.
THURSDAY.
Before Commander C. W.. Beckwith. RN.
Is Escape a Crime?
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HMS. "Flora's", Stanchion Carried Away.
The output during the year 1910 has boon rather disappoint ug, owing to an exceptionally
Exports of Rubber.
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COMMERCIAL.
Straits Imports and Exports. - The official return of the in- ports and, exports of the Straits Settlements for the first quartør of this year (onding March 31). is to hand and shows, substantial increase over the business of the corresponding period of 1910. The total value of the Timports it the first quarter of 1911 was Singapore $62,223,120, Panning total $00,081,305 (c10,579,8381 $20,687,110, Malacon $1,794,075,
gainst a total of $80,407,778 (1,301,107) in the first quarter of 1910, an increase of $10,180,527 (£1,188,420). The total valuo of exports for the first quarter of this year was: Singapore $56,- 155,820, Pening $26,970,058, Malacca $1,772,820, total $81,-
Manchurian Trade.
The Bean Market. The Local Bɔon Market rovivod 3. aen and to Y3,96,
vet souen, and the shortago of 108,505 (29,475,160), against a A collision which was attended | labourers on some of the estates total of $71,251,500 (£8,312,081). harbour on the second night; to by some slight damago to H.M.S. caused by the onrolment of the in the corresponding period of 1910, an incronse of $9,046,045 the Director of the Public Works"Flora" occurred in the harbour workers as soldiers during the (c1,160,478). contention by quoting from the gonoral scheme of illumina information that us reached us, Porn and Ecundor. Mr. Hind further followed out Department, for falling in with early Wednesday morning. From time of political tension between authorities and front the Encyclo- tion, and making the Government it appears that some time between pedia of Law, which said that at-buildinga so effective a part of tempts to escape did not apply to the display, and finally to the Cap against the British cruiser at an- 5 and 6 am, a large junk ran ap persons in custody for debt. Mr.in Superintendent of Police, on chor at her buoy. By the coll:- Hazeland said he would have to whose forethought the success of sion a brass stanchion of the take time to consider the point, such undertakings entirely de Flora" was carried away. The He, however, listened to the "avid- pendis. enco, proving that defendant did escape from the custody of an lu dian constable, and to his recap
fure,
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Postinastor General. He helped P.S.-1 have forgotten the us enormously in the difficult problem of distributing circulare,
programmes, etc.
REVISING THE ORDINANCES.
{|
kilogramos.
1909...........2,421,148
1910..........
Benus of finer quality quoted 13.97.
Loval, Trnini as well as Rimunod Boan Caka remained stationary at T1.41, Y1.40 and Y1.45 respec
tively.
.2,204,191 Although shipments slow junk struck the warship on the lifebuoy on that side of the vessel high in consuming markets starboard, and the guard to the falling off in quantity, prices be- was also carried away. It does during the year, the value of ex- not appear that the junk sustin ports is probably more than in ed any damage herself, at any the previous you! The qualities rate none have been reported as supped from Iquitos ure Peruvian far as we have been able to asins, scrappy negrohuids, Puru-Y12, certain. What contributed to the
POLICE COURT.
Thursday.
tino. As a minuter, of fact con. iderable activity has been shown in working smoked weak fino in the Rivers Halluga and Alte
A contract deal for 1,000 cakes was closed at Y1.42.
Bonn Oil rose to Y11,80..
for delivery in July was closed at A Contract deal for 500 cases
Yinkou..
1.38
Beans (per 100 kin) ....S. Y. 3.77 Bean Cake (per picco)....
S. Y100-Y113. in 8.8.c...
Mukden.
Beans (per 0.1 koku) s.s.c, Y. 1:03
Bean Gako....... Benn Oil (per 100 kin)
Kalyuan
1.38
12:83
Continuing Mr. Johnson said H.E. Admiral Li Chún has dis ho would ask for costs. The plaintiff had come into court, sk covered that in spite of the
Mr. Bowley's Statement. ing for $508 and had got $36. vigorous scare instituted for
Mr. Bowley stated that defond- lis claim had had to be amended (contraband, a large quantity of
aut was arrested on the 25th May', and he could not evon explain his arms and ammunition has been under a writ of execution issued own figures.
smuggled into the interior by by the Supreme Court, for the His Lordship gave judgment anarchists. The purchists have costs of certain action. On the
collision, we cannot state; bat ivian ball, weak fino, Putinayo Quotations on principal staple for the plaintiff for $45.98 with discovered a now method of | 29th_Mag', defendant, musie the This morning the Chief Justico;
scous somewhat difficult to ex-tils and white bill. Although produce, on Juno ¡¡ :- costs up to the time of the payment smuggling, which cheaped the usual application, supported by Sir Francis Piggott, was able to the time of the collision, the weak rubber, this is only in re plin wlion it is learnt that, the exports show a falling off in into court. After flint costs were attention of the water police and flavit, for his discharge inform our representative that the "Flora" was riding at anchor at ference to Putumayo tails, 'this' to go to the defendant.
tho naval officials, by putting the under the provisions of the Code. task of revising the ordinances of her moorings. contraband in dirty holds on An order was amado and the ap- the Colony waswellia hind, It will
quality being classified impro- board clumsy boats which are plication was fixed to be heard bo remenibered that the learned
perly in the exports as weak either filled with stones, coal, on the 16th June, to date on judge was appointed by the night soil or salt fish.
which ho escaped. Furthor Legislativo Council to carry out Mimiral Li Clan bas according hearing of the application had this most important and necces ly ordered the Commandors of the | been in the meantino postponed sary work. various guard boats to keep a for three weeks,
His Lordship, who was busily Excess Number of Passengers sharp look-out for these bouts up The Judge's Finding engaged in the revision who our
The Cominander; for the second the river and to follow then.
When defondant entered the representative called, said that he timo within a few days, haud to Should these bouts get out of sight Court at noon to-day, Mr. Hazend got well into the second tal will ense in which a Chi-information should be sent to the land said, without any preface, volume and in the Towever nose ferry boat carried an exces next naval station to rosume the that "With respect to the legal progressing quickly. However, number of passengers. In the clause, until the boats linvoreached point rasied herein, my finding is though he was at work on the first caso he spoke very strongly the destination at which they are in favour of defendant, because I second book, it was not at prosent on suolt breaches of the licence to discharge their cargo.
um of opinim that the Common decided where the first should nud to-day, following out what he
Law oflence of escapo does not wi.. said on the lust occasion, that the
apply to prisoners in custody on The exact point which His next case would be punished, he
civil procoss.
Lordship has reached is the end inflicted a fino, which, though
of the year 1896. - nominal, will sorve as anexample. The coxswain was fortunate in boing dismissed with a 20 dollars fine, but the Commander took in- to consideration that the night of the offence was Coronation night, and a certain amount of allowance
must be made.
The Evidence.
SERIOUS AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENT.
Car Dashes into a Tree-
Several Miraculous Escapes.
What nearly threatened to end in fatalities occurred on Tuesday night, or, to bo preciso, in the early hours of yesterday morning,
RAID ON A KOBE
FOREIGN FIRM.
The Definition. The definition which has been, adopted in all the text books with | respect to this common law offence is the one set out in Volume 11 of Hawkin's pleas of the Crown, Chapter XVII, Section V. The
Qu the 15th instant, a series of headnoto in this chapter is as raids were made by the Kobe follows: Ofhindrances in bring-Castoms authorities at the oflicos in Naniwamachi of Mossrs. H.
P. U. A. N. Roynolds said that near St. Paul's College, when sing offendors to public jusco, and W. Greer (Japan), Ltd., ai į
od for 124 passengers and seven chauffeur
crow.
The Commander's Questions.
The Commander: What stops
ete, and the definition in Section
'escapos,
worst,
be justified by it, whoever, in
about case, refuses to undergo that im they were
any
| Maranon, und un labour and living | Beans (poi 100 kin)........S. Y 3.41
ochoper-in-those-districts,-the-Bou-Cako (per-piece)-
-1.24
11.15
utpat.is likely to increase in the Benn Oil future.
Szupingchleh. falling off in the proportion of
With reference to line, the Beans (por 0:1 koku) s.s.c. Y 1.28 crappy (quoted in last year's
Changchun. reports as
Before Mr. J. R. Wood and Mr. F. A. Hazeland.
Fined for Offering Bribe. dollars to Sanitary Inspector For offering a bribe of five
Taylor, the owner of a ginger factory at West Point was fined
nogroes") rather 350 dollars or in default three tends to show more careful work months' hard labour. The faki the part of the gatherors. was bound over in the sum of 100 Peruvian ball quality continues dollars to appear for judgment is to get genreer in all thin rivers called upon.
The evidenco was to the effect that defendant had been ordered to remove some water containing Bosquito larva lle did not do and was summoned by the Sinitary Inspector, who gave vidence as to the offer of a bribe.
LIKIN,
Hear
Iquitos, many workers migrating to the River Madre de Divo and tributarios, where this quality is still plentiful.
1
Bonus (por 0.1 koku)... 5. Y 1.08
Bon Cake Bean Oil....
1.15 12.15
(8.8... stands for "mall silver
ains.")
In spite of the interest shown exploiting work fine there are (THE roši lorable tracts of land in the
LOOKING AHEAD.
At Canton.
"TELORADO" CORRESPONDENT !
Cunton, Juno 28. ',
Alto Maranen where this quality The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is indigenous, which could be ac-hns sont an urgent telegram to the uired from the Government at Canton Viceroy to the effect that mall cost. Thetrees are tapped the Diplomatic Body at Poking on the 22nd inst, he saw the steam motor-cur dashed into a big tree roads as follows: As to such tho private residence of the gen-
the same way as fine, and with has Bude an open demand for the launch, Yow Shing, of which and violently hurled all its been offences by the party himself, eral manager, the Dunlop factory The everlasting question of proper care should not perish. In despatch of cruisers and gunboats Wong Kwai was tite mustor, pro- pants on to the roadway. It up without force, which seeuns pro- ber factory at Hyogo, and the the attention of the Shanghaing to rubber properties were the lives and properties of at Wakinonama, the Ingram rubkin has recently been occupying Decomber, 1900, now laws refer in Canton for the protection of ceeding in the direction of Kowpears that the car in question was loon City from Hongkong. She taking three passengers, includ. Perly to coo ander the notion of
there is little remarkable private residences of the works Chamber of Commerce, which issued from Linn. All lands beforeigners in casen second rising had a list to starboard and on fing two ladies, out for a "joy in the books; and therefore I shall angers of these two facturies. Ime collected a very large amount 'onging to the State may be se.should break out. olosor examination he thought she ride" and the accident occurred was carrying too many passen- while the bond in the road content myself with taking notice who party of Customs officials of information on the subject and unirod by private individuals in The Ministry asks His Excel- gera. Ilo stopport the boat and was being negotiated. All the submit themselves to the judg Inced only two ordinary visiting gestions and recommendations,
which raidou Messrs. Greer's proposes to bring this informa- the following way-by purchase [lency to think of the meaning of the that as all persons are bound to offices in Naniwa-machu pro-tion, together with various sug. Jur concession.
demand, and of its effect on Chim. counted 190 passengers and crow.occupants without oxception
Pagmout of sole for every As a preventative against the Wong Kwai's licence only provid-sustained serious injuries, Thmont of the law, and be ready tords is authority for the search buford the notice of the tiovern hocture (10,000 square metres)erapping up of diplomatic quca-
fored tlie
to make. mont in order tlint changes in the entitles buyer to freehold rights, tions involving China in the pay while in the case of one of prisonment which the law thinks After thoroughly ransacking the collection may be made. The li- If in 10 years after purchase the ment of compensation or inden- the ladies, a number of nasty fit to put upon him, and frees premisesand completely upsetting kin tax is quite a modern one, but land is not cultivated up to at least nities, His Excellency should, 'n bruises were inflicted on the head himself from is by any artifice, the routine of the office, the it is so firmly established that it is ie-fifth of its met, a payment, of the opinion of the Ministry, ko doos ho take to ascertain the cor- and caused the victim to lose con before much time as he is delivered officials in charge stated that they diflicult to get any changes mado 1 cent per hectare manually has every precaution agaist another rect number of passengers?
sciousness fora while. The other Defondant: It was holiday laudly received injuries on the head by due course of law, is guilty of would have to take the firm's books in the mode of its collection or in to be paid to the State. No baver outbreak and instruct his junior fine and I could not stop the rush and a cut on the arm. Fortunatoly fine and imprisonment.
Tho any other particular, but the cor- can acquire more than 1,000 ificial to give proper protection a high contempt, punishable with away for examination,
nanagor offered to provides room ing of the railways has made it hectares of agricultural land, or to foreigeors. on to my boat.
the services of Dr. Marriott were- This word offenders' in the where the books could be exmain-absolutely essential that some-more than 30,000 hectares of rul- The Commander: Thero up secured. Notwithstanding the headnote means a criminal offend, but this was refused, the thing should be done. At the ber hand without special order LIST OF PASSENGERS. pears to be no control over the early hour of the morning, Dr. der. To make it quite clear, in officials stating that the books present time the work of the from the Government. passengers; no idea of trying to Marriott attended to the injured tassell on crimes, Volume 1' at must be taken away. Eventually railways in seriously handicapped
To Hongkong. count them or to keep them in ladies and quickly dressed the Page 889, where the above de this was agreed to on condition by the likin charges. The rail- discipline. It is the same thing wounds. The lady in question is finition is given in practically the thunt a representativo of the firm ways do not object to the imposi on all those ferries hore. Thejat prosont lying in a bad state.
same language the fourned author should be present at tho examination of likin on the goods, they We believe it has been the prac-has also interpolated the words tion. passengers rush on board and the
carry, but they find fault with boat goes blindly across the har- tico among the local chauffeurs to where arrested on criminal pro-
Later in the day the books were the inconvenient way in which hour. Consequently there are allow passengers to display their cess. The charge is therefore returned, with theexplanation that the charge is collected and they smashes. The master of a ferry amatour abilities at the wheel.
everything was found in order, also complain that goods carried, must take precautions against As this is in direct contravention
and an apologetic statement ex by boat are allowed a rolate which Overloading. The boats are of the recently enacted regula-
prossing regret for the inconveni- enables the boat traffic to compete allowed a gonorous complemont. tions, it is to be hoped that the Therefore, said Mr. Hazeland at once caused. The raids at the two unfairly with that of the rail and if there is an excess some one Police will in futuro exercise the conclusion of his statement, factories and at the thice pirate ways. In order to meet this the revolt, has discovered the Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Duncan, Per must suffer for it. The passen greater vigilance in this matter, defendant is dismissed. Quer-houses wore equally abortive, and difficulty, and also to remove lack of posts on the northern; N... steamer Princess Alico gers can be controlled by means of as in the present case, the car at tioned by Mr. Bowley, Mr. Haze the result of the simultaneous other anomalies, the Chamber of eastern and western parts of the Dr. Thumm, Dr. Densow, Mrs. a gangway, and when they come the time of the accident was being and said the dismissal applied raid has been nothing more than Commerce is considering scheme city, and hos suggested to the B. Butzorford, Mr. and Mrs. O on board they must be made to driven by one of the passengers, only to the charge of attempting to canso great annoyance and in- whereby the merchants stall offer Viceroy the building of three May, Capt. Wagle, Mr. and Mrs. Bit down.
This practice, if allowed to be escaping from custody.
convenience to the foreigners con- a lump sum for each branch of out-out towers along the eastern, Kuppòrs, - cerned, it having been admitted business in lieu of the numerous tho samo number along the that whatever suspicions the au- petty lovies made at the present western and one on the northern
Chiness Cruiser at Saigon II.M.S. Monmouth went into thorities may have had for making time, this provision to apply outskirts of the city.
The Chinese cruiser Hui-chon, dry dock Wednesday for overhaul, these raids were entirely gound equally to boat mud rail traffic. Enol of the towers is to be has been anchored for several days Coronation night and that there It should be mentioned that it is not generally known that on less. We presume that some further This will at any rate put the two garrisoned' by nighly soldiers, at Saigon. The occasion was was a large number of people Chinese medical man rosiding in her way south from Weilniwei to explanation will be forthcoming on an equal basis, but it remains and in case of emergency they taken advantage of for an inter- crossing from Kowloon to long- the neighbourhood on heuring of be in Hongkong for the Corona from the Customs authorities to be seen whether it will com-jean transmit signals and work change of calls. batwoan tho kong, he would be fined 20 dollara. the accident hurriedly tried to tion, the Monmouth had a break apologising for the seizure of pri- mond itself to the likin authorities co-operatively. His Excellency officers of the war-vessel and the Ho would also warn him not to dress in the hope of rendering down, in her engine-room before vate residences correspondence or not. In any case nothing but the Viceroy is strongly in favour lool authorities. A civil man« como before him again on that assistance, but the victims had entering the Formosan Channel which had absolutely no connec good can come from a free vontin of this suggestion and will son darin was on board charged with charge or he would infliot the disappeared by the time he had and from there stoamed into part tion with Mossrs. Greer & Co. or tion of the subject."The Na havo nitra selected for the in- arqucial mission, but what it maximum fines
completed his toilet.
with only one engine,
their business,
tional Review."
struotion of thesg towers,
was has not transpired.
Addressing defendunt, he said continued, will not only constitute that taking into consideration n danger to tho passengers them- there was no previous conviction selves, bat also to the public at against him, lat, the 22nd was large.
dismissed."
Defendant Dismissed.
The Monmouth.
· ́LOOK-OUT TOWERS.'
Per P. and O. steamor Indiu, To be Erected at Canton.
|connecting with the steamer Dolta ļai Colombo:~Mr. F. II. Shaw. Por [TTLEGRAPH,” CORRESPONDENT
P. tud O. stammer Moldavia, con- no ing with the stoamer As nyo Canton, Juné 28.
at Colombo:-Mr. G. N. Benton, H.E. Lang Obai Kwong, Com Mr. P. Findlater. Per P. and 0. mander-in-Chief of the Kwang-sistenmer Moren, connecting with forces, stationed in Canton since the steaner Delhi at Colombo: