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CHIEF JUSTICE RETIRES
FROM A CASE.
Worry to excess destroys both mind and body.
An Astonishing. Development.
To-day's Paper-
CORRESPONDENCE.
St. John's Cathedral.
(T) the Editor of the "Hongkong Telegraph.")
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An entirely unprecedented po sition arrived at this morn- Dear Sir, Some time ngo
was On pages 1 and 5 will be found ing in the case arising out of the was asked to act as Hon. Secret telegrams dealing with the Tits-affairs of the Yik Lung Bank, the ary and Treasurer in the matter nio disaster. On page 4 appears hearing of which was commenced of an address and presentation to an interesting announcemont re- garding the Chief Justice. Furby the Chief Justice at the Su-Rov, F. T. Johnson before his ng on the Home Rule preme Court this morning. The departure from this Colony on Bill will be found on page 1 case was one in which Li Tse-shi, May 7 next. while the nature of the Powers a widow, residing at 139 Con- note to the Porto appears on naught Road West, proceeded pago 5.
against Li l'o-kwong, of 79 Con- For street gambling
annaught Road and Li Chang-lia offender was fined $3 or savon alias Li, Po-shun of 49 Calne days.
A man was fined $10 or one month's hard labour for street gambling, at tho Magistracy this morning.
Mr. Chau Kai-ming has beon appointed a member of the Saifitary Board in sucression to Mr. Lau Chau-pak.
For stealing a piece of fish a man was sent to gaol for one month with. hard labour, at the Magistracy this morning.
Road.
who may
The address, is in the olline,
Leigh & Orange, Prince's Build- ings, 1 Des Voux Road Central,) for signature balore May 1.
Yours faithfully,
Alfrod Bryer, Hon. Seoretary. Hongkong, April 17, 1912.
CHINESE IN NEW YORK.
MY JOURNEY TO THE side of the car so that I might
PEAK.
get a glimpse of the Western ond of the harbour, 1 bal hurdly got a focus of the multitudinous
A Common Person's impressions
It was a glorious day; the sky craft suurrying between the load- was cloudless, peaceful and com- ing and unloading linors before posing in its rich azure. Every- another ultra superior individual one appeared bright and pleased also in flannels and with a lady a constablo directing, traffio at with the world, and I too felt that mado a sign with his finger like all the happiness "The Valley" might contain could not compare the Mansion House, which he with life on so delightful a day. meant me to interpret as move Now if thore is one thing The second of the month at that, up."
In the
alternative plaintiff claimed $54,461.98 money paid by the deceased on behalf of
New York's Chinatown outdid the defendants at their request,
itself recently in bonouring Yuan Blings to the organ grinder. $22,788.99 interest.
Shibi-k'oi to mark his taking the
One of the Sisters Prico who have been appearing at the Bijou Theatre was, we are informed, and removed to Hospital to undergo an operation last night.
wore
with notos lying sungly tucked that sticks in my throat it is to be away and chita consigned to the directed like a ricksha coolic. So fire of scorn. How nico, ayo ideal, I made a sign back to him in the I sent out a circular approved overything appeurod. It was a deaf and dumb alphabet os by the Church Body to scathold-day of inspiration and 1 felt an though I understood him not. ers; now, as it has come to my ambition to do something, high He turned to his companion knowledge that several of these and hard. I was in the neighbour said something about an ass oirculars have gone astray, I nak hood of Murray Barracks, away and she eyed me up and down ab if you will 'kindly insort this from the odour of overdried fiebthough alio expeated to see sus letter in your paper.
and the choking fumes of smould-ponded from my neck a little tin The plaintiff's claim was as I have received many replies oring sandal wood. Like some ran for aims and a melodeon TO- excoutrix and sole logates under and now beg to request, those zephyr charged with the scents posing on the sent. Sus Iroked wish to add their names of orchard and vineyard came the disappointed when she found the will of La Chuk-chi, deceased, to the list, to send to me as soon gentle breeze from the Victorian they were both missing, and I to recover from the defendants as possible.
water. I glanced to my right firmly believe I saw coing with and 2 sign pont indicating significant square holes in the the sum of $77,250.07' being
Eventually wo renobed the $54,461.08 money lent by the
the road to the Peak Tramway contre, shining in her hand. to bs above the mosses, Yes, I summit and my excitement was doccased on a note given by the
re-inspired me with ambition defondants for $150,000 on
would ascend. Walking with allayed by the bracing broozo. January 12, 1905, and as the
that air of superiority which all that fanned my parspiring brow. trainad Peakitoa adopt I saunter- On the return journey a sweet sum of $22,788.99 balance of! the claim being interest at the
ed with a charming carelessness little girl of about seven years to the station Drawing from entered the tram. I asked her rate of eight per cent. per annum.
wallot a ton dollar bill about her school and lier lessons. Tuy with that contempt for its value charming simplicity and affabil I lung it to the conductor Sho bowildered me with her which the castor who has backed ity. had anticipated a rebuke
winner shows for the penny he but on the contrary wo
roal companions for the whole Marks of Quality- of the journey. I understand it. The class was never mentioned; aw! She had not become educat- claim was also made for interest oath of office sa firat President of there was no necessity. I wore a enough to realise that sho from the date of the issue of the the Republic of China. Mott, flannel trousers and balanced resided on the Peak. writ until payinent or judgment. Pell and boyora streets blossomed with commendable poise a Lon- We are informed that subject Mr. M. W. Slade, K.C., and out at snurise with the now fing drew. I carried a tennis racquet, to audit the Hongkong Electric Mr. Eldon Polter, instructed by and this vari-colored bunting and wore an ill slaped. felt hat and Co. Ltd. will pay a dividend of Mr. R. A. Harding, appeared for the Stars and Stripes mingled on when I wiped my brow my ro- Weekly, twenty-five cents (for 14 per cent, for the year ending the plaintiff and Mr. W. V. Drum- the fronts of the ramshackle.cently shampooed and brillian-
A message to the "China February 20, 1912.
mond of the Shanghai Bar, and building transforming them in tined hair shone with the lastre Mr. O. t. Alabaster, instructed appearance. Tho now Chinos that denotes grooming
Pross" dated March 14 runs :- Give ear and know, that thờ "it" I made by Mossre. Ewene and Haston emblem, which replaces the
Truly I was. dragon, is comprised of five
no mistake about that, but I meascager of the thwarted River appeared for the defence.
His Lordship's Position. stripes of red, yellow, blue, white On Monday and again yeator-and black. The colors are brill certainly did not give thought to God is here from the Yellow Sea. the compatition for the honour therefore it is that Alfred K. day the case continued to become ant and the flag is striking,
From the car alighted soldiers, Scanze, who once thwarted. hi Chinamen came from all over anilors, ordinary civilians, supe-
will in Chinn, obtained a permit complicated and we understand that on the former day His Lord- the greater city, and a few arrived rior civilians, ultra superior civi- yesterday to carry a revolver.
Seanzo la now an engineer ship intimated that he felt it from Philadelphia, Trenton and lians and a couple of Chiness The wife and family of Pro impossible to try the case pro- Boston to take part in the culebr who, I was inclined to believe, superintending work in the build- sident Yuan Shih-kai have arrived perly as he had all the facts ofation, which was in charge of the were shroff by the handful of ing of the "Hotel McAlpin, at. Hauk San Gong Society, of which envelopes they each carried and Broadway and Thirty-third street. at Tientsin from Honan, where the previous cases in his mind.
However, we understand that Yung Gu is President. All wore the "loves-labour-last" rollection He received the shock of his life the slate of affairs is, anything the parties asked for the case to American garb and wore. quon their glistening facen, The last Saturday when à labourer but promising. The President
last gentleman to leave the in-landed him a slip of paper writ ton in Chinese, saying he land Tho main incident of the day coming train I believed to be a has never had any of his family proceed and His Lordship even- with him in Peking since his tually heard the commencement recall, except a couple of his of the case. To-day we are in-was a banquet given by the government official, I really don't received it at the gate from one
formed that he again hold a society. Three thousand mem-know why, except that he looked from the Celestial Empire.
Knowing that he always sent consultation with the representa-bers were present, and it was
laundry, Scanzo at once guessed restaurants. For several hours
that some dreadful portent was in store for him.
So he had the letter translated
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BONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1912.
THE TITANIC DISASTER.
As the 9.8. Houng Shan was leaving the wharf last night for Canton a man threw himself over- board. He was rescued and handed over to the police. When well enough he will be brought before the Magistrates.
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The Chief of the Bureau of Civil Affairs at. Wuchang has issued a proclamation stating that ho has received information from
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J. T.
CHINESE RIVER GOD.
tives of both parties, and again necessary to sol tables in thros/50 comfortable, and showed a suptis collars and cuffs to a steam
expressed his inability to give the guests regaled themselves on the case a proper hearing.
Longthy discussions were held birds' nest soup, pineapple, fish,
in the Chief Justice's room and sharks' fins, yok-a-main, rico in a
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not be cheated-and-those heard de novo,-but-ion-the-same
fashion.
remo disregard for timo,
The Ladies The ladies, of whom there were three, passed by with the rustle of skirts and an exhibition
There seems no ground now for hope that the Titanic disaster --and the name of the vessel fits in with grim significance-ia any- Nanking that priests in Anhui eventually a "Telegraph dozen forme, lea and rice wine. of billowy luce which convinced by one of the illuminati, to whom ro- To add to the interest there one the sex were in the minoriity, he was taken by Professor Mercer, thing but calamitous. The event is rendered more horrifie by have formed secret societies for porter was informed that in order reason of the fact that earlier messages were reassuring to a degree. the extortion of money from the to solve the question, His Lord- was a wedding feast at Loo Lin's expected to be the cynosure of all of the Department of Public Flowery Kingdom Restaurant, eyes, and pseudo-unconciously Affairs of Marbridge University. Some of them, indeed, were so misleading that people will be pooplo. The people are warned, ship will go on leave on Mony No. 14, Mott Street. Willie Ung the targets for admiring glances. The message was as follows:
"I have been appointed by -tempted to usa-bitter-words-concerning them. One telegram said says the "Poking Daily Nowa,"next, and that the case will be Chung, a_merchant, was married For a few moments there was an | that an official wireless message announced the towing of the vessel priests will be severely punished pleadings, by the Hon. Attorney to Miss Lee Gum Toy and more aerial combat for supremacy be- Our Great River God to deliver to shoal water. Later messages were oven more gratifying. One when arrested.
General, Mr. Rees-Davies, K.C., than one hundred persons weltween parma violet, jocket club this message to you. You are re- who is to be appointed Chief comed the couple in Chinese and phulaana but the fragrance sponsible for the Yungtsze-Kiang stated that the Parisian and the Carpathia ware standing by and
was butshort lived, My neighbour flood, and great was the sacrifice. that all the passengora had been taken off. Another gave out that
was a sailor and he was smoking In robbing the god of the offering some "twist" in a clay pipe which you have invoked his anger upon the passengers were gradually being transferred to the Parisian and
he must have brought out from our people, who have nince the Carpathia. Those messages bore out each other and seemed to
home on commencing his prae- suffered much. Prepare for s
visit."" have the stamp of truth.
tically expired term of seven years
Nothing more kindly than giv on the China station. The fumes were not common-the ordinarying the warning to prepare could smelling fumes. These stuck in have been thought of by Mr. your teeth and could be masticated Scanze. Ho went with the pro if you were devoid of palate. I fosser to police headquarters and 78 was pleased I had booked "first" told Fourth Deputy Commissioner. 78 and hoped my "friend" would Dillan that as the Messenger of the River God might be armed with a hatchet and á revolver ori:
The
China Critic learas Justice.
We understand that His Lord- from Dalny that the weather has been so warm there that the ship will take a statement to- bathing season has already com-morrow morning in connection nienced, and many foreign and Japanese residents go out to the Yamato Hotel, on the back besch, for week-end and other holidays.
Several ladies luve asked
with the case.
repro
Another "Telegraph sentative writes:-Rautour has it that Sir Francis Piggott, the Chief Justico, will; before his retiroment at the end of the month, take a short vacation on
GOLF.
Results of recent competitions held by the Hongkong Golf Club are as follow:-
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Captain's Cup, Rev. Foster Pogg
77 plus. 1oql. Harrison 96 min. 18
It is now reported that the Carpathia reached the scene of the disaster and found only bouts and wreckage, and that the Parisian found wreckage but neither rafts nor bodies. Clearly, therefore, if these later telegrams are trustworthy as scoms only too certain neither the Carpathia nor the Parisian was in time to stand by, and help in the taking off of passengers. Presumably the Carpathia General Li to establish a women's leave, beginning on Monday next, of
law school in order to promote April 22. The Hon. Mr. Rees arrived after the foundering of the great liner and found 868 peo-the political education of women Davies, Attorney General, will act / "Mr. A. R. Aus- ple, out of the 2,358 on board, in the Titanic's own boats. The as a preliminary step to giving as Chief Justice, and Mr. Alabas- definite statements regarding the time of the disaster, the latitude them a voice in the parliament, tor, who noted last year 28 and longtitude, indicate clearly that a wireless message has been It is reported that General Li has Attorney General will again act Mr. Bulmer John- sent by one of the steamers which hurried to the rescue and that told them that the time is not yet in the same capacity. the information was furnished by some member or members of the ripe for women to learn law.
Titanic's crew.
An Ablö Barrister.
LOCAL SPORT.
SOLDIERS BILLIARD
TOURNAMENT.
The fourth and filth, games between the R.E. "B" Team and
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Derring-do.
"Thank you!" I was thus two he would like to be thorough- indicating to an austere matronly roads. A permit to Curry a 12 79 with pince nez, that I wished to revalver was therefore grønted to 12 80 board the car and in the par- him,"
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83 Elevating her head so as to make he was a midshipman on board
83 it practically impossible to see the gunboat Mindors in Chiness He obtained leave of ab 87 me, ale turned slightly towards waters.
10 me and said nothing. I brashed once and went on a trip up the
88 by, hanging tightly on to the seat Yang-taxe-kiang on board a: trim -in front lest I aliould encroach little steamboat, One day a fair upon the privacy of a sleeping young girl either fell or jumped pet corn. It was cowardly; I from the dock,
78 rasted my one-hundred and sixty midshipman, as he leaped into 1879 pounds of avoirdupois on the the yellow current and snatched
The most painful feature of the disaster, however, is that those Eleven boat masters were on board appear to have entertained a belief in their safety up till charged at the Marine Court with the last. The wireless operator's message to his parents"Prac failing to take out a special tically unsinkable; don't worry" reads pathetically now. It was permit for one voygage. The cases believed that it would be easier to sink a cork than the Titanio, and were dismissed by "Commander it is clear that up till the last dread moment of foundering those on Beckwith, a special permit to bo board felt secure of safety, and placed trust in the statement that the taken out for each boat, and a vessel was "practically unsinkable". There is something up-monthly permit to be issued with 87 Company R.Ct.A. were played Fegg. 77 min. 1 egl. 78 should have located the corn and "I will save you?" oried the speakably and in the thought of some 1,600 people standing on the licences for 1912.
on Tuesday evening, in connec-er. I. Harrison 96 18 brink of an unplumbed eternity without realising it to the full. In
tion with the above tournament. Mr.J W Stewart 07. one sense, no doubt, it is better so, for death, if it is to come, had
The Engineers have now a load Mr. Bulmer John best come quickly and without the agonies of anticipation. But the One of the features of the case of 185 points. The first game
BO 01, mind reels from the possibility that some of those 1,700 lives might which has had such peculiar dewas between 08 Tatton Mr. J. D. Kin have been saved if the danger had been realised to the full. No velopments, in the Supreme Court R.GA, and Corpl. Bogan R.E. naird 80 one knows for certain, save perhaps those saved, that, this is so, but was the opening speech for the The latter won by 100, making Mr. M. A. Murray 84 the horrifying thought cannot be driven from the mind.
defence by Mr. W. V. Drum- breaks of 20 (twige), 13 and 15. Mr. A. W. W. The maroh of science is great and has reduced danger to a mond. This able barrister who is S.M. Tatton's breaks wore 17. Walkinshaw 81- minimum; but every event of this nature proves yet again that the over seventy years of age spoke (twice) and 10. The second game Mr. A. Mac. works of man are never flawless. Masterly as they are, fruite of the for two hours without reference was between Sorgt. Heath Kenzie ...... 02 finest skill in the world as they are, in contsót, with savage nature to any notes whatever, and gave a B.G.., and Sapper Morgan B. Capt. Epioer 92 they crumble and fall and are as though they had never been The
The luoid explanation of his cllant's Again the Engineers won, this Major Caulfield 93. fiest reflection, based on messages received this afternoon, is one of case, that has been highly spoken time by 50 points. The winter. ELL: Arold 100
ide that the passengers saved are "mostly women and children.” of by those fortunate enough to made breaks of 15, 15, 10 and 1963, 14. Tie for pool The best traditions of British pluck have been maintain
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fleshy promonotory. Her glances the girl from a watery grave, 12, 70 were monotonoqs in thoir re. Instead of hailing him as a hero gularity. First she would look the Chinese passengera looked 0,80 to the right, then to the left at upon him with disdain and ignor 80 me with that freezing air, the od him. The girl was road
copyright of the Grisicoracy, and ungrateful. Then learned he had preven
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