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Qamblors.
Thirteen gamblers wore finod $3 euch at the Police Court day.
Mail Arrived,
The s.8. Yorok arrived to-day with the mail from Japan and Shanghai:
Mails Delivered, The English and French maile of June 22 and 18 were delivered in London on July 23.
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Absoni Magistrate.
In the absence of Mr. E. A. frying, Mr. J. R. Wood officiated at the Police Court this morning. Remanded.
A man charged at the Police Court, to-day, with being a rogue and a vagabond, was remanded by Mr. J. R. Wood so this wit- nesses could be called.
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REPRESENTATION OF
PRISONERS.
A QUESTION OF RE- SPONSIBILITY.
Messrs. Kelly and Walsh Summoned.
Messrs. Kelly and Walsh wore summoned to appear before Mr.
Jatrino.
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ALLEGED THEFT OF
PEARLS.
NOTES AND
31100 Worth Pawned.
COMMENTS.
Hongkong Cattle,
most:
In the kindest and courteous manner, alboit with a
At the Police Court this aftor- firmness that leaves no loophole. for doubt, the Director of Agri-
who
Defendant pleaded not guilty
The pawnbroker said that the defondant pawned the pearls.
Melbourne, at the Police Cournou a Chinese nod Wong culturo in the Philippines has set this morning, for permitting a Yat-ming was charged before his ban on cattle from Hongkong. nuisance at the rear of their Mr. Melbourne with the larceny Mr. Taylor's decision las, not promines by failing to comply of six pourla valued $1200, the been arrived at bastily, or las with a notice issued by the Sanitary Board, to cleanse a property of Yoon Ling, Mr. Ruas he condemned our export cattle. | trade merely on hoarsay; ho has," prosecuted, Mr. Brutton defonded, according to the "Cable-news A Sanitary Inspector depceed and Mr. Shenton appeared on be American," traversed the ground that he served a notico on the half of the pawnbroker for himself, and, clearly has not firm in May and, the order not received the pearls.
allowed any one consideration, boing complied with, a summons
for or against, to go unweighed. was applied for and obtained on
Should the average Hongkong the 16th inst. Since then Messrs.and denied pawning them.
resident be disposed to regard the judgment as over harsh, or Kelly and Walsh had done every-
the judge over particular, he thing that was necessary and ho
Mr. Brutton: A man came to would do well to remember that thought a nominal fine would
you and said he worked at 4 Hongkong and Manila differ meet the case.
Wing On Stroot for the Ling Lang widely in their requiremonts and firm?-Yes.
resources. Here we are spoilt; for Aud, without making nuy efforts thero is scarcely a single, Hamo to verify what he had aid, you commodity or
luxury which handed him the money? Yes. money will not buy; and, without Mr. Shenton This is not so, wishing some of our pamporod Mr. Brutton:It is.
readers any harm, we own wo Mr. Shenton-But you are should like to see how-alter misrepresenting the faots. such a long "spoiling" process
Mr. Brutton-I am not, I they would relish a few months' wish you would sit down, Mr.diet of canned neat, rice, ancient Shenton, and let me proceed. poultry, unripe fruit, end river- Witness thon stated that, bofore water qualified with hollands, be paid over the $600, Jio ad vino or drak. made an attempt to verify the A Big Consolation. statement. Tho photograph pro... | Even if the grazing here be not duced did not represent the man of the best, a man may i leset who pawned the pearls.
sit down to a good, wholesome By Mr. Shenton: He was quite ent of mutton or beef-a blessing satisfied that dofondant was the man who pawned the pearle,
The whole of the ovidence had not been heard when wo went
Perhaps the one duty of stato that calls for more criticism than the rest, is the administration of justice, though to the credit of Great Britain it must be admitted that little is left wanting to se Mr. O. May, manager of the euro a fair trial for the prisoner firm, said that he was of opinion at the bar. There.are, however, that the landlord was the party At the Palice Court, this morn- certain anomalies which obviate responsiblo, and the delay in ing, four Chinese wore fined $5 perfectness in the system, more entrying out the order was in enol or, in the alternative, savon specially in criminal cases. While consequence of the question of days, for causing obstruction. the legislature at home has secured responsibility being undecided. They had ali boon previously the propor defence of the poverty-The place linil been lime-washed stricken in the Courta of Law by so recently ne March. As soon as cautioned,
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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1912.
THE TRUE SPIRIT.
of events is assitred.
Loft By the Chiyo Maru. Mr. Geo. Corso, jr., general the foos of counsel, has to stand Mr. Melbourne said it was passage agent of the San Fran- practically upute against a trained evident that as soon 19 Mesura. disco Overland Routes, and Con-advocate for the Crown. In such Kelly and Walsh wore convinced sal-General Eurico Hurtado (of circumstances, the chances of that they were responsible, they namn) left by the the Chiyo escape, even for the innocent, Gru had done everything they could Maru yesterday,
extremely remote, though oc- to put inatters right. He would The Typhoon
casionally B quick witted find them guilty because the place to press. The threatened typhoon line defendant manages to get cloar should have bron kopt clean. gono in to the coast, 100 miles of the not of evidence woven He would dismiss the defendants West of Macao, mud is still tra- round him. It has been urged with a caution. volling in a North-Westerly many times that when an un- direction.. Thesignula were lower-defended prisoner. oscapos, it is ed at noon to-day.
rather by reason of a fault in the case for the prosecution, than by any plea ho is able to put forward. on his own behalf.
Dumping A doad body has been picked up in the Western District; doath was duo to natural causes.
The body of a man who had
A Hardship.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
Lecture By Mr. Bliss Knapp.
The lecture at the Theatre Royal, given by Mr Bliss Kuapp,
DIOCESAN SCHOOL SHORTHAND SUCCESSES.
Yesterday afternoon at the Diocesan School, Mrs. Piercy, the wife of the head master, presonte
more often than not denied to the people of Manila, unless either the beasts have been imported, and slain on arrival, or else the meat hayo passed through the inter- mediate stato of colf storago. But if Mr. Taylor strikes with the ono hand; he soothes with the other; for does ho not advocate the
establishing of an industry for moro profitablo to Hongkong in- rostars than cattle-exportation null over have been at the best? ndeed we must confess surprise that, in an essentially business Colony such as curs, the Direc
on he subject of Christian the prizes to the boys who were died, apparently from drowning:ocul legal fraternity had a oan though the downfall of heavy | oxaminations. Mr. Pieray; whoor's suggestion shauki not have
Sciecne, was only poorly attended, successful in the recent shorthand
has been found on the praga at Yaumasti.
Lamp Thief in Kowloon, The lamp thief who has been busy in Hongkong for the past few wooks has now transferred his attention to the Kowloon district,
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Quite recently a member of the versation with a "Telograph representative on the matter of a prisoner's defence, and it was pointed out that when a case came
rain probably accounted for that. I called upon his wife to make the boon forestalled long ago. On the However, those who were prosent presentations, remarked on the face of it, there must be a better were highly interested and only great usefulness of the art, while return for money, (as well as o once was any sort of interruption Mrs. Piercy spoke a few words of comforting absence of risk, calcu on at the criminal Rossions preceptible. The stage was well praise for the winners and aflated to balance any possible the only logul gentleman who decorated with flowers and foras, consolation to those who had not additional outlay) in exporting Last night he operated on eight could be heard to plead on behal! In the audience were the Chief been equally successful. On the frozen mont, than in eattle-deal- of the lamps and removed the of the man in the dock, was a Justice (Mr. W. Ross Davies, K.C) proposition of Mr. S. Hore a vote ing; and, noting on this hint was accorded Mrs, which a practical man has offered, mantles.
barrister. A solicitor cannot ap-Hon. Mr. Claud Severn; the Hon. of thanks Trespassing on Government pear before the judge sitting in Mr. H. E. and Mrs. Pollock; Pierey and those gentlemen who wo now look, to apo local financiers
Property.
criminal jurisdiction except for Lirut Col. Stropole; Mr. P.P. J. had assisted at the examination ostirring thomalves and entering with zest into a branch of trade A woman was charged before the purpose of instructing counsel. Wodehouse; Mr. Brotherton Har-The prize list was na follows:- To the British Colonist, who unconsciously grows into the Mr. J. R. Wood, at the Police The hardship of this was at once Ler; Hon. Mr. O. H. Rosa; Mr. 1). Elementary-1 Liu Wa Chuon which must matorinily increase the Colony's wealth and botter habit of viewing most questions from a distinally broad and tolerant surt, to-day, with trespassing made apparent when it was Melbourne, Mr. Hazeland, and 21 Sau, 3 W. Johnsford, Wong
Chenk Kwong, Li Man Kwong, her commercial status. viow-point, one of the most antisfying developments in British on the property of the Govern-pointed out that a solicitor could the Rev. R. J. Temple.
appear for a prisoner at the
Mr. Barnard briefly introduced Les Hong. Clios, Pan Cho Min; Sight Tests. politics during the past two or three years has been the marked ment the Kowloon barracks.
Defendant was dismissed with magistracy, could address the the spraker, and remarked on the P. Edwards, Pak Shu Liu, R. Quito an interesting communi- change of front shown by the Government of the day in dealing a caution.
court and examine and cross growth of Christian Beirnco. In Pasco, G. Brockolt, Long Ucation comes along from the with Imperial, and naval problems. Time was-and that time is South African Medal Lost examine witnesses, but could do England, for example, it wae Hong, Lee Hong Chun, J. Silva, Scoretary of the Imperial Merchant only just passing-when most loyal Britishers would profer to sco
Captain Wood, R. A. M. C., has none of those things at the trial practically unknown twenty years Lau Eng Juny, Laung Sau, F.Sorvico Ouild concerning the re- weighty questions coming under either of these heads left severelyeported to the police that last proper. After all, as it was put tongo, whereas in that timo over Silva, W. Hizby, J. Mackonzie, port of the Board of Trade Depart
night whilst riding in a public our representative, the hearings sixty churches and societies had E. Lyan, J. Wong,
imental Committee on sight tests. alone than that they should be tinkered 'with by a Tiberal Govern-rickshaw. from the
Thoary J. Yow, 2 A. Very boldly he alleges that provo ment. But that is certainly not the ciss to-day, even though it Theatre to the Hongkong Club, nature of an enquiry in big Mr. admitted that there is yet scope for still further assimilation of he lost his fivo barred South chees, rather than an actual that what determined the real Kwong Ilo Cheung, Leung Hoi inimical to the best interests of
African Medal.
adjustment of the healthier and larger ideas along these lines.
balance, import of Christian Scienco was Tai, Wong Pak Tung, F. Whit- tlio mercantile marine; to bo but when the trial takes place its theology, and, by way of ap-field, Loung Kwai Lum. Kwok soriously prejudicial to the busi- the solicitor who has been active plication, this theology oxhibited Man Pan, Lok Sing Fai, P. Wong.ness of our shipowners, ani a throughout the proliminary pro-ju system of healing and reforma- Speed-Mok fling Cheung, moans of inflicting gross and ceedings, cannot appear at tion, necessarily montal and spiri- (60)A. Kow, (60) Fung Hong uruel injustico on British Cap the sessions, except to instruct taal, which ayatem was based on Hang, (60). counsel, and unless his olient can the inspired word of the Bible. afford counsel, he must defond A leading point in its theology, himself, and, we hear that, for and one which physicians were
Opium.
mp.
Victoria in the lower court aro after the aprangas Knapp urged that Ahweo, 3 A. Cillord, Mook lling. "it is caleulateil 10
We are not over-concerned to bestow praise on the Asquith; At the Police Court, to-day Government, but with a desire to give credit where credit is dus,fore Mr. J. R. Wood, two men we do not hesitate to express the opinion that its naval and Imperial were charged with being in un policy, as well as the motives which underlie them, are at present lawful possession of a quantity beyond reproach. And after reading speechos of the type delivered of opium.
by Mr. Winston Churchill and the Premier, on the introduction of Mr. Lowia defended. the supplementary naval estimates, one cannot resist a feeling of The first defendant was fined deep content that the New Liberalism in au far removed from the $32 and the second was dis-obvious reasons, it in the general now admitting to be true, was the Old Radicalism as to permit of declarations of policy which no charged. Unionist Government would be ashamed to father. What most appeals to the British sentiment in the speech of the First Lord of ALLEGED STONE- the Admiralty in ita candour, its directness, its almost brutal bluntness. There is no bandying with pretty, inoffensive phrases. We are told straight out that the naval activities of Garmony-not
THROWING.
A Chinese was charged at the
rule, without exception in this mental nature of disease. Chris Colony, that counsel will not apin Science had realized its re- pear in a caso unless he isults by mental and spiritual instructed by a solicitor.
healing, which was made possible by ita theology, Evidences of As matters now stand, it is cures were seen in the re-
Double Expense.
A NEW SPORTING DEPARTURE.
The H.K.C.C. and Croquet.
For the first time in its history
tains and Officers," That is a doring charge which, in our view, he docs not wholly substantiate; but, at aug rate, he says 'sufficient to indicate that matters are not so satisfactory as could bo wielied. It in a well, for instance, that people should know that the fact of any boy passing the Board of Trade official eyesight toat is no guarantee or safeguard whatever.
have compelled a corresponding acceleration on our part, sad
We give the final poro that if it comes to competing, Britain will not be found wanting in the R. Wood, with throwing stones prisoner to defend himself, by lame, and the blind. Contrary going to throw open its grounds contest. Germany may maintain that she has a perfect right to at an Indian watchman, privately reason of the double exponse of to popular belief, there was no for croquet, and arrangements graph almost in full:"It op Christian are being made to start a croquet pears to ben sorry farce to hold that expand her Navy to whatever extent she desires. So she has. On employed, in Sutherland Street, counsel and solicitor. In one connection between
particular caso recently before Science and hypnotism; for it was tournament, beginning in the m'n is incompetent on a ship's the other hand, Britain may assert that she is perfectly free to insist at 1.15 yesterday afternoon. on maintaining her present superiority. So she does. This is why Chinese constable 117 who stop depositions, alone, would cost understanding of God's presenes finishing in time for the com- not distinguish letters of a certain Complainant said that the the magistrates a copy of the not human will power, but the second week in August and bridge because, forsooth, ho.ont- a new spirit is being infused into the Admiralty, why modern slupsped the prisoner wanted him to 835, payable to the revenue of the which healed as truly now as in menosment of the cricket season, Bizonta distance of 10 feet. When are to replace age-worn craft in the Mediterranean, why the question
Colony, a sum far outside the the time of the primitive Chris-The details of the programme are our Empire finally loses its para- is boing paid to the advantages of a wealth of small craft, why extra
A polico sergeant said that the reach of the prisoner to whom i tians. Mrs. Eddy had revived not yet complete but there will mountey on the high seas; when indusements are to be held out to men to join the Service, and why constable had been reported by would be of great assistance in the lost spirit which was embodied be a competition to dooids the our boys will repel with scorn and the need of steady, systematic progress and development is being
Inspector Dymond.
preparing a defonce. The opinion in the union of religion and hal-croquet championship of the derision any idei of embarking Defendant said so clearly kept in view. In the past there has been far too much of
the com-has been expressed more than ing. All diseases wore montal, colony, open to all, while the rest upon a profession which will one Government undoing the good works of its predecosar, and; plainant took a pencil from once that the question of the and might be removed not by of the events will be open to probably prove their ultimate · remembering thie, we find reassurance in Mr. Churchill's declaration whilst he count-representation of prisonera by drugs, but by spiritual under-mombers of the glub, alt games ruin; whon, more than ever, wo aliens not only into the forconstla that it is only by cool slutly and metliodical preparation, prolonged ing some trucks. To would solicitors in the Criminal Rossions standing and childlike humility, being played under the rules of shall be compelled to bring in the over successive years, that the margin of naval, power can bo raised, not allow complainant to have it is a matter on which the local He claimed that Science, and the Croquet Association.
It is hoped that a trophy will but on the quarter-deok, then Estrat As the First Lord aptly put it, it is useless to be flinging monoy truck him. He called out "Save sentations to the Chief Justice. ful
and the latter pushed him and Law Society might make repro- Health, Mrs. Eddy's wonder-
treatise on Christian be secured for the Championship nesume that the affairs of the about on the impulse of the moment; the strain we have, to bear
Solonoo, presented so so-event, in the shape of a cup, and Mercantile Marino will, when to › will be long and slow, and no rolief can be gained from impulsive life" and the constable come. and erratic action.
exposition of this the originators of the now de- late, be dealt with with some stom Complainant then""'picked up a picos of stono and falsely accused
science that thousands of people parture are anxiously searching of snuity, and some show de im of throwing it.
The Bank Line steamship Lord have been cured of all forms of for a donor. The entry forms reasonable, practical, and wissen Complainant said he had to Derby arrived at Yokolinian on chronic and acnto disease by the will shortly be issued, and par- fudgment." His contiments di blow his whistle before the con- the 18th inst, from Puget Sound simple reading of that book, ful-ons desiring to obtain further him credit, but he over-states the (6 stable camera forte. She is dus at Manila on filling the Scripture "Ye shall information will be supplied by case. Our Empire is not going Defendant was remanded for August 5 with a general cargo, know the truth, and the truth the secretary of the Cricket Club, to lose its paramounter of the seas further evidence to be produced, including 600,000 fast of lumber, shall make you free.”
"another Power," as it would have been put a few years since Police Court to-day, before Mr. practically impossible for a poor covery of the doaf, the the Hongkong Cricket Club is "A Sorry Farce."
of manning our Fleet is being grappled with, why greater attention lot the man go,
Leaving nside the strategical questions raised by the debate, there can be no denying the fact that there was the imo Imporial ring about the Government speeches, especially in the references to the now part to be played by the Dominions, Apparently Liberals have come to see the foolhardiness and dangora of "Little Eng. Lindlam But the awakening has certainly. como none too soON.
WAS
SS. Lord Derby.
curato an
Mr. P. M. Hodgson
because of official blundering'