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TIJONGRONÓ, FRIDAY, SMI", MBER 27, 1912.
CHINA AND HE FOREIGN FRIENDS.
is
DAY BY DAY.
It is not enough that wb aro truthful; we must cherish und carry out high purposes to bo 'truthful about. `ë
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Chinese Passengers, The Austrian Lloyd steamer Ohinu, from Singapore, brought 780 Chinese pausongers to Hong. kong.
Left for Home.
Mr. E. D. O. Wolfo head of tho Sanitary Department left home to-day on the Atsuta Maru for year's leave.
Leave.
a
Louve in extension has been
granted to Staff Nurse E. A. Harvey, QA.I.M.N.8. from 9th to 13th October,.
Gun Practice. Gup practice will be carried out on 3ril October from Mount Davis in a N. W. direction from 0a.m. to 4 pm.
Arrivals,
Among the passengers.arriving from Japan to-day by the 8.4. Monteagle wore Capt. and Mrs, Cobb, Major and Mrs. Sheppard, Liout. and Mrs. Aston..
Leaving for Singapore.
Lieutenant B. Dryer, inspector of Army Schools, leaves by the Devanba to-morrow to carry out the half-yearly inspection of garrison schools at Singapore.
Alleged Stabbing..
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FIRE ON S.S.
MANCHURIA.
Ship Is ablaze while in the Harbour.
Fire broke out in No. 3 hold of the sis. Manchuria this morn- ing at one o'clock.
In this hold were stowed away bales of gunay ssoks from Calcutta, and there was a large number
of them."
H. E. ON IMPERIAL
DEFENCE.
Rousing Speech at Kowloon To-day.
BRIBERY CHARGE.
$1 Offered to European Constable.
NOTES AND
COMMENTS.
Death to the Rats
The statement is made, and is A man who was being charged of strong interest to Hongkong, His Excellency, the Governor, with a breach of the Harbour rehat the doom of the rat on ship- Sir Francis Honry Ma, nidressed galations, offorbid European con. † lward lisa been effected by the a meeting of the Europeans at stable 121, n bribs of $1. At the invention of an Australian ohe the Kowloon Dooks to-day. Police Court, this morning, be-mist, Dr. George Harker: The Among those supporting His Ex-fore Mr. E A. Irving, he was apparatus was first perfected for cellency wora-Masars R. Moharged with both oftances. the fighting of fires aboard ship. Dyer (Chairman) J. W. Graham, According to the evidence, the Its adaptation to rat-killing was G. A. Caldwell, Neave. Cooper, defendant had, maared his boat an afterthought, resulting from exander and Crawford. Owen, Henderson Cri-pin, Alin the Southern fairway, and | Dr. Harker's interest in the ques- when the officer boarded his boat tion of rats as plague-carriers. from a Police launch, defendant The dovice, which appear to have went away for a moment and re-worked well on a launch, is of a turned with something in his peculiarly simple character, and dollar and the other he hold out nat occur to some chemist long and. In one hand he had the the surprising thing is that it did
for the licence.
[...] before.now. ** Defendant was fined $5 on A Practical Plan. each charge or the alternativo of fourteen days in each instance.
When asked about the fire, the Johiofagont of the line said to-day: His Excellency commenced by "The coolies and crew knooked asking how many of those as off work, at 5 o'clock yesterday sembled were mombers of the afternoon, and everything seemed in the allirmative. His Excel volunteers. Twenty four replied right on board until the quarter lexey then made a stirring speech mastor on watch sow smoke on Imperial Defence, a verbation issuing from the hatch of No. 3 report of which will appear in
to-morrow's issue of the Tele hold
graph."
"He called for help, and the. crow 'turned out.'
Steam was at first tried,-in-
GAMBLERS FINED.
Briefly put, the device is at- tached to the funnel of the vessel
STRANGE RUMOUR CASE, and catches the fumes no they come from the fires. These, The "strange rumour case "ia slightly modified, are poured into which a man sued a woman to re-the hold by means of noid-proof- under a promissory note, was ag oxygen and rapidly exhaust the cover $250, a sum said to be due hose. The gasos contain no ain mentioned this morning in the oxygen in the bold with the re- Suminart Court beloro Mr. Justice sult that the rate ure suffocated.
icoted by many pounds of pres houso No. 132. Second Street, on A Chinese constable entered a Pure, but the fire still flamed; a Warrant at 9.20 p.m. on the 25th "There was nothing left to do to inst, and found a crowd of mon cooks and flood the blazing hold. and a man who was assisting him. save the ship, but to opon sea-round a bed gambling. He arrest Compertz.
od the man who was the bankor
This was done, and at daylight the last smouldering spark was extinguished.
A man has been admitted to
"There has been no damago, the Government Civil Hospital done to the ship itself" said Mr. suffering from a wound. He avers Halton, who is the general that he was stabbed by a Chinese manager of the Pacific Mail $.S. the translation of whose nickname Co. in Hongkong, "but 130 is "Long legs,"
"Tho loss"—he added-" may amoniat to $9,000 (gold)."
Forcibly Conducted. balos of gunny sacks were totally Quite a commotion was caused | dostroyed. by the office of the Registrar General this morning when woman was being forcibly con- ducted there in conection with some alleged offence.
At the Police Court, this morn- ing, they wore brought before Mr. A Irving and fined $2 each or in default seven days unprisonment. One man offered the excuse that being festival day ho got drunk and slept at the place. He did not gamble.
appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. is often the case with highly- Clearly, there is nothing fantastic Mr. F. X. D'Almada, o, Castro or unfeasible about this plan, sa Lewis, of Messra. Johnson Stokee lauded inventions. It is intensely. and Mastor, for the defencant. practical. Formerly sulphur was His Lordship intimated that lie tried, but sulphur, efficacious na was prepared to give judgment it was in killing rata, injured for the defendant.
iron and damaged perishable your lordship for a non-suit so vention that it does not injure Mr. D'Alimada:-I would ask cargo. It is claimed for the in- that I may bring a new action,, perishable froights, nit, if that Mr. Lewis Not with leave be so, it should prove a boon to
shipmasters.
et
out on bail did not to put in auto bring a fresh action.
Others who were arrested aud
appearance and the bail in each
case was estrented.
OPIUM DIVAN CHARGE DISMISSED.
Mr. D'Almada:-The defence was rosted entirely upon the evi- dence of a hospital coalie who your lordship disbelieved.
His Lordship-treated chief- ly upon bor denial.
A Hint to Engineers.
The soleme is not now, of course. Quite a number of vossols It is not known whether the
aowadays are fitted with a some- what similar device, known as the bales were insured or not. The
At the Polics Court, this morn-
Mr. D'Almada:-I proved that Clayton apparatus, which gene. Passengers Arrived. company is now waiting for the ing the hearing of the opium she borrowed the money and that rates its own gas for use in case While nobody for a moment doubts Dr. Morrison's qualifications
By the T. K. K. 8.8. Chinyo surveyor's report.
divan olarge in which Mr. Otto he had to borrow the money to lead of fire. The application of it to tó speak with authority on Chinose affairs, his recent attorances who in the wife of the general Maru arrived Mrs. W. H. Avery,
Kong Sing defends, and in the if to hot. You said last Friday rat-killing is now, for rats and One of the engineers, who was course of the heating of which that you would give judgment for fires are alike in respect that they Barry with them a'conviction, which is diflicult to ascape, that he manager of the lens at Sanchore of the refrigerating on youtonlay he in lo soms strong the plaintiff.
must have oxygen if they are to just a trifle ton optimistic in his outlook on the new Republic. In Francisco, and Mr. and Mrs. Megines on the Munchuria, soon this remarks ou Police informers, was His Lordship;-No; I said that live; and wo wonder whether fact, his recent protest against what he dose day as the hysterical ugh. Mr. Mellugh is the General afternoon, said that the fire was resumed.
folt inclined to givò judginent | ships' engineers might not fit up In our issue we inadvertently for the plantill Accountant for the Standard Oil vory serious and they thought atted that the man charged with Mr. D'Alanda:When the ton apparatus where it is in. forecasts of disruption" appearing in the English Pross, snucked Company. The Chinyo Maru first that the whole ship would go.keoping, and the four alleged ease was on, Mr. Lowie left it in operation, to their own vessels. in apparatus, or apply the Clay-,
brought 36 Grat class passengers. Returned from Banishment.
A man who had been banished was obargol before Mr. E. A. for being an associate of thioves, Irving, at the Police Court, this morning, with returning before the expiration of the term. He
Ho much of this order of thinking that even the journal which he had so long and faithfully sorve from Peking saw it to dissociate itself, from his observations anlely on those grounds. Since then the late Peking correspondent of the "Tim 14" has left Eugland to take up his new post as Political Advisor to the Chinese Repúblio, and our readers will have observed that before his departure he once again unburdened his mind, in optimistic vein, on ne situation with which
ALLEGED WASTE OF WATER.
Amokors, were fined $150, and your lordship's hands boosuse he The modification of the fumes $1 respectively, the verdiet being could not prove the case of fraud night prove a difficulty, of course, conbooted with another case that was set up. It was a whole for that is essentially the business. altogether.
tissus offrand from the beginning of a chemist, but we fañoy that Mr. Otto Kong Sing now asked to the end and they have not many engineers are capable of hts Worship to make a visit to proved it. I proved that I got the wvercoming that difficulty. In the shop which was alleged to be money from another person while oy case, Hongkong will watch' Mr. Lauritsen, Exile Gargo, a divan and he felt sure that the they brought acother witness this invention with intorost. Who was sent to gaol for six monthe was suininoned before Mr. C. D. conclusion he would come to say that the defenfuut had told knows but it might be possible China finds herself confrontod. While it was only to be expected with hard labour. Detective Melbourne, for allowing is would be that no such thing as him that he had got the chop and to adapt it to Bowers and drains ?.
Sergeant Brown prosecuted. water tap to run unnecessarily, an opium divan was being carried asked him to prepare the docu- The Loan Crisis.
thereby causing a waste of water on there. The pipes and smoking ments. They also called in tho havo allowed the tap to run but counted nothing in themselves; the plaintiff did not have much Defendant aaid his man might atonsils found on the premises fakis of the plaintiff to say that it was by accident if he did. He they were such as any individual business.
judgment Judgment
risen over the question of the not without its serious aspect, has A most engrossing situation,
that a man of Dr. Morrison's standing, about to take up such a position as he is now embarking upon, should be prepared to believe the beat of the country and people he is to serve, nothing is to bo
Movements of Troops. Captain H. O. Outler, Lieuten- gained by glossing over unpleasant facts and shutting one's eyes to ant L. Spencor, 4 Indian Officers, the obvious. This is a danger which, in our opinion, Dr. Morrison 148 non-commissioned officer lns not completely avoided, as we hope to show in a few comments to Kowloon from the New Terri.ad orders to be careful with the smoker might have in his house. His Lordship:-I am uot satisnillion loan arranged with the
and men, 8th Rajpate, returned on his latest observations.
tory on 24th instant. They were on the promises at the time.
water. He (defendant) was not After hearing the evidence for fied and I cannot give The first point mode by De, Morrison was that the growth of relieved on the same day by
the defence, his Worship dis- for you unless I am. national and patriotic sentiment in China in recent years has been Captain G. Q. Turnbull, Lisut.
It was stated that the water charged the defendants.
Mr. D'Alinada; unaccompanie ! by nati-fore'ga fooling, and that the opposition to 100 N. 0.0.'s and men from the drain there was nothing to J. Torrio, 4 Indian officers, was running directly into the
with non-suit my lord? the Six Power Inn was not due to such feeling. Here we have a 26th Paujabis.
His Lordship Yes. catch it. A letter of complaint mixture of truth and misconception. Wo are quite prepareil to ge
had been received from the oo-
SUPPLYING COOLIES. with Dr. Morrison so far as to admit that during the period of the
cupants of the upper floor. A man was charged before Mr. Stating that no consequence of A friendly match takes place Revolution, and since, the lives and property of foreignera havo. A. Irving, with being in unwastage they could not got water. between the Suff and Depart been scrupulously respected. But we cannot go to the length of of raw sugar, The defendant told letter from the occupants of the the Civil Service ground. The pertz, the case was mentioned in |
lawful possession of a quantity Defendant said he had liadaments and the Civil Servico on saying that there has been an entire absones of
Raw Sugar,
The Monsoon.
LOCAL SPORT.
Cricket,
LOTTERY TICKETS.
nud that is the point we are dealing within the Chinose have bolonged to Sam Keo, a sugar never gone short of water in con- Service Messro, Witchell, Cox. become responsive to the influence of nationalism. We call to mind bag dealer, but the latter came now the many bitter things which wore circuinto, by printed word forward and the sugar did not his part. He had not the letter Sora McKay, Lindsell, Wood sad sequence of any carlessness on Spurge, Tarrant, Bio, MuLeod, and fiery speech, in the days when "patriotic subscriptions" wore
belong to him. solicited up and down the land—awi particularly in the South-with| default fourteen days.
Defendant was find $5 or in!
with him but he could produce it. Dawson.
The case was remanded: the expressed object of saving the country from the designing foraigaor. Everybody who followed the happenings of that Steamers arriving in port to-day particular period, knowa full well that it was by painting the report strong monsoon foreigner in the worst possible light that the promotera of thesaproveiling. The A.L. str. China, to bo patriotic loans" endeavoured to extort money from an unwilling from Singapore, repcris strong public. If. this was not "anti-foreign fooling' know by what more appropriate term it could be described. Despite the north-east the Kwang. Lee, Court, before Mr. Justice Gom-
we would like to monsoon with heavy sea, from
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LIKELY TO BE SETTLED,
in
Chinese Fined $500.
A man was charged with being possession of 64 lottery tickets with a view to selling the same, This morning in the Summary before Mr. E. A. Irving
at the Police Court, this morning, Inspection Dymond said that
losa to China. While the ton' London group of bankora has beeu cagerly taken up, the British Clovernment makes no bones over the fact that it is opposed tooth aud nail thereto, at the same time nnouncing its firm adherence to the principle for, which the Six Powar Group stands. That prin Court, before fr. Justice Gom-nd give ample guarantees for the The morning, in the Summary loquate security for repayment, ciple is that Chins shall provide
Case Again Comes Before the Court.
proper expenditure of the money,
Wong Hong Chi, trading it is true that the security in the Tai Ying Chan, brought a case of the London loan is iffenti- and Lau Tsan Yau, claiming the action against Wing Chang Ohaul with that mentioned in the aum of 81,016, balance of money the Sextuple Group, namely the now abandoned negotiations with lent to the defendant by the plain sait revenue, but, so far, thero has tiff. The plaintiff waived the sun been no indication forthcoming of $16 to bring the matter within the formor instance that in the jurisdiction of the Court.
guarantees for just appropriation Mr. Crewe, of Messrs. Hastings of the funds have been seu od and Hastings, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. D. R, Lewis, of Mosers. Johnson Jokes and Master, for the defence
The Great Danger.
Moreover, the Six Power Group is naturally jealous of any mort It will be remembered that the giging of the unit gaballe, inas
Dr. Morrison'a assertion to the contrary, we quite believe that much from Shanghai, notifies morierate perlz, the case was mentlüned in four or five wooks ago be caught dafence was that the money was inuch as the greater proportion, of the opposition to the Six Power Loan had its origin in the fact to strong monsoon and rough which Mr. J. Beth, liquidator, the defendsat but as he was only to be wiped off by deductions thereof is already pledged for the that the money was coming from foreign sources and in a decided following sen; the Heleno, from brought an action against Sun in possession of one or two he let when the defendant gave the paymont of the Boxer Indemnity, of the terms of the Loulon Byndiente. But that is easily explained. east monsoon and fair weather; 8640.80, mistrust of foroiggers. Against this may be pitted the acceptance Haibow, reports strong north- Shin Ping to recover the sum of go with a caution. There plaintiff shipments of coolies for and the several nations represen
It came to the point that money must be found somewhere. Chinese while the Calchas, from Singapore
Mr. W. Crowther Smith appear
sources failed. Hence the conclusion of the London Loan. It was experienced fair weather with for the plaintiff and Mr. Lewis charge and defsadont was fined Ceprived the defendant of this one country, of a, revenue which
of Messrs. Johnson Stokes and Master for the defendant. charged at the Police Jourt, this ship grant a week's adjournment? Mr. Smith:-Would your lord- I think the case will be settled.
Disorderly Behaviour Two dark skinned women were
morning before Mr
was no doubt he was an agent. Singapore and that the plaintiff, ed by the group look askance on Borgeant Adlington proved the by going out of the business, had any hypothecation, by bankers of $500, or in default six months.
means of making the payments, is subject to constant luotuation, The case had been adjourned and the real extent of which is WILLING TO WORK.
so that Mr Morton Smith aub-never satisfactorily known. But manngor of Messrs Dodwell and the greatest objection to the new A man wan charged at the Co, might be called. He deposed loan; to our way of thinking, is
all a matter of necessity. Bat evon'now we fear the Chinese are moderate wind and bea. suspicious of the foreigner. Dr. Morrison says the opposition to the Six Power Loan arose from a natural desire on the part. of China that she should be mistress in her own house. The desire may bà natural, but is it safe that it should be fully gratified until the mis- tresa shows herself fit and capable of looking after the purse and Melbourne, with behaving in a tie only waiting for a day to be Police Court, this morning, be that from June 1010 his firm sets that it inay lead to the resump. daddy manner, in Spring fixed for it to be settled. fore Mr. O..D, Melbourne, with ed as agents for the Kit Lang tion by the Powers of independ
of keeping the houss clean?
There are other points in Dr. Morrison's assertions which are Garden Lane, in the early hours His Lordship You can have the unlawful possession of two firm of Kuala Lumpur a company ent policies int
women's jackets. He was arrest
Defendant said he did not ed whilst endeavouring to pledge them.
MrLewis:-Next Friday after Colony for a man 19,
it was against the law
clothes He
also open to question, particularly his statement that Chian kopt all of this morning. European con her obligations during the Revolution, What about the Upium stable 29 deposed to finding them Tuesday. Treaty and obligations under railway loans? Even now the making a noise with some sold- stipulations under these agreements are not being strictly observed. lers. He took them to the station: lordship to make it later.
Mr. Sowis :—I would ask your To our way of thinking Chins must count herself fortunate in the Defendants denied making any His Lordship-Thursday. patience displayed by foreign interests in this regard, and it only noise. It was stated that a week remains to hope that the time will soon come when the new Re- ago they were bound over in $50 noon. public will perceive, and be ready to acknowledge the fact, that, so to keep the peace for six months. far from being her arch enemies, the Powers are in reality her best Defendantatworo cook food 825 YO
or in default one month
His
formed to secure labour for rub of which is foro bar cetates. Their part of the the business was to advanco money tion is to the plaintiff which the did and it unul Mr Russell came
ing to