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THE ASSAYE FIRE.
Steamer Arrives in Hongkong and Reports on the Outbreak.
GENERAL ANDERSON'S
SUCCESSOR.
General F.H. Kelly to take over, South China Command.
WHAT IS A PICUL ?
to agree with the natural meaning of the word tam. The defendants Case was that a ohing equalled Appeal Agalust a Decision of the 120 baskets of ons pienl each. If
-Pulse Judge.
that were so, a coolie would carry The P, and O. ateamer Assaye,
about 286 lbs or nineteen stone, the 18th inst., arrived in Hong-Head Quarter Office that Major Mr Justice J. H. Kemp. Puisne ocunted 75 catties to the pioul for aboard which a fire broke out on
This morning, the Chief Justice, which seemed to him to be rather We are informed by the Army Sir W. Rees Davies, KC, and impossible. The defendant har kong yesterday morning and left General Anderson who, as already Judge, sitting in appellate jar their purpose and that made the American Mail. Arrived per 8.8. North. Her mails, it will be re-here shortly to take over the the Kwang Hang firm against the
again at 8 am, to-day for the stated in the "Telegraph," leavea isdiction, considered the appeal of coolle carry a little over fourteen Nile this afternoon, an membered, were transferred to Luchow Division of India, is to judgment of the Puisne Judge in s | alone, Australian Mail.-Despatched per the intermediate steamer Ceylon, be succeeded in the Sath China Summary Court action, when jadg could not carry two baskets of Mr. Slap all that a opolis e.. Empire at 1 p.m. to day, which arrived in port last week.
General ment was entered for Chan Wo, 100 catties each. He might carry Command by Major Australian Mail.Arrived per
In a report of the outbreak,
the respondent. The appellantes little over 100 catties but be 8.8. Prinz Waldemar yester supplied to the "Telegraph, Francis Henry Kelly, O. B.
The new G.0.0, is in his fifty-claimed that the decision, given would not carry two loads over day.
Captain Coldwell stated that the fourth year and entered the ser on April 9, was erroneous in the long distance of the kind in American and Biberian Mails. the 18th inst. io No. 5 'tween Woolwich in 1879. During the weight of evidence given, at the and the man would be going fire was reported at 3.40 a.m. on vice (RE) on passing out of point of fact and contrary to the the case. This was all day work Close per se. Chiyo Maru at dack. The fire hossa ware 11 a.m. to-morrow.
at Burmese trouble of 1885-1886 he trial of the action. once connected and water whe
backward and forward all day. Mr F. C. Jenkin, instructed by He submitted that the judgment was mentioned in the despatohes The 9.8. Tamba Maru brought Pumped on to the fire through the end gained the war, medal with Mr Leo D'Almada e Castro, ap of the court below, should be to Hongkong Yen 100,000 in gold which were securely closed to pre- his captainoy. On the North M. W. Slade K... instructed by for disturbing the judgment had
batohway and the ventilators, all of
clasp. In 1889 he received his peared for the appellants, and Mr affirmed. No serious grounds vent the ingress of sir. The fire West Frontier he saw a great Mr Otto Kong Sing, appeared for been given and it was not for the Coal Arrival, The Kinkusna Maru brought to arrival of the ship at Sing pre 1897 and 1902, gaining his maj-
was kept fairly under until the deal of active service between the respondent, Hongkong from Mike 7,700 tons at 0.30 pm, on the same da
Mr Jonkin-This is an appeal principles, in the case of judge.
court of appeal acting on general of coal to the order of the M,B.K. On arrival, the Town and Tan- ing twice mentioned in despatches not a picul is one basket or two ment on grounds less than if they crity and various medals, and be on the question as to whether or sitting alone, to reverse a judg- Queen's Birthday, To-day is the anniversary of the were in readiness and started for the Quetta District, he was
jong Pagar Dock Fire Brigades In 1902, while acting as A.A.G. baskets.
dealt with the decision of jury,! birthday of Queen Mary. The with about a dozen hoss8s to pour given the rank of lieutenant- the whole question?
The Chief Justice:-That is Yet it had to be shown, to the warships in the harbour and one water into the No. 5 hatch and colonel, and, after acting as a or two merchant steamers were through the ventilators. There member of the Indian Survey question.
Mr Jenkin :-It is the whole the judgment of the court below satisfaction of the court, that dressed in honour of the occasion. was much smoke and heat when Committee, for which he received The rates of Subscription to the "Hongkong Telegraph "will There arrived by the s.8. Assaye The cargo in No. 5 hold had to was appointed to the command of
Indian Troops.
was wrong. If it were doubtful the hatch was opened up at 5 p.m. the thanks of the Government, he Lord.
Mr Slade:I don't "agree, my whether it were wrong or not, be sa follows:-
the yesterday from Bombay two In-be discharged entirely, as well as the Karachi Brigade in 1905. think there are other questions.
judgment Mr Jenkia:I am glad to affirmed.
would be So far from it dian officers, 20 recruits and nine some cotton from No. 4 hold. From 1907 to 1911 he hold com- rank and file of the 26th As a consequence, the vessel was mand of the Ahmednagar Brigade, their Lordships referred to the were no material grounds for the being wrong there was every pro- Panjabis.
Continuing, Mr. Jenkin said if bability of its being right; there delayed until Tuesday the 20th and, on relinquishing this, went writ they would see that the reversal of the judgment. inst. at 5pm. The fire originated the 'tween decks. in some cotton bales atowed on
on the half-pay list.
claim was for $1,000 odd, balance General Kelly enters upon his due for work done and labour capability of coolies to carry the Mr. Jenkin, replying as to the new post in August.
supplied. Then there was the weight mentioned, said there was contract, by which the respondent no evidence before the court at undertook to carry earth from all, but they would see from the one part of the colony to another. evidence that the men with big. It was distinctly stated that 120 baskets did five journeys per baskets were to be one ohing, day. They had and the price was to be $8 per of knowing how far the jour ching. The earth was to be carney The A meeting was held in the ried to the Prays and carried it was about half a mile..
was, but he believed
Mr Slade-It is arise of about
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à HONGKONG, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1913.
CHURCH
FINANCES.
Another Account.
According to the "Straits]
King's Birthday Parade, Majesty's Birthday, June 3, a On the occasion of His parade will take place on the Hongkong Cricket Club Ground. ing twelve detachments, will originated in the after hold among Over 800 rank and file, represent-Times" the fire on the Assaye | parade...
a general cargo, comprising cot- Prittz Ludwig Dolained. ton, opium and tes, and was first us that they have just received o'clock in the morning.
Mesara Melchera & Co. inform observed shortly after threa a wireless from the I. G. M. 8.a. ship's pumps were put into usa Prinz Ludwig via Shanghai that and the hatches battened down, she is detained by fog and will most likely arrive to-morrow morning at 10 a.m.
H
Junk Robbery,
Woman and the Dagger.
this morning.
The Snatcher.
THE NIPPON.
Collector of Customs to
Dispose of Cargo..
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office of the insular collector of thence by s junk tos place where it
до means
Subsequently the Chief Justice
When she came alongside the P. customs yesterday morning, might be deposited. Each basket 800 feet anyhow, and O. wharf large quantities of says the "Cablenews of the 22nd, had to be fully loaded with earth, smoke were to be seen rising from et which all the parties concerned Then in the file followed what remarked that the question as to
insular collector of customs, to much earth was carried away long ago. in the stranded steamship Nippon he, counsel, supposed was a tally- whether a basket were a picul or authorized Colonel H. B. Modoy, man's record whigh showed how not ought to have been decided dispose of the cargo of the Nippon each day, and their Lordships
Fire Brigade and the Tanjong the hold, bat services of the town Pagar Dock Brigade, which had been requisitioned, prevented the fire from spreading.
of
as he saw fit to the best interest would observe it was tallied out his case that a basket was a picul Mr. Jenkin remarked that it was
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CELEBRATIONS.
The master of an Aberdeen fishing junk has reported that on Saturday night men went alongside his junk armed with rides and revolvers. They board- A tremendous volume of water of all concerned. Acting on this as piculs, whereas in the contract and this was already well known. ed the boat and carried off $500 was poured into No. 5 hold and the first portion of the alvaged messures were in baskets and should be settled by the Paisne authority, Colonel McCoy sold all references to weights and He saggested that the question in money and jewellery,
by five o'clock in the afternoon
all traces of the fire were Nippon cargo, 1,164 soks of chings. A woman who landed from obliterated. The weight of the,
Judge hearing further evidence.. to Messrs. W. F. The Chief Justice-Who pre- Macso with a dagger in her pos water had by then given the Stevenson and Company at P.13 pared the documents? session for which she had no vessel a heavy list to starboard per picul. The case of ourios con Mr. Jenkin: I believe, from CORPUS CHRISTI✨ == permit, was bound over in the and the pumps were immediately signed to the Crown Prince of the evidence, we did. sum of $50, to come up for judgest to work to empty the water
Sweden will be beld pending the
The Chief Justice:-You are ment when called upon, by Air C. out of the holl. A Municipal iré settlement of the case. The the defendants? D. Melbourne, at the Police Court, engine which, under the command pra gold was that brought Mr. Jenkin:-We are the
Sermon by Fr. Tour. of Superintendent Wilson, had
in by the steamship Mindoro defendants and employed the man The doubt has often been expressed by those who are anxious
Stealing Meal.
on Monday. been engage on the fire in con-
to carry earth.
Yesterday being the Sunday Mr Oliphant, of the Dairy Farm, junction with the Tanjong Pagar
Mesure. Ker and Company, rep- for the future activity and influence of the Church of England prosecuted a Chinese, before Mr engine and the fire-floata Varuaha, resonting Lloyd's and the owners their case was that a basket was took place round the Cathedral Continuing, Mr. Jenkin said Christi, the annual procession
within the Octave of Corpus. whether the enormous revenues which pass through her hands are Court, this morning, for stealing alongside all night, as did one Messra. Struckmann and Comp-dent was entitled to be paid at the After Vespers an immense pro- F. A. Hazeland, at the Police Sunda and Guards, remained and underwriters of the Nippon, a picul, and therefore the repon of the Immaculate Conception, utilised to the best possible advantage. Many hold the view that meal. Complainant said that meal the fire-fits, in case of any renew the cargo was insured, and opponent's case was that he had they are not, and these are quoting in support of their opinions a and potatoes were being frequently al of the outbreak. No such hap: Meter Erlauger and Galinger carried just donble that number and consisting of all the
any, sgents with whom rate of 18,477 baskets. "His
cession passed through the recent declaration of the Bishop of Bath and Wells in which he ex-sentenced to one month's impri- the water having been effectually collector's office by their attorneys, although he carried 13,477 piculs Colony, and accompanied by the
stolen of late. Defendant was pening took place, however, and pressed the wish that there could be some wise redistribution of the sonment and four hours' stocks. emptied out, the process of un- but other then authorizing the he carried 26,954 baskets. The band of the Philharmonica. The were all represented at the of baskets-28,954. He said that other Catholic societies of the Bodalities, confraternities, ond revenues of the Church, even if it involved a revision of the income of Bishops. According to the prelate named, a deal of the vitality from a woman in Queen's Road
A man who snatched ear-rings was commenced next morning.
load ng the cargo from that holdi of the Church is hindered by the inequalities in the distribution of Central, West of the Fira Station, of bales of cotton, tea and opium, interested parties. The steamship
collector to use his discretion in appellants said:No; you carried weather, was bright, and the effect the incomes and properties, and he has advanced the suggestion that was captured by Mr Ichel Gruz consigned to houses both in Vizcaya is expected in this moxa- translated picul, is the word "tam" of the procession, preceded by
business was transacted by the a basket, a Royal Commission might well be formed for the purpose of en- man, the proprietor of the Central Singapore and on the China coast. from Scarborough Reef with a which we say means "load" We incense-bearera, torch-bearers, Mr. Slade:The word which is tremely beautiful. In the rear. sashes and vestiments was €5. quiring into the whole question. It is no doubt the case that the Hotel. At the Police Court, this The occurrence of the fire was stipends of the Bishops and the parochial clergy at Home bear little, ed him to six weeks' imprisonment, act of seamanship ia bringing the go and she will probably bring carried
morning, Mr Melbourne, seatens the cecasion for an admirable good portion of the Nippon's car- say that 13,000 odd loads were and children who throw flowers any, relation either to their duties or to the population of dioceses four hours' stooks, and ten strokes véssel alongside the wharf on her damage done to the ship as the presently; on the account it shows Host in the new monstrance and parishes.
the first report of the amount of
Mr. Jenkin: We shall get that the diocese carried the Sacred along the path, the Bishop of arrival. Captain Sovell wos Some most illuminating statistics have recently been published
Netherland Trading Society, which throw quite a food of light on this question of episcopal landsche Handel - Maatschappij particular time he would have, We areinformed that the Neder the tide and the currents at that
acting as pilot and in the state of divers have had chance to make that that number of piouls recently presented by the people
an investigation.
was carried. I don't know of Hongkong. In attendance on stipends and parochial incomes. These show that in the least (Netherlande Trading Society) in ordinary ironmatanda,
whether it would be fair, to ask his Lordship were the Rev. populons dioceses in England and Wales--Hereford and Bangor Hongkong Agency, is in receipt brought the ship round outside the THE MIKADO'S HEALTH, give me some indication as to the Grampa, de Maria, Gabardi, Vel my Lord, the Paiane, Judge, to Fathers Banke, Noval, Souvez, the Bishops' salaries are precisely the same as for Manchester, which of telegraphic information that a islands. But owing to the urgency has a population quite thirteen times larger than either. To take dividend of 9 per ont (nine of the case Captain Stovell piloted
basis on which his judgment protors and others of the cathedral another instance, the Bishop of St. Davids receives £300 a year more and a half rer cent) has been the Assaye in the inner channel,
carded for the defendent ? and parish clergy, than the Bishop of Manchester, though St. David's population is declared by this Bank for the turned her within ite narrow con- less than one-fifth that of that Manchester; and £1,500 more than year 1912. the Bishop of Southampton, despite the fact that the latter's diocess
fines when off the P. and 0. has a population nearly four times as large. It is worth noting.
Raid on Boggars. however, that the tendency of late has been to lower and to equalise raid on the beggars who have picceedling standed by rieke, but received by cable relative to the whether I could have done that Feast the Institution
We are indebted to the Japan- wharf, and compalongside against nese Consulate General in Hong-time. Large-Sergeant Wilson made the flow of the current. It wee 4 kong for the following bulletins the salaries attached to Bishoprice; and in newly-formed dioceses, made themselves a nuisance in the handling of the vessel was health of His Majesty the Emperor my Lord, I am sure.. like Birmingham, Southwark and Wakefield, the annual stipends the streets, and during the week-capable in the extreme.. are only. £3,000, the lowest paid in England and Wales. It is in end he arrested no less than six the parishes, however, that one finds the lack of system to be most teen. They were all brought be striking, and the inequalities most glaring. One or two cases may fore Mr. C. D. Melbourne, at the be picked out to illustrate the variations. The net income attached Police Court, this morning; and to the living at St. Botolph (London), with a population of 1,000, is fined $5 each, or in default seven $1,800; that of St. Philip (Battersea), with a population of 11,370, days..
only $180. At St. Mary (Nottingham), in which parish there are 3,705 inhabitants, the incumbent receives a salary of £1,100; at St. George, in the same town, where the population is 11,000, the income is a baro £247.
Thecargo was mainly composed disposing of the cargo, no other 13,477 baskets because a pical is of the many coloured banners,
it
of the birch,
COOLIES QUARREL
One Man Meets His Death.
Latest Bulletins Show Improvement..
The Chief Justice think After the procession, Fr. Tour, Yon ought to have asked that of the Mission Etrangers, presch before you considered the questioned a very striking sermon to a
of of appeal; that is the natural congregation that filled all the Mr. Jankin: I don't know explaining the origin of the aieles as well as the seats. After
of Japan
After consulting with the on Biblical and historical records, the Mass, basing his remarku Bulletin issued at 4 p.m. on Chief Justice, the Puiene Judge the preacher referred to the re- May 24th-Hia Majesty is pro- said that he would give roughly cent attempts in Hongkong in gressing favourably. Tempera the pointa on which he based the direction of the re-union of ture:-88.6 (0) at noon; 39.8 at 4 his judgment. One thing, of Christendom, Perfect anion, ha As the result of a fight between p.m. Respiration : 26 at noon; course, was the word "tam. It aid, would only be possible butchers' cooliesin Victoria Street, 28 at 4 p.m. Pulee :-76 at noon; hade double meaning a load, and when all men learned to obey on Sunday, one coolie, of Sai Wan 85 at 4 pm.
a pioul, and the natural moon God's commands in respect to Ho, met his death. A number of Bulletin issued at 7 a.m. on ing he took as load carried on the the Sacrifice of Numerous other instances might be quoted, but it will be
men have been arrested. T the 25th inst.-Temperature-shoulders of a coolie in two bask
the Mess evident from the above figures that there is no system or standard
A man and his wife have been 87.3 pulse 72; respiration, 24. ets with slinge, the average load in the Home papers of an
He for the regulation of clerical stipends in the Church of England. hai press that a contract for the under arrest.
It has been stated in the Shang-injuries inflicted by a man pow
sent to hospital suffering from Balletin issued at 4 pm on carried in that way, weighing Anglican brotherhood, whose One canggestion made is that there should be some power of construction of two battle targete
the 25th inst-His Majesty's about 100 catties. The same members had recently come over, provincial or diocesan control, to release funds tied up with parochiel has been given to the Shanghai Oplum Possession. Again.........
condition is showing a gradual word applied to weight and to in a body, to the Catholic Church, e Tested intersste, and to redistribute them in accordance with present- Dook and Engineering Co. En. A fine of 862 was imposed on 78 at noon; 78 at 4 p.m. Re-average weight an ordinary coolie ing how reunion might best, be improvement. Temperature the load and in that way a load These men, he said, had for, yesta 87 at noon; 38.8 at 4 p.m. False: became as a pioul, being the been devoting their time to studya de. 7 At any rate, whatever the solution of the problem may quiries made te-lay, at the Naval a Chinese by Mr Hozeland, at the spiration:-24 at noon; 28 at 4 could carry on his shoulders brought about, and their voluntary e obvious that Church finances are not systematised ne they Yard confirm this report. The Police Court, this morning, for P
And it is more than likely that the work of the Church Hongkong, suthorities gavo out selling and being in anlawful Ballesin formed at 7 a.tn, on the plaintiffs case was that one ching answer to wish their caqulrieth- 1 le hampered to a degree corresponding to the extent of the contract same three... weeks possession of opium. He Hog- 28th Inst. Temperature, 187.1 equalled 120 baskets of balls had led them
in two baskets with alinge. The submission to the Holy See was the garth prosecuted and
ploat each that appealed to him.
NAVAL TARGE S ̧
Contract Given to Shanghai.
pulse, 72, respiration, 22.
referred to the Rocounta