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THE TINGSANG.
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
The Harbour Murder Till.
A Total Less in Haltan Sirats.
The Indo China Steam Naviga- The November Criminal Ste tion Company's steamer Ting- sions opened at the Supreme Shipping aut Engineering sang, which recently won't ashore Court this morning before the article to the delay in the provision uncharted rook, has tooma a Davies, in the First Court and the (Shanghai) deroos a leading in Haitan Straits, striking an Chief Justice, Sir William Ress of a wireless station for Hong- total loas, having completely die Puisae Judge, Mr. Jastice kong. "In spite of the spread of appeared. It will he remembered Gomperis, in the Second Court. the use of wireless telegraphy that efforts were made to reflat The calendar contains charges on shipping visiting the ports of the vessel by the same Company's of murder, throwing corrosive. China and ita establishment at steamer Wahu and the tag David fluid, larceny by clerk or servant, such points as Formosa, Tsingtau, Gillies, but the work was not false pretences, unlawful porece- Japan and, in the near future, completed when the strong mon- of property stolen abroad, Woosung," says the artiolo, "the noon of last week set in, with the
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THE RAILWAY COMMISSION.
Larkin's Right Theatre.
Larkin has strack the right
Additional details regarding the Royal Commission to enquire as far as the working man was into the relationships of British railways and the State are given concerned. in the Home papers. Ever since the strike of 1907 those members of the Government who are interested in labour problems have bean What do They Want?
Fish on Footpath."!
A number of Chinese thought fit to hang salt fish to try over the footpath at West Point. At the Police Court, this morning, Mr Hazeland, imposed a fine of $10
Thef of Timber,
in Yaumati.
Faulty Brakes.
The Court Cards,
Leaving for Home.
After quoting the corresponden-
ce between the Chamber of Com-tain Branwell was skipper 650 Graham, E. A. E. Long and L. merce and the Government on the Bates!" screw steamer of 1,650 matter, the journal proceeds: tons, and was built in 1900 by
The Attorney General, the Hon.. Messrs Craig, Taylor and Com-fr J. A. S. Buckaill, K.O., in "The uses of radio-telegraphy pany, at St ckton. Her port of
in cases of emergence bave tan registry was Glasgow, she was opening the case for the prosecu well demonstrated in reesat claseod 100 A1 at Lloyd's, and tion, said, there were murders of casualties at sea, such as the her dimensions wore: Longth, one kind and murdera of another, Titanio and more recently, the 205 3 feat; breadth, 38; depth 17 and some, though the crime itself Volturno disasters, but its utility foot.
in the ordinary routine work of a modern steamer, bath in keeping bax in touch with her agents and in avoiding foul weather, is apt to be overlooked. But whereas
THE KASHIMA” MAKU,
was a terrible one, were no doubt far more serious than others. The facts of the case, so far de ho would endeavour to put before them in evidenco, were really very simple. A B.L. steumer, the Jelungs, was being unloaded in the harbour and around her were.
nd him overboard. While the de-
in the first case requirements Inspection of New N.Y.K. Liner for the safety of life at sea may be met by the installation of wire- The new Japanese sicamer Ka.admerous junkaomtaining cargo. feca telegraphy on other vessels, shima Marn, built in Japan for According to the story for the the utility of the second case de. the Nippon Yusen Kaiska, arrived prosecution there were three junks ponds entirely on the establish- in the harbour yesterday' on her lying side by side and the affair ment of stations on shore and it maiden trip from Japan to Lan- took place amongst the boatmen on cut off from the rest of Ireland". in each case.
is here that Hongkong laga don. She is a sister ship to the board these junks, and the de In view of that assertion there
woefully behind.
Katori Marn, which passed crew of the middle junk. The ceased man was a member of the should be some interesting de- Beven days hard labour and
So much has been said and through about three weeks ag evidence for the prosecution con- velopments if the Government four hours stocks was the sea-written on what may be styled the and is replacing the Aki Maru, on really intenda putting forward the fence imposed on a man at the emergency usea of wireless in the service between Japan and sisted of the statements of the plane ascribed to it by the usually Police Court, this morning, for avoiding strandings by means of America. At the invitation of master of the middle junk and well-informed Times.
stealing timber from a contractor what has been called the "wireless the local office of the N.Y.K, a another of the boatmen of the compass" or in bringing aid to number of local residents inspect. middle junk. They would aay that a dispute aroɗa batween the vessels in distress, that the abip-ed. the Kashima Mara to-day, A batoli of Chinago was brought ping public has been apt to over- A special feature of the Kashi crews of the outside junk and theatre when he appeared before before Mr Hazeland, at the Police look the more commonplace atility ma Mern is the style of deco-a-the middle junk because the a Manchester audience. All over Court, this morning, for not hav-of the invention in the every-day tion. While that on the Katori former insisted on carrying cargo Lancashire one finds socialisticing effected brakes on their truck, running of steamera that promises Maru is entirely the product of over the middle junk instead of clube wherein all manner of The offendera were funtioned to make wireless islegraphy an Japanese artists, that on the waiting till one jank had loaded
and fined $2 in each case. politicians and all parties, except,
essential part of every vessel's Kashima Mara is purely Euro and cleared away, which was the The master of of course their owa party, are
equipment where the saving of pean, the whole scheme being usual thing. dissected and condemned. In 1000 The "Court Cards" gave their time and money is involved. arranged by the famous on the middle junk remonstrated with the master of the after the Conservative roat, these last performance at the Theatre The exigencies of modern com- don decorators, Mesara. War-
The décora- outside junk and they came cluba asserted that the future was Royal last night before a large marce bave made it imperative that ing and Gillow. hopeful for the working man. and appreciative house. They left even the parsimoniously operated tions are simple but effective, and to blows, with the result that "the former was thrown into the colour scheme obtaining The question of the big loaf and to-day by the s.s. Tamba Mara tramp should nevertheless be the the little loaf had been rettled, and will be welcomed back in equipped with expensive com- throughout the ship was the sub-water. He swam away & abort listance and hung on to a rope, passes and other navigational|ject of much admiration. and a new era for the working January.
facilities in other that her head The Kashima Maru is a tinble to see what took place. The
and from this position he wa man was opening up. A vorg Journalistic Change. short time after that the "great"'
Mr F. M. Price has returned to might be kept pointed straight|scrow stermor, and in this respect first defendant went up to the Ben Tillett, sparking at Ecoles, Kuala Lumpur from Calcutta, toward her destination and the differs from her sister vessel, commenced to flail the Liberal where he has been working on waste of coal incorred by her which is of triple screw. Iler deceased, who was crying out for id, hit him a violent blow on Government and point out its the Statesman. ·· He rejoins the straying waywardly across the dimensions are the Barne, vi the head with a stick and knook- aselessness, even i's wickedness, staff of the Malay Mail as Joint ocean at the diction of a faulty length, 510 ft, beam 61 ft, depth
Editor with Mr A. Bellamy Brown, compass avoided. Similarly, and 30 ft. 0 in., gross tonnage 10,550 ceased man was struggling in the formerly of Hongkong.
more particularly on the coast of displacement 19,200 tons; with China, it is coming to be re-a speed of 17 knots. She has a water the second accused leant Mr E. T. U. Werner, British cognized that an apparatus which, commodation for 112 first-class over with a bar of wood or iron Consul at Feochow, has been by maintaining constant com- passengers, 58 second-class and nd struck him a very violent much concerned with the railway situation. The Conciliation The dock labourers at Salford granted home leave and will leave munication with the shore, en-186 steerage passengers. A tour blow on the head as he was strug Boards established in that year to decide disputes regarding hours endorsed all that Tillott and for Europe at the end of Decem-ables & vessol to determine round the vessel reveals the fact gling in the water. The unfort and wages proved a complete failure. Disaffection still grew and Tom Mann said during the ber. Mr. F. E. Wilkinson has precisely the location of a contre that nothing had been left un-unate boatman was picked up in culminated, in the summer of 1911, in a strike so serious that when railway and docks strikes and put been appointed officiating Consul of atmospheric disturbance with-done which would add to the
the Liberals and the Conservatives it was decided, the Government instituted special enquiries into all in the one hat as far as purpose
font being compelled to anchor in comfort of passengers, both first
the nearest typhoon shelter, and second class. the circumstances attending the dispute, According to the usually was concerned. According to At the Police Court, this morn- blindly ignorant of the where well-informed Daily Telegraph special attention was then directed them both of the parties were the to the following points:
enemy of the working man. The ing, two seamen named Larry and abouts of the typhoon or, by Labour party did not come out of Redpath, wore prosecuted by standing on too confidently, waste HONGKONG VOLUNTIERS (1) The long hours worked by the men of all. grades, the affair unscathed-there was Hazeland, for being drank and through runing into it, wid Corps Orders issued by Lieut. 10 iron baz.which, he said, were
Inspector MoHardy, before Mr coal and possibly incur damage especially the signalmen and the engine-drivers, and the relative heaped upon the heads of ly large number of accidents due directly to over-work.
(2) The comparatively low wages paid to the men, even certain members, calumny and disorderly in Wanchai. They were more than repay its cost and Col. A. Chapman, V.D., atate: the weapons actually used at the Field Firing Machine Gan time.. It might be, concluded operation in the first typhoon invective, and at the time,
fined $5, each.
season through which the vessel Company and Scouts, Parade the Attorney General, that there No Hoarding. Philip Snowden was being called
passes. It would be interest at Volunteer Headquarters on was a general melee and that in For having no hoarding round ing, could such statistics be Sunday 23rd instart at 10 am the fight the deceased man was travelling public for greater comforts, frequent and rapid ser- even their own outlook has prov were being effected, a contractor hours of valuable time and how Jacket, Shorts, patties and helmet partially injured by falling over- and the desire of the companies to meet the demands of the arics and quite naturally since place, where property repair obtained, to learn how many for field firing. Dress:-Khaki injured or he may have been vices, excursion and week-end tickets.
ed to be a fruitless one, or at from Taumati was fined $10 at many tons of coal have been without badge, (rifles to be board and partially injured by (4) The inadvisability of increasing fares, and the practical least an unsatisfactory, one despite the Police Court, this morning, waated by the shipping of the carried), belts and sidearms.
these other men, e impossibility of increasing freight charges, thus rendering it the great change they looked and also fined $5 for causing an China coast doring the past two Joined: The undermentioned extremely difficult for the companies to recoup, themselves for forward to--what do these dis obstruction.
or three typhoon seasone through members having joined the Corps Government Civil Hospital, said Dr. Bell, Superintendent at the their additional expenditure.
contented ones really want? Datil
having to anchor or make a are allotted Corps Nos. and the cause of death was fracture of Whether the Royal Commission now appointed is the outcome they are satisfied themselves on The Atenta Maru arrived from lengthy detour owing to the posted as follows:-Gr. L Cor- the skull. The skin was broken of that inquiry would be hard to say. What is beyond all doubt is to what they do want, they can. Home to-day. Among the pas approach of a typhoon which has ner Howitzer Section: Sapper A down to the bone on the jagged that the announcement of its appointment came as a surprise to not so well seek redress for mangere were Commander and not after all crossed their intend- Hardman Engineer Company wounds. the railway people at Home who had no inkling of what was forth-wrongs which, by their whimsira Beckwith and child, Mr A. R. ed track, but which, nevertheless, Pto. B. S. Setna Right Section M. Cross-examined: Some heavy coming. It has been suggested, indeed that the whole business in oality, they lead people to believe Sutherland, Mr and Mrs G. K. they dared not run the risk of G. Co.; Pts. W. A. Morgan Centre binnt-edged weapon must have designed to divert attention from the Home Rule controversy, but exist only in imagination.
Haxton, Miss Haxton, Mrs O. H. encountering since, once out of Section M. G. Co., Pte, L. O been need to inflict the iD- that may be doubted. If that were the purpose of the announce-
Lammert, Mr B. E. O. Bird, Mr touch with the feareat meteoro Collins Centre Section M. G. Co., jurios. An iron bar might have ment, Mr. Sydney Buxton would hardly have gone the length of
0. Hamilton, Mr and Mrs R. A. logical signal station, they might Resigned:-Sapper S.J. Clarke, been used. stating that the scope of the Commission is wide enough to include
Harding, Mrs and Min Owen have run into dangerous prox- Pis. J. J. Judah, and Gr. B. 8. the purchase of the railway by the State. This, indeed, appeara
Hughes, Mr J.W. Lee Jones, and imity of the storm centre ere Stanford are permitted to resiga: wo woat to press
The case was proceeding when be the chief work of the Commission. It is stated, on fairly good junk No 147 HY., has report
The master of a lie sneed fishing Mr. A. Ram.
their barometers gave adéquato- authority, that the Government is satisfied that only by means of ed to the police that about 9 p.m. Practice Dance.
warning of the locality of the There was a large stiendaneyat | disturbance. Fitted with wire-
Batch of Gamblers.. nationalisation can railway strikes be finally eliminated. If that is the case, the Government is given over to the rankest of Socialism, bad weather whilst sailing off svening at the City Hall, in con would have been enabled to stand before, Mis Wooding, by Inspector on the 13th. inst., ho encountered the second practice dance held last less telegraphy, such vessels Fourteen gamblers brought for nationalisation of railways has always been a foremost plank in Wagian, and his junk was capnection with the forthcoming St. undeviatingly on their course, Moffardy, from 20 Wanchai the Socialist programme. It seems to us that the Commission would sized. Himself and his two fokis Andrew's Ball. Masio was sup. confident that the storm warning
Court, this have effected a vastly more useful purpose if it had addressed itself managed to cling to the upturned and the D.O.EL. orchestra, from the shore or from other Road, were fined $3 auch
bleven men before Mr Hazeland, to the question of safe travelling and of conditions of employment. boat until they were rescued by and besides the sial five dances vessels in the vicinity would Bitten by dog
at the Police Court, this morning These are matters in which especially in view of recent accidents the crew of a passing junk and there was an extra walis and a apprise them of the nitored direc-Centre Street, has been removed find 875, or in default two A Chinese residing at 34, for gambling. The first mon was the public is deeply interested and intimately concerned, and taken to Yaumati. The lost junk their exclusion from the scope of the Commission's work is another is valued at $60, and the personal two step. His Excellency the tion of the typhoon in sufficient to the hospital suffering from mouths, and the remainder were Barious error which must be laid to the charge of the present effects are valued at a similar Officer Administering the, Gov time to avoid the zone of danger.
injuries said to have been in fined $3 each, or in default Government.
erament, was among those pre Amount,
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with all allowances made for pension schemes, sto. 2
(3) The increased cost of working the lines consequent upon the general rise in prices during the last ten or fifteen years,
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Junk Capsized.
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at Foochow.
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Seamen in Trouble.
Back from Home,
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dying condition by men from other junk, and died at the Hospital the same day. He had two large jagged wounds on the right side of the head and the
to ear. The master of the middle kall was fractured from ear
Junk picked up some sticks and
West Point Gamblers.
Sergeant Adlington brought