THE WORK OF THE
SUPREME COURT.
Over Two Million Dollars Involved in a Year.
The Registrar of the Supreme Court in his report for the year 1014 gives amongst other things, the following information:-
CONTEMPORARY
OPINION.
"Murder Most Foul."
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1915,
The following is a leading article taken from the Globo of March 30.7-
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COMPANY MEETING.
Escot Estates.
CHURCH SERVICES.
SCANDAL OF PRZEMYSL.
Life of Over-fed Austrian Oflicers,
St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong.
5th Sunday, after Easter, 9th May, 1915. 8.05 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). Introit: Psalm OXXII. Hymns: 323, siege and surrender of Przemysl A remarkable account of the 320, 558, 551. Service: Meria given by a special corre baoke. Matins (11a.m.)spondent of the Times, who waB Responses: Ferial. Venite the first foreigner to visit, the
Paalms: Protoh,
Savage.
Protoh, Macfarren, Turle; great Galician fortress since ita Turner. Te Deum: Woodward, fall, Smart, Turlo. Benedictus: Przemysl, he writes, is the story Barnby. Hymng: 143, 386. f on impregnable fortress two or Evensong (5.45 p.m.) Responses: three times over-garrisoned, with Ferial. Pealma: Davy, Pymar, patient, baggard soldiers starving Ouseley. Magnificat: Cooke the trenches, and bleek, (16th evening). Nuno Dimittis faultlessly-dressed officers living Holway (16th morning). Hymns: 194, 16, 142, NB, the fat of the land in fashion- Psalm 47, verses 5, 6 in unison.ble hotels and restaurante. The Psalm 48, verses 1, 6, 9 in Eptured garrison consist on the unison. Fasim 49, veraes 5, 13, present count of 131,000 men and 16 in unison. Hymn: 142, nearly 4,000 officerad verses 1, 4, 9, in unison. Organ Experts estimate that the Recital Monday, May 17th, at I fortress could have bean beld with 5.30 p.m.
50,000 or 60,000 men against any
St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon forces the Russians could bring
5th Sunday after Easter 9th against it. May 1915, Holy Communion st The city lies in a valley, 8 a.m., only. Matins 11 sairaled by hills. The nearest a.m. Responses, Ferial. Venite, zf the outer forts to the town ja Barnby Day 21st.
Paalms: Crotch,
more than five miles away, thua Harergal, Turner Te Deum, St. Jude, shells ever falling within the city Hiles. preventing the possibility of Benedictus: Langdon. Hymns: t all. The reaalt is that the line 186-285-529. National An-
ional iteme were included. The HUNGARIAN SCANDAL. most important point he wished to raise was that of the capital expenditure. It appeared to have been something like £7,000 for Cardboard Boots and Shoddy
Uniforms. ing of the Escot Rubber Estates, know what, was the estimated the principal Hungarian news-
The fifth annual general meet the past year, and he desired to
In spite of the strict censorship, Ltd., was held on March 18, at
capital expenditure fo
for the current
a well
De privale Pinners Hall, Austin Friare, B.C., year. Farther, he would wel-papers
communications which bave Mr. O. Malcolm Cumming chair come an expression of opinion man of the company) presiding. from the board as to their policy reached Switzerland, reflect the The Chairman said: Gentle for the fature-that is, whether extraordinary indignation and men,The report and accounts they intended for the present to anxiety of the Hungarian public It is neither useful nor dignifi- have been in your hands the clear and plant any mora land what is generally known in Buda Peath AB the Army 342 actions were instituted in ed to waste breath in denouncing requisite time, and with your In the existing financial state of Original Jurisdiction during the the sold-blooded murdere sccora permission I will take them as the company, and baring regard contracta' scandal.
This so-called scandal, after to the difficulty of obtaining any year 1014, and there were 655 paaying the sinking of the Falabo read. Tarning to the accounts, pending at the commencement of and the Agails The enemy act think you will agree with me that new money, it seemed to him to having been freely discussed in that your, as against 250 and 557 ed after bis kind, and in nocord-the balance-sheet before you be doubtful whether such exten- the Bungarian society clubs, re- respectively in 1913. 212 were auce with those principles which shows a satisfactory state of signs were desirable. The Lon-ceived prominence in the Socialist disposed of during the year, 57 teach him that any orime, no affairs, and in ordinary times your don expenses were small, but be newspapers, and public opinion being settled or withdrawn before matter how foul and dastardly, is board would not have hesitated to would like to see a larger propor-aving been roused, the authori trial, leaving a balance of 785 unjustified if it helps the cause of advise the declaration of a divid- tion charged to rermae. The ties decided to take energetic disposed of, as against 149, 50 Germany by siriking terror into end; but under the existing circum chairman would perhaps inform action. The police accordingly and 655 respectively in 1913. The the hearts of anenemy population. stances it is felt that it is a sound him as to the basis upon which raided the offices and private amounts involved were $2,140, Let us leave to the historian the policy to conserve our financial the expenditure was allocated as houses of some of the Buda Festh 805 and 45.180. 11s 311. as chice of epithets in which to resources as much as possible, Finally, with regard to the "eat with seizing a large amount of between capital and revenue, army contractors, and not content against $1,960,684 in 1913. The desibe German frightfulness, and although it may be a disap- debta and damages recovered and consider what are the best and pointment to you, we have mated crop of 118,000 lbs., he private correspondence and other amounted to $1,437,417 and me effective measures where thought it best not to advise doing inquired whether any part of that documents, arrested the heads of £4519. 18. 5d. as against $484-wih to meet it. Of the conduct so. Although we have still to as crop was expected to arise from twelve of the principal firms. These men are now in prison, ond 904 in 1913. The fees collected of the Germans who sank the two a considerable portia of our the area planted in 1910. amounted to $10,485.00 as vessels there can, unfortunately, revenue to meet capital expen-
Mr. Gautier de Ste. Croix said it is expected that their trial on a be no doubt, for the acosante diture antil all our rabber is in he agreed with what ir. Pennell charge of supplying shoddy agniost $15.250.40 in 1913,
come from many independent fall bearing, we hope, if we are had said on the subject of ex gooda to the troops will take He was arongly of place in the course of the "next Ten actions were instituted in sources, and they all agree. Our careful and the price of rubber tensions. prize. The following steamships Navy could not in any ciroum continues good, to be able to meet opinion that not natther tree few days.
At the moment it is uncertain involved: "Elsbeth", stancea imitate their behaviour, this capital expenditure and have should be planted until the pre-whether the accused will come "Sanogambia","C. Ford Lnoisz" but we say without besitation suficient fund for the payment of seat planted acreage was in "Triris",
before the military or civil a12- "Rajshuri", "Hana- that, after what is known to have dividend for the current year. bearing. It was very dan. metal", "Singan", "Faklit", bappened, the people of this The amount of, crop harvested gerous to embark upon a forward thorities, but it is thought that the former tribunal is likely to Tannenfels" and "lio Pasig." country will regard it as nothing was in excess of the estimates, and policy with only small means In three of these cases the ships less than an cutrage if the Bur very great credit is due to our the estimated capital expenditure in the scandal all move in the available. He inquired what was try the case. The men involved were condemned as lawful prizes, render of any German sabmarine management for the splendid re- and in two the ships were re-is accepted, or if any of the creweduction in all-in costs. Our older for the current year. He con-highest Hungarian business and leased: Five of the notions are are made prisoners of war. Let rabber is being gradually thinned gratulated the board and the social circle. One of them, a pending.
the Germand elect for a policy of ont, and as our orop increases we measgement upon the statement clothing manufacturer, started frightfulness" if they pleses; hope to be able to record still of affaire put forward, subject to his business career as a clerk in In the Summary Jurisdictionis car business to make those further decrease in the 00st of the view he had expressed with a small retail clothing establish
ment, married. the daughter of 2,380 nations were institated dur- who carry it out understand that production This policy of thin- regard to a forward policy. ing the
Mr. Black said he was delight-his employer, and with the capital year, and 112 were wo draw, if they do not, a sharp ning out old rubber, which is ed to hear that the chairman pro-brought, him launched out into of 30,000 crowne which she brought forward from 1913, as
war and going on all through the Valay against 1908 and 108 respectively murder, and that the murderer States, will, I think, benefit the posed to visit the property during business on a large scale. He is will ask in vain for recognition as industry, for while the eventual the current year. He understood of as follows: Setiled or with- belligerent. Superior orders yields will undoubtedly be as that a good deal of debate was now reported to be a multi- cannot be pleaded as an excuse large os, it not larger, then was going on in the Malay States millionaire, and in spite of his foroallons crime.
on the subject of tapping. humble origin is on intimate estimated, the increase of crop would be glad to learn, whether terms with members of the Hun- will be slower and thus alloy a the chairman had any ideas. 88 to garian nobility. longor time for consumption to
D'Agullar Street). On the No precise details of the nature increase. As mentioned in the the system of tapping that would report before you, a new factory which would shortly come into peared in the Press, but one
of the charges have as yet ap be adopted on the new clearings was erected at a cost of about £2,000, comprising a 20-b.p. tapping, because the policy adopt gathers that besides that of sup- Robey engine and the necessary
ed in that connection would plying cardboard instead of machinery for machining the largely affect the company's leather boots and inferior cloth rubber. A smoke bouge whe prosperity.
for uniforms, the accused will be confronted with officers whom
word
in 1913. The cases were disposed drawn 1,000, Judgment for the Plaintiff 800, Judgment for the Defendant 49, Non Suited - 7, Strack out, Dismissed and Lapsed Write (not asrved) 48, leaving 808 se pendias, as against 757, 646, 56, 0,37 and 412 respectively in 1913.
There were 31 cases and 50 persons committed for trial at the Criminal Sessions, as aguinat 92 and 107 respectively in 1913.
and 28.
distipation between
But much more important than the treatment of the mere agents, criminal though they be, is that of the nation they serve, which is now rejoicing over the brave tale of drowning passengers and jeer ing Germans. We must make this people realise that it is in our
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Be
idea of
they are alleged to have attempted to bribe.Exchange.
THE KING AND THE DRINK QUESTION.
51.
them. Evensong 6 pm. Hymn: f the outer forts, which haa baon 562. Responses, Festal. Paalms: hold until the lost, is probably Dary, Pymar, Meeley. Magni- about 25 miles in circumference. fieat: Woodward 30th Evening. It becomes perfectly obvious then Nuno Dimittia Barnby (Magni-chat, through gross incompetence, ficat.) Hymns, 299-276 21. the plethora of troops chat up Vesper Hymn, National here was trebling the mouths to Anthem.
feed and adding nothing to the Union Church, Kennedy Road.trength of the position.
Morning 11 a.m. Hymns, 122, It is probable that such supplies 591, 206. Paalm 63. Evening 6. 8 were available were unecon Pan. Hymus 10, 85, 334, 198.mically expended, with the result Preacher: Rev J. Kirk that when the pinoh come the situa Maconachie.
tion was at once scale, and the Peters Seamen's Church, offering of all classes, save the
•West Point.-8 am, Holy afficere, became general. Firet Communion. 11 am. Morning the cavalry and transport horses Prayer and Sermon. Preacher: cere consumed, then everything Rev. W. T. Featherstone, B. A.available. Cats were sold at The Gospel Hall. -38 Queen's eight shillings and fair-sized dogs
Road. (8 Doors from bottom of it a envereign.
While the garrison became Lord's Day Believers moet for thin and half-elarved, the mode: Worship at 5 p.m. and the of life of the officers in the town Lord's Supper; at 4 pm. a remained unchanged. The Care "Children's Meeting; at 8p.m3ieber is constantly well-filed Preaching. Tuesday and Thurs with dilletante ollicers, who go day, at 8 p.m. Exposition of Scripture, Saturday at 8p.m. sipped and played cards and bil Prayer Mooting,
liards and led the life to which First Church of Christ Scientist.
they were accustomed in Vienna. -MacDonnell Road. Sundays, any of the hardships of their Apparently very few shared 11.15 a.m. Wednesdays, 5.30 p.m. men, or made any effort to relieve Wesleyan Methodist Church their conditions. In the Hotel Wanchal Sunday Morning Royal until the last officers had Service 10:15 am. Sunday their three meals a day, with Evening Service 6.15 p.m.. fresh meat, cigare, cigarettes, Soldier's and Sailor's Home wines, and every lazary, while Arsenal Street-Sunday Even-as a witness has informed me, ing, Gospel Services 8 p.m... their own orderlies and servants St. Joseph's Church. Garden begged for a slice of bread.
Road. Mass and Sermon at 10 a.m. followed by the Bone- diction of the Blessed Saora-
ment.
Thers can be no qusation that the ultimate surrender was due to the fact that the garrison was on the verge of starvation, while the Roman Catholic Cathedral, Glened with curtailment. Witaeese - officers diet was merely threaten- ealy.Low Masses at 6, 7 and 9.a.m. High Mass at 8 a.m,tate that private soldiers were. 5.30 p.m.-Benediction of the seen actually to fall in the streets. Blessed Sacrament.
from lack of nourishment,
WATER RETURN.
power to take repričale whichshall erected and the quality of our The Chairman's Reply.
The Chairman, in his reply, be felt by everyone throughout rabber has much improved. Oor said that during the past year the length and breadth of their No. 1 quality le being practically £1,800 of debeatures had been The number of persons actual. land. Something of the meaning all manufactured in the form of acquired and cancelled. The ly indicted was. 40, of whom 25 of bockade they have already smoked abeet. Farther drying £2,288 was a reserve which did were convicted and 1f were ac- come to understand, and as yet space, to keep pace with the in- not exist in cash, but was, in the quitted. Against one person the we have hardly even affected to creasing crop, has been estimated estate itself. The sum of £1,450 case was abandoned. In 1913 the make our hold absolute. The for and the new buildings have shown in the balance-sheet, as figures were respectively 94, 86 neutral vessel runs no risks unless been started. The board have
her ergo is actual contraband of received numerous appeals for expenditure on new clearings did not refer exclusively to the 60
Lord Stamfordham's Letter to Appellate Jurisdiction-There stined for the enemy she is polite among others from the Red Cross, the past year; it included the out- war. If she is bearing goods de-subscriptions to various funds-
Mr. Lloyd George. aores planted up in the course of were & appeala instituted during ly detained while the British They have so far not contributed layonother young clearings. With the drink question was cam- the year, viz:-From the decision authorities satisfy themselves ne anything, preferring to wait for
The King's offer in regard to of the Chief Justice, 4; Puisne to the value of her cargo, and in an expression of opinion from regard to the planting of that municated in the following letter Judge, 1 Magistrate, Total then allowed to depart, having, the shareholders, and also, of area of 60 acres, it would be re- to Mr. Lloyd George: 1914, 0.
membered that a part of the older There were 5 sotlone instituted market as if she had reached her were not so plentiful se to allow himself, the manager and the as a rule, made quite as good a course, the funds of the company olearinga was not considered by
Buckingham Palace, March 30, 1015. ia Admiralty Jurisdiction, and 21 original destination. With noth- us to be very prodigal with them.
Dear Chancellor of the Exche actions were tried during the year. ing whatever to riek nentral ves- With regard to the work carried visiting agent as being worth the Three actions are pending. Two sela continue to ply their trade, on by the Red Orges Society, I expenditure of further money, so promptly letting him have a quer, The King thanks you for vessels were arrested and were and the leakage in the blockade can speak very highly indeed of might not be altered these 80 yesterday a meeting of the deput and, in order that the acreage full report of the proceedinga at subsequently released.
is inevitably great. There must it from personal observation, 23 acres had been planted in sub-lation of employers.
The entire conduct of the siege In the Bankruptcy Jurisdiction be an end of this. We are legally for the laat four months I have stitution. As to the policy of the
on the part of the garrison seeme there were 74 petitions filed, 49 in a position to declare a complete been a member of one of their board in regard to extensions, interest, but also with the deepest
entirely without explanation. The being Creditore petitions and 25 blockade of the enemy's coasta, ambulance convoys in France. In they had absolutely
His Majesty has read it with
Austrians had throughout plenty being petitions by the Debtors to make prize of any ship bearing conclusion, I am glad to be able extending in any form whatever but the most vigorous measures
of ammunition, and they certain- themselves. The Egures for 1813 goods of any sort to or from the to inform you that we have had until they had plenty of fanda will successfully cope with the Reservoirs on the 1st May, 1915. occurred three days before the
concern. He feels that nothing
ly greatly outnumbered the Rus were respectively 49, 20, and 20. enemy, and to include in our prono labour difficultes during the with which to do it, and until it
siane. Yet they made but one Level and Storage of water in recent effort to break out, which The number of Receiving Orders hibition all goods intended to year, and the health of the made was 57, being 35 on Oredi- reach Germany through neutral labourers and the European staff that it should be done. They have before us the statements, not yet to
was the wish of the shareholders grave sitastion now existing in - CITY AND HILL, DISTRICT WATER, tors' Pelitions and 22 on Debtors' ports. Out of eneideration for has been good. Before we again thoroughly sympathised with and merely of the employers, but of Tolari agli gira. Ielow affs on for
our armament factories. We Petitions. The figures for 1913 neutrals we have hitherto con meet I hope to visit the properties, appreciated what had been said the Admiralty and War Office Tyan her syfte din. Below 17ft 1017: Below were respectively 33, 17 and 16. tented ourselves with a sort of and I can then go into the quest on this sabject. The London officials responsible for the sup-mediatio Below neft this Batow
The number of Public Examina- hybrid blockade, which is not ions of tapping, thinning out eto, expenses were divided as batween tions held was 18 sa against 16 in legal, has only recently been de- on the spot, and give you my capital and revenue on the basia ply of munitions, of war, for wong-nal-13th gin. Dalow energin Below
clared, and has been very partial-report thereon on my return. There were 38 Adjudications ly successful. After the Falaba shall ask Mr. Owen to second mence during this year on the From this evidence it is without acreage, Tapping would com-their food and ammunition.
transport of troops, chung... averflow and 5 Schemes of Arrangement, and the Aguila it is time that we the motion that the report and 1910 clearings, but the amount doubt largely due to drink tha The figures in 1913 were 29 Ad-proclaimed the real thing.. secounts be adopted, but before of rubber collected therefrom was are unable to secure the output for laseradiate t jadications and one Scheme of
that weyten Byewash doing so I shall be very pleased to not likely to be very appre of war material indispensable to West-naichung
Pokfulum OTTENEREZA answer any questione in my power, ciable. As the system of meet the requirements of our
Mr. W. Haddon Owen seconded topping, there was a great deal Army in the field, and that there District in millions of decimals gallons during the the motion.
Shareholders' Questions. of controversy as to whether every as been such serious delay in mouth of Apt 1915 The aggregate amount of es 1913 and certain house property.
Mr. Pennell observed that in day or every other day tapping the conveyance of the necessary Consumption 13903 243ňa m, gallona timated assets, in cases where Two Estates were wound up dur- the balance sheet was an item of gave the best results on this reinforcements and supplies to Receiving Orders were made and ing the yea". were not rescinded, was $5,644, The amount of Commleston of debentors stock. He desired young clearings which are being The continuance of sucka slate uses in a poly given by pubic sites feup: D. B. Powell to sell by Publio
£2,288 reserved for redemption Pay estates every day tap-ald our gallant troops at the per day 16
ping was going on, except on the 583, and estimated liabilities $8,- collected was $182.17 as against to know whether that money was started, where tapping was done of things must inevitably result only from asthan 1984, Canstar wa 512,215 as against $897,145 and $197.38 in 1913
actually in hand and whether any every other day, and resul's were $2,075,191 reapsotively fa 1913.
Registrar of Companies. The debenture stack would now be being very carefully noted. The in the prolongation of the horrors The fees oullected amounted to total number of Companies re- redeemed with it. They had re-estimated capital expenditure for and burdens of this terrible, war, $4,376 as against $2,986 in gistered from the commencement deemed £1,800 of debenture stook the current year was about £4,000, 1913, and the Official Receivers of the Companies Ordinance, 1885, during the year, which he suppoв The resolution was uuspimous, adyisable the King will be pre- STORADE IN MILLIONS AND DECIMALS No. 6 Torres Building, Kowloon.
1913.
Arrangement. There were 3 cases held over. 13 withdrawn, 1 dismissed and 5 proceedings an nulled,
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2
of
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the
front.
Iam to add that if it be deemed
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WORKS LEVEL,
· 1915. pl. Below|j36¢ i. Below
Overйow
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overlow
Overdow
overw
Overigw
surrender.
The total of the shipping enter- ing and clearing at ports in the Colony during the year 014 monnted to 617,430 vessels of 36,756,951 tons, which, compared with the figures for 1913, ahowa. son increase of 27,211 vessels with 3a decrease of 988,031 net register
The Colony's Shipping Trade,
Dverdow STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECIMALS"
OF GALLONS.
80.10
13.80
15.20 $2.52
75-15
2 tondk
1.09
Consumtion of water in the Chy and fill
popsation.....
w
117,110--|| $50.914
TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENT.
PRELIMINARY NOTICE.
· head day....
Intermittens supply by Rider Mains in RiderTERE Undersigned has received Malo Diktig up dijajily April, sýnd: Berriana (TO
Instructions from Capt. A Rider Distric disconnected from,
All disteints Amil
KOWLOON WATER WORKS LEVEL
Kowloon Goa-parik dan
Re-talow
Iclow
KANN MAN OF GALLONESA SAN
Luetion on
TUESDAY
the 25th May, 1915, commen servoir row overdoing at 2.30 p.m. at his residence,
The Whole of his Valuable Household Furniture & Linen,
A Fine Collection of Old Pe-
[vitation te
Consumption of water in Kowloon in milione di
Trustee had been a appointed by of $383,731,486.35. the Creditors, to $12,027, againat $9,010 in 1913. Of the 816 Companies which iture of the year was shown to the Red Cross Func
|of $2;288: Among the expond to contribute a sum of £10.10% 10g upall alcoholic liquor himself Kowloon Granny
and Issaing orders against Its Reservoir The total number of trust estates not floated, 38 are in course, of Wished for further information te A Kennaway, and the audit...hold, so that no difference shall Consumption 15.3030,75 (Full Particulars will be publis
have been on the Register 2 were 1.450 for now clearings, and he The rotiring directors, Mr. G. onsumption in the Royal House Decimals Glass During one months of April 19 dilg Bronzes
Zbs and Brasses. in the hands of the Official Trustee being wound up, 418 (oxclusive garding that figure. The report Mr. E. Chas 0. Sanith, 1.9.AA. be made so far as His Majesty is t at the end of 1914 was 25, and of those in course of being wound stated that sixty an
Extiniated popula the aggregate amount of Trust) were in existence at the ended up and an
F.OL were re-elected, and a
concerned between the treatment option
head per day. Funde $83,167.13, as againel 27 of 1914 and 388 live been struck
estion. Toto of thanks to the chairman rich and poor in thi
WALEY BE DE Estates aggregating $105,603 in off the Register,
directors and staff concluded the
➡Yours very truly,
6145000 that are
to be high; poss
fure
DUÊNG AU $6,300
*shed later) 420.4 gallon On view from Sunday, the 23rd The Government Analyst's reports show that the ingt. Public Works Dsakiteant.
GEO. PLAM ATHAR, Four Aasharity
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