IMPORTANT ACTION.
STORY OF THE MISSING
KEYS.
Alleged Attempt to Defeat American Immigration Laws.
In the Summany Court, this morning, Tong Lin, sued Teung Yuen and Cheung Ying Sang for the sum of $650; $500 amount deposited with defendants and $150, amount rcosived by the defendants from the plaintiff under a vote of acknowledgment,
Mr. P. W. Goldring, appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. C. F. Macon, of. Messrs. D'Almada and Mason, appeared for the defendant. Mr. Maron contended that this
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a contract to supply a certificate to the plantiff to enable him to enter the United States of America, the plaint not coming within the exempted class. This was held by Mr. Justice Gom- pertz in action 5011 of 1909, to be illegal.
Mr. Goldring contended that action 5011 was not on all fous with the present one.
Hie Lordship: I do not know anything about the illegality.
Mr. Mason: It is admitted my Lord; it is common grouźd-
Mr. Goldring:-I think I can get over the facts in a few words. Hie Lordship:-if I had known the facts I could have ordered pleadings.
TRAM CAR LITERATURE.
Educational Efforts on Our" Service.
The following literary efforts are to be seen in the Hongkong
tramosra:TM
By bridge and battery, town and
trench,
They're fighting with ball-dog
pluck;
Not one, from Tommy to tennial
French,
Is down upon his fuck. There are some who stand and
come a ho fall,
But how does the chorus gu That cohoing chant in the hearts
of all ?
"Are we downbearted ?-No!" And what of the girl who is left
behind,
And the wife who misses her
mate?
Ob, well, we've got our business
to mind
Though it's only to watch and
woit,
So we'll take what comes with a
gallant heart
As we busily knit and sew, Trying, Gol held us, to do our
part,
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THE HONGKONG UTELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1915,
CANTON NEWS
}{From Our Own Correspondent).
Now Yarn Factory.
Canton, June 20. Oloth made in the Bing Ling feature is rather famous in this District of Ka Ying Chow Pre- part of the country, Bat the yarn used in the manufacture of this) cloth bas heretofore been bought movement on in Japan. There is now s foot to a make yarn there alapin
the
order to render it a wholly native product. A certain wealt by merobant of that district has pri sented a p'an for the establish ment of a large factory and so
hearty has been the response that be now announces that he con factory in operation by the end fidently expects to have the of July. The capital stock is machines will be installed at the $2,000,000, and Sfty spinaing beginning.
Tobacco and Liquor Monopoly,
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TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENT.
Some time ago the Central Government aDonnced that it was their intention to establish monopolies for the sale of tobacco
[The opinions expressed by the THE NATIONAL LOAN OF and liquora in every province, correspondents are not necess- THE THIRD YEAR OF THE They Luve taken the first stop by arily those of the Hongkong
REPUBLIC OF CHINA: sending a special fficer to each
Telegraph."]
MILLION province to inquire into the con ditions there existing.
BOXING.
DOLLARS (816,000 0J0) Each
and
and his time is 'mited to two cfficer is to receive $200 a month To the Editor of the Hongkong mcths..
Are we downhearted?-No!"
Jessie Pope. "Don't forget the little collec.
tion box behind
you." You say the box is in an awk- It ja proposed to set the inter ward place. We know it is, but mal revenue tax at from 30 per never mind, do it be bashful, the cent, to 50 per cent. beside the passengers will not mind you [asual castra duty. The local leaning over them. Keep your Casto Prese calls the attention copper cents for the little box, of the authorities to the fact that you would be surprised how tell' up.
"Don't forget the little box downstairs."
Mr. Goldring:-The question is whether on the documents I have put in there are some fact admitted by my friend to me ver- bally and I am sure he will admit them to your Lordship-this falls under the rule of Mr. Justice
Our boxes are not opening Gompertz in action 5011 of 1009 quite so well as at first, After The points are (1) That the sums 10 mortbe in the tranches our of $500 and $160 were paid by men are as cheery as ever, they the plaintiff, to whom, does not are not slacking, neither must me, matter at this stage; (2) That the Military Experts say the war will money was paid under the terms last two years, so every cent will of exhibit a certificate in ao-be needed. cordance with the terms referred "Don't forget the little box to in exhibit f, was prepared by downstairs." the second defendant in anit 603 and the caly defendant in fait 804; that such certificate was
fired to the plaintiff by him.
Mr. Mason: A man of my client's standing cannot enter America.
Mr. Golding: I do not admit that that was known or is koown to my client,
His Lordship: You must agree on the facts, and he can only enter the United States of Ame- rica in breach of the provisions of the I amigration Law.
Mr. Goldring: I do not know what the Immigration Law is.
His Lordship: Well you have agreed on the facte ?.
Mr. Goldring: This is as far as I can go I do not know what the Immigration Law ie:
His Londship: Then you must call on the American consul-can. you not agree on that question? Mr. Goldring: I would agree if I could see the evidence in action 5011.
His Lordship: Here is the judgment.
Mr. Goldring: I have the Registrar's permission to see Mr. Justice Gompertz's notes in that
c888.
Hia Lordship: If you agree that he could not enter the United States in breach of the provisiona of the Immigration Law which was the finding there.-
Mr. Goldring: If I could see these notes in 5011-which I endeavoured to do yesterday bat the key was missing, I would
then, perhaps, admit it.
Hie Lordship: Where are those
notes?
The Clerk said they were
locked up but he would get the
key.
"Another Band night to-night,
I see,"
"Yes! What did you think of
the last one?' "Oh! absolutely top lo'e." "Yea! Masio just the right sort, nice and light and I see they have improved the seat ing accommodation."- "Welll'same time and place, eh?"
'Right O!"
LANGKAT OUTPUT.
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Telegraph).
Sir, I shall be obliged if you'll favor me by inserting the under- mentioned lines in your valuable Paper:
Referring to Mr. F Hall's article in your papers of the 19th
SIXTEEN
...
SUPPLEMENTARY ISSUE OF
EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS ($8,000,000).
SUBSCRIBERS to the above Loan are hereby notified that the Interest Instalment for the month
of June amounting to Dollars and (6120,000) has been duly One Hundred and Twenty Thou-
brought to Loan Service Account,
this will serve only to give a final ult, I beg to say that it is all-received by the undersigned and}
opportunity to dealers in foreign cigarettes and liquor, so they can be sold much more cheaply to the local products if to Ligba tax is to be levied.
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Bosh! re my unwillingness to sign-up with Sapper Richside'. I am prepared to meet Riobarda; or any (ther light-weight in the Colony over a course of 20, 3 minate rounds for the best purse offered. Winner to take all, and
side bet of $500.00. Thanking you in advance a thousand times,
Yours et .,
IRON BUX.
School Meetings. Recently some 300 if the sobople in Cauton and Honam a have been holding meetings every sunday to discuss matters been relating to their work. At the last meeting the subject discussed was the advisability of giving
[The article referred to was not drill work to the pupils. The Mr. F. E. Hall's but one written sensible conclusion arrived at was by the Hongkong Telegraph. Box- that drille would be of great ing att cles were waiting here to benefit to the students and the be signed and a depcait to be recommendation made was that covered. The articles were not every school should try to es signed, and no money was forth- tablish drills as a regular part coming on behalf of Iron Bux. of the work.
Ed]
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This is certainly worthy of favourable comment. The muɛ- cular developement of the average Chinese youth of the wealthier clase is woefally lacking. Yet the boys of to-day must be the men of to-morrow." If China wishes to enjoy the honour of a strong, able bodied race of inhabitants in the future she must develop her boys of the present. Good luck to the movement for giving drill work to all students:
Report of River Conservancy
Board.
A LOCAL CHINESE
AUTHOR."
Mr. Tee Tean-tai, whose book on the Creation was reviewed in our columas some time since, bas received the following:-
President's Office.
Yale University. New Have, Connecticut May 7th 1915.
My Dear Sir,
I beg to soknowledge, with cordial thanke, the receipt of your
In spite of the disagreeably interesting book on the Creation, evident fact that the rain god which. I shall present to the 200 seems to have lost all self control Library for the use of the Up
and utterly forgotten how to stop iversity se a whole. pouring his fode upon us, the report of the condition of districts
Very Lincerely Arthur T. Hadley. subject to fode je sarprisingly Mr. Tao Tan Tai satisfactory. Woochow seems to
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ANOTHER ESTATE
Total to 21th. inst. 6;115
Daily average 291.10
be the only p'aos where the water is high enough to excite ap- prehension. There it has raised twelve feet in the past three days.
MURDER.
Chinese Gang Robbers at Work, Perang, June 8-Mr. D. M. Macfarlane, manager of Inchong Estate, the property of Sir John Barlow, in the Selama "district of Perak, was murdered on Friday and robbed of $1,000 in totes
Mr. Goldring: I waited for a case was to be performed in and silver which he was carrying
long time my Lord.
America that is the 5011 case) from Penang. The tragedy cocur-
Hongkong
TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS,
NOTICE.
We beg to notify our friends and all whom it may concern that we have no connection with the Glasgow firm of similar name whose partners were convicted on the 18th June of trading with the enemy
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F. A. AGLEN, Inspector General of Customs, and Vice-Chairman of the Bureau of National Loans. Inspectorate General
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of Customs. Peking, 14th June, 1915,
PUBLIC AUCTION," THE Undersigned has received instructions to sell by Public Auction on
FRIDAY. the 25th June, 1915, commerc King at II a.m., at No. 42 Cuine
"Road
(for account of the concerned}
A Quantity of ¦ Valuable Household Furniture
"
"comprising:—
Teak Hatstand,
Tapestry
Covered Coach and Chairs,
Blackwood Writing Table, Teak Overmantles with Bevelled Mir- rors, Marble Top Round Table, Electric Ceiling Fan, etc.
Double Brass & Brass Mounted Iron Bedsteads, Teak Wardrobes ith Bevelled Glass Doors, Teak Dressing Tables, Marble Top Washstands, etc
On view from Thursday, the | 24th inst..
Catalogues will be issued. Terms-Cash on delivery.
GEO. P. LAMMERT, Auctioneer.
THE Undersigned has received
Instructions from Mr. J.
Wilkip to sell by Public Auction
on
MONDAY:
the 28th June, 1915, com- mencing at 2.30 p.m. at his residence No. 10. Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon. The Whole of His Valuable Household Furniture
comprising
· Toak Hatstand with Mirror, Blackwood Flower Stands and Table, Japanese Curio Stands, Teak Overmantels with Bevelled Mirrors, Camphorwood Roll Top Desk, Card Table, Bras Mounted Fendors, Engravings, White Lace Curtains, Rugs, Carpet, etc., etc.
Teak Extension Dining Table and Chairs, Teak Sideboard with Bevelled Mirror, Toak Dianer
Wm. JACKS & Co., Waggon, Teak Bookcases, Ice Metal Merchants, Chest, Cutlery, Crockery and Shangbai, Calcutta, Glass Ware sto, etc. Bombay, Karachi,
Single and Double Brang, Rangoon aud 5, Mounted Iron Bedsteads. Toak! East India Avenue, Wardrobes with Glass Doors, London. Teak Dressing Tables, Marble Top Washaland, Teak and Cam- phorwood Chest of Drawers, Toilet Crockery, Shanghai Bath Tabs, eto, etc.
On view from Saturday, the 26th inst.
Catalogue will be issued. Terms: Cash on delivery.
GEO. P. LAMMERT
Auctioneer.
His Lordship: You can see In this case what my client red at 5 45 while Mr. Macfarlane Hongkong, 21st June, 1915, them now; I will adjourn the asked for was a certificate to was motor-cycling through a jon- PEAK TRAMWAYS 00., LTI). Court and you can look at Mr. be delivered to him in Hong-gle road, where he was ambushed Justice Gompertz's judgment.
Mr. Goldring: I have seen the Judgment, e
His Lordship: If it is against the Immigration Lawe then it would be in my opinion, an illegal contract.
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kong.
NOTICE.
That takes it entirely end, abot with a gun load- May Road Station will be open out of the case-thirdly there is ed with buckshot at close range, for traffic on and after Thursday this point, that the cagn.-*** receiving the fall charge in the July, let
His Lordebip-To be deliver-face and chest. Death was in Single fares from Upper or ed in America ?
stantaneous. The body was dis- Lower Terminus 20 cents. Mr. Mason:The other being covered by a postman next morn- Season · tickets available for only a case of the purchase money ing. The murder is believed to three months between the Lower Goldring I want to ad- being paid in America.
be the work of Chinese gang Terminus and May Road-can droan your Lordship on that
His Lordship:You can see robbers who have been guilty of be obtained on application at the point to distinguish the present the judgment,
numerons crimes in the district. Company's office at the following
rates. Case, on the facta your Lordship The keys not being found just The deceased, who was 33, cams
Gentlemen HM $20.00 has now from that case. It is then, the lawyers went into out in 1908. He ran a native of
Ladies 10.00 quite diferent in this osse. I can Chambers and had the case Stirling and very popular. Great fell your Lordship now briefly if adjourned until 2.15 indignation prevails among the our Lordship plenaces First of At 2-16 it was decided to pro planting community. Straits All the oquinot in this particular osed with the matter in Obambers: Times.
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