DETAINED BY PIRATES.
ENTITLED TO ·
PERQUISITES?
THE S.P.C.A.
A MONTH'S
The roport
WORK.
of Inspector
|
TRANSPORT.
Tho caso was concluded in the. Summary Court this morning in Fisher, of the S.P.C.A, September which a man who was captured is as follows:- by pirates claimed wages amount- ing to $293 from his employers the Cheung Shung Wo Oll Shop,
Mr. O. A. S. Russ appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. J. T. Prior for the defondant.
Poultry oraton Poultry on trucks and
lorrios, loads
+
Poultry in junks and for-
risa, oratos recalled Pigs in junks and ferries... guid Pigs on trucks and when
baskets
The manager was this morning and ho bo
present Was
plaintif Wu8. Kivon
$57.58 Cattle in junks
which sum loft him fully paid up Cattle ashoro
to the tonth moon as regards Sheep and goats wages and to the ninth moon ge Dogs...
regards porquisitos.
Evidenco had boon given pre-
IMPORTS.
viously that plaintif was sub-Poultry, oratos soquently paid a further #22, Poultry by rail which completed the payment of Pigs in ship and junks wages up to the end of the year. Plgn by rail... The defence said that he was not Caitio
entitled to perquisites for the Sheep and goats poriod he did not work.
Cagos email birds
for
Mr. Prior said that the clalmDogs ...
for wages
Mont your
this
WAR
pre- Cats.... perfectly Monkeys
absurd, His contract ended Owle
L
automaties lly on the 2nd day of Tortoises, baskots the 1st moon, inasmuch as hol Hawks
was absout from the banguot hold i
EXPORTS..
in
on that day when, by custom, the Poultry by rail, crates fokis were told that they could continue for a further year. The Poultry in ships and junks
crates
plaintiff went on leave at the end Cattle of the auth macion last year and did not return, and he would
submit that he was only entitled to wages up to the end of that month. What was paid over and
Sheep and goats Monkeys Cagos small birds
above that was given gratuitous Markets ly. Ho understood Mr. Russ Birdshops would arguo that the case Dogs home...
within
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Tho Liboral. Members of Parliamont displayed a critical, attitude towards the Government 240 at a party wooting presided over by Mr. Asquith to-day, when the 45% Campboll (oditor, Workers' Week 780) prosecution inoldent, montion.
od yesterday, and the question of 989 the Anglo-Russian treaty, wore 218 discussed at great length. 718
Mr. Asquith indicated that if a 82 voto of coneure were tabled in 38 the former caso, it ought to rocolve Liberal support on tho 3,500 strength of the explanation given 297 yesterday. It was furthur agroad 10,667 that Mr. Asquith should tablo a
3motion in Parliament expressing 905 readiness to support prautical, 677 business-like stops to Improve Anglo-Russian trade relations, 19 but opposing the treaty in ite.
form 27 presont proposed
financial or other grounds.
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8 Tho Conservativos lutor tablod 24 Parliamentary motion of 14 conauro relating to the institu- tion and subsequent withdrawal
of the prouocution against Mr. 26 Campbell-Reuter.
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VISITS.
134
CONCUBINE COMMITS SUICIDE.
23 DRANK HUSBAND'S OPIUM.
19
"acts of God Landing place at Kennedy the King's onomies." Town
The fact that she was swindled
26.
14
by an unknown person of a pair of |bangles was probably the cause of
54
a young Chinese woman taking hor
30
He disagreed strongly Such Cattle depots
plea chiolly concerned Poultry dopols contracts of insurance or marine Railway stations risks and did not as a rule, Dealers shops
ontor inte
u question of other Pig pens Yaumati..... contracts, Mr. Buss would say
MISCELLANEOUS, -
that being captured by piralės was on a par with an illness and Markets watched, times... he (Mr. Prior) would submit that Forrics walshod times ilhess was not an "act of God" Cases investigated 018 it was a "visitation of God." Ignorant cruelty
Cases
Continuing, he said that thei -corrected... mator was justified in putting Prosecutions by Mr Frost an end to a contract. when helAmount of finos heard the man had been captured Cautions given by pirates.
..
V.I.C. AQUATICS.
own life by drinking an overdose of opium. At the enquiry held by Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Kow- lonu Magistracy yesterday after: noon the evidence went to show 30] thint, that was the only possiblo. -82| uxplanation of the death of Chen;
3 Wong, a married woum who waz
form on the point of death in heti 100bed on the 13th Heptember,
Dr.
2 $24 having
JOHNSTONE HALF-MILE
CHAMPION,
Mouro, testified examined Mitc
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Mr. Russ, in reply, sald iku onus of proving that the $57,58 had been paid was on the do- fonce. It was not untered in Any book: they simply came into Court and said so. As regards the point us to whether he was taken on again The V.R.C. annual aquatic after his return, defendants' own sports opened yesterday, when stated din bersamined the evidence showed that he was the half-mile championship of the stomach which he received from They did not pay him his $22 Colony and the Chinese half-mila Dr. Moure on the 11th September. until the 5th moon when he had championship were swum off. He found it to contain about 15 bean buck two months and had Seven, entered for the principal milligrams of morphine uzi ulso boon staying in the shop the ovent, but it was whole time. He further submitted obvious that Lyon and Johnstone acid.
vory soon gut nisterial re-netion of meconie that even if his Lordship were would fight it out between them. On the 17th September be also against him on the other points, solvos. Johnstone showed up examined a bottle, which con- bis client was entitled
toplendidly and won by 40 yards tained fuur cubic centimetres of porquisitos up to the end of the in good time. The Chinese race
black liquid. The solid substance your. If he was entitled to bis was very much slower and last extracted from it she gave the wages, he was also entitled to year's winner, Loung Sui-man, re-nctions of meeonie acid. his perquisites. Mr. Russ quoted repeated his success.
snell an general appearance of many authorities in support of)
this solid indicated opinn dross. his contention.
His Lordship said he was satis- fied that the $57. 58 had been paid and that defendant was not takon on again after his return. The only question to be decided was whether he was ontitled to his barve up to the end of the year and ho would prefer to go further into the cases quoted buforo he gavo judgment on that point.
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Tho tologram quoted below was received by the American Cón- sulato-Gonoral, Hongkong, from ti Manila Observatory at 1.55 a.m. to-day
·
Typhoon in about 140 Long, E. and 15° Lat. N., moving N.W.
Typhoon in about 126° Long,
Results.
Hot
Mile Championship (Chinese):
Leung Sui-maa Tong Chui
Time, 16 mins. 4 secs.
1
2
The
The derelised's husband gave evidence to the effect that the deceused had lived with him as his concubine for the last seven years. They had always been un felicitous terms and had never quarrelled on
Half Mile Championship of the any occasion whatsoever. Colony:.
J. R. Johnstorm!
D. Lyon
11, Ling
1
2
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The day before her death deevas- fed dosta pair of bangles, which; some one had swindled from her. Witness spuke
her about) the 1s And puggested Qu Stroke deceased's brother that he should i
Time, 12 mins. 46 2/5 sees.
120 Yards
Breast
(Chinese):
Leung T-salg.
Wong Ping-fati
Time, 3 mins, 34 secs. -100 Yards
1
2
see the police about the maller. Before retiring that night whe seamed to be in her usual manner. Witness, who was in the habit (Cirls): E. Allen, M. George, M. ut is ittle containing the liquid Climpionship of taking a dose of opium water,
Gourlay and D. Hunt qualify to under the bed before retiring. swim in the final. E. Allen's About 10 o'clock the next morning. time was 1 min. 25 sec.
he was piousel by his sister-in-law, who drew his attention to tho deceased.
Throwing Polo Ball (Open): 3. A. Kent (67 ft. 8 ins.)
1
J. R. Johnstone (64 fl.). 2
WEMBLEY
Witness discovered thi conrubing was uneotecious and us feeling her pulso found, that lit. WOR bealing faintly. He immediately fetched his mother. in-law from another houso and on This return found the
· E. and 17° Lat. N., inosing NW. REOPENING URGED already dewl, Before rising that
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morning witness got his "bottle London, Oct. 1. with the intention of taking a The exocutive of the Associa-dose, but found it to bel
wife's tion of British Chamhors of Com-empty. On seeing his SHANGHAI QUOTATIONS. merce has unanimously passed a condition he at once camo to
Mogurs. Ellis, and Co. haverosolution urging the reopening the conclusion that she had taken kladly supplied us with the of the Empire Exhibition in 1825, the opium. Ho could give no following cable quotations ofReutor.
Shanghai stocks from their
Shanghai office :-
Langkats (comb.)- Tis. 154.
buyers.
FRENCH 'DIPLOMA-
Ewon. - Tis. 10, buyers, TIC APPOINTMENT-
· Shanghai Dooku. Tis. 93,
buyers.
reason for the woman's not.. Ho was very oalm towards her avor! the banglo affair although ho did! say a fow words to her.
After hearing further evidence the corner said he had no doubt as to what happened nad said he found that the deceased took bor New Engineerings.- Tix. 6.60,
own lite by opium poisoning. buyers..
The Temps understands that M. There was no direct evidence as Orientals. → Tla. 34. buyers. Do Flourisu, the French Minister to the state of her mind but it Shanghal Cotton. Tls. 50 to Paking, will be appointed appenred that the loss of the buyers.
|Ambassador at London. Havas, bangles might have unbalanced her.
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