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THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1910.

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PARLIAMENT RESUMES.

THE COMPRADORE CASE.

The third day was reached in the assa to- day, before Mr Justice Hazeland, in which IIT A COMPROMISE ? ·

Woeg Flu Ng, compradore to Masara MacDonald and C., and A. A. Fabnson, (Router's Servios to the China Mail)|nd aneter of the 1.1. Sui On, to reover

Logros, June 9. $1,000 damages for assault and false The House of Commons reassembled prisonment c February 26,

air Elden Potter appeared for plaintig last night, when the Fremier (instructed by Mr E.. Davidsor, and Mr Asquith) canined himself to indicating G. C. Alabaster defended, instructed by the business of the next few days.

Mr Shanton.

CHINA MERCHANTS CO. CLAIM "COSTS.

THE CHINA MAIL.

RUBBER NOTES,

MAY RETURNS. -

The Brah of the May rubbur réttra are hand, Mesara Guthrie and Co., submit.

In the Supreme Court, before the Chief Justice (Sir F. Piegate) this morning, ito bankruptcy jurisdiction, an application was mada with regard to costs in the case of ting the following Chan Howan

Labu (M.S.) Estate: May 17,185

Mr D. V. Stevenson applied on behalf | First five months 70,994 lha. 384: 1903,

Changkat Selak : May 901, April 543 ibs. March 1991bs. a totafsince tapping was commenced of 1,441 lbs..

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of the China Merchants Steam Navigation 6,608 1bs. First fire months 190, 17,381 Company for an order directing the Ufficial Ibo: Receiver to pay out of the fands in his bands from the estate the costs incurred by the applicants in applying for administra tion prior to the bankruptcy proceedings, He stated that the bankrapi was manager

Mesars Gunn and Co. inform as of the In the House of Lords the Earl off J. Planume: (foreman), Hongkong and as such certain fasehold fellowing

The following constituted the jury of the China Merchants, Company "in Crewe suggested that the discussion on J. Hunter and D. Cooper.

proportios belonging to the Company were Pajam Limited-May 9,400 lbs. » registered in his name. He died in 1906 Bukit Lintang:-May 5,320 lbs. - Total Lord Rosebery's resolutions in reference

and in order that administration should be for eleven months 22,425 1be, May 1909, to the Upper Chamber should stand

taken out and the property belongleg to 403 lbs, Eleven months 1909, 1,050 tbe. the Company should be vented in the new manager, "the Company instructed Messra The output of rubber from the United WATKINS Doscon, Looker and Deacon to apply for administration. The widow was living up in the country at the time and did not intend herself to apply for administration, but at the request of the company she did como down to apply, Administration was not granted to her, for his Lordship ordered that as the estate was very much involved it should be administered by the Official Administrator. The Intter thought the

over for a week or two.

Lord Rosebery said he had received: intimation from influential quarters that opportunity might be taken of the Royal bereavement to and sema form of pacification as between the acute demands of the two parties, but this did not apply to his resolutions, which

were merely concerned with principles

Before the recommencement of the case, the Foreman of the Jury asked how long the case was likely to last as he thought the jury were entitled to consideration for their services.

Lordship replied that they were entitled to no consideration utfees the

partics would consent.

Mr Potter-My client is not responsible for bringing the jury here at all.

His Lordship to the Foreman)-You are not entitled to anything.

not

cnu.

Singapore Rubber Estates for the mouth of May amounts to 1,420,168.||||

Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent wires that Paradise Estate May crop is 12,000 11s.

COMPANY MEETINGS,

annual meeting of the Selangor Rubber Sir F. Swattenham, presiding at the

CIRCULATING

LIBRARY.

your Lordship would not have granted estate was so grossly insolvent fist ha pat they hoped to produce 250,000 lbs. of No Subscription.

Mr Alabaster-Thia is proper esso for jury.

Mr Pottar-Of course it is. If it was It was not my client who wanted

last. It is impossible to say. His Lordship-I don't know how long it Defendant was then recalled, ast, reply ing to the Foreman, he stated that he had

which were not connected with the cnc, Government's resolutions. Be there-l fore did not intend deferring theml

AUSTRIA'S NAVY.

THE BUILDING OF

DREADNOUGHTS,

Bender's Service to the China Mail.)

LONDON, Juna . The Die Zek, published in Vienna, states that the keel has been laid of the first Dreadnought, which is being privately built at Trieste, while the second is to be laid down in September,

THE HUNAM RAILWAY.

(Wah Te Yat Po's Service.)

PEEING Juze 8. The Board of Communications h3, recommended that the Funam railway should be constructed by the people without the help of foreiga loans, but, that the entire capital must first be laid before the Board, and that a limited times for the completion of the track must be declared.

pilsin if and four other arrested on his own-i

islivo. This was after the assault on the compradore.

it in bankruptcy, and he (Mr Stevenson) rubber in the current year. He dovied now applied for the costs incurred prior to the statembat that their estates wore the proceedings in backruptcy..

His Lordship-The only power I have to order coats outside bankruptcy proceed ings is when the catate has been protected. Bir Stesrenson-When we obtained ad- ministration under the Ordince we did collect some money.

Capt. Willoughby, of the Government

The Official Receiver stated that he did icht Stanley, spoke to sing phiutiff on not oppose the application. The whole of vary the proceedings were altered, by order of the wharf under arrest. H nowdy and very obusive to the captain. the Court, and if his friend had applied at He got so nagry that when he would say the time the estate went into bankruptcy nothing more English he fell back on he would have got his rests. He had about Chiuert. He was waving his arms, rolling 8000 in hand, and it was one of those cases up his sleures and inriting the captain to in which the costs would probably take the come down and fight it out.

whole estate.

Mr Potter-Supposing you were innocent and you know you were going to be led through the streets of Hongkong by a policeman, with probably a crowd following would you protest against it?-No, I would

noty

"

You would go quite quietly ?--Yes. And would not object 7~~-~Ño, The only evidence you can give against this th is that after his arrost he protest- ed Yes.

Four knowledge of Chinose. I may take

it, is elementary 7-Yes.

Is it entirely confined to curso words Yes, I suppose so.

Other evidence was called.

specially troubled with fungus, and reply. ing to a French shareholder declared that they had a mere profitable plant in rubber trase than coconuts. The motion that the directors receive a commission of 8 per cent. on the profits ever 100 per cent, in addition, to the foes of £500, val adopted.

At the annual meeting of the Sungei Way (Selangor) Rubber Company, held at Glasgow on May 6, Mr Christio, moving the adoption of the report, said that the estimate for this year was a crop of 81,000 the of dry rubber. The directors bad unanimously decided to wait some months before paying a dividend. Replying to a shareholder the chairman declarad himself to be oppassed to the splitting of shares, The Official Receiver-No, there is nooit deprecated any steps towards incoading chance of any dividend. The bankruptcy the value of shares by artificial means. costsalone will probably come to some 8350. The part was adopted.

Els Lordship-How.does it stand; have any dividende been paid?

His Lordship-There is then small Bum which somebody else might as well get?

The Official Receiver Yes, my Lord, it comes to that,

Bis Lordship said he could not make as order as applied for, but if the sum- mons was monded so as to be made out in the widow's name he would grant it, after which the China Marchant Company could take whatever steps they liked

Mr Stcavenson agreed to alter the sp-

The case was adjourned until Monday plication accordingly. afternosu.

WHAT CONSTITUTES

BANKRUPTCY?

A Strange Case:

The Chief Justice (Sir F. Piggott), altt ing in bankruptcy jurisdiction this morning, at the Supreme Court, bend an application

CINEMATOGRAPH AS AN

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Before the Chief Justice (Siz F. Piggott) this morning a petition for receiving order lu bankruptcy was fade by Wong Fung Skok.

DIVIDENDS COMPARED.

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Net proate 1908. -1909.

"י.

Dividend. 1908. 1909.

7178

80"

Consolidated

Malay... 12,676... 50,449 Golconda.. 53.... 18,290... mf... 25 H'land and

Lowlands 38,169...113,661 Lingg

.....$4.58162,427 Kapar Para

Producq: 3,628 ... 11,795 Mabirs

7,330

lanang

1F

... 10:10

13,148...mil... 15

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and stated that the liabilities wore Selangor... 28,406... 88,811762813 to 15 per cent. in 1906, for a receiving order in the case of the $9,890.91, and the assets.

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FOREIGN LOANS.

(Wah Ter "FatPo's.Service.)

Mr E. J. Grist, on behalf of the petition. to 85,140, including a cinematograph ap. Sungel PERINO, June 8.

ing creditor, atatal that an interim receiy-paratus valued $2,000, a sum of 82,000 The Foreign Ministers in Poking ing order had already been made is the deposited in the Salon Cinema as scearity Sungei insist that the Wai-wa-pu make a de- was a notice that the debtor had suspended debtor's own shop, and a debt cwing by the case, and the particular act af bankruptcy for the compradore, stock-in-trade in claration of the foreign loans in con- payment. The assets comprised the tailer Hongkong Government amounting to $550. The Official Fecofrer said the furaiture nection with the Szechuen-Canton-Han of 10,500, while the liabilities so far na shop and stock-in-tade, of the total value

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they could be ascertained amounted to

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OTHERS TO BLAME..

(Wah In Fat Po's Service.)"

PSEISC, Jane 8.

Viceroy of Canton is not the only person

to blame but that the Tartar General

must also be dealt with.

about $10,000.

the Cinema Theatre and the deposit were both bad as the theatre was "io

bankruptcy, and there was no prospect

The Oficial Receiver said this there was a debt by the Government of of a dividend. He was also doubtful ̈ữ rather strange dnes. The petitioning | g7500 creditor showed that the assets were

"The order was made, costs to be agreed considerably more than the liabilities, and he (the Official Receiver) bad and upon with the Official Receiver. astock book made at the shop sad he co-

"

Ho

underst of it was trick on their part to

BANKRUPTCY.

A BIBE TO FIFTEEN SHILLINOS

GUTTE PABRIOLE

We Are not responsible for the optimista of the Financier representative who writes tem on the recent fall in these very optimistic

posed distribution of 185 per cent for the year just ended, making a total of 264 per. cant, in five years. As to the dividend for the current twelve months, it would be unseemly to prophesy, but the output was: Hestimated at $50,000 lbs., is compared with i

total crop of 645,219 lb for 1908, while they should be securing the beneft of the higher prices then being realised.

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IN

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AMERICA

Of the crop of last year something like. one-third had been sold forward at prices ranging up to 6s. 6ld. per pound, as swhen In the words of a prominent Mincing rubber touched 5e. 8., a price never pre Lane buyer, when rubber went from 118. vionsly reached, the directors considered it 6d. to 12s. 6d. those who bought it were advisable in the best interests of the share. gambling, because- that time it was not holders to take that step. No one at that The Imperial Government, having con-estimated.

sidered the assats even now to be under. BOARDING HOUSE KEEPER'S worth it. It may, and probably will, be time contemplated the extremely high

worth 15. -1 pound in The shop was not bankrupt

a few weeks, prices that bad ruled since. Of the corrent GREAT BRITAIN sidered the case brought by the new but the partners bad abscondet.

and, if so, the manufacturers will pay year's output, however, only 168,000 lb. In the Supreme Court this morning. But when it bounced up is to 12s of the change of sentiment sa to the it, because nobody has any stocks. had been sold forward at Ba, and in-viom. soldiers, are of the opinion that the

zet hack the shop and to get rid of some of before the Chief Justice (Sir F. Piggott), Bd. the manufacturer, instead of laying in probable upward trent of prices they did the partners. They imped to buy the an application to amend the bankruptcy bis extra amount, and putting it in his not intend to make any further forward shop cheap from the Oficial Receiver and proceedings in the case of W. H. Em-store-rooms, worked on what he then had, aales for the moment. He understood at ao start business on a reduced capital. Of berley, late proprietor of the Waverley and is still working at it, scraping the floors the same time that it was quite possible to course it was impossible to prove that at Boarding House, 43, Robinson Road, was of his store-rooma for every apare ounce of sell for 1810 delivery at 11. &d., and for present and na the partners had absconded madu. THE MACAO BOUNDARY The shop was at prevent held by plication, said Mr Emberley made a

The saw no objection to making the receiving. Mr W. B. Hind, in making the aprubber he can find there. It is to be 1911 at 10s. 6d, so that the outlook at

observed, however, that the rubber that the moment was distinatly encouraging. was offered on Tuesday was Plantation QUESTION.

petition in bankruptcy which was heard at rubber.

It might be interesting to note that His Lordship Can I make a receiving the laat sitting, and on his being question previous sale, a fortnight" before, Para had been nearly 3.8 lb. of rubber, that Between last Tuesday and the whereas the average yield per treo tappod order when you allege that the assets are ed by the Official Receiver it appeared rubber had dropped 2a. in price; but the included the product of 30,101 trees lightly Mr Grist-I don't think the question of his wife was partner with him in theantation companies would not come down tapped for the first time, while 730 Trens either auote or liabilities bas any hearing boarding house business. He (Bir Blind)) in the price by that amount, hoping that twelve years old had averaged 10.7 1b., and at all on bankruptcy. If an act of bank thereupon applied that the case be a Plantation rubber would still command iks. 900 trees ten years old 84 lb., while ou pas ruptcy is committed a receiving order moet journed in order that the might be shie. bo made as a matter of course. If the to add the wife to the petition. The assets are ever and above the labilities husband and wife were new petitioning for then the surplus goes back to the debtor, receiving order. There are hundreds of cases every year in London in which twenty shillings in the pound are paidi.

(Wah Tes Fat Po's Service)

PIN, June 8. Yun Hsi Hsun, Viceroy of Canton, has memorialised the Throne suggesting that the Macao boundary delimitation question be quickly settled as it was the wish of the people.

BIG SEIZURE OF CIGARS.

the bailiff.

above the liabilities?

by some of the answers given that

What are the assets 7.

a

His lordship Mr Hind-£716 on a life insurance policy, debtor is empleyod and getting $150 à month and he is willing to pay 250 ■ month to the Oficial Receiver..

His Lordship-And the liabilities are 80.400?

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that view, and the conseqstance is that they April, 1909, vieded an average of 2.81 lbs. fused to buy. Actually, the position of per tros. The manager reported that a great the supply of the commodity has not altered Improvement in the work of tapping was

visible,

and that no trees had been exces-

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of April were 3,250 tons, that is to say. 600 also that on their estates, for the most part

The visible supplies of Fara at the end ivaly tapped. Mr Camming assured them Awarded ibe #1,000 Frise offered by the War Office for the Best Military Tractor, tons lower than last year, and about 2,000 highs and well-drained: land, there was no Of this 3,250 cause for alarm in regard to root disease, tone, 1,420 was on ships coming to Europe, while whita anta were easily coped with by 1,280 was in Liverpool, and, so far as the means of a destroyer now tu ase, American supply was concerned, there was aflost on the way to New York. The only 80 tons in Now York and 120 tons

these figures mean that there is an actual and very real rubber famine in Americs.

His Lordship-Ultimately, I agree. Mr Grist-Therefore there are more .8390ta than liabilities. Iť AD act of bankruptcy is committed the creditor because if he suce with a knowledge of sä has no other remedy. He cannot sue Mr Hind-Yes.. set of bankruptoy your Lordship has no power to give him his asta. It is the one Mr Hind-Debtor is willing to pay 250merican demand fias to be satisfied, and

His Lordship-How much will there divisible?

be

The police have seized over thirty boxes of cigars, labels, etc., at No. 29 Benka Strand East, under the Trade Marks Ordinance, at the instance of the Oriental Cigar Factory, Taumati. At the Magistracy and only comedy provided by the law. month to the Oficial Receiver for the to-day the owner of the shop appeared and said if it was alleged that a further act 27

After farther discussion, his Lordship | boneft of his creditors. bankruptcy was committed by the absoond. I that Lordship-Will the creditors accept to be expected that they should-1

the care

Mr Shenton

Fis

In his opinion, before long the China- genco, would be found the best labour for man, with bis superior physique and intalli-

estate purposes.

made by the LIDGERWOOD MANFG, Co. PUMPS

In the discussion that followed Mr Brice Various makes in stock, including TANGIE & WORTHINGTON. raised the question with regard to forward sales.

He claimed that the "directors

The Americans do not-indeed, it is hat bould communicate to the shareholder in

RICE

MILLS.

was remanded. appeared to prosecute and Mr Readering he thought he could grant the ap Mr Hind That is more than I can say, age American manufacturer is frequently

this position. But the policy of the averfusare on this subject, Harris defended.

plication.

your Lordship.

The Chairman, briefly replying to some that of the ostrich. Mr Grist said the section was very clear, His Lordehip--850 a month. That will the famine and trie bord to think that this as to sales forward, there seemed to be a

chats his eyes to of the points rained by Sir Brion, said that; stations for any description of Machinery or Engineering Plant on application to DODWELL & Co., Ltd., MACHINERY DEFT, and it atated that an order could be made, take a long time.

Mr Hind-About ten years. Of course

disposes of the famins. if payment had been suspended or if notics

division of fesling, na to whether those of intended suspension of payment had if the debtor gets a better postion, as phrase, it locks as if the American manu-only say that the directors would consider Within a few weeks, to use a classic should be reported and he would therefore

KITSON LIGHT been given.

suppose he will in course of time, it will be lecturer will be caught bending. Living the matter. Subsequently a show of hazds

"CORRESPONDENCE.

CHRISTIAN OR NON-CHRISTIAN

(To the Editor of the "Omne Mam."} SIE-The Sanitary Board solemnly de- liberating on religion is decidedly amusing 'An application had como before the Board

...

His Lordship-Tagres, but I don't want ] quite simple for him to make larger pay Erom hand to mouth so he unquestionally resulted in the majority favouring an in-A Brilliant, Safe and Cheap Illuminant by Kerosene OL

to make, a precedent bocauns I have verymenta. grave doubts about the matter.

His Lordship-I havo, no, jurisdiction

Mr Grist-I don't think your Lordship over the future. The only question I have out of ten cases are on the same ground. would be taking a precedunt, because aine to consider is whether there is uny likelt

On Mr Grist agreeing to add the abscond-

granted.

to grant the removal of the remains of aing as an additional net, the order was

Chinese woman from Mount Caroline to -the Celanial Cemetery, but the members have decided to reject it on the grounds that the deceased was presumably nob a Obristian.

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A BANKRUPT TICKET, PUNCHER

hood of any substantial asseta.

Mr Hind-I think there is.

His Lordship-It comes to rather over ten pur'cont

Mr Hind-Yes, your Lordship, about ten oents in the dollar.

Jis Lordsbin-What is bis

position i

Mr Hind-He is at present manager of

be considered

he most buy rubber, and that quickly.timation of forward sales effected being! He must buy Plantation rubbor because in given to the shareholders. The Chair- another three weeks he will not get any man said this, expression of opinion rubber from Brazil until September comes would

at the next owing to the fact that the Amazon River is board meeting, but as they were not selling forward at proment there was no immediate not navigable.

What, then, is the out-look for Plantation, hurry in the matter. rubber At the end of April there are

Tesar than 500 tons in sight.” Add to this, mấy to the 3,250 tons of. Pars, the

It is 1,440 tone of mediums Brazilian (caucho) rubbor that were in sight hat Saturday painted out the effects which the com

other The result, self evident, is

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shop in Hongkong.

ال

from Brazil.

Plantation rabber may be worth at this das to that. Accounts to hand show that So much for the immediate out-look, forven east of Suet and in the Pacific are

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What a "a Christian 7 Apparently the

that the amount of rubber waiting to be British strategic policy not unly in the At up for his szamination in bankruptcy this The Oficial Reariver-With regard to sold in less than a month's contribution to lantio, but also in the Pacific, and not a little term means something more than being. subject of what is known as "a Christian morning, before the Chief Justice (SF.the insurance policy, valued £710, I havo the world's demands, and the manufacturers of the changes which are being slowly made

Piggott). Mr zace, for I dotice that the Hon.

no possible means of proving tasts Debtor Debtor, answering the Official Receiver, in his peti ion put down furniture at 82,500 faced with a three-months shortage with regard to the strengthening of our Hewett wasted deir proof that people wishing to be interred in the Cemetery stated that he had been employed with the which did not bong to him, and of course Star Ferry Company for twelve years, and it is possible that this policy does not belong were practising Christians during their be earned 52 pur day. If not on duty the to hier or ja mortgaged to a grakt extent Lifetime

Company did not pay him anything. About know

His Lordship The furniture has been Now, air, what I want to mow whether practical Christianity is the qualitare Ford age he was ill for a long period, struck out. Why le that

and therefore got no pay. He than had to Mr Hind It was amended, That was it will be worth more. Whether we be strongly fortified at both ends. The over £12,000,000.; In other words, aro Haropsang refused children. Ho frat borrowed $330 and with Balc fcation fir burial in the Colonial Cenefas borrow money to support lals wife and two property which was included in a bill of shaken of depende in how dadirt haben Panama, or. Pacific and, will be guarded by THE STANDARD LIFE OFFICE.

badly the manu burial thera if they bara boon known to be interest and constant renewal of tho promie- His Lordship And the liabilities have making his golosban and overshoes for the convéniently, and a very strong fort wil facturer needs it. In Americs he is now a chain of forts on three islands which ilu indifferent to religion during their lifetime ? Vie know that they are not. Wherein,ory note the amount of his indebtedness been correspondingly reduced?

was now about $300. He borrowed his Mr Hind-Yes, and the property i

winter, and it looks, therefore, as if he will then, comes the consistency of the Boast in making a discrimination in the oss of money abielly from Ladlas watch bill of enle has now been sold: Chinese which is not made whan Europeans paying interest at the rate of 10 por cent.

por mouth. A

The Oficial Receiver said. debtor was Perhape Mr Howett will supply the paying at prosent 15 per month ty him for anawem to the querice which I have his creditors, and he proposed to pay a small "penned.-Yaura, etoj, me deg?

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are concerned 1.

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The Official Receiver said he had no objection to the application provided that the $60 a month were paid. It debtore failed to keep the payments up he (the Official Receivery could apply to have the prostredio annulled d

Do these terms the order was granted.

£1,000 POLICY FOR £2,0,8,

need rubber very badly. and that very dominato 16 from the mainland. These The above monthly premium will secure a £1,000 Policy on

8007.

"LINGGI*TLÀNTATIONS,"

forts are to be armed with batteries of 13

and 14 in. gans, 6-in, quickframe and

maller weapons, and the Atlantis and is

the well-known Linggi Plantations, Sir weapons, one on each side of the om

Prosiding on May 2, at the meeting of to be protected by forts mounting similar

Willians Blood Trasahat recalled the steady. growth in the dividends peld, which, com-

bouchere

good life aged 25 next birthday. PREMIUMS BY MONTHLY INSTALMENTS

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