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CHINA MAIL
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1918.
BY
TELEGRAPH.
THE WAR.
(Reuter's Bervice to the China Mail.)
GERMAN TRANSPORT TORPEDOED BY A
BRITISH SUBMARINE.
LONDON, June 3, 4.30 p.m.
It is officially announced that a British submarine torpedoed a large German transport in the Sea of Marmora yesterday.
PRZEMYSL" BE-TAKEN.
LONDON, June 3, 8.25 p.m..
A telegram hom Vienna states that a Vienna communique claims that "Przemysl is again in our possession."
LATER.
A German communique states that Przemysl has been re-taken.: [This Austrian city, it will be remembered was recently captured by the Russians after a six-months' siega.—Ed.]
ANOTHER GERMAN STATEMENT.
Another telegram from Amsterdam says that a Berlin communique states that the fortifications to the south and the front of Przemysl stili held out, but we stormed them at night.
The booty has not yet been estimated.
General von Linsingen has advanced in the direction of the north- cast of Stryj.
THE FIGHTING EAST CF LORETTE.
VIOLENT INFANTRY BATTLE RAGING.
LONDON, June 3, 3.50 p.m.
A Paris.communique states :-A most violent infantry battle is still raging to the east of Lorette without, so far, any alteration in the posi tion on either side.
The French have taken 600 prisoners in The Labyrinth during the last two days.
ST. JOHN AMBULANCE
ASSOCIATION.
At an Examination in First Aid to the Wounded held on May 29th and June 1st and 2nd, the following ladies passed:
Mrs. F. Blair.* Mrs. J. D. Danby. Miss Alice Davidson. Miss Grace Ellis. Miss Leontine Ellis. Mrs. Edith Gogg Miss Ethel Hind.. Mrs. H. T. Jackman. Miss Moselle Joseph.* Miss Esther Kotewall. Miss Phyllis Lammert. Mrs. E. Ralpha.
Mrs. W, E. L. Shenton. Mrs. J. W. Taylor.
BANKRUPTCY COURT.
The Chief Justice, Sir William Rees Davies K.C., sat in the Bankruptcy Court This afternoon and dealt with the following.
matters:
Re Tuck Un, in application for approval. of a composition:
The Official Receiver reported that all the creditors present at a meeting, repre Fenting three quarters of them, bad app oved of the acceptance of a composition of 25 per cent. The liabilities were a little over $20. Debtor, a small contractor, attributed his failure to making too low offers for contracts.. Debtor was unable to prodao the neronat books for last pour stating that a shop employee had sold them, and was unable to explain à de- ficiency of $',600 but it was not very clear that a fraud on the creditors was intended, - Hệ thought the composition should be accepted.
His Lordship approved the composition. Be Furg Kwong Yap, formerly a clerk in the Post Office: On the application of the Official Receiver, who stated that debtor absconded after making an offer to pay monthly $25 of his salary of $75, a rea. iving. order made ng inst debtor was rmcinded.
Ro Thun Ying Nam: This was an ad- journed hearing of a petition by a creditor, represented by Mr O. F. Mason who stated that debtor, who, MG [Kurd "a"noticesus- proving payment, ow dni o'ient 3500 lënt. without security on a promissory note. The assets, nö far as petition or could ascer- tain, were $8,000, consisting of book debts, and the liabilities were $ 0,000..
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The Official Receiver objected to an adjudication on the ground that there was no evidence of tangible ssseta. The mum mentioned was nebulous. Debtor had gone away, and his experience showed that debtora did not leave till they had collected everything possible.
His Lordship, observing that be had said over and over again that he would not make ' orders where the assets were practically nil, refused the creditor's petition..
Be Ip Ching Po: This was an applica tion by the official Receiver for the rescis- |sion of a re eiving order. The creditors, he said, were anan mous în opposing the | application for adjudication made by the deltor, on the ground that it would be an abuse of the process of the Court.
Mr... W. B. Hind, of Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton's office, opposed the rescir síou on be- haf of the debtor, referring his Lordabip to a number of decisions. He submitted that until Mr Carpmael became Official Receiver applications for rescis-ions were nothing like se frequent so they were now,
The official Receiver replied that there were four in 1913, He waived the point of abuse of the process of the Court and asked for the rescission solely on the ground of insufficiency of assets.
Mr Bind raised the question of the cor rectness of the practice of the Court re- grding such applications, and his Lord- ship, observing that such applications had frequently been made, asked why Mr Hind had not raised it earlier 7
Mr. Hind replied that be had never had (onion to do so. He submited that
Miss Winifred Wilkinson. Miss G. A. Woodcock. Miss Esine Woodcock. Those marked with an asterisk are qualified to receive the Medallion of receiving o der rightly made could not be the Association, having passed two ziscinded, but it could be appealed against. previous examinations, The Hon. An order could not be rescinded on the Lecturer was Dr. Basil Taylor, R.N., me evidence as that on which it was
made. and the Hon. Examiner Surgeon-His Lordship disallowed Mr. Hind's General Hoskyn, R.N.
E. RALPH, Hon. Secretary:
Misa Jennings, of the Nestle Milk Company, this morning complained to the Police that she had left in her chair bag containing $80, The number of the chair was 629, and the Police were soon making euquiries. Miss Jennings found to her surprise that the chair coolies had discover ed the bag and returned it to her house.
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objection, remarking that if he assented he would be laying it down that the whole procedure of the court here for a number of years was wholly irregular, possibly with far reaching consequences. He decided against Mr. Hind, who would have the opportunity of taking his point for would be extremely desirable if in future "consideration before ́s higher: court. It
solicitors concerned would satisfy them- solves that there were sufficient assets so as to avoid a recurrence of this practice of rescinding orders on this ground.
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