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ANNUAL PRIZEGIVING.

DIOCESAN BIRLS' SCHOOL

TRIBUTE TO HEADMISTRESS.

Telephone 29.

BANKRUPTCY COURT.

APPLICATIONS HEARD.

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TRUSTÉR APPOINTED,

THE CHINA MAIL.

SUGAR JUDGMENT.

DEFEND'ANT WINS CASE.

BIG DAMAGE SUIT.

In the Bankruptcy Court this mor-

Judgment for the defendanta was ning, before the Acting Chief Justice, given this morning by the Acting Chief

£15,000 FOR 15$. 9D.

SILVER MINE ROMAMOE.

SPANISH KONER'S RISE TO FORTUNE.

Another romance has been added

A few years ago Pedro Salina got ja mine renous at a sheriff's sale in lieu of 15s. 91, wages due to him for working there.

Mr. Justice Gampertz, several applica-Justice, Mr. Justice Gompertz, in the to the history of British Columbia tions were heard. ·

suit of the Yuen Hop Hong, sugar silver mining. To get, mine in In the matter of the Mi-Yuen merchants, against the Kierp Tjiang-payment of a wage claim, and then Loong Firm, the Offcial-Receiver, Han of 126 Wing Lok Street, for realise £15,000 on it, is the experience Mr. Nabel, applied for the $95,095.84, damages alleged to have of a Spanish miner. postponement of the bearing on been suffered by reason of a breach an application for adjudication, of contract. on the ground that same of The case was one of the largest the creditor had made objections. and hardest-fought that has been Mr. M. K. Lo of Lo and Lo appeared before the Supreme Court for some for a creditor and asked for an order years. The hearing lasted 18 days, allowing an spplication for adjudica beginning on November 29 last, and tion against an alleged partner.ending on December 23. The plain This was granted,

Hearing of ac application for discharge, in the case of Li Kin Tong alias Bi Fo Hung, was adjourned to Dext Bankruptcy day. A similar postponement was made of the bearing on an applica-

He and a brother carried on work, says Reater, and after some years uncovered high grade silver that petted them £1,600 in three days. tiffs were represented by Messrs All told they took out 300 tons, which Eldon Potter and F. C. Jenkin, and; produced an average of £30 a ton. the defendants by the Hon. Mr. H.! Pedro has now sold the property E. Pollock, K.C., ard the Hon. Mr. E. to a group of Vancouver men for

(£15,000. H. Sharp, K.C.

It was alleged by the plaintiffs that by a written contract, represented by

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tion for adjudication in the case of an offer delivered to them by the LONELY ISLAND) VOYAGE, Lai Yu San, trading as Sang Lee. defendants on August 25, 1919, and;

DECEPTION ISLAND EXPEDITION.

An application for adjudication of accepted by them in writing on: to Drs. Kew Bros, for medical and Arthur de Carvalho, trading as Car-August 31, 1919, the defendants sold EXPLORER AWAY 18 MONTHS. dental help and attendance, to the valho de Co., was made and granted, them 5.000 tons of sugar at 31 1/2: Kowloon Dispensary for medicines, the Standard Oil Co., for gifts of oil and Mr C. B. Brown was appointed guilders per Jará picul, but later re- trustee conditional on his giving pudiated the contract. The delen- and wat; also to Messus. A. S. Wat $5,000 security to the satisfaction of dants denied that they made any son & Co, the Dairy Farm Co., Kow-

contract with the plaintiffs for the Mr. John I. Cope, leader of the the Registrar. Boon Dairy, Messrs. Loxley & Co..

sale of the sugar, but that such offer: British Imperial Antarctic Expedition, Messrs Lane. Crawford & Co.,

as they received was in the nature of, has left Manto Video for the South goods at reduced rates; to Mr. J.

Shetland Islands, where he will em Brown for much kindly help about house repairs, &c.

(b) The bathing party was held again this year, thanks to the follow-

The bearing of a petition in the matter of Hip Tung Sang was adjourned to Chambers.

CARGO PILFERING.

TWO THEY S CAUGHT.

A GANG AT WORK.

a general offer to the trade.

The decision of the Acting Chief bark in a 200-ton cutter for the Justice, which is of considerable voyage to Deception Island, in the length, says that the plaintiffs are Antarctic Ocean.

a firm of sugar merchants of old He expects to land in January. standing in the Colony, which has The party of five will be out of touch

beer for 30 years. a member with civilisation for eighteen months. of the General Chamber of Com- There will be no spectacular dash to ELETTE. The turnover in 1919 the, Pole, but Mr. Cope expects to was over-a million. The defendant penetrate inland and discover new firm has been established in the territory. A complete cinemato- Colony since 1916. It is for all graphic record will be kept. For the theft from the ss. "Lahore" practical purposes owned by.. Mr. yesterday, of 10 rolls of embroidered Kwok Chang Young, who has a silk ribon a coolic against whom large sugar business in Java, and Inspector Spear proved a previous offices in many places in the Far

The party will spend the winter in conviction was sentenced to six East, besides an agency in London. months hard labour by Magistrate He is president of the China Sugar tents on the ice.

Association in Java. Orme this morning.

On the application of the Inspector,

the first day, “ge

The party will depend entirely for fresh meat, on seals and penguins, but dried foods and edible tabloida will be dragged on sledges.

The annual prizegiving at the Diocesan Girls' School in Kowloon, which took place this morning at 1 o'clock, was featured by a sincere

To the kind donors of prizes, treats) tribute to Miss E. D. Skipton, the and amusements: Professor Danen- retiring beadebtress, who has been berg. Mr. and Mrs. Crose, Mr. and connected with it since its beginning. Mrs. Ho Fook, Mr. and Mrs. Ho Yu, The ceremony was largely attended, Mr. and Mrs. Ho Leung. Sir Robert and was a most successful occasion. and Lady Ho Tung, Mrs. Johnston, Lady Stubbs distributed the awards, M... J. A. Joseph, Mrs. Lee, Mrs. and there were present a number of E. Leang. Mr. Le Cheung Shri, distinguished visitors, including the Ms. Mackay, Mrs. Matthews, Mr. Bishop of Victoria, the Rev. G. Porsosby, Mrs. Stabb, Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay, the Rev. E. Copley Moyle, Wong Kans Fak, Capt. and Mrs. Sir Robert Ho Tang, and others.

Wood, Rev. and Mrs. G. R. Lind A pleasing programme of songs and recitations was given by the. Trustees of the late Mr. Chan scholars.

The Bishop of Victoria Kai Ming and the Coronet Cinemato- presided. After the programme the graph. Bishop made a brief address.

He said that he congratulated all training in charge, for the excellent Melver, Mrs. Rapp, Mr. Compton,

Another coolie admitted stealing) entertainment that had been given. The Wharf and Godown Co., Major

said, he had and Mrs. Walmsley; Sergis. Francis one roE of ribbon from the same night, he Dyer

of and Ravenscroft kindly officiated a ship. reports the school from the beginning, to swimming instructors (by kind per- ascertain how it started. He found that it had its begining almost 21 - years ago, on the 9th of February, at a meeting held at St. Paul's College, at which Bishop Hoare presided. At the meeting the school was called in to being.. It was about a year before the school actually started. This made it practically twenty years old, Two things had impressed him, in reading through the reports. One of these was its steady growth in numbers and effectiveness; the other was how much it owed to the service and inspiration of Miss Skiptoo, who had come to it twenty years ago, and ever since had watched and helped

the children and those who had their | Ing kind friends: Mr. Macfie, Mrs. 4 hours stocks was given in lieu of testimony of the witnesses, gum; Young was in and out of the room;

Last read

all

the

facts

His Lordship then reviews the!

marizing the evidence for both sides, and continues:

The defendants case made on these may be briefly outlined The Inspector said that in view of as follows: Having previously mission of the Commander of the the fact that the accused and the received enquiries for sugar from Tamar"). We again think Inspec previous man were arrested about Pak Kon, purporting to be acting on for Gordon for the use of the Police the same time, it as evident that behalf of a French firm, on August believe, Pier. The funds are now quite ex- they were working together, and in 25 they gave a quotation to him. hausted, so when the warm weather conjunction with several others who for the French firm, the name of

At least two cases of which was then undisclosed. comes perhaps some more kind friends got away.

The quotation or offer was made cargo must have been broken open will remember.us.

by the thieves, as the ribbons were to and intended for the French firm of different quality.

only and the defendants had no knowledge of, and no intention of contracting with the plaintiffs or any other party.

No previous conviction having been proved in this instance, the

If any one has hockey clubs to dis pose of we shall be very glad of them. (c) The great event of the latter part of the year was the "Safe." As Magistrate passed sentence of three our stall at the M.C.L. Bazzar was months" hard labour. never a conspicuous Sixxcess, #e thought we might try having a sale in the School. The reedlework mis- tresses started the nucleus, of the goods for sale at their needlework

to forward its growth. As he classes and all rallied round them. studied the names of the var- ious committees through the his tory of the school, he noticed that none of the members of the first committee were any longer on the "committen. This was one of the points that he realized very

Later on old giris, parents, "friends. subscribers, committee members, and even strangers (heretofore) poured it: gifts and donations, and came to buy. Lady Stubbs opened the proceedings and spent quite a long time with us in the midst of a busy day. The gross

ROYAL GOLD INGOTS.

CORONATION GIFTS FOR

ABBEY.

PROPOSED SALE.

On August 30 a counter offer at a lower price was made by Pak Kon on behalf of his principals and the de- fendants then cancelled their pre- vious offer or quotation.

taken

on the 25th he should not have been told of, and should have DO interest .in negotiations for a contract of this magnitude. He says that this was his office, he was

as I think I must, usually there, and so was Tong. If that Young and Tong

offer to have been applied for on bé- both present and understood this half of a French merchant, it is not difficult to infer that Fong understood I am fully satisfied on the evidence that this and nothing else was contemplated by Kwok."

the same.

were

My view does not of course, mean

that be the

that I find Pak Kon guilty of perjury as to the contract No such finding is of course necessary, and I do not arrive at ÏL I am prepared to accept bis

be statement, that On August 31 a member of the went, as he had been instructed, to plaintif firm took the cables Floquet get a quotation for his firm. Bat and Knoth had received from Paris whatever he did actually say, and I. to Kwok's house, to show him that think it quite Ekly there was in fact a French firm will does not himself remember

be used-it is!! ing to contract. Kwok, who was precise words unwell, refused to reopen the matter. clear that if he unfortunately made However the price guilders 31 1/2 his hearers understand that he want- was agreeable to him, and he pro-ed a quotation to a French firm, and Coronation gifts to Westminster Ab-French fam, the name of which offer or quotation to a French form, Gold ingols which formed the posed enquire as to the status of the defendants did actually make an our epistles, known and resd of at $544.78 in donation), $700 was sent bey of King Edward and King George he then learned for the first time, what he had in his mind was a very What St. Pad meant, he thought to the Famine Fund, $400 each to are to be applied to the Abbey and, if everything was satisfactory, to afferent thing, a quotation to the was that the big thing that stands the Bund Home, and the Victoria Restoration Fund.

give them the contract through Pak out in life is human personality. He Home, Kowloon City; after expenses

When the suggestion was put for-Kon, who would receive the usual remarked on the large number of were paid we have a balance of ward that they might be sold for the brokerage.

The upper school, in benefit of the fund instead of being girls who had been influenced by the $167.53.

Then learning, on September 1, school. Everbody, he added, mast body, paid a visit to the two bones retained as mementoes, King George that the plaintiffs were claiming to be glad of the school and the splendid selecting two children Ruth and John readily assented to the use of his gift deal with him as principais, he influence of Miss Skipton, the bead- from the latter, to be their special and that of his father in such manner decided to have no more to do with misteress.

proteges. The "tea" was so gener as the Dean and Chapter might deem After the Bishop's address, which only contributed so that the children best. was received with hearty applause,

keenly. There was an expression

that came from St. Paul: "Ye are

the Rev. Mr. Lindsay read the annual report as follows:

proceeds were $1,733.83 (including

of the two schools had their share in Accordingly it has been deter

Pak Kon and put the matter in the hands of another broker Pentreath He was willing to let Floquet and

it cannot avail the plaintiffs that

plaintiffs themselves.

Passing to the subsequent conduct of the defendants, His Lordship says that on the question of cancellation. in this present claim it does not matter very much whether the defendants revoked their offer to a French firm or zot; fer such an offer was er ipothesi not made to the

the good things next day. We again mined to convert the ingets into Knoth have the sugar at the original plaintiffs, wish to thank all who so kindly help coins of the realm. The manner in quotation though at one time be might

been decided.

Mr Potter urged (1) that the cables

contract.

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GIANT ITALIAN AIRSHIP.

BOUGHT BY AMERICAN WAR DEPARTMENT.

WASHINGTON, February 2.

The War Department has bought the Italian airship “Roma” the..

We have much pleasure in ore. fed us. The names are far too mumer- which this shall be done has not yet have been considerably out of porker / SEow clearly that Kwok throughout | largest semi-rigid airship in existence for $200,000. The airship, which

We cordially welcome the Rev.

On has a cubic capacity of 1,200,000 feet, a' length of 410 feet, is driven by six In view of the enhanced value of by the transaction. He did in fact believed himself bound to supply

through his agents open negotiations sugar under the Bishop of Victoria as our new chair cold, but mere especially in view of with Floquet which lasted until this polt I am satisfied that 12-cylinder engines of 400 h.p. each at an estimated speed of 80 miles. man. Dr. Duppuy has already taken the associations attached to these September 11 when they came to Kwok did intend" and desire The airship has a cruising radius at full speed of 3,300 miles.

keen interest in the welfare of the ingots, the yield from them should School.

prove very substantial

secting the twenty-first annual report.ous to make a list. Sixty-two boarders and 123 day scholars attended the School during 1920, the maximum for one month being 152. One candidate passed the H.K. University Senior Examination, six passed the junior, with one dis tinction in needlework and one in drawing.

The Lugard Scholarship was award-

ed to Bertha Remedios. It was with

great regret that the Commitee of

Miss Ferguson left in August lor

a well-earned furlough having been

absent-from her home for seven years.

to

with

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HATEL

AMERICANS IN SIBERIA AND HA

WASHINGTON, February 2.

The foreign relations committee of the Senate has approved Senator

contract get a nothing.

The plaintiffs' case on the facts responsible French firm. Possibly may be put briefly as follows: he had his reasons for desiring to Plaintiffs are not and never have get in touch with the Paris market. Mr A. E. Davidson; this morning been brokers. They are and always If circumstances bad been favourable, She will, all being well, return in the appeared in Magistrate Lindsell's have been merchants buying and apparently Floquet and Knoth would autumn and take again the post of Court as complainant in a case in selling in the sugar market. Particu bave had the sugar from him at Headmistress which she so ably Bled which a coolie was charged, with larly in their transections with the guilders 31.50. This does not of Johnson's resolutions for investigation into American sativities in Siberia the School felt obliged to raise the for over a year.

disorderly conduct at the Star Ferry defendants they have always been course prove that he did not break and Hayti. For a long time they have not The present Headmistress, Miss wharf. Mr Davidson said that yes

principals. They often acted as off negotiations and cancel his offer been commensurate

between the defend of August 30. And again (2) it with the ex-E. D. Skipton, retires in September.terday Ee purchased a blackwood middlemen She carries with her into her well-cabinet at the auction room of ants and penses, and were therefore 'raised.

European firms with is said that plaintiffs would not have All boarders $360 per annum pay earned retirement the warm affection Messrs. Hughes and Hough, and whom the defendants were not in been so foolish as to make a counter able monthly or quarterly in advance. and good wishes of Committee, school engaged a coolie to carry it to the function especially in the case of the market and after the formation of direct touch. They fulfilled this offer at a lower rate on a rising the plaintiffs' negotiations with

and problematical proft

Jees.

1,900 PER CENT, DIVIDEND,

LONDON; February 3,

A telegram from Washington states that the annual report of Morris

Day scholars: Upper and middle staff and scholars. The Diocesa Star Ferry wharf. He had paid

everything, the coolie off at the wharf when sugar refineries managed by Mr. Floquet promised them only a small and Co., one of the great meat packers, shows a declaration of stock

school $6. per mensem payable in Girls' School

Owes

advance. Lover school $4 per mea.humanly speaking, to Miss Skipton's the defendant came

sem payable in advance.

(These were the fees when the school was in Hongkong.)

self-denying and indefatigable labour claimed that he

up and

was the man

Jardine, Matheson and Messrs. Butterfeld and Swire. of love for 20 years. She has seca who had orginally been engaged to transactions that the plaintiffs had The defendants knew in these the school grow from small beginnings carry the cabinet. A quarrel between into a well-equipped and efficiently the coolles led to blows. In the a aub purchaser, but not always his staffed centre of education. The high struggle, witness's cabinet was knock-name and in any case the price morst tone for which this School is ed over and the, glass door smashed. obtained by the plaintiffs from the notable, is almost wholly due to the The defendant, in reply to the subpurchaser was no concern of the charecter and influence of the one who Magistrate, repeated his claim that defendants. has been its beloved Head for so many he was the man the complainant bad years. Deeply though we regret Miss engaged to carry the cabinet, and Skipton's departure, we wish to place that the other coolie had stolen his on record our great appreciation of the job while he went to get ropes. The splendid service she has so ably ren Magistrate imposed a fine of $5 or (dered.

10 days hard labour.

AMERICAN OIL EMBARGO BILL.

SANTO DOMINGO, February: 3.

On the point whether the offer on dividend of over 1,200 per cent. which the case largely hinged was We are glad to feel that the school

actually enclosed in an envelope is meeting a need in the Colony as

addressed to the plaintiff, His Lord- is proved by its continued prosperity

ship says: On this question I refrain It is much to be hoped, however, that

from an elaborate review of the points put forward with remarkable In connection with the oil embargo it is pointed out that the Bill is with the increasing demand for higher

ability for the plaintiffs I will con- being introduced by Senator Phelan, of California. It is very unlikely that education that those who value. such

After further reviewing some of tent myself with saying that, on the any recommendation from Mr, Daniels will have any effect on education given under Christian in

the particulars of the transaction, evidence as a whole, after the most

Jag initial fluence, will see to it that this school

His Lordship continues: Now it is anxious consideration, I am unable stage of the Bill which is designed to check the exportation of Californian does not lack the support which the

certainly not the plaintiffs' fault, but to find as a fact that the offer was oila to Japan, because the administration has only another thirty days life -supply renders recessary.

think it unfortunate that their case actually put in an envelope. Here and an outgoing administration would not venture to take a decision on The Committer and School desire to

rests initially upon an interview, again, I wish to say that Eam not matters of such internal importance. express their gratitude to all who gave The report, and its tribute to Miss

that of August 25, between their finding that the plaintifs have com- donations and subscriptions during Skipton, were foudly applauded. The

representative and a man who is mitted perjury. I merely say that 1 the past year; in particular to the Bishop of Victoria then said, with

now dead, and no one else.

am not satisfied that on this polst Ministering Children's League for a reference to his preceding remarks ing twenty one years ago when the

Referring to the testimony of they have established their. Case. N handsome grant, and to Drs. Harston, concerning the beginning of the school was projected. The Bishop the witness Young, His Lord If there was never any offer.made Marriot, Balean and Koeb, to Dr. school, that he had discovered to his then expressed his great pleasure in ship' says: Looking at the matter to the plaintiffs, there has been zo Smalley and Dr. Murray and the interest that Sir Robes He Tung asking Lady Stubbs to distribute the as far as I am able, in a consensus and therefore-go contract Medical Staff and Sisters of the Gov-present at the ppzegiving, was one prizes, Lady-Stubbs then handed broad, common sense, way, as a jury and my judgment must be for the cinment Civil and Victoria Hospitals, of the gentlemen present at the meet-] out the awards.

would do, I think it unlikely that if defendants.

I

ALYEFING SICKNESS IN LONDON,

LONDON, February 2.-

The Reglitrar-General reports that 21 cases of sleeping sickness (excephalities lethargica) were notified during the week mixed January 22

Landon alone.