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Press than we possess. We cannot get on to a new and better word without it." The reviews of his book rather bear out the truth of this bit of it

But when the critic is abroad, virginal truth bars her door. Doing our week-end there was much talk among sanitary spectors (and alar their wives) about Saturday's * Adversaria" in the China Mail, One of them had written a rather silly letter to the Telegraph applauding its suggestion that there should medals for sanitary inspectors. The Cain Mail writer, in some elephantine badinage modelled on Rabelais, tried to voice the opinions of some of his colleagues that the letter was liable to bring the Department into ridicule. The week-end critics have discovered that in that respect Adversaria were more deadly than the original letter !! We are informed that one officer's wife was "upset" by it. We regret this of course, but fear that in such matters the feelings of wives are not Eikely to be taken into acconat: while men must fight their women must weep. It would be impossible to avoid offending people who could take such persidage seriously.

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No. 1 RINK.

K.B.G.C.

SHANGHAI, July 25. A semational libel action is pending at the instance of Stirling Fessenden against W. Fleming, both well known D. Keith Shanghai American attorneys. The A. Gourlay alleged libel was contained in a letter D. Harvey having reference to Philippine bank S. Gray (5) affairs Fleming was before the Court on Saturday and released on a W. McKay bond for $1,000.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A quantity of household and blackwood furniture will be put up for auction by Messrs. A. G. da Rocha to-morrow alternoon.

To marrow afternoon, Messrs. Hughes and Hough will auction a large consignment of white goods, Į also a quantity of furniture.

The Sanitary Department, its officers and its work, it should be needless to point out. cannot be | belittled either seriously or facetiously, All work is measured by its value to society, and by the way it is done. Ltd. doing useful work can afford to keep

A public official (or any man) honestly British.

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BONE-On the 17th July, at the Victoria Nursing Home, Shang shat, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Bone, a son. (John Hugh).

MARRIAGE.

Sydney papers please copy.

DEATH.

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Ohe fatal case of plague and another of cerebro spinal fever, both Chinese, were reparted on Friday, also one non-fatal case of diphtheris,

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R. C. Hunter

D. A. Parvis

J. P. Robinson

A. G. Pile (s)

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S. Henderson W. Hedley W. Russeli (s) 39

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A. W. E. Da-- vidson 31. Henderson

J. M. Jack

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MONDAY, JULY 25, 1921.

FULL COURT APPEAL-

A DISPUTED INSURANCE

→ POLICY.

NEW TREAL ORDERED.

iarder for a fresh trial.

coal as fuel and as ballast. She has.. never been heard of since, thôngh-alt possible enpuiries have been made. She was insured in the defendant Company for the amount of $20,000 against sinking caused by running on A league match was played on

rocks or reefs or by damage due to Saturday between the Kowloon!

winds or waves. The fact that she Bowling Green Club and the KCC.

has never been heard of raises the which resulted in a win for the former i The Full Court, consisting of Mr.well known presumption of Insurance Justice Skinner. Turner (Jadge of Law that she loandered at sea: in HM.-Supreme Court. Shanghai), the other words that she was lost owing acting Chief Justice (Mr. H. H. Jto a peril of the seas. This presump- Gompertz) and the Paisne Judge tion has been stated recently to exist (Mr. J. R. Wood) announced its even in war time: see per Bailhache unanimous decision this morning to J. in the case of the AvA "34 TLR. aphold the appeal which it heard 140. To show that she was lost by last week against a judgment of Mr. one of the specified perils the plaintif Justice Gomperts and to make a called Captain Wheeler to speak to the weather at that time and to give Yeang Kwong-yung trading as his own experience when passing Mat Taze, was the appellant and the throng the same area and to show Young Shing Insurance and Invest that the probability is that the storm nient Co., Ltd., the respondents which he encountered was the real Mr. C. G. Alabaster (instructed by cause of the loss of the Luen On." Mr. F. X. D'Almada) supported the

In a case of this sort it is obvious appeal and Mr. F. C. Jenkin(instructed that demonstration and certainty J. Wilson

ed by Mr. G. R. Haywood opposed it. are unattainable, but the Court has J. McMurtrie

In the original action the appellant to draw an inference from such facts (3) 24

was the unsuccessful plaintif. He and probabilities as point to a con- Totst 49 claimed from the Company a sum of clusion: (see per Roche J. in The $20,000, under a marine policy of Pelare $7 LJ. K.B. 1027). insurance, in respect of the loss at sea

Now the Luen On "left Hongkong from an unknown cause of the .. on November 16 at 10 or 11 a.m. Her Luca On. At the hearing, after best speed is stated to have been 10 the plaintiff's case had closed, the knots: her lowest. 7: these figures defendants' counsel submitted tha: are given by Captain Wheeler from there was no case to answer since it the description of the vessel given had got been proved that the ship was him by the builders. No evidence in the policy, namely rocks, Fares, speed was given. Taking 8 knots typhoons or wind." The shipping as an average speed for her and the Company had been unable to state the distance froin Hongkong to Manila precise cause of loss as the ship has being 630 miles, she would take about never since been heard of. The acting so hours to do the trip: i.e. she ought Chief Justice upheld the point and to have reached Manila on November

D. McKenzie R. Dixon B. Hall

R. Lapsley (s) 12

Total 64

J Gibson (3) 6 RINK.

H. E. Stevens

J. Hvde

CIVIL SERVICE BEAT POLICE

The above teams played a very close game together on Saturday. Losing in the first rink by 4, the Civil Service made amends in the other

An official telegram from Harbin and ran out winners by the last through one of the perils specibed | i-am Aby other source as to her actus)

Barrow margin of 5.

The scores were:-

No. 1 RINK.

Knight Kelly

to Peking says the forces of the Far Eastern Republic captured Urga on the 5th inst, defeating Baron Ungern, and inflicting beavy losses on his CIVIL SERVICE troops, who retreated into Manchuria. Baron

Wats Duncan

The management of the Wing

On Co., Ltd.. Shanghai, are organizing Stanley (9)..15

a cotton mill, which will be known

as the Wing On Cotton Mill The Allen new ml will have a capital of Roylance $3,000,000 in 30,000 shares. It is Seccombe understood that some 60 mow of land Blake has already been purchased as a site for the establishment.

No. 2 RINK.

POLICE

Cooper

Clark (s)..

Blackman Reid Maze

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($)..29

No. 3 RINK.

as follows:-

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PRESIDENT'S JUDGMENT,

gave a verdict for the defendants.

Mr. Justice Skinner Turner who she would have done about 390 miles 20. At midday on November 18 presided gave judgment this morning leaving her with 240 miles to go. In the absence of any evidence pointing to any definite danager occuring **This is an appeal from a judgment during the earlier portion of the Clark (s).. 15 of the Acting Chief Justice of this voyage, it is reasonable to suppose Court delivered on July 29, 1920. | that (always assuming she was se3- The action was brought to recover worthy when she started) she did $29,000 under a policy of marine reach that position. And we have insurance issued by the defendant ( evidence of what the weather was at Gerrard (s). 23 company on the "Luen On" a steam that time. Captain Wheeler was in launch of some 140 tons for a voyage command of the S.S. "Yuen Sang." 57 from Hongkong to Manila in 1917. ja well-known vessel here and much The defendants raised various de larger than the "Luen On:" he was TAIKOO BEAT CRAIGENGOWER in the Court below only one of these and left Manila at 4.20 p.m. or the fences, but owing to the course taken on the run from Manila to Hongkong

Hall Laing

Fincher (5)..28-

Henderson Davitt Robertson

his chin up among the best. Locally, our Sanitary Inspectors, contrary to custom at Home, wear unifomas. Some of them di-like this: imagine it lowers their prestige or social It can do s only amongst snobs and the opinions of stabs should be ignored. The reason for the Sanitary Inspector's uniform is different from that for the soldier's. Military uniform began as an identi- fication mark. so that the soldiers would not kill any of their own side. The Sanitary Inspector's uniform is a protection for the public, against rogues who might enter houses for had purposes, under pretence of being Government ien Therefore the public should. and for the most part does. respect the uniform. There was a time when in Hongkong the Sanitary Inspectors were not respect- ed. We remember it well. Many of them were taking "squeeze." and oppressing the people. So they brought the corps into disrepute. We had a clean-up then, and now Lebody doubts that we have a body of good men doing this essential if unpleasant work for us. There is far too much of that line of talk in Hongkong about being looked down on." Soldiers and sailors grumble occasionally, journalists have been known to do so, and policemen's wives. Now this unknown Sanitary Masters, Mr. Crichton, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton (s)..22 W. Pitt (s)-00 seas, the burden lay on the plaintiff sea rongh to high, so bad that the

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Among the passengers who Tacchi arrived in the Colony by the N.Y.K. ss. "Suwa Mara" on Saturday were Captain ER.G.R. Evans, CB. D.S.O.. Commander of HMS "Carlisle." from leave in Shanghai, Mr. K. Amano, an adviser to the Chinese Government from Shanghai, and Mr. B. J. de Villenfagre de Sorinnes, Belgian Minister to Siam, who bas been on a visit to Shanghai.

Per s.s. "China," on Saturday for Singapore--Mr. and Mrs. Vemo, Mr. and Mrs. Scott, Miss Rossiter. Miss, Penroe, Miss Crichten, Miss Dale, Miss de Brett, Mr. and Mrs. Koster, Archdeacon Barnett, Mr Mansfield, Mr. White, Mr.. F. P. da Silva, Miss Patrick, Miss McDearmid,

Miss Chillingworth, Miss Lucina, Mr.

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was tried out. The procedure in the afternoon of November 17. Taikoo improved their position Court below is fully detailed in the At midday on November 13 he

in the league os Saturday at the judgment of the learned Acting Chief ran into a gale: he had then done expense of the newly formed Craigen-Justice in this Court: it does not some 180 miles; he completed his cower team whom they defeated appear clearly from his notes of trip in 64 hours so for practical pur- rather easily by 84 to 33.

The scores were

No. I RINK.

CRAIGENGOWER A. Forbes W. Rose -

R. Basa

TAIKOO

Weir

Ferguson Wallace

Smith, Mr. Lopes, Mr. Farshin. Mr. Desormes, Mr. McMahon, Mr. Beda Muirhead mall Dolabool, Mr. E. Norries,

No. 2 RINK.

Morrison Drummond

C. Alves Ismail

L. Rose

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the trial. At the conclusion of the poses he may be taken to have gone plaintiff's case, counsel for the deat 10 knots an hour. At midday fendants submitted that there was then he would be about 60 miles no case in law for him to answer; in-away from the "Luen Ou.” and his. asmuch as, the insurance being description of the weather is this t against certain ́oamed perils of the Wind force 6 or 7; NE. or N,N,E. :*

Yuen Sang" laboured heavily and

to show that, the loss came within the policy and that he had failed to shipped water. And this weather discharge that burden. The trial lasted until he was 30 miles from Judge did not accept that position,Hongkong on the early morning of but held that the evidence called by November 20. He was given the

him to the clear conclusion that the her condition as-to loading etc. and loss was so caused; and he therefore be said that under those circumstances entered judgment for the defendants, she might possibly have crossed the pleadings have not been tried. Thus the cther issues raised on the belt of stormy weather at the time-

prevailing, but it would be particularly

One of the most disastrous fires Ferguson (s)..28 Lammert (s).. 6 the plaintiff was not enough to lead description of the "Luen On" and which has ever occurred in Tientsin took place last week, foreign resi Grimshaw depces in Woodrow Wilson Street Young being involved.

The houses were Russell

White

Lee Bradbury

Inspector publicly announces that his colleagues are despised. If there are people who despise and look down upon decent men because of their jobs, they must be snobs, and as we said before, their opinions cannot matter. except to enobs. Such com plaints are a sort of recognition of their exalted status, which the victims should never make. It may tepacted by Mr. Stoll, American Wetherspoon(s)24 Thompson (s)..5 be (we have not troubled to ascertain) Trading Co., Mr. and Mrs. Graham that an editor is lower in the social Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Gerskovitch, think," says Mr. Wells, "that there

and Mr. and Mrs. Michaelovsky, and has been a considerable increase of scale than most, so we rather hesitate these have had their household goods deliberate lving in the British Fresa we would as soon bow to a Sanitary Taylor was the only tenant who had to say that so far as we are concerned, practically gutted. Mr. Graham since 1914, and a marked loss of Inspector's wife as to any other lady, his property insured. journalistic self-respect. Particular

and as gladly associate with their interests have secured control of husbands as with any other people of large groups of papers and pushed congenial tastes, however their particular schemes in entire dis-

ageous to the latter. It is a book not only important as a statement of a peculiar economic view, but because of the statesmanlike gravity LANNING-On July 13, 1921, in and clearness of its exposition. I England, in her 65th year, do not think it would have been Caroline, widow of the late possible to stand between the public. George Lanning. (By telegram). and a writer in this way in the years before 1914 A considerable pro-

The China

Mail.

bumourless.

SHOT IN BANK

OFFICE BOY WOUNDED.

CURIOSITY REWARDED.

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HOLIDAY GOLF.

R...G.C. COMPETINIOS.

It is clear that the interpretation of the policy in question is raised:

dangerous. It is right to point out that he was careful to say, both in

is it one against certain named perils examination in chief and in cross-

or is it a more general one against perils

examination, that the weather he of the seas? Mr. Alabaster for the experienced was normal monsoon appelllant sought to use the terms of weather for that time of year; anyone two other policies for the purpose of would expect it there at that time.

There the evidence ended, and I

011

It is learned officially from War- Ladies and gentlemen desiring to arriving at the meaning of this one. highly saw, says Reuter's correspondent at take part in the August Bank Holiday I have no doubt that he cannot do so, think the true inference to be drawn regard of the general mental well-placed" the others might be. We Peking, that the Polish papers report competition of the Royal Hongkong I accept the position that these other from it is that the "Luen On" did COCHRANE-SCORE-On July 25, being. For instance, there has recent wish the people who complain of and that representatives of the Great

at Union Church, by the Rev. J. ly been a remarkable boyectt in the suffer by snobbery would cease Northern Telegraph Company and the Golf Club at Deep Water Bay course policies were issued at the same time encounter for some time at all events Kirk Maconachie, Thomas Muir London Press of a very able collecti- arguing from the snob's point of Eastern Extension Australasia and should submit to the Hon. Secretary and through the same broker as the gals described by Captain Cochrane, eldest son of Mr. and vist book, Sir Leo Moner's Triumph of those you profess to despise? We hand, and of the Russian Soviet Gov-course along with a note of their upon the same vessel and for the then is that by law she is presumed view; why admit the judicial capacity China Telegraph Company, on the ore returns for two rounds over the the one under discussion: they are Wheeler: and I so find. The position Mrs. William Cochrane, Burwood, of Nationalization, because it would Sydney, to Dorothy Eleanor Score, have interfered with the operation of say that any person seriously.com-erament, on the other, have reached last Club handicap, in order that same voyage: but they are in different to have been lost owing to a peril daughter of Mr. John Score and very large groups which were concern was derogatory of Sanitary Inspectors tween Europe and the Far East

companies and in somewhat different of the seas; and in fact she encounter- an agreement regarding the re-open- | handicaps may be allotted. plaining that Saturday's AdveruniÄTM ing of telegraphic communication be

terms. What in fact happened, wased when' the late Mrs. Score, 14.Brandram ed in getting back public property as a class is hopelessly and incurably through Russia.

the Toyage Road, Blackheath,, London into private hands or terms advant-

INTERFORT-SWIMMING, that the total insurable value of gale particularly dangerous to her. $45,000 was divided between 3 com- It seems to me that this strongly BUNGEONO'S CHALLENGE TO SHANGHAL panies; but I fail to see how it can points to the loss being a loss by found- At a meeting of the National

Dealing with Hongkong's challenge be held that the wording of one policyering caused by the action of wind Famine Prevention.-Commission' the

to Shanghai for an Interport Swim- can be used to help the interpretation and waves; and, it being, as I have representative of Kaeichow stated that the famine situation in Kuelchowing contest here next autumn, of another. The policy must be said, for me in a case where demonstra

construed as it stands; and in my tion and certainty are unattainable, was so bad that unless immediate the N.C.D. News Says:- help were given the people of 30 No reply has yet been received view it is a policy against loss by to draw my inference from ench facts districts would be forced in'o a state from the Hongkong swimmers re sinking due to certain specified perils as point to a conclusion, I hold that of cannibalism. The famine there, garding the nature of the events of the seas: in effect, due to stranding on the evidence as it stood the right Some little excitement was caused he said, was as bad as it was during Shanghai will be asked to compete or the action of winds or waves. The conclusion to draw was that the loss portion of the industrial and com in the City this morning when a shot the worst period in Honan in the in next autumn during the Interport / learned trial Judge was therefore I did, occur owing to a peril insured mercial news is now written to an

was heard in the premises of the Asia spring. The representative of Hunan contests. Before definitely commit right in putting the burden of proof against. It follows therefore that end. The British Press has also Banking Corporation, adjoining the declared that the famine was also bad ting themselves the Shanghai Amateur as he did it lay on the plaintiff to the leamed Judge was wrong in the suffered greatly from the outbreak Astor House Hotel, in Queen's in his province. of social and nationalist rancour Road Central First feelings of alarm

Swimming Association, to whom all show that the lows occurred owing to view he took I am assuming for the arising out of the great war, the were speedily pat at rest when

arrangements have been entrusted, one of the named perils; and the purposes of this judgment that the Ladies and gentlemen wishing derided at a committen meeting question for this Court at the present vessel was seaworthy. I think the inability of the European mind to it was found that the shooting was to take part in the Royal Hongkong held recently,

Bek the time is whether he succeeded in doing case must go back for a new trial." grasp the Bolshevik issue, and the accidental, a Chinese office boy Golf Club August Bank Holiday Victoria Becreation

Club for that. Bee The Enterpé (per Rowlatt

THE CHIEF JUSTICE. clumsy blundering of the Versailles having wounded himself in the jaw Competition at Deep Water Bay settlement. Quite half the news from as the result of curiosity. It appears Course but who have not yet been fuller particulars as to the events) $3 TL.R. 540; Inveramsay. (per

In the course of his judgment the A work and visitor who was not Pastem Europe that appears in the that the inquisitive youth; rammig alloted a handicap should send to the Men to represent Shanghai will not Bailache J.) 88 J. K.B. p.511: Lidcomed, against whom doors and London Press is

My own view of the law was as. ing through a drawer, had found a Hon. Secretary, Mr. J. B. Ross returns be chosen, it has been definitely British Steamship Co. v: The King acting Chief Justice said now deliberate ndows were carefully closed, who fabrication, and a considerable pro-watchmen. Examining his find Water Bay Course along with a note cach member can be gauged from

follows-I had no doubt that the revolver felt there by one of the for two rounds played over Deep stated, until the individual form of 1921.AC. 99.

Now appeals to this Court are by true construction of this contract reeling drunkenly, and was portion of the rest is rephrased and with greater interest than cation, of their last Club Handicap. This his showing in the galas later on in way of rehearing and in the case of was that there was insurance only. and disorderly, for fear of whose mutilated to give a misleading im he clicked the first chamber information should be sent in on or the season. Lattle doubt is expressed a trial by a Judge without a jury against particular specific pisils. iting" habits many householders pression to the reader. But people which Est usually left empty before July 20. Handicap thus that Hongkong a challenge will not where there is no real conflict of The plaintif bad then to prove a loss- in or otherwise secured their cannot be continuously deceived in so that it may be used to frighten alloted will stand good for the above be accepted. Already the Amateur evidence, the appellant's tribunal is by the perils insured against. If be dler gear---Mr. Tai Food, a "tough" this way, and the consequence of person before shots are fired if the competition only inst whom the police are helpless. this Press demoralization has been bluff, proves unsuccessful.” Nothing

Association have communicated with in the same position to judge of the failed to establish this with reason Reading instead of out-door sport a great loss of influence for the daily happening the youth ellcied

Kobe cancelling an invitation of facts and the true inference to be able certainty, he had not made out swimmers in that port to meet re drawn from them as the Court below. Now my own note of the case is recreation. In our case, "The paper. A diminishing number of the second chamber-rooiy-

CRAMP COLIC.

presentative teams from local clube I turn then to the evidence in the somewhat meagre and there is no ging of Civilization," by H. G. people now believe the news as iting the bullet in the law. He was

TO peed of suffering from crampe iz promptly removed to hospital where the stomach" or intestinal pačna.

in Shanghai. Next year the Kobe case-presented by the plaintiff. The Marthand om What I-in fact The generally unfavourable is given them, and fewer still take he is now receiving treatment, It Chamberlains Colle and Diarrhoeal Hongkong clubs will be approach-Luen On" started on her. voyage decided was as follow held that the paper reviews so far noticed are the unsigned portions of the news has to be explained how the Remedy Derer falls to relieve the impos ed with a jew to arranging a triangu- from Hongkong to Manila on Novem- ones was on the plainuff to show a wate

appreciate when one comes paper as written in good faith loaded weapon became accesible to preto capote Get it today, there will be content which should be one of her 10,1917: She had returned from low by the perils insured againnta^{ 187, and a posságe nume of We need," he concludes, aan office bar, ergn, an inquinkive | les comuniták. Eze máis by all Glammista to sond- Fow if uftge the ute

Ang soch, in the a^ prarioon, start in conesquence of was not prepared to hold and did not - and Bap

| báč Heather and had taken on; mors (Continued on Page 515

SKRUTEL, JUSTIOR, PUBLIC SERVICE.“

*Homarʊre, Monday, July 25, 1991.

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