Meeting held
on
the 24
4 Janus pos
565
TAIPINGSHAN ARBITRATION
BOARD.
The sessions of the Taipingshan Arbitration Board are now held in the Chambers of the Chairman, His Honour Mr. E. J. Ackroyd, Ast- Ing Chief Justice, which are less cold and draughty than the large court rooms. They are also more convenient for the passing around of plans and documents and are quistar and better lighted. Yesterday there were present the Acting Chief Justica, Mr. E. F. Alford, and Mr. W, Danby, making the full Board, with Mr. A. Seth as Secretary. Mr. T. Sercombe Smith, in the absence of the Attorney. General, represented the Government, assisted by the Hon. F. A. Cooper, Director of Public Works, and Mr. V. H, Deacon appeared for the elaianuts in claim No. 27, 1bat of the Msa On Insurance Co., Limited, for 290,000.26. Mr. H. L. Dennys appeared for a second mortgages. Before taking up this case His Lordship re- marked that he was sorry they were not able to make faster headway with the cases and sent he thought more of them should be in. The various conusel thought the pro- gress made was all that could be expected. His lordship said, however, that there were still ev. reforty cases unsubmitted and he thought there was no exonse for such a large namber to be out. He knew solicitors who had everything ready, on to the completion of all their notes, and who delayed under the excuse of just tuish- ing up the applications. Some of the solicitors, he saii, wished to submit them in a block, when it would be better for the Board if they could be brought in as fast as each case was ready.
The present list of the sittings of the Board is now nearing the end and a new list will be shortly forthcoming. The present list, as will be seen, has only one more case of large value. The remaining claims on the present Est in which awards have not yet been made are-M A. Baptista and others, claim 36 for $10 500; Chan King-ting, claim 37 for $5,000; Chang King, claim 40 for $12,000; the Man On Insurance Co., Limited, claim 37 for $90,000.26; the Hongkong, Canton, and Macao Steamboat Co., Limited, oldim 28 for $22,800.
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