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destroy both unity of administration and direct popular control; secondly, because in the case of the denominational schools it violates the principle that institutions maintained out of public funds should be pader complete public control; thirdly because it compels citizens to pay for religious teaching, much of which they regard as falso and injurious to the welfare of the State; and finally they object to the Act because it leaves teachers maintained by public money subject to sectarian tests and

A.S. WATSON & CO. under private control. The Government bas disputed all these contentious, but the telegram received a few days 20 announcing that the Government had modified one of the main features of the Bill to an extent which land weak- ened their position, is indicative of the violence of the storm. This modification must be still far freen satisfying the Nonconformist conscience, which condemns the Bill root and ranch. However, the Bill has now gone through all its stages in

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denis must forward their names and ad. dr.se with tomminications aviurement to the Editor abilization, but as eridence of good faith.

All felters for publi-ion should be written on one site of the w

7 the paper only.

I in other papers will be inserteik orders jur extra copion of Dally Pass should be

From the 1st of June a reduction in made in the cable rates to Australasia from this station.

The question is being asked how itoomesshout that the new Public Health Bill is in operation before it has the King's suction? Perhaps "the powers that be" will furnish the answer?

Vico-Admiral Alexioff, commanding the Rasian squadron in the Pacific Cosan, “and chief of the military district of Kwangtung," as he is described in the Official Messenger (St. Petersburg), has been decorated and promoted to be Admira!.

There are at least 10,000 Chinese in the

SATURDAY, MAY 30TH, 1903 TELEGRAMS.

"DAILY PRESS" SERVICE.

[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]

SENSATIONAL ARREST IN

MANILA.

MANILA, 29th May, 5.29 P.M.

An investigation of the records of the City of Manila and the Commissioner of Health Workingmen's Union has caused the Pro- has ordered that every one of them, says the secuting Attorney to arrest the President, Manila Times, must be inoculated with Lubonis

charge of plague seran to reader him immune from the Dominador Gomez, on disease. Commissioner Carter's order is in the directing as illegal association, misusing form of a circular and the details are sweeping in their scope. It is intended that all Chinese, benefit funds, and brigandnge, aiding high and low and great and small, still submit Guillermo and other outlaws, and agitating

to the treatment.

By permission of Major Radcliff and Officers, the hand of the 33rd Burma Infantry will play

S. The programme is as follows:- at the Hongkong Hotel this evening from 8 to March "The Hell of the Drum.", Methug Overture... Tancredi,"

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Solection... "Hibamia," Cornet Selo Causene de Taorain," 31. Solection... "Three Little Malds," l'olonaise

Waltz

"Hansel and Gretel,"

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by means of seditious plays...

Gomez had become a Labour Tsar, calling strikes ud fixing wage until overy industry was threatened.

isappey The arrest has caused the greatest sanen V. White

Bubens tion here. It is believed that the heads Chopin the insurrecto element are involved in the

affair.

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REUTER'S SERVICE.

CHINESE LABOUR IN THE TRANSVAAL.

SUPREME COURT.

Friday, 29th May.

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.

BEFORE HIS HONOUR SID HENRY E. BERKELEY ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE).

A PARTNERSHIP CASE,

POLICE COURT.

Friday, 29th May.

Beran Mr. F. A. HAZELAND (POLICE MAGISTRATE.).

PITCHED BATTLE ÅREAMOND, Clan fight between Chinoso coolies are serious affairs when the blood of each party is op and Judgment was delivered in the ease in which bamboos, etc., are used as the means for setiling Ho Fung Harg, se administrator of the estate the dispute. By the timely intervention of tho of Ho I Sbek, déconerd, sued Chan Kit Ban and Yazmati polica ander Sergeant MacSwayed on Sa Kuk San, as partners in Yan Wo and Yi Lá Thursday night, that which from all appear- respect of curtain shares in these firms alleged pitched hattle involving grate injury to opium firms, to nenonat to the plaintiff in anoes would have developed into a regular to have been held by Ho I Shok. Mesars. H. E. the participante, if not actual loan of Pollock, K., and T. Morgan Phillips, barris-life, was nipped in the bud. Acting ou in fore-at-law instructed by Mr. E. A. Bonnor of formation receiv d-to use an official phrase Messrs. Dennys & Bowley, solicitors), were for which covers a lot of detail-Sergeant Mo the plaintiff and Mr. E. H. Sharp, K.C., bor Swayed and Chinese defective-sergeant No. 115 rister-at-luw (instracted by Mr. E. C. Pontifex went to the Rifle Range at Kowloon on the of Messrs. Ewens & Harston, solicitors), for the night nataed, between eight and nine o'clock,

defendants.

The issue of law argued were as follow :~(1) | It being admitted that the defendants were not partners with Ho I Shek in his lifetime in the Yan Wo firm although they are now partners in the said firm, and asraming that He I Shek was at the time of his death entitled to a share in the said Erm, and assuming that no settle. ofment of accounts respecting that share has ever

taken place between Ho Slick's representa tives and the present or past partners in the firm, are the defeudants liable as such present partners to account to the plaintiff in respect of the said share? (2) It being admitted that the dofondents were not partners with BoT Shot in his lifetime in the Ti Li firm and assuming that Ho I Shak was at the time of his death antitied to a share in that firm, and assuming that pe bottlement of neoounts respecting the said share has ever taken place between Hol Shek's representatives and the present or pet partners in the firm, are the defendants liable as such present partears to nereunt to the plaintiff in respect of the said share? The Chief Justice had farther ordered that the issues of fact be tried after the settlement of the issues of law.

"God Save the King."

The name of the Hinges Hotel at Macao has under Mr. Farmer's proprietorship baen changed to Macao Hotel, and Mr. E. G. Jordan has been appointed manager. An advertise. meat which sets forth the attractions of the hotel under its now management will be föand on our first page, and we have no doubt it will receive its das share of the patronage of visitors from Hongkong where Mr. Farmer and hisnesburg it was decided to warn their compatriots

manogor are so well known.

A Tokyo telegram to the N. Daily News says:-Details of the raply of the Rossion Minister at Seoul to the Corean Government show int he claimed ou behalf of the em-

LONDON, 27th May. At a mass meeting of Chinese in Johan

against emigrating to South Afries and to tie comprehensive steps to disseminate the warning through China.

THE "AMERICA" CUP,

LONDON, 27th May. The Reliance has a third time proved experior to the Constitution and the Columbia in

ployees of the labor concessionaires. the same privileges of acquiring land and buildings as are enjoyed by mining and rajimay concessionaires of other sat onalities Thus Russia is likely to obtain a permanent footing at Yong-Ampho, the preliminary trials, where two hundred more Russians have arrivedy

With reference to Reater's recont telegram

reporting outbreaks of typhoid fever at Farflest and Manchester traceable to infected army

CRICKET.

LONDON, 27th May.. Notte scorod 739 for seven wickets against

RESULT OF THE DERBY.

LONDON, 27th May,

Rocksnud... Vinicius. Flotsam.

blankets sold by the authorities in South Africa Leicester and declared the innings alosed. shipped to England and resold throughout the country, a special telegram to the N.-C. Daily News says the authorities have sized thirty thousand of these blankets, in warehouses in Whitehapel, and quantities of them have been seized and destroyed in various big towns in England. The bulk of there were found to be infected, and many of them Bitby.

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HONGKONG PUBLIC HEALTH BILL.

LONDON, 27th May,

Mr. Chimberlain has not yet sanctioned this

His Lordship in delivering judgment said think that on the admissions au nesumptions of fact on which the issues of law have been raised on the pleadings in this case, the finding on the igsnes must be that the defendants are not liable as present partners in the firm styled the You Wo, to account to the plaintiff in respect of any share which was at the time of his death owned by Ho I Shek in a business at one time carried on under the same name and style a the present Yan Wo firm. By the death of Ku I Shek, the partnership then known as the Yau We, of which he was then a member, was dissolved, and "assuming that at that time it weald on a secount taken have appeared that moneys were due to him by the late firm in respect of his interest therein, the moneys so

dus would have constituted a simple deb recoverablo in an action of debt from his survic ing partner or partners. There was nothing of the character of a trust attacking to such , for Ho I Shole's surviving partners wer,

moneys,

and arrested four ecolice who it was discovered wezsacting sa scouts for one of the parties. In their hands they hold large piece of granite and iron bolle intended for the persons of their opponents later on three other coolies similarly

holed" were arrested and trapsferred to the Peucetal soclusion of the cells at Yaomati Station. The arrangements for the pending fight were very complete and showed ne small amount of strategy on the part of the "dafenders," a squad recruited from a coolic guild at Hung hom who opposed themselves to another squad from a similar guild or society at Yaamati. The Bunghom lot were jealous of the attentions that the Yaumati gailants wars bestowing on the damsels in the former district, and planned vengeance, A challenge to the Yaumati coolies was thrown out and accepted, und the fight was just on the point of commencing when the police arrived. The scoute for the Hunghom section were to act and by simulating fight to lead the enemy into ambush on the Bille Range, where two strong parties were massed behind trees and bushes. Had the ruse been carried into effect, the con- sequences may exsily be conceived. No further arrests were made, the capturo of the scouts having apprised the ethers that the authorities were on the qui vite. Armed police patrolled the Rifle kauge and its vicinity, but no hostile dem astrations were made.

to act also as decoys,

The soven prisoners, on one of whom a long- bladed knife was found, were charged with assembling in the night with intent to commit a breach of the peace, and remanded until this. morning at ten o'clock.

POLICE WOULD LOOK AFTER IT. Charged with removing the dead body of hor aon, aged 14 (who succumbed to plagne), with- ont an order from the sunitary authorities- dumping the body, to put the malter briefly

Chinese woman, when asked what she had to say, told the Magistrato that her noigh- bours advised her to leave the corpse in the

strest, as it would come to no larm-the police would pick it up and look after Lau bacial!

As a matter of fast the police did pick the body up, ning the defendant, who was fined $31,

usly signeri communications that have the House of Commons, but evidently when goods at reduced prices, in many asses at a loss Hongkong Public Health Bill, which requires not trustees with respect to the share which he BEFORE MR. J. H. KEMP (ACTING POLICE

110. on day of peplication. After that war the supply is limited. Only supplied for Cash Targruplal Address: PRESA Codes: 4,5.C. 5th Ed.

Lishay's

PO. Box. 33, Telephone No. 12

The Daily Press.

the Act comes into force we may expect to sée in England a large body of Nonconfor- mists throughout the country resisting the payment of the Education rate for con- science sake. Well-known Nonconformist leaders like Dr. CLIFFORD," the twentieth

Centary CHOKWELL" as he has been called

Hosgrese Orten: 14, DVOR ROAD CLASS LONDON OFFICE: 181. Fer SKF, BC

HONGWONG, 30th May. 1908,

We note, by Rewrxa's telegram of the 27th instaut, that a mass meeting of the Chinase in Johannesburg has been held on the labour question there, and that it was decided to warn their compatriots against emigrating to South Africa, and to take comprehensive steps to disseminate the Warn- ing through Chint. This is undoubtedly sensible decision, and we trust it will be carried out very thoroughly. For our part we are quite willing to assist in disseminating this warning to our Chinese friends. There

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in this connection, has declared his readiness to aufer imprisonment rather than pay the rate. Apparently, the "Passive Resistance Movement" is developing into a big orga nisation and it has the publicly declared support of, we think we can say, nearly all the prominent Nonconformist leaders in in London, if not throughout the country,

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Kwang Yu Wei, the Reform loader, who has been summoned Peking after several years' exile, is expected by the Freach mail, das to-morrow.

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It is reported from Blagovestohorsk that a number of Chinese merchants in that town are closing their businesses and selling off their The Olinese inhabitants of the plso hold frequent mestinga in their shops during the evening, at which animated discussions go on Theo and other indiestions have given rise te vagus apprehensions of trouble in the near future. Numbers of Chiness established in tho Russian quarter of Blagovestohensk are emigra-

ting into Manclaria. It will be remembered

that Blagorestclausk was the scene of a great slaughter of Chinese by Rusjans during the late war.

careful consideration.

PRINCE OF WALES TO VISIT

INDIA.

LONDON, 27th May. HMS. King Alfred will convey the Prince and Princess of Wales to India about September

AUTOMOBILE BILL.

LONDON, 27th May.

In view of the recent disasters a long promised Automobile Bill will be introduced.

A correspondentasks;-Do plague symptoms comprise a great beat and an overpowering inclination to slaughter? Iread the paragraph. THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACE

IN IRELAND, in your paper anent public shair No. 233 carrying a plague partiept to hospital, and I too should file to know if it we afterwards disinfected. On the same afternoon I occupied

LONDON, 7th May. In the motor race in Ireland in July, for the

will bo observed to guard the rcate.

THE KING OF ITALY TO VISIT LONDON.

LONDON, 27th May. The King of Italy will visit London on the 8th July

MAGISTRATE),

ROBE.EE AT KIMBERLEY VILLAS.

Ea lie, a bouse cookie, was brought up on romand charged with stealing $245 worth of jewelry and other property from bis employer, Mr. Krebs, residing at 2, Kimberley Villas. The circumstances of the case we have already

detailed

owned in the Yna Wo at the time of kis death. The relation that then existed between them and Ho I Shek's representatives Iwas simply that of debtor and creditor. It is admitted that He I Shek died on or about the 19th of June, 1880, and it is concoded that the | defendants did not join the firm now known as the Yan We until 1889, ie, nine years after the death of Ho I Shok. It is clear therefore that the defendants, never wen" partners with Ho 1 Sbek, and that if any moneys of his were at the time they joined the Yan Worstained by Mo I Shok's surviving former partners such moneys did not possess the character of trust moneys. The delt dua, H anything, was duo to Ho I Shok by his surviving partners, was due as á simple debt; and, if due, was so

It seldom happens that the Friday Summary recoverable. There are no fasts appearing on Court list is without a case in which some this issue which would extend the liability to Indian money-lander so:ks to exact from a

J.

The defendant, who donied being the thief, was convicted and sentenced to three mentha' hard labour.

THE INDIAN SHYLOCK

The banks and insurance offices announce

a chair which included two 3'e in its humbet Gordon Benzett Cup, the utmost precautions pay the debt, if any, due to: Ho T Shiek's extet», † countryman, or it may be from a Chinese vr that they will be closed on Monday, which is but whether that aber was 233, or 323, or Whit Monday,

332, I cannot for the life of me remember, Anyhow, if I develop plagas I know what 1 shall do—I'll ride about in public chairs for a week" It evidently hasn't entered the calenta tions of our correspondent that ho might have to ride to Happy Valley if he followed such a course for a day, much less a week. The. chait, we may add, was disinfected yesterday. WRECK OF A FRENCH STEAMER, While on a voyage from Hongkong to neo, Sarawak, Timor, and porticus of this The Whitsunday orvices at St. John's Kwanchauwan, the French ss. Paul Doumer Netherlande Indies. They are not welcome Cathedral will be as follows:-Celebrations of struck a sunken wrock between Pak Leab in the Philippines (now that the islands have the Holy Communion at 7.30 am and 12 aud White Rocks, Ladrona Islands, and little less than half-an-hour. passed under American rule), though they noon: Matins, I am.; Evessang, 5.45ank in a

p.. At Matine special masie will be sung, The vessel was commanded by Captain Helsur, do exceedingly well there; neither ero they, a Te Death by Smart, and the anthem had a crew of 32 men and carried a general wanted in the Hawaiian Islands, though there,

"God is a Spirit (Sennett); and at Evensong cargo and antive passengers. When she struck,

Mr. H. F. Wyatt of the Nary League will countries in which Chinese give an address on Tuesday next, 2nd June, at 5.15 p.m., in the City Hall, under the auspices labourers receive a warm welcome, and of the local branch of the League. HE the where they thrive exceedingly. These are, Governor will take the abair. primarily, the Malay peninsula, Siam, Bor.

Mr.

too, they find remunerative employment. Come Holy Ghost (Attwood),

the passengers bacamo panic-stricken. The first In French Indo-China they are accorded a

bout to be lowered was swamped by too many at very grudging reception, but those admitted

The change in the weather has apparently tempting to get in with their baggage, and five of make money and prove good citizens. had o much desired effect on the plague returns. these were drowned. Signals were made to some But the French Government have bad too Recently the cases notified bare been some junks in the vicinity but they would not much trouble with Chinese Black Flage thing like twenty a day. Yesterday's return approach. A second boat was lowored and and banditti from across the Yuunan contained only ten, all Chinese, and all fatal. into it were put the mails and valuables, frontier to feel very kindly towards Chinese Five of them were damped, and one was found but it too was swamped in the operation. in a boat at Quarry Bay. We note that another As the vessel was rapidly settling down

and the engineer, or to regard them as desirable immigrante caso has occurred at the Central Polico Station. the captain Their cool reception in Tonkin, therefore,

Dolannoy, leaped overboard and by dint of keep- is not be wondered at. In Burmah the Despatches from the front show that an ing themselves allost with some wreckage Chinese have always found ready employ important move has been made in the mosquito were able to reach a junk and get on board her. ment and great numbers of them have campaign. The man-bole espa at No. 2 tauk, The other passengers were also picked up. settled down there, and intermarried with Coins Road, in which energetic detachments of Soon afterwards a Hongkong-bound steamer the Burmese. In Mexico, too, there seems the enemy found excellent carer, because of the which was sighted hore to and took the a field for Chiness labour, but it will be fact that the said caps had been turned over and Europeans on board. Only the tops of the lay with their water-bearing hollows appermest, enakon vessel's masts aui funnel show above well not to overdo it, or the natives will have been placed correatly in position, and now water. The hopes of salving the vessel are soon mine an outery, just as the Americans offer nothing but an uncompromisingly level believed to be slight. She is of 382 tons in the States have done. In Australia, surface where neither can rain gather nor registered, and is owned by Messrs. Lamaire New Zealand, and Canada there is no mosquito breed.

L& Co., of Hongkong-

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THE LONDON EDUCATION BILL

LONDON, 27th May, The London Education Bill has passed through Committee.

(FROM THEN.-C. DAILY NEWS."]

OLD AGE PENSIONS.

LONDON, 23rd May, In the House of Commons a Eill has passed its second reading providing pansions for aged deserving poor through the existing For Law

administration.

Mr. W. C. Long, President of the Local Government Board, on behalf of the Govern ment, assented to the principle of the Bill, but declined to promise any further support.

WEATHER REPORT.

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report

The barometer has fallen considerably over Pressure remains high to the SE. of Japan, Japan and N. China. ants depression is moving Eastwards over N.

China

Gradients alight for S. and SE. winds along the China coast and over the N. part of the

Chirià Boa.

Forecast --SE. moderate; fair.

to

8. winds, light to

to any oiber person than the partners surviving a Portuguese, the uttermost farthing of money at the death of Ho I Shek or their repre lent. A promissory note is the faroucits instru- ment between the leaf and the borrower, andin sentativés. She case of Wedderbarn, Wedderburn, 8 L.J.C. relied on by the some cases the rate of interest charged would bring abinsh to the chook of Shylook. In one recentin- plaintiffs, appears to me on consideration to have no application to this case; for there the stancali transpired that 180 per cent, was charged business of the deceased had been carried on by spon a lean. At yesterday's Court a mouny, one who was the executor, cnd who after the loader of the accustomed type seed a Portuguese death of his testator took in partnere end con- fonth for $30, monoy lent, and costs. The debtor ticus the old business with capital which, or a admitted the indebtednest, but stated that ha part of which, was mouey belonging to the bad hoon paying interest on the $30 for about state of the deceased, The executor at the time twelve months at a rate which, when figured he so carried on the old business was a trustvot out, showed more than 124 per cent. Mr. Justics. and the moungs das to the estate of deceased Wise, who has more than once said he intended which were used an capital, or part of expital, of if possible to put a gimp to this nefarious system the new business were trust moneys; and more of money-leading, gave judgment for the plain over were such to the knowledge of the iusoraing tiff, with costs, with the proviso that the debt new partners. Under such omstances the to paid into Court at the rate of $1 per month

At this rata the oreditor will love to wait incoming new partners world liable to account to the representatives of the testator just two yora scd eight months before be

recovore in full his 830) and costs. though they had not become partners in the new business until long after the death of the testator. Wedderbarn u. Wedderburn is there- LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. forofu my opinion distinguishable from this case and does not apply. Judgment therefore must be for the defcudants on the first issue and

The FM steamer City of Peleing, with mails, as it was agreed by consent of counsel that the gc, left Shanghai for the port on the 28th inst mined by that on the frat, judgment will be The PM steamer Siberia, with maila, Ko., finding on the second issue should be deter at 9 p.m. for the defendants generally on the issues of left San Francisco for this port, via Honolulu, law raised on the pleadings Defendants will do, on the 26th lost. have their coste in this matter.

The Court rose,

POLO

The polo season will close to day with the fizal between Scotland and Ireland. The sides

are sa follows:-

Scotland Mr. C. H. Ross, Mr. F. H. Lyon, BN., Capt. MacGeorge, and Mr. J. Johnstone, Ireland-Lient, Thornbill, Mr. Unstings, Capt, Carleton, and the Hon, F. H. May

The CT.R. steamer Express of India left Vancouver on the Bath ist, p. for Hong- kong, via the usual ports of call.

The OPR steamer Athenian arrived at Amoy at 3 p.m. on the 28th inst, and left again

tp.a. same day for Shanghai

The stame Thordis arrived at New York on

The U.S.6. steamers Oopack and Yangisse left the 26th int Singapore yesterday morning, and are dus hero on the 4th prox.

The Danish steamer Siam left Singapore yesterday, a.m., and may be expected bore en Thursday, am