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SUPREME COURT. Wednesday, 29th November.

IN ORIGINAS. JURISDICTION.

CLAIM FOR MONEY DEPOSITED.

Lo You We claimed from Kwong Kan Cion the sum of $2,000, money deposited.

Kr. H. G. C'althump, instructed by Mr. O.D. Thomson, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. H. W. Sado. instructed by Mr. C. E. H. Beavis (of Messrs. Wilkinson and Gris).repre-

sented the defendant.

Mr. Calthrop stated that the plaintiff was a trader corrying on business at No. 4, Queen's Bond Bust. He was suing the defendant for the return of a sum of $2,000 which wa deposited with the defendant in order to enro the performance of a building contract by ope, Cha Ping Fong. There were no pleadings, and the contract had not been carried out, An affidavit was filed by the defendant in which he mid the deposit agreement was altered, and the performance of the contract was guranteed by & firma enfled the Taf Chen. The houses had bcox completed and the money was, therefore, -returnable to the plaintiff. His Lordships would renumber that when the ease. was coming on an all-lasit was put in by the defendant in which he mid that these n'terations in the agreement were not in his handwriting ho did not agree to the transfor at all. The circumstancas under which the deposit was made wem that in 1983 a contract was entored into between the Wing Wo firm and Kwong Kam Chun, une of the members thereof, for the building of some foreign houses on Inland Lots 573 and 574. Kong Kum Chun entered into a sub-contract for the building of these hoasen with the man the plaintiff originally guaranteed, Chau Ping Forg. When he entered into this contract the defondant wanted some security for the duo

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30т", 1905.

It was rambling, and contained many state- mouts which it was impossible to boleve. Ho thought the defendant had shown that the contract was (entered into, and them was no ovident before him to reject it. The point which made him pause was the question of the expert, and he wished to say it was rather enrious that this caso come immediately after the judgment le gato the other day or the question of expert evidence. This wasprecisely the sort of evidence that should be given, and if it had come on top of evidenco at all reliable on the part of the plaintiff he should have had no hesitation. The expert evidence of writing, however, could not carry the ease. Judgment would, therefore, be for the defendant with costs.

POLICE COURT.

Wednesday, 29th November. BEFORE MR. F. A HAZELAND FIRST

POLICE MAGISTRATE)," -

A PERSISTENT COUNTERFEITED. Ho Show, the travelling trader from Manno, was convicted of being in possession of und attering base coin. Three times he offered a tobacconist counterfeit com in parmont of cigarettes, and at longth the shopman had bitu! arrested. tio was sentenced to four months' hard labour and six hours' stocks.

THE MURDER OF AN INDIAY.

Six Indians were brought up in estody in connection with the death of an Luuna watch man, whose body was found afloat is a hex at Laichikok on Saturday under circumstances which point to murder, deceased having a bullet wound in his forehead. Detective Inspector Hanson applied for a remund, and bir Worship consented.

A CASE FOR COMPENSATION.

REVIEWS.

Philips' Mercantile · Chart of the Commercial Routes to the Bust. London: George Philip & Son, Ld. 159

This large, clear, and excellently printed map helps to a recognition of the extent to which the sons from Europe to Japan and Australia are ploughed by the coameres of the Oriat; and shows, to quote the publishers, "what ea power really means." The lines converging on English shores, are thick as autumn leaves, the triangle between Cape Colony, India, and Australia is like a picture of a bird's-eye view of St. Martins-lo-grand, and "Japan bridles like its own chrysanthemum with radiating lines. While Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australasia are plainly mapped, the'cynosum of the projection is the surrounding sea, on which the various means of communication ara olearly shown, with duration of passage, distances, con sulates, docks, ice-bound sous, ports and pogals tions, oto. The distinction of each feature by colour is well arranged.

the time, wake up a delightful yarn with which to bogaik away a web econing.

The Last Chance, by Four BOLDREWOOD. London: Macmillan and Co. Hongkong: Kelly and Walsh.

With renollections of the fascinating pages and abasthing interest of Robbery under Arma" "The Squatter's Dream," and other books of this well-known author, one takes up A Last Chance with lively anticipations of oujoying another trost such as the pornsal of the other works indicated afforded years ago. But vain hope. The rouder is deaned to disappointment, and he feels like the man whose baverage of sparkling offervescing cham- pague in replaced by, say, soda water. The change is not at all to his liking. In the same way, te real flip book under notice, after auch a masterpiece as Robbery under Azmą“ is to descend from the bright and thrilling to the insipid nad dull. Described as a tale of the Golden West. The Last Chance" concerns itself with the necount of the ordinary life of a man who was successful in a mining speculation. and his family. Their doings are not of vory great interest, and the author is led into rather tedious distortations and, on occasions, to give Pages of quotations from Sir Walter Scott's writings. These, all very well in their propor place, wenken rather than strengthen a work, which is not likely to onhance the high story- To mouivo four books of merit from enecalling reputation which Mr. Bokirowood bas

circumstance

already won for himself. publisher simultaneously is a

of multiplying noteworthy in this ago modiverity. The four whose titles and authors Are named shose are good books, so good that we feed inclined to pay the publisher an extra special compliment.

Trombone and a 'Star, by C. T. PODMORE A Fool Tile, by Mary H. Debeaham The Brown Honde and Cordelia, by M. Booth; and The Professor's Legacy, by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick, Londen: Edward Areold; Hongkong: W. Brewer & Co.

The Trombone and the Star is a story of a wealthy man enthusiastic after music, whose ambition was to help struggling vocal talent in the hope of discovering a "star," of the fruition of his hope, and of the tragoly of the Star's father, who played trombone in a theatrical orchestra,

BRITAIN'S REPRESENTATIVES AT

PEKING AND TOKYO,

The China Renier (Tinutaiu) makes a comment on the appointmut of Sir Claude MacDonald to bo Ambassador at Tukyo which is not warranted by the dreamstances. contexquiry saya!--

Legation at Tokyo to that of

Our

- performance of it, and Chan Ping Fong got the plaintiff, Lo Yee Wo, to deposit the sura of $2,000. The contract was commenced by Chnu, and sema little werk was done, but in the beginning of 1904 be, for certain reasons, had to go to Chiza. Ho went to the plaintiff and took him the contract wale with the defendant. The plaintiff then thought he would have to got and Mr. 8. Harding, for the contracter, offered attempt to make his own prophecy come due to H.E. Sir Ernest Batow, who is much sousbody else to complete the contract owing to compensate the woinaa. Pending the settle Homent of this, his Worship adjourned the to Chau Ping Feng'a failure to do so.

suming. received a letter from the defendant asking him to call about the waiter, and that letter counsel would subruit.

For the defonce Mr. Slade stated that the contractor entered into a sub-contract with a ran whow the plaintiff guaranteed to do the work for 841,30. Whether that man discovered that he had made a bad bargain, or hadn't enough money, he failed to carry out the work. Towards the end of December, 1969, in answer to the defendant who was pressing him to completo, ho wrote saying that be had not time to carry on. As the architects were at that time prossing, things being very muel in arrear, the defouilaut engaged workman

The news of the elevation of the British Lea Wing, a contractor, came before the

au Embsgy soems to follow at baturally the recent Court to answer a samors for aeglecting to

renewal of the Anglo-Japaness Treaty; and take proper precautious during a blasting

of Many of the patron's yet, the promotion the

present Minister to operation at Bay View, as a result of which n

of asch heartburning to his seriers in rank, piece of granito struck a woman whik standing finds had disappointed him, and a cynical Japan to ambassadorial rank must be the causs ability, s sad position in the service. Now that on the verandult of her house and injured her snovalist friend of his, after seeing the faco to hope too

the war Anished the British representative to severely that she had to be taken to hospital. of his last, advised him not

delicate and difcult

and it is only position The victim appeared in a crippled condition, much, as her toudencies were immoral. His l'eking will have, as in the past, a anch more

Sir C. MacDonald's senior, in every way, to true, when it is seen that Blial affection is too strong for the tondeu cy inherited from

raise the Legation thero also to an Embassy the heroine's mother, fonds to a fine dramatic or wo are afraid that the foreign service elimax. We will not buray more of the story may expect Sir Ernest's resignation,

proper course to have adopted would have but conclad with this comment that the author

been to transfer, Sir Clunds MacDonald to some is "trong in dialogno," presents his fine

other Legation and appoint a senior diplomat character studies without tediousness, and to the new position of Ambassador to Japan." should become popular w his output increases.

BEFORE MR. C. D. MELBOURNE (ACTING

SECOND POLICE MAGISTRATE).

MANSLAUGHTER AT KOWLOON CITY,

A coolia named Wong Ping was charged with the manslaughter of Kwo Hong, chuir coolie, at Kowloon, on the 6th instant. Inspector Cameron prosecuted and Mr. Masten appeared for defendant. Evidence was given to the effect that deceased was carrying two baskets when he knocked against the sixth mm, defend ant, who after some words told decend that he was too sancy and, after calling out Ta," struck him several times on the bead with a ban.

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Pamela and Amodée.

The Brown House and Cordelia are two long abort alories" rather than novels, both dealing with nice country people whose loves and humours affect the roader like family affairs The first is of a missing will; the other a very sympathetic love story.

Tho

boon considered of more importance than Tokyo,

the

embassy

The Chain Review is quite wrong in its facts. By virus of Sir Claude MacDonald's appoint. A Flood Tide befon galo the historical roman ce

ment to Peking in 1896, at the tits Sir Eruest class, and is a well-told story of England in the Sator cccupied the post of British Minister at days when the entente cordiule" was un-Tokyo, Sir Clande became wnior to Sir Emest, dreamed of. The author prefers the Fielding for up to recent years the post at Peking has mothed of letting us ses the strings as well as as proof of which we may point ont that util the puppets. All her poppets are interesting the legation at Tokyo was clavated to an enough, as they ought to be, with news fika the salary received by the Minister occupying post was a thousand ponnis less a year than that received by the Minister at Peking. It is un open steret that tlo transfer of Sir Claude from Peking to Tokyo was bemuse a preference had it beer expressed for the Japan appointment if i should become vacant at any time; it was in no sense a sign of dissatisfaction on the part of the home Government. Therefore Sir Claude having already been senior to Sir Ernest, and having been in large part instrumental in bringing about the close relations betwash Japan and Englund as a result of which the

become the first Ambasader to Japan. Were logation has been raised toon embassy, naturally it otherwise, it would is an act of gross in justice to the official upon whom so much has deponded during the last two or three years. We are goite urn the Ching-frien, which is

for Bir Ernest Satow in his matter, any more published in the Russian interest, holds no brief thou we held one for Sir Clande MacDonald, but as the point has been raised it may be well to place the fucts on record.-Japan Chronicle.

company he was. Deceased fell to the ground. He was arrested by a policeman who asked his nate and he said something in reply. At the station he was asked by the interpreter his

Mrs. Sidgwick is already to well karu tha name but he lay on the floor unable to speak.

The sergeant interpreter stated that shout it ought to be sufficient to announce thats now aan. on the 6th instant, deceased, book is hers to astra ile sale. A very human the fondant and five others were brought to the zoologist, his flighty and selfish sister, is station charged with fighting. He explained neglected, wayward but attractive daughter, the charge to them after which deceased became | and the latter's lover, a Rochester-like man who The Inspector asked him couverts indifference" isto warm affection after sick and remited. who struck him and pointed to the marriage, are the characters whose doings fill sixth defendant, who he said lad struck the long but always interesting tale. The bamboo ecenes are alternately in Cumberland and his on the left templs with a

and Germany. pole. Dervared fell back unconcious

summored, after medical attendance

covered to the which Kwo Hang was Government Civil Hospital. Deased bad. only been in this charge room about ten minutes before he vomited. Ho hud boat standing

during that time. Then he sat down.

in order to save the contract being cancelled.boo polo' belonging to the washeruet in whose and set to work on the site. Meanwhile he endeavoured to get another sub-contractor and succeeded in getting hold of a firm called the Tai Cheong, who agreed to do the work They did some work on the site, and for that work a certificato for $5,XO was inued. At: the beginning of May that money was paid to the defendant's firm, sud it was arranged between bin and the iChrong Company that to save all complications regarding the issue of certificate, the latter company would be sabalitntod na direef contrast or with the owner of the lund, and they were to receive the bulezen of the parehas money, The Tai Cheong carried ou the work, completed the houses, and had not yet boot paid. When the first sub-contractor failed to carry on the work it became the defendant's duty, in order to save his own contract, to get suother contractor to continue it. He did some wok himself, and vet about getting another Bab-contractor. What was the position with regard to the 92.0007 He submitted it was elear that the defendant was entitled to it. It

as ho

was money which was put up by the plaintiff to guarantee the performance of the contract by Chan Ping Fong, and as sODIN failed to do the work the many becaus the property of the defendant. This appeared on the face prfectly clear and distinct

was

Raw Material, by Pave BorTOME. London: John Murray. Hongkong: Kelly & Walsh,

Ltd.

an

If we said that this was a collection of sketches, characters, sad episodes written apparently by a clergyman's daughter who has Inspector Cameron doposed to bing in his beau looking after the working lads in quarters at Kowloon City Police Station and

industrial parish, we should be justifled; but it hearing a noise which caused him to look out. Heould give a very orroneous impression of a saw seven men fighting-five of them together wonderful book. The inds are truur to life than and two about dve peces distral. He rou

any by Pett Ridge or Morrison, yet they are downstairs, and went up to them. Deceased idealiced by a literary gonius. Here we have was rising from the ground, and witness caught the short story almost at its best. With the him by tun KTM and assisted him up. idea of quoting, we marched through for non- Then he took him to the Polics Station along essentials to excise, to shorten the quotation, with the others, and charged them with fighting and could find none. Each sketch would haro in the streets. Afterwards decessed becatoa

to be quoted in full, or not at all. We can confidently leave this number of Murray's Imperial Library to a discriminating public.

sick and witness asked biar who struck him He pointed to the defendant and said the latter

struck him on the left side of the head. Theu

he sat down on the floor and vomited. A doctor

was sent for but decoused was inconscious

before he arrived. Witness hud himconveyed to the Government Civil Hospital in an ambulance. On the 7th insaat he took the Ryewitnesses to the mortuary at the Government Civil Hospital, where they identified the body of Kro Hong.

Defendant was committed to the Criminal Sessions for trist,

THE FAR EAST PASSENGER

SERVICE.

Shakespeare's Christmas, and other stories, by "Q" London: Longmans, Graan, and Co. Hongkong: Kelly & Walsh. Seven stories in A. T. Quiller-Couch's best veiz. We believe that all have been published before, bat gladly watcame the in collected form. The title story and "Ye sexes give car" are likely to be read many times.

The Day's Journey, by NETTA SYRETT, London, George Bell and Sons. Hongkong: Kelly and Walsh.

BUBONIC PLAGUE

The Public Health and Marine Service, Washington, have issued a report, enumerating the various places at which bubonic plague has apparel since June 1st hat. Over thirty plan appear in the list (not including Kobe and Osaka), which is

us follows:- Chia-Hongkong, Shanghai, Newolvang. India-Bombay, Calenita, Madras, Philippine Islands Musin, Cebu. Straits Satt koments-Walley, Singapore. Cape Colony-Port Elizabeth, East Loudon. Queens! own..

Australia-Brisbane, Maryborough, Caines, Ipswinh, Lismore, Ballius. Maryborough and Ipswich are now free of the discs.)

Argentine E-public-Santiago del Estero. Brazil-Maranhao (ported but not con firmed Rio.

Sandwich Islands-Waipahu, near Honolulu. Japan-Tokyo, Chibri Ken, Formosa, Karbeti.

Panema-La Boca. Chile-Centofagasta.

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INCUMOUS CHINA.

The ignorance of and start of curiosity about! their own country on the part of Chinese of good position and birth is a fact which has often Furprised foreigners in their reflections on bed stadies of China and her people, but the natil recent lack of facilities of communication been generally blamed for his absence of interest and knowledge. Now that the country

being opened up, however, no change is noticeable in this indifference, and whenever wo bare discussed the question of other provinces with Chinew friends wo have invariably met with a scarcely veiled contempt concerning them, and at least absolute nainterest as to the characteristics, neds, or opportunities offered by other parts of the country, Needless to pay if this is the attituds and result in rogard to their own country, the majority of Chitore are still more ignorant and indifferent to the conditions of other countries, and the fact has at lost mudo itself apparent to the oficials nterested in the extension of China's trade, and i the Board of Commerce has lately issued a very sensible notice to all the provinces advocating the turning over of a new leaf

and

the matter. The Board advocata thr inomerlinfo slady first of the geographical and commercial conditions, with the climate and needs of the people in the ChisesO the disadvantage empire, and points out of the people of ons prefecture having no kuowledge crea as to how those in the next prefecture Bro. The Board urges the viceroys and governors in all provinces to instruct the merchants through the agency of the chambers of commercs to remedy this state of things and persuade to pople to invel about their own country and learn something about its climate and trade and custome, and also to go abroad sal thus esin experience which may be turned to account in trude development. This is is sound adrice

something wbich greatly needed in China, but the result of it will be prospective rather than immedinte. It is the next generation which is going to ben-fit by the steps being now guardedly ken by China's advanced oflents in the direction of the tree of knowledge. The schools springing ay in all provinces in which some knowledge of the true place occupied by China in the world will gradually replace the old-time belief that that she is the pivot of creativo, will eventually bear fruit, if not in a greater homility at least in the power to realise in some degree the chaims of others and the ways in which China can best advance the merits of her insterul of profit by OWD people and railing apsing her next door neighbour. The davies now given by the Board may not load the father to forsake his native counting house but it

may prompt him to send bis son to whol to learn how these things can be," or to travel maybe throngh the length and breadth of the land. But of the two it is perhaps easier for the Chinese student of things in general tetravel and investigato commercial questions abroad than in his own country where conservaism and enstor block him at every turn, and There no knowledge or information can be glazed! untaxed either by an elustio obligation, in kind, or in coin. Peking Time.

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Call Flog W. markets at an interest of four per cent. Reuter states that balf the loan will be applied to the to 837. conversion of walatanding loana-that is lonas, thathara been doated above four per cent. We doubt if this news is correct. It woul ut he to te interest of Japan as a country likely to appear again in the world's money Owing We do not recoffect any case at Tokyo, us markets to attempt a conversion of her reparied, but the list as a whole is melancholy loans at a carly a date, as investore toad evidenes of the extent to which plagus now to fight shy of short-term loans, though covers the world. Yet szarely a dozen years of course much depends on the thod age it was thought the disease which had of conversion. That some here will be leid ages would never copper in sfefliser som bolidation of the national dott mat fie ngucde avapal the dirty European towns of the middle before the next Se sins of this Dist for the con- as certain, but it has blberto been assumed that munities or among poples blessed with a sanitary government.Japan Chronicle. any scheus proposed at this stage will be with the object of salting aso a certain suD Y year from reranno in order to provide a sinking fund, not to raise a new loan at low interest to pay off loans bearing a higher rate. A very large part of the new loan will, moreover, be immediately required by the Government for the

purpose of the expectes connected with the bringing back of the troops from Man- churia and the adrainstration of the Liso

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HYDROPHOBIA IN PENANG..

TEX-BIBLE STORY.

of the docoments, signed by Clan Fing Foug, which he would put in: those set out that if he failed to complete bis contract, the $2,000 became the property of the defendant. The defendant knowing this, was it conceivable that at the beginning of Jaunary he should lave offered the whole of this money for the dae performance of the contract? It was also extremely unlikely that smelt a subsequent Arrangement as stated should have been come to between the parties. The defendnut bat by the substitution of contractors, whereas lad the work been continued by the first he would have mado a profit of $8,500. The defendunt denied that any of the interviews of January, 1904, which the plaintiff alleged took place, ever occuned. The only times he lad Been the plaintiff was when the $2,000 was paid in the first instance, and again on another

The Times of Ceylon says:---A. Cylon corres. occasion in May or June of this year, when the plaintiff called on him and sized him to repay dont from up country, echoing the opinion of many people who are cognizant of what has the $2,000. He said he would not, and the taken place, stated recently in ourcolamas that plaintiff then asked him for a for hundred the P. and O. Company had mades present to dollars. The winle of the negotiations between the N. G. Lloyd of its Far Eastoru passenger service. The English Company, somewhat them were done through a broker. The Chinese tardily, are taking steps, to recover lost ground ap-10- did most of their important tranenetions by the building of a group of fat and"

dale stemmers to run between Bombay and China ibrough brokers, and the principals rarely came We also hear that the Moldavia will make a face to face.

trip to China daring the season to show the After hearing the evidence is Lordship people at Singapore and Hongkong that the delivored judgment. He said he did not think P. and O. have vessels equal to my that run east of Saez, though they have not hitherto let in necessary for him to consider the case st

This is not a serionacontribution to literature, them bo con east of Colombo. The P. and 0. any greater length. He had very grave doubts Company will always suffer from a handicap as bat a very characteristic American socount of whether it could be necessary at all to call on long as passengers have to transfer at Colombo, s trip to Mars on an enchanted carpet, and of

while the German boots ros straight through; what the lieutenant saw there. the defendant to give evidence, except to pore but we are glad to see that gomaling is to be weirdly wonderful, Loves fair beyond compare, documents, but the evidence of the plaintiff was lone to make up leat ground, though it should and the writer with his tongue in his check all proceeding to Saigon, under medical advics. so unsatisfactory that he could not accept it, have been carried out many years ago.

This is the story of a literary pair, and the Woman author makes the gray mare the better

horse. It wont be libellous to suggest what literary celebrity is brought to mind by the mean-sealed passer whose day's journey wo ona follow, but there are bits here and there that tempt it. There is su amusing entire on the sxt-cum-fad young lady of a dozen years aga who, we hop, is now an extinct animal, Lieut. Oullivar Jones, by EDWIN L. ARNOLD London: George Bell and Son. Hongkong: Kelly and Walsh.

Adventures

The Penang Gazette reports a dreadful ease of hydrophobia which creuered at the Girling Pass, 411 the rest to Balik Palsu, on the 13th living on the Pa.s. Nov. The victim was Chiness Christian, A few days before lo com Roman Catholic priest, Father Fautillon, was plained of feeling unwell, and, as he grew worse, seas for to administer the last riter of the Charch. Father Fantin found the man in an sorts siste of dementia, and foaming at the

month.

When the mererend goatleman sp preaded bis unfortunate paziobioner, the latter sprang up bin. The priest was forced to close with the man, who would undoubtedly have indicted severe injuries upon him, had not assistane arrived in time. As it was, Father Fastillon was badly closed on the arm by the finger nails of the demented victim, who died n few hours afterwards. Somo Chinamen who went to the assistanos of the priest recoived sundry scratches. Father Fautilon himself is

troops it is estimated that à sum of four hundred million yen will be required, so that when the expenses of flotation from loun of five hundred million are deduced it will be seen that Japan will have but a very smal margin with which to convert her external

There is, however, a sum of three or four hundred million yen still in London, being retained there with the object of pro war. Whether the 3 spriese Government will venting a drain of god hom Japan during the consider it necessary to retain such a large sum in the English metropolis now that the. war has come to an end remains to be seen and, indeed, it is impossible to discuss the various questions involved untilsome faller information regarding the proposed auw loan is given out by the Japanese Government.-Chronicle.

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