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SUPREME COURT,

Monday, April 23rd. -

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.

BEFORK SIR Francis PianoTT (ÚHIEF JUSTICE),

A DISPUTED PROMISSORY NOTE.

year,

ments, which also reported last your.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 24TH, 1996.

cipal and interest, due from defendants to Anfuly regulations to foreign ships. be which had hardly been hame sises their plaintiff, as mekers of a promissory note for regulations applicable to Bri'ích ships night construction. Let it be romenbored word | ably. The owners of the great lines and the

THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACTS. | occupation. If a Bill were passed to stop the and that was as high a percentage as they

supply of foreign sailors for British ships the could

окреот He was enaviuced that other. In the House of Commons on March 30th, mercantile marine would be ruined' (heur, Brms could try the experiment with equal suc- Mr. Lloyd-George, in asking the leave of the bear, and no, no). He was quite as aurious KINK if there was ref effort. Here they had Kouso to introduce a Bill to amend the Mor- as his hon. friends that the number of British 40,000 harths which was now filled up by ebaut Shipping Aste, 1991 to 1901, said the mailara employed should be increased. Some foreigners because shipownere con'd not get Bill was based on the reports of three cam. thing might be done in that direction with the British seamen. It was an opening for somo mittees, the first, Lord St. Helier's Committee, assistance of British owners, and suggestions philanthropic person to find employment for British hands. He now came to the part of which reported in 1993, the seco d, the Srawers ander consideration. He noticed that an men's Wages Committed, which reported last admirable suggestion had been made by Birthe Bill relating to the scale of provisions. At

and the third, Mr. Bunar Low's com Alfred Jonos, and it the corporation of every the present moment there was

was no statutory mittee on foreign ships and statutory here thought that in a short time shipowners would

Renport town would take up the matter, he scale of provisions enforced

British ship upon ΟΥΠΕΣΗ, There

was what was known IN

the was no attempt in the Bill to edify the not be driven, now they were, to a skeleton, and contained little beyoud salt ment, Bound of Tredo scale, but that was merely a Fung Chun-yon sued Tang Tsit-man and Woo Tuk, partners in the Hung Yuan Bank, a few of the admitted grintances from which

Merchant Shipping Acts. It simply c dealt with foreigners to man their vesseİR. But that was

not a matter to bo now dealt with by Ael of biscuits, tea, au angar. It would be unfair to together with the Hung Yusn Bank, of 157, British shipowners and seamen suffered. The

Parliament.

A

good many

British ships the shipowners if he were to suggest that that Quen's Bond Cential, for 89,737, being prinsest was with reference to the application of the traded between foreign parts, never touch was the scels of provisions they provided for The ing at home ports, there are such ship their samen; it was not. In the vast majority.

of cases that scale was improved upon consider great tramps had provided a more generous scale then any that could be

be put into an Act of Purliament. But there was very considerable minority of owners of sailing ships and trataps was not much boltor, if at all, than the meagre, miserably, monotonous scale to which he had referred. He thought the House would come to the conclusion that this was not the sort of thing.

recalcitrant members of that com. unity to live up to the standard of the ho hnd absconied without Bing a statement of | jual to eno in 6% of those top variode supply of British searnou (huur, bear what the Gororumaut proposed to do. They majority of their follow traders, and that was batwed one in 150 and cno in 920. Thia. It had been suggested that there was gras said to these men who did not provide their

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divided into those dealing with overloading. $1,000 dated 30th October, 1905, in favour the dealing with unsenwarthinuss arising 56 per cent of the carrying trade of the world of the plaintiff. Mr. E. H. Sharp, K.C., in from defects in the condition of ball or mathear, hear); there h. horar bon anything n history. Those ships, trading betnan structed by Mr. Stevenson (af Me-sex Deacon, chinery or undermanning, thess dading with like it in Looker ned Deacon, appeared for the plaintiffstowage, and those dealing with life-saving ap. foreign parts, camo perhaps once in four years No appear was entered by either of the Phancer. There was no doubt that those regula. für olssification at Lloyd's and then returned who provided a food sule for their sailors which Lions ho had the effect of saving life during the to the foreign trudo, and you cannot get years they had been in operation. In 1872 the British sailors to remain in ships of this kind, of life amounted to 1513. In 1874 it was though captains officers might be British. Mr. Sherp said that one of the defendant 4,121, while in 1994, the last year for which the Shipowners in such cases had no alternative and Was not expected to be prest. Only one 0: figures were available, it was only 1,113, a very signers were engaged, bat he believed they were fought to introduce a regulation to

were not to blame if a large number of for the defendants had untured an appearance, but considerable reduction. The 1872 figure was

in our anxious to give assistance towards increasing merchant ships, and the figur bow

defendants.

defence under the order made by his Lordship.

The plaintiff, a building contractor. residing at 5, Old Bailey Street, said he had formerly Leo a partner in the Hang Yuen Bank, but retired in October lagt. when he sold his share to the defendite, with whom he rutered into an agreement. Under this he lost them $10,000 and received a promissory note from them. On the 28th of November last, ha rørvived. M409 to accent. He had asked Tang Trit-man for the balance, and he promised to pay in the begin ning of this year, but he had failed to do so.

Judyment was entered for plaintiff.

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

BEYORE Mr. A. G. WIE (PRISE JUDE

A DISPUTED ITEM.

The ease in which Ma Chau sud Là Chung sued tho Kwong Ying Lung firm to recoverbe gum of $103,60 for werk done and material supplied was resumed.

Mr. J. H. Wiloon-Yes, certainly.

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danger in the fact of 20 per cent, of substitution of steam for sailing vessels. With being in the mercantile marine; but tal was not the opinion at the Admiralty, for it regard to overloading, the regulations were n "pplicable to foreign ships loading in British was considered that in tims of war ports, and if a foreign ship was overloaded in a

chant Hermen would not be NO wuch Br.lish part who might now be datained; but drawn upon, and the carrying, trade would owing to the absence of a disc it was exceedingly have to be continued. He had been told that diloult to detect overloading, and if an officia per cent of the men in Nelson's Flest ware was to datain a Enceigo vessel and it were foreigners, but, of course, that was not desir afterwards discovered that she was not over able state of things now. During the last two landed the vergmont would be liable it or thron years there had been a decrease in the damages, and, it might be, very substantial number of foreiga samen employed, and he damages. Therefore hates the overloading was was inclined to tho belief that the decrease obvious in the case of a foreign ship the officials would continue with the improvement in the slist not the risk of detaining her. Fortige United States Fetzels wages were higher and ige conditions of service in farriga ships. In the ships did arrive in this

country overloaded. The

Board of Trade officials kept a watch for food batter than in this country (no HO) some months, and long list was obtained of That was challenged, but he went upon evidence foreign ships arriving everloaded, some to the given before the committee. Improvements extent of ten, 12, or even 19 inches. This was were, however, going on in foreign countries, ospect ly the case with ships engaged in and as these proceeded each country would be carrying one from Spain, Norway and Sweden, more likely to absorb its own seafaring pepa- and other countries. Foreign ships might arrivelation. With the employment of lascurs the in and sail from a British port in the most position was different. He did not murlorstand ursouworthy condition as to machinery and that his hon. friend the member for Middles equipment, , but the Board of Trade officials hatt brough wished to stop the employment of

right at all to intervene. The result way Isnears ? that old British ships, after being condemned as unseaworthy by the Board of Trade officials and four hardly warth refitting because ton rotten, were generally sold to foreignore, Last year 42240 tons of British shipping, 78 per cent of it constracted before 185, were sold to foreign ship-owning syndicates, whereas 1,226,aktions was added to the shipping register of the United Kingdom, 98 per cent, of it being new steamors. It was unsafe sometimos even 10 walk on the decks of the discarded Brit vessels sold to the foreigner. The British shipowners were subjected to the grossly unfair competition of these vessels, which, bosides eosting so much loss in initial expenditure and keep wont to and fro considerably overloaded. oing that the laws applicable to our ships were pussol in the interests of human life, and the safety of life was not a national, but an international, obligation (cheers, it was grossly unfair to allow thesa veseels to break the rules imposed on our own Fossels; and, therefore, it

make Mr. Gardiner, do not think so. If rules applicable to foreign ships whether

was proposed to

sailing from

entering British (cheers). Two or three years would be given to foreign shipowners to make their arrange ments, but at the end of that time they must bo subjected to the same regulations as British shipowners, and a foreign ship mast have rourks

Mr. H. J. Gardiner (of Mr. O. 17. Thomson's oflee) appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. R. Harding of Messrs.

Ewens, Harston and Harling) for the defendants,

The defruen rot up was that defendant had pu'd the negunt in kind, rice, but this was denied by plaintiff, and the accounts were referred to the Court shroff for a report.

His report having been presented?. Mr. Hardling said-I pointed at with refer eree to a payment of over $60, part of which plaintiff alleged was rics. he could show that it

was a cash trazvuction.

lie Lordsbip--According to the shroff's report when you paid $102ch you only owed $60. Can you explain the over-payment ?

Mr. Harding-I think I can explain that satisfactorily.

friend is to call further evidence, we bare others to call.

Mr. Harding--There was another contract rubbing at the same time with respect to the sume premises between the same partios, and that is the reason why a rebalo was not claimed. Mr. Gardiner-I think the books will starw there was considoration for the over payment.

Defendant wat valled and stated that he over- paid $41.55,

His Lordship-Vuless you can come to an arrangement. I will have all the books translated and laid before me: but I do not want to put you to so much expense. It is the fault of the defendant; he should not mix bis necounts up in

that way.

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given to them, you must at any rate be up to the averego of British shipowners. There was a caso in the evidence for introducing some sort of minimum scale of provisions: When they were So Lions to reduce the mum- her of foreigners in our ships, oue thing to to was 10 make the merchant service as they could, and the first as attruetice condition was to provide fairly good food. The Government had decided to have minimum scale in this Biti (hour, hear). He did not think it was a scale which they could thing to do was to set ap a sort of standard rigidly enforce in every partienar. The only

and ask the shipowners to conform to it. If a sailor complained that he had at a fair share of the things provided in the scale and the shipwner could prove that he had had suvetitutes which were equivalent, so far as nutriment wes concerned, the saltor would be non suit. d. If they had a minimum scale of food they must also have some provi ious with

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matters which he would not now explain, but he thought he had outlined the main proporale of the Bill. After it had been read a second time, he should ask the House in refer the Bill to the Standing Committee on Trade As far es be way ouncerned, he should throw the Bill on the mercy of the committee-be thought it was a great mistake to make every detail of a Bill a Government matter (bear, hvar)—and ho trusted that, when it emerged from the com- mittee, it would be Bill which would be of i bent to all those who were concrued in our mercantile marine-the greatest the world had ever seen (cheurs).

After evor three hours of discussion, the First Reading was agreed to.

THE WRECK OF THE "STRUVE.”

Mr. Lloyd George avid he had not understood

The C.N.S. Singan, which arrived at Shang- that. Luscars were British subjects (heve,

hui on April 16th freri Ewalow, reported :-At hear). It was unreason (ble to spark of them as

Those who had been in servina nú cook

4.30 p.m. on the 9th instant sighted a steamer British subjects for the purposs of bragging of for two years would get their certificates as a

Eshore on the rocka cast of Ockson Island, with mattor of COUTES. His cwn opinion was that,

A log list toestarboard, heavy seas breaking over the extent of the British dominious, and when they asked for a share in the privileges af a

with certificated cooks, shipowners would

ber, and distress signal lying. On going British subjoot to tell them they were foreigners find it much easier to retain their men and

clore, a boat put off and came alongside, when (haar, hear). To eny, then, they

attract good wire for-

to their Fervice the chief officer came on board and reported hes to be the German steamer M. Straz, and siguers was not fairplay (heur, hear). It (car, hear). He land consulted representatives

from Hongkong to Chinking with a carge of the shipowners in regard to those matters, was not a shipowuses' question; it was a gestion and, though they were not quite at to sugar. They had run ashore in the dense fog. of fair treatment. hear bear, no,

said:

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wage). The lascars had sent a petition which was rather interesting. Tu it they

Wo are told that in the Parliament of England sits a gouthmau of the unus of Havelock Wilson Sahib laughter), and he Ins i urged that we should be given more space. W beseech your lordships to balisso that his bans volence will prove our bane, and as we have done him no wrong, if he really wishes us well lie will have marey to spare nu. Seould he, however, after this cur humble petition other members the pursne na with his attention we are sure that

ports of that great Assembly will refuse to listu ire to him" (bear, bear, and laughter). A zutaber of lascars gave evidence hofors the committee, and he had been told that n more intelligent witnesses came before the committee than theso British fellow-subjects of; which would enable one to say whether a shiplligent, steady, sober, hard-working, skilful, tion of the provisons in vessels which wentto aay

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agree to the minimum scale ggested by The steamer is now a total wreck; her holds the Government, they struck a very fairing fullf water and the ship submerged at compromise between the scale domanded by high water. Our ship was anchored

tlie scale which the

their crew coming off in their beats. the salters and Shipping Federation were prepared to concede midnight, after receiving their boats alongside, On the whele, he thought it would be acreed

with for Europeans aut (hinese, we hoisted that the reale deciled upon was rot a very er.

three of them up in our favite, bui owing to travagant one. The sandard set in "Linese

the wind and a having increased in force and matters by the batter class of shipowners ought

The ship rolling heavily, we were forced to cut the last two adrift and proceed on our way to to be the one nimed at, and, in the interests of exellent example they had sot should at last ha the shipowners themselves and of the trade, the

Swatow, where they were all landed on the oth The and left for Hongkong the same day. master of the M. Strune had left the Istand enforced by Act of Parliament upon others whe bad not followed it for 40 J VZTA (henr,

with six sailors in his boat, early on the lith, to hear). They were also going to unfores inspection of gat asistance from the mainland. Provision Th

provisions

in rusely going rund Cape Horn, to this Caps of Good Hope, through the Suez Canal, and or similar long voyages were inspected, but there was no inspec and in an emergency very crageous mou. part of the globs. If they were inspect The Jascar was a hereditary cailer, and wased in this one case it was just as necessary to bound by the rules of his caste to pursue the aspect them in the other, because, as a role, trada his ancestors had followed from tim sozua of the worst provisioned ships were not inmemorial from the date of the Flont those whien went these long voyages (hear, said very fairly that, British steamers haring inspection ebligatory. All thay were going to (bear, bear, and laughter), Lascars in sfoot hear). They were not going to make the deprived them of their bereditary mours of boy was that the Board of Trails inspector earning a living, it was only right that the that he should bare the right to do so: There might inspect the provisions in every case, and should be allowed to take part in manning the steners. Wages and accommodation were would thus be a garantes that the provisions complain let them make their coraplaints, and him that they regarded this as a protect on to he had no doubt they would be able to enforce themselves. They were also going to substitute them, for the British mercantile marine could now regulations for those which were to be not do without the lasuora, But there really found in the schedules to the old Act. Many was a case against the foreign seaman, not of these regulations, such as those with regard because he was a foreigner, but because he very to the carrying of emigrants, were hopelessly often sudangered the safety of the ship by bang antiquated. They were marie for a zlate of pauble to understand the words of command. Au things totally different from the prosent state inquiry had recently been held at Cardiff by an of things. In 1854 our ships were chiefly wood experienced Judge in reference to a number and iron; they were now steel. In 1254 por of wrecks, and in three of the cases the majority sailing ships were four millions of tons, and our of semen on board were foreigners, one steamships were only 300,000 tons.

1 la 1904 case the Court said, "It is not within the out sailing ships were only 1,900,000 toes, and provines of this Court to express any opinion our steamships had gone up to 8,75,00

expedioney or necessity of employing 100 was quite clear that regulations which foreign samen in Brílisli vessels, or fo institute were applicable to the old days when sailing a comparison between British and foreign ships were overthing and steam was & new seamen, bat the Court deears it its duty to experiment were inapplicable to a state of things direct attention to the fact that this is the third when steam was everything and the exiling rock inquiry held within a mouth in watch ship was a declining and decaying quantity. the deck hands were ehi fy foreign wamen with He thought it was a grost mistake to put in an a knowledge of the English langage." In Act of Parliament rigid regulations which it one case a Spaniard who could a-ither speak required another Act of Parliament to change nor understand English was at the wheel, and and what they wanted was to be able, by means the Court found that bad steering was a con- of an Order in Conseil, to introdues regulations tributary cause of the accident. In the oss of that would be applicable to the changing the Bazarin, which involved the loss of a.remstice of the hour. They proposed,

With a share capital of 180,400 the Batu Tiga (Selangor) Rubber Company has been formed to purchase, as from the 31st December last, from the Zelangor Plantation Syndicate (limited), and to further develog as rubber estates three important propertion situated in Solungor. Federated Maby States, the tolal particulars are giren in the prospectus with extent of the properties being 2,273 acres Full

amber of trees being at the present time ready regard to the entiented areas of the estates, a for "lapping." The prospectus also ays that tially cultivated with coffee and pepper, and, in addition to some revenue from these sources an immediate return may be expected from 4000 trees ready for tapping, and an early further return from the 2,500 trees six years old. The purekaan pries payable to tha Fondor company for the estates, machinery, plant. etc., bar been fixed at about £42,000, payable on to £20,000 in stares, An issue is now announced to the public of 40,000 shares of £1 ench at par.

Mr. Harding subm tted that on the evidence fer could complain. After all, he was different matter: If the lasers had roanoa to would be good, and any shipowners had told the estates hare for some years past heen par-

the plaintiff had not proved his ease, as he admitted receiving tice, for which defendant had a receipt.

His Lordship gate judgment for plaintiff a

with costs.

VISIT OF ITALIAN PRINCE.

We learn that Prince Ferditando of Udine, who is at present with H.IMB. Calabria in Japan, where he was drearsted with the Grand Cordon of the Chrysanthemum, is likely to visit. Hongkong on his way home next month..

The Prince who is a midshipmen on board the Calabria, is a so of the Duke of Genon

brother of the Dowager Queen Margaret, and is thus a first cousin of the King of Italy.

VOLUNTEER SHOOTING.

The monikly shool of the Right Half No. 2 Co. was bell last Sunday morning at Tai Hang Hauge. The following are the best five cards returned :-

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Gunner F. Austin

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Captain Armstrong

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Bamb. A. J. Darby

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was overloaded or not, and must be subject. the same regulations with regard to li s-aug appliances. With regard to the stowage of grain to prevent shifting, our rules were not al present applicable to foreign ships. In 19 out of 36 ships recently watched the proantions as in British ships, in fire cases the precautions taken against shifting wars practically the same were found to be fair, and in 12 ore or less fadifferent. If foreign ships were subjected to the same regulations as British ships as to litearing appliances, he did not think the for-

treated very

well in this country (ironical ate). Very much to our own advantage (hours). Wo bought nothing from him we did not want. There was no compulsory par- chase of foreign goods. But we had gives tim open wurkets. We treated him oxasily as we treated our own ships, with the exceptions to which he had referred. The Government did not propose to imprso upon bim any obligations not put upon the British shipowner, All they claim was, in the common form, that their ships should enjoy this sumo rights, privileges, liberties, favours, immunities, and exemptions in maritime navigation as were or might be enjoyed by the ships of this country,

An Hon. Mumber-What do they give in rularu

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There were many ominous signs of the gravity Mr. Lloyd-George-They gave exactly what

of the situation among the astires when the we ask for, nothing more. Up to the present

mail left. Frequent seditious utterances by we had set up the standard in the matter of

natives in Natal, alarming rumours circulated | protection of lives at sea. It would be to the

by European, and very decided restlessness interest of foreign ships to follow our example,

among the Zulus ou the Itand. It appears that It was obviously impossible to apply our rules

in the Mid Illwo district the malices Ind rigidly in the case of countries which had

plentiful supply of arms, but had ex- practically expivalent regulations of their own.

pressed the intention of not using them unless In these cases power was taken to exempt by

the imposition of the poll tax as an attempt 10 att-cked by the authorities. They regarded Order in Council the ships of such countries

force them to rise. An instance of the way in passenger regulations work app'y to erigrant wero Rawiaus who were entirely ignorajherefore, to abolish these schedules, and to ships calling at ports in the country to take up the English language. The foreign seamen Le had indicated. It was curiously impossible report of a traveller in Bechuanaland. During 1974 the Protectorate Government issued to the passengers. He had been startled at the guces managed to get hold of the life-boat, and as for shipowners under very condition to con- bearing on a question of greater complexity and soon as que Englishman had got into the boat form absolutely to every regulation made

natives 55,000 rounds of ammunition for hunting anzisty the question af foreign seamen. In 1876 they cut the rope. All who were in the life by the Board of Trade or by Ast of purposes, and it is matter of common know. AVID CORSAK & SUN'S we had 200,000 British seamen on British ships, host were saved, and the remainder of the crow we

Parliament, and they proposed to introduce in ledge that the natives buy as many rounds of 18,000 foreign ses1090, and hardly any·lasoirs. sunk. In another case a Greek who could epeak the Bille rather wider power than existed in the ammunition as they can, sud use as few as In 1801 the British sailors wors 17600, tho no English was at the book-out. There was Act of lest of dispensing with the caforcement possible. It should be remembered that many foreign sailors had risen from 18,000 to 39,005 | overwhelming evidence that the lives of men of the strict letter of the regulation in of the antires who buy this ammunition are the und the lascare were 42,000 old. It had been engagod at a were endunged by the fact certain circumstances. It was also proposed to chiefs, and only own old forling pieces, which suggested that if there so many foreigners in that samen were employed who did not under give power to the Board of Trade to set up they load with powder and lead.

ir wercantils marine it was entirely due to stand award of Hugish. They could not advisory committees for the purpose of consulta- the fact that they got on at a lower rate of pay. nuderstand the words of command, and fox that tion in weg.rd to new regulations.

The Ho confessed, after going into the matter very reason they were absolut-ly worthless in a Board of Trado had already set up advisory with shipowners, be did not think that there of opinion that, although in an Act of Parlis- varsfully, reading the aridence and speaking meanout of emergency. The Government vere committees in regard to the load-line, safety

app wunces, and so on, and these committees had Arong "Questions not Answered Orally"TLE HONGKONG STEAM WATER. BOAT CO., LD., is prepared to supply was substantial ground for the suggestion. Ha ment they could not exclude foreigu s-amen proved to be of the greatest possible assistance replying to Mr. F. F. Smith, on behalf of Nir

PURE FRESH hought that shipowners had no alternative, from British ships, at any rate they ought to to the Board is arriving at conclusions which E. Grey, Mr. Runciman says:-Inquiries have ANY QUANTITY of they had taken foreign suilors because there provide that un foreign sus should be were satisfactory to both sections, No one

heen made and we are informed that goods WATER to the Shipping, both for Deck and had not on

an adequate supply of British | engaged ou buard & British slip unless, in the

Dalny wanted to Farass our great meresatile marine irrespective of nationality are entering

Call Flag W. is a caso sailors to meet the encrmirus and growing opinion of a competent offleer of the Boart of in conducting its lastness, and be thought it duly free. The only exception demands of our mercentile marine. The grow?! | Trade, he was capable of understanding the was fair that, subject to regulations for the of 40,000 cigarettes, the property of the British of mercantile marine words of command the Euglish language of human life and the protection of the American Tobacca Company, on which duty The C.PE. sts. Emprors of India arrived at that with British den i had been in possible cheat, bete. He put it untir-ly on the racing safety of a una vite and toquerontation of the

appears to have been charged. His Majesty's list, to keep pace with d. In 1970 the tonnage of safety. He earnestly trusted that the ship and were life-long experts in, matters of this Aubasader at Tokyo has been requested by

wes millions, in 1904 it was 101 millions, owners would assist the Government in

telegraph to inquire why an exception lus benn fore, if this clause were incorporated in the The M.M. st. Caledonien, with the next men explored in 1970 was 195,000, in 1904 deficit in the supply of British summon could be Bill, to frits gentlem-u representing the eee to vary the terms of the treaty with wgard to Fronch mail, lefl Singapore on the 23rd inst, the number was 259,000. But that was not all. mude ap. He was certain that a good deal could various shipping interests as an advisory com- the occupation, but telographic instelations at 4 p.m., for this port via Saigon.

The Navy bad practically taken the cream of be done by a system of apprenticeship. The mittee to aukist the Board of Trade in were sent on February 1 to his Majesty's the men anxious to engage in a safaring life. firm to which his hon. friend the member for framing these new regulations and in regard, There were other provisions with regard to the register, the building rules, the property of sea- men dying on board ship, desertion, and other

Gunner W. M. Ironside 62 Gunner J. A. Young... 40 21 A cup presented by Lieut. Northcota for the highost aggregate in any three out of the four monthly slicets from January to April has Leon won 17 Gunner A. F. Warrack with 257 points; the next in order being Guoner P. A. Biden 245, Captain Armstrong 253.

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

Nagasaki at 8.30a.m. on Monday, the

BRITISH TRADE WITH DALNY,

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PURE FRESH WATER.

Boilera.

J. W. KEW. Manager, Hotel Mansions, 3rd Floor, Hongkong, 8th August, 1905.

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and loft again at 3 p.m. same day for Kobe, most double in 3 years. The number of ing some sort of scheme whereby the undoubted kind should be consulted. Be proposed, there made in this case. Wo eannot ask the Japan-AUTOMATIO MAUSER

where she is due to arrive at 5 p.. to-day.

The J.-C.J, Lijn str. Thilaljap left Mecasear for this port on the 22nd inst., and may be expected here on or about the 34th inst,

The P. & Q. sir. Tientain left Singapore for this port on the 21st inst., at 6 pm.

In 1865 there were 64,000 men in the Navy, Dewsbury belonged had a regalar system of possibly, to the food scale and other matters. and last year a vote was taken for 129,000 Last apprenticeship, and it worked admirably. year, one in every 36 of the adult male popularity per cont. of the boys who became tion was engaged in some sort of seafaring apprentices eventually stuck to their ports,

Minister at Peking to cause inquiries to be made on the spot, with a view to seeing that the hindrance to trade was as little as possible, and our hope in this respect has been expressexí to the Japanese Government.

PISTOLS.

CALIBRE 7.63 m.m.

With CHAMBER for 10 CARTRIDGE FIRING 10 SHOTS in 2 SECONDS.

EIEMSSEN & CO. Hoagkong, 3rd October, 1905.

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