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SUPREME COURT.

Wednesday, August 22nd.

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

INDIAN AND INTEREST.

MR. BEIT'S BEQUESTS.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23rd, 1906.

EASTERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY

The ChairmÄn

(LIMITED).

THE QUESTION OF BEDUCING BATES He thought it arcessary to emphasize what he had said at former meetings as to the faunoist burden on the company through the reduction of retary, Nt only did the annual outlay

for addi The 9th balf-yearly general meeting was tional staff and all other incidental expenses at

had held on July 25 at Electra-house, Sir J. Wolfe stations become greater, but large capital outlay in most cases to be incurred to provide Barry presiding, stated that, although the sufficient cable capacity to carry the unbed accounts for the six months ended March 31 words required it the loss of revenue cansed by last did not show such a large net profit as those the reduction of rates was to be recouped. Teis which was generally either forgot. Waa point for the corresponding period in the previous

were constantly year, the result might, he thought, be considered ten or ignored by those. what it roms which satisfactory. The gross i come for the half-arging further reductions, but it was one which Year amounted to 26.9,501, showing a decrease was always before the directers, aud the Rhodes to Gniversity of Louden, of £47.900 as pomper with that for the faken into serions accout before any further Grahamstown, puding period of last year. The most important reductions could be effected. What

The Will of the into Mr. Alfred Boit contains many important bequests to public and Imperia! Berone Ms. A. G. WISE (PUISSE JUDGE) chjouts. The testator leaves his property known un the Borstior Jager, near Hamburg, to the city of Hamburg, Among the money bequests are £5, and 3,00 De Beers shares to the for Technology in connection with the

of London seraity

the faiversity of Johannesburg: £200,000 for duration or other charitable purpests, in Rhodesia: each to the Medical

Fund,

Prem Singh sued Lo Fak-tung to recover the sum of $98, being as to 8250 dus under a

promissory note dated January 2nd, 1906, with interest thereon, and as to 8 due under a promissory Bute dated June 14th, 1966.

Mr. J. H. Gardiner (of Mr. Q. D. Thomson's office) appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. E. 3. Grist (of Meesre. Wilkinson and Grist) - represcuted defen/lani.-

Mr. Grist admitted the liability under the

aoten, brat siated that they did not carry interest.

His Lordship Thava not soon them..

molen bak I maintain that it is due on both at current rates.

Briemees

£200,000

to

declines in the wero Cape Colony £10,000 euch to the Ithodes Memorial Fund, Cape Town, and the Union India, China aud Japan, South Africa, and Jack Club. Londen: 250,000 to be applied for Egypt

The decreuses in the rossipts from reps Colony and the Transeanl; 140 00 each reduction of the tariff from 3. 6d. to is. Per wational and other charitable purposes in India and Egypt were principally owing to the to King Faward's Hospital Fund for Lordan word in the former cass, and from lies only

institutions in Lordon and Hamburg

and Gogla

He Lordship You can get 5 per cont from quid to date of judgment.

20

WAR. &

KALOTH!

was glad to state that the Intha Teghinus tha future, he would like to see

roor ipts from thoy had done had thas a twofold aspect. The of tarif. The com, any ad public had gained an improved service with a large reduction of tariff.

Without their restrum fand none of these objects

all reasonable requirements. strengthened their position by being chin to

could have been secured, and the con-istent charitable inta; and £20,000 esch for per word in the latter. Those reductions o

comparing a full six fied from both points of view, Mr. Gardiner. No interst is specified on that the discretion of his uxorntors. Heyend were, there from August 1, 1961, and they policy of the brard had been amply juri- all these ta quests. Mr. Beit directs in executors wonths at the reduced tariff with the half-year reserve fanil now umanted to shout £1,000,000, to apply 1299 shares in the Band Mines, which was not affected by the siteration in and in view of the company's possible cable

Frater. He Taimited, and such further sur) if any, as muy fe rates

as much as their ordinary dividends make the value the gift traffic was, oa the showing an upward

whole, railway fund", the income tendency, with dantzation in the opposite would permit. They would, no doubt, be able El,

to add to this fund in future, but unless soma. of which is to be used for the purpose of direction, he feared that it would take a con-

thing unforeseen happened, they could not assisting the promotion, construction, and siderable time before the standard figure waS

xpect to be able to carry such large na to squipment of railways, telegraphs, and launin reached. To the half-year under rovise phones or parts of Afrin ns may be they were comparing their reyoune from traffic reserve as they had been able to do during the with China and Japan with the abnormal past five year. He concluded by moving a traversed in establishing the Cape-to-Coira

that trafic during the wor

resolution adopting the report, approving the Talayan telarraph gate. The total revenue oarned on Russia, and naturally the payment of the dividood of 34 per cent., less in

Le educational, between Japan amount of the owey bequest chudable, and other public objects thus exceeds co-sation of hostilities had caused a courierable come-far on the preference stock for the year ended March 31 Ink, and declaring a dividend His Lordship-Don't teil or that, I know Cone Mr. Brush leaves large sums to reduction in Government and Press traffic; but

his relaf sex, lecacies to frænds, and gifts to from the progressive tendencies showing them of 11 per cent, with a button of per cent, brith ሳካ the onlinary stock, making, with ch-rks and servants. The residues of his state selves in China and the commercial activity tax free, well. They arrange interest-verbally, and as

in lequeathed absolutely to his brother, Mr. which was bound to take place in Japan, the previous payments by way of dridud on acerunt, a total payment of 7 por cant. on that Hoon as it is tot paid they sun

directors looked forward to a growth of com.

stock for the year ended March 31 last. traffic with theso cutries. morcial Although the traf

bad increased since the reduction of tariff in

Mr. Gardiner In note carries interest.

Rugland promissory

His Lordship-You cannot get your interat

on there. You have had it.

Mr. Gardner-We have interest, your Lordship.

Diret

bud

ABY

Mr. Gardiner In Engumi promissory notas į Utto Beit. carry interest from four percent.

His Lordship That is not what they do here. Interest, is ebarged at anything from đủ to 8 or 180 per cent, and as long as it is paid the waroz-lenders are happy. That is the way they work, na tlay tanke a good thing out of it. 1 won't allow interest. Now about iu- Hallments

Mr. Gardiner The defendant has even toe and offered installmentswhich Tam not prepared to accept. He has offered to pay $20 a mouth. His Lordship-Well, if you refuse to take

with Egypt I belev

Part of the Will reads as follows:

the promotion. construction, and that by Furtheatre generally of railways, telegraph. iluding wireless telegraphy), and telephones purons pards, and wages, civilization will we het alvar-end and expedited in Africa. For the benefit of the inhabitants thereof, whether native or immig auf. And I know from ex prone has diflcult it is at times to find the fuck for the constraction of euch methods of traneus ion in new and undeveloped countries, Now, therefore,

ranka the provisions herein after appearing.

I give to the said Otto Beit Julius Charles Warnher and Boure' jer 120,000 for all if l-as in umber than 120,00 of my fully-puid aliares of each in the itand Mine's illufte, a joint stock company formed

kindred or ether methods of inuenission

a conriderable time before the company fake a of

August last, it would, as in the case of India,

derived from that traffic before the reduct on were able to earn the same revenue as they came into force. The decline in their warnings from South Africa was caused entirely by the It had been telivred diminution in business. by many that after the cessation of hostilities the development of commercial enterprise would be rapid, but this and not been the they could only trust that South Africa wond Knul experience a more

had shown a salstsutial increase, and as the associated companies had inc coutinued to carry approximately the same proportion of the total traffic as they had done cable route, their company had partici. pated in this general increase of business.

CGHS, and

The vice-chairman and spaging director, Sir J. Denison-t'eader, seconded the motion, which was carried onanimously.

CHINESE PIRATES.

INTERESTING REMINISCENCEL.

"W. F." u the Pall Meil Gazette rafera to

KODAKS AT HOME PRICES.

No. 3 FOLDING POCKET KODAK 3-12-61.) $98.00

4 CARTRIDGE

(25-15-04.) 369.00)

LONG. HING & CO..

THE

1.

No. 17, QUEEN'S ROAD.

a

[35

CHAMPAGNE

OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

MOET & CHANDON,

DRY IMPERIAL.

GOLD FOIL.

PER CASE 12 BOTTLES

SOLE AGENTS:

361

214

H. PRICE & CO.,

WINE MERCHANTS,

sorrying a crew of one dovez British and half al. dozen Chinese bluesekels, with two little six- pounds perguns, id steaming about vine knota -had, some dork night, rot amongst hig piratics! inals carrying bundreds of men and plenty of Twenty-four-penader guns, she would be over- whelmed too though such vorrels much mora ten appertain to smugglers and rebels than pirates, forinnately. Still, when st anchor, a swarm of snake boats from the shore, approach. ing silautly, on

tly, on a pitch-dark night, would be eren more dangerone to such a tiny craft than to the two chartered vessels I have nained. Besides, just

, so the

instaliments I cannot allow them. Judgment Francis Hawksley, of Mincing-lane, Landen trate with Australie prosperous porial. The although it is true that large ocean going trouble of putting on

and costs for plaintiff, less amount of interest claimed.

NOT THE MAN,

sino tho

seppression of pinoy means the as you cannot make amelettes without breaking ECA from diplomatie Pragata home, and personal risk in Chins to ame officer whether this is worth while, who will undertake to do the work there. Ax read-ra re must judge aftar reading an extract or two

Budha Singh dained from Ah ifan the samepasblic: na also much sum (if any) in engl Pacino opening of the opposition Government in waters too shallow for great ships to from the record of these murderous desperadoss

of $30, money jrnk the defendant on January 15th.

Mr. J. H. Gardiner appeared for plaintiff, nad defendant appareil in persati.

The bailiff reported that the defendant was not Ab Hou, the man to when the money was foxued.

AF

water the laws of the Into South African as will be requisite baving regard to the value at my death (certained by the averajs market pries on that day) of such shares is the value of the gift in this present malce class contain to at least £1,200400, and direct that the said Otto Beit, Julius Charles Weruler, and Bourobier Francis Hawksoy, or ather the trustees for the time being under this present clause thereinf or called trustees"), stall stand peed of the said

the railway

for

some

antiduill by

Hera is one from 07 to 96, when British local trade was almost brought to a pirates, so numerous were the outrages they committed on the trade router. Now, doring this period there were nearly eighty s of piracy upon The Canton and West Rest Rivers sad the neighbourhood of Hongkong. In fact, the piraten in their armed vessels were prac tiedly masters of the great West River. Of the Red Enniya was the principl sufferer. Here is a typical onse. In January, Canton, bound to the treaty port of Whampoa. with between sixty and seventy pasangers on board, and, after landing about a dozen of

Voyage. these there, continued her

this man, although he disclams the name of Ah | abar-szont saum (if any) of cash and the invest.teral resus. In the first place, they to these. Now, the reason of these frequeat out. i 1900 the small British steamer Lity cleared from |

Mr. Gardiner-Jhaw a witness to prove that I also that Trato. Hau, is boown by

Chins Sugar the have lutter from.

A Co., stating that the defendant is engaged there as a boilermaker or fitter, and that he is known by the name of Ah !!..

wunts of whatsaror kind for the time being ating the sume, and whether taken unther repre

otherwise thereinafter this present clause called the railway fund"), and the income thereof upon trust for the purpose of neisting the probation, construction, and equipment or faritance of any such methods of fran mission a stressid to South and North Rhodesia and Portugues Afrion, both East and Wart, Mr: Gardiner-The defendant has given a German Ft Africa, and such other parts of Africa as way be traversed in vstaldieting what is known as the Capa.to.Cairo Railway and the Capeto Cair telegraph system. including Hie Lordship-But no evidence has been telephones. In convection with the said gift I

will as follow 5 called to prove it.

His Lordship-On the report of the half I could not give you judgiaent.

falen same. I'd ask your Lordship to baar bat in mind..

Mr. Gardiner havo a witpew berr

I will His Lordship-I don't want that man, adjourn the case and you can call the European

from the sugar works,

POLICE COURT. Wednesday, August 2nd. BEFORE MH. 1. H. J. GOMPRETZ (FIRST POLICE MAGISTRATE.

OFFICIALD AND MONEY.

(a) Withat any responsibility whatsoever for loan the railway trustees may give such assistance as at resaid out of the capital of this railway fund, either by subscribing for shares anies, or debentures of

any company or comp whether Britists, colonial, or foreign, carrying en part or the west of its or their business in Africa as above destined, or by ganrautering or underwriting the bean of any such shares or debentures, or by making advances to any such mpanies or to any public bodies or persons or Loveantment with or without security and at ruch rate of interest or with deferred or Cunded interest as the railway trustees shall in their controlled di-estion think fit, other way of being by way of

Wong Loi, a farmer, of Tai Hang Vill-ge, Botanicand Afforestation Department named Loubsidy) f

F

as▸lme

Bat halt

capta L

πas

Rod

enal

But nu

The pirates, however, came off second best in the encounter, for their opponent was a vary strongly built little vessal, but eventually took both steamet and siling vessel the After plundering

those by boarding. pirates aba doned the badly injured Lily, trans- rring themselves, har armament, and their plunder to a new prize, tko ste mship Awan-ki. Later in the day, when there were no traces of the pirates to be seen, there came the usual appear nace of the belated gasboat, but this td tow 8.8. Lily asfely back to Canton, the badly-injured I believe, bow-ver, that some of the "Lily

said he had paid a fore: guard employed by the or in any trastos shall in the like that for the half-year to March 31, 195 amused at our taking the troublé to interfera | fred upon the stent culter and boats of H.M.)

Kai the sum of $119 for a permit te cat Timber discretion think fit, and may give such assistance The priue expenses al alations."

៩

Lo Kai declined to issue the permit or refund,

and

such

of

the

to

the

$57.00!

$60.00

12, QUEENS ROAD CENTRAL,

NO TONGUE CAN

TELL SUFFERING

From Itching and Bleeding Eczema -Pain Terrible-Body and Face Covered with Sores- Doctors and Medicines Failed.

ANOTHER WONDERFUL

CURE BY CUTICURA

"No tongue can tell how I suffered for five years with itching and bleeding ec- zeus, until I was cured by the Cuticura Remedies, and I am so grateful I want the world to know, for what helped me will help others. My body and face were cor- ered with sores. One day It would seem to be better, and then break out again with the most terrible pain and itching. I have been sick several times, but never in my life did I experience such awful suffering as with this eczeton. I had made up my mind that death was near at hand, and I longed for that time when I would he at rest. I had tried many dif ferent doctors and thedicines without auc- ceas, and my mother brought me the Cuticura Reuredics, insisting that I try them. I began to feel better after the first bath with Cuticure Soap,' and ove application of Cuticura Ohstment. I con- tinued with the Soap and Ointment, and have taken four botiles of Cuticura Re- solvent, and consider myself well. Any person having any doubt about this won derful cure by the Cuticure Remedies CAN write to my address. Mrs. Altie Etoon, Bellevue, "Mich."

ITCHING ECZEMA

And All Other Itching and Scaly Eruptions Cured by Cuticura.

The agonizing itching and burning of the skin, as in eczema; the frightful scaling, as in psoriasis; the loss of hair end crusting of scalp, as in sealled head, from infancy to age; all demand a remedy of almost superhuman virtues to successfully cope with them. That Cuticura Soup, Ointment, and Pille are uch stands proven beyond all doubt. Undeure rep, luitment, and 191'e are mid throughout the world is 10000 3 Charlie M. Pole, The

·Brog A. Tower & Co. Sydney, a. to: U. S. A., Sile ETUKS

4. C

107~lmes Coat ** Ew to Dure Reve Kallod Fran

56-11

the Soinam piracy cases, and gorgon. Now steamers have been seldom meddled with in cent years, yet the frequency of piratice attacks on snill steamers and arro ailing craft which earry on or trade locally uavigate inflicta corious injury an our com mece. These attacks, too, will become mort fequent with the general introduction of NEW CABLES TO T. VINCENT.

sters-wheel steamers similar to the Saina. because their light draught enables them to The traffic exchanged with South America had

time shown considerable navigate the hallow water trade scabs, and Bod the boards of the that is just whore pirates abound besides, as expansion, Essioru and tho Western companies these small stesmere crually fly the British bad decided to enlarge their cable carry flug, which ipars C, B.") bus bitherto meant ing capacity between Great Britain and St. protection, the most valuable carges and the Vincent. They bad considered this necessary most wealthy passengers are generally sitruclrd for desired to improve their sratoni for this import brea of piracy is not fer week, for an entirely wrong policy is puraned in the attempts made ant South American correspondence. They

the Franch for their suppression. Official Despatches," had also to meet the action taken by

cable from Brest to "Reports" and "Requestions," all correctly Government in laying Dakar to connect their oxisting cable from the tied up with red tape or yellow silk, are seed d. passing San-Ting over a score of piratas whe

the

and craw

Ad seized the below latter place to Pernambuco, thus giving France no doubt, as sometimes are the services of the were amongst the remaining passengers, drove

belated

gnabost, whose smoke, did she arrive in a direct route to South America. They had

was then beaded for Shik-tan, Prasel. also to provide against the competitive opposi time, would give her away to the pirates an

incredible number of miles off in that clear where two fast piratio 1 craft met ber, put son tion of the Central and South American laid alditions) Company, who had lately

on board, and by even British gunboate, much loss Chiness, ammunition, provisions,

on o piratic oruise! cables along the wast coast of South Autical almosphere. Also, piracy cannot be put down thirty more deeperadoes, with a on ply of arms, It had been decided to lay the new

Cables

held ap would overry the First a native trade these gentry

and relieved viu Fayal, in the Azores, not on's opening nagh, of course, they must always be on the Lily then

but Sigo satire musts and waterways. Its suppressier of her eargo of coals, and the armament sho a new route by this means,

carried to protect them! Next mornier, off the Western Company

is a matter for an Iutylligence Department. nabling

K Heng Shang the Lily fell in with the Shek-ki. a.junction with the Commercial Cable The writer speaks from knowledge here, and effect

a nativo trader, in tow of the small steamer what he has done could be done again, Givon Company st Fasal for the more rapid inter- change of traffic between North and South an ng ish officer, who has been many yonra Kwan-tang. The latter was then attacked by Am Ame ies. The Estern Company would lay the amongst the Chinese, who knows them thorough-ramming. section between Porthearnow and Fayal, and ly, and is known and liked by them, whilst not afraid to risk his own skin in native clothes, the Western Company would lay that between

and who understands the little ways" of the Payal and St. Vincent. The expedition would leave London about the Bed pros, and the cable pirata and equally important of the informer should be laid and in working order by the end also, if such a one were ingally backed by our of that month or the beginning of September. F. O." and the Cantonese Viscoy, and there This additional rate would also have the effect should permit him to choose his own men, in

two or three years piracy would be sean of relieving their existing lines between Forth- ournow and Portugal of a considerable amount

very modest proportions indeed. the work wonki has to be done on shore. of tradic, thereby enabling them to bave mere carrying capacity for their Mediterranean. There would be no risk of friction with Peking, Egyptian, and Far East traffic. The total or Canton either, to be feared Peking Man

rdisary expenditure for the half-year showeddariaden-if left alon-would morely be mildly pirates were amongst the pirstical crowd who an incroass of £5,330 as compared with

with such an "clo custom. I suppose of recent Tweed. Now, Tah-tsing and Kong Mon increase was under the heading gears there has been no one willing to attempt to always used to be, and I believe still ac, just the income of

railway of

bali the cat," but this in bow the writer used nests of these piratical tornets; oue is situated Won River, the other at its mouth. granting pabeidies

37 total being 2157,100, or £11.700 more than for to do it. The fi st step, reliable informers; the well up the West River, companies, public bodies, per the corresponding period of the previous year.

Chinese of fighting race-the equivalent of our which discharges into West River near the city for grappling with this evil in its recrudescent form. Mr. Browne used to dress as a Übinamani the raway trusts shell in the like di-cretion Atrica it had bosu found advantegangs to alter matined and seamon-cool under tire or if taken of Tal-tring, was, and is, one of the principal (ie spoke Chinese so well that it was said that think it. And I expressly declar that the fact the system of working the west cast route, and

Matust confidence betwa centres, if not the principal centres, of piracy if he were placed behind a screen no Chinsmaz disadvantage. of the railway system of hodesin, or any part for this cable in the Madeira station officer and men there mu he too. The third in the southern provisoms of China. This river could drtesi him to be a Bar opend), and, with

arrangements bad bas a maste thereof, vag, been taken over by or forming to coster Telagraph Company, who dealt fast celico vessels moanting some good and the grist commercial centre of Lo-ting.

crew of trusty Chinee, be would proceed? stop, the charter of two early new and very is only nasigable for light-draught ramasis for fifty miles from its mouth that is, as far Captain Mangelsdorff, of the Phranang, was

the W of the proper y of the Government of

to be, and, or wherever pirates were with mofled oars would lay summoned for anchoring his vesa i beyond the part o

VIFY at any time himself alongside the pirate junks, scale the limits of the port, leaving the barbour without desia, or like arrangement with any other with the trailo vrer bis line on the Eastern fairly heavy smoothbore guns, for the fi hing

Governmeal or railway system, shall be as har Company's behalf. They had therefore now to will be at cluse quarters usually. Three wels it ought to be comparatively

of that station must be such as usually carry valuable car when the piratical crewe and their plunder sides, rush forward in spite of etiuk-posa and to the mention by the railway trustees of the bear a share of the expon the other hand, and wealthy push gers. A small reach-lo d-might be reckoned on to be th

General expenses

in Lo don on

gingells, and eat down, shoot and carry all before powers hereby given.

This be did many times, and he

ne was Anelors and chainz

ཟ suficient force for wounded on fourteen ocasions, and mostly very to get up i). The ralisay trustees may accumulate showed a decrease of E1,51), while the expenses

useful if

if placed in one. ba

carbines sudden raid, and then smoke out the a hornete income of the railway find so long as the law attending the mainteanoce of cables had beening rite-gun throwing percussion shell would vided they get no wind of the preparations

£8.009 less than they were in the corresponding and sundry fittings, as well za all wa such seenmulations being useable as income of subsement years of the railway fund, period of the previous year. The company ammunition, lamps, provisions, and stores pente; for the merchsate and traders of this severely. One shoulder was so cut through that

part as praoined to the astonish each, of

those regals might Tien

of export soures; inox aliipale the same income by borrowed or named the Sentinel, specially salicient for a fortnight will need to be placed district, which is an extenseira centre of the Ass iron bullet in preoinly the mean art artha

the valible careia oil, have been high killed remained in bis 1 ing on the searity of the capital or income of >b amer,

for carrying out repairs in carefully restored to their original appearance, coupelled to pay hosty blackmail to the piratearent of surgeons, remsiur

in order to secure their experts and import d'ath, being a rare case of this metal accustom that fund, and as respects income that cannot designed

She would be

and a ramear

spread of their valuable cargo under comparatively shallow water.

of wea

on from molestation, thy native

Now, as this is a matter the provisions ateresaid, the railway trast ees

board-on deck,

it onsert bio agouis from time to time, all apply it for educationat, public, and others considerable proportion of their cable was

Another lius would be male in chaitnie purposes in Eclesin or the torri Inid in shallow water. They had a'ways one should be in evidence whilst all these prepare- of course, used to frequently remonstrate, and and was the indit aut cause of that must be

premustrire death. secluded part of a suggest that some action should be taken.

hobakst worked its way during a series of years 1ories for the time being within the field of the of their larger vees is stationed on that coast

to proceed to sea at distant district which, for

last van the anti-British Li Hung.chang, who regarded as his TexOD, South Africa fully maced, and

the

from the small ship notice. Bhort

Would prions of the British Company.

pot take the pl.ce of the larger steamer, she known to be free from the pirates' spies. Soal was then Viceroy, hnd" to do s^m thìur," so he the bip to the sakle and was then out

Althony iri order to carry out the nhove directionsunid be able to carry out many of the repairs Trasels should be charterad from owners & bible sent up some obsolete torpedo boats that woon. Mr. Browne's adventures would fill a big the railway trustees may at any time disperse of

in these regions, and the company would have prag their mouths abut, and there mez: still capable of some sixteen miles an hour volume. He left the service with the thanks of The additional security of a second ship on this property resalting, these of their orewa who had to stand in and seroral toperio-boat practical W. F." say that "to appression must be guarented against injury in person er Result-Leavier blackmail, base more officials the said shares wholly or partly in their

ix to boing retained. The last Would Bight

torning an borest panus by plying for hire as une strolld discretice, and, apart from the

bever langes. Off China ture wo

would not be much increased. When he obtain.carefully drawn out lists and descriptions iga directions given abore, they may invest the coast, while it was anticipated that the exponi wou proceeds of such disposition, but nevertheles Int addressed them he intimated that the of the hours (storekcopers) who are fitting Gut week one of those same torpedo tants has been they may

their like discretion hold the gif

th, as it WLE wernly the

In honour of one of the nublest of men and shures, or any of them, or any shares nequired to £1 5,166), representing tas kalace the piratical expeditions, and who usually depos

on during the current blf year. BEFORE THE HON CAPTAIN L. A. W. BARNES by them under the trusts of this paragraph (18) of expendituro on new cables, would be wriven of the plunder. But the parishment of the systelied to investigate, the case of the Suż to some officer who wil undertake to do the

to this, and the sum named had is another matter, for they are weal hy, and English, whose Government ad not ho ferrod,"

"money makes the (Manduria mare to go" in a very small off is only was troubled to see to best of friends, I am glad to have this oppor ll, te it by the Chiness admiral. that to the tunity of saying something which my keep his

and the memory green.-I. ROUCH, BTCHELOR. hoads of the onfe crecy and the most dangerous "Likin," the "Mixed Courts," This completed the cutpayant for any direction required in Cuina.

red Landed Customs Question" there will soon be added (di Finally, if at any time the railway trustees the new cables from Great Britain to the Cape of the desperadoes wou d be tappaded in the a" Piracy" ques'ion—and that is all! or a majority of two-thirds of the skull in their xud in Mesritius, &o.. and was their contribution and killed off. This

Tho

foregoing article evoked the following case of one of the most dangerona and blood- bad existed uncontrolled discretion consider that the railey to the new main rente to Australia via South

The large am involvad, about thirty of these

organizations that fund is no longer required for the purposes for Atries.

Bir-The deeply interesting article of "W. Mr. Jones, assistant harbour master, stated which I have established it, they shall apply the £2,000,000, had been met out of their reserve during the lust half-century, for the writer was that defendant's Janol, while passing the was fund or realize it and apply the bet foud, and the financial operation bad taken them 1 by these mesus enabled to capture five of their F". realls the memory of one of the bravest residence, No. 6 CATEarvon Rast, Kowloon

proceeds for such educational, pab ic or other seven years to

riod had their trofe *

to have been sailed away some 1,300 miles into doubtless be familiar to your correspondent-outfitters, heard an unusual noise in the room

On going up to Tery long blasi, evidently to a steamer ikataiuritable p poses in Northern or Southern dove this in a plate. They could not have even vessels; the remaining twe were reported Englishmen who over lived, whose name will i Madame Flint, of the City of Paris Ladies was passing from Kowloon to Hengkeng, Rhodeals (including the establishtesat, rudow not been abnormally increased, owing to the the interior, and then been ruwashore and turned Mr. Themas Marsh Browne, whose intimate above the dining room.

con and South African

wary. the Russo-Japanese into farmhouses! Ex-piratical Peggotty's dwall- prreonal friendship for some twenty-five years, investigate she was just in timp to see ment. a

and develop at of elementary, secondary,

But China is a caricus

rus until his death, I have always regarded as Of course, there is always the danger something to be proud of. He in the sixties native disappearing over the verandah. Sv and technical educational projects) as the railway The policy adopted by the directors of applying or, as it were. trustees shall in their uncontrolled discretion the reserve fund from time to time, as necessity country. think it sad determine, bat in arriving at such srose, in strengthening the system and thus of the catcher being caught and overwhelmed, and saventios successfully dealt with this bastened down stairs to call the pofie, but non service to the public enabled the but, to the writer's thinking, if a little British difficulty, and when he retired from the were in sight, and her visitor had disappeared. determination I desira that the than head of the giving a bettor dovich the increase of business wheel river gunlunt of the Sandpiper" Imperial Maritime Customs Service about As inspection showed that she had been robbed Government of Southera Rhodest, whether company Governor, Administrator or Prime Minister, as which it was hoped would accompany the type, which ene had to do patrol duty along 1880, piracy on the West River and the of two watches (one gold, une zilver), a half the case may be, shall be consulted by the railway important reductions of rates and the increasing one thousand miles of the West River-the adjacent counts bad practically been exter- hoop pearl ring and a diamond ring, a gold

minsted. He had not the advantages which brouch, and a jade and gold brooch. being only about ninety-nine feet long, and development of the world's commeros.

the money. A want was granted for his arrost, and be was brought up and remand d on $300 bail.

ANCHORINO BYOND THE LIXITS.

paying the dues, and leaving without a clear- auce. Mr. McIvor, boarding officer, stated this facts. Defendant said he was ill and had to g to the Peak Hospital. He had left the pilot to make the necessary arrangements but he had He was fined $10 on the first charge and & each on the second and third,

not do so,

TAK PORFULAM KANT-OF»WAY. Notwithstanding the lesson taught to the disputants over the Fokfulam right-of-way on Tuesday, eller six aen and women appeared before the Court for fighting No sooner are the, fances erected by the farmer's employees than they are cut down by the others. Tuesday night's disturbance the six defendants were each ined $5,

For

MABINE MAGISTRATE'S COUIT, Wednesday, August 2nd.

LAWRENCE, RN. (MABINI MAUISTRATE),

THE WRIS LE NUISANCE. Kwok Fuk-shing, coxswain of the steam Jouch China, was charged with unlawfully us ing the steam whistle of his ressul on the har bear on the 21st instant.

1. Empress of lavic at bar mooring. blew a

After the blast of the whistle wilness observed that defendant's launch stooden with nt altering ber cours until she neared the stem of the Empress, when she went to starboard,

Defendant said there was nothing wrong

with his whistle. He intended to blow a short blast to give notice to another launch to go straight ahead.

His Worship imposed a fine of $5, or seven days' imprisonmoat.

er Government as afora-aid, in any other by With a view to improving the service to second, a sufflaient number of well-trained There is no doubt, too. that the Loting RW. F". very wisely describes as necessary

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