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SUPREME COURT.

Thursday, October 18th.

IN CRIMINAL JUHINDICTION. BEFORE SIR FRANCIS PIGGOTT (CHIEF JUSTICE).

THE BRIEDY CASES.

The Attorney-General informed His Lord

The Attorney-General stated that a man named Chan We, a fish desler, was 00 September 15th-three days before the typhoon which subsequently destroyed the unfortunate man's fishing jonk en bi WAY from Hongkong to Deep Water Boy with his foki. When they got half way down the hill from the reservoir at Wongnoichoong, three men wud-

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19rm, 1906. FATHER OF JAPANESE RAILWAYS. | DEATIL OF ADMIRAL CHICHESTER.

DIED LAST MONTH.

Much regret will be felt in railway and Far Eastern circles at the death of Mr. John McDonald, which ascurred last month at bis sidenon, Shimb-shi Ushi, Putney, at the age of sixty-two Leaving the service at Great Eastern Company at Norwich to accept

DISTINGUISHED CAKEIE

Rose-Admiral Sir Edward Chichester, Ad- miral-Saperintendent in charge of all bis Majesty's naval establishments at Gibraltar, di d from prenmoain after all.

Lady Chichester, accompanied by Lieutenant

denly dashed out of some. buales, rushed upon an important position in connection with the mchuster, arrived in time to see the Admiral

ship that the special jury would not be required few dollars where they expected to find a great viser to works of the pan de was coeded his father in 1898." It was in t

antil Taraday, when the bribery cases would be opened. He asked his Lordship to extend Inspectors Ward and Gidley's tail until that date, and the Chief Justice consented.

▲ WORD TO THE JURORS,

His Lordship Gentlemen of the Jury, I have ons word. to say before discharging you. The Registrar has received several applications for exemption on personal grounds. I want it to be distinetty understood that it is quite impossible for me to exempt jurymen from

many. The prisoners were identified by, the feki as being two of the gang, and practically admitted before the magistrate and police that they were two of the band of men who by arrangement mot there that morning to reb.

The jury on the evidence fund the prisoners guilty, and his Lordship puntenced each of them to five years' imprisonment with hard labour,

ANOTHER HORRENY..

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the time

perforening the duty which the law has cast robbery at Olukain village, near Kowloon city,roveretes for the dead at the funeral in the pic only known to Dowey and "That is

Wong Chol and Lan Yan wore charged with

in the New Territory, on Sptember 30th.

The Attorney-eneral, instructed by Mr. G. E. Morrell, prosecuted, and prisoners, who were un lofended, denied the charge,

Though wo sep

By rail rays, the deceased gentleman wort tha thom, kencked them down and gagged and

passing away of Rear-Admiral bound them. Fortunately they only found sout to Tokyo in 1873, and returned in 1901, Chichester the Navy loses a highly capable after having boon for many years general officer, he admiral had nearly completed his to the Japanseo ollicials in charge of the fifty-seventh year. As ninth baronet be ane

that great milway twice decorated by the Mikado, receiving the that Bir Edward Chichester came prominently Rising San the arth class in 1901, sed the botwoon the United States and Spain. He was of the sixth class in 1991 and the into public notics in connection with the war Mirror of Government, at the close of twenty-eight in command of the Brit

titich squadron at the years' loyal service, gave tangible recognition when a certain amount of friction existed and Admiral Piotrieb, of his devoted efforts to further steam locomotion between Admiral Dowess

that distant land. In conjunction with commanding the German flotilla in Manila Bay. Professor Milne, the well-known swistologist, is said that Diedrich went on board the he was awarded a Telford Premiam in 1891 for Immortalité, the British Bagship, and asked a paper entitled "The Vibratory Movements Captain Chichester, as be then was, what he

Locomotives.

would do it Dewey bombarded Manila, to which of

There was a touching evidence of Japanese the imperturbable Chickestor

It DMK ingeali turosque cumeters of Patnay-vale. In atenting oubt it, that burry had promised

le of due rain the clergyman had offered the inclined to doubt it, that Dewey lust rites when, unobserved, a Japanese gentle-war in five minutes, if the Germans wanted it man passed with the silence of the Oriental It is not quite the case that Sir Edward steatoed round the mound of sodden clay. Then to the the British squadron between the Gormana atl surprise of all, the unexpected figure made the Americane, the fact bing that the German north.of obeisance to the lowered offin, and proceeded to and French ships were anchored to the

of the departed in the river which runs past Manila

into the

bay. peak prer the resting place eloquent

and Impressive Japanese language. To while the American, British, sul Japane the oninitiated it might have appeared that quattrons were anchored on the south of the this was an added solemnity to the religious river, and near Cavite, where Dewey had anti- Barriers-at ing tribute to the worth of one who bad give Manila he received the distinction of CM.G. ceremony. As a matter of faut, it was an affect hilated the Spanish fleet. For his the best of his life to the motherland of the At

At a critical period Captain Chichester netad a last which won for him the admiration of srith spesker.

Roughly summarised, bis remarks conveyed Americans and British alike in the Far Fast.

The most distinguished achievement of-Sir recognition of loyal service, with special en- world. out having accomplished much in this

organisation of the naval transport service the pho the fact that many persons die with- Edward's earner was accomplished in the late thirty of his best years to railway conveyance of 236,000 men over 6,000 miles of

The jury call was composed of Morera, IM. Sequeira, 3. W. Snowman, R. A. P. Johrand, P. M. N. da Silvs. L. D. Philpot, W. King and P. Lehre,

upon them. There is no power in the-law to exempt you, and it is the prisoners' right that they should have the full panel. The only ease in which it is possible to exerant a juryman is where the public interest. oumos anko which will always in, and that is s ba considered by the Law Officer of the Coma and myself. I would also say with

The Attorney General stated that after regard to the friendly medical ceriificate that. that must be expressed in torms that the jury-midnight on September 30th the inmates of a house at Chukain village in the New Territory maa is not capable of silting on that day on the jury. It is quite impossible for me to recognise were awakened by a noise on the roof. They saw a man coming down into the courtyard, a medical certificate sant in to-day for sremption and Us of the inmates of the house warenbla to when the date of sitting as a juryman will bo next. Tuyiday. I have only got to remind you identify the first prisoner as that man. The

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the race undergoes by town life, has given his views to a representative of The Tribune on

that if soy person desires to be exempted, he prisover managed to open the front door of the That could not be mid of Mr. MaDonald, wh/Nouth African war. To him was assigned the notica whou be first pointed at the deterioration

lighted torebes, terrorised the inmates and went

advancement

oasts upon somebody elso the obligation of / house and lot bren other meu in. The band lnd app in Dal Nippon. There had been | APD, and never was task better executed. Lard the subject of race failure or race, suicide, with thoroughly throngh the whole house, removing some acknowledgment of that sincere work in Raberts said of it: Thus work of special reference to the address of Sir James The Attorney-General informed His Lordship neurly 8400 worth of money, property, jowellery, our which the Mikado had conferred, disembarking the trobar tarea

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NO INDICTMENT.

that no indictment had been filed in the case in which Boota Singh was charged with indecent

amit, and prisoner was discharged.

THE PRISON WARDER'S CASE,

The charge against George Street, a warder in Victoria Jail, of the manslaughter of a Chinese prisoner, will be heard to-day.

FOB INFORMATION OF THOSE CONCERNED.

His Lonlabip-Before the case is called on I should like to call the attention of the gentle man who represent the Press, to the fact that 1 до ordinance has just come into foron with regard to the law of giving evidence. It

clothing and von food.. On the afternoon of

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remounts, and moles, and thousands of sick,

wounded,

the same day the second defendant was arrested, Brived in London from Japsa on Saturday,hester and the staff at each of the four

and from information be supplied No. I was urtested fe had some properly on him which the inmates of the house declared was theirs, and if the jury lived that, they would come to the conclusion that he had on him soms of

the sto on property. Prisoners in their statements practically admitted the charges

the "This," he continued, “I hope will be in some

spirit degree a consolation to

to a departed expecting to grasp the band of friendship. Instead, it is my sad lot to sorrow. I trust that his spirit is hearkening to my words, which are those of intense grief and respect for a dead friend whose career and kindly character will

ver be remembered."""

It proved on inquiry that the sponkor was Mr. idors Kasuge, Benretary to the Imperial Governmost Railways of

Crichton Browne at the sougross of the Sacitary Inspectors' Association.

The diminution of the birth-rate," said Mr. Cantlis, is not only going on, but will be women gat saturated with accentuated as- unhealthy notions. The falling marriage and birth rates are due to ambitions parents de

that their marriageable daughters are manding to be kept in the position which they them

lifodimo selves have attained after a

of hard work. Thereby men are deterred from marry ng until late in life, and we have the old

against them, and it was for the jury, Yamamoto, of Messrs. Mitspan. Mr. K. folk at Cape Town, were so impressed by what husband and the young wife, with the con

after bearing the evidonge, to come to the conclusion whether they were guilty or not. At the conclusion of the evidence prisoners got a prre and two notes. That is all I have to say." The second soid---“I was engaged as a coolie to go and marry things. Whilst tarrying things I was arrested and accused."

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Okada, C.E.. ongineer the Government railways, also attended, se representing the Japanese community, while among other friends present wors Mr. J. H. Carlis, late of the Nippon Yuson Keisha, Mr. G. Blundell, aditor of the Japan Gazette.

Bequest shortcomings of such a unien.

It is not only amongst the upper classes that there is this rednotion in the mize of families, as Sir James Crichton Browne remarks, for it is also rapidly extending to the women of the most humble clase and of the most rural

is most important that prisoners-Chinese / ade their statements. The first süid -- I only Yokohama, and Mr. E. P. Nattal), a former late admiral. On one occasion, it is said, traning. This is the keynote of our decreas-

The jury found the prisoners guilty, and his Lordship sentenced-each of them to seven years' imprisonment with hard labour.

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rial, Lord Roberis words will seem no stopty praise. The good was done that they entertained Sir Edward, presented him with an illuminated address, and, as a memento of their admiration, usaive silver modelf the aforesaid clock tower.

Some good stories are told of this time which are illustrative of the bluff, breezy style of the rather pompons personago entered Sir Edward's office, to whom he said, "Who are you, sirping population, and I feel so strongly on the "I Am Colouel So-and-So," was the rope. "Oh, subject that I believe any man or woman who nofamily ereed'); preaches or practises the I beg pardon," said Sir Edward. I thought should. be entitled to a divorce, if soothing: yon were an admiral." The visitor learnt that

be proved against either. was an aversion of the Chief Naval

The absence of families is, is my opinion, The Daily Telegraph's reprosentative in the

ransport Officer.

very largely due to the cry of women for Marine Insurance Market writes:-

At another time Sir Edward was writing in Coincidences are continually occurring in this.

his little offee on the Quay, when a gentleman, quality with men, and to the fact that won. instead of rejecting it "Bro yielding in every business, the chief being those where an owner

ebriously conscious of his personal importance, way in the social relations of married life to who, perhaps, has run clean for years, gets two seed to be shown the system of landing hospital this per

. this perversion of femalo instinet. As this boats pleast on the loss-book within two et

stores at that time rather a bursing questing Ludsucy woman to assert their supporiority three days of each other; but a coincidence the

ape Town Sir Edward took no notice of develops, so will the decrease in the birth rate most extraordinary awaited underwriters on the inquirer, who at Inst demanded, "Will you boome

bagme wore marked. Motorcity in the all- their arrival in the witty s nighly more pleas attend to me Sir Edward looked or raling instinct of women, The instinct remains They greeted with the welcome and asked, Hare you bought these decks, with

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HIRE FROM $10 PER MONTH. but child-bearing is with them,

is heing resonted. 2 Bir Jams Convent, was opened. On the previous day floated off the sorcl reef where she bat ber mese." "Then go th: the deuce, retorted the

Hongkong, 22nd August, 1906. [UG Into Honolulu.

There is Another aspect of the case which, This good news, which means a saving tores, he had insoribed over the entrance of his amongst us, more than race failure.

ofice the notice: This is the offles Trang Fang was indicted on obar ges of steal after inspecting and praising the mallework

however, must not be forgotten. We have two pendency, the Union Jack is hoisted, or the ing registered letters and forging post office shown him, gleddened the hearts of the sisters £40,000 to underwritore, was at once counter. Chief Transport for, not a general faquiry million more women than men in the country. Bret bar of God Savo the King" is played, by purchasing a number of articles. Many balanced by the unwelcome mtelligence that sies. But though the foe of the We bave, therefore, two million women for men raise their hate and feel that they are receipts.

bores, and busybodies, those who had actual whom busbands are unobtainable. So long standing on British soil, though under alien The Attorney-General, instructed by Mr. ladies were present at the opening yesterday, ber aister-boat, the Mungalin, of the same

value, and tooniga,

bad gone ashore

business to do with Sir Edward Chichester, we have that disproportion, so long shall this. The Sovereign of Liese Reims is the On the West D G. E. Morrell (of the Crown Solicitors office and after a thorough femialas inspection in a dangerous position

most attentive, gonerous, and helpful of men, prosecuted, and prisoner, who was indefunded, of the papils' bandiwork, were loud in their Coast of Midway Island, and that No. 3orded his Degiatanco, found him one of bend our homes, our wives, and our daughters personal link between the different parts of the away into lines of notion and thought on Empire, the Union Jack is die emblem of that expressions ofadmiration. "Isn't it lovely" hold had 5ft of water in it. Her forward part a doubt much of the spouse of the healthy in type and suicidal to racial develop units. The avorage Combit, King, has not

and no

who la justly pleaded not guilty.

proud of. The

fbeing a subject of the The fact that amongst the more wealthy and does not profeas any very profoned admirs. the fact that he inspired with this spirit all ot who worked under him. Sir Edward had charge grades of society the numbers are or may tion for the Imperial Parliament, in which he transport service to South Africa was due to

first Boer war and also during the war

prisonora especially should be made aware of the forms of that Ordionice, and I am hoping that the Chinese newspapere will take the trouble to paraphrase and give in condensad form the terms of that ordinance. It is much too complicated, and involves certain liabilities which make it quite impossible for the Court to inform the prisoner straight off of the change of law. It is at the same time most important that all prisoners should know that they cou Brow cross-ermining them, and I hope the give evidence in the witness box ssbject to the magistrates will take anoh stops as may lead to deries, the work of pupils of the Italian intelligence that the Manthuris (a) and been a Certainly not. I don't know what you It is therefore reas suicide,

H. E. the Governor vålled at the Conveat and reating for many days, and been taken safely captain, and continued his writing. To ward of Crichtos-Browno alle it. that is at work,

prisoners being informed of this new low.

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to Japan and for the cable from

masses the nation need not feer for its future, and particularly of the House of Comtuons, that ship and the jury that the prisoner was charged upkeer of the 359 junistes of the convent, and Chins. It will be readers of Egypt in 3824-5, and was talked by the doce not matter very much. So long as we pol imeks to interfere with his interests to hi R. L. Stevenson's "Wrecker" as the place Lords of the Adminity for manter i have a prolife and healthy tone amongst the detriment. It was the policy of Parliament,

for after all the classes have risen from the

the provoked the North Adrican Colouists, who bare & substantial som | where the. Sond was lost. He says, which the forcom for the Nile expedition were

and will continue to do so for all the very beginning King (leorge. The of the and werd loth Captain Trent put into Midway Island He landed. He was appointed Naval A C to Queen Victoria in 1899 and to the King in

lime Our House of Lords is recruited from

rom to disavow their loyally to foned it s literal sandbank, surrounded by a 1901, and made Rear-Admiral in 1902. At the

Pacific

the commonere. The commoners are of en Colonists understand the significance of the submerged." The P coral ref

time of bis decease bowa Admiral-zuperinten the children of poor people, sometimes an emblem of national-unity-better-than-we-do- Balling dirvotiona" are more explicit. it says.

of the poorest, but they are of a healthy On Imperial anniversaries, such as THE CHINESE CUSTOMS,

the reef is eighteen miles in dreamference, out at Gibraltar.

stock, and, being so, are only fulfilling their tien Day

the King's place in the national laboratory whether as will Bach The notification from Sir Robert Hart to the without an opening except on the NW. Bids;

pearaat, commoner, or pear." foreign members of the Castema Staff, to which at the N. W. point is a small patch of breakers And then commences a compost coral wall, wo wade reference, though it was not of such s

abunt 5 nature that it could be made directly public, has

5ft high and from lift to 20ft wide, which for 4 miles to the southward and interested in the maintenuen of the Custome

bas stranded, and nearly £700,000 Servies in a state of efficiency. It has been of underwriters and companken mones, fans followed by a somewhat Bimilar notification from

the risk

of being lost, for ber cargo, like that the Paking authorities to the Customs Taotais. The memoraniem from the President of the of the Flying Sead, also from Hongkong to the

robbed of most of its force, but it is still

and vainable China and Japan carge,

with stealing certain registored letters, and with forging the chop which he used in giving the receipts to the Post Office for such letters. Prisoner was employed in a shop onlled the Kwong Nam Poon, and in July or August four registered latters arrived at that firm. As the person to whom they were addressed erald not be found, the letters were forwarded

to the post restante. Ou September 19th naturally had a reassuring effect on all who sul cord." It is in such waters that the

was the

prischer went to the post restante and applied prisoner four letters. He was told that he must get someone to say be person be represented himself to be.

and roinned

went

He

later at a shop in Queen's Read, Central, with

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of our Imperial policy than the Dominion of

WEATHER REPORT.

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday i-ened the following report

On the 18th at 11.40 a.m.The barometer

Colonies ar will be

be sought for in vain in these Lales Lort Bleath has done great service in adreeating a visible recognition of The following special Order was issued by the

PATRIOTIC MANITOBA.

"Empire Day," but so far as tho Colonies are concerned Army Council:"With a view to effeting reduction in the present strength of the Royal

Save the Daily Telegraph-Manitoba, which he preached to the converted. It is a true but lamentable fact that indifference to Imperial Engineers, the following decisions have been Mr. Merlay once associated with." manacles

in a feeble epigram, bos beeri se ting the Empire unity is only found within these sheree, and it Continuance in the service beyond 21

an exorllent exemple. It has been depreet by is equally true and still more lamentable that the indifference should be so nadaly represented Wales, for to the Post China Association (Mr. R. H. Gundry, has thus North Pacific, consista, as before stated, of tea, WRATH ef non-commissioned officers and men of Government and deputies of that prosperous in the present. Administration.

and Volunteers, in to care for the present. Year's Day every school receiving a link our Colentes, has more to say as to the direction Cee on the following day with a man been robbed owing list the possibilities of which, unlike that of the Manaburis, runs into that corps, including permaneat staff of Militia Canadian province that on and after next. Newingtaboo, which would be lost in the smallest of

interesting as

in the Imperial Deared of May 14 wern big figures, possibly

*. In the case of those who suli-ted as boys, from the Treasury must fly the Union who represented himself to be a muster danger before the Fer after svents it in-hay hvem despatched by the Salvage Association the completion of 1 years' service will, bu daring school hours" The penalty for non-Canada or the. Commonwealth of Australia. It

kept well

igu Office by the

Mr. Meto. Ife, who floated the Mano horis tailor. Prisoner then chopped the recuip for

iation. In the Hight of the letters, and it was subsequently discera ed, A

tions, inrinding

ug with the fine cable steamer Restorer to Midway reckoned from the date of attaining 19 years compliance with this salutary role is forfeiture

of age.

of the grant. A similar suggestion mode to the cannot always be so. Perhaps the action of the of the assumptions. when the real owner called for the letters, that evident that some of the

the

of a perso

sol affront by the Island, but, considering the position of the

In the cases of those non-mmissioned London County Conncil was rejected, on the rnment of Manitchs may arouse homo- stranded steamer, the fact that assi lance cannot the chop was forged. Prisoner, who was found China Government to Sir Robert Hart, were her for five days, and that the bad season,

offers and men who have already completed 21

ground that the alien in our midat might dwelling Britons to the recessity of saying that

it shall not always be so. over-aslimated. At the sma

*ma time ડીસાન were

yara man's service, firm monti a notice is to which lasts from the beginning of Gatober to

the lawyers say that contemplation of the the letters in his possession, was arrested, tüken muny little indio liete pomiing in that direation, Aril, is nearly duo, there is evidently not muck be given to them, at the termination of which take the display amies; or siternatively, a

and old China bands, who form the excen'ireof the

the young to the Police Station and formally charged. Association at Home, had eve

which, in with a pats iotic justification for time to spare it underwriters are to be saved period they ar to b disebarged on daciou Before the Magistrate he admitted the charge suspicion. How far the satisfzolory boughton fem one of the most seriona loses that but of ostablishment. This will not apply to these national flag might napiro the

Imperialism to militarism and worse. TheUnited bat tried to excuse bimeolf by putting the of the incident is due to the self-restraint of the threatened them for a long time.

According to a Renter's telegram the cost of Parinds, at the expiration prolonged for definin mind-of-the Fit-le Englander, leads through

he discharge 1.

States of North merica have long insisted Inspector-General himself will probably not

on the hoisting of the Stars and Stripes" has fallen rapidly over E. Japan, and a slight blame on someɔne else.

decree there

sajolsed After hearing the evidence the jury found appear as yet. We have renser to know that refloating the Manchuria is £200,000,

before the

bad broo issuing of the decree

commissioned officers and men leaving any unit CHINESE RELIGIOUS BELIEF.

at one time, the Commanding Officer will their elementary schools, and have also the prisoner guilty on both counts, and his some considerable friction between the Walwapt

Pressure has increased elsewhere, particularly comins LS OUT Tablic (Board of Worksh both

represent the case to the oficer in sharge of the teachers to interpret, the emblem to their fall has also taken place over the Philippines.

yet Old Glory, Lordship sentenced him to Ave years' imprison- and the Kangpa

iz the ultimate ment on each count, the sentences to be con-

of whigh bad considerable reference of charged, at the Thames Court last month, with

Ah Muck and Chuuk Ok, Chinamen, wore Royal Engineer Becords, who in enipowered puently call the banner they adore, oavors over the E, and N. coasts of Chias.

extend the fire months notice for a limited were sliens, coloured man excepted, than the control of the service, and the earrent,

the duties to the new Bused was part

sa partly, at all wounding Mong Chong and Chang Fong period, when, in the interacts of officiency, this Union Jack. But the Little Englander,

Preesure remains low over the Pacific to the seems desirable." When the verdict had been given, prisoner events, with the object of overcoming these Both promontors through the nation of an

Another special Army Order was issued now a power in the land,

The s

e anticyclonic area is still central over the that matter, to home-dwelling Britons--that continent to the North of the Yangtzo, and told his Lordship not to be so hasty as he had internal dioalties. There may well have been inlerpreter, stated that their religious containing a Royal warrant readjusting the uggests to Britons beyond the

also an attempt to use the necasion to obtain a " "asdestral worship," but they bad

emoluments, cther than regla.orial pay, granted something to say. The Chief Justice would definite recognition of the Chiusa control those ironmatanoes the Magistratu to soldiers. Under this warrant the provisions the mapire is one and indissoluble, and that streng monsoon, of gale foros in the Formosa

unity s of not hear him, and ordered him to be removed of the service, but the step intended in that

contained in in

dwells, may Channel, will continue over the whole of the Chins coast. N. and N.E. strong winde to Teang, however, refused to leave the dook. He direction, was evidently promture, and it has declined to allow them to be sworn by blowing regarding to grant of service

tha warrant dated March 19, 1906, will cease to WELL

life. This self-desy gales will prevail also over the N. part of the had to be pulled out, and was dragged, beau withdraw, at lot to the satisfaction of out s lighted candle or breaking a sincer, or

Bir Robert Hart, N.-G. Daily News,

Jingoism, to affirm, observing that he believed the first two bavoefect for xoldiers of all arms who, on sart

China Sea. sbricking and yelling, out of Court,

ceremonies were invented by Englishmen, and after October 1, 1908, either enlist, extent their were not in vogue in the Chiness courts. They sole survice, re-engage, voluntarily rejoin the its ambleras are denounced by these English who admire patriotism swrywhere but in their Lad nothing to do with Chinese roligious belief colours, eratione in the servico beyond 21

country.

Yet emblema mean something, 1 be WO

not have fought and died for mentioned that

hat in Londer be was

Cross-ortho-Crescent, as they did through. hristian, but in Chins he was a Confucian.

cuntless generations The Union Jack is the to-day-is-as follows Mr. Pearson, who interpreted, stated he had

emblem of the British Empire, though it ro Hongkeng & Neighbourhood presents only the union of the dis Formosa Channel been a missionary in Chins for thirty-two years, 2nd-had-never-en-an oath administered by breaking a sacer. The principal and most

of, England, Scotland, and Ireland, binding form of oath was cutting off a cook's

the National Anthem, it is for the Britons beyond the seas the express and peculiar head.

igu of our common kinship and our common loyalty.

When, in some distant colony or de

HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

of v

inore

Lui Fat and Wong Sang-hing were arraigned LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

on the charge of highway robbery.

The Attorney-General, instructed by Mr. G. E. Morrell (of the Crown Solicitor's offico), prosecuted, and prisoners were undefended.

Another

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Fears

The E. & A. str. Eastern left Sydney on the bike witness, whezo ovidence was not for are transferred to another armor branch of

11th Oct, sud is due here on the 2nd Nov.

The Bon Line sir. Benalder, from Antwerp and London, left Sirgspore en the 17th inst. for this port, and is dus here on or about the |.23rd inst.

A plea of not guilty was entered, and the following jury was ompanelled :-Messrs. J. H. Backhouse, M. Jebsen, R. H. Baxter, Tang

The N.V.K. str. Ceylon Maru (Bombay Line) Ches, C. R. Leusmann, G. Preedsmann and R. left Singapore for this port on the 18th inst,

and is expected here on the 24th inst, Unsworth

Prisoners were discharged, the mégistráto regarding the evidence as unsatisfactory.

the vertice. Additional soluments, however. will be granted in respect of the attainment of certain standards of Aghting proficiency.

The labour-problem will be solved when wage-workers get and keep all they ran Then labour organisations will become parsly ail and educational, strikes will be things of the part, and class discontent will censo.

and, "butes

for

British.

the maintenance

patriot wherever he sacrifico his

in spirit

called

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its

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The depression in the North is moving Eastwards in the N. part of the Sea of Japan, that E. of Lason..

for

and

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10a.m. to-day, 0.00 inober.

The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon

N.E. winds, frosh; fin

N.E. gales. N.E.

Hongkong and Lawooks (strong. Bouth coast of Chins between.

Hongkong and Hsinna.. South coast of China.betwee

winds,

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