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SUPREME COURT.

Wednesday, 8th May.

IN BUMMARY JURISDICTION.

BKYORE MR. A. G. Wian (Puisse Jubas).

AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT,

THE VALUE OF A DOG.

Chsu Man-hon brenght notion against Fung You-cheang to recover the sum of $200, valus

of a deer hound belonging to the plaintiff and wrongfully taken away and disposed of by the

defendant.

Me. C. F. Disen (of Mesure. Hastings and Hastings) appeared for the pl intiff, and Mr. The Indo-Chine Steam Navigation Company, A. Holborow (of Messrs. Deason, Looker and Ld. Hard T, Lancelot Wyndham, doctor of ms-Deanou) for the defendant. dicine, for the recovery of $1,000, being damages for breach of agreement dated June 13th, 18,

Mr. C. F. Dixon (of Messrs. Hastings and "Hastings) appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Q. D. Thomson for the defendant.

The statement of claim set out that the plaintiffs were a limited liability company enr—- ying an bins at Victoris. Hongkong, and the dafandani was a doctor of medicine al pro... sant employed on board the Chinees steamship Hung Mah.

Mr Diaou, in outlining the case, all the plaintiff had a deer bound which he bought From a soldier for $150,

His Lordship Lucky soldier!

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 9гæ, 1907.

HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LD.

The eighteenth ordinary yearly meeting of shareholders in this Company was bold at the offices of the Company, St. George's Building, at noon, yesterday. Mr. A. G. Wood presided, other aburoholders present being Sir Paul Chater, Hon. Mr. W. J. Gressou, Mr. G. Hị Medhurst (director), Mr. W. H. Wickham (manager), Hou, Mr E. Osborne, Messra. J. W. C. Bounar, A. Baptista, G. Burton Say or. E. W. Terry, R. Hancock, G. Ballinab, W. A. Dowley, and R. R. Robarts.

The MANAGER read the notio eslling the meeting.

Tho CHAIRMAN said:

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manager, directors and staff on the very sound and satisfactory report they have been able to put bofore us. The handsome increase in the number of incips gorved, and in the dividend disbursement speak well for the prosperity of the company, while the writing off of such a large amount se 344,120 from the value of plant. in evidence of the safe lines upon which its being ruo. The prospect of affairs ar decreasing the coat of light to without decreasing dividends through im

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proved methods of generating power is very satisfactory We trust that the directors will not find it necessary to call for an increase of oapilal. If they are compelled to do so, I feel sure that the money will be readily sabeoribed in full ensfidence that it will be carefully und profitably utilised,

The muting was carried uuanimously, It was proposed by Mr. 8AYER, seconded by A. G. Wood and G. H. Medhurst be re-elected direstova Hon. Mr. OSBORNE, and agreed that Blessrs.

Messrs. . W. May and W. Hatton Patts were reappointed auditors on the motion of The CHAIRMAN-Thank you for your atten

Dividend warrants will be dance, gratlemen. rely on ap lication to-morrow.

Proceeding, Mr. Dixon said his client paid 3150 on December 6th. In the middle of Je.

Gentlemen, the report and statement of nusry he went to Cuntoa and left bis dear bound

accounts having been in your bande for some in charge of the fokis at his shop. Whou ho returned from Canton about the end of January days, I propose, with your permission, to take be found his dog missing, and on making inqui- them as read. The directors have pleasure in The plaintiffs had suffered Jam-ries learned that the defendant had been to his submitting thess accounts, showing as they dos ages by reason of the defendant's breach of a con- shop while ko was swag, represented to the continual expansion in the Company's opera- tract made by an agreement dated June 1301, fokis that be wished to show the dog to a Mrtions; our services now sgnalling upwards of

Tiefenbauber, of Menars. Meyerink and ('n., with 14,500 lamps of 3 randle power, #5 are lamps Mr. Truk 7, seconded by Mr. HANCOCK. 19, whereby it was agreed that the defent ant should hold himself at the disposal of the plaintiffs to serve an dostor on board any of their Best for a period of two yeux enetuin from the date of signing the steamer's articles in either Singapore, Hongkong and Shangbai, and should sign articlon of agminent ou any steamer, and for any and every voyage as and when required, at the salary of £15 per month. payable either in starling or the equivalent of 215 per mouth. The defendant served the plaintiffs in the said capacity from August 2nd, 1906, until February 8th, 1907. when, although the said period of two genre

without thi TH Lad not expired, and mission of the plaintiffs, he left their service and refused to continue therein Owing to his refusal to work the Hop Sang could not

Paisti was then exiled. proceed from Hongkong to Saigon via

His Lordship - Do you know what a deer Bingapore, and went instead from Hongkong to

This resulted in less to the Companyhound is bought this 'animal for hunting Hongay of $1.22110, but to bring the action within deer al Castia Poak. summary jurisdiction they now claimed $1,000.

In his statement of defence the defendant admitted the agreement, but denied the breach. It was provided in the agreanoat that if at any time he should be incapabis of fulfilling his duties as doutor on any steamer to which be might be appointed by reason of intemperance or wilful disobedience, or neglent to carry out the crurs of the general managers, or at any officer appointed by them, the kd agreement was to one to an oud. The defunden had wilfully disobeyed and neglected to carry out The orders of the general managers.

His Lordship-Canuct we shorten matters! Mr. Thomson-With regard to this class of the agreement?

OND

Wrong.

His Lordship--I am perfectly fear on that subject: perfectly clear on the law that a youn What caunet profit hy his deferee have you got?.

Mr. Thomson-The agreement says that by intemperance ste, he is entitled to put an end to his agreement.

His Lordship-Because he will gat drunk lo-night they are not going to let him stop work to-morrow morning.

a view to his buying it. The plaintiff had, no intention of selling the doz, bat bis fokis, knowing nothing about it, allowed the defen dant to take it away no the assurance that he He did not would bring it back next day..

the dng however, and plaintiff had no wince. Correspondence then passed between the plaintiff and Mr. Tiefenbacher, from which it appeared that the dog went road and was dea troyad. The dog was certainly not mad when it ft plaintiff's shop, aud 8200 was the value bo put upon it.

(tx, against 39,500 lampe, 85 are lamps and lifts at the date of our last report, Further connections both of lamps and lift are now in hand. Our pleat recourt shows a considerable increase, mainly due to payments ou account of the new system of underground distribution laid throughout the centre of the Cily. This work was commenced during last summer and has replaced the old system of overhead distribution throughout the contral area with very satisfactory results, both as regards freedom from iutoreaption by storms also efficiency und typhoous, and end

His Lordship I've never seen a deer hound in this Colony I suppose it is about a halfenonomy in service, which you will double

agree with me is equally desirable from our view. The fund and buibling account breed, and worth about 85.

also shows an increase on last year's figures, to he accounted for by payments an account of recoustraction of the western portions of our engine room nad levelling the remaining part of our alation site, ca mentional in the Manager's report. Our stocks of installation matorial

Mr. Dixon-This was a valuable dog, my point Lorik

His Lordship-It's a half bred chow, I should think.

Mr. Dixon - It's a kangaroo dog. ilis Lordship-An Australia. (Toplaintiff) -What did you pay for it?-3150.

Did the myor give you a receipt? He gave

que a paper.

His Lordship—I should think he must have gol drank that night.

In cross-examination plaintiff decied that certain writing on a Sve or ten dollar bill was his, and Mr. Holbo row asked him to write certain words that appeared on the bill.

When plaintiff bad complied and landed the bill to the solicitor,

Mr. Bolborow suked—And you still say that is not your writing on the nota?--Yes.

Mr. Holborow-Will you compare the two? His Lord-big--I'll comparo the two if you don't mind, I'm the persen to decide,

His Lordship, after comparison, said be had not the slightest besitation in aging that both (To plaintiff) writings wers by the reme man).

Do you mean to say you did not write that ? of the You'd better look at it again.

Plaintiff then adwilled that one

Mr. Thomson-Thin is an absurd agreemont.choraetera looked something like his

His Lordship-I bave not seen yours. Mr. Thomsen-This is quite an unique oue. His Lordsbip-In any case I'd never allow any flatence of the kind. The man's a scoundrel on the face of it.

Mr. Thomson. For some particular re8830 this clause manual bave been inserted.

His LordshipYou'll never get me to hold that he can break bis contract at his on

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Mr. Thomsen Hut the agreement maya so! His Lordship I'm perfectly certain that the

"hip he is on now paying him better wages.

Mr. Thomaven-Apart from that-----

Did you write it, or did you not?--it does not seem to me as if I wrote it on a bank note,

Did you write it anywere: I want you to say yes or no? A great deal of it be like my writing. Several tons of it is like mins.

Mr. Holboro-Is it yours? I don't know

whether it is or not.

BÓW,

His Lordship -You know you said it was not to begin with Well, I say

Well, what do you meão, yes or no? It is not my writing, but it is very touch like it.

Did you wits it No.

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SIR MATTHEW NATHAN'S IMMERSION.

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WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

.12, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

This safty and convenisues of walking down slady gangway, instead of having to jump into a hobbing pan or lunch, must be manifest to this vorg mangst in Follect, says the Straits Echo on April 27. Yet some of the baling passenger lines passing through Penang still seem to hare tailed to discover the axis. touca of Swettenham Pier, and that they would do batter to use it was amply demonstrated this

THE SINZA CATASTROPHE,

The N-C. Driły. News saya :.. Bata fow days ago we had to report, a nasa of serious injury to a forsiga child owing to the disgraceful atale of the North House Reading.

【t men timed at the time that Extensinu.

Of course,

By the Delto, Sir Matthew Naibas, late take up his duties as Governor of Natal, i the Council had offered to take ser and repair Governor of Hongkong, now on his way to passed throngh Pesang, and owing to the is read, but had been unable to do so owing to the angreifion of the Chinese authorities.

Today (May 2 wo have to report a terrible Dela not coming alongside the pier, Sir eupha the folis Matthew had a very narrow share of alay roved plot in Western Rond mud the Coloniul disaster, which apsin of the native authorities in their reckleaning percantly amongst us-in that small diererard of the public safety in order to prevent any supposed infringement of their rights, Toffler of losing the services of a vory justly

popular and hard working official describes the dister intelligibly it may be well to escribe the n-called Stone Bridge, there was all the element of comedy about the accident that befell His Excellency this maru- which cresses the Soochow Creek at the Settle ment boundary. A usrrow road, designated ing, and be is doubtless chuckling over it hims lf, til is some instances the line between tragedy is a very narrow ops. Sir Matthew was not Stone Bridge Boad, leads to it from Sinza Road, The carriage-way is an antiquated wooden

with It is aide-de-camp, in a sarme structure. As long ago as 1902 the Municipal travelling cially, an elected to come asbars

paid by cost ware

In stopped the by the native authorities. This pan. offer was declined, and ic August last year the Erst sud remained standing.

afd-de-camp, and the swimpau commenced to matter. sa argent, wobbl.

"the Codacil considered the

ease of Whether it was a bout lacked the beetle, and the butle especially in rier of the fact that the new Water works main was to cross the Creek at

kiscked the hoot" will vor remain a mystery, but, anyhow, the Governor and the side- this point, that it offered to undertake the entire

marusl coat of rebuilding. The Taotai's reply was to

Our dis- tinguished visitor and his side-de-camp w-198oon that there was no need to discuss the Council's *pport and over what the sampan. the test that the bridge had been repaired and de-camp, szal exch

fished out, little the worse for their insolaulary bath but probably think that Pesang his not Perday the annual Ts Hung-hai proces-

treated them kindly, especially when its bitizens are suffering for lack of fath water. sion spent the greater part of the day in touring

stores and coal are valued at u early $27,000 less Council offered to rebuild the Bridge if half the this worn rnor entered the cracky craft

to the next account.

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His Lordship-The man must be a blackguard to his pastor's dog to the defendsut at the! It is a necessary provision in view of the j

anyway.

Mr. Thonon-He las ground of complaint against the plaintiffs.

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His Lordship. That finishes the case this witness videneo you at suing the wrong

Mr. Dixon--I don't think so, my Lord; wa

round the Settlement and i's environs. To the afternoon it left the Ta Hoang mai temple in Changin Road and wanded its way through the outlying portions of the Battlement, eventually reaching the Sinza nativa settlement about 4 p.m.

boats in

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There is very strony tide running in unfortuante side-de-camp might well are bein Penang Harbour and both Sir Matthew and kis swept away and drowned before a helping band ould be extended, especially if the accident bad has been done, but we trust that Sir Matthew happened at night. As mature stand her will point out to the premier British Shipping poskessex apis which bas its advantages. Company trading to the Far East that Penang Might we even suggest that were the pier more patronisel, we might see fewer British Governors and other ofeinis travelling to and from the Far East by lines dying an alien fag? At all events. we trust that Sir Matthew views the matter by se ?o.

OPIUM 2. ALCOHOL.

SUFFERED FOR

THREE YEARS

With Rashes Little Girl would Scratch until They Bled-Unable

to Rest-Spent Lots of Money on Doctors Without even Relief.

CURED BY THE

CUTICURA REMEDIES

"My little girl bad rashes coming on her at times like nettle, rash, since she had vareination on her arm. They would rise at times and she would do nothing but scratch them until they ided. She could not rest at night or day when they wern on her. It was a pity to see her. I sprata lot with doctor and could not get rid of them, so one of the neighbours The mashing told me to try Cutieura were all over her except the face. You know they were burk like stone with first, and then they would li water, and then turn into a great scad She suffered with the ailment for three years and we used Cuticura Soap and Cutieura Ointment for air months, and they dirt clear it. We bathed her twice a day with Culicura Soap and we used one box of Cuticura Ointment. The doctor gave medicine for a while, but it did no good, and we left the doctor and used Cvaleurs, and that did cure her. I am very much pleased

to tell you of the cure, and can recommend the Cuticura Kennedie to everybody, and wish I had known about them sooner. Evan John Thomas, Penaltta Terrace, Ystrad Synach, via Cardiff, Wales, Feb. 1, 1908.

COMPLETE TREATMENT

Complete external and internal treat- ment for every hurnour, consists of Cuti- curs Soap, to ekranse the skin, Chint- ment, to heal the skin, and Pills, to purify the blood. A single set is often Buff- cient to cure the most torturing, disfigur- ing, itching, burning, and sendy humours, eczemiss, rashes, and irritations, from infancy to age, when all else fails.

Sold throughout thewhers 37 Chenhuar 1 world. Depots: Abdiralla R. Town Co., odney f

Fail, Röesti, à Rue de la Pala. Potter Corp, Sale Propa.

Had Free, The Gras Humour Sure".

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GAMBLING IN FUTURES. -

ACTION.

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than they were in the accounts last presented; the amount of stook in each class being game- what smaller, and the value of all sterling par- chased supplies correspondingly less owing to the high rate of exchange that has recently prevailed. Sandry debtors show a very satis factory decrease, and cash in the hands of our bankers and agents a correspondingly satis

The balanos of our last accounts, factory increase compared with similar head- $110.449.72, profit and loss amounte ings ins

$109.244.69 for the compared with 28 previous ten months' working, a result which

There was a dense crowd awaiting its arrival would have been more favourable had not the pries of fuel risen so mach above the rates at which we were able to arrange contrasts in the at the South approach. As the heart of the procession neared the bridge the native police commenced to rush the orowd, which surged previous year. I am pleased to say that the cost of Japanese coal has now receded to figures back on to the flimsy wooden barriers at the and numbers of native sightseers were nearly imparable with those raling in 1905- South-east corner. The woodwork gave way the water. Considerably After deducting $3,000 for Directors' feas,&

precipitated into over one hundred persons wast base been sum of 8107,149.72 remains available for

the vicinity managed to rescu deal with this sum as follows:-To pay a

s large number. The Municipal polica who appropriation, and your Directors propose to pushed into the Creak, but the

wore awaiting the procession on the North side dividend of 10 per cont. say 31 per share on

were immediately apprised of the disaster, and 59.99 fully paid up shares, sud fifty cents por

Constable Persice, the only foreigner on the

Dr. Dawson Burns estimates the consumption share on nine part paid shares; to write off th sum of $44,120.80 from plant account wod spot, at once went to the scene of the catastrophe

render what aid be onuld. Sinza Station was of alcohol in the United Kingdom daring 1906) $379.76 from furniture account for depreciation informed of the occurrence by telephone, and at 86,000,000 gallons, and the expenditure on sed to carry forward the balance of 82,953.66 immediately every available constable as die alcohol daring the same year at £3 16%. 31, per I trust this propaal will patched to the scans. Meanwhile P. C. Fer ico head of the population. In this statement there mest lie, in seas obecare form, an explanation had been rendering what aid he could to have your sanction and approval, maintaining as those who were extricated from the Creek, why a certain proportion of people in England are so extremely zealous in their endeavours to it dorg the dividend at the rate of $1 per share and by artificial respiration be encoreded in

interfere with the private hablis of Asiatic races COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE TAKEN REPRESSI the whole of the shares resuscitating a womas and two children whe

half round the world. When we reflect on the ot practically

The Commercial Department of the Board of dividend were apparsutly lifeless. The police assisted in isded, and thus representing a

work of getting out the bodies, and when dark uumber of asanal murders, manslaughters, ness name on no less than thirty-two corpses homicides more or less culpable, assaults to the Trade issued, as a Parliamentary Paper reports disbursement of $10,50) in excess of that winds at our last general meeting. The appropriation had been taken out of the water. Some bodies effusion of blood, wife beating, cruelties to from the Canadian Goverement and British children and acimals, and misollaneous crima representatives abroad on legislative measures for writing down our plant is a substantial one, were at onen claimed by relatives, and removed,

oputraets as regards to dstuffs. and follows out the policy which your Roard has but when our representative visited the spot of oil sorts against person and property, attribut-respecting gambling in "option" and "future" In the case of Canada, the Criminal Code about 10 p.m. there were still about twenty-freed by the magisterial and judicial authorities to Tong Chau-t'u wes gust called, and said he consistently adopted for a number of years past bodice ranged side by side on the road. They the action of alcohol, ie, from a perfectly declare guilty of an indictable offence, purisu

were unvered with matting, and by the light binas d standpeint, cauzet help wondering why in with fine and imprisonment, any

u regard for como Lonesty and consistency quest of one, Fang Shuu-kam,

frequent changes and improvements that have of a fiickering lantern it could b

dous uct impous silence upon the persons who who, with a view to obtaining profit or gain that most of the dead were men of been and are being introduced in electric plant

rela avoid grappling with this matter before run by the arise or fall in price, deals in stocks, boos-fde inleation of acquiring or ling tive or friend of one of the deceased, ing to the ends of the earth in order to goods. wares, or merchandise without this As I mentioned when addressing you last year coolie clsas Chinese, evidently a

them, in respect of which no delivery is your directors, in view of the increased cost of callously polled the matting which covered ou interfere with the use, by alien races, of s

and every

office coal and the disabilities aader which the batch of bodies aside, sud proceeded to search a aureotic, amlorstood to be "grateful and on-

place where anch transactions urs carried on, His Lordship-At the request of another generation of stram power is carried on at our dead men's balt for money, and as he did ao, forting" in das moleration, but of which made or received:

present Wanchai works, have had under serious disclosed the corpsef a small child. The scene it can ho with truth assorted that, eave &

was burrible.

The aptarned faces looked possible stray case of petty larcency, it has been common gaming house. The Federal consideration the adoption of other and improved ghastly in the moonlight, and the crowd that ever constituted the cause of a single crime,authorities do not know of any prosecutious

In Ressia and Bulgaria "options" is quite unsympathetic "fatures" are said to be practically unknown, Mr. Liton-But be promised to return it, methods of generating power. After careful assembled sewed absolutely callons in the The home climate, it may be admitted, demands basing takes place. inquirion they decided in July last to order two presence of the dead. Gadify uniformed eative the use of alcohol, and His Lordeliip-Sitting here as a jury, Isats of Di-el oil engines, combined with police, whose action had been the oaus of the to the use of say narcotic sedative. From and there is no legislation in thusu santries

catastrophe, hurried hither and thither to keep the mers point of view of the record of

crime, were the use of opiam to be as uni- specially dealing with such contracts; no in there aoy legislation of this charter in Bel- alternating current dyanmes. These sets are the crowd in motion.

vinal as the use of alcohol in the United King to be of 310 horse power esch and are expected

authorities at bome would be able to el: se three. Portugal, Rumania, Sweden, or the Lrited to he delivered and erected so as to he really for

dom, and entirely to supersede alcohol, therium, Danmark, Hungary, the Netheriaade, fearths of jails, dispense with three-fourths of Diles.

With regard to the United State, three use in the antuma. The work of reconstruct

Bille, in addition to these refered to it earlier the police, sad, very early abolish the scaffold; ing a portion of our station, to house these new

s far as crime of violence were con while I have every reason CEYLON EDITOR AND THAW CASE cern

cerned, holidays weald go far to acount for a papers, have been introduced, one into the sets, is now well in band. to believe that the adoption of this new plant

great part of the time of the magistrates. Wa Nenate, sud the other into the House of The following is from a leading article in the take a side one way or the other as to the Representatives, with the object of defining "options" and "future" and making such relative value or envaine to the individual of

of contracts illegal, but none of them have as yet acconn', and reduce the expense of generating Times of India

aarcotics, irrospective of will result in a substantial esving in our fuel

Thor in a story eurrent among journalists, stimulants

race or climate, We merely look at the home law,

Tu Franse the existing law practically His Lordship-I am going on the second actricity to such an extent that we shall be

once wrote what is admitted to be the shortest sucial remitate the community or the ruce auctions dealings in "options" and fatures." witness's evidence. There will be judgment able to lower the present scale of charges to but possibly ap cryphal, of a Veron editor who

I be bringa another for defendant and costs.

Your Board and management leading article on record. it was cong-rning of the comparative fects of the two class of In Italy and Servia also sath entrants are action he bad better make the price of his the consumer. dog a little Irs, as in Australian diugo" sore working with this end in view and hope an ecclesiastical trial, known as "the foram commodities. As to his there can be us ground permissible. In regard to Stasiy it is stated

Caen which roused intense interest in England for argument, for thy facts ure se conclusive worth ab ut 85

to attain this object without, on the one hand,

many yours ago. The story goes that they are undeniable. But the sense of humour that time bargains relating to merchandise OF, ስኳ decreasing dividends

the morning the Ceylon journal appeared with the is led by the zal of the community that are not common, but are permitted by the endangering the stability of the Company by beading "The Gorham Case," and beneath indulges to the extent of £6,000 gallons of Civil Code. If the contract should constitute crime begetting alcohol to block of the free gamble in the ten sus of the word, it is insuficient allowance for depreciation. The in these words, D-- the Gorham Casa,"

In Switzerland the Federal Code declares 3be tale is also told of an up-country Angle judgment of foreign communities who prefer not enforceable in the courts. question of provision of Exuds for the purchase Indian journal; but, wherever it may have the non-crime bagetting narcotic. It is enough that as sction at law can be based on such time of the new plant, as above, and for other occurred, the sentiment probably expresses to invite a sail from the logically minded bargains in goods or stocks as partake of the

of most

And perhaps that is all the matter is

nature of gambling or betting. No specint measures have been teken in respect of gam tensious in the Company's field of operations, with equal accarsey the feeling has been the abject of careful consideration by sensible people regarding the Thaw trial. worth.-Sagapore Free Press.

Reuter's interminable telegrams regarding this

bling iofutures" in food-stuffs. your directore, and whilst they are of opinion

weariness to the flesh, No one in Indian, we

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. etraws whether ir. cares two that it may be necessary at no distant date to exceedingly wretched episode have become a

imagine, really

avenging

The T.K.K. str. Hongkong Mara hay sailed increase our capital, they expent to be in a

The arobangal when he shot Mr. White, position to finance the requirements of the Thaw was a raving degenerate or an present year without resurt to this measure

In Austris a law of January, 1906, probibits that it is impossible to form a clear opinion port to-day at 8 am.

Aper, from dealings in "future" in cereals and mill f the The Apcar ar. Catherine Should it, however, became necessary to take evidence is so contradictory and perplezing from Shanghai, and is due to arrive at this this step your Directors will call a special concerning it. The theatrical wrangles of

in Hungary meeting of shareholders to explain the proposale opposing counsel are offensive to English ideas, Calcutta eft Singapore yesterday noon, and dusts. Itut the law is in praction neutralized No questions being seked, the CHAIRMAN and the reported sprotacle of the whole court may be expected here on or about the orening, by the absence of aug overasponding snactment As regards Germany, the Bourse Law of 1898 unison which

The C.P.R. str. Athenian, arrived Shanghai | କ0H prisoner, sebbing in described some time ago--is merely unusenting at 2 a.m., on Wednesday, the 8th May, leaves

In Norway it is forbidden by the Criminal proposed the adoption of the report and accounts judge, jury, counsel, witnesses, spectators, and of 12th May-

Mr. BALLOGA, in seconding the motion, said: No one who knows America supposes for again at 6 p.to., same day for Nagual, wares over-fed she is due to arrive at 8 am, on Friday, the

Law of 1904 to make a livelihood by a game of Gentlemen, I have much pleasure in second. moment that these coteries of

The EA. str. Dorothy, has left Shanghi on chance, and bets and speculations on difference. ing the resolution that the report and accounts taillionaires and rolgar chorus-girls at all 10th May,

the verdict may be, it will be a relief when we Tuesday, 7th May, evening and may be expected of prices at a faturo date are regarded ne games as presented be adopted, and in doing so would represent real American society and, waterer

here on or about Saturday, morning the 11th inst. for money. like to express our congratulations to the hear the last of the trial of Mr. Thaw. ;

His Lordship-Very well, if you are going to fight this case I will adjourn it now. (To Mr.haadid the dog to him, Dixon-You can easily provo what the pay is on

the other ship. Ite must be getting better pay

or he wouldn't have left the ship. He is a first class coundrel, you nam pat it down.

Mr. Dixon-Hir presani employers are Singa- pere merchants.

Mr. Thomson-But supposing he got baiter pay?

Bis Lonship-Argue that point if you like Mr. Thomsou say the plaintiffs cannot For some regson or recover for his breach. other they put that particular classe in.

far as I can His Lordship-This later, find, is in every shipping compang's agreement; but it is curtainly not meant that a man onna break the agreement, although the form is not a very happy one,

Mr. Thomson It certainly says the agreo- went shall come to an end if he breaks it.

His Lordship-1 don't suppose he's worth a cent, is lie?

Mr. Thomson-1 don't suppose su, tay Lord, 215 a month is not big pay, and a man can't save much out of it.

Mr. Dixon-Our object in bringing this metión is because we have experienced the same treatment from other ships doctors. We hare no wish to be vindicativo in the matter, and are quite willing to take him back.

Mr. Thomsen. I have'not soen him since the

writ was issued.

His Lordship-You are not likely to see him, kai you've got something out of him, I suppress? I think the case had botter go in Friday week's list, and if Mr. Dixen can pročamo ang evidence as to what payment he is getting now

Mr. Dixon-I can get telegraphie com. munication from Singapore.

His Lordship-No, there must be agents here" Mr. Dixon-And there is a chance they may not know.

His Lordship-I know they know. Tha da se iz adjourned until Frling week.

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bavu not the slightest hesitation in mying you have got no opse. In the first plaen I don't Ilieve the plaintiff. He was certainly not speaking the truth when he raid that was not

waiting on the bank note.

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Mr. Dixon-Surely that does not affect the He discredits bis evidence to a certain Axtent, but bis not telling the truth on particular point, cannot affect su action for damages for wrongfully detaining a dog,

WEATHER REPORT.

The Hougkong Observatory yesterday issued

the following report-

On the 8th at 11,50 am-The Larometer

has risen considerably over Japan, and fallen moderately over Central China.

A new depression appears to be forming over the Yangtze vallay, and pressure is now highest over the Sea of Jenn.

Molerate E. to S., winds may be expected in the Fermoss Channel, and the N. part of the

Chion Sea.

Rrugkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 B.m. to-day, 0.41 inches.

The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon to-day is as follow

E. to S.E.

as presented, showery. Hongkong & Neighbourhood winds,inoderate, Same as No. 1. Same as No.1.

Same as Na 1.

Formosa Channel www

| Bouth coast of China between Hongkong and Lamocks South coast of China between."

Hongkong and Haluan

The total death roll may probably never be foar were those of man, four those of woman, known. Of the bodies so far recovered twenty and four wors children.

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In Grease roles to check dealings in "futures" have been drawn by the Bourse authorities at the instigation of the Government.

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In regard to the Argentina Republic, "gam- bling on change" is forbidden.

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