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AN INTERESTING POINT,

Mahood Omer; potition in bankruptcy, TELEGRAMS. HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE

explained that the debtor was in receipt of

Mr. Grist appeared for the debtor, and salary of 560 a month and pressure was being brought to bear upon him to pay soms of bis liabilities which amounted to $140). He could pay 320 month,

His Lordship-That means seventy months. Mr. Grist-Alter he has paid fifty per cent he could come here and ask for a release.

His Lordship-It the creditors chose to do so they on. I cannot,

The Official Receiver said there had been soveral such sises before but they had verer besa satisfactory.

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NKOLUSIVE ONEYSOE], V

CHINESE CREWS.

LONDON, May 14th- A discussion has taken place in the House of Commons with regard to the increasing employment of Chinese crews in British ships.

England and Wales and from £10,780,000 ↑ old-age pavilon and enabling Friendly So-I in the United Kingdom (1907) to £9,219,000 cistles, Trade Unions and similar asocia and £12,001.000 in 1921 respectively, tions to insure ander it for the old-age of Assuming the age limit to be 65. And on their members. The loss was estimated to the same assumption the cost of Mr. amount to not more than 1,000,000 a year, CHARLES Booth's scheme (5s. a week and it was proposed that this grant in nid pension) for the United Kingdom was should be voted by Parliament annually. estimated to rise from 227,508,000 in 1907 In the emaliness of the sum allocated for to £30,632,000 in 1921, excluding the cost old-age pensions by Mr. Asqurts we may of administration." Practically no saving find some ground for hope that his scheme in the cost of the present Poor Law is one of this cature, subsidising thrift, administration was expected under the rather than non-discriminatory and non- CHAPLIN scheme and only £2,000,000 out contributory scherpe such as the shour of an expenditure of £14,000,000 under the leaders demand and have certainly been lod to expect. In view of the constant growth in the national expenditure in many direc tions, the House of Commons may find Berous Me, H. H. J. GOMPERTZ (ACTING entered the eulstantial grounds for strenuously opposing universal and non-contributory cohomas of Old-Age Pensions which sets a premuim. A trial of imza to decide whether Ng Kan on improvidence and commits the State to Shang, one of the partners in the Toen os La lavish expenditure to which no reason-

Company, had aathority, expressed or other wise, to give to the petitioning creditor, Ng Telag Wo, notice on the 27th January last purporting to be a notice from the debtor copa-

Booth scheme.

Contrasted with these figures, the amat, Mr. ASQUITH proposes to allocate out of his surplus revenue for Old Age Pensions appcare absurdly small; but there may be no fierce opposition to the scheme on that.

account from the men who have been anti-

His Lordship decligad to granttho,application.

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

PUINNA JUDGE.)

A PA TNERSHIP 1860,

INDIAN FRONTIER,

LONDON, May 14tk.

expedition has now

The punitive

latest and country, and

was imminent.

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that an engagement

FRANCO BRITISH EXHIBITION.

LONDON, May 14th. The Prince of Wales opened the

delivered in London on the 13th inst.

The Fronek Mail of the 14th April wax pany of their intention to suspend payment of Franco-British Exhibition to-day.

Yesterday (at ops). thirteen more plague cases had been notified, making 240 to date

A meeting of the Justicas of the Pascala convened for the 25th inst. to consider an application for the transfer of the license of the Peak Hotel from Mr. Alex Mair to Mr. P.0.

Poaster

The Nippon Yen Kusha has at present twelve steamers running between Japan and add six larger and handsomer rels to the Barop. Iu'a couple of months time, it will rua, built in Japan, of about nies thousand tons each.

cipating a very much larger vote. Theyable limits can be set. probably are well aware that wherever Old Age Pension Schemes have been initiated the public expenditure at the beginning has invariably begu moderate, and that there is In no finality to schemes of this character. Germany where there is compulsory State insurance to provide for sickness and Old Age the Government contribution to the fund has grown from 6,040,000 marks POWDERS in 1891 to something like 30,000,000 Highly recommended..

marks now; in Belgium where insurance is Clame the Scalp and Impart a Rich Brilianós

not compulsory but the State subsidiser to the Hair.

providence, the State contribution increased from 1,497,000 francs in 1900 to 4,700,000 in 1906, In New Zealand the payment by the State in 1899 was £127,819; for 1908 it is estimated at £335,000. In all these. schemes the prospective pensioner contri. butes towards his pension, while he is able to work. But it has been insisted in England by the leaders of the Labour party that for the United Kingdom the scheme must be universal and non-contributory. Mr.

A Chinaman who went into a Yaumali tes Asquera and the late Prique Minister shop, and stabbed ons of the Fokin with a knife both distinctly adopted that deman, and because he was not servod quickly enough and how Mr. Asquiri, now that ho has come to who was himself hit on the hoad with a piece of the serious business of initiating as Oldron by the wounded man was suntasced to six Age Pension Scheme, can hope to carry out

weeks' imprisonment yesterday by Mr. Kemp at the Magistracy. this iden with a fund of less than a million

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interesting to loro. There are in receipt of Poor-law relief in the United Kingdom at the present time, more people over seventy years of age than Mr. Asquirr's fund would provide pensions for; and it may safely be assumed that the number of persons ove"" seventy years of age in the United Kingdom who would have a legitimate claim to a pension are not far short of the million estimated by Mr. Joan Burne.

The principle that Old Age Pensions are a natural and proper charge upon the con- munity because, so it is alleged, their recipients have had no chance of making provision for themselves is one to which beth great political parties in the State have in recent years more or less constitted

themselves, but it may be hoped that the

THE TURF

their debts, was set down for bearing. Mr. P. W. Goldring appeared for the petitioning creditor in baskrupter, Mr. Crowther Smith for the managing partner of the debtor firm

LONDON, May 14th, and Mr. F. Dizon, of Messrs. Hastings and The Chester Cup handicap, two Hastings for the other two partners in the miles and, a quarter, resulted as

debtor m.

were filed. The

He. Goldring said the bank euptay petition was filed in the early part of the year and subsequently a receiving order was made. On the 10th February Mr. Dizon's clients fled a notice of opposition disputing the act of matter came before the Chief Justice and be bankruptcy and affidavits with all the affidavits before him made a receiving order and sabsequently directed that those issues be tried. Ho contended that the A Chines boy of about 15 years of age waster was judicata, that a receiving order brought before the Magistrate yesterday on a charge of stealing three wire pippers from the Brewery. He was convic'ed and committed to prison for seven days and ordered to receive 12 strekes with the birch.

Those who are contemplating a visit to Macao will be interested in the new tariff of rateN puuced in the advertisement of the Macan Mr. Farmer's acquisition of the cook who under Hotel appearing on our front page, and also is

the competent direction of the late Mr. Osborn made the Kowloon Hotel famous for its means.

to have

having been made the matter ouded. The proper remedy was for the two parties who disputed the bankrupta petition to apply the receiving order rescinded on the ground of fraud or otherwise. With all duo deference he thought the Chief Justice had not followed the procedare laid down in the Bankruptoy Ordinanes and he contended that his Lordahip had misconceived the way in which that matter should be dealt with. Whore there was opposition no refolving order should have been made and the proper course was to apply for the reminding of the receiving order ; Mr. Dixon mentioned that his Lordship trad no power tɔ deal with bantroptoy matters in that Court.

His Honour-But the Chief Justice has Supposing I fed in year favour, Mr. Dixon. consented to it being set down for trial.

Mr. Dixon-There will be no act of bink- ruptor, no petitioning creditor's debt. I can A Japanoë watohman was yesterday at the formally bring the matter fors the Chief: Magistracy sentenced to three months' imprison-Justice who will dismiss the whole petition ment by Mr. Wood for stealing thras watches. It was stated that the defendant had a watch maker's shop and had been entrusted with about 67, watches for repair. Accused closed the shop and pawned the lot, only four being recovered. He was arrested in the New Territory.

SUPREME COURT,

Thursday, 14th May,

IN BANKEUPTCY JURISDICTION,

BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE (SIR ̈

F. P1000Ts).

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APPLICATION TO ANNUL, Application was made to anunl the bankruplay of James Campbell Logan. Mr. M. D Stephens appeared for the bankrupt and Mr. Crowther Smith for Mr. Watkins, one of the

oreditors.

application had been signed by all the creditors Mr. Stephens ssid that the consent to the

with the sxception of Mr. Watkins who was the cause of the bankruptcy proceedings. He had commenced an action and the petition had bion filed to protect the general body of creditors.

His Lordship-That remark applies to almost every bankruptay. Why should he be left out

Mr. Stephens-Watkins was endeavouring, if I may so, to steal a march on the creditors,

His ship-He was only axarelsing his legal rights.

Mr. Stephens-The bankrupt has assets to moet all his liabilities

His Lordship, thought you excepted

Mr. Watkins,

blic discussion which bus proceeded in the Press during recent years will have shown many of our legislators that the declaration that prospective pensiouars have no chance of-making provision for themselves is one that can be fully denied. At the time Mr. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN made Old Age Pen [80sions a political cry the great Friendly Societies in England were on the point of working cute scheme for providing old-age pensions for their members, and competent authorities say they could easily have done it. Indeed Sir WILLIAM CHANCE in a article in the Financial Review of Reviews for February says that cartaiu Courts and The President of the Local Government Ledges of the Manchester Unity and. Fores

ters have made it obligatory on their Board (Mr. JOHN BURNS) in a speech on the "Unemployed Question a short time ago in-members to insure for old-age pay as well as sick pay and for death, and these cidentally mentioned that the Government's

Courts and Lodges have become most Old Age Pension Scheine would provide pensions for a million persons. On the popular. But whenever they have made an effort to get their system applied over basis of 5- a week, or £18 per sanum,

the whole of these two great Friendly would mexu an annually recurrent expen. Societres and they have tried to do this ditare of £13,000,000, plus, about half a more than once-they have, at any rate up million to meet the cost of administering to the present, been met with the answer: the system. According to our recent What is the use of it, when the State is London telegram the Chancellor of the

going to provide the pensions?*** Exchequer proposes to get aside out of the been calculated that any working man who It has Budget surplus a sum of only £1,240,000, so desires may obtain an old-age pansion of which will not suffice to provide pensions 5. a week at sixty-five-in a Provident So- for even 100,000, So modest a scheme as clety it from the age of twenty-ons to sixty- this is unlikely to satisfy the Labour leaders ive he makes a payment of 2d. a week. of England who appear to bare bad it in The permanent secretary of the Ancient their minds that the Government would Order of Foresters has declared that the bass its proposals on some such scheme as extra contribution in the Foresters required that propounded a few years ago by Mr. to give 53. a wick at seventy would be only Mr. Smith obj-ated to the bankruptcy being BOOTE. Two schemes have a week beginning at eighteen years, 13. a annulled until the creditors had been paid in beau under consideration by the Local week at twenty-four and Id. at twenty full Government Board-one drawn up by Mr eight. Such figures effectually dispose of

His Lordakip said the Court could grant the Charan's Committee of 1899, and that the assertion that working men have no application if the debta were fully secured. of Mr. CHARLES BOOTH. Last year this chance of making provision for themselves. standing out was the one who had caused them Mr. Stephens added that the only creditor Board issued a memorandum giving Sometima ago Lord Avesuny: in collaborato go into bankruptcy, information as to the cost of these two tion with other known men propounded schemes. The

Hie Lordship thougat debtor had better go cost of the CHAPLIN what seemed a very practical scheme of on paying off the debts and let the matter sohems (58. to 75. a week pension) was subsidised, providence, putting it in the stand over for a week. estimated, to rise from £8,029,000 in power of any individual to insure for an

This course was adopted.

CHARLES

but he wants his coats and we don't think be

MrStephens-Ob,no, we intend to pay kim, entitled to them basines he did nothing to protect the estate."

We say the ast of bankraptoy is not an aot of bankruptcy. It was committed by a person who had no power to commit an act of bankruptcy.

Mr. Goldring-The Chief Justics found there was an act of bankraptor or be could not have made the receiving order,

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Mr. Dixon-The issue is as to whether this man had the power to give notice to the pst- tioning creditor. My case is that this person stole the shops of the firm. He was ultimately acrested by the Official Receiver with these chops in his possession.

His Honour Your case is one of fraud P Mr. Dixon-Yes. He conspired to bring about the bankruptcy when the firm was quite solvent.

Hie Honour Then the matter will go back to the Chief Justice who would rescind ?

Mr. Dizon--He said he would, my Lord, Mr Goldring-I don't see how you can send it back, my Lord. If the Chief Justics, has granted a receiving <rder he must be satisfied that the proceedings were in order. Perhaps he had no business to make the order but having made it he could not go back..

His Hongar I must decide this point for myself. It may be out of my jurisdiction. You say the Chief Justice found that an ass of bankruptcy had been committed.

Mr. Goldring-Yes, otherwise the receiving

order could not have been mads.

Mr. Dixon explained that subsequently to the receiving order having bosu made a meeting foreditors was held when it was decided that the proceedings in bankruptcy should be adjourned aino die till after the trial of those

janues.

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His Honour-These are not proceedings to.

follows:

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Lord Derby's Glacis" (Hon.

G. Lambton) I Mr. A, Stedall's "Wise Mason"

(Sadler, jun) 2 Mr. P. Lyuhat's Asticot"

(Lynham) 3

REUTDE'S SERVICE.]

THE OPIUM QUESTION.

LONDON, May 12th. President Roosevelt has sent a Message to the House of Representatives urging a vote of Appropriation for participation: tà the International Commission to investigato the Opium traffic in the Far East.

The Imperial Government is not aware of any fresh development of the American proposal for an international Opium Con ference. Great Britain has not replied to the United States definitely, and no date has been fixed for the Conference.

THE FRENCH-SOCIÁLISTS.

COUNCIL

A mesting of the Hongkong Legislative Council was held yesterday in the Council Chamber.

PRESENT:-

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, SIE K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O. FREDERICK JOHN DEALTRY LUGARD,

Troops, Colonel O. II. DARLING,

His Excellancy the Officer Commanding the

Hon Mr. F. H. MAY, CM.G. (Colonial Becretary).

Hon. Mr. W. REES DAVIES, (Atioráey- General), all your

Hon. Mr. A. M, Taoxson (Colonial Tres- surer).

Hou. Mr. W. CHATHAM, C.M.&. (Director of Public Works).

Hon.

General),

Mr. E. A. IRVINU (Registrar-

Hon. Commader BASIL R. B. TAYLOR, R.N (Harbour Master).

Hon. Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G. Sir HENRY BERKELLY, K.C.

Hon. Mr. WEI YUK.

Hon. Mr. II. W. SLADE

Hon, M. MURRAY STEWART,

Mr. C. CLEMENTI (Clerk of Counsile).

MINUTES. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed.

NEW EMDSE," Mr. B. W. Slade took the oath and assumed his seat as a member of the Council.

PATERS,

The COLONIAL SECRETARY, by direction of

Excellenor the Governor, laid ou the table- the Report of the Superintendent of the Prison for the year 1907,

FINANCIAL MINUTES

The COLONIAL SECRETARY, by direction of His Excellency the Governor, laid, on the table Financial minutes Nos. 19. to 29 and moved that they be referred to the Fiusnon Committee,

The COLONIAL TREASURER seconded, and the motion was agreed to.

FINANCIAL.

The COTONIA, STORETRAY, by direction of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the report of the Finance Committee (No. 7), and moved its adoption.

The COLONIAL TREASURER RIconded, anl the motion was agreed to.

BASEMENT BYELAWS,

The COLONIAL SECRETARY proposed that the amendment to the Basement Byelaws under section 10 of the Public Hoaith and Buildings Ordinance of 198 te approved.

motion was agreed to.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Reponded, and the

QUESTIONS, Hon. Mr. MURRAY STEWAsr asked the following questions standing in his name:

Is it true that His Majesty's Government LONDON, May 12th. The Socialists have suffered a notable has announced in the House of Commons an defeat in the Paris Manicipal elections. Intention of issing immediately to the Govern The defeat is regarded largely as evidencement of this Colony orders to alows all opinna. of the public disgust with anti-militarism.

PEAK TRAMWAYS,

Managers of the Peak Tramways Co. Ld.. Messrs. John D.Jimphreys & Son, General infert us that there is a clerical error in the Tramway Report. The dividend of 8 per cent. payable amounts to $23,000, and not $21,000 ́ns stated, and the amount carried forward to $7,471.65 and got $6,471.65 as stated

CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB.

housse forthwith P.

2 Dat the Imperial Government communi- cate this intention to the Colonial Govern=" went before making the announcement; if so, of such capital importance to the Colony with- held from motubers of this Conncil? how long before; and why was information

3 Has the Government bow agy explanation' to offer, or any information to impart, on this subject?

H19 EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-On May 5th the following telegram was dispatched by the Secretary of State and it reached me on May

YACHT DESIGNING COMPETITION. Dr. Haywood Hays, of Bangkok, Siam, having placed $300 at the disposal of the Matter most urgent. His Majesty'a building a small yacht anitable for the younger taken to close opium dens in Hongkong as they committed to defray the post of designing and Government has decided that stops-must-ba- members of the Club, his competition has been recognise it is essential in dealing with the instituted with the conditions following.

1-Competitors must guarantee to build a Opium question in Hongkong we must not up not to, exo-ed 8319 Mexican, and further I propose to make a statemort on these lines in boat from their designs, the cost of which is to the standard set by the Chinese Government. guarantee that any number of boats, from the Parliament to-morrow night. Despatch follows same design, can be built locally at the same by mail. Casa" The statement was, you pries,"

The cost of building the boat from the will observe, to have been made on the evening selected design will be defrayed out of the $300 of the day on which the telegram reached me. presented by Dr. Hage"

I cabled at once to the Secretary of Stalo 3.The member whose design is selected will asking him to defer the statement in the receive a prize of 860,

4-The boat, when built, to be named Siam House and to await the receipt of a despatch and become the property of the Club.

from me. I explained at some length the Beoretary on or before July 31st, 1908.

5. All designs to be gant to the. Hon. position in which the revenues of this Colony. 6-Designs to be sent in, saaled envelopes,asonable fine and I explained some of the would be placed and that I required a asked "Haywood Heys Yacht Designing plume on the design and on the right hand the reasons which make it inadvisable for me to Competition, with the competitor's nom-de- difficulties involved. The Council will appreciate corner of the envelops.

7-The competitor's name. not to appear on received a reply from the Secretary of State

quote this telegram in fall. On May 11th I' the envelope or design sent in.

8.-Competitors í fringing rala 7 will be which was marked confidential and I am there- disqualified.

fore hot at liberty to quoteft in full It 9. There is no limit to the number of informs me that it was not possible to defer the designs which may be sent in by each constatement in Parliament as the matter was the petitor.

10-The judges will be appointed by the subject of debate on that day and assured me Committaa and their decision shall be final.

that. His Majesty's Government appreciated 11-No competitor shall be eligible to not as the difficulties to which I had referred indge.

and awaited the

questions are couched it would soon that the arrival of my 'des. 12-Competitors to send in their names and patches. From the form in which the nom-de-plumes in sealed envelopes, marked not be opened until after the decision of the honourable member was nader the impression judges has been received.

that there had teen or might have been a desire on my part to withheld from the Council information on those matters which so vitally affect the interests of the Colony, I need hardly say that there has been no sach intention. The Council will observe that the first intima- tion of any kind that I res ved regarding "this" matter was on Wednesday last. The questions. now put were in fact received before the Secretary of State's reply to my telegram had reached me. That reply reached me on Monday evening. No time therefore has been lost in

set aside an order of the Court on the ground name of competitor which envelopes shall of fraud at all?

Mr. Goldring-No.

His LordshipWhat are your liabilities? Mr. Stephens About $15,000.. His Lordship Aad the assets? the liabilities in full,

Mr. Stephens-They are sufficient to meet the estate.

His Lordship Whom? MrStepheas-Almost immediately. About 70 per cent, will be paid at once and the rest in about a month.

Ilis Lordship What security have you ?:" trade and a steam Jaaneb.

Mr. Stephens-There is the present stock in

Mr. Dixon--I hope you will ask the Chief. Justice before you give your decision. The receiving order was made simply to protect.

His Honone reserved his decision,

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS, The German str. Bomeo left Sandakan on Toosday, the 12th inst. p.m., and may be expec ted here on or about Sunday, the 17th inst.

Tho sfr Louther Castle left Kobe via Moji on Thursday morning, the 14th inst., and is due here on or about Wednesday morning, the 20th iset..

The I.G.M. Mr. Prinz Bigismund left Kobe on Wednesday, the 13th inst. at 8 pm, and may be expected here on or about Wednesday,

the 20th inst.

The 2515 înst

WEATHER REPORT.

On the 14th at 11.45 am-The barometer has risen considerably over Japan, the depression having moved into the Pacific to the Seath of Hukkside,

The barom ter has also risen quickly on the N.E. quast of China, and the area of bigh pressure now covers the Eastern and Yeller Bbak

Pressure appears to remain low off the Apnam coast.

Fresh N.E. and E. winds may be expected is the Formosa Channel, and the N. part of the China Sea,

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am, to-day, 0.05 inches.

The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon

in Hongkong via Maails and Japan ports en Yokohands on the 14th iust, and should arrive Hongkong & Neighbourhood cloudy, drizzling

The TEK. str. Hongkong Maru sailed from to-day in na follows :--

(E. winds, freshi

The C.P.R. str. Empress of Japan arrived and left sysin it 9.80 p.m. same day for Yoko Kobe at 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday, the 13th Just hams, where she was due to arrive at 8.30 pm yesterday.

Formosa Channel......... South coast of China between South coast of China between Hongkong and Lamooks.

Hongkong and Hainan...

rain or mist, N.E. winds,

Same as No. 1 fresh,

painting the Council of the decision of the Secretary of State. I may add that the Government is engaged in ascertaining what losses will be incurred by closing the divanH ́ (applause),

BREWERY LICENCES.

The ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the first

roading of a Bill entitled An Ordinanes to extend to provisions of the Liquor

grant of brewery licenses, Licenses Ortie 1898 and to provide for the

Sams as No. 1 the motion was agreed to..

The COLONIAL SECRETARY 500oaded, and