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SUPREME COURT." Thursday, 17th September.
IN SUMMART JURISDICTION. BEFOAN MR. H. H. J. GOMPERTZ (ACTING PVISNE JUDGE),
THE FATE OF A CAMERA.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH, 1908.
Mr. Raven, architect, said he knew Mr. Weneer's' camera because has find used it. He know it must bére had a good legs,
His Lordship Why do you say that? Witness Boususe of the plotures it took They were sharp and required little exposure.
Witness detailed the events which happened at defendants' when he called with plaintiff, They looked all over the place for the camera, but could not find it...............
aculd recover c
W. L. Weiser, architect end surveyor; brought an action against Long Hing and
Mr. Morroli said plaintiff. had not made out Company, photographic dealers, 17 Queen's Road Central, for the return of Roamers, or in his case, There had been no suggestion of Mr. neglect, and neglent must be proved, before he the alternative 800 the value thereof.
hailment of this kind, Gardizor, from the office of Messrn. Button and,
It was simply n Hatt, appeared for the plaintiff, and the defend. defendants not reosiving any reward for ant company we represented by Mr. Morrel, of warehousing the camera. Mesars Goldring, Barlow and Morrell. deposit. Plaintiff wanted to impose on defond. quis the duty of looking after any camera which be liked to leave. Bis clients said they handed back the gamers to Me. Goldsmith and they did not know Mr. Wessor în, thu-mattor al all
Mr. Gardiner, in opening, stated that the plaintiff lent the camera to Mr. Goldsmith in May and that gentleman after taking some .photographs, returned the camera and had the
Kum Cheong, Manager of Long Hing & Co., plates developed and printe taken off. Sub-
stated that on May 25th Mr. Goldsmith brought sequently Mr. Wesser called for his camero, which he saw in defendants' shop, and gave the camera and asked for a dozen plates to be instructions to have it refilled and to ace that put in. He did not tell witness to whom the eamers belonged. When they received cameras the springs were all right. When lia called for. it on August Beuk Holiday it could it be they tied the names on to them. They put the found, and at a later stage they said they had bame of Mr. Goldsmith on thin camere, the hended it back to Mr. Goldsmith. Apparently name of wkleh by did not notice. It had a singlo they were not very sure because they ant lens with a gafer in front, Ho'would not round to Mr. Nurib, who was a wituese, to know describe it as a good lens. A good lers never if a camers bad boen sent to him by mistaka, had that kind of shatter and never had a He said he had not received any. The camera magnifier in front. When now the osmern would not cost more than £2. He would say it was an Pas valued at $90, about ten guineas Laving.
old one.. About the middle of July Yu. Gold: been paid for it about four years ago. I wasmith, called sud rooived the camers. He in good condition..
handed it to him himself, When Mr. Weasur he saw his camera in to shop be mislook Mr. North's camera for his own.
Cross-examined-Where did you get
Four
Mr. William North, cashier to the Inter. natioral Banking Corporation, said he had as
Dors which was in possession of defendants. His Lordship-What turns on this P
Mr Gardiner To show they have been care experience of lenses -We sell a lot.
Yee, but what do you know about thom -I Jese.
go by the name.
Wilness added that the camera had been in defendants' keeping for three months, and spoka
to defendants sending a man to him to inquire if a camera bad beou sent to him by mistake. He said it had not.
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You simply go by the namo And the price. Mr. Gardiner-A lebs would not deteriorate in four years ?—No..
Witness added that the shutter would not
Yon borrowed the money to land to Dufresne? No it was given to me.
When did you give this money to defendant ?. --I did not give the $700 all at onse.. I gava him first $200.
When P-In December.
Where In the Hongkong Cinematograph, What dato?I can't remember. Who was present, Albrecht. Where is he He has gone to Europe. Plaintiff asked whose was the money if it was not his ?
Mr. Kong. Sing-It belonged to the Com. mercial Union Cinematograph Company, in which you were a ticket collector.
What about that item of 8210 in the Canton Hotel! Did you pay it It I did not pay it, I gave the guarantoo,
Yes. Is it not a fact that your Alms and olothes are detained there because you have And you are charging the defendant 8910 not paid the money? Yes, which you did not pay be $810 refers
The case was adjourned till Friday afteracos, something else.
MATINE MAGISTRATE'S COURT.
Thursday, September 17th. BEFORE HON. COMMANDER BASIL RH, TAILOR, RN, (MARINE MACISTEATE).
SHIPPING NEWS.
THE CADET BYIF "MERSEY," The "Mersey," the training ship for over in the meronatile marine, which has been acquired by the White Star Line for the purpose of edu dating oodata as apprentices in a first-class snil- ing ship under their own fing, sailed last month from Liverpool for Sydney. She has a registered burden, of 1,520 tons, and is one of the finest types of British-built sailing ships, She carries about 40 cadets.
THE LOSS OF 198 "DUNEIRN."
Nagasaklike anthorities requested the Sesbo Aduisaity to despatch a warship to the rasne of the wreck of the Duzearn" to search for possible survivore, but was informed in reply that such a step was deemed unnecessary as considerable time had elapsed sines the disas of the wreck and near adjacent opaste would be ordered to maintain a sharp
lookout. ler happened. Vessels-passing-in the vicinity
1000-FOOT LINBES.
IND COOPE'S STOUT.
LIGHT PALATABLE
WHOLESOME.
AND
QUALITY AND CONDITION UNEXCELLED.
PER DOZEŃ QUARTS...
PINTS SPLITS
SOLE AGENTS
$415,
2.35 1.50
& CO., LTD. WINE, SPIRIT & CIGAR MERCHANTS,
12 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL
H. PRICE TELEPHONE No. 135. Hongkong 18th September, 1902,
BARGAINS
IN
HIGH CLASS
PIANOS
Whether founded on fact or on "intelligent. Anticipation," the sialement that a dry dock, sapable of decommodating thousand-foot liners frequently more or less-similar in the circum- Į is to be construcial at Southampton, will atences of lone. Hi there be taken collectively SPECIAL tesouroly occasion surprise. Messrs. Harland they comprise 169 per cent, of the steamers ond and Wolff, it is well known, says London 20.1 per cent. of the sailing vereels removed contemporary, are to build for the White Star from the merchantile marine during 1907. The Line a couple of steamers which will exet in return has been compiled by Lloyd's Register point of dimensions the now Churrders, and in such a manner as to enable a comparison to bo which, if they do not have a length of 1,000ft, made between the percentage of loas suffered by tho will be somewhere in the neighbourhood. As each of the principal merchant navies these big boats will fa que course be put on the world. Great as the absolute anal loss of service from Southampton to New York, vessels belonging to the United Kingdom Arrangements are now being made to provide appears to be it is seen to from a very moderate deek accommodation for them at the Hampshire percentage of the mercantile marine of the port, and it is clearly desirable that they should country and to compare favourably with the be able to move into dry-dock as occasion resverage of the lesson sustained by other leading quires, without the necis-ity going elsew hara. maritime countries. The merchant navies which Thus, it can hardly be doubted that at some exceed a total of 1,000,000 tons are thais of the time or other there will be built, at South United Kingdom, the British Colonies, the Usit ampton, the dry-donk needed for thousand-footed States of Amerios, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, and Japan. The parentage of steamers lost by the United Kingdom during 1907 is 1-09, while the average of the precont ages for the next six countries le 143; 8 regards sailing vessels the precen ages 3-85 for the United Kingdom and 409 for the other six outcris. Those figures show that steamers has a much greater immunity from disaster than sailing vessels The average of the yearly precentages of losaus during the five years 1903. 1907 for vessels owned in the United Kingdom is 100 per cent, as compared with 241 per These presentages are fer vessels together. cent, for vessels owned by the other six ouantries
AN UNLICENERY PASSENGER BOAT. A boatman named Tam Shai was charged with using his boat as a passenger boat without a licence,
Coralabile Connor stated that defendant had 16 passengers on his bout while lying alongaite the Carton wharves, When asked for his licence he produpet one which had expired on July 20th, "...
His Worship imposed a fine of $10, in default one month's imprisonment.
THE WHISTIN NUISANCE.
starmers.
Crust-examined-He had not called at the alter the value of the lone, He was quite surp for blowing the whistle of his vessel other than claims of the ocean rayagor are always simul actually lost, and exclude all cases of broaking.
shop with Mr. Water who pointed out a
be handed the camera to Mr. Go'dimit. He vent to Mr. North becauso Hr. Weaser said the
THE NLY P. AND. OLINER. Attention is nowadays su tauch concentrated on Atlantic navigation that it is sometimes for gotten that progress is not confined to that ocean. there is a reminder of the fast, says the Daily Telegraph, in ite launching on the Clyde of the "Mores," the lat-at twin-orow mail and passenger steamer of the Peninsular and Oriental Company. The new boat is the first of the vessels designed to meet the require ponts of a more sxacting mail contract to the the exigencies of the mail servisa and the Best and Australia. With the P. and O. Com Fany taneously considered, and the result is that the even upon her recaet and favourable prede censors The Mores' is-50 ft long, with a bam of Gift, and ber gross tonnage is 11,5 0. She is constructed to carry some 400 first-class and 200 second-class passengers, under conditione ef great comfort in tropical as well as in temperate climes. Her construction has proceeded, an rapidly that she will probably be delivered within a year of the date of the laying of her of P. and O. Company is not experimenting
BROADWOOD. COLLARD.
WERNER,
HAAKE
RACHALS.
KRAUSS.
"AND OTHER
MAKERS OF REPUTE
WEAR GUARANTEED!
up, condemnation do not known to boooeequent WILL BE STORED UNTIL REQUIRED
Re-examined Ho àld not know Mr. Wonsor, camera belonging to Mr. North was his. With Prosecutor, alated that on the sfiorneon new liner ozibodies a number of improvements. upon. casualty or stress of weather.
CAMETA.
had never seen Mr. Weager before.
Lance Borgeant Edwards proscented Lau Tsi co sewain of the lesz kunet "Kam Shun"
for the purpose of navigation.
15h inst. be of the
eaw defendant'a lunch, which was towing a lighter, going His Lordship-said he could not nish the towards the 8. Sheshu Maru". When
about 70 or 80 yards from the ship defen-: case that day,
dant blew iwo bleste, but did not starboard the launch's holni. Gotting nearer, another two blasts were blown, and the helm was ported. Defendant's excuse was that be was attracting Defendant stated that he was towing the the aftention of the compradero of the vessel. lighter alor gside the stremer, and gave two long blasts to warn some small boats to get out of the way."
The hearing was adjourned until Wednesday, --ÁCTION AGAINST A CINEMATOGRAPH
BROPRIETOR
Pang-Yu brought an action against August Danfresne, cinematograph proprietor, for $150, being wages due at the rate of 830 a month since April 1st. to 31st August. Mr. Q. D. Thomson appeared for the plaintiff and defend ant was reprisented by Mr. Otto Kong Sing.
Plaintiff deposed to taking his camera to defendente on the date in question to have plates developed as bo had frequently done before. On or about May 8th be lent the camera to Mr. Goldsmith, and two months later bo called at defendants' shop and saw his camera, telling the people to charge it with plates and Roe that the springs were all right. On the morning of August Bank Holiday he called with two friende, Mr. Raven und Mr. Balkw, and eaw Kam Cheong who said he could not find the camera. He suggested it muit tave been returned to Mr. Goldsmith, The case for the plaintiff wax that he had. born in the employ of the defendant for about to which remark plaintiff replied that it was absurd as he had seen Mr. Goldsmith, le told five years, He had first entered his service. defendants to return his camera within a week in the Yannan province where defeudaat was and as bo saw it the shop a camera similar to employed as an engineer on the railway. For his FD he suggested they might have sent hit the last five months he had served the defond- camere by mistake to the-enner of that one, and as boy and workman in the Hongkong On calling Inter they told him the owner of that vinematograph, end plainüf wild he would comora said his camera was still in their give him $30 a month and pay for his food possession About the middle of August 1o! Defendant had given him everal as at wrote them a lofter and received a reply. His different times, but these were only to buy camera was a Fallowfield special rapid with food. He had not received any wages since Gost lens. Shortly aftor hs got the the 1st Apri camera he received an offer of 380 for it from the Chinese photographer with whom he need to leave it.
Cross-examized-He did not leave the camera there himself. He did not pay for warehousing it. Box cameras were going out of date. The Fallowfield firm was not making them now, It was not the sort of thing that could be bought now for £117.6. The Goatz lena aleus cost between £7 end £8. Witness never went with Mr. Goldsmith to Long Hing's. He had seen the camera there with Mr. Goldsmith's name
ob.it.
What kind of less? Getz No. S Single or Double ?-Single,
Goeta No. 3 is double-It may be so made
NOW.
Goetz does not advertise double lans now May I look at the catalogue
No.
Are you an expert on leres P-No. Have you ever had the lens cut Where did you get the information from that
it was a Goelz lens - From London,
Are Fon prepared to say It was single er double-I could not say,
The defence was a total-denial of all liability. Defendant paid Lim more than bis due and on the 20th August gave him $20 and had not be
He afterwards learned that the him since:
in the employ of another plaintiff was oematograph man
His Lördzhip reserved judgment until the other notion had been heard.
Charles Nagent aned the same defendant for $1,087.18 money silvane te and paid on behalf of the defendant, the claim being reduced to $1000 to bring it within the jurisdiction of the court. Mr. . D. Thomson appeared for plaintiff, and defendant was represented by Mr. Ott Kenging. *
His Worship imposed a fiue of $25, or six works' imprisonment.
THE DISTURBANCES IN KOREA.
The
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with turbinte in the "Mores.". Her engines are of the quadruple-expansion type, and are ex
*pe d of 175 to 18 knots. There was predibly a temptation to pus tarbase preted to give her a into the "Baisette, the how bout specially built by the P. and O. Company for the mail and passenger service between Aden and Bombay, bnt oren that was resisted. Maybe it is thought that, however suitable the turbine may be for the broad Atlantic, where very high speed ja required, it is less needed in the Eastern and Anatolian trade, with its enforced employment of the Suez Canal every voyage.
THE NEDERLAND ROYAL MAIL LIND
THE TRADE DEPRESSION AT TIENTSIN
CASH on CREDIT..
Co., Ltv.
A correspondent of the Peking and Tientsin Times writes:-**
The depressed condition of affairs obtaining ROBINSON PIANO
partially explained four reasons here, probably stagnation is a hatter word, is given by your nativo correspondent. One must look further and deeper into the subject to find the malignant sore which had voted the whole of our little marcantile world, and as an old Chins and I trust you will give space to the following remarks in which I baliove the true causes pro given, →→
A series of indifferent harvests, complicated. by foods in some districts, famines in others, and followed by famines in two of the flooded districts (Hanan and Kinngsi.) -- 2-Qvertradiug
Steady drain of money by Boxer Indemnity
payments.
The annual deficit or heavy debit balance caused by the inequality of Experts and Imports, all the world over, due to overmanufacturing and overtrading, intensified by the American 5-The general dulness for stagnation) of trade
financial collapse of lat Automo.
The dishonesty of the Chinese doutors in.
Tlontsin.
Hongkong, 13th July, 1908:
tione
THE DALAI LAMA.
It has boen a matter of notoriots, maya; the writer of Native Notes in the M-0. Daily News, i that the Dalai Lama bas evinced a great deal of to come by the Throne and repeatedly advised reinofanes to go to Peking although commanded
A FINAL INVITATION TO SURRES DER.
to do so by the Clovernor of Shanni, to which Baddhist Fonti has been residing for the best By an extra of the Koreun "Ofois! Gazalte"
The Nederland Royal Mail Line (Bloomart
province the Wataishan Temple, where the was issued another. Imperial decree concerning Maatschappu Nederland) is in fatare going to
reluctance and of the lawless conduct of his Seoul Prees") with a statement that rioters and cargo for Europe, or Penang, Java, and
a retainers it was plainly hinted to the the inaurgente. It begins (according to the call fortnightly at Golombe to take passengers
part of a year, belongs. In eonsequence of this
Pontiff by the Shungi authorities that he had who have continued to m ke troub'e since the Sumatra Their steamers ran alternatively with
Eqtiur return at once-to-Fiber Prepara summer of lest year are vagrants, with uo those of the Rotterdam Lloyd, which will not call
nade were accordingly
by 'Loss homes, as already scruples, degenerating into robbers. Trae, at Colombo. The Nederland stearoard lezve there were some people who became violims of Amsterdam every fortnight, calling at South-
The rath may as well be written and to start for their
noted in this column the other day; when prejudios and misconception at the momentous ampton, Lisbon (occasionally), Chenoa, and
Shib-kat's recent period of the late national regeneration, but Egypt on their way East, and thereafter, on palilished openly: no good can come fr they failed to take any united and harmonious their way faribor East, at Sabang (the now tempting to hide, or diegaiso it longer. The Grand Counsiller Yuan
Pontif, the Pasté Lama, to Peking came to action. With a view to bringing them to peace coaling part at the north of Suma ral, Binga dream of Luinese honesty bas vanished and inatenggestion to the Throne to invite the rival
Batavia (Java), where they place we have the baro naked fast of dishonesty.
Forsiguern are not free from blame in this the ears of the Dalai Lams, and so immediate out bloodshed, His Majesty has isaged more pore, and than one ediot inviting their surruder His connect with steamers for all parts of the Dutch Majorty rogests to ba compelled to admit order Archipelago, Sustralis, &c. Passengers for mutier; the struggle to do business his change of front zoom to have been the result. ie being restored but slowly. Weeds left over Penary and Sumatra porte tranship at Sabang, resulted in the foreign merobante giving an According to a Peking dispatch, H. E. Fee. to the Central Government that the Baddhist grown prove injurious to good soods, an the between which and Ponors there is onuoting limited credit to imp-eunions, anknown, adven. Fea, the Governor of Shansi, has telegraphed toleration of law breakers impairs the dignity line of smaller steamers. The following are the turers, who calling themesver
hambly obeisances to their Imperia? Majesties of a State. The edist gives notice that the vessels on the home ruu: Kon. Willem I opened dero's and then called themselves oli Hop begs to be allowed to pay
Willem II," "Kon. uerohante,
Tiontain only develozed into a direct import and bag saleofed either the 17th or 25th instant surrender of repentant insurgents will be Vonded, "Kon.
"Grotius," Kon. Willem
as his date of leaving the Wutaishan Temple accepted till the end of October, and no longer. Wilhelmine,
"Of ing estre after tbo. Japan-China war Rembrandt." "Oranie
for the Capital The Dalai Lams proposes to and
time the Native Banks after vainly travel by sedan-chair cr male litter as the "Vondel," **Grotius,”
all striving to re-establish the old order of thing far y the City of Cheating and there This decision is foal and His Majsety com- manda the provincial authorities to take proper these measures in make the contents of the prosent "Rembrand," are quite new, and
Attel up which existed before the war took defifite ediet widely and thoroughly known among the of the vessels are excellently
for passengers, the accommodation being up to action and commsaved to restrict credit up to to take train to Peking. His relings consists of people.
date in every way. Their tonnage ranges from the point of almost abolishing ; then the two hundred and sixty-two persons, and he warty curen of sacred books. Besides these the about 4,000 to 600 tore. There are a large native dealers finding sager firms ready atland carries with him no less than one hundred and to meet them in anyway, began boying either Pontiff brings with him over two hundred number of single-berth cabins, for which thore
CRECH of is no additional charge. There is both first from Stock or goods to arrive and this way and second class recomodation. The fares are predition lay. midway between the P. O inside and outside- oabin charges on their mail steamer. The ling per cent. surtax.
IIE
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and.
"dealers,"
At
Plaintiff said he met the defendant at the end of last year and the latter said he Lad a project for a cinematograph. Plaintiff advanced hips $705" at the time, Defendant gave him no receipt. Plaintiff paid several of summoned before Ald. Sir George Faudel is in the Eastern Combine regarding the 10 withdrawn their orodits from or firms that they ass. In the circumstanoes it would esem
by
JOINT STOCK COMPANY FINED, At the Mansion House Police Court London, last mouth, the London and Easiera Trading Company (Lld.), of Fenchurch Street, ward defendant's debts. In February of this year Phillips for an infringement of the Joint Stock defendant owed him $159 and the latter told Companies Acta in failing to send to the Re- bim he had no money and no property, The gistrar of Joint Stock Companies an sunnal difference between El at and the amount claimed list of shareholders and other particulars was explained by wages Quo te plois tiff who is splints barrister, who appeared for the worked for defoudant, and by the fact that Board of Trade, said the company was regis he paid expenses. Plaintif was to reosive the tered in April, 1999, with a capital of 10.000 balance over expenses, but defendant kept the shores of £l each. No meeting of the company worry in his pocket. Defendant promised to tops placa set yet of The company in apply
offender in respect thess defaults ing statutory information, having been warned pay him wages but he had not received any.
By the Court-He advanced the money to the in 1900 and 1903. Public Works Department, stated that plain defendant because bo believed the cinematograph tiff leat bim a camera and after taking belonged to him. He wished to make og photographs he laft it with Long Hing to develop the plates and take prints. He called arrangement for sharing the profte, but then for these a few days later and paid for them, plaintiff learned the motor belonged to some
Yes, I do.
In fact you don't know any thing about it Re-examined-I had a pamphlat sent with the camera describing its particularities. It
described the lens as a Groeta lens.
Mr. H. Goldsmith, assistant engineer in the
He told them to put in another twelve plates which he subsequently need. Again he left the camera with defendants about 24th May, tolling them it was Mr. Weaser's. Not till August did he call there as Mr. Wenser informed him they had said witnesa bad the camera. At first Kam Cheong did not seem to know what hap pened to the camere, and after nearobing in the shop they said witness must have taken the camera. As a matter of fact he had not, The pictures ho took were very good,
ono size,
Cross examined
When did you meet defendant ?-In, Noven ber.
You had never seen him before-No.: Did you arrive in Hongkong in November In October,
Where did you oogue from P-Tonkin. What were you in Tonkin A merchant. Had you any money --Yes.
Sir George Feudal-Phillips imposed fine of £15 4, being 2 a day for the 152 days in default, and £l is, dosis, which was paid,
WEATHER KETOET.",
When the goods arrived they were delivered on credit (to men whom the oatire banks had refused to essiet). As time went on the goods
prezenta which he intends in offer their Majesties as a proof of his devolion and
about one month and then will return to allegiance. He will make a stay in. Peking or
The vessels on the homeward run do not out on credit inoceased in volume, like a rolling that there will be un necessity now of inviting call at Southampton direct, but passengers for snowball; unlimited credit was given, "to keep the Buddhist Co-Pontiff to Poking asan of ot
Majestier. England who, instead of landing at Ganor, go the ball rolling" and when the breath of life to the Dalai Lama's dilatoriness in obaying thứ to Amsterdam will be given a free passage coseed, what would you? Trade stopped, The Imperial behest to have an audience of their
I the Foreign merchant ba to Amsfordam will be given a free postage foreign banks called helt Southampton, and thus would have a good long called pay, pay, pay! the native dealery, sit ing
to Colombo by 96 is 24 'boween the devil and the deep sea. sea trip for their money. The scheduled time calm and sureve said; we cannot and so we are from Southampton to
the ben, authorities have instructed the official in hstgs of the Goto Islanda as to the disposition of apy, bodies which may be wabad ashore and have also comminicated with the Kagoshima-ken and Korean Government
nathorities on the subject.
WRECKS IN 1907,
186
FRENCH WAR HEROINE
It is an irrefutable fact that the major portion of the goods given on credit to the
At Le Mans, where Mr. Wilbur Wright, the native dealers in Leen sold at prices varying from cost to (commonly), twenty-five American aerorast, has been carrying out his experiments, a Mme. Imbart, a heroine of the percent below, and how are these originally impocasiona men to pay the merchants for Franco-Prussian war, has been discovered, living their gonda?
They have red and ricted in very straitened eircumstances. She is 64 these past years on the proceeds of the goods years of age, and was born at Le Mans. When on credit: now the
now the day of reasoning has come the war broke out she was living at Melz Wall?
The
courageous Woman served on the French. It will take months to get prices up to the Intelligence staff, and, disguised in male attire, setani value of the goods, meanwhile there is repeatedly penetrated the German lines, bring nothing to be done but wait patiently, if curing back much valuable information to Bazaine, creditors, the banks and the Courts will give Chief of Staff. On one memorable la alte 19 grace.
I BRY
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severed fifty miles on font,
We have ranched the limit, and only one
Entrusted with dispatches for the French safe course is open in the future, cash Conoral at Thionville, then invested by the delivery, and forget that anyone has ever enomy, she was captured, and the secret of her been so was ter sales and use sex revealed. While the Prussians were sextoli is as good es another men's bond-forget it; ing bar, Mine. Imbert, under their very eyes, calmly swallowed the incriminating dispatches. Teatein exports call for no-comments they she was tried, and condemted sa a spy, but the Prussian commander, as a tribute of admiration for har bravery, mounted the death penalty, Three days later she escaped to the French liner. country has ignored me. 1199rts
How much I had $360 or $40). In my be expected in the Foriness Channel and the 42:7 per cent of the lasses of steamera and speak for themselves ia empty hongs,
cozz
poolot.
Mr Morrell That doesn't prove anything.. Mr. Gardiner It must be good. camióra, ay
His Lordship-You may get good pictares, from s cheap oamers.
Cross-examined-When he left the camera the second time he gave
no instructions about re-charging it. He remembered telling them it was Mr. Wasser's camera because if it had been his own he would have take it away,
Anything more?—Yes.
You had no banking account? NO. Did you send any clothes to Hughes and Hoogh to be sold to raise money N
Where were you living before yon mat Mr. Dufresne--I was staying at a hotel. I cannot
remember the name.
Plaintiff said he received the money from áre you quite sure you did not take it away? Mr. Barbey which he advanced to defendant.
-Quite sure, DE
They said you did ?—I didn't,
The statistics sammary of vesels totally lost condemned, &c., published by Lloyd's Register, shows that during last year the gross reduction The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued in the effective mercantile marine of the world amcanted to 868 vessels of 821,024 tons, excind. the following report:
On the 17th at 19.05 p.zaThe barometer ing all vessels of less than 100 tons. Of this has fallen moderately in 8. Japan; and risen total 356 vessels, ef 565,119 tons, were sterzones and 519, of 286,105 tone, were sailing vessels. elsewhere, partionlarly over Chica
The Bigarea for the previous year wore as The depression is moving Eastwards over
follow: 1906, steamers 378 of 549,707 tout, 8.E. Japan.
Presize is in moderate to elight excess of suiling vessels 567, o 307.105 tous. Strandings It is highest over and kindred camities which are comprised ander the normal elsewhere,
the term "wracked "are the most prolific canas Chinst the North of the Yangtze,
of disaster. To such ossualties are attributable Light variable to moderata N.E. winda may
THE NATIVE VIRK, 35.7
losses of sailing thu. per coat, of
A native correspondent, connected with a FN part of the
ezpaura ip a request for Hongkong tainic for the 25 mars ehet semman termination of a Tissel's career is be condemnation, breaking 10 m. today, 0.08 inches
up, & 086 per cant. of the term
Remure and jalcemation, states that trade is not now good The forecast for the 24 tons ending at noon. 34 per cent. of the sailing vestor remover zor key to improve, to the Native City
from the merchant fleets of the world He gives the four following reasons for this to-day is as follows:--
(Variab'e winds, being accounted for in this manner. Of the commercial depression, and online that es remaining causes of loss, collision is the important memorial on the subject has been sent for stromers (112 par by the Board of Finance to His Excellency the Hongkong & Neighbourhood. light or wo
derate; foir. most general
Variable to cent) while for eailing vessels, cases Viceroy. The four reasons for bad, trade N.E, winds, mo- of abandonment at sea come next in order of locally ara derete.
frequency 54 per cent) The percentages are based on the present return alone, but the order. Same as No. 1. of frequency of the several classes of casualties appears to be normal Cases of abandoned,
Formosa Channel
Beath count of China between Hongkong and Lemooks, Hongkong and Huinap...
The shortness of money.
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3.-Over stocking.
Whose money was it ?-It was all the same, South coast of Uhina between Sarse as No. 1 foundered, and missing vessels are no doubt various native banks not only in the native city
Mr. Barboy was associated with me.
but also in the various foreign eczésesions,
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