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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 9TH, 1909.

The Colonial Secretary's Office inform us TELEGRAMS.

that quarantine restrictions are now imposed in British North Borneo on arrivals from Hongkong.

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Copyright Ordinance, 1894.)

"DAILY PRESS "EICLUSITE SERVICE.]

It is perhaps not well known' that in Hong- keng it is prohibited by Ordinance to offer for sale from the month of March to the month of September inclusive any pheasant or partridge RAILWAY DISASTER IN JAPAN. Yesterday at the Magistracy a stallholder in the Central Market was fined $5 for having sold a brace of pheasants.

At the Sanitary Beard on Tuesday Mr. Shelter Hooper will move the resolution of which he has given notice for the provision of a new cemetery, and there will be read a letter from the Government forwarding a copy of the Bil amending the Public Health and Building ordinance.

stone fell from the hillside and crushed hig

Tokyo April 8th. Twenty passengers have been killed or injured in a train disaster near Aomori, the train being blown off the track in a typhoon and falling down the embankment.

(REUTÉÀ'S SERVICE TO THE "HONGKOÝG DAILY PRESS "].

DREADNOUGHTS FOR AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

LONDON, March 7th. Fresh impetus has been given to Naval controversy by the the announcement at Berlin that Austria- Hungary has decided to lay down inmediately three Dreadnoughts.

but the amount of the fure is n inutter great It will probably reem to importance. mony that H. E. Sir FREDERICK LUGARD drow a bow, ut n venture in suggesting that HE. the Viceroy of Canton might, when the railway is completed, run down to Hongkong after breakfast, take lunch at & CO. Government House, and get back to Canton the mme evening, with plenty of time to apare for business or pleasure in Hongkong. That will only be pomible with express. tralus from terminal 10 terminal

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or of forty afty miles an hour. Nowhere East of Suez, we believe, not even on the trans WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS Siberian railway, are tratas running at that speed at the present time. Yet, if there is to be any considerable through passenger traffic

A verdict of accidental death was returned it will only be obtained by grantly reducing yesterday by the jury which ant with Mr Kemp the time of transit tokes by the river boals at the Magistracy to conduct an inquiry into Ordinary trains, stopping at every station the circumstanons of the death of an excavating. along the line of rou's are not likely to coolie who was killed on the 23rd March at average more than twenty miles an hour. Hanghom railway heading by a fall of stone As the entire length of this ling will be which crushed him. It appears that he was on 112 miles, a speed of twenty miles and filling waggons of the railway when the hour gives about six hours for the death being instantaneous. journey against between seven and eight by steamer. Then the est factor enters into the question. On the Germaa railways in Shantung the passenger rates per mile are 5 cents for the second class, 24 cents third class, and 11 cents fourth class. If these rates obtained on the Canton-Kow) on railway the fare of a fourth-class passenger would amount to $140 for the through journey, whereas by steamer the tars for stoerage passengers is 70 cents, by day boats, The fully of not letting well alone has been Waiwapu against the conclusion of and 50 cents by the night boats; and it has strikingly instanced si Batavia by a native the agreement with German bankers been much less when competition was keener.ass who made for a sum of me for a loan for the Canton-Hankow

are questions upon which it is murdered a schoolmaster, who had made interesting to speculate now, but they will all doubtle be settled in due course in a way calculated to attract a traffic rewanerative to the railway. We all know that the railways at present run- ning in China carn good dividends, and as on example of what may be done in South China we have the short length of railway running between Canton and Stämsbui, which we understand, shows rocnits that nre probably not excel'ed by any railway

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In consequence of a telegram received from the police at Penang, Sergt. Wilden went on board the German mail steamer Buelow on Wednesday and arrested Loo Goldstein. on a charge of being a deserter from the Peasug police. "He was brought before the Magistrate yesterday and admitted that he was a deserter and also expressed his willingness to return to Penang His Worship committed him pending

the arrival of an escort.

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criminal court before which he confessed his

GREAT BRITAIN AND THE NEW RAILWAY LOAN.

LONDON, April 7th. It is announced that Sir John Jordan has strongly protested to the

ny enemies by practising the black art. The railway, before the lowest tender has gilt, held that the sum promised proved to licen, submitted to Great Britain, in great a temptation to be resisted by the pin accordance with the engagement of whose greed had been aroused, and that this1905, should count as a mitigating circumstance The sentence passed was only 20 years' hard Inbour. The sassin hoping for a lighter sentence, appealed, and the court, finding that the criminal court had erred in taking the blood money into

account, sentenced the nasassin to death.

Eome time ago there were complaints in Hong of the same mileage in the worlo. We kong that Magistrates were too lenient in real- | feel sure that when ones the Canton.Kowing with offenders, Manila is now doing a growi loon railway is open to traffic all doubts that the fines inflicted by some of the judges aro too small. The Governor-General, according to which may now exist na to the Probability the Cablenewa-Americas, has received a com of it attracting sufficient tradie to cover ex-plaint from the collector of internal revenue of penses will speedily be resolved. There can the action of the judges of the courts of first be no doubt that us sections of the great trunk line between Canton and Hankow are completed, and as the mineral wealth of the interior of Cbins, is developed, there will be

An incrassing volume of

instance in many provinces in assessing small Anes on Chinsmen and others tried and convict. ed for opiam smoking. Ho complains that the small fires imposed are rather in the nature of license to

The complaint will be referred to the attorney general so that the eri may be remedied and the attention of the judges be called to the provision of the law under which fiue of P200 and imprisonment for six-months or both may be imposed.

boals sraight breaking the law. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. and passenger trafic ever the line to ONLY communications, relating to the news Kowloon, for as His Excellendy Sir « hinn should be addressed to THE EDITOR,

Correspondente must forward their names and FREDERICK LUGARO pointed out, it will sditesses with communications addressed to the be of enormous advantage to the Chinese to Editor, not for publication but as evidence of good faith.

All leltors for publication should be written on one side of paper only.

No anonymerely signed communications that hare already appeared in other papers will be

inserted.

Orders for extra copies of DAILY PRESS should be sent before 11 am. on day of publication. After that hour the supply is limited. Only supply for Cask.

Telegraphic Address: PRESS. Coass: A.D.C. 5th Ed. Lieber.

have railway access to a great emporium of rale like Hongkong, and with goodwill and hearty co-operation on the part of those who control the two sections of the line we ought to be able to look forward with confidence to the prosperity of the esterprise,

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If the gaols in Singapore and Penang were. not so annessarily comfortable and the prison régime so mild, says the Penany Gruselte, there would hardly have been an increase, per 100,000 of the population, from 863 in 1907 to 1,000 in 1908. These figures would soom, at Grst sight, to indicate that one person in every 100 of the stricken with smallpox on Sunday and died the population went to gol last year, which would point to a truly sppalling state of affairs; that following day.

deduction, however, is not correct ag of the 6,347 The Colonial Secretary in forms as that Hong-prisoners received 1,265 had previous convictious LONDON OFFICE: 131, Flest Branet. E kong has been declared an infected port by the and some of these were doubtless in more than

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The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, APRIL 9TH 1909. Ir is gratifying to learn from this speech delivered by Mr. FRANK GROVE, the Engineer-in-Chief of the Chinese section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, at the interesting little ceremony which took place at Canton out Wednesday

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reason. at present to depart from the terms of Lis estimate that trains will be running for through traffic with the British section on or belore July 1st, 1917. This will be barly twelve months after the date. by bich the British section is estimated to be

complet d, but the announcement unde by -Mr. Grove is welcome in Hongkong as ramoving an impression that owing to the de lay in starting the Chinese section we might h we to wait much longer than twelve months

Dr. Janas, a well-known Manila dentist, was

authorities of Colombo.

The Earl of Meath addressed the boys of the Penang Free School ca the Empire movement

when passing through that port.

once in the year. But such a large proportion

CASTRO ENRAGED.

LONDON, March 7th. The Governor of Trinidad has been instructed not to allow ex-President Castro to land in the Colony.

This enraged Castro who landed at Martinique, the only port in the West Indies from which he is not barred.

AMERICA'S TARIFF REFORM.

LONDON, April 8th. The Washington House of Re- presentatives has adopted amendments the Tarif Bull providing that tea shall he admitted duty free and remov- ing the countervailing duty on coffee. AMERICAN MINISTER TO CHINA.

LONDON, April 8th, President Taft has offered ex- Senator Fulton the appointment of American Minister to Peking

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KAILWAY CONCESSION

REFUSED.

PEKING, April 8th.

of récidivists is in itself a most disquieting fee Board of Foreign affairs has ture and the impression that there must be some refused to grant a concession to a thing wrong with the short sentence system French syndicate for the construction, which lets criminals loose, time after time, to of a railway in Samchow and the prey on Society is confirmed by the official state-

neighbouring province of Kwangsi, CHINESE POST OFFICE LOSSES.

Colonel "Bob" Love, the manager of Harmsment that there are now 57 long sentence pri ton's Cirens, was attacked by smallpox at Manila.

soxers classed as habitual, ie, with more than He was removed to the hospital Inst Saturday.

Another batch of deportees from the Datel East Indies has reached Hongkong to the num berof 41, which number was augmented by 11 from Saigon.

The Straits Cats Trading Company was proceeded against at Singapors on a charge of having added water and buffaloes' milk to the milk sold to the Tan Took Seng Hospital.

two previous sentences of over six months.

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EN OLD TRICK.

Notwithstanding the publicity given to the dodge, there are still a few simpletons in Hong kong who are vietinised by means of what the Chinese call fong chak" which isn form of ring ing the changes. Two men having made up a parcel to look like a buzdie of notes, approach" some woman on the street and ask if she can direct them to a certain place.

The Indy

To-day being Good Friday there will be no issue of the Hongkong Daily Press to-morrow, delighted with the prospect of being of some but latest tolograms will be published as asual in the Shipping Exim

service, says that she is going in the same direction. The Izio walk together and after The act authorising shorter hours for civil little time one of the men informs her that this service employees in the Philippines during the companion has picked up & roll of notes on the hof months, passed by the Assembly on Mareltomer but is afraid to go to a money changer.

before through con etion is established 12, was passed by the Commission without. She is a woman and can do it more easily.

Thore

change on April 5th

By the French mail stramer Tonkin dug at Singapre last Mouny, Sir Charlas Brooke was

Thus addressed she expresses her willingness to change the money and on the bundle being lauded to her she walks off. She has only pro ceded a little way when it occurs to one of the

PEKING, April 8th.

SUPREME COURT.

Thursday, April 8th.

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IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.

BEFORE HIS HONOUR SIE PIGGOTT (CHES JUSTICE.)

DISPUTED PROM1980BY NOTES,

In the action in which Taoi Kam proceeded against Chung Tsin Wai to recover $7521.15 amonut alleged to be due with interest on certain promissory notes, an argument areas on a question of Chinese handwriting.

W. H. Parcell, accountant in the plaintiff frm, said defendant had been furnished with particulars of the claim. The case was brought forward because the debt was coming under the Statute of Limitations Ordinoace.

Judgment was entered for plaintiffs with Dosta.

· AN ALLIGED. MISFIT.

to recover 310.75, the price of making & dress. Yan Lee, Indies tailor, spød Lottie Kingsbury The defendant counter-claimed $18,20, value of a piece of silk destroyed.

Plaintiff told the Court that the defendant offered him $7, but doclined to pay the balanco. He changed the style of the jacket at her regnest,

Mr. H. G. Culthrop, fustriated by Mr. F. X. 'Alla Castro (of Messrs. Almaria suit Smith) appeared for the plaintiff, the & fondant find seen her wearing the dress since.

Defendant denied this. Standing at the lar being represented by Sir Henry Borkoley, K.Csalio pleaded with the persuasion of a Portis, tell- who was instructed by Mr. C. F. Dixon (ofing the Court that she told the plaintiff ten Messrs. Hastings and Hastings).

thousand times to make the dress all right.

His Lordship said he had come to the co-The tailor made the dress too smail; She com clusion that it would not be right for him to decide the question of Chinese handwriting

plained about this, and the plaintiff said he could remody matter with another yard of silk. She

gave him $2.20 to buy an extra yant, but he fail od to purchase it. The dress was of no use, he could not wear it, and she could not serul ik to any body.

without more assistance, therefore he proposed to appoint four persons to assist him in Cham bors. Two of them would be Europeans, and two Chinese. He would appolat the two

At this stage of her story his Lordship Europeans, and the Registrar-General would appoint the two Chinese, Meanwhile, if the onlled defendant to the witness stand, re- defendant chose he could take the point of law, questing her to speak slowly. Proceeding

she said she called the plaintiff to her and a date could be fixed for the argament

Later, Bir Henry Berkeley appeared in Courthouse to make a dress for her. At her and informed his Lordship that Counsel for request he produced a “fashions" book. She both parties had consulted as to the course the selected her fashion and handed the tailor fifteen Chief Justice had suggested, but did not approve yards of silk, telling him to be "awfully careful"! of its adoption. The persons called by his Lord- ship would not have heard the evidence, and there was no procedure by which they could be called

His Lordship-I can appoint anybody to assist me.

five days.

Sir Henry Berkeley-Not unless they sat with you at the time the evidence was heard.

His Lordship - A judge can always get some- body to assist him.

I hate had an assessor for

Sir Henry Berkeley-Sitting in Court. His Lordship-I don't want to form an opinion on Chinese handwriting without a little more assistance-impartial assistance. I have no doubt I have the power unless the parties object, and I think it would be unwine to object.

not to spoil the dress. The silk cost her $2.20 e yard. The dressmaker supplied her with tle dress in four days, but it was too small. He promised to make it bigger, took it away, and returned it two days later, but the dross was still too small. Defendant. offered the tailor $7.50 in settlement. He refused to take it and proceeded to insult her, calling her names in his language.. She struck him and he took her to the Police Cönrt.

Plaintiff told his Lordship that when he went to defendant's lionsé she nearly broke his head.

His Lordship-Have you any mark? Plain- tiff slowed a protuberance on the forehead.

Defendant-Ele has had a boil there for about twelve months,

His Lordship advised defendant to notile the Mr. Calthrop--You can certainly try the case if possible. He would adjourn the hearing evidence as to the signatures, but the rutil Friday to enable her to call a tailor to gire must bear the evidence like everybody else in Court.

After further argument Sir Henry Berkeley id Counsel agreed to leave the matter in the

hands of his Lordship.-

His Lordship stated that he had examined the notes very carefully, and that it was quite clear from the different characteristic strokes in the two sets of signatures, that the 'signatures were signed by the mine hand. That left the ques- tion of law to be dealt with Inter.

IN BANKRUPTCY.

Re Cheang Lai Sang.

Mr. John Hastings, who represented certain creditors, asked his Lordship to take note that. the debtor had not obeyed the rammene, and that he proposed to move the Court to rewind the receiving order later on,

technical evidence.

A SHIPPING DISPUTE. The Paine Judge delivered his reserved decision in the action in which the Sze Yap tenniship Co. sued the Tai Wo Co, to recover $155, being as to $100 damages canned through dofondant's boat being anchored too close to plaintiff's wharf, and as to 355, cost of livers required to remedy such damage:

Plaintiffs were represented by Mr. P. Sydenham Dixon (from the office of Mr. R. A. Harding), while Mr. Reader Harria (of Messire. the Wilkinson and Grist) appeared for

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His Lordship said: With the concurrence of the parties I have considered the idence in this case with the valuable assistance of the Assistant Harbour Master, Eient. Beckwith. H.N. The facts as given in the evidence an taking them as shortly as possible, as follows- At 3.20 am. on December 4, 1908, the plaintiff Mr G.H. Wakeman, Official Trasted, pointed Company's steamship Tal Hing was proceeding out that when he applied for the summons through the Southern Channel on the way to under section 20 of the Bankruptcy Ordinance, her wharf. Outside, and before commencing he asked leare that it might be served at 133 to back into the wharf, the captain saw the dress given him at the time, but afterwards is the side of plaintiff company's private wharf. Des Voeux Road Central. That was the ad defendant's boat lying some twenty feet from found out that the debtor was not known at 133, The nightsoil heat was hailed by the Tak Hing Des Voeux Road Central. He asked leave to without effect, and the Tak Hing then came amend the order

backing into the wharf and picked up as she did so the anchor rope of the nightsoil boat with her starboard propeller. This entailed an ex- penditure on divers to clear the propeller, and u delay ensued which resulted in loss of passengers. The plaintiff's case is that as the nightsoil boat

Permission was grayted.

ORDER OF DISCHARGE SUSPENDED. Re H.M.H. Ishmael trading as Haljes and Co,, en parts the debtor.

Mr. Leo d'Almada e Castro (of Messrs

Goldring, Harlow and Morrell) applied for the debtor's discharge, remarking that the Official Receiver had filed his report.

His Lordship-Does he only want suspension? Mr. Wakoman--The Court is bound to refuse his discharge. It is only a case of suspension. I have not found that the debtor has committed any offence, but he has been trading and con- tracted debte after knowing he was insolvent.

His Lordship suspended the discharge for a

was lying so as to obetriot the wharf and

(2) of the Merchant's Shipping Ordinance 1906, thereby committing an offence under section 3 the defendante must be liable for the conse quences and they claim to recover damages for the detention of the vessel and the divers fees. Now, it is a familiar principle of law that though the defendant may have been in fault, yet the plaintiffs cannot recover if the danger was one which might have been avoided by the exercise of ordinary diligence. I have to enquire, (1) Whether when the captain saw the nightsoil. boat close to the wharf, a state of things Re the Yuen On Co. es parte Ng Sing Wabazisted frota which he should have inferred The opening of this public examination was that it would be risky to name alongside. conducted by the Official sceiver.

(2) If there was a risk was it one which he was

the debtor should report himself to the Court.

PUBLIC EXAMINATION.

The Revenue Department has dis-year, and ordered that at the end of that time covered that the losses on the Imperial Chinese Post Office for last year amount to more than Taels 100,000.

NAVY REORGANISATION. PEKINO, April 6th, The Board of Finance proposes to utilise the sum of Taels 3,700,000 derived from the tax on opium, on the reorganisation of the Chinese Navy.

Hongkong and the Government of Canton Highness to Kucking on return to his territory valuables sho possesses, and instances live on mencing next Monday are rumming very high.

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THE WARD COMEDY SEASON. The record advance booking for Hongkong is between Kowloon and Canton.

to be credited to Mr. Albert Goldie, business cannot be the slightest doubt that the r ilway will speedily lead to norimovs

Co. No previous theatrical attraction has been developments in the d strict it traverse,

manager of the Hugh Ward London Comody and possibly both the Government of ected from home. His yaclit, the Zahorn, was mea, to ask her if she will lat them hold some so wellheralded, and expectations in regard to the awaiting his arrival, and will convey Big thing in sourity she is a stranger to the forthcoming season at the Thontro Royal com- Nothing loth she usually parts with whatever will look at the start, more to the traffic of Sarawak.

That the first nights of the season will maan known where the simple but avaricious women browded houses is now almost a certainty, and it between intermediate stations for the returns

Those who have not yet witnessed the remark. have taken the men to thoir houses and gird than to the through traffic from terminal to

reputation, its stay in Hongkong will be a terisioul. At least it is not very obvious ably clover performance of the Japanese then practically everything they possessedqually sure that if the Company sustains its

jegglers or enjoy their comedy business this case the old indy handed over her banglalistastory one. yet to the man-in-the-street how the railway should not fail to take advantage of the exten-worth about thirty dollars, and took the rings cable from Shanghai yesterday stated is going to succesfully compete with the son of the short season which is being an- off her fingers which were perhaps worth

"Ward's season a record for Shanghai, The steamboats for the great passenger traffic noraced, The entertainments are given in another ten dollar. Of course when she opened that exists between the two, An hour's the Hongkong cinematograph building (opposite the parcel at the money changer's she found closing night was remarkable for enthusiasm and hundreds of people were unable to secure difference in time of transit isot a matter the central marks) and will be repeated on

admission. The company leaves by the P and O. of serious concern to the average Chinaman, Saturday night and later nights,

8.8. Sumatra for Hongkong."

that it contained nothing but worthless paper. The police are trying to trace the thieves.

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Ng Ching Son, managing partner of the bound to rag; was there any other course oper debtor firm, was examined. He said he was the to him at the time which a pradent mau wonkl managing partner of the Yuen On contractor have adopted? The answers I have with the firm in Gago Street. There were thres partners help of Mr. Beckwitli, arrived at who subscribed a total capital of $2,250, follows: To the first question: In the circum Witness gave $1,000. The business was started stances it was not à prudent course for a vessel about the middle of March, 1207. Chung Sing of the Lesin of the Tak Hing to come into a claimed to be a partner in the firm.

wharf at the side of which a junk was anchored

Isn't that a rather curious thing claiming to within twenty feet. With a food tide and au be a partner in a bankrupt firm He used to east wind the junk was probably lying away be managing partner and he ran the whole show from her anchor and even if she had been After further questioning, the examination moved out of the way by those on board the Tak was adjourned,

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION. BEFORE HIS HONOUR MB, H, H. G.

GONPERTZ (PUISNE JUDGE.)

A ST, GEORGE'S CLUB ACTION.

Hing would be very likely to foul the moorings with her propeller. The auswer to the second question is that the risk was not one forced upon the captain in the sense that lie wak bound to take it. Even if he did not care to go to the other side of the wharf, which was disengaged, it would E. A. M. Williams, liquidator of St. George's have been easy for him to drop his anchor cut- $25 duo under clowe 5 of the Memorandum of coming in hare a good deal of trouble with Club, proceeded against J. Clelland to recover side until the way was dear. No doubt steamers these boats, especially at night. I expect the Defendant admittant liability, and judgment captain's past experience liud led him to believe that the obstraction might be removed before was given against him...

his vessel reached it. Under the circumstances, Kelly and Walsh, Ld. sued E. B. Shepherd to however, the plaintiff cannot succeed and I must recover $61.60 for goods sold and delivered and give judgment for defendants with costs.

Association of the Club,

interest.

CLAIM FOR GOODS BOLD.