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SHIPPING NOTES.

Last week there was launched from the Kiangnan Dock and Engineering Works, Shanghai, a steam tug, named the Chulung, which was constructed by Messrs. J. I Thorsyooft & Co., of Southampton, and sent out in sections, to the order of the Szechuan Steam Navigation Company, The N.-C. Daily News states that the Chutung la specially designed for navigation above Ichang, and is stated to be the result of many years' experience of Captain Plant, who designed her, and will take charge of her when she has completed her trishs. Her engines and boiler, which develop 700 h.p., are of the Thornycroft type, similar to those used by the Admiralty and are expected to give her a speed of fifteen knots on the measured mile. This is at least two kuote more than the speed of any other vessel that has steamed through the rapids, She has two propellers, working in bollowe in the stern, fitted with "Yarrow" patent flaps, which can be adjusted to suit the trim of the vessel under all conditions of draught. Besides powerful propelling engines, a steam capstan is itted forward for use when ascending the rapids, sa it is intended that the Chutung shall haul herself past the difficult points by a steel cable. There is complete accommodation for the captain and crew, and a feature of the vessel is the arrangement of bollards on either side, to enable her to fasten her tow alongside when desconding the rapids,

On the next slip a combiusé passanger and cargo flat is nearing completion, and when ready it will accommodate 12 first-class and 100 second-class passengers, besides carrying & largo quantity of cargo between docks. This It will he the duty of the Chutung to tow on its up. ward and downward journey, and should the experiment prove a success it is practicsily car. tain that the Szechuan Steam Navigation Com pany will build a fleet of special craft for

Yangtze work..

extend the operation of the one-obin rate to thele steamships Lake Manitoba, Lake Erie, and Lake Champlain The system of carrying only two classes of passengers on certain of their steamships-cabin and steerage--was first in troduced by the Allan Line, which found the innovation very popular. Some of the Dominion Steamship Company liners are also booking passengers at this special one-cabin rate.

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SUPREME COURT.

Monday, 12th July. :

IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION,

BEFORE THE FULL COURT.

LEAVE TO APPEAL TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL. In the action between the Imperial Bank of China and Leong Shui Kong, Mr. C. G. Alabaster, who was instructed by Mr. H. J. Gedge (of Mosers. Johnson, Stokes and Master), moved on behalf of the plaintiffs (appellants) for leave to appeal to the King-in-Council. Masses. M. W. Blade and Eldon Fotter, instructed by Mr. F. P. Hett (of Messrs. Brutton and Hett) appeared for the respondents. The motion was allowed.

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.

BEFORE HIS HONOUR SIE FRANCIS PIGGOTT (CHIEF JUSTICE),

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CLAIM ON A CONTRACT OF INSURANCE. The Kai Tai firm brought action against the International Lloyd Insurance Co. of Berlin to recover $5,500, and interest for loss under a contract of insurance on a cargo of haetlo ant shipped by the ss. Sun On on July 27th, 1908, at Hongkong for delivery at Samshui and Wachow

Hon. Sir Henry Borkeley, K., instructed by Mr. Oto Kong Bing, appeared for the plaintiffs, while defendants were represented by' Messrs. M. W. Slade and J. W. Or, instructed by Mr. H. G. C. Batley (of Mesarz, Johnson, Stokes and Master).

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 13rm, 1909.

dog which was shot a little over eighteen of dogs were fighting and the Judge was insenly furnish excellent golf at an altitude of months. It wees of value to him because it was clined to find that the defendant did fire two 2,500 feet, but superb views and a plonsant a good watch dog. It was of a very ganile shots in the air. No man would fires shot mountain and club life, while in Yokohama or disposition, and was affectionate. When the when another dog was struggling with his Tokyo they were restricted to an indifferent dog was younger it used to fight, but own, because he might lit his own dog, and the existence on the flat. witzens gave it a severe thrashing and broke it plaintiff's dog could not have been running of the habit. Should anyone wave a stick at it towards the constable, because it was hit in the think that the defendant intended while it was barking, it would run away. Dofond hind quarters. Hie Lordship was inclined ant's bungalow was about five minutes' walk from to witness, and the former had to pass the garden to frighten the dog, although there was no Defendant had doubt that he was aggravated, and there With regard of witness to get to his house. never complained to him about his dogs fighting, was no doubt that he was sore. or being a nuisance; neither had Constable to the question of damages, the dog appeared to father: still the plaintiff was rather attached to Watt, or anybody else. Defendant kopt dogs be rather a nondescript animal with an unknown which ran loose at night.

it. It was a great pity that the defendant did not give some apology in writing, as the cass might then have been settled. Plaintiff was ontitled to some compensation, and his Lordship would allow him $15 and costs.

What motive do you suggest made the con stable shoot your dog-Having regard to the Chinesa evidence, malice.

Why --Because on the previous Sunday one ot my dogs thrashed his,"

Where was the constable then --Riding on the ropeway.

You estimate the damage you sustained at $225?—Yes,

In pross-examination witness said his solicitor must have misunderstood him when he entered the claim at $150.

As a matter of fact you are rather fond of a dog fight, aren't you P-No.

Didn't you lock on at this dog fight

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did not.

This dog that used to fight, did you oure it one thrashing ?-No.

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Is that the dog that killed Mr. Waite's for terrier -Mr. Waite's fox terrier is on the railway now. It was not my dog that attacked It, but a dog belonging to the man next door.

You admit that one of your dogs is a fighting What about the black dog?--It does not fight- dog I don't admit that at all. more than any other dog.

NOTES FROM, JAPAN,

[FROM OUR OWN COEBESPONDENT]

TOKYO, July 2nd.

THE SUGAR SCANDAL, TRIALS, The Court of First luatanch has excelled lisalf

the trial of the M.Ps charged with the offence in the energy with which it has proceeded with of receiving bribes. For about thirty days. Sundays excepted, the hearing has procooded, and it is evident the court had special instruc- tions to hasten the case, for the "promptitude

remarkable, Judgment is to be given to and despatch" shown in this trial are quito morrow. The procurator, all the defendants having been found guilty in the preliminary court, advocated punishment of from one year downwards and flues of 3,000 yen downwards in all cases, but recommended suspension of the execution of sentence in one or two instances. Among the latter is the defendant Yokoi, whose career, until he accepted a bribe of 2,000 yen, was considered to be of the most promising character. Tekoi is a leading Christian, was formerly a clergyman, and abandoned the cloth for something more worldly and gabstantial He was looked upon as a leader of young Japan and an example to be followel. Ho studied philosophy at Yalo for two years, but suddenly changed his way of life, became a politician entered the Diet, was subsequently Editor of the Niela Nicht and correspondent of a London paper. The tribulations of this defendant since and conusel have referred at length to his his arrest have been very keen, and procurator repentance. It is possible we may hear again of Yokoi. A man of his abilities should not te condemned utterly for one falso stap.

A STATEMENT ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Ir. Ishii, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, missed a statement on the condition of saveral pending questions that is of interest. With regard to Pratge Island the Minister says Japan has bever laid claim to the island, but has looked upon it as a 20-man's land, ownerless. Bat on the Chinese putting in a claim to owner rights. The claims of a Japanese who was ship Jepan did not hesitate to recognise China's engaged in collecting manure there are being subject to investigation and on the settlemout of this matter China will henceforth assum, the

In connection with scandals the preliminary government of the island. The sum total of. the Japanese trader's demands amount to court has found, the accused guilty in the Dai 600,000 yen.

The Kirin-Changchun railway Nippon Marine Products Co. prosecution. This negotiation will shortly be settled. Constructina is to be undertaken by Chinese, while Japon may failed after a brief career, and from the the funds of the company. Judging by the furnishes half the funds and the chief engineer, beginning it seems the directore, General Enya The Antung-Mukden railway affairs, which has and his associates, did much as they liked with newly arisen should be very easy of settlement, finding of the procurator the scandal in this the principal business of Japan being to press conditions of a treaty..

THE LATEST IBBUE.

A few weeks ago Viceroy Sih was appointed to the Three Eastern Provinces, and owing to

the Dai Nippon Sugar Co., though the import- ance and standing of the two concerns differ. widely.

THE IMPERIAL HOTELS, LTD. The two principal hetels in Tokyo have up

FAMILY'S FEARFUL SKIN TORMENTS

Four Children Covered with Tortur- ing Eczema Mother Blind with Erysipelas, Sleepless and Nearly Madwith Worry-Hospital Seam- ́ed Their Last Resort when

CUTICURA CURED THEM

ALL IN THREE WEEKS

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of erysipelas--and my four children of eczema in a bad form The trouble began with my san Harry, aged ten, who had core places break out on his face and his whole body was simply covered with sores. These sores started In the form of lumpe which used to break and run matter, and then leave nasty raw plavos. I tried many things but he got worse, and then the disease bo- gan to show itself on each of my laren little daughters. They soon became as badly affected as my son and I was driven nearly mad with the worry of it. They suffered dreadfully, and it wie most distrossing to me not to be able to get anything to relieve them. I did not have a proper night's sleep for three To make matters worse, I caught a cold, and then erysipelas set in. It affected my face so badly that for two days and nights I could not open my eyes and I had to remain in bed,

"There seemed to be no other course open than for all of us to go into the hospital, but my father advised me to try the Cuticura Remedies. I boughs the Cuticurs Soap and Cuticura Oint ment and the very first application worked wonders. I was simply amazed at their bealing power. They quite cured me within three weeks and there is not even a mark now to show the ter- rible skin-torture I suffered. I did not lose any time in trying the effect of the Cutleurs Hemedlies on each of my four children's eczema, and in every ense the cure was a perfect as my own. They were all quite well again as soon sa I was. Mrs.Jeanie Smith, 15, Mildmay Rd., Romford, Essex, Eng., Nov, 28, '63.""

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annatural in the circumstances that those pro-

Sir Henry Berkeley, in opening, said Bis Lordship would see from the pleadings what the issue was. His clients alleged, and wouki prove, that they put in an application on the 27th of

This dosed the plaintiff's case. last July for an insurance for $5,500 on certain

Mr. Goldring told the Court that the story On this goods to be shipped by the s.s. Sun. On. That application was taken from the plaintiffs by for the defence was a simple one. person with whom they had dealt for many occasion the defendant was going up to his year as the agent of the defendants, The bungalow from the Taipo Bond, his hog application was han od in to Mr. Lau King following him. He had with him two dogs, and The great increase in the number of passen. Hing sometime after three o'clock on the after these digs were attacked by Mr. Llett's dogs. gers booking to Canada scoond class has induced noon of the 27th Jnly, was received by him, and Whon defendant tried to separate the dogs with the Canadian Pacife Steamship Company to was sent to the office of Messrs. Sander, Wiolor bls stick, one of the plaintiff's aftacked him Heapon (hing the necessity of observing the case is much more flagrant than in the case of

and Co., where, he would prove, it was received pulled out his revolverand fired two shots in the somewhere about four o'clock in the afternoon, air, and as Mr. Ilott'a yellow dog still continued to The application was made on a form taken from worry his dog the defendant fired another shot on

counterfoil book which had been supplied to the ground which struck the dog. Mr. Goldring the fact that this high official seemed bent on

Swiss at the Imperial and a German at the the plaintiffs by the agent, and the plaintiffs submitted that even if Constable. Grant fred had used this book on several previons cocasions deliberately at the dog he was quite justified in carrying out drastic reforms among the official to the present been managed by foreigners, a

Imperial Hotels Co., Ltd., and although profits the whole diplomatic corps. This disaster when insuring with the defendant company. doing es. A policeman had a right to destroy personnel of his government, it was thought in place, and it appeared that a really energetic At the time this application was made to Mr.any dog that attacked him. Any dog out of the Japan that here was the right man in the right Metropole. Both these hotels are ran by the and journalist-statesmen, but wanted to dine Lan King Hing he was in the sele employ way of his master was a wandering dog.

His Lordship--If that were so it would not Viceroy had at last taken charge. But His have not been great they have paid a dividend was fortunately averted and things went

however, a sudden council of the directors was A decision of the utmost importance to the of the defendant company. Plaintiffs had insured

he began to wake things up in the wrong direc, held, when the Metropole was closed and the ceedings provoked criticism from foreign papers, shipbuilding industry has just been arrived at with the defendants on previous occasions, be long before all the dogs in the Colony were Excellency Sib. had hardly settled down before of about 5 per cent. The day before yesterday, along smoothly for a few weeks. It is not foreign managers and all other foreign employer which allege that the society is official. This is Defendant told the Court that on June 8th tion and to embroil his country in one more

a serious indictment and, individually, the by Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign one insurance being effected on July 13th, when destroyed,

similar application was made for the

were dismissed. As these disconcerting proceed- Shipping, whose surveyors are resident at all the world's principal ports. As a result of insurance of goods by the steamer Kuong Tai, be walking along the Taipo Roed with two international affair. He objected to the trans. deliberations which have extended over a year, the insurance on that occasion being to the dogs, one half ball terrier and the other a half formation into a broad gange line of the Antang and at which all the best known shipowning and value of $1,000. During the typhoon which spaniel. As witness was passing the plaintiff. Minkden light railway and demanded the withings took place in a single afternoon the as majority of the members would resent anch au imagined. In a statement issued to the Press of the members are pro-official, as in the case of chipbuilding experts have assisted, the Com-burst over the Colony on July 28th, the bungalow two dogs rushed out and attacked his drawal of the Japanese milway guards and tonishment of those concerned and not less the imputation. In the accepted meaning of the could not he pulled out his revolver and fired other questions between Japan and China the directors say in effect that the reason the gentleman above referred to, whose idea of a mittes have come to the conclusion that in view 8 On sank at her moorings and the dog. He tried to separate them, but as he police. Whatever doubts there may be inrise of the guests at the hotels can be easily word the society is not official, Probably some two shots in the air. All the dogs ran away it seems clear in this case that the Viceroy for the sadden change is unremunerative grand start and success is to be on good terms of modern conditions which call for new types goods were lost. On the following day the the office of Messrs, of abips, a radical alteration in the present broker applied at system of constracting and classifying steamers Sander, Wieler and Co. for the policy of in-xcept the yellow ons, which continued to attack has blunderod, although there is doubt business, caused in no small degree by the with the diplomatic corps. Dat the majority of his dog. When witness endeavoured to pull it loss policy in the blundering. A rigorous great expense of the foreign managers and this society are hoping it will do something. surance, but they refused to issue one, stating off the dog attempted to bite him, so he fired's protest was made by the Japanese Consul other employes. This action of the directors, useful, both in the way of reforming and elevat- The great that the application had not been accepted. No shot on the ground close to the dog, and it must General at Mukden, when the Viceroy avoided however, is probably the sequel to the recuting the Japanese prose and bringing foreign premium had been paid by the plaintiffs, because it was the custom between the parties to settle have been the rieschet which struck him. The farther discussion for the time being by change in the chairman of directors, Mr. K. prass representatives together.

by the way to affect more drastic reforms anong succeeded Baron Shibusawa, who recently Japanese they have it in their bands to do good up at the end of the year. Everything had run away howling, and the Chinese boys, starting of for Kirin, attended by 160 officials Okura, the well-known Tokyo merchant, having majority of the members of the society belag needed. The Japanese press nowadays has re- In proes-examination wituens said he would the trembling office-holders. Japan's claim retired. Mr. Okura is an energetic man who in a direction where improvement is badly been dons in this one as it had been done hearing it, came out of the house.

It was stated in

consider himself entitled to shoot a dog if it seems to be incontestable. It is based upon an in the Kwong Tai csse. the pleadings that

acceptance of an attacked him. He was not firing for the benefit article in the Peking treaty of 1905, innen believes that Japanose cars ilo thinga quite as the part of the application was made on

of the public, because the dog was a fierce dog, the line may be improved for the purposes of a well as foreigners, and in the matter of hotel Presentatives all over the world and especially in in order that advantage might be taken of the company unless the application was signed by His servant was about two yards away whez be commercial highway, and the broadening of the reagamaat he is probably right, for via the Inok of enterprise, but they do show a disregard improvements which, it is said, will have s far the manager, but the defondante could not fired the shots, Witness could not say whether gange is part of this improvement. Further reputed the best managed foreign hotel in the of the valus of fucts. Now this is not the fault. the newspaper editors in Tokyo, and it is not reaching influenes on the industry throughout produce any evidence that any application his ball terrier could overcome the yellow dog,nocording to the agreement, Japan is to transfer country is a Japanese concern, namely, the Faj of the representatives abroad, but the fault of was ever signed by the runnager; the only and he did not see the necessity of keeping his the whole line to China fifteen years after the Ja at Miyanoshita. If Japanese car run thing ever signed by the manager was the dog on a string. He shot plaintiff's dog by transformation of the railway, in which case it is first-class steamships, why can't they manage exaggerating in the slightest to say that the

to China's interest that the work be done as soon first-class hotels, argues Mr. Okers, and no the Press Association would be doing

sacrifice truth to enterprise. Of course such as possible. The great object of this transform-foreigners have had to go. Mr. Hans Moser, international service in considering this matter agreement, of which eighteen months ware charges can be brought against foreigners also, Bine from Fusan to Changchun under Jaymese served. Six months notice on either side was but as the Press Association is prootically a

most direct roata ation is the establishment of a direct trunk manager of the Imperial, had a three years and instructing their representatives not to management, when the

chiefly exert influence on their own countrymen. Japanese society they have it in their power to

is necessary, and the new regulations will come

into operation at once. These new rules will, it is expected, add considerably to the carrying, capacity, and by a redistribution of material, the cost of construction to the shipowner will be lessened. These seriesd regulations have been awaited with a good deal of anxiety on the part of shipbuilders as, in view of the alterations several important contracts have been kept back

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be left a note with we justend

Didn't you think it was due to the man to

give him an explanation P-Not after the note

he seat to me.

Felice Sergeant Floyd deposed to knowing plaintiff's yellow dog. Ms. Dott's dogs rushed

between Tokyo and London will be via Fusan

Moser has been handed six months' salary, at the rate of 700 yen a month. Others have boon sustent to terminate this agreement and Mr.

treated in like manger, sad in a week, we are

The new convention between the French policy. Plaintiffs were relying upon the accep-accident. Government and the Messageries Maritimes has tanca of the application by the broker, who had

Couldn't you have left a note for the plaintiff given rise to much debate in the Chamber of power to accept. The risk was undertaken when Deputies on the subject of shipping subsidies Mr. Lau accepted the application, sant it into explaining the scsident --I could have done, but The Socialist leader, M. Jaurès, while criticizing the offes, and it was allowed to remain thore, the policy of the shipping company, especially Connsel submitted that if the Sun On had sailed with regard to new constructions, expressed airay to Canton, and there had been no typhoon, approval of the principles which the convention the defendants would have given his clients the songh to establish. In his opinion, the Govern signed policy next morning. Therefore they ment was proceeding on the right lines when it were not entitled in the circumstances of this cut at him on May 24th, but ran away when claimed for the State the right of control in case to escape liability, because everything he throw stones at them. return for the grant of a subsidy. Personally he was done by the plaintiffs that had to be done,

Mr. Holberow informed the Court that the dog was in favour of the British system of advancing and it was a matter of convenience to the defen-was not present, but he could have produced it

We have had little else but rain for the fized sumson specific terms. He suggested that, dants that they did not issue the policy the if formally requested to do so. as the existing agreement with the Messageries same afternoon. The plea now put forward His Lordship thought he had plainly intimated past ten days, but Tokohama escaped yesterday Maritimes would not expire for another three enght not to be allowed to prevail, because he his opinion. It was for the plaintiff to prove the 50th anniversary of her existence as asal of Mr. Moser and other foreigners is treaty port, with nothing more than, an overcast considered desirable by the directors, and years, a sum of £400,000 for the construction would prove that a policy was actually made out the dog's value.

of two new steamers should provisionally be by a clerk in the office on July 28th. The only

Mr. Holborow said his Lordship had already sky. In other respects the weather was quito.

and Antang. Naturally it would prove a dangerous rival to the Vladivostok route and also, probaby to other Chinese or Bassian interests. But if time can be saved by this new means of communication and distance lessened, the work should be accomplished.

THE TOKOBAMA. JUBILEE.

informed, will be en route home. According to the press-reports a cúrions procedure was taken by the directors with reference to the dismissal of Mr. Moser. They dispatched a messenger to the Swiss Legation to inform the Minister of the reasons for dismissal, probably în order to

If the dismis forestall unfavourable ramours.

all the centres of Asia. These men show`no

-DAILY BALLOON TRAFFIC.

roul

EEGULAR. DIRIGIBLE SERVICE. FROM PAKIN,

Regular services by dirigible balloons are shortly to be established between Poris sad a certain number of French towns. The company which will undertake the business (ays the

Times correspondent, is called the Transaerial Сстрану, and it will be under the management of Mr. Henry Kapferor.

Five balloons are to be constructed, the first of which, named after the sity of Nonoy, will

be ready in the course of a few days, and it is

· advančmi to the company so that the workmen thing nooossary after that was that it should hear the dog was a half-breed. There was seasonablean. atmosphere damp and close 80 long as the Japanese observe their con hoped that the other four will be completed by at La Ciotat dockyards could be kept employed, be signed, and the manager refused to sign it nothing to be gained by bringing the animal making Kite burdensome, especially with the tracts, surely there is no need, to make the end of the year. The length of the Valle

In the meantime Parliament would have an opportunity of elaborating an acceptable form of contract. The initial and radical fault which the Government had committed was in not inviting tenders for the new mail contract. For the rest national mercantile marines were artificial products and bad to be artificially maintained, and some day the nations would realize the fatility of competition in this sphere, they had already recognized the unprofitableness of the sagar bounties.

because the ship had sunk. He thought the whole question was one of intention, and for tunately for the plaintiffs they could prove the fact that only a few days before, on the 13th. July, they had insured in the Kwong Tai in an exactly similar way.

Evidence was called and the hearing adjourned.

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

BEFORE HIS HONOUR MR. H H. J. COMPERTZ (PUISNĖ JUDOE).

THE VALUE OF A DOG.

inte Court.

His Lordship-Having regard to the fact that the dog is of no particular breed, your claim of something like £30seems a preposterous

ose.

diplomatic affair of the business. It has nothing. de Nanoy is 60 motres, and its cable capacity to do with the Swiss Legation.

JOURNALISTIC.

is 3,500 cubic metres. The speed is set down at 50. kilometres per hour, with a crew of eight passengers, and the balloon can remain in the air for ten hours,

The two next balloons, now being built, are inca correspondent), and they will each have two entirely separate engines of 120-hp. It is double the size of the Ville de Nancy (adds the

addition of a frock cost, top hat, tall collar, and all those things that human beings persist in

Recently there was formed in Tokyo a society wearing against all the dictates of reason. The ambassadors were there, and there was as much of newspapermen called the International Press speech-making as such an ocassion demands.

of some of those who joined the society at the Something like thirty thousand yeu were spent Association of Japan. The idea in the winds on yesterday's celebrations, yet Yokohama is oatset was that it should be a sort of club, where estimated that the larger balloons will each poor, some parts of it are dreadfully poor trade local men could most visitors to Tokyo, native, carry fifteen passengers and lift a total weight is saything but flourishing, and it does seem as well as foreign journalists, would have a of 2,500 kilogrammes. The fourth airship will

CAFFY that the money spent on there doubtful enjoy centre whither to repair for a quiet drink have a capacity of 4,000 cubic metres, it will ten passengers, and will be side to travol 48 kilometres per hour.

four mente could have been used to much grester and talk amid surroundings not so uncon-

This air feet will be employed to run on A permanent gouini, say, as those of an hotel. This idea advantage of the people. memorial of the first fifty years of Yokohama ne is capable of great development, but a start different services-the first will be from Paris line will connect Paris with Fon- south-eastern an open port is to take the form of a Memoriat seems to have been made in the wrong directo Nancy, by way of aux and Rolms. The The south-western balloon service will Hall, and 500,000 yen are being raised for this tion. The society started off with 2 dinner to tainebleau, and will ultimately be extended to purpose, of which over two hundred thousand princes and statesmen. One car overlook this as Lyons.

one is in Japan, for here it is the custom to be directed towards Pau, passing by way of Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, The western have been already subscribed.

have a very tourishing beginning. At that line will unito Paris and Ronen, with a stop- divner something like a thousand you was sunk ping place at Bartrouville. It is intended dur in eating and drinking, but, again, as this is the ing the fine weather to run daily sarrites over custom of the country, one must gracefully all these four lines. submit. The writer of this note was congratulat-

Mr. Holborow said it was not necessay to allego the actual marketable value of the dog.

Constable Watt testified to receiving a com- plaint from a Chinese about plaintiff's dog, and speaking to the plaintiff about the matter, That Spanish shipping is in want of some

His Lordship aid there was no doubt it was such assistance appears clearly from official

common ground that the defendant did fire the figures, which show that in 1907, while 49 per

shot which wounded the plaintiff's dog, but the cent of the vessels entered and cleared at Spanish ports wore, Spanish, they rapresonted

The case was continued in which &. W. Hott, question was, ander what circumstances. Plain only 36 per cent. of the tonnage and only 25 per cant. of the merchandis; while the chief timekeeper of the Kowloon, Canton Railway, ti's case was outlined in the evidence of his

preceding

sued Constable Grant to recover $225 damages two witnesses, who said his dogs were ranging corresponding figures for the four Tears show continuous movement against for injuring plaintiff's dog.

up and down his garden, and that the defendant, Spanish

and in favour of foreign shipping.

Mr. A. Holborow (of Messrs. Deacon, Looker without any provocation, fired four, shots, the The present Bill is not likely to supply an im

The compliment has been paid the officers mediate remedy for this state of things, as the and Deacon) sppeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. fourth of which wounded the dog. His Lordship Transatlantic traffic forms less than 10 per cent. P. W. Goldring (of Messrs. Goldring, Barlow, did not believe that the dogs did not go out of from your port of having brought. Hongkong of the total import and export trade carried on and Morrell) for the defendant.

the garden, because it was absolutely unnatural-weather with them, for it has been little else but by means of steamships, while more than 60

Plaintiff said he had a bungalow on the Anyone who knew anything about dogs knew rain since they have been here. Yot between

HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL-Keep your com cont: is done with Groot Britain, and more than half the remainder with other European conn side of the hill opposite the Beacon Hill tunnel, how ready they were for a fight. Then the showers there has been some good sport, and in ing himself that the inaugural dinner was over,

Hor tries. According to the official estimate about At the time of the shooting, June 8th, he kept question was whether the defendant could say other ways the holiday has been so enjoyable and that there was now a probability of the plexion, Mrs. Ellen's Crème Charmante, Lait

Charmant will enable you to do it. 10 per cent. of the subject to the tax will be four dogs, which were shut up at night, but he fired the shot to protect himself, and his Lord that it is likely to become an annui affair. If committee getting down to work, when he Charmant and Special Skin Texio aud Pondro informed that one of the members, Specialities for the Skin are the study of a driven away by it; the tax is calculated to pro- duce about 1,700,000 and the total cost of eins (£63,000), and the were free to run about his garden during the ship could not say that he did. As to the shots | the truth were known the officers hare probably was

subventions to Spanish day. All witness's dogs were collars on the fired, the constable said he fired into the air, and enjoyed their stay in Kobe most, for the and a foreigner at that, was not satisfied lifetime. A. S. Watson & Co. Ltd. Sole Agents. shipping is estimated at about 163 million pesetas, morning of the 8th ultimo, Ho had had the his Lordship thought this was quite likely. It unrivalled links of that port on Rokkozan not with having entertained several princes, counte was an unpleasant thing to interfere when a lot or a little over £600,000.

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