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liquor is to be taxed for revande purposesj that the burden should be imposed on all Liquor contamed in the Colony, and not merely on that comparatively small propor- tion consumed in licensed premises, there is little public support for the view that the wetting up of the machinery of

S. WATSON & CO. Customs station is a necessary corrollary. The coinmunity have protested against the measure on two grounds: firstly, because of this most zawelcome invasion of the freedom of the port, and ecobecne the duty to be imposed ofpirituous liquora i unnecessarily burdensome. In we have said, a revised and more acceptable scale of duties was accepted by the Government, but His EXCELLENCY does not admit that a tax imposed for revenue purposes is opposed to frco trade. When explaining the measure: in the Council last week E18 EXELLENCY declared that no member of the Council was more jealously nuxious to safeguard Hong. koog as a free port than he was himself Neal of rovenno is, of course, the original ples for most tariffs, and the wedge, once inserted, is easily driven. What is objected to is not the revenue demauded but the restrictive measures on trade the collection of an

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. Committee, a

CLARET

Par Caso Por Case

1 doz. Qts, 2 doz. Pt3. $ 8.00 $ 9.00

10.00, 11.00

13.00 14.00

ST. ESTEPHE

ST. JULIEN

LA ROSE'.

CHATEAU HOUT BRION

LARRIVET

CHATEAU MOUTON

CHATEAU PONTET

CANET

25.00

19.00 -20.00

D'ARMAILHACQ 23.00 24.00

CHATEAU LA TOUR

CARNET...

30.00

CHATEAU RAUZAŃ 44.00 CHATEAU LAFITÉ 50.00

+

The above Clarets, imported from the wel known firm of CHAS. RANCOURT ET FILS, are of exceptional value, and guaranteed to be the genuine product of the Jaise of the Graps.. ·

mature and in fine condition.

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS

AND KOWLOON DISPENSARY.

Hongkong, 8th September, 1909.

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import daty necessarily entails, There are few people who share His EXCELLENOF's view that only a very small Customs staff will be necessary to prevent systemetio smuggling. So far as consignments for Europren firms are concerned, the Govern. ment, in order to secure due observance of of the Ordinance, can, no doubt, cérfidently rely on the co-operation of the big firms in the Colony and on the heavy penalties to which offenders would render themselves liable; but when we think of the thousands of Chinese who come into the Colony daily from Canton and Macao, most of them with bags and baggage of same kind, when Clareta from the Celebrated Chateaux above we realise that there will be a difference mentioned are too well knoyz to con.of something like 30 or 40 per cent, in noisseurs to need further comment, and the price of whisky between Canton and we can confidently recommend them as Hongkong prices, aves on the revised cala-is not the smuggling of spiritueus liquors from

these other places on the Chine coast likely to tax the vigil A.S. WATSON & CO...e of a very much larger preventive staff *** than that which the Government appears LIMITED,

to have in view! We fear the prospect of Chinese muggling foreign liquors into the Colony from China porta was not sufficiently considered before the Bill was introduced. HU EXCELLENT stated that he had been informed that already the Chinesa com- munity consume as much, if not more, foreign liquor than the Europeans, and it is not improbable that the restrictions new placed on opium may tend to an increase in the consumption of liquor by the Chinese. All this goes to show that the cost of making an effective collection of this revenus is likely to require not an insignificant Customs staff batone of considerab'e numbers. The Hor. Mr. MURRAY STEWART confessed that

when he first read them, They have day of the proposals in the Bill staggered him

staggered many other men in the community who had never dreamt that Hongkong would come to such a past. The die, how ever, in cast, and the glorious freedom of On the 16th September at Kowloon, the wife of 3. H. KEMP, of a daughter,

[4900 the port of Hongkong, we fear, is for ever gone. Regarding as they do the imposition HONGKONG OFFIOR: 104, DEB Yœux RʊAD Ü LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREST. EC of an import duty as a necessary evil, appreciating as they do all the manifold dangerous potentialities of the "minimum possible. Customs service," the daty now rests upon the members of the Council to 80. amend the Bill as to guard The Legislative Council yesterday passed against the evile so dearly indicated the second reading of the Bill entitled "An in the speeches of the Hon. Mr.HEWSTI and the Hon. Mr. STEWART. The latter Ordinance to provide for the collection of a

expressed the opinion that the character Revenue of Excise upon Intoxicating of the port need suffer no noticeable Liquors." That is to my, the Council—tho

change if it is administered in the spirit Unofficial Members included-approved

of HIS EXCELLENOT's assurances, but the

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HONGKONG, SEPTEMBER 17m 1909,

charge of

A native appeared before Mr. F. A Hiland TELEGRAMS. at the Magistracy, yesterday, on stealing a piece of canras aul rope to the rains of $1.95 from the Natal Yard. His Wombip sentanoad the defendant to two months impris onment and six hours' stools,

Protected by the Telegraphis Massage

Ocpyright Ordinance 1894.

["DAILY FRIES" EXCLUSIVE SERVICE.

THE ALLEGED -- RAILWAY

FRAUDS,

SUPREME COURT.

Thunday, 16th September

IN ORIGINAL BURUNGSION.

BEFORE THE FULL COUNT

A cook who was formerly in the employ of Li Ping, contractor, but who was discharged last month, was charged before Mr.J. R. Wood at the Magistracy yesterday with obtaining goods by false pretenons. The defendant took complainant's compradore book to the market and obtained goods to the value of 35. His Worship found the accused guilty, and son-kong to-day on board the steamer making plant according to rated require tensed him to air waęke imprisonment with hard labour.

League & meeting will be held in Cmigengaver In connection with the proposed Junior Cricket Cricket Pavilion on Monday next at 6.30 p.m., at which all interested sas invited to attend. It has beensuggested that teams might enter from Moslem C. C,, Boys' Owa Club, Watsons, 2nd XL of Craigongower, Civil Service, Polleo, Kowloon, and also that the principal schools of the Colony might participate in it. On secourt carcity of grounds there will be some afoulty, but if no club plays every other cinb only once something might be arranged.

SHANGHAI, September 16th. Mr. Butler Wright left for Hong

Anhui in charge of Detective Welch.

JAPAN'S IMPROVED PROSPECTS.

ed. Then there was a general statement that facts were being manufactured by thodefendants, Counsel are bound by their instructions. There was, I know, a peculiar difficulty in this cas Because of Mr Rennie's lamented death, tut this does not justify ruggestions of other facts. His Fordship then examined the evidence in THE ICH_CÀIR,

detall, and -ekymesed the conviction that Mr. Judgment was delivered bythafe Loreships in Hennie had some knowledge of the manufactur the action in which the Hongkong Milling Com. of ion, and that there was a contract between the pany, of which Mr. H. Paroy Smith liquidator, two partins by which defendants were bound. claimed $100,000 from Arnbald, Karberg and The only other question which seemed to arise Co. for damages, for alleged failure to mapky au was the question of warranty, and hore they must take the wholesale trade and look at it as a ments. Sir Henry Berkeley R.C., Bad Mr. M. qasution of blocks of ice that was, wore the W. Slade, instructed by Mr. John Huitings, blacks produced by the can system or clear as appeared for plaintiffs, defendants being the ice of the Toe Company. They were not. presented by Mr. MacNoil from Shanghai. He could not dubie from himself the fact and Mr. G. C. Alabaster, Intrusted by Mr. He that although fe for lee they were about the W. Looker, of Megre. Denoon. Looker and me, pothumps the can ice was a little more bril- Deacon.

Hant. The north did interfere with the passage of light thou hand made it less insparent. In anduson, he held that the ca for the plantilla was made out, and said the Court had

see no evidence at all that the adjective “clou

yet to opneider the question of special dam-

The Fulane Judge delivered a lengthy Toxro, September 18th. judgment, in the course of which he dealt with Count Katsura, the Prime Minister, the meaning of the word "clar as appeared speaking at the Bankers Club, made tharranty, sad said there was as far as in cold an announcement regarding the com- had in the ise trade say other than its patinary sent agree upon, hat they hoped in the course of ng. It was a question they could not at pre- ing Budget.. There would be no meaning. It would certainly be diment to say the next weekde so, when they would add it increase in the naval and military from a certain passage in Borsig's extingue to their judi chombers. For the pre- whether the words "ofer" and "tekuspssentent judgment would be for plaintiffs with coats The wonderful rapidity and accuracy of the expenditure, but there would be a 6-inck fire on board the King Alfred this year material increase in the revenue, which the whole he was Anclad to that they profits, which would be referred to the Regis were opposed to one another or not. Qu of the maclitie, exclusive of the question of says the Noval and Military Record, is bound, to be used by those who still pin their faith to wohld be largely devoted to decreasing or not. The eggertian made oa bolinlf trar to report. They would add to their judg

sooniary armament of good medium-sized taxation. The national finances were parties to the contract were well aware special damage or not,

of the defendants amounted, to that, both ment in chambers whether they could allow gus. 11, as is argood by this school, the weather in the North Sea would on nine days Low on a sound footing, and the that all, can too was inferior to plate out of ten compel a naval notion to be tought policy has been approved by the ice. They know that the Hongkong los Com- at moderate range, then the tremendous hail of people at home and by financiers de peice which did 10.000, sad that Borrige plant, diced can too which had's projectiles that the King Alfred has shown it to be possible to pour upon an enemy from abroad. The relations between Japan corWhen the agreed the one to sell and and then make such application as might be

a

6-inch guns could not but have a great dealto do in settling the action. An old controversy therefore, is likely to be revived by the figures just

to hand from the Chins squadron't flagship. -

ALLEGED MURDEL

and the Powers were now of the most desirable nature. The Anglo-Japan ese Alliance still remained the bulwark and assurance of continued peace.

REUTER'S SERVICE TO THE "HONGKONG DAILY PRES8,"}

DLORD KITCHENER._

produce los ejual în clearness to that of the Ice

Mr. Alabaster asked for a stay of exsention. The Chief Justics thought the best plan

the question ofspecial damages had been settled

would be to allow the matter to stand over until

considered necessary.

THE HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB

CONCERT.

The programme of to-morrow's Open-Air Concert is as follows:-

PAKT E

Overture ................ “William Tell” ......... Rossini The Fand of The Buffs. Bass Bolo... "Thy Sentinel am 1 ̧“

Millard Mr. W.8. Hone.

Miss Gaelic Potts.

Mrs. Baillio

the other to bayc ice plant warrated to Company, they had in contemplation that it would prodpod ios of an eptirely different kind from, and for alearnows in no ey comparable to, the Tos Company a tos. It would follow from this that when Mr. Biante made his con- fast with Jardins, Mathwon and Compnay and gave » similar wanenty of closeness for the ion he was to supply, he know perfectly well that it was a warranty he could never falfil. He (the Puiane Judge) could not put | Violin Solo con "Serenade, " this construction on the language used and be Soprano Edo...." Aga Maria." „***sume unable to believe that the parties meant what the Court was naked to suppose they did mau. This much was at any rate certain, either they did not really know very much about the different systema of in plant and their respective guarantees in a somewhaturbusinesslike manner, products and were content to give and receive

or they used words in a serm very different from the anal meaning of those words, or they really believed, whether whely or prudently or not, that with an up-to-date and scientifically constructed can plant they sculd turn out is as clear and transparent in every part as the best "plate ion. He was inclined to accept the last of these three alternatives. His Lordship said that

-FAMILY QUARREL IN NEW TREEITORY.

Before Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistrasy yesterday a native was indicted on the charge of murdering his brother's wife. The brother,

LONDON, September 16th. Lord Kitchener has left Colombo who is a shroff in the Land Court here, was absent when the quarrel took place. It appears that a long-standing family dispute over certain on board the Messageries Maritimes Land in the village mentioned was brought to a steamer Sydney," bound for the climax on the 13th instant, when accused wa al-Far East. leged to have stabbed deceased in the batfook with a knife, and she subsequently succumbed to her injury. His Worship adjourned the hearing for a week.

TYPHOON WAENING.

The telegram quoted below was received at the American Consulate General, Hongkong, from the Manila Observatory at 1255 am. yesterday :-----

"Cyclone or Typhoon N. W. of Yap moving

W. or W. N. WOMA

Marianne Islands moving W. or W. N. W."

"Cyclone or Typhoon W. of Ladrons or

WATER POLO.

Wars erin,

for Lord Kitchener from Hongkong to Shang- [We understand that passage has been booked hai in the P. and O. Himalaya.]

THE "SAMBIA" AGROUND.

LONDON, September 16th. Lloyd's Agent at Port Said cables that the German steamer “Sambia," from Shanghai, grounded on entering the Suez Canal, and remains there, a mile to 'the north. The bottom is sandy.

RAILWAY CONCESSIONS IN CHINA.

The match between the "Probables" and "Possibles" at the V.R.C, yesterday.

LONDON, September 16th. afternoon resulted in a very fine game, Τα the first half honours

Mr. McKinnon Wood, Under Sec- In the retary of State for Foreign Affairs, naither side being able to

selection by scoring one goal, which was second half the "Probables" justified their replying to Mr. Ginnell, said he was registered by Cooks. The only weak member of unaware that British railway conces the "Probables" was Humphreys, who should sions in China had ever been obtained be changed. He was very fast, but no polo player.

Final "Probables," 1; Possibles,” xil

THE RELICS OF BUDDHA..

The Government of · India · have received

the disposal of the relies of Buddha found at various offers from pions Buddhists regarding

Foshawur. The most noticeable is one from the widow of the late King Minden Min, who has offered to give a lakh of rupees towards the cast of building a shrine at Mandalay wherein the relies may be deposited.

ANGLO-GERMAN TRADE.

DECREASE OF £17,100,000 in 1908. The official statistics published with regard to the volume of trade between Great Britain and Germany during 1908 reveal sace more s

M

Dedia

Marasgri

Humorous Song. Selected," Selection... "Merrie England." Gorman

Mr. W, G. Worcenter.

The Band of The Buffe

PART II.

Bumorons Duett...Selected" Overture... 113. Tichaikowsti The Band of The Buffs,

Mesim. Carroll and Worcester, Tenor Folo peron »Nirvana, din ope

Adams Mr. Geo. P. Lammert Soprano Selo (6) Rowe in the Ind

SM... Forster (b)" Happy Song," ..... Del Biego Cong...He was a married ma," Mr. Endeley

Mr. Hannibal. Extract from 3rd Act * Lohengrin,”

The Band of The Butts,

Comic

&Co., Ltd.

Wagner

after some little hesitation, which he no longer The accompanists will be Prof. Goazalos and, falt, he had come to the corolusion that the icer. George Grimble. The piane has been produced by the Milling Company's plant was kindly lent for the occasion by Mean Moutrie not as clear as that of the Hongkong Ice Compsay. It seemed to him that the warranty must be construed to cover whole blocks as turned out, though it might be possible by minutemb-divisïou to get taken of ice from the can plant an clear as that of the Ice Company Referring to the tests, his Londship sɛid tho Milling Company's ion wa Leas solid than

the Ice Company's and he mast there for hold it be inferior in staying power and consequently in merchantable quality. It followed that the ice reduced did not therefore comis up to the varanty and he found this as a fact. The plaintiffs never

by improper methods, or that diploma-got the ios they bargained for, and he saw no reason why they should be obliged to take s tic pressure had been applied, except quality of ice entirely different to that for

in cases

manifest the Chinese authorities which they had contracted and which they did

failed to comply with the terms to which they had voluntarily agreed.

DEATH OF LORD TWEED- MOUTH.

LONDON, September 16th. The death is announced of Lord Tweedmouth,

after s

prolonged illness.

[Lord Tweedmouth was First Lord of the Admiralty, 1905-8, and in the latiar year he was Lord President of the Council His Lord-

not want. To put a new art of los of interior keeping quality on the local market ff the face

PERILOUS POSITION OF ENGLISH. MEN IN PERSIA.

special correspondent in Persis appeared in the The following telegram from the Times Times of the 25th ult.

Mr. Wright, of the Imperial Bank of Persia, and Mr. James, of the Indo-Europeen Telegraphi

Company, are in a sitaation of grave danger in hundred robbers are attacking the tower in a village 50 miles west of Kerman. Eight which the population has taken refuge. The tribesman all along the Kerman Yed road are up and, it is reported, are reckless of coNES- quences. The local officials are powerless and the Consal at Karman reports that the situa tien is exceedingly serious.

The British Minister has warned the Minister of the Interior of the dangerous portion of Messrs. Wright and James, but it is difficult to see what can be done from. Teheren at the present juncture.

in

the foregoing dispatch is a frother of Mr. We may add that the Mr. Wright mentioned J. F. Wright, of Hongkong-En. HDP.

COTTON TRADE COMBINE.

of the powerful competition of the Tea Company was a speculation on which they were not called to embark, at any rate at their own risk. The next question was to the damages which plain- tiffs were entitled to recÓFOT. There was 0.

An important decision affecting the future of olear breach of warranty, sol the plaintiffs had the Lancashire cotton trade was resched last claimed for the full price paid for the ice plant month at a meeting in Manchester of represen. including cost of installation, giring credit for ring spindles. It was decided to form a so- tatives, owning between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 the estimated prosent value of the plant. This ciation, all the members of which should pledge they were entitled to do, or, in the alternative, to themselves, under severe flusncial penalties, to return the plant to defendants and recover its abstain from calling yarn under minimum prices Axed by the association to cover the various ot in full. The plaintiffs were, however, claim- -

qualities ing is special damages the less of profit on their

spun The project only affects ring spiamra using contract with Jardine, Matheson and Company, American cotton, and will not be carried into the principle of the Bill, which the Governanofficial members will need no reminder of great decrease. There was a falling-on to the ship has been ill most from the time of the not for the whole term of the continet, but for are placed under the agreement.

effect until two-thirds of the employən concern- meat during the past week has shorn of the fact that Sir FREDERICK LUGARD may amount of £17,1000,000, as compared with the letter to him from the Kaiser in regard to Eng-were still in some difficulty, and they reserved it and the promoters are sanguino sa to their sensation caused by his quoting from a private five years. As to that point their Lordships proportion, however, he almost bees, secured, „1ove. of its objectionable features. A now

value of the trade in 1907. English exports to and more reasonable schedule of charges was i not be with us for many years more, and the Germany fell off by £13,950,000, and German, land's naval position.] pressed upon the Government yesterday and races His EXCELLE or has given arports to England used to head the list of Germany's foreign trade, but now the United accepted, the remaining clauses of the should, as far as possible, be made binding States have taken Germany's place in the

on his successors by boing orpressed in the respect. It is to be remarked thst English Bill being reserved for discussion to-day.

exports to Germany have been growing low By the principle of

terms of the Ordinance. the B" is!

every year since 1901. meant not only the imposition of dutics on all alcoholic liquore imported for consumption into the Colony, but also the establishment of a Customs service to secure. effective collection of the revenge therefrom,

The news that the Council has animously accepted this principle, has sanctioned this startling and dangerous innovation, will, we are sure, bo widely read with the deepest

The Bank Line str. Suverit left Shanghai on the 15th instant for Manila.

Information has been received by the Colonial

Begrotary from H. B. M. Conal-General at

Tientsin as follows:Quantine inspection "gainst Hongkong withdrawn, anal restriction infection being continued.” as to the importation of articks likely to convey

Advices from Batavia to the 4th inst, tell of regret. If this were a self-governing further insurrectionery developments in the Colony, we are confident that the principle island of Flores. A terrible disaster had just of imposing taxes involving the innovation befallen & party of armed police who fell intoan ofa Customs service; however smal), ambush and lost 15 killed. An armed force sent

would have been overwhelmingly de- feated by the popular vote. While, as we have said before, the community is pretty unanimously agreed, it alcoholic

to the spot killed 67 of the enemy in sa engage ment on August 10. A patrol attacked by flee smamy on the same day beat them off with the loss of 35 killed. The forces of the Government suffered no lose.

THE WORLD'S NAVIES.

A return of the naval expenditure of the

A PEARY SOUTH POLE EXPEDITION.

for further consideration.

The Chief Justice said-I am in general ngroument with what has been said in this case by the learned Pulsne Judge, but I have to made a few remarks on the way in which the LONDON, September 18th. case was conducted. A judge's view es to the The "St. John's Mail" (New-conduct of a case must affect his judgment, and foundland) is in receipt of advice from in this instance the way in which the case was Labrador that Peary and Bartlett noted accounts so far as I am concerned for the delay in delivering judgment. I have delay- principal naval Powers, ordered by the Hours have decided on an expedition to the sd as long as I could in order to allow impressions of Commons, has been issued. It shows that South Pole, and are already preparing Kingdom for 1909-10 is £35,142,700, of which the estimated naval expenditure of the United furs and sledges aboard the £10,353,825 is on new construction and arma velt." mente. For Germeny the corresponding figures are £19,538.188 and £10,751, £13,353,825 and

0,751,468: for France, £5,760.176; for Russis £0.928,831 and £1.822.237 for Italy, States, £28,778,777 and €10,015,801; and for £6,755,291 and £2,190,707 for the United Japan, £7,202,823 and £2,919.381.

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BLICCESS,

WEATHER REPORT.

This

The Hongkong Observatory yostorday issued the following report: -

Cone sad Drum hoisted. At 5.10 p.m.-The On the 15th at 4.50 p.m.-Black. Nortli typhoon, which continues to move Westwards, he entered the posat near

4 moy. On the 16th at 6.00 a.m.-Signala kwered At 12.10 p.m. The typhoon has alled up during its passage over the land

The barometer has risen moderately over the

to wear off. Now I am not going to deliver a 8, coast of China and N. Luzon, and falen homily on the way to conduct a case, but slightly in Tongking and Annom. what I have to say must be said, and I hope of the China Sea

Pressure is relatively low over the N.W. part

it will be taken in good part and for guidance

Reports from Formoss and all stations to the in the future. The case was fought with an North of Amoy are lacking, serimony which was absolutely unnecessary. It Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending there ever was a case which should have been at 10a.m. to-day, 0.079 inches. fought with sobriety it was this. There were The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon. general aspersions made, and made especially by to-day is as follows: the junior counsel for plaintiff, who in this case Hongkong & Neighbourhood (*) seems to have warped the position of his leader Formosa Charized without the permission of the Court. It was a South coast of China between?

Defendants took, as they South coast of Chinn between Hongkong and Lamooks. Hongkong and Hainan.... (*) E. winds, freshening

LONDON, September 16th. President Taft, addressing the Chamber of Commerce at Boston, urged the necessity for the adoption of satisfactory Monetary Banking * lawyers' defence." systems before the end of the present were instly entitled to, every posible defence administration.

in law. It was trotfully and most ably conduct

E. winds, ******** ↑ strong

Same as No. 1a

Bame as No. 1 squally, showery,