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AND

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THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY,

rights of the House of Commons.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3BD, 1909.

*These

Many in Hongkong, especially among the

are big wards, and we think the Premier seafaring community, will regret to learn of the TELEGRAMS./

will find considerable difficulty in justifying them: The preamble of the Finance Bill embodying the Budget proposals reads as follows:-

Most Gracious Sovereign,

We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Iroland in Parliament assembled, towards raising the necessary supplies to defray your Majesty's public Dxpenses, suid making an addition to the public revenge, have freely and voluntarily resolved to give and grant unto your Majesty the caveral duties kerein-after mentioned; and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enseted, and be it enacted by the King's most

death of Mr. Henry John Smith, who for up- wards of 37 years he boon ocnnected with the Hongkong and Whampoa Dook Co., Istterly as manager of the Cosmopolitan Dook. He was 69 years of age, and had been ailing for some the Peak' time past. Mr. Smith died in

The funeral will pass Hospital yesterday. the Monument at 4.30 this afternoon. 77 d

Speaking at S.P.C, E. mesting at.Hastings recently the Rev. Lord William Cocil said people must not think that China conld be No one had a converted by the white man. greater respect for the white missionary than one better kasw what, they had he, for no

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TOKYO,, December 1st. The 8.S. Kisakata Maru, from Dairen to Yokohama with a cargo of

SUPREME COURT.

Thursday, December 2nd.

LICENSING OF PUBLIC HOUSES IN

HONGKONG,

The following-memorandum on the licensing of public houses in Hongkong was yesterday laid before the Legislative Council-by command of His Excellency the Governor :---

In 1904 Government took into consideration a suggestion for improving the Public Houses of the Colony in introducing the Gothenburg System

Excellent Majesty, BY AND WITH THE ADVICE | Baffered; yet they were not the tools with which beancake, foundered in a typhoon of which set forth that the plaintiff was a widow, licences should be transferred to a company, the

AND CONSENT OF THE LORDS SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL, AND. COMMONS, IN THIS PRESENT

BY PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED, AND AUTHORITY OF THE SAME.

Chius would be converted,

tions put to him by the materialist.

(ERUTER'S SERVICH TO THE "BORGKono DAILY PERSS."}

THE CANADIAN BISHOP. OF HONAN.

In Summary JURISDICTION.

BEFORE HIS HONOUR ME. H. H. J.

GOMPERTZ (PUISNE JUDGB).

ALLEGED BREACH OF COMERACT. Mrs. R. A. Ford sand Mr. W. H. Emberley TYPHOON IN THE JAPAN SEA. to recover 3500, balance due andar an agri--

ment dated September 8th, for the purchase

In March, 1905, a Committee was appointed by the defendant from the plaintiff of the far by Sir M. Nathan to consider the feasibility of niture and goodwill belonging to the plaintiff forming a syndicate to establish, as an experi- then in the house at 74, Caine Road

ment, one Public House on this system, There was a counter-claim by the defendant,

The system is brigdy that public house.

and formarly onrried on the business of a shareholders in which should derive no prost The missionary to Shimonoseki on Monday night. The boarding-konsa keeper at 74, Caime Road. The from the sale of intoxicating liquors beyond a fired percentage on the capital invested, while China must be a Chinawar. He must, however, ship went down with all on board. defendant now carried on the business of s THE

boarding-house kooper at No. 43. Robinson the actual managers of the publis houses should be well educated and able to answer the ques-

Many other casualties are reported Road He was induced to make the alleged be, salaried porous having no share in the as a result of the typhoon.

agreement mentioned in the indorsement of profit on the sale of intoxicating liquors. The the writ by the fraudulent representation Committee set out the object of the suggested of the plaintiff that the boarding-house syndicate and the manner in which the Public at 74, Caine Road had been fully occupied House should be manisged by it as follows by boarders from January to April in the "It is proposed to form a Company to insti- prosent year. The defendant was forthernte a Public House in Victoria which shall be induced to make the contract by the fraudulent managed on the principles adopted by the representation of the plaintiff that her intention recently established Public House Trust Asso- wae to return to England, and not to commence, aiations in England. another boarding-house business in Hong kong. In the alternative the defondant said that plaintiff agreed by verbal agreement or about September 8th not to set up another boarding-house in Hongkong, and according to the true construction of the contrast the plaintiff was precluded from setting up, and from canvassing persons who had boarded with har, in order to induce them to heard in any other boarding-house which she might set up. The plaintiff did, on or about8ep tember 8th, canvass certain boarders who resided at 74, Caine Rosal, for the purpose of inducing them to enter a boarding-house she was about to open. The defendant claimed an injunction restraining the plaintiff from opening or con- tinting to carry on a boarding-house business in the Colony also a recission of the aforesaid contract, and the return of the sum of 8500 paid by the defendant to the plaintiff on the signing thoreof, or in the alternative the sum of $700 damages caused to him by the acts of the plaintiff

Nothing more is necessary to clearly establish the fact that the House of Lords does not exist merely for the purpose of automatically registering the will of the House of Commons on finan cial questions; it clearly is entitled to denounce, and refuse its assent to, the financial as much as any

other pro- posals the House of Commone may submit for ite approval, and we are unable to perceive how in exercising the powers clearly given them in the preamble of the Finance Bill they have become guilty, in Mr. ASQUITH's words, of a breach of the Constitution and a usurpation of the rights of the House of Commons.

A series of theatrical performances are being given sightly at present in the Taiping Theatre. Des Voeux Road West, on behalf of the Hong- kong University Fand Already tickets to the value of $10,000 have been sold, and as there are three more days and nights to run the com. mittes hope to hand more than $10,000 over to the fund. On Wednesday night H. E. the Governor, H. E. the General Oficer Command- ing and party attended the performance, and last night the Hon Mr. Brewin and Mrs. Brewin, accompanied by a party, were present, while to-night Sir Henry May and Lady May attend the performance.

*THE NATIONAL SERVICE

FOR BEFARERS."

A special service for Seafarers (on the lines of that hold annually in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, on Trafalgar Day) was held last night, commencing at 9 pm, in St. Joan's Cathedral, Hongkong. There was a gratifying attendance of seafaring men belonging to the navy and the

LONDON, December 2nd. At Toronto a Canadian clergyman Bamed White has been consecrated Bishop of Honan,

(His Bee will be the Northern half of the province, while Bishop Bannister will have jurisdiction over the Bouthern portion.]

It is

ADMIRAL FISHER'S

SUCCESSOR.

Of this Finance Bill it may be said that no legislative proposal of the House of Commons has received so much attention from the Upper House since Mr. GLAD

LONDON, December 2nd. STONE's Home Rule Bill. The average

officially announced that attendance of Poers in the House of Lords, we believe, is less than thirty, out of a full mersantile marine. The congregation indified Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson, C., HE. the Governor (Sir Frederick Lugard), replaces Sir John Fisher (recently assembly of 616, consisting of 8 Princes of

attended by Captain Mitobell Taylor, A.D.C., the Royal Blood, 2 Archbishops, 22 Dukes, and Captain Simson, Private Secretary, Captain elevated to the Peerage) as First Lord 23 Marquesses, 24 Faris, 40 Viscounts, 24 John Nicholas, II.M.S. Flora (the senior of the Admiralty from January 26th. Bishops, 334 Barons, and 16. Scottish and usval officer at present in port); Coinmander 28 Irish Representative Peers. The voting F. Acton, H.M.S. Tamar, Major H. E.

AGAINST THE LORDS. on Lord LawBDOWNE's motion showed an Eraus, R.M.LI, H. 4.8. Tantar, Commander attendance of 425-only 35 fewer than Basil Taylor, R. N. (Harbour Master); Captain- voted in the division on the Home Rule P. H. Rolfe, Younger Brother of Trinity, Bill. It is not improbable that the attend-master of the s. Xuensang (who, we believe, was largely instrumental in arranging for the auce on Monday night was even larger than service), Captain A. E. Hodgins, Captain when the Home Rule Bill was rejected, Thomas and many others. because, as we have learnt from the recent

Among representatives of the shipping

interests of the port we noticed the Hon Mr. Gresson, head of the arm of Messra Jardine, Matheson & Co.,Ltd; Mr. E. F. Ancott, of the firm's shipping department; Mr. A. Sinclair, the firm's marine superintendent, and others.

The service was taken by the Bishop of Bev.FT. Johnson (the Cathedral Chaplain and the Rev. C. D. Thompson (in charge of the

MR. ASQUITH'S RESOLUTION OF

REMONSTRANCE.

LONDON, December 2nd. Mr. Asquith has postponed his visit to Sandringham Palace.

When the Premier entered the House of Commons the Ministerialists rose and cheered him.

A. S. WATSON & CO.. | telegrams, many Peers intended to abstain from voting, including Lords ROSEBERY and CROMER and the whole body of Spiritual Peers, most of whom were doubtless present to hear the speeches on an occasion which may or may not mark an epoch in the con- Hongkong, 8th October, 1909 DENT139

you will probably shout the GNLY communications relating to the news selves very hoarse in the coming election, Correspondents must forscard their names and crying Down with the House of Lords," and tresses with communicatione addressed to the we need not take too seriously Mr. Editor, not for publication but as evidence of ASQUITE's prediction of a revolution. This good faith.

All letters for publication should be written on kind of talk was indulged in when the Lords took his text from Psalm crii, 23:24 The usurpation of the rights of the House

MARINECOFUNUENTS.

solemn should be addressed to THE EDITOR.

ane side of paper only.

No anonymously signed communications that have already appeared in other papers will be Inserted.

It is announced that the Premier ill to-day move a resolution affirming that the atm - LGUse of Lords Missions to Seamen). The hymns sung daring in refusing to pass the financial pro- the sorries included Eternal Father, strung to save," "Prates the Lord, ye heavens score visions for the year has been guilty of Him," and "Oh God our help in ages pa breach of the Constitution and a

The sermon was preached by the Bishop who rejected the Home Rule Bill. Lord Lave that go down to the sea in ships, that do business DOWNE's motion with regard to the Finance in great waters: those see the works of the Bill contains no suggestion of a veto Lord and his wonders on the deep." His Orders for extra copies of Damy PRESS should be sent before 11 am. on day of it simply affirms the principle that the Lordship prefaced his exposition of the text publication. After that hour the supply is poople rule. Therefore, if with no un by saying that there is held every year as Nmited. Only supply for Cash.

near a possible to the 21st of October Telegraphic Address : Pusss.

certain voice the country returns the national service for seafarers in St. Paul's Todes: A.B.C. 5th Ed, Lieber,

present Government to power with a man-Cathedral service of thanks giving to God. date to insist on the enactment of the similar services were being held in other financial arrangements to which they stand parts of the British Empire, and it was

0. Bo 1. Telephone No. 13.

DEATH.

At the Peak Hospits!, Hongkong, on the 2nd

Jous SMITH, aged 66 years,

of Commons.

At a meeting of the Labour Party a resolution was adopted asserting that the liberties of the people can only be secured by total abolition of the House of Lords..

LATER.

It is understood that Parliament

irst after a long wad painful illness, HERET committed," that will settle the matter. folt that Hongkong ought to have such a service will be prorogged on Friday,

&

HONGKONG OFFICE: 10a, Des Vœux BAD LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET. EC

The Daily Press.

this year, all in this Colony surely owed a deep

THE TEA DUTY.

The House of Lords is not likely to

debt of gratitude to the seafaring mon, Mr. Asquith has not given notice challenge the supremacy of the will of we had all been brought here in safety over the of any amendment in regard to the the people. They have so far merely sex, and we depended on the mariners to bring levying of taxes, and it is assumed that asserted their belief that the weight of us the necessaries of life. Modern life would opinion in the country is opposed to the be impossible but for the services they rendered. they will continue to be levied as now. Budget proposals. If the verdict of the Many times when they thought of their hard. country proves this judgment to be woefully separation, and the motorony of the lives they skips, their heroism, and the way they endured HONGKONG, DECEMBER 3RD 1909.

wrong, then the hostility of the new spent upon the non, they desired to show GRAVE issues, we are told, are raised House

of Commons to the Upper their gratitude to them, and his Lordship ho by the overwhelming vote by which the Chamber would doubtless be manifested mentioned that one way of doing this would be. House of Lords has refused to pass in proposals for the amendment of the to support the Missions to Seamen. Here in the Budget, since it challenges a constitution of that body. Mr. AsQUITE Hongkong he had found that landsmen appeal to the country, not merely on has not yet ventured to indicate that were ever ready to show their appreciation the principles of the Budget, but " on the

he is prepared to existence of the House of Lords and

Socialist wing of

Wip

of the work of that Mission, and he mentioned

LONDON, December 2nd. The Committee of the Tea Buyers Association announce that they have the strongest grounds for stating that

on

The defence to the counter-claim was a total denis),

Mr. P. M. Hodgson (of Messrs. Ewens and Haston) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hinds (of Mesure, Brutton and Hett) represent

ed the defendant.

Mr. Hinds moved for judgment on part of the

The object is to promote the higher tem parance by the conversion of the public house from a drinking bar into a home of refresh- ment for the supply of wholesome food and non- alcoholio liquors as well as of boor and spirits.

The leading principle will be the elimina- tion of the element of personal proât from the sale of alcoholic liquera. - Accordingly the dividend payable on the capital subscribed will be limited to 8 per cent, per annum. Share- holders will thus have a limited monetary in- terest in the trade. All surplus profits will be applied to furthering the object of the Company by extending its sphere of aution.

It is proposed to begin with one house only, It will be conducted as a refreshment house

rather than as a mere drinking bar; food sa well as non-intoxicating drinks, including tea, cottes and cocos, will be as radily served, to onstomers as beer or spirita: and the food and drink supplied will be of the best quality ob-

aisle. **

The Manager will be paid a fixed salary. He will have no interest whatever in the profits arising from the sale of intoxicants, and will in consequence, be under no inducement to pask this part of the trods. On the other hand, he will be encouraged to promote the sals of food and non-intoxicants.”

Under date of the 20th April, 1995, they reported as follows:--

จ

We submit an estimate of the working for first year of a public house on the Gothenburg system. These

counter-claim on the ground of an admission in the pleadings.

The seventh paragraph said that the plaintiff was fitting out the premises st. 74, Caius Road for the purpose using the same as a boarding-house. promises, 74, Caine Road, were occupied as boarding home by the plaintiff, who sold hur goodwill to the defendant. Upon the defendant

ta more commadana namiss, the plain movie premiser and commenced to

fit them out as a boarding-house again":

The estimate of receipts may perhaps be somewhat low: on the other hand, the expen- diture will certainly not bo less. The estimate in hand, an infistinn at the working expenses of certain public bones in the Colony, and it must be remembered that when a man is working. for himself he will manage more economically

Plaintiff admitted that, in the defence to the than when he is working as the paid servant of counter-claim,

Hi Lordship Supposing you get judgment en that, what do you get?

Mr. Hinds-I want judgment for damages, Mr. Hodgson-I submit your Lordship can not possibly give judgment on this now. It all depends on the whole caso."

goodwill?

is Lordship-Do you admit you gold-the Mr. Hodgson-Not in the sense my friend alleges.

another.

We have, therefore, been forced to the con elusion that, without support in subscriptions and donations from the public, and in competi. house would not pay. tion with ordinary public honses, the Gothenburg"

We have, therefore, to suggest the uffernative methods set out in the enclosure herete by which in the Colony. Government might improve the Pablic Houses

Of the three suggestions we favour the first His Lordship Do you admit you sold the with the addition of (a), (b) nud (e) in anggestion goodwill? Never mind in what sanse.

No. 3 inserting words " or approved” between Mr. Hodgson-I admit we sold the goodwill | the words “froin" and "Government" in (^).

at the time of the contract. Later, you will wee what that goodwill was.

I

His Lordship There is a written agreement. suppose ?

Mr. Hodgson-Yan.

His Lordship decided to go on.

Mr. Hodgion-The words in the contraet sro, "at prosent at No. 74." I attach certain amount of importance to those words, especially having regard to my friend's request for judgment,

His Lordship-I am not quite sure how far the Bills of Salé Ant will come in.

a contract than the defondant has atempted here. This attempt was absolutely unjustifiable had it inflisted a great wrong on his client. Judgment was ontored for the plaintiff upon

Mr. Hodgson-That is a point. The defend ant in this sotion put in a counter-claim by way of defence, practically making several allege the defendout to outer into this contract. That Hons of fraud against. the plaintiff to induce

Pt the riew of the the large saus recently contributed for the whatever may be the result of the fraudulent representation is denied.

His Lordship-If you sell a goodwill you are the Constitution." In the first place, in the of the people can only be secured by the women. Proseeding to deal with his text his will be re-imposed, and the Customs never a greater attempt to get out of

party, that the liberties now Institute. The offering at that service election, the tea duty of 5d. per lb. not allowed to canray.

would be to the Missions to:

Mr. Hodgson-We deny entirely that we words of Mr. BALFOUR, the rejection of the total abolition of the House of Lords, lardship pointed out three plain facts and three-

there was Budget moanne bringing " the whole of the and we doubt if the bulk of the party simple duties. The facts were (1) There is have agreed to accept the duty during executive machinery of the country to a

God; (2) God is great; (3) God is near; and the is likely to go

The Committee standstill"; in the words of Mr. ASQUITH it Some reform of the constitution of the God; (3) to trast Him. His lordship presched

to such a lagth duties were (1) to acknowledge God; (2) to obey the interregnum. means "financial and administrative chaos Chamber has been advocated by many -profound and far-reaching, fraught with of the most distinguished members of the injustice to individuals and danger to the House of Feers, and that is as far as the State, and carrying in its train conse Government could safely dare to go. If the quences which ho would be a bold man to refreal

to pass the Budget entails any forecast or forses." "That way revolution danger of revolutions Mr. AsqnITH has lies," said Mr. ASQUITH in his speech asserted that danger is only likely to arise at Birmingham a couple of months ago, if and when a majority of the House of "involving, as I venture to predict it will, Commons can be persuaded to decres the daz rites for deeper, than the mere decline to behere that there is any lalihood

abolition of the Second Chamber W

right of the House of Lords to meddle with of this yat. finance." Mr. Asquirn added that the

Captain Corbett, of the 13th Rajputs, informs Liberal Party were not only ready but the police that whilst bivouacking near Taip anxious, not only anxious but eager, to on the 28th and 29th November he lost a silver take up the challenge. To-day's telegram bunting watch, and a stop watch. He offers a tells us that the Premier, before going reward of $5 for their recovery, to the country, invites the House of

Commons to declare that the action which the Upper House has taken is a breach of the Constitution and usurpation of the

Mr. A. Jenkyns, master of the se. Tai Wan, has reported to the police that on Tuesday afternoon he gave a basket containing clothing to the value of 150 to s samgian man to take on Tboard, ship, but he never did so.

on thous subjoots in homely and direct language urges all sections of the trade to pay The National Anthem was sung after the the duty and carry on the business as

an impressive gormon.

Benediction.

THE MERRYMAKERS.

before.

THE CHINESE NAVAL COMMISSION.

LONDON, December 2nd.

have returned to London.

The Chinese Naval Commissioners

their first appearance in Hongkong at the As advertised, the Merrymakers will make Theatre Royal on Monday night next, the 6th December. Coming as they do with an excel- lant reputation, they should be sure of receiving

we are informed, have great reputations good reception here from local theatre-goers. Every one of the artists of the Company in connection with their various turns, käy ing performed with the greatest success in most of the leading English and Austration

The ships at Plymouth yesterday lines with comio songs, dancers, singers and Theatres.

The entertainment is on variety dressed rainbow fashion, Chinese en musiimte, assisted by Zeno the Marvel, the only sigus being hoisted with the British. great rival to Cinquevalli, the greatest living jagster in the world, and in Zeno one sees The Merrymakers prosent a drawing rooni things performed which can hardly be credited. entertainment entirely free from vulgarity. In anticipation of a heavy booking the public are advised to book early at B. Mourie & Co's. to secure good seats.

the understanding that she loft No. 74, Caine at plaintiff was not to be precluded from wet

Road, as soon as proper notice could be givent. ting up another boarding-Iwase elsewhere."

WEATH REPORT.

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report: ----

On the 2nd at 11.55 am.-The barometer has risea moderatoly over N. China and fallen alightly over Formcsa and the S. coast of China. Prease is high over the Yangtse valley, and still low over the Pacific to the N.E. of Japan.

Fresh monsson may be expected in the Formora Channel and the N. part of the China Ses.

Hongkong rainfall: for the 24 luare ending at 10 am to-day, 000 indbes.

(Signed) F. H. Mar.

C. P. CHATER, EDWARD OBHGENZ. Enclosure.

ALTERNATIVE: SUGGESTIONS FÓR IMPROVING

PUBLIC HOUSES IN HONGKONG." 1-(a) Let Government take over the licens- ing of public houses and give notice to the pre- sent Licencess of Public Houses that after thres" years from next licensing date it will not renew the existing Hoender.

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(b) Let it then reduce the number of Hcondes to 10 (which gives about 1 for every 1,000 of the white population, including the Garrison), and issue these 10 to a Company to run the houses on the Gothenburg system; or

limited number of first-class houses at an in- creased fee for the sale of beer, wines and spirita as at present; and license another set at lower fees for the retail sale of beer only..

Lat it at the same time alter a Grocer's Lis

(stead of to 1 as at present), or -

2. Lat the Government only license a certain

of

once so that salos may be limited to 3 botloa

3.. Let Government take over the Kcensing

all houses in place of having it in the hands public houses, and at the same time impose new

of the Justices and reduce the number of

conditions on the remaining ones, e.g→→

(«) All liquor to be procured from Govern. · ment;

Premises to be passed fit for use as a public house by Director of Public Works and Medical Offer of Health;

(e.), Licencees to be liable to immediate caucel- lation if drankenness permitted. on the premises,

*Not printed.

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

on the 2nd init, and is due here on the 5th The CN. Co.asp. Chinhua left Shanghai inkt

4-

The forecast for the 24 hours ending nanon The C.P.E. str. Empress of Japan arrived at to-day is as follows

Yokohama at 9 am, on the 2nd Inst., and left N.E. winds, again at noon same day for Kobe, where she is Hongkong & Neighbourhood

moderate; fine. due to arrive at noon on the 3rd inst

-NE. winds, The C.P.B. str. Monteagle left Yokohama en fresh

the 1st instant, at 4. for Vistoria and

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