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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND, 1910.

SUPREME COURT.

Wednesday, September 21st. IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.

boarded the boat occupied by the deceased

woman and her hushard. The husband, Chaung TELEGRAMS.

the obvious duty of the Government to do all in its power to allay public apprehension on the subject. But the question is: How can this be done? From the evidenes of a building inspector in the service of the Government given at a FIFORE HIS HONOUR SIE FRANCIS PIGGOTT sailed with shoppers. He was left in his own

Coroner's inquest this week we learn that it is part of his duty to inspect buildings to see whether they are safe or not," but & CO., there are, we believe, only two or three building inspectors in the service of the Public Works Department, and we are not therefore surprised to read that their atten tion is confined to "buildings which are

inques, which concerned the Jervois Street collapse, the building inspector said he had had no reason previous to the collapse to doubt the stability of the house, but he saw

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Hoo, was engaged to pray on behalf of a son and daughter of the prisoner, and while he was doing this he was struck violently on the head by one of the three men, and afterwards as-

bost for dead, sad his wife was transferrod to the prisoner's best. The prisoner lay in his own boat pretending to be absolutely uncon scious. He saw his wife taken by the legs and ananite by one or other of the three men and heard one of the men call out to throw her over.. board. This was done, and then ho heard one of the men say, " She will not fink" Another said, a foreign syndicate for a loan of eight the present Sessions. In those circumstances hoiuk her by pressing her down with a bamboo millions (sterling ?) for the construc- pole," Then he saw hor pushed under the water | tion of a railway from Szechuan into

Tibet.

which Li Yes stands charged with armed rob- bory. He informed his Lordship that the woman who was prosecntris was very ill indeed, and it was quite impossible for her to attend asked his Lordship to allow the case to stand

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.. suspected to be unsound." At the Coroner's over until next sessions, and to respite the case with a bamboo pole. All this happened between

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The case was adjourned as requested,

THE LAXMA ISLAND MURDER.' Loung Shing was indicted on a charge of

Larams Island and Stanley. When the womAN. " was drowned the three mean returned to the

disharman's boat. Believing that he was dead they placed some joas papers over his supposed

after the collapse that the party walls were committing murder near Lamma Island on June dead body, got some kerosene and set fire to

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the boat. The craft was than ont adrift, and its occupant was left to the mercy of the flames. Fortunatoly for the administration of justice, the occupant was not dead, and the joss papers did not appear to take the particular effect they

When the three men

PEKING, September 21st. The Government has arranged with

The profits of the Peking-Haukow railway are assigned as security,,

THE BOXER INDEMNITY.

PEKING, September 21st. The Waiwupu has asked the Prince Regent to raise a domestic loan för the purpose of paying the indemnities due to Foreign Powers on account, of the Boxer rebellion.

THE CHARGE

AGAINST

JOHN GRANT.

John Grant, formerly a surveyor. in the Public Works Department, appeared under remand before M. J. R. Wood at the Magistracy yesterday on a charge of obtaining by false pretences a sum of 821 from villagers at Kowloon City, Hunghom, and Samshuipo, Mr. J. H. Gardiner appeared for the defence.

A resident from Kowloon City stated that September 6th defendant came to him with a piece of paper on which was weliten "155." He asked for dollar, which sum he said would have to be paid for re-numbering. Defendant spoke. Chinese and said that if the dollar was not forthcoming

OR

witness would be arrested.

His Worship Whom did you suppose lis was I thought he was sent there by the Government.

What made you think that He asked for | papers shout house numbering, and I gave him some, but he said these were not the ones he Prantod.

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What papers?-My rate receipts. What did he say?—He said those were not

when

what he wanted.

Have you seen him since P-No, except

bad. He had not inspected the house The Attorney General (Hon. Mr. W. Bess recently: indeed it does not appear from the Davies, K.C.), instructed by Mr. H. L. Daunga, report that the house had ever been in jant, from the office of the Crown Solicitor, jspected since the day it was certified as it for appeared for the Crown, and the accused was Coccupation. There seems to be no systematic represented by Mr. C. G. Alabaster, instructed were intended to do. inspection of the whole of the buildings by thristopher Wilson (of Messrs. Hastings

picked him out of a row of men. & Hastings), of the Colony, nor cas there be, we presume Mr. Alabaster stated that before the prisoner with the present number of building inspec- pleaded he wished to more that the indictment tors. Yet the Government is aware that should be quashed on two grounds, The Bret hundreds of houses in the Colour are jerry was that it was not alleged in the indiotment built. A couple of years ago the Building that this crime took place in the waters of the Authority, in consequence of the inferiority Colony, but merely that it took place near a place

which was in the waters of the Colony,

of the mortar in common use, commenced, a regular crusade against the Chinese con- tractors. For a time builders were being haled before the Magistrates every week and mulcted in heavy penalties; but for a year or more we have not heard of a single Cuse of the kind. Whether the crusade had the desired result or whether the Building Authority grow weary of the effort to improve the quality of mortar in use

we

in

the Colony we do not know. This

do know that every building which has collapsed in Hongkong has collapsed because the so-called mortar had perished, and there is unfortunately

much only too

fear that there are scores of houses in the Colony very nearly as unstable as those which have tumbled down like houses of cards within the past month. That, at least, is the general impression created by these dis-

to reason

His Lordship--Lamma Island in part of the Colony, therefore the constraction is that the murder took place in a place is the waters of the Colony. Hongkong is Hongkong, and all

· the islands are part of it.

Mr. Alabaster said his other point was misnomer. The prisoner had been indicted under a wrong name. It was a pare 'scoident, and he was sure the Crown would admit that it was a wrong name, because they had actually gone to the length of calling a witness to prove that the prisoner's name was not. Leung Shing

wore out of sight the fisherman managed to extinguish the flames by putting water over thera, and after drifting about during the night he was rescued by another native oraft, landed in Tytam Baynext day, and reported the matter

His Imperial Highness commanded to the police. The body of his wife was washed store near Stanley and was buried straight the Waiwupu to consult the other away owing to its decomposed condition. Ministries concerned, and also the

the Viceroys

and Governors of the Province.

ĮRSUTER'S SERVICE TO THE "RONGKONG DAILY PRESS."j

On July 3rd the prisoner applied to police near Junk Bay for a new licenca for his boat, which had formerly been registered at Aberdeen. The evidenco restel mainly on the story of the deceased's husband, and it was a most gruesome story from beginning to oud. Having regard to the other evidence, the Attorney-General submitted that the jury THE ALLEGED GERMAN SPY, would in all probability oredit this man's story. There was no direct corroboration of if, but there would be direct corroboration of the details, and that, coupled with the subsequent action of the prisoner, he submitted, should be

LONDON, September 21st. 'The case against the German subaltern, named Helm, accused of

A Chinose woman gava similar evidence,

ment were going to make new laws, and she would have to pay a dollar to get her house re-

adding that the defendant told her the Govern

numbered.

His Worship Why did you give him a dollar? He said that according to the now laws made by the Government I had to have my number repainted, and I should have to give him a dollar for it. I told him I had a number already, but he said that would not do.

Witness stated that defendant did not speak Hakka, Fanti or the Western dialect, and she could not understand him

Mr. Gardiner If he spoke a dialect you could not understand how did you know whet he was asking for?-He insisted on a dollar. Ho was like a Europesu trying to talk Chinese. He told you the Government were making now law. How did he express that to you

did not understand him, and he said the

Accidentally they had indicted him in his wife's sufficient to justify the jury in convicting him, espionage at Portsmouth, was resumed if you could not understand him I and I

Dame.

The Attorney-General-He was committed under the name of Leung Shing, which Insame is the name that ko garo at the time. But, as a matter of fact, I was going to ask permission to add as an alias the name Cheung Kang Hoi. I indioted hira by the nomo by which he was committed.

Evidence as opened and the bearing adjourned.

THE AMERICAN FLEET.

Yesterday morning at half-past ten Rear Admiral Hubbard, commander in abief of the His Lordship-You could not very well do| American Asiatio Fleet, made an official landing otherwise.

at Blake Pier. A large number of interested The Attorney-General-At the same time spectators were present at Blake Pier, and here

the alias.

accompanied by the regimental band, was drawn His Lordship-That will hardly, meet the up. The Admiral's departure from the flagship objection.

A. S. WATSON & CO..sters, and the circumstances therefore would ask your Lordship's permission to aid also guard of honour furnished by the Buffs,

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would seem to call for a through inpsc- tion of buildings in the Colony a very big undertaking it is true, and an expensive one if all party walls have to bo bared before the stability of a building can be ascertained. A serious responsibility, however, rests upon the Government, and with four cases before it of the collapse of buildings in the space of a single month, involving the Зран of twenty lives, we cannot for a moment suppose that it can be indifferent to the crying need of increased vigilance in the inspection of buildings in the Colony. It may be hoped that some reassuring an- nouncement in regard to this matter may be

made at an early meeting of the Legislative

Council.

Tho Bar. C. H. Hicking, Minister of Union Church, returned to the Colony yesterday after

holiday visit to the Coast ports.

Miss M. S. Hoy, the manageress of Wynd. ham Hotel, reports to the police that someone

entered a bedroom and stole $6.50 belonging

to two boarders,

The Bishop of Vistoria saks us to state that he

and that in the mesutime Archdesoon Barnett of

Mr. Alabaster-My objection is that he is indioted under a wrong name. He only made his mark at the Police Court, so there is no evidence that he gave that mane.

was the the signal for a salute from the phore battery, and when he stepped ashore the band struck up "The Star Spangled Banner" end the guard came to the sainte. After he had inspooted the guard of honour, Admiral Hubbard, who was accompanied by his flag beatenant and secretary, as well as the commanders of the three cruisers, entered a chair and proceeded to Government Honas to call on His Excellency the Offlcer Administering the Government." Later - His Lordship-If be has given that name all in the day His Excellency returned the call. the way through?

His Lordship-You are rather mot with this objection: that he has just answered to the name of Lenig Shing.

Mr. Alabastar-He has been told to answer

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.....

Mr. Alabaster-He has not.

The Attorney-General-I am told that he did. His Lordship--That can only come out during the trial,

Mr. Alabaster-All the witnesses called him. by the name of Cheung Kang Hoi.

His Lordship-The Attorney-General applies to amend the indictment by adding the norge Cheung Kung Hoi. I cannot object to that.

Mr. Alabaster-That does not help him, because the prisoner a still indicted under a wrong name.

The Attorney-General-This is all premature.

1 can prove that the socused gave the name of

Leung Shing to the police.

His Lordship-I cannot do anything now. I will reserve the point and you can deal with

HONGKONG CRICKET LEAGUE,

The seventh annual report of the Cricket

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yesterday and the Bench decided that prima facie case had been made out. The hearing was adjourned until the 28th inst., and bail was refused.

THE TURCO-ROUMANIAN SECRET CONVENTION.

The

BRITISH OPINION.

Government had made a new law,

How did you understand that At first?-E could not understand him, but afterwards I understood all right.

Another witness, who did not identify tho defendant, said a European called at his house and said it would have to be numbered. When be said he had no money, to pay for it the European said the house would have to be pulled down.

Cross-examined-He kad soon defendant on the road before.

Was that the man to whom you paid the dollar I paid the dollar to a man with a soar on the left side of the face.

Te that the only thing by which you revogaiss

LONDON, September 21st. Turco-Roumanian Secret Convention is the theme of the news this man?-Yex. papers, which accept it as a fact and comment cautiously in the absence of particulars.

Not his face P-No,

Did you understand this man when he spoke to you ?—I did not understand clearly.

How did the man to whom you paid the dollar speak?-He ośme to the house, looked angry, and said, "Pay for your house number."

While a section deplores the wane of British influence in Turkey and attacks British diplomacy in connec-understood both Hakka and Panti. He spoke with the question, the majority con- to me in Hakks.

sider the Convention an excellent

How did he speak-in Hakka or Punti?-He

Another witness spoke to receiving a visit

money for r-numbering houses and asked

Loagus says:-There were again nine Clube thing, since it will tend to secure the from defendant, who said he was oollecting entered for the Shield Competition, viz-peace of the Balkans and avert the Hongkong Cricket Club 'A', Telegraph &

Dodwells, The Buffs, B.G.A., Civil Service danger of an explosion between the H.K. Police, Kowloon and Craigangower. The hotheads of Sofia and Athens, Shield was won by the Hongkong Cricket Club, with a percentage of 8181 for 14 matabes played, of which 10 were won, 3 drawn and one lost. This is the second occasion on

which the Hongkong Cricket Club has captured

the Shield.

By the amendment of Rule 9, sach Club

A TURKISH LOAN.

LONDON, September 21st. "The Temps" of Paris announces

witness to pay. Defendant said, "Give it to me qolok if you don't I will call the coolies and

pall down the house." Witness then borrowed a dollar from a neighbone and paid it to the defendant, whom he thought was the govern ment land surveyer, as he heard the neighbours say so. Defendant spoke to witness in Panti.

Have you boon to the Gos! ?—Yes.

Did you pick out defeudant ?--Y. ̈After hearing other evidence, the Magistrate

entering the Competition can plessa itself as to that a Turkish loan has been con-adjourned the case.

LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STEBET. EC will be away from the Colony until October 31st, it afterwards, I will note your objection and how many matches it arranges, as long as it cluded in London with the Cassel }

The Daily Press.

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Bon, wife of the US. Consul-General in Hongkong.

plays at least one match (instead of two as hitherto), with every other Club similarly entered.

The subject of forming a Junier League was thoroughly disonased but was found to be im practicable owing to the paucity of playing. ground in the Colony.

The accounts show a credit balance of $25.04.

THE CRICKET CLUB CONCERT.

Following is the corrected programme of the

Part 1.

Adoration

group

of financials.

KAISER VISITS VIENNA,

LONDON, September 21st. H.M. the Kaiser has arrived at Vienna on a two days' visit to the Emperor Francis Joseph.

His Majesty had a prolonged pri- vate audience with Baron Aorenthal, the Austrian Foreign Minister.

THE BOILERMAKERS' DISPUTE.

COPRA IN THE PHILIPPINES.

BRIGHT PROSPECT FOR THE COCONUT

INDUSZEY.

Recently compiled figures, says the Philip pine Agricultural Review, show that the sopra industry in the islands is in a most heallly condition. The production of copra in the Philippines for the past four years is given as follows:-

1906

1907

1908

1909

Total-

927,942 picula. 844,909

1,345,166

1,658,724

4,775,741

30, Benburn Road, Wast Point, has authority to aller the Attorney-General to amend. attend to urgent business for him

A plea of not guilty was entered on behalf of the prisoner, and the following jarers were A new composito steam launch for the U.S.empanelled :-D. A. Parvas (foreman), M. A HONGKONG, SEPTEMBER 22ND, 1910. Nary Department at Manila was launched at Barack, B. N. W. Nikkole, W. H. T. King, the Ilongkong and Wampos Dock yesterday W. Waterkouse, H. S. Kennett and R.

The Attorney-General, in opening, informed THE Igeneral public have come to regard and named the Banaag by Mrs. G. F. Ander Galluzzi.

the Court and jury that this was a charge of the sudden collapse of a building involv

murdering a woman by drowning her in the ing, it may be, loss of life, as no very

The sunnat aqua'ic sports of the Victoris waters of the Colony near Lamms Island on extraordinary thing in Hongkong. The

Recreation Club start in the Clab Inth at 5 25th June last. The motive of the crime p.m. to-day, when soms interesting sport will appeared to be a very curious one

Thora was files of the Daily Press contain dozens of anch cases, but until a month ago there had doubtless be witnessed. The sports will be nothing alleged or suggested against the woman concert been-zo serious case of the kind in the continued to-morrow, and will conclude on who was murdered, but it was supposed that she

Saturday afternode.

was killed because she had previously witnessed selection... Cavalleria Rusticana”..... Mascagni, Colony for over two years. Now we got

The Band of The Luffe." four cases within a month. Firstly there The search for the dead among the débris the murder of her husband and might give. was the collapse of a three-storeyed building at the she of the collapse in Morrison Street evidence against the murderer. The husband of Tenor Sole........ Selected in Shelley Strest on August 19th, luckily on Saturday night resulted in two bodies being the deceased woman had been in the habit of withont loss of life; next, on September 4th, brought out yesterday morning, bringing the praying for people when asked to do so. He had Violin Solo

death roll up to twelve. It is expreted that the been in the habit of coupling the duties of a fisher. two houses in Jervois Street fell, resulting in work of clearing the debris will be completed man with those of a priest. On June 25th the accused asked the fishermsa if he would pray the loss of soven lives; then, on the 13th inst.to-day we had the collapse of a dwelling-house in

Mr. A. F. Churchill, of Colombo, who has for his son, who was ill. The latter agreed to Lyndhurst Terrace from which the occupiers accepted the post of Assistant Director of the do so, and the prayers of the fisherman appeared just managed to escape with their lives: Hongkong Public Works Department, is to have been efficacious, as the son seemed to Selection. "The Goadoliers..... Sullivan. and finally on the 18th inst. three described in a Ceylon paper as the Chief have recovered. Apparently this was by no buildings in Morrison Street collapsed, Assistant Engineer of the Colombo Drainage causing the death of at least twelve persons Works. Mr. Churchill, though only 34 years and injuries to as many others, who happily old, has had fourteen years' service in Ceylan. were extricated from the débris alive.

“BEDFORD " RELIEF FUND. When we have these occurrences coming with such alarming frequency, it is inevit Owing to the large numbers wishing to able that a general sense of insecurity ap. attend the entertainment in aid of the wives proaching panic should be created in the and familien of these who lost their lires in the minds of the occupiers of this class Bedford dissater, the entertainment will take of property, and it follows that it is place on Saturday, October 15th, and Monday and with two other boats. The men on these selection, "Faust" Gouting 2.45 p.m. The community is cordially invited in the Philippine Islands is brighter than ever

October 17th.

means the first oncassion in which this fisherman

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Mr. P. W. Goldring

Mr. R. C. Edwards.

Borowski.

LONDON, September 21st. At a representative meeting of Soprano Solo "Cupid at the ferry" Ed. German, boilermakers held at Newcastle it is

Mrs. Frank Maitland.

understood that the men favoured Humorcue Song... Selected...ANTERNES

Private Collier, "The Buffa.”

giving assurances to their employers against a recurrence of the sectional stoppages which caused the lockout.

The Band of "The Buffs."

Part 2..

The Hand of "Tho Bufo.”

Corp. F. Burgess, R. G. A (King's Medalliat), Tear Solo" hold; the night" Bohr. outalio Solo "Kathleen Maronroen Crouch,

was asked to intorvers with such powers as the Selection....The Dollar Fringe...... Fall, Chinese divinity may possess, becance on previous occasion he had prayed for the Sword Display accused's daughter-in-law, and she died. He also prayed for another son, and that son aise died. These previous supplications took place some time before. On the day of the murder the boat of the murdered woman and her hem. band was moored next to that of the prisoner,

two other boats, together with the prisoner,

Mr. Geo, P. Lammert.

Mrs. A. G. Gordon,

Humorous Bong... Selcobed

Mr. E. Sutherland.

The Band of The Buffa"

THE OPENING OF THE HAILWAY.

We are informed that the British section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway will be formally opened by Ilis Excellency the Officer Ad- ministrating the Govemment on 1st October a Teim-ako-tsui on the plot of ground between the Kowloon Post Office and. Haakow Road

to atland.

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Approximately 103,000 tons, or about one- third of the world's production, are grown in the Philippines. The reasons for the steady rise in the price of copre are many, The for comment purpose, ur uning obs for commercial purposes, for making fate, such as palmine, and the rise in price of articles now being supplanted by copra pro- factories in Germany engaged in making imita- ducts. At the present time there are several tion butter, palmbus, and other edible products

from the meat of the coronat,

Another item which contributes to the rise in price of copra is the shortage of fate of all kinds due to the enzaity and high price of hogs. Lard, for instance, has risen to about 65 cantavos a kilogramme, which is double what it cost two years ago,Cotton seed oil, which has been used extensively in place of pork fat, has siso rison in price to such an extent that the use of

copes products has become imperative. Copes products are also being used as a sat- stitute for tallow There is also a growing de mand for coconut oil, for which millions of co- counts are being used every year. It would seem that the prospect for the coconut industry"

before.