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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRES8, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4oo, 1918.

It is understood that the Volantear Camy

country putting itself into the closest angi cheapest possible postal and telegraphic will again be held this year at Customs Pa TELEGRAMS.

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS friends.

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commanicction with every commercial centre of the globe. There is no doubt about the soundness of this view. The cheaper the facilities of communication, the 0. greater will be the use made of them. The EARL OF KINTORE han tersely stated the case for the oxtension of penny postage to France in these terms That aver 40,000,000 of people separated by only 21 miles of water from 40,000,000 of Fronel exchanging annually some 27,000,000 letters, should still be compelled to pay a postage of 210. is to me a fact which which were it not melancholy would be ridiculous." We do not get the Postnaster |Goneral's aspect of the case. ¡No doubt on both sides of the Channel the objection, if there really bo any ground for it, is of a financial nature, and this would be met by the advocates of the extension in two ways, There is the EARL or DARTMOUTH who drops into poetry on the subject aaying :---

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$7.20 Par Dosan.

Who nover wrote before

And those who wrote

Will only write the more. The argument therefore is that the loss of revenue will not be so great as the govern ments of the two countries may fear. While

from ovember 5th to the 14th.

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The service on the Kowloon-Canton Railway was well maintained yesterday, good time being observed and a fair amount of patronage being extruded. The takings on Sunday amount to over $400.

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The La Roa cigar and cigarette factory Manila has changed handa for the sum of P150,000, the purchaser of the enterprise as a going concara being Luis. Hidalgo, a well- known shipowner of that city. Sr. Hidalgo represents a newly-formed Filipine company. which Intends to enter the American market with its wards.

The Philippine Exploration Company has bought the Games Mining proporty in the Paracal region. The company has had au option on this property for some time, and Me. Kane, who was formerly, with the Paraçalo Gold Dredging Co., went over the grounit thoroughly and made a complete test before final action was taken.

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CHINA'S PARLIAMENT.

INAUGURATION AT PEKING.

· IMPENDING DEPARTURE OF A POPULAR CONSUL

RETIREMENT OF NR, G., M. K. PLAYFAIE,

Mr. G. M. H Playfair, the Britisk Consul at | Fooshow, who is retiring from the Sorvios, has recently handed over the Consulata to Mr. Wilkinson, who has been appointed to succeed him, and is going Home vid Biberia.

Mr. Playfair, who is au M.A. of Dablia, passed a competitive oxamination for the Civil Service on July 8th, 1872, and, on tho 16th of the same month was appointed a Student Laterproter in China. Mr. Playfair bas there fers spent thirty-eight years of his life in the Consular Service in China, sad in that tìmy has

Swatow, Shanghai, Hankow and Fooshow.

- Mr. Playfair's came as a Chinese scholar, and his thorough knowledge of the language, the Foochow Roho remarks, in famed in the East, and well-known Viceroy was heard to remark that he was able to make pans in Chinese," which suficiently proves the clever, mastery of Montario. Of a lively, generous disposition, Mr. Playfair has entertained a great deal, and has done more for charity than even bin intimato

PEKING, October 3rd. The Prince Regent, in opening theserved in Formosa, Pakhoi, Chinking, Ningpo, National Assembly, declared that it Al- represented the people's verdict. though it was only the initial step towards the Constitution, it was the emblem of the hope in the country's great future, showing that China was in conformity with the progress of the includes the vast majority of its residents, says world. It recognised the necessity for friends know of. Tender-hearted to the coro, ha the Shanghat Mercury, will receive the informs improved conditions and harmony was overready to help the usedy, but in so quiet tion with namized eatisfaction that the new between all classes. His Imperial sat unostentatious a manner that his good deeds race course which was promised with the in-

The spurting community of Shanghai, which

SUPREME COURT.

Monday, October Jril. IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION BEFORE HIS HONOUR MR. F. A. HAZELAND) (ACTING FOTENE JUDOS).

DAMAGES CLAIMED FOB NEGLIGENCE. J. W. Bestowo, armontrer on the ss. Emprta of Japan, brought action against Tsang Hing Ting to recover $500 damages for injury to the plaintiff caused by the negligent handling of the stenm launch Lee Fat by the defendant's servants The following jurors wore empanelled to hear the caso-Messrs. F. Gomes (foreman), F. Martin and F. M. Figueredo.

Looker & Deacon) appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. W. E. L. Shenton (of Messrs, Devon,

and defondant was represented by Mr. Eldon Potter, who was instruoted by Mr. P. Sydenham Dizon (from the office of Mr. R. A. Hagling).

Mr. Shenton, in opening, informed the Court

and jury that he had a dooter's report showing that pinintiff had been severely scalded on t right thigh, in consequence of which he was confined to his bank for fire days, and suffered

great palu. He was also in danger of blood poisoning. The injuries scurred in this mannor: Plaintiff, with some of his follows, took a sampan from the ship to come ushare. Defendant's launch

was lying alongside

auguration of the International Recreation Club Highness concluded with an earnest ero only known to those who benefited by them. the pier which his compan approacbod, and

a few months ago le now on the verge of com plotion, and arrangements are under way for the holding of a race meeting in December.

exhortation to members.

The forthcoming motions are of a domestic nature. The advisory and

Hu utorary clnverness is partionlarly smart, for his writings, mostly unpublished, include some perfect poems, prese, and songs set to music by himself.

Mr. Playfair, our contemporary says, fools him the regret is felt as deeply by his friends. We wish him a safe journey, and a happy stay in the old country.

it is true that Imperial poiny postage has of Korenes who have out off their topknots and unlegislative character of the As-leaving Foochow keonly. We can but assure thigh. The xhaust pipe was twelve inches

led to a very great ineronse in the number of letters annually exchanged with the various parts of the Empire, it scarcely follows that anything like a proportionate rate of increase would be shown as a consequence of cheapening" postal com munication with a people speaking another language. But Lord Buyry, is certainly jus- tified in saying that Frutice is the country of all others where the change from two pence-halfpenny to one permy in the cost of letters will involve not only, the smallest temporary reduction of income, but may confidently be expected in the shortest time

to provide us with the largest additional revenue." His lordship adds that for his part even i temporary loss of revenue were much more considerable than is at all

"The

As showing the steady increase in the number dress their hair in foreign style, it is interesting to uols that the importation of foreign hats into Chosen has been growing of recent years. To be particular, in 1907 8,491 oz. valued at 50,280 yon were imported, in 1909 13,425 doz. valued at 68,626 you, and last your 15,600 den, inlued of 79,600 yen. The increase is said to be specially remarkable this pour.

A welding took place on the 24th alt, at All Saints Church, Tisatsin, between Lient, Charles Cobb, Indian Army, and Miss Hilliar. The Reva, J. T. Hales and J. H. Sedgewick officiated. The service was choral, the Band of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers being in attendues. Lient. Raine acted as best man Mr. B. M. Hillier gave the bride away. The

sembly was clearly demonstrated by

the Government.

The speakers said that the people were overjoyed at the realisation of part of their great ambition.

TEBUTER'S SERVICE TO THE “HONGKONG" DAILY PRESA.")

AMERICAN POLITICS.

OPIUM DIVANS.

The question of what constitutes an opium divan has been raised by the recent prosecution bofore the Magistrain of thirty-eight men for having been found smoking opium in an illegal divar. In that case the Magistrate was not satisfied that the man who wore found there smoking paid a free for the use of the pipes or of the premises, and the contention of the police.

This unexpected, result it likely to place

LONDON, October 3rd..

that the opium drosy luft in the pipos was equi- The Rochester Democratic Platformvalent to a foe was not upheld. is to be submitted to the Convention. It favours the old as against the new nationalism advocated by Mr. Roose.

as the sampan ran alongside the launch tha latter was pat in motion. In consequence soine boiling water and sloan came out of the exhaust pipe on the side of the sampon in which the plaintif was sitting, nad scalded him on the above the water-line. On the right hand side of the pior, when plaintiff's boat approached,' were a large number of junks and sampaps, which made it impossible for him to land on that side. The only way he could get nahore that to reach the pier. But at no time was go alongside the launch and, acrójs the plaintiff, or anybody on his banipan, otantly on the launch. The question which would probably be raised was whether er not tho plaintiff was a trespasser. He would submit that plaintiff bad à perfect right to be where he

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He had a perfect right to be alongside, and had he wanted to be could have crossed the launch on to the pier. There was a local Ordinance dealing particularly with piors, No. 11 of 1909. He submitted it under section

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of that Ordinance the defendant tas interfering with the proper working

dificulties in the way of suppressing opium smoking in companion like that which was broken up by the police the other week. These have hitherto be regarded as oivans, but if the of the Isanch. Az engineer who gave evidence mon hire the room and use it to smoke opium said the reason steam and water came out of the

Ho submitted that in the ordinary course of does not consititas & divan." 9 far as can boying alongside for soas considerable time. events the launch would bars pushed off without matter. The law · cannot well be amended understood the Government are helpless in the without some modification of the Opiam exhaust piffe, therefore the plaintiff could not this stearn and water being omitted for the

Farmer's contrast, because if the leaving of opium dross in pipas smoked in restenrants and have foreseen that this was likely to have other places be regarded as a fee then it happened, Again, the exhaust pipe was twelve- or fourteen inchos above the water level, soriously affects the sale of the drag.

and

trainbearers wore Master Irwin and Miss Adve, the bridesmaids being Miss Forbes and Miss Hillier, a cousin of the bride's. The young couple are going at once to India, via Shanghai,

Another of the many escapes of prisoners velt, it denounces the new tariff, but he increased by the amount of day payable, wisest investiment that a Government could from the Magistracy occurred yesterday morn favours the downward revision, it which they buy themselves it seems that that exhaust pipo was because the launch had been Note-For Hongkong the above Prices will probable, he would still hold it to be the

ing. A number of man had been brought arraigns the Republican Legislature before the Magistrate and flaed $5 for having been found gambling, and as they left the Court on charges of gross corruption, and four of them were placed in charge of a lakong advocates an income tax in order to be taken to the waiting room. Prob ably, being ignorant of English, he did not understand the instructions given, and when he was seen later it was discovered that only eno of the four men was in his custody. The other thres bad roads their encaps, and as they had plenty of time to get out of the way before their absenco was acted the efforts of detectives and others to gather them in again met with

make in the interest of its people. instituting of universal panny postage will most entail a comparatively insignificant A. S. WATSON & CO..diminution of profit for a short period only,

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while inter on an ever-increasing income to the State is assured which will in time be. come as important a source of national revenue as is already the case with inland penay postage." Universal peuny postage will doubtless come in time, for if the cheapening of postal facilities between the various parts of a wide-flung Empire can

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NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. ONLY communications relating to the new lumn should be addressed to THB EDITOR. Correspondents must fomard their names and adtresses with communications addressed to the Eliter, not for publication out as evidence of good faith:

All letters for publication should be written on ne side of paper only.__

little success.

THE BERLIN RIOTS,

LONDON, October 3rd. It is officially announced in the "Nord Dentache" that the connection of the Socialists with the riots in Berlin is now established and therefore

SHANGH VI BROKERS .. SPECULATORS.

Judgment has been reserved in the case at the Mixed Court, Shanghai, in which Messrs. Wingrove & Barrett are aning Wai San Ki

be said to have strengthened the bonds of Yang Kin Chee was charged before Mr. E. it is the duty of the Government to Loh to recover Tis, 35,407 on a share transac

union with the Motherland, it surely can. No annuusly signed communications that successfully argued limt it will serve Awo already appeared in other papers will be also to strengthen the entente cordial when

is extended to muce.____

nserted.

The English mail of the 3rd September was delivered in London on the 1st inst.

deal with mob excesses and incipient rebellion with, unrelenting severity.

[FROM THE "N>C. DAILY NEWS."]

tion. Messrs Wingrove & Batroit aro how

sing another well-known, Chinaman named Tong Au Sun to recover Th. 19,025,69, being the amount the plaintiffs became responsible for on the Juno settlement of the Shanghai Stack Erohange, by reason of the defondant's default,

the engineer proviously referred to said it was usually on the water love Had it boon so in this instance the accident would not have happened, as the steam could not have got over the side of the sumpan. In these virema- stances, the lunch was not properly worked. He submitted the plaintiff was entitled to go

At the Magistracy yesterday a shroff named Hallifax with having forged a rossipt for $14.30. Sorgt. Graat informed His Worship that the defendant was a shroff for three Euro- poan firms the Medical Hall, Krase and Co., and Bamina and Berblinger. He had to collect for these firms from time to time smal- amounts, especially for the Medical Hall. On the 10th of last month he went to Messrs, Jobson and Co.'s office in Queen's Building," produced a bill to the compendors and naked for payment of the amount, $14.30. bill and Five Chinese and one Eurasian were notified" Tho compradoro looked at the On 1st October, at Stokes' Bungalow, W. The last week as suffering from enteric favor. seeing that it had the signature of Mr. Poak, the wife of J. FINLAY MILLER, of Three of these cassa occurred in one establish- Rieckou, of Jebsen and Co., onit he paid the the Censorate to investigate and punish 8. Fanwick, C. Lee, J. Mencarini, L. 1, Thomas, it escaped and was likely to do damage, then, daughter.

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BIRTH:

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On September 13th, at Tientsin, SUBAN ELIZA TEYMOUR, widow of the late Charles Seymour, and dearly loved mother of Mrs. David Maclaffle.

A mosting of the Logislative Council is called for Thursday, when the Budget wil be con

sidered in committee.

ment.

Attention is directed to the announcement on page 4 that the evening classes at the Hong kong Technical Institute ro open on Thursday

next.

HONGKONG OFF: 10, Des Veur RoLD C

Mr. C.-W. Campbell, C.M.G., Chinese LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET. EC Secretary of H. M. Legation at Peking, and Mr. Campbell are travelling Home on the P. &O. as, Syria, which leaves Hongkong on the 5th inst.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, OCTOBER 4TH, 1910.

THE OPIUM TRADE.

KULANGSU (AMOY) MUNICIPAL COUNCIL,

Minutes of a meeting of the Council, held at the Board Room, on the 12th September." **

Present: -hfusers. W. Kruse (Chairman)," J.

K. Teidzurabara, the Secretary and the Asst. Secretary,

Peking, September 27th. In con sequence of the reports of Inspec- toraan Edicthas been issued that commands

money, Defendant then left but some time adequately the Viceroys and Governors of

NEW ASSISTANT SUPT. OF POLICE. afterwards it was discovered that the signature Chibli, Honan, Shansi, Heilungkiang, Fu was a forgery. On the 19th defendant was rien, Kuangsi. Yunnan and Hsinkang on again seen in the buildings, but at another office, the grounds that, while suppressing the inst. of Mr. A. C. Ferry. Assistant to the The Sourotary reported the arrival, on the 3th and he was asked to come upstairs to Mezzrs. traffic inuad cultivation of opium, they were speretury and Captain Superintendent of Jebsen and Co.'s, which he did, and there I was guilty of carelessness towards smoking and Police. arrested. The bill was made out on behalf of also its suppression. The rewards to Mesirs W. Schmidt and Co. The hearing was adjourned.

LAWN BOWLB.

Nine Chiness employes at the Colonial. The match between the Folion and Taikoo Secretary's Office were found gambling by the played at Quarry Bay on Saturday afternoon police on Saturday afternoon. They were resulted in the overwhelming defeat of the home brought before the Magistrate yesterday and team by 90 to 37. One rink, skipped by Stewart, fired $$ each.

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of the Police, won by 33 to thres.

OPIUM SMUGGLING.

Shansi, Childi and Yunnan officials aro cancelled.

SHANGHAI TAOTAI'S FOREIGN LOANS,

ANTEBIAN WELIA.

Mr. K. Noda, the artesian well borer from Tamsul, is prosent, and reports that he is of pinion that artasan walls can be successfully sk on the Island. It is decided to bring the matter to the notice of the ratepayers at the next annual meeting.

BRAVERY COMMENDED,

The Captain Superintendent (Mr. Berkeley Aiteball) reports the circumstances under which Chinese was rescued from a poisonous well at Chambe, on the 5th inat, by Messrs. Mayer Johanson and Carstensen, of the Great Northern Telegraph Company, and the Secretary was

where he did, and to think the launch would be properly worked. There might be acina question raised as to whether this was not an accident, but he submitted it was quite clear on the evidence he would read that it could not bare heen. The evidence of the plaintiff showed that the passengers on the launch were standing alongside and laughing at what took place. The crew must be deemed to have know the consequence of their not. He submitted tha plaintiff was entitled to recover damages, and substantial damages, on the alternative of twe grounds. The first ground was that whore a man brought something on his property, and if

irrespectiva of the question of negligence, plain- tiff was entitled to recover.

The alternative

was, if his Lordship held that a steam Inanch

Common Law grounds of negligence, plaintiff was not a dangerons thing, that on the ordinary

was entitled to a verdict.

Evidence taken de bene esse was then read. Mr. Potter submitted that there was no stase to go to the jury, as the plaintiff had not proved negligence. The one point in the case was, ought the defendant or ought he not to have warned the plaintiff that he was going to start the launch. As a matter of fact, that was the only thing that the plaintif alleged aguiust him. There was no evidence of negligence, and ail the plaintiff said was that the defendant. ought to have warned him. Plaintiff did not hesitate to say that if we had got warning he would have moved away immediately, thereby admitting that he knew the exhaust pipe was a dangerous thing.

His Lordship-He does not say that.

Mr. Potter What other inferencs can there

The N.-C. Daily News understands that the Shanghai Total is in receipt of an Edie authorizing him to conclude another loan of Tis. 2,000,000 (uniunt issued Tla. 1,900,000) for the An interesting statement was rade at the purpose of taking over for Ching Yas the rub Magistracy yesterday when the first and second ber shares on which the latter is unable to meet drooted to convey to those gentlemen the quartermasters of the ss. San Tung were charg- his liabilities. These shares the Tastei under Council's thanks and appreciation of their ed with having had in their possession. 15 takes to hold for two years. The loan is negotiat-onduct, and especially to commend the bravery be? Proceeding, Mr. Potter said that no in- taels and three mace of prepared oplam whiched with the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking shown by Mr. Meyer-Johansen in twie jury was done to the pan by the launch had been found concealed between the panels Corporation, while Mesere. J. P. Bisset & Co. descending the well, he, on the second occasion, moving out. It was not contested that the in the ship. The defendants denied all know and another firm of brokers enter into the arbeing overcome by the fames. ledge of the opium, which they alleged belonged rangement in regard to a certain portion of the

sortsin shares,

QUARRYING,

Innoh had the right to move out, but it waJ contended that because exhaust water went over

to the third quartermaster who was achoré. loan, guaranteeing the Thotai "against lens on It is decided to refer to the Consular Body the plaintiff's use the defendant was guilty of

His Worship said there was no evidence on which he could convict,

ONE of the chief arguments for Imperial penny postage was that the cheapening of postal facilities is calculated to proviote

A story, not altogether free from unspicion, trade and strengthen the bonds which unite has been reported to the police. While a coolie employed in a shop in Dax Voeux Road was the King's Dominions. When, more

travelling in a tram car after a visit to the recently penny postage was inaugurated Hongkong and Shanghai Bank his pocket, he between Great Britain and America, Mr.alleges, was cut and $400 abstracted. WHITELAW REI, the American Ambassador

On Saturday in a tram car near West Point in London, said he knew of no finer service

a man was seen ontting the pocket of another to civilisation. Lord BLITH, who is known passenger and catching the money (815) which to many probably by his writings on the tell therefrom in his hand. Tho alarm waz fiscal and commercial policy of the Empire, raised and the thief was captured before he had lus recently sent to The Times a list of over gone far. two hundred and thirty peers who are in At H.M.'s Supreme Court at Shanghai last fayour of penny postage to Finnice. His work Mr. Heary Lardner Donnys was admitted lordship in the letter before us says he has to practice. It was explained that Mr. Dennys long been convinced that cheap postal and had already been called to the Bar of the Court in Canton so long ago as 1893, but the formality telegraphic communication lie at the very of signing the roll was omitted root of our commercial prosperity. Fore- seeing the growth in the national expendi The return of visitors to the City Hall Library detectives on board day and night little could be has made no sitempt to meet certain native donses: Encroaching, 2; debt, 2; failing to would find that there was no casa to be left to a ture of the country, Lord BLYTH two years and Museum for the week ending the 2nd Octo. done, and quite recently the ships had been bank orders, held aginst goods, which he under obey the Magistrate's order, 1. Summary was guilty of negligence. The only suggestion ago was insisting that this money could only ber shows tht of non-Chinese there were heavily fined at Manila for having smuggled took to see honoured with a portion of his fixateta: Assault, 4, theft, 2; illegally having of negligence in this case was that there was no be obtained by an extension of the country's of Chinese 181 to the former and 3,282 to the His Worship said he sympathised with the

foreign loan.

opium in his possesion, 1; drunk and creat- trade and that the first step necessary in latter. The Library was, therefore, used by 503 offices, but he could not convict on the the Tsotsi has bean cahiered-ED. H.D.P.]

[We have since had telegraphic news that ing a disturbance, 1; lasting property from s

wrecked junk, 2. order to secure auch an extension was by the persons and the Museum by 3,525,

Mr. Hoggarth, chief excise officer, explained that as late as Saturday he had been asked by the superintendent of Butterfield & Swire's Manila line of steamers to assist in devising some means of putting a stop to the smuggling of opium by

It is difficult to see that this loan will have any immediate effect upon the local market though it will honeft those who hold some of Chiny Yue's scrip. Meanwhile, it would appear that the Tantai has no difficulty in raising mon ey for the purpose indicated, in other words, the crews. It was an extremely difficult matter. Ching Tris's speenlative transations; but,

as although there were already four plain clothes far as is known, his Honour Tsai Nai-huang

322 to the Library and 243 to the Museum, and opium on board.

evidence:

for their approval a circular regarding the prohibition of quarrying which the Council proposes to issue to all quarry owners and persons engaged in cutting or quarrying rock or store within the Settlement,

POLICE REPORT.

The Captains Superintendent reported that the following on had been dealt with at the Mixed Conet nisce the last mostingSum

negligence. Counsel quoted authorities to show

that if there was no reasonable evidence

of negligence to occasion any injury, a judge

was bound to directa. verdict for the defendant; and where evidenco was of conti

tent with no negligence as with negligence; a judge was bound to direct a verdict for the defendant. If his Lordship read the evidence be

jury to say whether or not one particular man

warning.

The farther hearing was adjourned until this morning.