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This represents. the sum total of the in- formation which this speeches at theluncheon supply as to the Judiciary in China. Thoso who know not China were doubtless impressed by the references to the "com- mission of Jurists" and the "old hands," of their who retired from the scene labours in China, some years ago, must have rabbed their eyes will astonishment at this revelation of the progress apparently made since their time towards the aspira- tion expressed in Article XII of the Mackay Treaty signed eight years ago. Therein it is stated that China having expressed a strong desire to reform her judicial system
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CONCESSION TO POPULAK APPEALS, PEKING, November 4th.. As a result of the consideration given to the recent memorials praying The Bishop of Victoria will preach at St. for a shortening of the period of Androw's Church to-morrow evening.
The Iutorport Rifle Shooting was postponed yesterday owing to bad weather.
The Governor and Lady Lugard are givinga garddu party at Government lens on Monday November 7th from 4 to 6 pm.
For stealing two hundred hemp bags a coolie was sentenced at the Magistraay yesterday to two months' imprisonment and six hours in the stocks,
-Rel proticus for St Andrew's Ball are to take place on Tuesday this month. Wo direct the attention of readers to the advertisement in page 4.
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"The Governor of Hongkong made quite number of friends during his short sojourn ia the Capital and ins lyft very ins impressions behind him."--From tho Petin, Daily News.
Prince Tani Tao has memorialized the Throne
preparation for the inauguration of Constitutional Government, the Throne has decreed that the Upper and Lower Houses of Parliament shall be brought into existence three years hence.
LATER.
The Imperial Edict adds that in the meantime the Government will change the Official system, organise a new Cabinet, publish constitutional laws, election regulations for both the Upper and Lower Houses, and other
essentials.
SUPREME COURT. Friday, November 4th.
IN SUMMARY JURIDICTION. Baron KIS HONOUR ME, F. A. HAZELAND (ACTING PUISNE JUDGE).
ATILL UNBETTLED. The action brought by Miss A. Roza against Mrs. M. Piggott to recover $11.35 for goods sold and delivered was again miontinued,
Hi Lordühip asked if the parties were
course of settlement,
Mr. Gardiner, who represented the plaintiff, said Mrs. Piggott had written to say that she would pay, but she had not pail.
The hearing was fixed for Wednesday.
MANY CLAIMANTS.
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THE DIAMOND CASE.
Hazel Lyan, of 2, Gage Strest, surrendered to
hor bail at the Magistracy, yesterday to answer acharge, preferred against hor by Doris Marlowe, of the same aldress, of stealing three diamonds valued $3,600. Mr. G. K. Bruttou appeared for the amplainant, and MTShenton, of Mesere. Dancos, Looker & Descon, appeared for the defendant,
Mr. Brutton-I am afraid I shall have to apply for a farther reinaad in this case. Curtain DX- inhibits have ben handed over at the last moment to the Government Analyst and we have not yet received his roport. We have been informed that str. Franklin is out. Until he rotarne the exhibits onnuot bé xent runad and wo cannot have the report. Without the report we cannot go on very well, and if your Worship will consent to an adjournment it will most the circumstances. On some of the exhibits I shall have to sea export witnesses, which I have best unable to do so far. Until I can get all these facts I am not in a position to put the case before you.
Savon plaintiffs brought action agains! Lam- Lia to recover a total amount of 84,951 duo for goods sold and delivered. Mr. C. Wilson (of Messrs. Hastings & Hastings) represented plaintifs, and defendant was represented by
Mr. E. J. Grist (of Messrs. Wilkinson & Grist). The hearing was adjourned for a wook.
A SOLOMONIC DECISION.
The decision arrived at by Mr. E. R. Halifax in a case before him yesterday was reminiscent of the Salomonie judgments. A coal coalie had ho had been sovorely injured. In consequence charged another with megault and alleged that of this the complainant was sent to the capital
and the hearing of the charge was adjourned, the defendant meanwhile having to stay in gaol
His Worship-They were sont last Monday P Mr. Brutton-Yes.
His Worship-Have you made any inquiries ? Mr. Bration-Yes, We have received a letter
just now stating what I have said.
His Worship-Can't you telephoto and get more definite information?
Mr. Brutton-Evon iben I must have the report.
His Worship-Yes. You must have the remund.
Mr. Shenton-There seems no reason why wo
Mr. Brutton-I night have to recall witnesses
The Grand Councillors, who were wher the complainant appeared before the shoukl net go on with some of the evidence, ant to bring it into accord with that of that all offcials in the diplomatic service should nearly unanimous, all signed the Edict. | Magistrate he was perhaps unaware that the we did that. It will simplify matters if I
Western nations, Great Britain agrees to give every assistance to sach reform, and she will also ho prepared to relinquish her extra-territorial rights when she is satisfied that the state of the Chinese laws, the arrangements for their administration, and other conditions warrant her in so doing." The spee kes made at this lunchpan might lead the uninitiated to believe that the day is at hand for the abolition of extraterritoris lity in China. Happily an anonyinous correspondent, who knows his China, wrote to the Times to correct the misconceptions which might be created by these specelos to the posi- in the public mind as tion of legal and judicial matters in China, and beggal permission to observe that China possesses neither civil or criminal procedure of law, nor prisons, nor any judiciary in our sense of these words, And that in this sense there is no such thing as a Chinese Judge, so that the title "Attorney-General of Poking" is a simple. A. S. WATSON & CO. absurdity. "Ex-OMLENTE" was also unkind
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out off their queues, and an Timperial Roscript has been issued to the effect that his suggestion
is adopted.
The case in which a clerk employed in the Import and Exports Office and a telephono boy in the Harbour Offics were charged with the theft of two cheques valued at $20.35 the property of Commander Bock with. was concluded at the Magistracy yasturday. The clerk was discharged on the ground of insuficient evidence. as the boy was convicted and sentenced to two months' imprisonment.
The Chinese public consider the Edict most satisfactory.
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THE NATIONALISATION OF MONOPOLIES.
LONDON, November 4th. The House of Representatives at On Thursday the police visited a shop in Queen's Road Central and found, a suspected, Melbourne has passed the third that the business of selling and buying lottery reading of a Bill empowering the nationalisation of monopolies by 38 votes to 20, which is a bare statutory majority.
tickets was being snducted there, The two
men who were selling the tickets and #xtaon mon found on the premises were arrested and brought before the Magistrate yesterday. Mr. J. R. Wood sentenced the men convicted of selling tickets to six months in prison without the uption of a fine, a third ́usan was fland $100, and the case against the others was remand- dod until today.
Forestry in the Philippine Islands has been given much attention since the American enough to add that "all these titles, osonpatien, and most of the forests have been
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DISMAY IN AUSTRIA,
LONDON, November 4th. Neue Freie Press" Vienna, thoroughly classified, estimated and mapped Bays the New British 13:5 guns The virgin forest area is stated by Dr. H. N. involve Austria in serious plight. Boreas to compeion 9,000,000 res with 200 Her Dreadnoughts will either be out. billion board feet of timber. The high priced, classed before they are launched, or esbinet woods, though important and valuable, new and vast expenditure must be do not held the leading place uscully assigned them, and the great wealth is in the cheaper incurred to bring them up to date, structural ticbers, such as can be used in place of the Oregon pins, Baltic flr, &c., of Europe usar and America. Dr. Whitford-favours a plan-for.
implying the adoption of Western and civilized methods of procedure, these reisaions of Chinese officials to report
uropean institutious, are primar ONLY communications relating to the newly concerned with ons of two objecta bumin should be addressed to TUR EDITOR. Correspondents must forward their names andmely, this provision of new opport- adtresses with communications addressed to the unities for the bureaucracy, and the Taitor, not for publication but as evidence of
creation abroad of that benevolent sympathy yead faith
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territorial rights." The judicial sysle China. "Ex-CENT" adds, remains where it was; that is to say, judged by European
One hears much nowadays of the arms traffic standards, somewhere about the 14th cen- and of the efforts made to stop the smuggling tary. Mr. R. 9. FASER, who presided over of arms in the Porsian Gulf and elsewhere. The the luncheon given by the Court of demand is, however, great, and the rewards Arbitration in honour of the visitors, appear to flee to attract adventurers. In a
of they will reveal a timber wealth boyond all
dreams so far entertained.
FRENCH POLITICS.
LONDON, November 4th.
M. Briand has formed a Cabinet.
ABDUL HAMID ILL.
LONDON, November 4th, Heater's correspondent at Salonika
doctor had sertified that he was malingering, but ca this report boing presented to his Worship he told complainant that if he did not pay the defendant two dollars compensation he would have to go to prison for five days, the length of time that he had used the other maa to spend in gol. As the money was not forthcoming, the complainant was accordingly taken off to prison,
THE HERMITAGE OF PENHA
AT MACAO.
This conspicious little hill commanding the
with a nice liftlo chapel built on top, will be of the Macao inner and outward harbour, the rendezvous of a inrga attendance of pilgrims to-morrow, when the inauguration of a grotte,
marble statue of the Immaculate Conception, facsimile of that of Lourdes, with a beautiful will tako plačo, the Right Rev. Bishop Azeredo Castro performing the function with the assistano of the Macao clergy.
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Tho procincts this traditional Hormitage have been transtormed and improved sines his Lordship the Bishop of Madao, D. João Paulino de Azevedo e Castro, took up his re- idence there for the summer months, and the gretto has been built ander the personal
The test was arranged lang before the pre-
occasion, ne arsim fog ned, promised to be one of clamation of the Republic in Man, and the the most solemn, fostivitiarwitnessed in Mecno for yours past; but now we understand the intend- ed grand procession is not likely to take place, and the function will be confined to the precincts of the Penha
supervision of his Lordship.
We are also informed that a special sermon will be proached by the Very Rev. Father Conta Nanes, Vicar-General, who is a gifted preacher and a good many peoplo from Hongkong and Canton and the Coast ports are expected to be present.
HARMSTON'S CIRCUS. Harmston's Cirens still forms a powerful wires that Abdul Hamid, the ex-attraction, and as the programme is changed
attempts a defence of the titles given recent paper in the Geographical Journal, Sultan, is reported to be seriously ill, pretty frequently it means that its popularity
At No. 7. Band, Yokalanin, on October 23rd, to the visitors and characterises Ex-Colonel Korloff, describing an interesting ex. ORIENTE'S," statement as exaggeration.pedition through Mongolia and Szechuan, thus Mr. ALEX. CUMMING, of a won
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FRASER'S Frites of the western portion of remote Kansu know Mr.
The numerous inhabitants ons met with on an authority the road or in camp were frequently armed qualifications to pose as on the subject: nor do we know of any with magazine rifles, kept in excellent one likely to command recognition as an order..... The Amdo men showed us their
Press, authority who would venturs to support magazine riles with pride.
HONGKONG, NOVEMBER 5TH, 1910.
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They master
LORD MORLEY RESIGNS.
RE-SHUFFLING OF THE BRITISH CARINET.
is likely to be well maintained. This afternoon there is a matinee to which children will bo admitted at half-price. To-night there will be a enmplete chance of programme. Now artists will be introduced, including the Donatas, who present cleverly trained French poodies, and the Kolter Brothers, triplo horizontal bar performers. What is worth remembering is that Dick Hayes and Shadow will make a first appearance in Hongkong in a elevor eatres entitled, "When knights were bold."
LONDON, November 4th. Lord Morley has resigned the his views on the subject. "There are admirably the details and construction of
We are not told of what office of Secretary of State for India no lawyers in China in sense European wostions.” of the torm," writes one authority, and make these weapons are, but it would be interest-
patrons are 869ared of a new entertainment. It OLD China bands at Home must have been there is consequently no prosecuting ing to know by what route those weapons reach and becomes Lord President of A number of new acts will be pressuted, and
the Tibeto-Mongolian frontier-across Central Council.
should be noted that the tram service to and amused, or amazed. recently to see in their counsel, or Solicitor-General or attorney Asia, from Chins porta, or through Siberia.
Lord Crewe becomes Secretary of
from the Cirous is all that could be desired. In the List of the Higher
There will be a special performance on daily newspapers frequent references to General."
With referencs to the development of West State for India, and is succeeded in "Chinese Jurists in London," the visitors Motropolitan and Provincial Authorities of
ern Yennan, and the navigation of the Yangtse
the Colonial Office by the Rt. Hon. Sunday night, described as China" compiled by the Chinese Secretaries particularly being more
gorges by the steam-tug Chatung with a the Attorney-General of Peking," and of H: B. M. Legation in China, we can passengers and cargo fat, the British Acting L. V. Harcourt (Commissioner of Chinese Judges, who had been appoint discover no officials bearing either of these Consul at Chungking reports that during the Works).
Earl Beauchamp has been appoint- ed to attend the International Congress titles. China has a Ministry of Justice quarter ended Jano last the Chatung was on Prisons, which has been held this year at (Fa-Pu) and also a High Court of Justice constantly engaged in making trips between Washington. During their stay in England (T's Li Yuan), but we cannot find the naine Changking and lehang, taking about a forted Commissioner of Works.
passengers offering for every trip have been THE GERMAN ROYAL TOUR. they were entertained at a luncheon by the of the Hon. Cur'on Hey, anywhere in the night for the double journey. The cargo and
"Attorney-General" na
more than could be taken. The Chatung has London Court of Arbitration, and the list, either
Councillor. * Ex-ORIENTE" tells us that proved herself very suited to the navigation in prosonce of a distinguished lawyer like Sir EDWARD CLARKE, KC., gave to the func- the "Director" of the High Court of Justice the condition of the water-coms 10.15 foot tion in the eyes of the Press a value which is worthy Manchu of the classical abovo winter level-prevailing up to the middle
et Princes have left Genoa on the some of the worst rapids under her own model, all innocent and regardless of of Jane. She has, however, bosa uuable law and its subtleties, whose qualification, and at those hangers hays had to be lid ND.L. liner" Prinz Ludwig." And so the reading public were possess.
for the post consiste in his having out by which she has been lauled over. been a Director of the Court of Sacri- doubt is felt as to what she will be able to do in TIENTSIN-PUKOW RAILWAY presented by the newspapers with fairly
the very high water. scial Worship. His assistant in the gentle
it might not otherwise have been considered
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LONDON, November 4th.
THE WEALTH OF NATIONS. THE BIX GREATEST POWERS COMPARED. Mr. H. Takalashi, who has been writing a series of articles for a Japanese jouruai devoted to economies on "The Wealth of Japan," makes the following comparison:-
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Mr. Shenton-I am in your Worship's hands. thought it might have been possible to have called the complainant.
His Worship-Will the case finish in ons or two days?
Mr. Bruttoa-I think it will take two days, The hearing was fixed for next Thursday,
SHANGHAI RACES.
Analyses of owners, juskeys and ponies as the recent meeting were as follows:-
OWNER
1ST 2ND 3RD
F1
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Mr John Paol Mr F. B. Marsball Ur 1iuxey
Mr Qu-bro Mr Evelyn Mr Ruby
Mr Paignton
The Ring
Mr Elb ook hir Aeroplan Mr
Megers. Onwald and Hanter.
Mr
Argyle
Mesurs. Midwood and Coutts
Mesurs. Wissom and Hosty.
Mr
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Mr G. D. Coutts.... Messrs. Toeg, Spermae nad
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Mr Slog er... Mr K. Macgregor Mir Valentine Mr Balinus... Mr Me Marmol
JOCKEY.
My Rows Mr. Johnstone
My Vida
Mr C. R. Burkilt... Mt A W. Barkil Mr Jones
Mr
Afr Mayerink
Mr Laurence
Mr Morriss
Mr Jerers
Mr Dalgleish
Mr Dalgarno
Mr
Cumming
Mr
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Mr
Me Springfeld
Campbell Mr Mackie Mr Fuhr
Mr
PONY
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Stadacona
Squire McGulper Endymion Cecile Ross Moria
Troo
Pogoh
Thoas
Hayal
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Maple Tree
Hankov.
Spring Rose Early Bird
Vailulla
Scylic
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153,888,000,000 2,250
61,044,500,000
660
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excluded")--
1,200
full reports of the speeches made on that occasion. These, however, did not throw art of doing nothing was formerly a Teota LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
flood of light on the state of legal at one of the Yaug-tsze Treaty porta. learning in China. Sir EDWARD CLARKE Neither of them has ever appointed a
The Tientsin-Pakow railway sup.. on the 4th instant a.m., und may be expected spoke of China as the "Lox HansBURY of Judge in his life, nor knows what a law here on or about the 7th instant.
The "Ben" Line str. Benmour from Leith, plementary five per cent. Joan, of the nations," combining all the experience officer is." These statements are confirmed and ignity of old age with the resources by a reference to the biographical details Antwerp and London, left Singapore on the which £1,100,000 has been issued in
4th instant morning for this port of the career f each official given n The of Silic of youth. His speech also contained a re-
* The items aw-Wealth of Bays and Teft this port on the 27th
Harboura, Rivera, Books and Libraries in Japan subscribed:... ference to "the Attorney-General of Peking the valuable work of reference to which ste Tourcho, wajali pipped on heard the MM. London at £100, was largely over-
Sept, was delivered in Lyons on the 2nd inst
Proper and Formoss; Weath of Sagahlien; being selected by the Judges" and to his we have referred. We confess to never The Apear str. Catherine Apoar from Cal It was quoted at 2 premium, but wealth of South Manchuria Bai way, ite Accessory Buildings, eto, and General Wealth having a judicial capacity in eonsequence having ser mention made of such an catta left Singapore ph the 4th inst, afternoon,
ncreased the last investigation (1905). "the Attorney-General of and may be expected here on or about the 10th there has been a reaction to 4. Although the rest of the speech was in a officials
instant
Total Per Cap
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ELECTRICAL BOOM IN JAPAN.
increase
Despite the prevailing dalluens in the world's commerce during the last few years, the activity in promoting electrical undertakings is Japan has been nothing less than a boom. The Yoko haina Chamber of Commeres has obtained some statistics of this movement, which show that the
of
In such undertakings has ten higher in Japaa than in any other country of the world. In the last three years the number of new undertakings established has been 602, 690, and in 1909, 768, while inevitably in a boom, a large number of the promotions were abandoned, viz., 92, 112, and 111, respectively, in the three years mentioned,
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