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SUPREME COURT.

Monday, Jane 26th.

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.

BEFORE HIS HONOUR SIR PRANCIS

PIGGOTT (CHIEN Juauer).

CHINESE AGE AND CUSTOM, An iesna was tried in the etion betw Cheng Hing Luon, otherwise His Hing Tong.. and U. Wilson, Tang Pun Bang, and Chan Wai Sun, as to whether the def at Tang Pun Sang, was an infant at the duts on which the cause of action hereia aecrued, and that the costs of the application be costs in the cause.

Mr. Eldon Patler, instructed by Mr. Christopher Wilson (of Messra Hastings & flastings), appeared for the plulutift, and the

place where the contract was entored into, and the plura where the parties reside are all points for consideration.

His Lordship-This is a mere question of if, in fuel, he is an infant by his own law. If he is, be exauct, continet.

Mr. Albaster-In a contract made for a

business to be conducted in a British Colony, that is more than arguable. I should say that it is governed by British law.

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His Lordship-The question whether an infant can contract in Hongkong is a question of English law. Whether he is in fact on infant is a question of his own law. Supposing a man by his own law is of age at 18, he undoubtedly car contest.

Sir. Alabaster--May I take an extrema instance anul ussame that a Chinaman can cou-

not at any AKG,

alto.

His Lordship-That is another point

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 27TH, 1911. LATE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Birkbeck Bank last evening, some oven endea vouring to break in the doors. The ocials and the polios persuaded them gradually to disperse. It is not expected that the suspension, which is due to the depreciation in gilt edged socuri- tica, will adversely affect business generally..

From Southern. Papers. ]

CAMERON THEFT CASE.

Loudon June 3rd. Lieutenant Cameron sed his wife, who are arrested in connection with the theft of a pal necklace at Edinburgh recantly, have both been sentenced to three years' penul corvitude.

CANADIAN RECIPROCITY AND BRITISH

POLITICH

Loudon, Jiao 5th. Mr. Fielding, the Canadian Minister of Fineace, writes to the papers deploring the dragging in of the Reciprocity Agremont into British party politics, It repreve: Beltisk statesmen for daring in criticisms of a Dominion Government which are not justifiou by the facts, and which in any case might have beau loft to the Opposition in the Dominion Such attacks do not teml 1 promote the

Hou. Mr. C. 6. Alabaster, isstrated by Mr. F-gather. The first question is, whether the mutual confidence which is essential to Im

X. d'Almala u Castro (of Messi d'Almada & Smith, repeated the second defendant.

person is a minor or & wojor.

Mr. Alaluster-i submit with respect, before Me Alabaster said the only question his Lordship had to decide on this particular isstock at it by Chiness law, that you may fnd. you come to that, assuming you are going to

was whether the second defendant was an infant there is no such thing as infaney in that law. at the time this action acerned, and as that was

Hia Lordship agreed, the defunco the burden, to prove it lay upon

Mr. Alabaster Assuming that, would your him The writ was dated Day 4th, 1910, Lorishig hold that if a money louder laut a sum and his Lordship would

of money to a boy of seven- elaim

for W

motivy dates, the 9th and 15th April, 1910. tended to prove that the defenduit was born in Canton on Decuber 12th, 1-89, consequently on April 9th, 1910, he weni bashout 20 years and four months old.

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ML Potret-My friend ought to been told your Lordship that it is ndinitted in this action that the defendant was a partur in this fir, that we had lont the monoy, und that the only outstanding point was the question of infaney. Mr. Alabastor-I said the only. Isene in this appleation is the question of the defemiunt's age on the duo the writ was issued.

other

Tang Yaz Shi deposed to hong the of the defendant, but shy did not rotacaber the year of his birth. She knew, however, that ho was 23 years of age aucording to Chineas reckoning.

Cross-examined by Mr. Potter:

You aru aware your son entard into a part. nership and Subscribed a sum of $3,000?—I am

aware now, but I did not know previously.

Are you aware that your sou entered the Diocesan Bohol ?—Yes.

Are you aware that he is entered in the register of that school as having been born in 188!

Mr. AlabasterThat wouldn't be evidence my Lord Your Lordship held- precisely the same thing with regard to the prison register the other day. It does not spot for itself.

His Lordship, i bere era ofiw questions as to who onto him, and who made the entry.

Mr. Potter (to witzess)—Was it you who gave his age at the Diocesan School? No,

Was it his father I don't think so,

liis Lorduig-That is not the gnosticu. Take the simple cuse whether there is in fact a majority or a miserity by the law. What the consequences are in a foreign country. is quito musterial. The general Common Law of Buglund is that a toan comer of ago when he is for vit purpener, subject tor for uxcopious Mr. Alabaster-Fnli age must mean full uge for all purposes.

We may find a Chinese fall age for marrings, but not for other purposes.

His Lordship-That really means he is of mar- | ringeuble age. It does not say he is of ∙Full age.

If a person is of full age ander Chinese law. then he can contract in England. If I have to deal with this question at all, I cannot deal with it unless I go into the whole

action,

Mr. Alabaster--Cu this issue your Lordship cannot.

His Lordship That is my puzzle, I ngană, The order does not sayinfant by English law It seems to me that I ornnot deal with the qutation, which involves important conse- quences on both sides.

unity.

Mr. Finding corrects the statement made by Land Selborne that this is the first time any part of the Empire will enjoy proferential treatment not shared by the rest, and quota live previous cases.

PUBLIC #CHOOL ATHLETIĆ CLOK.

London, June 5th.

The schon for a Public School Athistio Residential Club has been completed. The site is in Wembley Park. It is hoped that the club will bo open in January. The headinlasters are giving support and sending contributioun..

HEAT TRAGEDIES IN ENGLAND.

London, June 5th. Hent tragedies.conlinus. It has been a record Whitsundide, the temperature being over eighty in the shade. There have been mouy drowning fatalition

MOTOR-CAR ACCIDENT TO MR. J. DILLÓN. London, June 5th. Mr. John Dillon, M.P., was motoring at the foot of Sliere Gullion yesterday when the cor struck a bridge. Mr. Dillon was flang against the screen, which cut his head badly, and then thrown back into the bottom of the car, the fall injuring his back.

There were signs of collapse, and a priest administered the last Bacraments. Sulequally, however, he recovered and was conveyed to Dan dalk Infirmary. His condition to-day is serions. SERIOUS TRAN ACCIDENT.

London, June 5th. While vegotiating a earva on a hill at Staly. bridge a train turned turtle, and forty passingers, mostly workmen, wersin jared, dangereuly

LORI STRATHCONAR MUNIFICENCE.

Mariren, June 7th. Earl Grey, in opening the new medical build- Mr. Potter The issue is quite broad anenghing in McGill University, mentioned that Lord Strathcona bad given a further ten thousand to allow the point to be thrashed out."

sterling to complete the equipment.

Hix Lordship-I should have made the issue this whether the defendant in liable on this contract.

Mr. Alabaster-There is no question that | when this order was made it was contemplated by the parties that we would clear this little question of the defendant's birth out of the way. His Lordship. That is tho first fact, tho dato of the defanduni's birth But the order is very much broader.

Mr. Alabaster-On the question of how this

Mr. Alabaster-How old is your son by broad issue should be dealt with your Lordship Chiaro reekening-23 years.

1is Lordship-I don't know how I am going to decide this question. There 24:011 to be a many points of edence and fact involved. I really ought to Imre a Chinos assesor, or should have refered it to a suf board of Chingen experts. Then there is th question of idoutity.

Mr. Alabaster A mother an identify ker son, sul na zult her nephew,

Ilis Lordship-Re locks to me much older the 21. Only the avidence of the father and mother is strictly admissible. The evidence of the man himself is not evidence. I agree that there are shreds of evidence,

Mr. Alabaster-It could not possibly be stronger.

has anggested that you should appoint an

sugor.

Iis Lordship-If both sides agree, and then either party can move for judgment so that the whole law on the subject can be thrashed out The difenity is that it means further expense.

Mr. Potter-There is no doubt about that, my Lord...

His Lordship-What is the sum in issue? Mr. Potter-85,000.

Dis Lordship—If this is treated as aadjourn ment of the case, that would minimise the costa.

You agree that the issue for the moment should be limited to my deciding the date of birth. Then the question of infancy can be argued.

Alr Potter-If my friend cannot prove the date of his client's birth, theu judgment would Mr. Potter--That may be, but it may not be follow in the plaintiff's favour. strong enough.

Mr. Alabaster-I have pisduced the only evidence that can possibly be available.

His Lordship-I must have very strong avidenco where there is a man who acts as if

he was of age.

Mr. Alabaster-He was very nearly of age. His Lordship-IIe looks akout thirty. What weight am I to attach to the evidence of Chinese woman who says her sou is 23, and does not know the date on wäich he was bara?

I should have thought there was sende record în a Chinoso family no to when the children were born.

Mr. Allastor-If my witnesses' demeanour in the box was such as to make your Lordship think they had been lying, I don't think I can take it any farther.

His Lordship-No, but I ought to have some further evidence. This is really a question which ought to be decided by the Registrar. General and Chinese.

Mr. Alabaster-I should have thought it was, too, but I came in on the order of the Court.

His Lordship--I should have thought this would have been decided by Chinese. This is the first time I have been called upon to decide the question, and I am completely nonpinssed. I should prefer to refer it to a referes with assessora, or to two referees. The fact of in

Is Lordship--Supposing my dading was that the date of birth was not proved, then I should have to consider what the position is, I you would agree to my consulting Mr. Brewin and Dr. Ho Kai in Chambers, we could limit curselves to ascertaining the date of birth.

Both sides agreed

Mr. Alabaster stated that no matter what month of the year a Chinamun was born, that rear was counted as a your of bis

ago.

His age, in fact, was the number

OPERATION ON LORD MILNER.

Loudon, June 7th. Lord Milner has undergonen slight operation, which was succcesful. He has gous to Eme

AMERICAN PRESIDENT-SHIP.

Washington, June 7th. President Taft has been assured, with ex-'re sident Roosevelt's unqualified endorsement, that in the Presidential campaign of 1912 Mr. Roosevelt will en no account allow himself to

be nominateil.

INTERNATIONAL TACHT RACING,

London, June 7th..

The German Emperor has given a cup for the festival of international yacht rasleg at Spithead on Angust 7th, leaving it to King George to fix the else which is to compete for it. The King has decided that it shall be the nineteen-metre elas.

EARTHQUAKE AT EXICO CITY.

Mexico City, June 7th. An earthqaske occurred at four o'clock this morning. The artillery barracks were wracked and seventy soldiers were buried.

It is estimated that fifty were killed and injured.

Mexico City, June 3th. Sixty-the persons met with their death as the result of the earthquake. Hall were soldiers, The umber of wounded was 75, and the damage amounts to £20,000 sterling done to property The shock lasted six minutes.

Many public buildings, including the prison, were destroyed. The Nations! Palace and the Cathedral

were damaged. The walls of houses fell outwards, leaving the rooms looking like pigeon hoies, Gas and electricity ceased and the city was left in darkness. Tho popala. tion, including thousands of visitors, who had through the streets, but calmed with daylight. come to see General Maders, ran shrieking The crowds welcoming General Madero ers following him in processions with bands to the Palace.

London, June 7th. Seismographe all over the world indicate a great earthquake, believed to be in the direction of the Pacific or the East Indies.

-INVASION OF LONDON.

London, June 7th.

of years in which he had seen the light Therefore, if a man was born, akho said his! At a low computation over a quarter of a. client was born, in the cleventh moon of a million visitors are entering Landoar daily. The certain year, he started off by being a year old, iuffux is unprecedented. The numbers from the Overseas Dominions and India are remarkable, but the Americans are fewer than us. The shopkeepers are doing a brisk trade,

and in the first moon of the next year he was two years old.. A person born in the eleventh moon, and who would now be 21 by English reckoning, would be 23 according to Chinese reckoning,

London, June 10th.

COMMERCIAL NOTES.:

The accounts of the Japan Sugar Rofining Co. for six months show a nat profit of You 749,285. Adding thesam of Yen 168,845 brought forward from the lastaccount there was available The Courts have granted the Birkbeck Bank for distribution Yen 918,181. A diridand of 5 placed to reservas; Yen 75.000 goes in bonnees to sta; and Yen 260,000 is corrial to next necount. permission to pay the first instalment of tour cent. absorbe Yen 232,000; You 350,000 is shillings in the pound.

INDIAN CRICKETERS IN ENGLAND.

London, June 8th. South Wales bent the Indian cricketers by søyen wickets.

CORONATION GIFT TO QUEEN MARY.

London. Juns Bth. The Ceronation gift bought by subscriptions frons all the Marys in the Empire was handed to Queen Mary today by the Ladies Executive The gift is in the form of the Insiguin of the Gertur, set with diamonds and pertraits of the King and the Prives of Wales, and a cheque for £13,700.

Her Majesty's reply will be printed as un Autograph fotter.

The Queen thanks the subscribers, most warmly and is deeply touched by thoaffect numato which will be treasured all her li

which led them to make a personal gift be Queen hus devried the chef to a chari- tablo object in which she is greatly interestel but does not specify."

THE DELHI DURBAR.

A sugar company, to be known as the Horislin Suger Manufacturing Company, is to be cstablished in Horishun. Formosa. under the auspices of Mr. Jiro Katsura, the younger brother of Princo Katsura, the Premier. M. Y. Alaka, of Kobe, and thirty others. The negat company, which has a capital of Y2,000,000, is to install up-to-date machinery, the auna! output being expected to reneli 50,000 bales. The Japanese papers tell as that the promoters pect to realize a prout if Y177,000 year

The accents of the Hotel des Colonies, Lítil,, loss of T's. 5,045, and at the Shanghai, show anaual meeting of shareholders best work it was nanimously resolved that if the dirantors cannot succeed in obtaining a andstantial

decrease in the rest of both buildings, etia orinary meeting be covoned with a view to winding up the Company,

H.M. Consul at Tongyioh (Ir. A._ Bow) elates in a recrut despatch that, avon in dealing Calcutta, June 9th.

with Chinese otheials wood official concerna d Eighty thousand troops will assouble at the that district, British as would do well to Deli Coronation Darkar. This is the largest require payment before delivering goods. Con- army over collected within the limits of the Bri-ditions in the frontier are very usual, and he tah Empire. The troops will begin to more suggests that British murolants should inke | early in Novonber, manenvring tonusis the no steps without previously consthing the

Consulate. city in army corps..

London, June 10th.

WILL OF A BIG STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S HEAD-

Mr. Walter Savill, of Mesers Show, Savill,1 -&· Albier, me left £1.620,101.---

SHIPS AND SHIPPING:

TRAVELLING DE LUXE.

INTIMATIONS

INTENSE PAIN FROM

ECZEMA FOR 3 YEARS

Terrible Itching and Burning from Knee Down. Skin Very Swollen and' Innamed. Covered with Scales.

Tried All Kinds of Remedies to

-No Avail. “Cuticura" Cured Him.

"Previous to wing Cudicara I suffered Ins texan pula for three years from sezana on my

Jug, fru a the ktien down. I byen from a small spot the size of a pinny and bake for a Walery way over the ankles. It spread rapidly to the km It jonkvil ke nn enken, the skin redatel Jalbumel and egvered with a costing of sendes, The log be very awuller, with a terrible itching and burning sun- sation, In this way i sate fered the the three years. I assure you I have tried all kinds of vanes dies sad ronsulted several medical men. In fact 1 almost every kind of treatment enn could mention, but to no avad. My disease was as beat or worse than ever wigg tried Cuticuri. After a Gw appllentiens felk relser and contained unsti eund. Now thanks to Cuticura. I can walk about with con and confert, the tebing ↳ gone and my ICE is its oral size

restamended the Cuticura treatment to a friend webs conacnced the sof Ismered from eczema twurkye

Boven yours.

Cuticura and rapkily getting curd." (Signed) Richard Barrett, Mission to Bra- men lutute. Ruperta St Newport Mon, England, Nov. 25, 1009.

Chilcara Remedies afford the most scosan Jcal treatment known far affections at tho skin af went. Sald throughout the world. Depots: London, 27, Charter souse Sq.; Paris, 10, Re de la Chaussee Antin; Austalla, R. Towns &Co., Hydney: India, . . Paul. Calenta: So Africa, Lancs, fad., Capo

Potter Dry & Cut Town, rle. U. . Besten. Send for free Corp. Sole Prut

The report of the East Java Ruhler Company covering the period of ten months from Marel to December 32 states that it was estimated thut 14.600rabfies would be produend, chiody from Costilla fees and partly im Com The Castilloa. Leren lave proved most disappoint- ng the total output of rubber being only 5,297416 The cost of collecting was sho high. Owing to nafasamble weather the coffee erop fell show of the estimate. Th accounts show a balance of £909, which it is pro- Under the rules of the North Atlantic passen-pered to carry forward. In view of the uncer ger conference ob steamer is gradot. That is tain yield of the Cu-tillon rabber trees, the to pay, a minimum fare for first and second directors deem it advi-ahl to discontinue tape cabin passengers is fired, presumably with fall pine. The tapping of the oder Costa trees, regard to the charactor of the ship and theover, will be provoded with. The Robustn quality of the accommodation. In the case of coffee trees are estimated to produce this year GOLD the Olymple the misiruum first-cabin fare is 1.943 ewt, which have been sold forward at put

.38 per pien!.

at £25 10s, as compared with £25 in the as of the Lasitaris and the Mauretania. The second-cabin minimara is identical in each case, mamanly, £12 20s. Horetofore the highest miniwm first-cabin faroonany White Star liner, has been £22 10. This is in the can of the Adriatic, so that there is a jump of £3 in that

t of the Olympic. It seems to representa acest increment for the privilege of travelling by a steamer almost twice the size of the Adriatic. bab for obvious reasons the minimum fares-on the leviathan must be kopt within reasonabli bonzds.

A further issue of 10,000 share, at 158, pre- ium is being made by the Riverside The repart Selangor) Rubber Commay Males that the credit balungo is £127, which it is proposed to carry for and. The crop estimato fear the current your is 61,000lb.

SOME IRISH STORIES.

par Patter Pork the speedy

AND

SILVER

WATCHES

A curtrapondent of the May Cornhill is re

some interesting old Irish ENGLISH, posilil for womories. –

Hora is a criticism supplied by the writer's, gardener on the Protestant Mission-

"Protestant!" he said, with lofty seurn, Twas mighty little St. Paul thought of the Proteranis, Ye've all heard fall of the epistle he wrote to the Romans, Lu. I'd ar ye this, did any of yea iver hear of his writing a 'pistle to the Pentestants ?"

Those who wish to travel the luxe will have plenty of scope on the Olympic. There are parlour" smitas, consisting of two bed. rooms, sitting room, and private bath and toilet, to say nothing of a wardrobe-room, which one, two, or flave passengers can havo at E250, £350. or £450, recording to the season. These figures, it may be noted, correspond clowly with the prices charged by the Cunard Again, Company for their "regal Fuites. rooms on the Ompie atted with private bath and toilot can be had for one passenger at from £70 to £200. sccording to the season, or at from £30 to £210 for the use of two. Needless to say, these figures relate to the choicest loen-crowded by bathors and regkers of health:

not one of thim that roads their tions on the promenade and upper ducks. The number of "parkour" sites in the Olympic is heures," mid one woman who catered for this a pretty clear moof that this type of accommoda- class of lolgersin lofty eeory of her neighbours tion rouets the views of a wealthy class of niver put them to sleep more nor three in traveller.

abd.'

There was indeed almoge a dignified seclusion in such liberal accommodation, since the more general enston was to lot each counter of a room to a separats family, who brought their own poor bedding and camped upon the lour, as best they could.

"OLYMPIC'S" COMMANDER,

SWISS

AND

ELGIN

Galway Town moms to have been fairly SUPERIOR

This-ishow an English Indy learned the differ ance between sucressive and simultaneous

The White Star mammoth Olympie is under the command of Captain E. J. Smith, R.N.E., formerly of the Adriatio, aud the commodoro of the Line. It goes without saying that he has had a long experience of the North Atlantic, and that bia pstropal qualities admirably it him for the respexible post to which he has been

Au English lady on a visit to Galway on appointed. When the Olympic is fall she will curry 3.346 people, inclusito of her crew, so that occasion demandeu a tepid shower bath. her commander will in effect be the ruler of An what might that be, a demand- mall town Theed Sibbio, to whern sneh flowers of sch population equal to that of question has been mooted before now us to wheth were unknown. Tepid: Why half hot al wass they impatient reply. The lady undressed and, all suspecting. er, in the case of very big ships, it would not be half cold, to ho ene, well to depart from the usual custom, and appoint two masters instead of ous The experiment pulled the string. Down camo a deluge of tus, powever, never been made, un doubt for the kiding water upon her. Lot us vat! Letra reason that it is advisable that there should be out she screamed in alarm, "It was a topi one supremis authority in the ship. That the bath that I asked for." rule is to be observed in the care of this 45,000 twas half hot and half could that 'twas to ho ton steamer seins to preclude the probability and here's the could for ye," as another pail Fal that it will ever be broken. On the other hand, was emptied down. one man control on a leviathan ship obviously. involves the full support of the highly qualified staff of officers, whom Captain South takes with him. The White Star, by the way, is the only British stanship lina which has its own sailing ship-the Medway-for the training of its ex- ecutive officers,

BIVAL LEVIATHANH.

Sure yo said tint

CHURCH AND DIVORCE.

A small but interesting book on "The Ques- tion of Divorce," which Dr. Gore, the Bishop of Bironingem, kas just issned (John Marray} is certain both to attract attention and to excita criticism (says the Daily Mail.

QUALITY

MOVEMENTS

Chas. J. Gaupp

& Co.,

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

WHY GO TO

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N. LAZARUS

FOR YOUR GLASSES?

Months ago it was indicated in this coluam

The second chapter on The Words of Our that the Hemberg American Line would not be comes to intimation that the vessel which is Lord," is, the bishop states in the preface; "a content with a single 50C0-ton ship. Now building at Harobarg; will be followed by the retractatio-a revision of arguments med and construction at Stettin of another equally huge conclusions reached fifteen years age in an ox liner. In taking this step the German company position of the Sermon on the Mount. At that MR. BOTHA AT. BRISTOL.

will only be following the presedent of the time I was disposed to give the preference, amosg London, Joue ath.. Lusitania and the Mauretania, and of the the versions of our Lord's teaching on marriage givan in the New Testament, to the versions Mr. Botha, at Bristol yesterday, in making Olympic and the Titanic. A single ship of a

an given in the Gospel according to St. Matthew, bis first imprompta open-air speech in England, special character is more or less of

which pratain an exception, Apparently mak a steamship compernya spoke in a most effective manner, the audience

anachronism from

of view.

The present announcementing marriage dissoluble under certain cir chearing when he said that there was a time

is, however, of particuler interest, because cumstances.

Bize hus Now I feel bound to give the preference to when he did his best to avoid being surrounded

it sngrests that the battle of. by Englishmen, but he now rame on his own account to surrender to that ordeal, gladly begun in earnest. The first Hamburg-American the carlier versions given by St. Paul, St. Mark! bigger than the Olympic. The Cuuard Com-clauses in the first Gospel as probably inter ackuowledging that he was surrounded by leviathan, it is intended, shall be 5,000 tons and St. Luke, and to gard the exception friends.

pany, whose Aquitania is shortly to be put in polated glosses which really misinterpret the BECAUSE hand on the Clyde, are credited with a desire original alterances."

Dr. Gore arrives at three chief conclusions: to go

go a little better.

1.-The present law of the Church of England, which is not enacted but prasnppered

THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION.

London, June 8th.

ship in the world. The Tamburg-American,

in the Canon of 1603, is the law which admits in extremo cases of the separation of the partios

You will receive Fair Treat.

ment.

A Carnful and Intelligent

Fremination.

We have a Sound Optical Teason behind every Lear

'from bed and board, but not in any case of N. LAZARUS,

Mr. Potter submitted that there was no evidence before his Lordship which proved that this man was born in any particular year at all. Taking this case from the point of view that this was a defence of infancy pleaded, and that this man must prove that he was under 21. there was no evidence which would induce his Lordship to give judgment against the plaintiff on the point. The defendant's fubber was alive, and in Canton,

At all orouts, the Canard Company have General Madero, in bis address, hopes that the and he had not been called to in any way substan tiate the story told by the mother and aunt of the defendant. The proof was not sufficient to establish Mexican revolution will cause the peoples of taken elaborato precautions to keep the exact such a caso us this. It was a defence of which South and Central Americe to seek political size of their now bost to themselves. The in- the Court required the very strictest proof, and freedom. Ha declares that the spirit of liberty plication is that they mean to bove the biggest mere general statements were very far from wil be satisfied and they will all be really amounting to proof in this case.

He subbritted unhappy till over the whole American Con-

mere matter of evidence it that on the evidence giren there was no caze at tinent the reign of demowcy is complete.

BIRKBECK, BANK SUSPENDS PAYMENT, all for the plaintiff to answer.

is in the highest degree probable that London, June 8th.

to give the Aquitanis a sister ship. The viets this law of indissoluble marriage simply

of A little reflects The Birkbeck Bank has announced the suspen-

the Divine intention of one religion. If apart from slon of payment with a view to reconstruction of a keen contest is clearly opened up.

while Bg the competition was chiefly in the Founder

is so no longer. Tas the question of traditional interpretation by the Ten shillings in the pound will be paid immewhi distely, It is hoped eventually to pay seventeen matter of or eighteen shillings.

Olympic makes no attempt to patrie the swift Church, the documents of the New Testament NOTICE TO KOWLOON RESIDENTS

The Hamburg-America Company are oritically examined, we reach the conclusion Cunarders. Later.

has officially repudiated the statement that it is that it is in the highest degree probable that making a bid for the blue riband of the Atlantic. our Lord forbade divorce to His disciples alto- A spoed of somewhere about twenty-two knuts, rather than the twenty-five or twenty-ny of the The reccrd of the mind of the Church, Mauretania, will distinguish the leviathans of as expressed in legislation and commentary, the future. Even the Cunard Company will be shows that on the whole the Chorch has regarded content with the more economicst rate in the case itself as under a Divine law of indissoluble. of the Aquitania--London Daily Telegraph.

His Lordship-There is evidence undoubtedly. possible

Mr. Potter The question is, is it sufficient evidence to non-suit the plaintiff?

fancy or the fact of age must be determined by a man's own law. If there is nothing in that law to prevent him contrading, then he comes under Naglish law to see if there is anything to prevent him.

1wo Mr. Alabaster-There are defences. If Chinese law does not free this man from liability, then perhaps English law does.

His Lordship-The question is very

law

merely English complicated.

cannot in Cant that..

contract. Then there is the question as to whether he is in fact an infant, that is to say, whether he has ontractual capacity, and that question has to be determined by his own law.

is

Mr. Alabaster That would not be held pos- sible on this issue. The place of contract, the

His Lordship-I am not clear that I should

juigment on it but there is evidence. give

Defendant was called and cross-examined-by Mr. Potter, and an ex-pupil of the Diocesan School gave evidence as to the way in which the register of that school used to be kept,

His Lordship said he was going to take Dr. Ho Ka' and Mr. Brewin into his confidence and at them to help him in appreciating the evidouce. He would prepare a short minute in Chambers, and the proceedings in Court would bo adjourned to some other da

The Directors of the Birkbeck Bank estimate the deficit not to exceed £375,000, but the auditors, after a preliminary investigation, con- sider it safer to add another £400,000.

London, June 9th. Crowds of depositors, mostly small tradesmon, and people of the clerk class, surrounded the

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