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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 18гa, 1912,

For cutting small trees on the hillside, at Causeway Bay yesterday, without per mission, a Chinowe woman was fined, 43 At the suggestion of the or 14 days. police, his Worship reconsidered his drei- sion, and reduced the fine to #g.

LOCAL SPORT.

LAWN TENNIS:

ec.c. 2. WIGWAM T.C. This tennis league match will be played this afternoon at & p.m. sharp on the Kowloon ground:

Chinese workmen are again in posera

The following will represent tha sion of the Courts of Justice. Overhead electric fans are being installed in the C.C.C.-H. H. Tayler, G. 4. Hancock, large Court. It would be interesting to know if it be intended to do likewig for R BARA. the much used Puisne Judge's court room.

The Great Raymond "is reproducing his famous handcuff act at the new theatre at. Kau-U-long to-night. It may be men ti ne that judgment is the action brought against Raymond by Lient Law will be delivered by Mr. Justice Gompertz this

orning.

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E. L. Braga, F. Rapp, R. Phillips, and

THE L. R. C

A Men's Doubles toarnainent (bandi- cap) will be played at the Ladies' Recrea tion Club during May and June. Names should be sent to the Hon. Secretary or entered in the book at the L. R. C. by 6 p.in. on Wednesday next, 22nd inst

BILLIARDS.!

TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.

(THROUGH RIUTER'S ADENOY,]

WELAH DISESTABLISHMENT;

SECOND READING CARRIED.

LONDON, May 17th. After four days' debate the House of Commons has passed the second reading o the Welsh Disestablishment Bill the

roting being:

For Against

Majority

348

907

A BITTER ATTACK BY MÍN LLOYD GEORGE.

It is stated that the local Chinese hase

In the debate a notable speech was Four games in continuation of the Ist agitated against the furious speed of, motor cars driven through the Colony Heat of the Billiard Competition in the delivered by Mr. Lloyd George. Reply- Seamen's Institute were played on Thursing to an attack by Lord Hugh Ceil and have prepared a petition to be pre- sented to the Government, bearing, it is day evening, play commencing about he said that disestablishment without disendowment was ridiculous. Property said, 10,000 chops and signatures. It.m. and running on till nearly 11 p.m. The tables were in constant use and some ought to be impressive.

very excellent play was enjoyed by the bequeathed for the poor and the sick, and Mr. for education had been annexed mostly fairly large number of spretators. Boreham, a very old resident in theby the great families and it constituted Colony, kindly officiated as marker at one one of the most discreditable records in of the tables, and Mr. Dell kept the scores the history of the country. He was bound at the other. Mr. Chamberlain, A.Q.C,

Mrs. Theodore Stephenson, wife of Theodore Major-General

Stephenson, B., commanding the troops in the straits Settlements, underwent an opera linn, at the beginning of April, for appendicitis in Switzerland, She is mak ing a good recovery, and shortly returns to Singapore.

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Chief Justice, there is naturally a strong temptation to carry the case to the Privy Council, involving additional heavy costs to litigants. As most of our readers will be aware, the Government has been interesting itself in this matter, for some considerable time past. The frat suggestion made was that the work of the Courts was now suffi- cient to justify the appointment of a third Judge, but the Government did not consider that the need for a third Judge had been shown except for the purposes of the Appeal Court, Sir FREDERICK LUGARD suggested to the Imperial authorities an arrangement whereby a Judge should he detached either from His Majesty's Court | at Shanghai or Singapore to sit with the local Judges of the Supreme Court for the hearing of appeals. This arrangement is contemplated by the Bill just introduced into the Legislative Council, for it provides that when three Judges in the permanent service of the Colony shall not be available WHISKY one of the Judges shall be the Judge of His Britannic Majesty's Supreme Court for China (if the Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has consented to such A BLEND OF THE FINEST PURE appointment), or a barrister of not less than seven years' standing temporarily appointed by the Governor from time to time for the purpose. There are obvious objections to barristers practising in the Colony sitting in judginant upon decisions given by local Judges, and when we consider the For over 30 Years WATSON'S other arrangement contemplated, namely. the assistance of a Judge of the Shanghai " has maintained the re-Court, it seems to us to point to the conclu

sion that the appointment of a third Judra Chinese boy who was killed by a tramar proved himself by für: the better player that the Joundations of his fortune.were the FINEST will become necessary. We do not suppose putation of

that the Principal Secretary of State for SCOTCH WHISKY in the

Foreign Affairs is likely to consent to the Judge of the Supreme Court for China being FAR BAST.

detached for service in the Appeal Court- of the Colony of Hongkong unless the Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies is pre- pared to reciprocate by allowing & Judge of the Supreme Court of Hongkong to under tuko similar duty in His Majesty's Supreme Court for China. If this is to be the arrange- ment it might involve the appointment of an additional Judge for each Court. Except for the purposes of appellato jurisdiction a third Judge in Hongkong at least walila seem to be unnecessary, especially if the procedure of the Courts be brought up. to-date. Within the past week we have had the oldest and one of the most highly respected members of the Shanghai Bar publicly complaining that an action which might have been heard in five days had taken vinsteen, simply because the Court is not provided with a shorthand writer, and the Judge has to laboriously write Mr. Irving yesterday inflicted a line of his own notes of the evidence and the 950 on a Chinese recently returned from arguments. As Mr. DRUMMOND observed, America, for being in unlawful possession this is a serious publie mater. Apart of 550 rounds of revolver ammunition. from the law's delay being irritating The man, who was arrested on board the and expensive to litigants, the matter would str. Shun Lee, bound for Kongmoon, said

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seem to have an important bearing apon the proposed reconstitution of the Full Court, if, ae we suppose, this Colony would be czy pected to reciprocate in the event of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs sane- tioning the appointment of a Judge of the Suproine Court of Shanghai for occasional duty in the Appellate Court of Hongkong, oficial If by the employment of an shorthand writer, the work of the Courts here can be done in 4. fourth of the time it now occupies, it may be presumed that a Judge could occasionally be spared for a formight to sit in the Appellate Court at Shangbai; otherwise, it does not seem a feasible arrangement. From the wording of Taz Bill introduced at Thursday's meeting the draft Ordinance it appears that the Gór of the Legulative Council to provide for the ernment Ins not yet Loeu informed whether reconstitution of the Full Court in Hong-the Judge of the Supreme Court of Shang kong will bevery generally welcomed, so far, hai will be available for occasional duty in at least, as tho object of the Bill is concerned. Hongkong, and until that information is It is a reform which has been advocated in the forthcoming we do not see how the Bill can Press for many years. The Hon. ATTORNEY profitably be discussed from the poist of, GENERAL B introducing the Bill supplied view of the cost of the proposed recon- the reasons for it in very few sentences. stitution of the Full Court. Under the present system, be said, the Colony has only two Judges, and although

HONKONG, MAY 18TH, 1912.

On Thursday Tast, Mr. E.. A. Irving held an inquiry into the death of n

and Mr. C. A. Marques opened the games. I to notice one specially offensive case. The Marques won, when Chamberlain was at Duke of Devonshire, in a girenlar, had Applied for subscriptions to oppost the In the match between Mr. Stewart | Bill, charging the Government with and Sergt. G. Gannch, A.S.C.. Stowart

robbery of God." Yet His Grace knew

laid deep in sacrilege and built up of desocrated shrines and pillaged altars.

credit.

at Shaukiwan on April 27th last. The At 250 he had a morgin of 140 to bis Mr. Gosana met Mr. Smith. The evidence showed that the boy ran in front of the car, which knocked him down before

(THROUGH REUTER'S ADENCY.)

CHINA'S LOAN,

LONDON, May 17th. The Conference of Bankers in conner- is concluded for the present, and will ta tion with the Six Power loan to China

resumed later. The date has not been fixed. Some of the delegates are leaving England to confer with their principals. Reuter learns that considerable progres was made. The Confereno discussed the broad basis of Chinese finance and details of advances for the payment of the troops. The Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office has applied to the Governments of firs Bix Powers to participate in the loan, but no Austro-Hungarian delegate was pre- sent at the Conference.

THE LATE KING OF DENMARK.

LONDON, May 17th.

The House of Lords and the House of Commons have "sent addresses to King George and Queen Alexandra.

Mr. Asquith, in his calogy of King Fre- dorick, said that Groat Britain could not forget that he was the brother of Queen Alexandra, who still holds undiminished sway in the affections of the prople.

LATER. The Danish community and the Ham- burg authorities visited the death cham- ber and paid their respects. An affecting

the driver had time to pull up.. A verdict play was not very brilliant and Gusuna (Ministerial cheers and Unionist hente scene took place when the Queen touching-

of accidental death was returned.

We am asked to mention that the Norddeutscher Lloyd str. Coblenzy, which sails to-day for Australia rid usual porta of call, will leave the Kowloon Wharf this morning at 9 a.. to anchor at Wanchai and that a special launch will leave Blake Pier at 2:30 p.m. to take Passengers and their luggage to the

steamer.

An At Home will be held at the ****Catholic Union" to-metros (Sunday), at 10.15 s.m. to bid farewell to His Lord-

Chev. J. M.

finished with a margin of 68.

of "Limehouse.")

A heated passage of arms betwear, Mr. Lloyd George and Lord Hugh Cecil The game ensued.

S.-Sergt. R. Hann, A.P.C., met Pte. Speiglehalter, K.OYL.I. These players were very evenly matched. closed with Speiglehalter the winner by 14 points,

It is hoped that all the competitors will play their games next week.

A HARBOUR COLLISION.

A man named Wong Yung reported to the police yesterday that as his passenger launch, the Kam Song, was being towed; across the harbour, she collided with

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer, re-

sunning, said: "Charger of theft against

a nation should not be brought by those whose ancestors robbed the church, rob.

bed the icionasteries, the altars, the alms-

Then houses, the poor and the dead. they comin here when we are trying to recover part of the pillaged property The for the poor, for whom it was originally given, and venture, with hands dripping with the fat of sacrilege, to accuse as of the robbery of God.".

another launch, the Fun Sum. passenger boat capsized, throwing all the

the water. Three children from the capsized boat were drowned, and their bodies have not yet

ship Bishop Pazzou, who is leaving for Italy by the atr. Bohemia. Alyes will address His Lordship on behalf-occupants of the Catholic comunity. A written address has been presented to the Bishop by the Committee of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

he had been commissioned by a friend in

America to take the ammunition to the country. A quantity of arms* had been' sent on beforehand,

Mr. Irving at the Magistracy on Thurs- day heard yet another case connected with

into

been recovered.

PIRACY NEAR GAP ROCK.

Mr. Bonar Law, Lender of the Opposi- tion, contrusted the lukewarmness of the speeches by the English members of the

It is reported that a piracy took place Cabinet with those of the Welsh, especial- in the vicinity of Gap Rock on Thursday.ly Mr. Lloyd George, whose áttack on A big junk, apparently a trading vessel the Duke of Devonshire was the most

uf one thousand piculs capacity, attacked extraordinary thing he had ever beard, a smaller boat, and robbed the occupants of property and money to the value of

$400.

THE MOTOR CAR IN HONG KONG.

Mr. Lloyd George had done something like it on the platform, but this was the first time he had given a sample on the floor of the House. Could anything be more unfair than to attack. 4 for what his ancestors did four centuries It was beneath the level of the ugoi

Ma

ly thanked them for their loyalty and kindness. Afterwards the body was re moved in a hearse, and the family and offi- cials in their carriages formed the cortege In the presenCA

the railway station. of a silent and respectful crowd the body

was placed in the train for Copenhagen.

KING GEORGE AT ALDERSHOT.

LONDON, May - 17th, The King at Aldershot presented Colours to the Scots Guards, the, Dorset and North Lancashire regiments. Be- sides making a speech, His Majesty addressed a letter to each reviewing its

history.

Lord Methuen led the Guards in the marchi past.

AEROPLANE: COMPETITION.

LONDON, May 17th.. The War Office has issued particulars. of a military acroplane competition. The frst prize will be £4,000 and the second £2,000, open to makers all over the world. Nine prizes aggregating £10,500 are 'con="

fined to Britishers.

BRITISH DEFENCE

DANGER OF FAST DRIVING.

Loos, May 17th. surreptitious opium divan, when no

Numerous complainta have been heard

The Right Hon. A. Lyttleton, speaking fewer than thirts Chinese were charged from time to time regarding the danger House of Commons.

at & meeting of the Imperial · Mission, with using premises at Ng Fuk Lane, West to pedestrians occasioned by the high Due of the speed at which motor cars proceed

In the course of the debate, the Govern urged the necessity for shaping a policy Point, as an opium divan. men was charged with being the keeper through the streets of Victoria. There ment indicated its willingness to recon-with a view to a united and solid system heen taken, bis Worship convited all the authorities to prohibit the running of of the divan. After lengthy evidence had have even been threats of an appeal to the vider the details of disendowment during of defence throughout the Empire. defendants, and fined them each or motor cars in the Colony. Notwithstand the Committer stage. five days. The keeper was fined $250, ring the crowded usture of the streets three months imprisoner,

chaffeurs persist in driving at high specs.- Yesterday one of them was charged be fore Mr. Melbourne, at the instance of Mr Wong Kwong Tin, chief interpreter at the Supreme Court, with furiously driving motor car No. 8, to the danger

We have been requested, to announce that the Church Body of St. John's Cathedral will be "At Home at St. Paul's College (which has been courteous ly placed at the disposal of the Church Body by the Rev. G. A. Bunbury) on Friday, the 24th inst, from 4 to 6 p.m., to meet the new Chaplains, the Rev. H. Copley Moyle, and Mrs. Moyle, and it is hoped that all members of the congrega- tion, whether seatholders or otherwise, will take this opportunity of welcoming Mr. and Mrs. Moyle to the Colony.

The ship's officers of the steamer Yuen- sang on their last trip to Manila were inade innocent participants in the attempted smuggling in of 5,000 pesos of lottery tickets. Quay Quan, the steward of the officers' mess, is charged with the attempt, and the case is being investi gated by the prosecuting attorney's office. Members of the waterfront secret service made the capture, finding the tickets under the table, in the oficers' mess, The tickets are claimed to have a value of 4,000 pesos in Hongkong, but are worth 5,000 pesos in Manila

of the lives of pedestrians.

Mr. Reader Harris, of Messrs. Wilkin son and Grist, appeared to prosecute.

Mr. Wong stated that on April. 28th he was turning into Ving Lok Street when defendant's car, coming from the west along Des Voeux Road. turned sharply into Wing Lok Street. For some reason, it almost immediately swerved back to its original course, with the result that Mr. Wong narrowly escaped being run down, Two motormen in the employ of the Tramway Co. stated that the car was pró ceeding at a very high speed.

Defendant said he had nothing to any. He was fined $5 and severely cautioned.

STRAITS RUBBER:`·

THE PARLIAMENTARY RECESS.-

LONDOS, May 17th Mr. Asquith announced in the House of Commons that the House would risc in August and reassemble in October. THE GERMAN FORCE IN THE FAR

EAST.

LONDON, May 17th. Reuter's correspondent at BerlinTM tele- graphs that in the Reichstag on the second reading of the Kiguchau estimates, Ad- miral Tirpitz, the Minister for the Navy, replying to Socialist criticism regarding the strengthening of the forces by 300, said that all the consulates and even the Chinese authorities earnestly requested. the sending of these troops. It was not. a question of strengthening the garrison of Tsingtau, but of strengthening the force in the Far Enst

THE DALAI LAMA,

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unthinkable that Great Britain should be burdened with the defence of the whole Empire while the participationn of the Dominions was optional, but there was an increasing pressure of colonial <pinion on that subject. He wa Mission speakers to bear in mind the na- tural sensitiveness of the Dominions. It

warned the

would be better to let Colonial opinion Jevelop spontaneously and let action come under its pressure,

A NEW ZEALAND STRIKE.

LONDON, May 17th-

Arbitration Court has ined the Builders A Wellington message states that the

and Contractors Unior tea and costs for instigating a strike.

THE DARDANELLES.

LONDON, May 17th. It is officially declared at Constan tinople that the Dardanelles will be re- opened on the morning of May 18th. MR. HORATIO BOTTOMLEY.

LONDON, May 17th. Mr. Horatio Bottomley has resigned his scat as a member of the House of Com-

The German mail of the 17th April was we are fortunate in the Judges them-delivered in London on the 16th May. selves, yet any system which has only Mr. E. U. Reid, manager, Messrs. two Judge of appeal, and one of the Jardins, Matheson & Co., Dairen, has the Judge appealed from, is unsatisfactory, been transferred to Harbin. Under the present arrangement. the Chief

Important alterations are all bat-como- Justice, by virtue of his seniority, is given a casting vite, so that an appeal frow him pleted at the Victoria whart of the Kow- goes to himself and the Puisne Judge, who loon ferry, whereby the entrance and exit bas only on vote against the Chief Justice's for both classes will be better regulated. two, and therefore a decision given by A Chinese printer was yesterday charg the Chiof Justice cannot be reversed in theed with the larceny of an overcoat. De- ! Colony unless he himself changes his mind. fendant said he had bean out of work That is a plain statement of the position, two or three days. He was sentenced to and it is not surprising that litigants have three months' hard labour. buen prone regard appeals in such circum- At the Magistracy yesterday, before stances as deer waste of time and money Mr. E. A. Irving, a Chinese was sentenced A petition received by the municipal Rubber (lb.) There has not been wanting cases, tu three weeks' imprisonment for being board of Manila from those interested in Average price (per b.) is, és 3d.

which Chief however, in

Justice unlawfully in possession of a quantity of the shipping of cattle from Hongkong Net profit has reversed bas own judgment, but brass, taken from the Cosmopolitan Dock, and other Chinese ports has been referred Dividend

to acting Governor-General Gilbert, with Carry forward that, of course, happens but seldom.

The American Consulate General at the information that the inatter is of se Moreover, £30,000 is this time placed to turning to Shigatse. Meanwhile peace The total cost of overtures at Lhasa have failed, and the ananim us decision by a Full Court is likely Hongkong forwarded as the following great importance to the public that it development reserve.

merits the most careful consideration. production, including London and all

M. Vedrines, the famous French aviator to be accepted by litigants, but when the typhoon warning which had been received: The request of the shippers was that other expenses, works out at just over 2s, fighting has ban renewed, the Tibetans Chief Justice and the Puiane Judge differ in from the Manila Observatory at 12.45 cattle from Chinese ports be admitted per lb. It is noteworthy that the com- bombarding the monastery held by 800 who was recently so severely injured by opinion, especially when it is n judgment by p.m. :-Manila, May 17th, 11.30 a.m.

under the same restrictions that govern pany has been more fortunate than many the Chief Justice which is attacked, and it Cyclone or typhoon E.SE. of Naha the importation of Australian cattle, of its fellows in regard to the supply and Chinese, whose rifle ammunition is geta fall from his machine has recovered,

under the supervision of the bureau of health of its labour force. The estimated | ting short. is confirmed by the casting vote of the moving N.E."

agriculture.

utpat for 1919 is 1,400,0001h.

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The Straits Rubber Company is one of the big Malay producers, and during 1011 the output of rubber more than doubled. We append an interesting comparative table:-

1911. 1910.

LONDON, May 17th. wire from Simle reports that the £985,279 £402,621 Dalai Lama contradicts the reported fric

£187,921

£83,470 tion with the Tashi Lama, who has writ-mons, 45 pc. 24 p... ter him a friendly letter and who is re *C2,544 £2.123

FRENCH AVIATOR RECOVERED.

Loxios, May 17th.

and has visited the scene of his accident.