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SUPREME COURT.

Wednesday, January 8th.

IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION.

DR. SAUSMAREZ Before Bir HAVILLAND

(Chief Judge of the British Court in China), Sir WILLIAM REEB DAVIES (Chief Justice of Hongkong), and Mr. JUSTICE GoMeertz (Puisné Judge, Hongkong).

MORTGAGE DEED RETIRKI».

TUE DOGS' HOME.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9rx, 1913.

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There is one other point in the letter touching the finances of the Home to which we should like to refer.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ]

LONDON, December 11th WEEK-END CABLE LETTERA.

At Vienna, Great Britain, Aus- gresses. tria, Russia and Prussia drew up the new map of Europe after the downfall of Napoleon. Parie saw the treaty signed at the close of the Crimean War, and the Berlin Congress of 1878 is well in the

in London. memory of middle-aged persons. The remapping of Turkey is now to be done

not our own experience to find that mangy HOME AND CHINA AFFAIRS, look for the most epoch-making con- dogs were kept in a separate ward. Some very badly diseased dogs were reaming A REPLY TO MR. TATA.

about with others which could quite We are reluctant to devote further conceivably be cured, and as 'we

It is hoped that early in the New Year Space to this subject, as the purpose of informed by uthers who visited our expond has to some extent at least previous dates that ours was not a uniqno been served, but we can hardly allow the experience we are afraid that coolic must the week-end cable letter system between of the Empire--in telegraphic com

LUCKLESS LITTLE CZARVITCH, letter which was sent to us late on Tues- have been habitually making mistakes." this country and almost every other part munication with England-will be in

The most serions news is stated on the day night by Mr. F. K. Tata, the hon. superintendent of the Home, to pass

Mr. Tata operation. It will be a wonderful boom. without comment. While giving all

to business men, who may probably have highest authority to have been received the kindness to suggest to my brother that to thank wireless telegraphy for this in England concerning the Czarvitch and An appeal was made by Hung Kwai credit that may be due to Mr. Tata for writes Ono if the three visitors had Chiu against a judgment delivered by the philanthrophy ghown in the "ransom-

Am I to give this years ago cable companies professed to by the depressing bulletins. The little the Chief Justice of Hongkong in favouring, saving and curing" of sume 150 dogs these stray dogs must be fed on biscuit, commercial Christmas box. A few short the King and Queen are greatly concerned of the then defendant, Lo Sut Pu. The which he took into his own house before milk, and soup!

interest derived from the handsome from Signor Marconi's inventions. But inre grave fears that he will I a cripple Wireless for the rest of his days, as it is believed appellant desired the return of a certain the Dogs' Home was established, we may luxurious fool out of the handsome feel no fear of any possible competition lad will not be mine until July, but there mortgage deed and damages for unjusti-be permitted to point out that this was

not the subject matter of the artich Mr. capital of $800 out?" The advice must a different story is now told. fable detention of the same.

Tata purports to answer. That article have been given by visitors on another legraphy will shortly be making a bid that the bin bone is decayed and it may concerned the state of affairs at the Dogs'casion than that we have described, but for busines in the East, and the recent be. impossible to check the progress of several of the dogs, it was a real kindness offered to the public, are in themselves the Carvitch should come on a long visit Home, established by public subscription we agree that, in view of the condition of reductions in cable prices, and advantages the disease. Queen Mary is desirous that

to suggest that they were in need of

an acknowledgement that the monopoly to this country and have little. Prince for the proper care of stray dogs. Mr. Tata in fact admits part of our ebarge

qarishing, food. But when Mr. Tata of the Cable Companies is passing away. Job as his companion, but those in asks whether it is expected of him to The system of cheap week-end cable letters intimate touch with the Russian Court was inaugurated with Canada by the assert that any long separation from her handsome interest derived from the hand- give this luxurious food" out of “the

Mr. M. W. Slade, K.C, (instructed by Mr. Needham), represented the appellant, and Mr. Eldon Potter finstructed by Mr. Davidson (of Messrs. Hastings & Hast ings) appeared for the respondent.

as

quoting extensively from the pleadings, to our article, accorded an interview to a contemporary and gave in the course Counsel asked permission to point out the position disclosed by their claim.fit Mr. Hickling's letter on the sub- The mortgage was given to a man who jret. As many of our readers probably He appointed four have not seen this interesting document was now decurnyeri, executors, and part of the mortgage we beg leave to reproduæ it :- money was paid to three out of the four their Lordships executors, which, know, was good payment to the estate. Steps were then taken to have the formal documents exocuted. The rest was n formality which should have followed a

The re-assignment A matter of course. was sent to the defendant's Holicitors for The approval, and it was approved. defendant, however, refused to return the mortgage which had the assignment en it, and so the plaintiff was unable to full her part of the contract. The defendant had executed a re-assignment, and if that was so then undoubtedly the legal estate passed to the plaintiff..

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described as

references to the finances of the

institution:--

ex-

Mr. Slade said that as the case turned when be refers to letters which had passed largely upon the form of pleadings hehatween Mr. Hickling and himself re- would ask for their Lordships' special garding a request for the destruction of

was adopted by the Eastern Telegraph upon the health of the Czarina. There is aticution to be directed to them. After mangy dogs. Mr. Tata, by way of a reply some capital of $600 odd," we are bound 1 Western Union some months ago, and much loved son would have a bad effect to ask whether Mr. Tate regards this Company between this country and South no probamlity of the Czarina herself

CABINET MINISTER'S BUTLERS. being candid with the public? It Afrien. Arrangements have been prac-being able to leave Russia for some Another sidelight on the methods of strikes us as savouring of mere hum-tically completed for the extension of the months.

Literal Ministers was revealed in the bug. Let us quote the following from a system to Australia and New Zealand, report in our morning contemporary of and it is anticipated that simultaneously

House of Copimons this week when an interview with Mr. Teta by way of negotiations will be completed with the presenting a reply, we suppose, to what Governments of India, the Straits Settle-

ments and Hongkong. This is how the Colonel Yate courteously asked the Home! Mr. Hickling has

week-end letter-telegrams" are worked Secretary whether ex-soldiers of in the case of South Africa:Any time emplary character have been-elbowed out ushers in favour of two ex-butlers from during the week messages are accepted of appointments as assistant police court at any cable office in England for all the service of a Cabinet Minister. Mr. pinces in South Africa at a tariff of William Moore, one of the Ulster mem by rising to a point of order. He gravely 15. for the first 30 words, with 25. fd.bers, brought the question, nearer home additional for every five words. They enquired whether this was not making an attack on the Home Secretary merely for pensioning off domestic officials at th are only cabled on Saturday night or

Up till then the ques- public expense." Sunday morning, and are delivered on the following day, either by hand, tele-tion had not directly implicated Mr. graph, or letter, according to the situa- McKenna, but the Home Secretary filled tion of the town and the arrangement the cap to himself, and declared that in making the two appointments he had One illustration as to cost:-

carefully considered the qualifications of made.

all the candidates. Of eighteen of these appointments during the last ten years, eleven have been ex-soldiers and seven civilians. The Home Secretary said he was fully alive to the desirability of Anding work for ex-soldiers of good character, and did not propose to depart from the usual practice, if suitable : Mr. Me- candidates are fortheoaning. Kenna's butlers evidently possess trans- cending qualifications.

MRS. NOW ILL.

Mr. Justice Rees Davies-That is the gist of the whole claim,

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Mr. Slade agreed and said on the fag of their claim there had been execution by the defendant.

The case was adjourned until to-day. FORMER QUEEN'S COLLEGE STUDENTS DECORATED.

A telegram from Peking has been ra-

LOCAL SPORT.

FOOTBALL..

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The present Home at Causeway Bay, it will be remembered, was opened in April last year. Appeals to the public brought in $1,911, and when the building was opened there remained a balance of about $500. The running expenses amount to about $10 a month. and so far there has been a good mcome from the sale of dogs. One actually fetched $200. But it would not be safe to rely on the Home being self-supporting;

The Mause, November 2011, 1912. DEAR MR. TATA-Some friends whom sat down to the Dogs' Home to look at dogs for purchase will have nothing to do with them. They say that there are several Being so Bear, the others are almost sure to he badly diseased and old dogs. there. jufected.. This kind of thing is getting round and hindering our sales very much. The Home is getting a bad name for harboring dogs that ought to be destroyed. Some of those who gave donations strongly complaining and urging that these dogs should be destroyed. I think you oust re that this is reasonable and must be done if we are to carry on and regain public I propose therefore to super-

Of course not. Incidentally, it may confidence. intond this personally and see that it is

so that no animal he remarked that it is strange that done instantanenily

Will suffers more than momentary pain. von kindly speak to your brother and ask valuable dogs which go astray and find According to the ordinary cable charges are not the cost of a thirty-word message to him to meet me one day at the Dogs Home, asylum in the Dogs' Home

But the point we Capetown would be a 155.; under the this pressing promptly claimed. we could attend to

the cost would be when matter. 1 think I could go on Monday next, December 1st, at five o'clock, if that wish to make is that if there has been letter-telegram rate would suit him. If not, we could arrange some other day. Trusting that you will feel with me that though this is disagreeable

dogs are not picked up every day.

a goud income from the sale of dogs only 15/- Corles are not allowed at those To Australia and New we infer from the figures Mr. Tata sup- reduced rates.

vit it is a necessity, and with kind regards,plied that about 46 dogs must have beenZealand the rate will be 15/: for 30 words.

Yours sincerely.

INDIAN OPIUM SALES,

NO BIDS FOR OPIUM AT THE AUCTIONS.

RUSSIA AND CHINA.

A correspondent of the Financier asks whether a territorial compromise is prac-

INTIMATIONS

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"Just after that, Bybll fell and bruke the Akin of her knee by falling on some rough, gritty stones. 1 think she would have had a very bad kees but I persevered with Cuticure Soap and Cuticura Ointment which drew all the discharge and dirt out. I have rOCO- mended Cutlema Soap and Olniment to sev- erat of my friends and shall always keep them by me, for they completely cured my three children of eczema." (Signed) Mr. R. Ed. wards, 2, Woodview Cottage, Heywood, West- bury, Wits.. Eng., Aug. 11, 101.

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No event of recent years caused so much 115 the public interest and curiosity mysterious disappearance of Mrs. Nowill. The finding of her body on the ninth day was a tragie verification of a Newquay legend that a body drowned at sea is washed up on the ninth day. The inquest on Mrs. Newill had no sooner concluded and the public was astounded to find bat His estate of £70,000, than Mr. Delay's will was made public, the Singapore solicitor was already a married man.

sisters, who also had no idea that he was subject to a life interest, on £10,000 for his widow, will be divided between his two married. The £30,000 left in a codicil to

place first. In any event Mr. Nowill

Newill lapses into the estate because GOLD it is assumed that the lady's death took

Mrs. Nowill was declares that he would not touch it, even

one friend said of her :-" She was a inost highly esteemed by all who knew her, and estimable lady in every sense of the word and never exhibited any desire to attract attention from other people." It is n pity that a man of Delay's stamp ever came inte her life.

sold in seven months-is. it candid to CHARLES H. HICKLING. suggest that the interest on the hand- Mr. Tata, the letter we published some sum of $600 odd" is all the money ceived to the effect that Dr. Chan Kan-Yesterday, wrote: When the appeal available for supplying sick or starving ticable between these two countries, and expresses the hope that the Chinese Mr. Van Chon-iu, formerly Junior came to me to destroy the mangy dogs | dogs with nourishing food?

Government will act with its old-time which I could have healed by a suve cure j Amban at Lhasa, and Dr. Wong Chung-

astuteness, rather than with the rashness which a friend of mine had kindly pro- wal, formerly Minister for Justice, al

which recently has characterised its inised to give to the Dogs' Home, I three old Queen's College boys, have had the 2nd Grade of the new Ka-wo order strongly protested against them being

As announced in our telegraphic news, policy. In his opinion nothing short of conferred upon them by President Yuan destroyed, simply because they were unfit

for purchase on account of mange or old the Indian Government has decided to a successful military resistance on the Shi-kai.

age." What would be more to the point suspend the nonthly auction opium part of China can rescue Mongolia from would be for Mr. Tata to show that the sales, beginning in April, and has fixed bring definitely incorporated in the "Hare cure promised by a kind friend an upset price for the previous obligatory Russian Empire. The question is whe sales. The frat of these under the new

ther China is prepared to attempt this. The had been supplied; and, if supplied, that

conditions was fixed for Tuesday.... it had been tried on the pitiable ohjeets Indian Government had placed a limit on the face of it, certainly she is not, at the Henie. The grazamer of the con-Bengal opium certificated of 4,500 rupees, but in view of recent surprising events but there was no bid, and for the first in China it would be rash to assume that On the Hongkong Club's ground at

time in the history of these auctions no Happy Valley yesterday the probable pinint against the Home is that there was team to represent the Colony in the Interno evidence of the dogs being treated for sale was effected. The same was expected any considerations of prudence or finance Port matches with Shanghai in February disease or properly fed. While Mr. Tata to happen yesterday at Bombay with will necessarily prevent her from mea-if were a million.

declares thus to be "utterly untrue" and regard to Malwa opium, on which the Buring her strength against that of Government had placed a limit of 2,500

Russia. If the Chinese Government is inct an eleven selected from the Army and

dispused to make terms by a' treaty, then Navy.

A good number of spectators says that in addition to meat and rice rupees certificated.

she would be losing an immense area, but witnessed son fine fouthall, the combina prepared at his own place, Messrs.

a half of it is desert and the rest con- tion of both forward lines leaving nothing | Weismann & Co., Ltd., are also supplying to be desired, and. hoth teams possessed

siderably Russified already, the practica!

The London correspondent of a north- a sterling defence. In the first half the stale bread and bucketsful of remains

lass, economically, at any rate, would not be so serious." According to this corres-ern daily states that there are no signs pondent any hour may bring intelligence of a momentous character.

SHANGHAI FROBABLES ARMY AND SAVY.

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INSURANCE COMPANIES IN

JAPAN.

NEW REGULATIONS FOR FOREIGN OFFICEA,

The Privy Council of Japan has passed a new ordinance, governing the foreign insurance companies and underwriters, gulations are an increased initial deposit, The principal changes from the old re sixty per cent of the companies' reserve funds to be deposited with the Govern tent, policies to be written in Japanese, and the companies' books to be open to Government inspection.

There seems to be nothing in the situation in China at present to justify the expectation.-ED.j

ANGLO-JAPANESE SHIPPING WAR.

India Company and the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, on the Calcutta-Kobe route, of an end of the fight between the British

although in consequence of cut rates hoth- concerns must be losing heavily. The latest information is that the B.I., in direct opposition to the N. Y.K., is having several steamers of about 10,000 tons each built for a service between Hongkong and Puget Sound ports via Japan, designed particularly for the gunny sack export trade From India. According to a recant interview with the Director of the Mer- Greece a Kingdom, more than 75 years cantile Marine Bureau of the Department invited the views of the Government ago, and another, two years later, which of Communications, Tokio, the N.Y.K.. was informed that it had better abandon ing the sanse period, however, it is to separated Belgium from Holland. Cover-before the freight war was initiated, and Vienna, Paris and Berlin that we must the project unless it was fully determined upon a fight to a finish. This is appar ently ow taking place. Japan has made. n grial endeavour to secure a larger oportion of the business than has The financial hitherto come her way.

from plates, he adds, "unfortunately my Probables' quintette displayed

wwn dog contie, having been ill for some brilliant movements, the transfers being beautifully timed and well judged.. The time, ruuld not do the work properly.' first point necrued from a movement We do not know what this may mean if initised by Pennell, who seat a long, it does not suggest that what Mr. Tata swinging pass to Pearson, the latter in declares, to be utterly untrue may not,

THE TREATY OF LONDON. tura giving Green possession, the inside after all, be substantially correct. What we do know is that the description of the right scoring with an excellent effort.

Since the Napoleonic wars the British After Pennell had ran through and Dogs' Home, as given in the Daily Press

capital has been the scene of four valleyed wide by inches only, Pearson had of Monday as to the conditions obtaining

BURIED TREASURE. destruction merciful the tti prior extremely hard luck with a shot which

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the of

animals.

The son of a servant of the so-called diplomatic Settlements and Treaties, one hit the perpendicular and rebounded.of

Are-Taiping Emperor, Hanghsinchuan, hasing the Frotocol of London, which made The same forward, however, registered corroborated by many persons. his side's second goal with a low shot in resentative of the fongkong Telegraph | chtained permission from the Tutub

Nauking to search for certain treasure the corner. Play deteriorated in the

inspected the Home shortly after

which h's father sail was buried a concluding half, which opened nationally, Wilson hitting the upright visit. and his account fully confirms our depth of twenty-six feet near the Tartar He states that two dogs died General's Yamen in the Imperial City of Nanking Ten feet has already been ex- after some pretty and effective work.

cavated. Indeed, throughout the game the Club during Friday night and that they were forward, who was only included in the not removed åt 11.30 on Saturday. When ranks, of the Army and Navy at the last we read in Mr. Tata's letter the follow- moment, gave his best exhibition of the ing sentence it makes us wonder what he season but was the undeserving victim of really knew about the conditions:-" The vile luck in his final efforts. An unpro coolic being new to his work neglected to ductive and uninteresting second moiety take out some apple peels from the bucket. terminated with the Probables winners by When the three gentlemen were there the Jugs had just finished their meals and two goals to nil.

the alleged apple skins and potatoes' were in fact the remains of the food swept by the coolie and placed in the bucket in order to throw away. Such remains are not given to the dogs again. The dogs are always fed outside the kennel" The apple-skins and potatoes" referred to

HONGKONG . K.O.V.L.A.

To be played on the Club ground, to day, kick-off at 4.30 p.m., for League points. The following players will re- prosent Hongkong:-R. C. Barlow; H. I. Jones and A. Hawilton; D. Campbell, R. F. Long and C. Wilkie; P. E. Bentou, W. A. Wilson, W. V. Pennell, A. Mac kenzie and W. B. Rigden.

CRICKET.

€423%

in our article were not in a bucket, but in a food-tin in one of the kennels-the kennel vccupied by an apparently healthy pet dog. Mr. Tata also says:--" Those who have visited the Home must have

The following will represent the Hong kong Cricket Club against the Navy on Saturday, the 11th inst., on the Hongkongnoticed that the mangy dogs are kept in Cricket Club ground, play to commence

a separate ward and are not allowed to

at 2 p.m.-N. Hancock (Capt.). R. N.

Anderson, A. A. Claxton, S. H. Dodwell, be mixed with the healthy ones unless the

opo

When the Teeth are cleansed with Odol the

whole mouth is rejuvenated as the body is by a

D. R. Donnelly, A. C. E. Elborough, J. coolie makes a mistake and leaves the bath. W. 8. Jellie, J. S. Lloyd, M. M. Maas, door open." We can only say that it was T. E Pearce, and W. C. D. Turner.

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results have not been satisfactory and it

is probable that some of the generous subsidies may soon be abolished.

MILLIONAIRE USTATES.

Under the terms of Lord Furness will a sum of £80,000 will be free to found an institution where boys can be trained for the mercantile marine. With the excep tion of this bequest the remainder of this Taillionaire cetate keeps in the family. During the current calendar year this is the eleventh such estate to be proved. Others have been?--

Sir Julius Wernher......

Mr. James Coats

Don José Garvey (wine mer-

chaut).....

Mr. Archibald Coats......

Mr. W. D. Cruddas (Aru-

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2,000,000

1,390,000

1,360,000

strong. Whitworth & Co.) 1,040,000 The Duke of Fife

Mr. W. G. Vivian (coal mer-

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Lord Wandsworth

Mr. C. J. Bofer-Whitburn

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1,000,000

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1,481,200

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