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INTIMATIONS

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8ɗr, 1913.

the Chinese Secretary of the British Legation, Mr. CoCKRUEN, demonstrated the difficulties that ariso from the same cause from the diplomatic standpoint. "The foreign plaintiff's Consul is almost

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judgments of Chinese Courts is equivalent to removing the foreign plaintiff's chance of obtaining justice. He cannot, like his native opponent, bribe the Judge, Bor bas be

the water whilst working at Douglas wharf and was drowned.

The Court Cards and their: Joker (Mr.

Warwick) came up from Singapore by the P. & O. steamer Derunhe. They give their opening performance at the Theatre on Monday

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE TIBETAN QUESTION.

SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.

LONDON, Novembor 7th. British Chiness, and Tibetan pleni. potentiaries are engaged at Simila in con sidering the claims and counter-claims of the respective Governments, Progress is being made, and the relations are quite

The proceeds of the Ministering friendly, but the deliberations are held Children's League Basaar held recently

strictly in confidence.

The conference. at the Hongkong Volunteer Headquarters

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] THE RADICAL LAND CAMPAIGN,

HAVE THE OFFERS OF LAND DISCONCERTED

THIS CHANCELLOR?

LONDON, November 7th. meeting at Glasgow on the Land question, Mr. Lloyd George has postponed his

which was to be held on the 1st December,

The

papers attribute the postponement to the new, situation created by the offers

of the Duke of Sutherland and others to sell their deer forests to the Government,

at his back the social and political influence amounted to $3,030. The sum for dis. moves to Delli at the end of November, and also to the delay in the production of

a Chinese defendant of any standing eaz bring to bear. The balance must be redressed by the official influence of his Consul it is the latter's duty to see that it is not more than redressol, but kept as level as may be this was written more than 14 years ago, but we know of no

reason why it should not be said, word for woul, of the Chinese Courts of the prevent day in spite of all the boasted reforms in the administration of justice in China in apite of all the Procurators' Courts of First Instance, Metropolitan Courts, and so forth. We doubt if any foreign merebant suing a Chinese would be content to know that the final word was to ret with the Chinese Judge. The Tientsin experiment. which it was hoped was to prove a great improvement on the methods of the Chinese tribunals, failed for at least two reasons: the arbitration Courts found that they were sometimes powerless to enforce their decisions, and the Chinese claimed that the proceeding must be reciprocal, and foreign.

tribution is $2,230.

The Bishop of Victoria is announced to preach at the Shamoon Church, Canton, tomorrow (Sunday) On Thursday last he visited Pingstun in the New Territory and held a confirmation,”

Singapore: papers announce that the

We understand, says Engineering, that the Selson Rugineering Company, Ltd., 83 to 95, Queen Victoria-street, London, FC will present one of their 10-in

shapers to the Hongkong

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University:

At the agistraey, yesterday the name of Arthur Hall was called to answer a charge of being drunk and disorderly. The defendant, who was arrested by PC Murphy, did not appear, and 810 bail was rented.

but it is impossible to say when it will terminate its labours.

AMERICA AND THE PANAMA CANAL

THESIDENT WILSON AND MR. BRYCE EXCHANGE COMPLIMENTS,

LONDON, November 7th. The Right Hon. James Bryce, ex-

The American Ambassador to Great Britain (Mr. Page) presided.

the Scottish Land. Beport, which is believed to treat the rating of river foresta differently,

The Daily News says that the engage ment is postponed because it is deemed advisable that Mr. Lloyd George should speak in the East End of London first and Liverpool afterwards. THE POST OFFICE AND WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

SALVATION ARMY'S WINDFALL.

LONDON, November 7th. Lady Mary Jane Fowler has bequeathed £90,000 to the Salvation Army,

INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAE ENGINEERS.

LOCAL SPORT.

INTER-CLUB BOWLING MATCH:

The match between the Hongkong Club and the Club Germania was concluded Inst night and resulted in a win for the German Club by a margin of 147. The top seover was Martin (Gernian Club), with 1,002, P. R. Wolff (English team)

Kemp third with 1,003. The full sever being next highest with 1,000, and J. E

Were

Wagner Meyer Hansemana Martin Christiani

Adain

GERMAN TEAM.

K551

1,456

1,531

1,662

1,487.

1,400

Eggers Becker

1:100

1,445

12,038.

ENGLISH TEAMTM

Kemp Wolff

1,000

1,607

Hutchison King Woodcock

1,455

1,184

Jarrad Stewart Skrimshire

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1.RAS

1.450

1,354

11.891

marriage of Mr. Frank Stanley Clarks (formerly of Hongkong), to Miss Mar- garet Mary Geary is arranged to take | Ambassador to Washington, has been the place on Saturday, November 15th.

guest of the Pilgrims' Club at a banquet. In the course of a speechi he said that he

LONDON, November 7th.

UNIVERSITY CRICKET MATCH. believed that the question of the Panama

The Postmaster-General invites tenders Canal would be solved satisfactorily to for the construction of the

The Undergraduates and the Staff of the second University played a very interesting and both countries, because he was convinced three high-power wireless stations of the exciting match on Thursday at the Civil of President Wilson's high rectitude and Imperial chain from any wireless com-Service Recreation Ground, which bad bern kindly lent for the purpose. It was elevated sense of honour and interna-pany, syndicate, or contractors.

the first of what will certainly be a long tional justice,

series of such matches. Moreover, the ' result was remarkable, the Under: graduates winning by one run. Another. curious and interesting feature of the match was that the rival captains of the teams, Professor Middleton Sraitland. Mr. Wei Wing Lock, ench headed the score sheet for their side. For the PROVOSED LOCAL RECTION FOR HONGKONG.

lecturors, Messrs. Wrottesley Salt and H. W. Turnbull did well in bowling- A meeting of local electrical engineers the former took seven crickets for as rung will take place at the University on and for the students Mr. Chan Vat December 1st at 6 pm, in order to discuss Kwong, took two wickets for 21 runs. Mr. the proposal to form a local section of Yew Man Teun (who was captain of his the Institution of Electrical Engineers. It school cricket team before joining tho is considered probable that there are University) showed most promise among engineers in the district who are qualified the first year undergraduates. There was to join the Institution of Electrical quite a good attendauen of visitors. WELLINGTON, (NZ), Nov. 7th. Engineers, and any enquiries on the Scores

subject should be addressed to Professor The employers, in a manifesto, affirm Middleton Smith, The University, Hong- that they are not opposed to organised kong. It is hoped that all Jugal labour, and will give a preference to the electrical engineers will attend the new Union registered under the Arbitra-meeting to be held on Decenler 1st. The [tion Acti

opportunity will be given to visitors to see the University Laboratories.

We are asked to remind the public that ers did not show themselves willing, in a matinee performance of Harmston's cuses where they were defendants, to Circus takes place this afternoon, at 4 submit to the judgment of these arbitration | o'clock. A completo change of programms Courts. The Trade Report gives ho details is also announced for the performance BRANDY, of the constitution or working of thicse

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the proposed arrangement would certainly seam to be one-sided, for in a case of claim and counter-claims the claim against the Chinese would have to be submittel to arbitration, while that against the foreigner would be tried: his own Judge and law. There may have been conditions to make this arrangement more equitable than would appear on the surface, but it is, at all events, certain that such an arrangement would never su isfy China, least of all in these days when #sovereigi ighte" so

1. Teig bare joutously gained. it has done some good in once more demon- strating the great need there is in China for some definite legal basis for mercantile espandent must forward their transaction to basis mucron faw. The absence of anything definite of that nature must always he a stumbling block in the way of any reforms in the direction of urbitration, for an exact basis. is a first essential for that purpose, and that is hard to fil göless it is agreed to uzcept n foreign code, and it is not to he expected that every Chinese would show himself willing to consent to that. The establish ment of such a code in China should cer- tainly be regarded by her political and legul advisers mi a first necessity if, as woult

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Two women returning from grass cutting near Kowloon City alleged that they were attacked by an Indian near the their assailant, and shouted for assist- Military Road. They struggled with

ance, whereupon the Indian made himself scarce.

A man and woman were arrested at

A message was read from President Wilson as follows:- Tew men have done more than Mr. Bryce towards strengthen- ing the ties of friendship and brother- hood between England and the United States, which has been the cause of a common inspiration and a high example to the world."

THE INDUSTRIAL TROUBLE IN NEW ZEALAND,

EMPLOYERS AND THE MEN'S. ENION.

The liner thenic, which is loading in harbour aid of the new

Yanmati by the police for being in Possession of $1,330 in money and certain boxes of clothing, alleged to have been stolen" outside the Colony. The sccused appeared at the Magistracy yesterday, and were remanded

Among the passengers who arrived the hobby peocepted by special yesterday in Hongkong by the str. India from Shanghai are Sir James Dods Shaw, Editor of the Official Debates of the House of Commons, and Lady Dods Shaw, who, after a six weeks' tour in Japan, are now returning by casy stages to Lundun in time for the next parliamentary

ECSSION

constables.

·HUERTA AND USA. DEMANDS.

NEW YORK, November 7th. An intimate friend who conversed with Huerta yesterday says that Huuria will reject all the demands made by the United States.

BOXING,

Inspector MacHardy charged a Japanese before Mr. F.A. Hazeland at the Magis tracy yesterday with stealing 34 pieces of silk cloth material, valued at $220, the THE WORLD'S HEAVY-WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP, property of Ichiro Nakamura, The officer told his Worship that the police

Pants, November 7th. recovered the stolen material from pawn

At a meeting of the International shops. The defendant, who

THE WATER RETURN.

The fact that an intermittent supply in the rider main districts has been introduced has caused some discussion in the Colony as, after the rains we have had this summer, it was generally thought that. there would be no need to put the rider: main district on a short supply for some time get

The water return for November 1st was issued yesterday. It shows that thers were es millions of gallons in the storage reservoirs of the island on that date as compared with 117.00 millions of gallons on the corresponding date Inst year. But the population on the island is estimated to have increased by about

HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, DE VEUX ROAD C. appear to be the ease, they are required to offence. was sentencedmitted the Boxing Federation, at which delegates 4,500 and the consumption of water last

"LONDON "OPPICE: 131, FLEET STREET, 1.0.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, NOVEMBER 8TH, 1913.

THE recently issued Consular Trade Report for Tientsiu gives an account of an interesting experiment which it was hoped would furnish the solution of a problem to

imprisonment...

6 month

A special meeting of the members of the Hongkong C.C. was called for last even- ing, but had to be postponed until to-day because of the absence of a quorum. The Club officials are in somewhat of a quan dary as to the disposition of the racquets trophy, which has been without m recognised owner for some time. Mr.

show China how to weaken, if not to sixake off altogether, the shackles of extraterri- toriality, and they should be encouraged to this end by the fact that it is in the sphere of mercantile law that what is, we believe, the only Trouty relaxation of extraterritori ality has occurred Article IV of the MACKAY Treaty provides that British subjects investing in Chinese Companies shall be under the same obligations as the Hancock has now secured the Club clau- pionship no frequently that the members

month on the island was 176.37 millions of gallons as against 135,11 last year:-

In Kowloon the storage is given as

from the United States, Switzerland, and France were present, it was decided that the World's Heavy-weight Championship 271.30 millions of gallons ay compared was vacant, Jack Johnson having been with 289.00 millions last year. The con sentenced to imprisonment

saving accepted challenges for the last of gallons as compared with 31.80 Inst and not sumption last month was 34.92 millions

two years..

THE FLIGHT TO CAIRO.

LONDON, November 7th. M. D'Aucourt, the French aviator who

"year"

STAFF.

J. D. Wright, is Your Man Pun A. E. W. Salt, e Wei Wing Lock, b

Ng Sze Kwong

G. E. Marler, e Ng Sze Visen, b Yew

Mnu Tsua

H. W. Turnbull, o Ng Sze Xujen, b

Ng Sa Kwong..

10

CA, M. Smith (Capt.), e Ng Sze

Yuen, Chau Yat Kwong

A. G. Warren, b Yow Man Tsun AC Franklin, run out

T. H. Matthewman, b Ho Wing Kin. W. J. Hinten, run out

E. J. Surman, e Ho Wing Kin, b

Chau Yat Kwong.

T. Stusit, nol out

Extras

Tatul

STUDENTS,

Salt

Ng Sze. Yuen, e Turnbull, Ng Sae Kwong, e Turnbull, b Salt Wei Wing Lock (Capt.),

Salt

Chau Yat Kwong, b Salt Chan Wing To, b Turnbull Ho Wing Kin, b Turnbill

Wm. Hall, & Warren, Salt Yew Maa Tam, Sult

R. Anderson, b Turnbull Mok Hing, not one to

Smith, r

Wong Po Kie, o Wright, b Salt

Esting"

Total

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93

The following have been chosen to

against the Hongkong Cricket Club in a represent the Rest of the League”

two-days' match commencing to day, at 2.15 p.m., and Monday, the 10th, at 10.15 2.m., on the Hongkong Cricket ground: --

HE Mr. Claud Severn, Capt. P... Robertson, A.O.D., Capt. Farmer, H. H. Tayler. F De Rome, G. R. Sayer, R.

ford, B.C.A., Capt. Matthews, Licut. Bagnall, R.G.A. and Lieut. Pyx, R.G.A.

FOOTBALL.

which we have before referred--we allude Chinese shareholders in such Companies. intend to discuss the desirability of a attempting a flight to Cairo, has R. Wood, of the case in which two C, Witchell, E. L. Braga, Capt. Gains

If China could produce a properly making him perpetual possessor of the arrived at Constantinople

trophy. This is the object of the meeting which has been called.

Japan newspapers record the death

at

OBITUARY.

LONDON November 7th. The death is announced of Sir William

HOME TURF

to the difficulty often experienced by foreign merchants in enforcing claims against drawn up code of mercantile law, failing Chinese. An effort was made in Tientsin to: weither in definiteness nor in the reasonable establish Arbitration Courts, which, being degree of elasticity, the way would be clear accepted by both sides, would avoid all the for foreign Governments to adopt it, or complications that now so often ensus oven

some of its provisions, by Treaty and make of Captain JB. Macmillan, in so clementary a mutter na debit rovovery, them applicable to contracts between its Shioya on October 27th. Captain Henry Preece, K.G.B., FR.S., LL.D., and which transform a case that, in England, nationals and Chinese, which would Macmillan eutered the service of the who was President of the Institution of would be disposed of by a County Court in certainly be an improvement on the present Nippon Yüsen Kaisha about twenty Civil Engineers in 1898-99, and Consult- a few minutas, into a subject for diplomatic system under which, if it is carried out years ago. He opened that company's ing Engineer to the Colomes. action. The course of proceedings in such strictly, a contract is construed by Chinese Australian and European lines, and dur- cases in China has long been recognized as law if a Chinese party breaks its provisions, command of the Wakasa Yoru

ing the Russo-Japanese war was in Eight cumbrous ar uventisfactory, and the diff by British Jaw if the breach is by an culties of enforcing foreign contracts Englishman, and by German law if it is a through the agency of the Chinese Courts German party to it who is the alleged was the subject of representatione by the offender. We do not urge the abolition of Shanghai Chamber of Commerce so long extraterritoriality, but if China is aiming ago as 1867, manifest injustice," the at that, the reform of her system of Chamber complained, “is done to a mercantile law is the first essential, and as foreigner if, whenever he brings a suit against a native of China, bo is dependent only on the doubtfulness and corruption of the native mode of arranging such matters.

The Chincas have no known code of

civil law, and it is impossible for a foreign mercbent to become acquainted with the security afforded by the Chinese Courts for the fulfilment of native contracts," and

to the desirability of that there can be zo. two opinions.

The French mail of the 7th October was

delivered in London on the 6th November

Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz, Puisue Judge, returned to the Colony yesterday from England.

years ago he left the service of the

Nippon Yusen Kaisha and took up the appointment of Lloyd's surveyor in Kobe, Six years later he left this service and at a marine surveyor on his own account in Kobe

LICENSED JUNK PIRATED.

THE LIVERPOOL CUP,

LONDON, November 7th. The following are the probable starters and jockeys for the Liverpool Cup, run

THE MURDER OF A CARGO COOLIE, The hearing was resumed at the Magis tracy yesterday afternoon, before Mr. J.

Chinese cargo coolies are charged with the murder of another carge coolie during the course of the fracus between á number of Chinese who were engaged in loading cargo on board the Jelunga in the Hay- bour recently

Mr. C. F Mason prosecuted for the Crown, and Mr. Jackson defended

A coolie employed on the second of the three cargo boats concerned in the affair deposed that the men on the outside bout commenced to load out of their turn, and brought their goods across the second boat. Witness' master protested, but they insisted. After they had conveyed about 20 pieces of goods over, they were stopped, and they then commenced to assault his master. Both defendants struck him, and

at Liverpool to-day-Scots Saint, W. whilst fighting with the first man they fell Huxley Santair, Martin Bachelor's into the water, but got out again. The At about 4.30 pm on Thursday, a Wedding Donoghue, Willanra, Prout; deceased mau Ho Mun was squatting in the bow of the boat, and the second Ficensed fishing junk was sailing down Ultimus, Robbins, Subterranean, defendant went for him. Ho Mun was the Share-chun River, off Pak Hok Chu, Huxley; Lady Galette Ringstead, when an oyster boat, containing eight men, same alongside and boarded the junk. Moscato, McKenna, Sands of Time Two of the men were armed with rifles Ledson; Candytuft, Cooper, Cheerful, and four others with revolvers. The Wing; China Cock, Elnor; Oselle, but four people attacked and struck him ransacked the juuk, and afterwards made Early Hope, Smythe, is a doubtful off in the direction of Bhat-tau," in Chinese territory.

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afterwards pushed overboard, and whilst struggling in the water be was struck by the first defendant. He was only struck Quce whilst ha was in the water,

on the boat.

The case was remanded,

League matches for to-day, 8th Novem ber:-

HONGKONG LEAGUE, DIVISION I Hongkong Club R.G.A., at Happy Valley, 4.30 p.m. Referee, Mr. F.W. Eager

HONGKONG LEAGUE, DIVISION E

B.O.C. Moslems RC, at Happy Valley, 2.30p.m. Referee, Mr. C. Williams

UNITED SERVICES LEAGUE, DIVISION 2. Hongkong Policy. 87 Co. RUA... at

Storrie Happy Valley, 4 p.m. Referee. Mr.

Tomar Reserves v. 88 Co. R.GA, at Happy Valley, 4 p.m. Referee. Mr. F. W. Wright.

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.

HONGKONG .08 FIRST LEAGUE MATCH.. The Hongkong FC commences. its season's league programme this afternoon, when the RGA will provide the opposi tion, The following will represent the Club: A. Goldenberg, A. J. Stalker and A. Hamilton; R. F. Long, M, L, Railton, and R. C. Brown; W. B. Rigden, A. F Briggs, WV Pennell, I I. Goldenberg, and C. Wilkie, The kick-off will be at 4.30 p.m.