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TELEGRAMS.

1 DER OSTASIATISCHER LLOYD" SERVICE.

CHINA SERVICE.

A SENSATIONAL AREEST:

PEKING March 16th.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 171¤, 1814.

PIRACY ON THE HIGH SEAS.

SENSATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF

cargo which we

"Which was taken were gÖvers) CASES

of clocks, but some scaled boxes, which contained valuable cargo, by some mir aculous means escaped the attention of the pinates. The chronometer was also re-

THE CHILDAR

RACAPTAIN. DOPED UP FOR FIVE HOURS.

moved and the chart-room battered. The The ebr. Childar, a Norwegian passenger damage cannot yet be estimated, but whon and cargo steamer, running between the Daily Press representative was on Hongkong and Swatow, returned to Hongboard the police were busy Interviewing kong yesterday, after having been away the crew and bassengers and discovering for twelve hours only, with a wrecked their various Josacs

SUPREME COURT

Monday, March 16th,

SITTING IN FULL COURT. trouE THE OHLEY JUSTICE, BIE W REES

DAVIES, KC AND MR. H. H. J COMPETIZ (FUINR JUDAE), YANG

AN APPEAT MATTER.

In the case of Ho An Chi and Young

grounds of defence, and with regard to that it was clear that so far as substantist defence was concerned there was substan tial and ample evidence,

The only question which his Lordship had to decide was whether they had notice of the action before the action came on and judgment

was given. Y

- After hearing the arguments the Chief Justice anid that he was quite satisfied

that he should order a re-hearing.

Su Chi (executora of the will of Ho Tec Mr. Jonkin then asked that an order Yoe), plaintiffs Ho The Tsun (Chun), should be made upon the property for

Hong Chung, and Ho Cheung Shi the rents to be paid into Court Tat Foo, deceased), and Chan Ho Shi

of the Senate and at present Scorstars | another story of the daring of Chineseed that there must have been fifty aboard, the administratrix of the estate of He

to the President, on suspicion of being in league with White Walt

The Shu tien Jih Pao reporte the arrest | interior and her crew and passengers. As to the number of pirates who took bed of all they possessed. It is part in the raid, the Chist Officer remark of Tuan Chi Yuan, formerly a member robbed of al

pirates, and the manner in which the some of whom brandished two revolvers Chaldur was held up on the high seas menacingly. It was obvious that the reveals that repeated success has made the whole affair had been must cleverly pirates really even more wildly daring planned and had the vessel teen convey ing the really valuable cargo the pirates had supposed her to have on board they would undoubtedly have succeeded getting away with it

THE MONGOLIAN PRINCES.

PERING, March 19th. Under the chairmanship of Prince Kalachin, a conference of the Princes of Outer and Inner Mongolia will take place May at Chang-chun. The object is to re-establish friendly relations with one

another, and the effect will be to weaken the influence of the Hutuktud

THE FUTURE COUNCIL OF

STATE

PERING, March 18th.

It has been decided to convert the

State The Government has requested the assent of the Tutuhs and Civil Governors to a proposed extension of the powers of the Council of State, in view of a possible

in their methods.

In this particular instance piratce had evidently been informed that the Childar was conveying treasure. But thoir calculations were a trip behind-hand. On her previous voyage tuc vessel in addition to the passengers and their belongings, conveyed treasure to the value

of about $50,000. It was this which the pirates had obviously planned to secure, and when they discovered their mistake their revengeful annoyance resulted in the wholesale wreckage of the interior of the ship, cverything at least which could be damaged with axes.

about 200 When six

After the pirates had left the ship, and the officers had been unbound by passen gers, they found that the ship had been taken into Bids Bay, which is beyond

British waters.

CHINA IN THE COMMONSI

COMPENSATION CLAIME AGAINST CHINA.

In the House of Commone on the 17th

is was an application for the upsetting of the decision of the Chief Justice, given in Chambers, that the next of kin should be ascertained according to English law and the Statutes of Distribution relating to next of kin. I was held by the defen dante that this should be done according to Chinese custom

had $10,000 security for his claim of Mr Potter remarked that his friend

84,000 and that should be suficient,

was suficient and edded that Mr. Jenkin The Chief Justice hold that the security

would have strengthened his position if he had substituted servic

SHANGHAI PUBLIC COMPANIES

of a final dividend for 1913 of Tls

for the year.

50

Mr. Sharp, K. (instructed by Ehareholders of the Shanghai Gas Co., At the Annual General Meeting of Messrs. Dennys & Bowley), appeared for Ltd., to be held on the 2nd April next, the first defendant; who is the appellant, the Directors will recommend the payment Mr. Putter was, for the moment, acting per share being at the rate of five per on behalf of the fourth defendant by sent on the paid up capital, making ten consent, though he is really with Mr,| Sharp for the first defendant. The other two defendants were not represented by Counsel, Mr. Sharp remarking that Mr.

application would be mado, had not Harding, knowing that but a form thought it necessary to engage Counsel for that day. Mr. Pollack, KC (instructed by Mr. Walker), was for the Plaintiffs.

At a meeting of shareholders of the Shanghai Cotton Manufacturing Co., Ltd, held last week under the presidency

3,000,000 by the creation of 20,000 new of Mr. Fujise, it was unanimously

shares of 21s, 50 each, for the purpose of enlarging the productive power of the Company.

resolved to increase the capital to Tis.

extraordinary general

meeting of the Hotel des Colonies Co., Ltd.

Apart from the manner in which the Mr. T E. Harvey-asked the Secretary Political Committed into a Council of pirates treated the ship with axes, the for Foreign Affairs whether his attention piracy is of the ordinary type The had been called to the situation which had been created by the offer of the Renublic Childar left Hongkong at noon of China to meet claims for compensation Sunday for Swatow with

for direct damage to the property of foreigners during the military operations Chinese passingers on board.

of 1011-19: whether a number of claims Mr. Sharp, at the outset, mentioned hours out some of these passengers for indirect damage had been made that he would make only formal applica whether the British claim was at present suddenly whipped out revolvers, held confined to direct damages, but with the tion, having regard to the fact that he subjoined resolution will be submitted, aa everyone, and roped up Capt, Neilson, proviso that it would be substantially the Chief Officer and the Engineer. This increased if other European Power cut

tinued to press claims based on indirect

was of the opinion that motion could only be hard by the thres Judges. He

Shanghai, will be held at the Hotel des Colonies, on Tuesday 25th March, when the

ohange of the Constitution.

The drafting of the new system for clections for the now Parliament and the was done so expeditiously that before losses; and whether His Majesty Cover would merely ask for leave to appea},"pproved of the reduction of tho. Com

convering of the Council of State will no take place until the Constitution Committee has completed its labours.

EUROPEAN SERVICE.

RUSSIA AND GERMANY.

REASSURING ETATEMENTS:

BERLIN, March 15th.

The Neue Freie Presse of Vienna states that it learns from Berlin Court circles that H.M. the Emperor Wilhelm made some reassuring references yester

in their

axes with

they fully realised the turn of events the three were bound up tightly and placed cabins, and then the pirates turned to seek the treasure which they had set out to secure. It was then that they discovered their mistake and used recklessness. The passengers' boxes were broken open and everything of account taken, and in their rage at being baulked the pirates smashed fittings an

and cabin windows, and ono even went so far as to fire at random through the Chief Officer's cabin window, where the Chief Officer was lying bound. The bullet missed him and found a billet in the wall.

Our representative who went on board day to the reports regarding the increase the Childar yesterday examined the cabin of Russian armaments His Majesty and states that the revolvers which more said there was no neur danger of war. used must have been of a considerable

The Austrian Ambassador at St. Petera. |-

Rize judging by the dimensions of the bullet hole. He found the interior of the

ment was supporting the appeal of the Chinese Government that the whole que Court of Arbitration at The Hages

and then fix a date for hearing. The appeal was really from an interpretative order made by the Chief Justice on the

Bir E. Grey The question of claiming | 2nd March on the interpretation of a compensation from the Chinese Govern judgment of his own on the 2nd Septem ment for damages incurred by foreigners ber last year; according to the periods of as a result of the revolution is at present Government and the Legations at Feking, under discussion between the Chinese notice provided by the Cude the time had and accordingly I am not in a position to make any detailed statement on the subject. It is the case that the British claim is confined to direct damages. am not aware that the Chinese Govern ment has made any appeal for arbitra

appeal, will the right hon. gentleman use Mr. Harvey In the event of such an his good influence with the Powers

Bir E. Grey: I cannot make a definite promise. I will consider it if the question comes up: We are, of course very anxious that the claims should all he on the same footing so far as we have

power

THE OPIUM TRADE.

Sir J. D, Rees asked the Secretary for Foreign Affairs if he would state what was the present accumulation of Indian lum at Shanghai and what steps were being taken to aid India opium dealers

of the Directors in not having given effect a special resolution That this action to a resolution of the shareholders, who pany's capital from Tis, 112,500 to Tls.

05,000 no a meeting held on the 16 of August, 1013, and confirmed at another August 20th 1915, be and hereby j

Extraordinary General Meeting held on

approved.”

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and neck in warm water I rubbed it gortly an tixs placas fadamed and Itching. Very gafekly I found It gave reliöt and in my delight I purchased a box of Cuticura ment and some Cuticurs Soap. By the time I had used a third box the blokebes had quito disappeared, loving my skin how It had novor boon for years, choir and fresh. (Signed) Arthur E. T. Rebiuson, July 1012,

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CHS. J. GAUPP & CO.,

JAPANESE STEAMER SUNK AT WATCHMAKERS

SHANGHAT

THE ORIENTAL'S PROMPT BOAT-WORK.

expired that day for the appeal to be made. The motion would be really a formal notice of Appeal and the main

The Daily News of the 10th inst. Point Brose under the new Full Court raportë Ordinance (section o, substations 1 and very serious collision occurred on the 2), which dealt with appeals which were Huangpu River, in the Astra Channel,

Full Court of two Judges, and the Follokset Maru, as a result of which the to be brought or heard respectively by the yesterday morning between the P. & O str. Oriental and the Japanese str. Court of three Judges, He submitted that latter vessel sank in the Channel-just that was an appeal which must be heard clear of the fairway. by the three Judges because it was a final order. If the view he put was held to be right he was sorry to say that it followed that their Lordships were powerless to do anything in the matter. The question might be raised as to whether that would be a final or interlocutory order. He submitted that it was final; it finally

burg has received assurances that the ship, and more especially the officers Russian Government had absolutely quarters, vory badly wrecked. Chairs and nothing to do with the sensational articles electrie hangings had been broken up, the of the Press. A clearing up of the total bedding had been torn into fragments, in disposing of such stocks decided the question.

situation is expected during the coming

week

drawers had been taken out, valuable contents removed and then the drawers were broken up. Each cabin looked the picture of ruini The passengora' held even more deplorable. Broken linow and Barth made reassuring camphor-wood boxes were strewn over statements in the Duma Committee the floor, along with torn and other regarding Russia's foreign policy and the domestic belongings, while the passengers who stood around shivering had a woe begone expression fully in keeping with

chaos.

*** Messrs. Goremykin, Bassonow, Buchom

national defenco.

GALES IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA." BERLIN, March 18th, Southern Russia and the Sea of Azor have during the last few days experienced

the general picture of his keeping with

The Chief Officer of the Childer, who along with the Captain and the Engineer were bound up tightly for about five hours, still felt the effects of his ill-usage

savers gales. It is said that 100 persons and was not inclined to recall the were drowned by a spring flood. Great happenings of the previous evening destruction is reported from many towns When he heard unusual sounds he rushed

out of his cabin, but found himself look on the coast,

ing down the barrels of several revolvers. Then he was forced to hold his hands out, a ring was removed, along with his watch and chain and anything valuable which he happened to be wearing. When this had been done he was bound up tightly and rolled into his cabin, to be subse-

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GERMANY AND SOUTH AFRICA.

BERLIN, Larch 16th. The great wireless station at the station

AND

JEWELLERS.

HIGHEST GRADE

ENGLISH. SWISS

AND

AGENTS FOR

AMERICAN HOWARD WATCH.

Representatives for

MAPPIN & WEBS LTD., London.

CARL ZEISE, Jens.

The Oriental (3,085 tons) arrived at Weosung from Japan ports, late on AMERICAN WATCHES. Sunday evening and anchored during the night. The user Muru was inward bound from Chingwantco with a cargo of bricks and coal consigned to the Kailan Mining Administration Early in the morning there was practically a pro cession of steamers up the river, and about 7 am when the okuses Maru and the Oriental were in the vicinity of No.5 Sir E. Grey The stocks of Indian

Buoy, the Oriental collided with the opinm awaiting cotry into China The Chief Justice said he had no doubt Japanese steamer amounted on February 1st to 13.213 chests that that was correct, and in view of what HOW THE DISASTER OCCURRED), ... done all that he properly could to ensure His Majesty's Minister at Peking has had been and he thought it would be It is state that at the time the collision occurred, the Hokusai Maru was athwart the fulfilment of the provisions of the 1911 extremely desirable, if it was agreeable the stream and seeing that a collision was agreement,

to the other side, that the hearing should inevitable, Capt, Valentini, of the Sir JD. Rees: Is any compensation come before the three Judges. It would mental, had the engines put full speed contemplated to owners of stocks if they change, or act otherwise, in connection the impact.

astern, in order to minimize the force of are not able to sell Ath the decision of the Full Court, The Hokusei Maru was struck just

Sir E. Grey I cannot say what the ultimate solution of the question wis be Mr. Pollock intimated that he was quite abaft of amidships by the bow of the Majest under the consideration of His agreable to this course being taken if Oriental and sustained a tremendous gash Majesty's Government at the present

on her starboard side, both above and moment as to what should be done. ⠀⠀⠀

leave wore Rived

given to apply in Chambers below the water line. The Hobuses THE SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL LANGUAGES. against the finding, between then and the Mary immediately begun to fill and Sir J. D. Rees asked the Prime Minister Sxing of the appeal in July next, whether though an effort was made to beach her, she sank before actually reaching the what progress had been made with the the order was final or interlocutory. School of Oriente lengre for the

is now being considered by the Privy Mr. Asquith: The charter for the school Council. The alterations in the buildings recommended in the first interim report

Their Lordships cemarked that this was also their view and directed accordingly,

IN APPRYLATE JURISDICTION.

In the meantime the boats on both sides of the Oriental were lowered with com mendable promptitude, and the officers and crew of the sinking steamer were rescued After standing by for a short

of Lord Cromer Committee are still BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR W. Rers time the Oriental proceeded on her way

under considoration.

THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET OF

SHANGHAI,

DAVIES, K.G

APPLICATION FOR A RE HEARING.

The motion was resumed in connection with the action of Kwong Wo Cheurg Arm v

v. Chau Ka Heung. The motion is

to Shanghai to her usual moorings, and her passengers and the rescited crew of the other vessel were duly landed at the A CRITICAL POSITION Municipal Jetty

The agents of the two Companies were immediately communicated with, as were

No greater compliment could, perhaps, that the judgment or order made in the also the Shanghai Dock & Engineering at Nanon, near Berlin, and Windbak in quently shot at. He smiled peculiarly be paid to the Municipal Budget, remar netion dated 16th April, 1913, whereby the Company and the local tug-boat com

German South-West Africe have estab lished communication,

W. F. STANLEY & Co,, Lrng, London,

E. R. WATTS & Son, London.

VOIGTLANDER & Sons, Braunschweig.

ALEXANDRA

BUILDINGS.

CHATER ROAD,

CALDBECK,

MACGREGOR&C.

(ESTABLISHED 1864).

THE OLDEST FIRM OF WHISKY

lowest water of Spring tides, and Tittle V.O.S. is to be sten of her exept the bow, for ward deckhouses, musts and funnel

Feesengers who arrived here by the Omental speak very highly of the promptitude with which hor boats were lowered to go to the rescue of the crew of the sinking steamor.

WHISKY

AND

CALDBECK'S

LIQUEUR

WHISKY

panies, and the work of salving the when he said: “They trussed me up the NC. Daily News, tiún to say that defendant was adjudged to pay to the sunken steamer was soon in progress tightly. I could not move. My hands it is devoid of any specially sensational plaintiff the sum of $4,503,73 and costs to From latest reports, it is understood that

feature that is to say, if the following were tied up 20 securely that the pain statement by the Overseer of Tages may be taxed; be set aside, and for the re-trial tha fokuset Maru is in a critical condi NEW GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE.

caused by the ropes cutting into the skin be called unstrmational The reverse of the actions, and for leave to defend the tion and position, stawart the strea

about 1,00046 above the NF Buoy al: almost_made_me_ery. They took away for the year under review shows a marked same, and that until the said judgment Astrea Channel on the Shanghai side of BLENDERS IN THE BAST. The NC Darly News translates the everything of any alue belonging to me, increase over the previous year and the is set wide and the said action re-tried, the fairway, but to the westward of the

receipts under almost every heading have

usual track of passing steamers. Her following from a Chinese newspaper - but I thought they were going to do for exceeded the Budget estimate which, all precedings herein be stayed,

how is in 11ft, and her stern in 22ft of * On Thursday afternoon, a woman and jus

her husband Wa Bih-fan presented them me as well. We are lucky to got off like however, anticipated fair inerente, M. FC Jenkin (instructed by Mr selves before Judge Chang of the Distriot we did." The Captain and the Engineer The total ordinary income collected from R. A. Harding), was for the plaintiff Court of Justice. The woman stated that were of the same opinion.

all sources acounts to Tls: 9,858,006 (an the application being made by Mr. Eldon bad they were patives of Ningpo, and

increase of Tls. 99,841 on the Budget been

The pirates were ransacking the boat estimate) against is 34,245 for the Potter (instructed by Mr. Haywood) married for many years. They were on the best of terms with each other, but for several hours and some junks came preceding year, showing an increase of The hearing, which was commenced in recently she had consulted a fortune alongside in the usual way and carried the la. 198,761 Elsewhere the Overseer December of last year, was adjourned for teller who predicted such an unfortunate career, and such trouble for her husband goods away. Before they finally left the says that in spite of the unsettled state the production of certain afidavits,

of Shanghai politically and commercially on her account that she was frightened ship, however, some of the pirates, who during the past summer, the work of the Mr. Patter now explained that the THE ORIENTAL'S ILL-LUCK

Since leaving Kobe the Oriental has met beyond endurance, and eventually unbur possessed a knowledge of engines, pulled Tax Ofis has heen attended with very had been obtained and briefly outlined tas with a series of misfortunes. Betwecif dened herself to her spouse. He being himself convinced of the fortune teller's come of the vital portions apart, while friction. Conversely, it is an motion in order to refresh the memory Kobs and Moll she experienced vers interesting speculation how much the prophecy, became despondent and as much others fired two shots above the leads of revolution was responsible owing to the of the Court Plaintiff had proceeded strong gale at Moji she was in collision alarmed as she. They had decided to the crew and passengers, and then they influx of Chinese, for the Increased under section 470 of the code the defen with the motor ship Sium sustaining separate, the husband agreeing to pay his

Subsequently the venue. But on the whole we have, dant at the tiine being absent in Americe deep grab on the starboard bow, and after reaching Woong in safety on Sunday wifo 8100, and allow her to marry again, The woman candidly told the Judge that phasengers released the Captain, then customed for several years to end the plaintiff obtained judgment. As a sight she met with the accident ahore BRANDS OF NO. 1" WHISKY as she had a younger brother, this plan, Chief Officer, and the Enginer, the more than The 336,000 above want it stood result of this the Hongkong landed pro described on coming up river yesterdag otherwise satisfactory might leave her husband open to criticism and annoyance, engines were repaired and the Childar at only four years ago. And this expecta perty of the defendant was attached under morning.

Outwardly she They had therefore come to Court to pray returned to Hongkong

tion is amply borne out by common the section by the plaintiff. He was how The Hokusei Maru, which is of about CONSUMED IN THE EAST,

1,500 tons register, was formerly well- Observation in respect of the building of for an official order for their divorce seemed quito spick-and-span at anchor off new hontes both foreign and Chiness, and applying for a re hearing on the grounds known to Shanghai residents, as the

SEND FOR FREE SAMPLE, The Judge expressed sympathy with the

The Orientat was to have sailed again pair and asked them to put their petition Stonecutters, but the pirates had left the increase of places of amusement,et out under the same section of the code CN.B. Vancheng

their marks on the interior Among the articles of luxury such as motor cars and that they had no notice or knowledge of for Japan ports to-morrow, but pending in writing

the astion They also had to show repairs her departure has been postpones.

moved WBY

so forth

revenue which was in 1913

ARE TWO OF THE BEST KNOWN