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WORRIES OF A HOUSE- KEEPER.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRE63, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29TH, 1916.

Mr. Mason-It has been given in evi- dence, my lord, that for every extra guest above one plaintiff was paid 50 cents

Witness-If there was one guest or three she was paid to cents, as Mary said, 60 cents would cover this.

FOOD FOR TWO IS FOOD FOR each.

THREE"

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN

CHINA

A COMING RUSH.

WINES AND SPIRITS.

ACTION IN THE SUMMARY COURT. At the Summary Court yesterday befur Mr. Justice Gompertz, Ng Ching Po, cf

The Christian Science Hanitor o 35, Lung Sung Street, Macao, trader Boston, Mass., has an article

on the sued H. Ruttonice & Son, Queen's Reeducational movement in China under ite His lordship--If there was your hus Central, Hongkong. T

general heading." The Universities of tho The claim was

World. In the course of it the writer band, Mr. Mason, and two guests, what $1,237.66, the balance of sutra due then? The third person always had to plaintiff under an

agreement date 7

China is coming with a rusl into the figured in the resumed case at the Bum- take what you call pot luck. If there was March 25th, 1913, and for moneys paid Western educational world. in a single a fourth Mary received 60 cents. The by the plaintiff for and at the request of decade, or at least, since 1905, she hos mary Court yesterday, in which Mr. J.

DEL MONTE PEACHES AND

ASPARAGUS.

Dinners, formal and informal," Del Monte peaches, and tinned asparagus

abolished her ancient educational-system,

D. F. Mulder, manager of the Bank of whole arrangement was more of a charity defendants. The sum of 8237.00 3ociated with centuries of tradition,

She

Canton, is defendant in an action in arrangement than anything else which Miss M. d'Almeida, 82, Wanchai Road claims 8113.74, made up of 883.74, goods paid for and on behalf of defen dant and at his request: $10 for one month's wages; and $15 in lieu of a month's notion, Plaintiff also claimed the return of a blue sorge blanket, blouse and scarf, a red blanket, two Japanese screens, and an embroidered frame, or the sum of $75, their value

was paid $40 a month for each person in notes, changed the notes into silver and bought in the Chinese markets, and thus maile in the exchange. If the money was not enough, Mary would tell Mr. Mulder..

Two houseboys were called who said that when plaintiff left the house she had four coolies to take things away.

Mr. J. H. Gardinor, was, for plaintif

and Mr. C E. Mason defended."

Mrs Mulder gave evidence corroborat ing the evidence given as to the agree ment which was made to pay plaintiff $40 each per month to board her husband and

Mr Mason during witness absenco in

$)

America. Witness added that previously "Mary had acted as seamstress to her One day, when witness' husband complain. ed of her extravagance, plaintiff, when Mr. Mulder had left, said that she had at one time run a boarding-house and that she could board anyone for 840 a month. Witness then said if plaintiff thought she could run her house cheaper than her she

and has accepted in large measure the &spirit and acthod of training found in Europe and America. Higher education

first inaugurated, there knowledge or experience in China relativu

INTIMATIONS

LANE,

CRAWFORD & Co.

JUST RECEIVED:

ANGLO-ORIENT

SEAMLESS REVERSIBLE

CARPETS AND

RUGS.

TWO WEARING SURFACES INSTEAD OF ONE

IN CHARMING COLOURINGS AND DESIGNS.

THEY ARE OF

waived for purposes of jurisdiction

Mr. Davidson (of Messrs. Hastings Hastings) represented plaintiff, and Mr. Haywood (of Mr. Leo D'Almada Castro's office) appeared for defendant.

to primary or kindergarten education, Mr. Haywood said that his defence to which since has been established. The the disputed items was that Cheng Kir first great need felt was that for teachers, and hence the establishment of normal Wan, the man from whom the business schools with considerable

rapidity: was bought, was not the a agent of the throughout the empire. In two years the defendant and therefor had no autho Province of Chibli, for example, showed record of 10,410 teachers who wer rity to pay the sums mentioned in the engaged in presenting the new learning writ. With regard to the lem, salary In this province of Chinli in the yea for 15 months a $30 per month, the 1908 the province where Yuan Shih-kai was vicclove and only three years defence was that the plaintiff had to after the lingering edlot abolishing the goods to the extent of $300 before he old learning, the following modern would be entitled to receive that. It was institutions-Ono naiversity at Tientsin in fact not a salary at all, and the word ne provincial or high college at Pacting

fu, seventeen industrial schools, two salary was not mentioned in the agreemedical colleges, three alien language goods supplied. With regard to the old school, eight commercias institutions, five ment. It was a sort of commission on schools, four law schools, one physical

culture and music school, one telegraph DURABLE AND INEXPENSIVE. of which he took a copy. He then asked debts collected, defendant would say that schools for agriculture, thirty middl her how much she had received during there were more collected. He had schools, 174 upper primary schools, 198 mixed grade primary schools, 8,034 lower the time she was employed. Plaintiff gave waived the point as to whether he was primary schools, 131 schools for girls and him the naounts, which totalled just what entitled to have the sum of $237.00, 179 half-day and half-night schools. sho should have received under the another item. Plaintiff could never arrangement made, Witness said he recover that, having abandoned his would go into the matter, and saw Mr. so really he (defendant) ought to

Mr Mason then gave evidence. He said that he lived with defendant for about six months, during part of which time plaintiff was housekeeper He was told that there was trouble in the house, and one day discovered that plaintiff had left, Subsequently sho came to his office and-complained that she had not got her clothing and screens. She also said that her how much and who produced some bills money was owing to her. Witness asked

should have all the bucks. This was Mulder, who then informed him of the accordingly done, and the first month's arrangement which had been made trial was so satisfactory that the agree between the plaintiff and himself. ment was continued. When witness left for

Cross-examined by Mr. Gardiner, vit- Americe the same arrangement was conness said he went to live with Mr. tinued. During witness absence plain Muker the day after Mrs. Mulder left for tiff had charge of the whole house, she America. even being in possession of all the keys, During the time you were there you but witness or her husband wore respon had a good many visitors, didn't you?

room, and when asked about food she

L

right, have

bad that wiped off altogether.

His lordship-How do you mean? Why do you waive it

Mr. Haywood said that when he paid the money into Court he had deducted it from the whole amount, wherens, he submitted, he was entitled to deduct

from $1,000.

BRITISH MANUFACTURE

This makes a total of 214,367 students in the province of Chibli alone together with AND of Peking. It was less than twenty years

En additional 17,000 students in the city

ago that the old Chinese Viceroy, Chang Chih-tung, when asked to open a cohesi for women in his province, said: - which to hide their embroidery threads" Women should not be given books in

There is, indeed, no greater revolution in China, as well as in Egypt and India, than that which has come over these

nations relative to the education of

women. In this province to which refer- The defendant, giving evidence, suidence has just been made--Chibli-there that be financed Cheng Kit Want to open studcuts, hot including those in Peking

were reported recently to be 3,314 women.

BOTH

WE HAVE THEM IN

SQUARES 3 by 21, 3 by 3 and 3 by 4 Yards.

CORRIDOR,

HEARTH, SOFA,

AND BEDSIDE RUGS.

COLOURED LITHOS ON APPLICATION,

LANE CRAWFORD & CO.

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asked him up to dinner, and then, after dianer, telephone for someone else to form ros-examined by Mr. Gardinor plain-bridge four. They were informal Cream did not know what it cost dinners: We had some formal dinners, per head to run the house when she was but four, or perhaps five, was the largest told him that as the shop was not paying teachers, one person to every 34 of the there.

"I am rather extravagant," she number of guests. During the time I was added, and generally like to have all I there I do not think we had more than

three formal dinnera in any one month,

want.

What do you mean exactly -Well, I am rather fond of Del Monte peaches and but I have found that when asparagus, we do without Del Monte peaches and asparagus we can live on 82.50 a day each Yes, but you sometimes had guests 1- You know as well as I do that food for two is generally enough for three, the

extra one. (Laughter.)

Mr. Gardiner.I really do not know (Laughter.)

the shop for eight or nine months, and then he came down to sco witness. Defen- dant asked him how he was going to liquidate his debt, and Cheng Kit Wan

Nanking, with 109 schools 730 and he had no capital he had found Nanking population being represented man who would take it over for him in these modern institutions, Chilli lends The

terms were that the procent plaintiff at present with 8,524 institutions Shan Simplicity, Compactress, Durabilly, Fortsbility, Weight 16 lbs., in leather travelling case 21 lbs

tung with 3,623, followed with a long list Besides yourself inviting friends, did should advance $2,000 at 8 per cent, and of provinces claiming an ever-increasing allow him 7 cent, on goods purchased, number of young men and young womell Mr. Mulder have any friends to dinner and he was to get $300 worth of goods studying along lines similar to those Very rarely, perhaps about two greata to get 100 worth of goods known in the West The Imperial per monta in order to secure an extra University of Peking, which was opened Addressing the Court, Mr. Mason con- CAS

percentage of interest per month. The in 1911, embraces virtually all the prin tended that, his lordship could come to

an

her conclusion than that there was agreement between defendant, and plain tiff that the house ehould be supplied with food at the rate of 240 per month for each person. Plaintiff absolutely denied that,

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notement was catered into it Mr. Fcipal departments of technical and d'Almada's off literary study, and the Oriental studentis The witness was about to give evidence trained here in literature law, natural concerning the terms of the agreement, science, languages, agriculture, when Mr. Davidson objected merce, and engineering The closing Mr. Haywood said that he desired to days of the schools of China po longer in oral evidence in order the better are marked by long, meaningless recita. to understand the agreement. He was tions in memory work, but by

agreement was ambiguous, as he sub-

Witness-Well, I will put it this wat bat on the other hand defendant swore to entitled to bring evidence when an picturesquo, series of athetic exercises.

it, and he was corroborated by his wife.mitted this one was, whether its ambiguity

if there is a danger of there not being If that was not suficient proof, then there bufficient soup for three, the cook generally

was the significant bill" from the com- (Laughter.) puts some water in it.

pradore, which was before his lordship. Then you say that you can Food for two people do for three?That By the arrangement which had been made

make

was latent or patents His lordship Do you know the differ ened between

stant

and patent ambiguity 1S

Mr. Haywood - Yes, my lord. The agreement cannot be explained on the Hie lordship-Look at the definition of fatont in a dictionary. I will note your contention.

AMERICA'S DEBTS.

is what I have been told and I have done between plaintiff and defendant, the hoc of it, therefore it is latent. Treasury, which was presented to Con-

so myself.

Supposing there are two chops, what about the third person (Laughter.) have had a cook who always bought three for my husband and Mr. Mason.

Mr. Gardiner-It would be a good thing if they did that sort of thing at the

hotels.

You say, then, that Mary (plaintiff) ruled the house-Ol, she could not go Everywhere. My husband could not get nny blankets, for instance, without asking Mary, she ruled the drying room really but she was not to do anything else,

former became the contractor at 40 per

THE ENGLISH CLAIMS.

The report of the Secretary of the

gress, stated that the war found Unite, month, plus costs. When that was paid

States business men and bankers indebted to London in the sum of approximately his client had no further responsibility. Defendant, continuing his evid ne 8450,000,000 (£90,000,000) maturing by The woman had also been barefaced said that the agreemont was duly signed, January 1st, 1915. The City of New York enough to go into the box and deny her and after seven or eight months, as wit owed 880,000,000 (£18,000,000) in London ness security was depreciating and as and Paris maturing in that period.. own signature to a receipt. If his lord- plaintif was getting goods from him, le Ordinarily this debit balance would be ship believed her on that then bis client, pressed Cheng Kit Wan again, and it was paid off by shipments of cotton (prin- who was manager of a Bank, was a forge agreed between the three (plaintiff, defen- cipally), grain, foodstuffs, and other com- dant, and Cheng Kit Wan) that plain-modities. But the check upon and and perjurer Plaintiff left the house tiff should pay all the old book debts and uncertainty about normal exportations because she had lost face. She had take over the furniture He was also made it. necessary to device some measure to collect old debis. At that time plain to enable business mon and bankers to been housekeeper, had been lording it over tiff owed witness 8000 for goods applied. meet their foreign obligations in gold the servants, and had sent away three Ho gave no authority to plaintiff to pa without suffering the great losses that the Mulder had told her not to do this, that Tai $25.12, and, conversely, he did not give have involved. A plan for a fund of cocks. Then, when she found, after Mr. Cheng Kit Wan $395, or to pay Wing high price of exchange at that time would

she had lost face," she left. Again, Cheng Kit Wan or the Wing Taz any $100,000,000 was prepared, and on His lordship then asked witnesYou plaintiff would never have been in the authority to borrow that money.

September 21st received the approval of Bay as to costs, that your own arrange house if it had not been for the charity of His lordship reserved his judgment. the Secretary of the Treasury and the

Federal Reserve Board. This, together! ment was that the food for two was always Mr Mulder,As to the probabilities of the case, if defendant owed the money

with the increasing export brade of the enough for three.

Do you mee

mean that

he would have paid it. Was it likely that,

United States, has bad a salutary effect Miss D'Almada told you that that was his client, a bank manager, a busy man

in reducing the price of exchange to a whose time at the office was valuable,

normal basis. This in turn has produced her arrangement 7-Yes, and that is so

a favourable effect upon the foreign now.

Since then I have done the same would absent himself for three afternoons

demand for cotton. thing

Mr Mason came to dinner the the white incurring the whole of the

A youthful Chinese who had previously notoriety which a case of that description other evening, the boy was not involved, if he owed the money? Plain been banished from the Colony on convie-

phoned to that effect, but the dinner for tif had had all the money which was duction for larceny, appeared before Mr. F. A. SILVER MINE IN KIANGSI. bwo was enough for the three of us. You to her, and what she had done with it Hazeland yesterday, charged by Inspec- she alone knew, and the had nothing to see, I am an American and I like differ- gain or lose. She had spent money with tor Kent with snatching an ear ring from Our Kianga correspondent, says the ent food to what Englishmen do, or my the compradore and had also incurred a Chinese woman in Stanley Street, Peking Daily News, reports that the geutry husband. Mr. Mason, being an English bills, as contractor, and then, when she When the ring was snatched, the woman there are trying to raise capital amount ing to $50,000,000, for the development Mr. Garliner asked his lordship to American food, and that is why, when I realise that plaintiff could not have run chased by the complainant and others is called Tungkungchan. The silver mine an at home, the food bills are higher. the house at 840 per person, and there He thrust the ring into his mouth, but in question covers an area of ten squaro fore she had not entered into any such when his captors got hold of him he miles, and is considered the richest arrangement. Plaintiff denied having

AT THE MAĢISTRACY.

A YOUNG SNATCH THIEF WELL PUNISHED:

man, likes good plain food. I like left the house she brought that case. gave the alarm, and the defendant of a silver mino in Taihsin hsien, which

[is lordship-Dia Miss D'Almeida clearly understand you to say that she was to receive $40 month, to board each Person Supposing you had some people to dinner-The arrangement was that if there were more than three to dinner, Mary was to receive 50 cents extra for the extra person. If my husband went home with two or three people and they stayed to dinner, Mary was paid accordingly And if he ran short of food he told Mary to order more, for which she was paid.

His lordship--Assuming many guesta were invited, what about the exponse? That was never discussed with me.

further

entered into any sort of agreement when threw it away and it could not be Mr. Mulder left, and had also said that recovered. He was sentenced to six she had to pay the compradore in notes. months hard labour and four hours She had spent considerably more than she stocks, and the Magistrate had received and he could not conceive why M. Mulder should come into Court directed that he should be twice privately and thus impose upon her. Plaintiff had whipped in prison, each whipping to merely come forward and made a very consist of 12 strokes. fair claim for the payment of moneyg

natural resource of Kiangsi. It was,

worked during the Tang dynasty, but not much silver ore was obtained on account of the people's ignorance of mineralogy. A number of persons who had some crude. mining knowledge demanded to work on it, but Turg Kung, the magistrate, refused to comply with their request after having found out that it would cost the district an enormous amount of money. The

which was due to her, and for money THEFT FROM TOMMY ATKINS mining engineers endeavoured to deceive which had really been spent by her on

him as to the richness of the mine by behalf of the house, for which the com- A Chinese cook employed on the Military putting into the smelting pot some refined pradore was also claiming from her. daty boat Tommy Atkins was sentenced silver, but this act was discovered by the His lordship, in giving judgment for to two months hard labour for the silver, hat was burnt to death. In his magistrate, who attempted, to match ho the defendant, said he had failed to find to two any evidence which would support pisin larceny of three lengths of hose pipe from memory, the mine was named Tung Kung

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