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HONGKONG BANK ESTABLISH A BIG CLAIM.

STRAITS GOVERNMENT'S DIRECTIONS TO LIQUIDATOR.-

A matter of some importance and of not a little interest came before the Chief Justion (Mr. J. A. 8. Buckmill, K.D.) the Supreme Court of the Straits Bettle- ments on the 10th inst. It related to a daim by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, involving an amount of $140,000, against Bohn, Mayor & Co., Ltd., and the issues turned on the provisions and interpretation of the Alion Enemies (Wirding Up) Ordinances. Mr. Gilbert S. Carver appeared for

the Bark, and Mr. H. A. Mundell for the liquidator of Behn, Meyer & Co., Mr. W. H Macgregor. The following is a gum- mary of the report given in the Singapore Free Press.

Mr. Carver submitted that the proposed interpretation was a straining of the Ordin ance. His learned friend's contention amounted to the adding of certain words, "in respect of the trade carried on in the Colony," and such a construction was not required by the previous part of the Ordin- ance. It would only operate to work an injustice, because the creditors of such a company as this gave credit not on the assets of the company generally. Further more, such a construction of the Ordinance would operate to let in the liquidators on British creditors, which could not have been ation onomy companies in priority t Entended.

AM ADMITTED DEBT.

It

A FIRST-CLASS FIGHTING

MAN.

HEROIC DEADS BY INDIAN

TROOPS.

HOW LIEUT.-COLONEL RENNICH DIED.

The vivid account that an Indian Eye- Witness has written of the fighting around

Ypres in April shows how magnificently the Indian troops engaged maintained their reputation as fighting men,

Sonce

action, and particularly the 40th Pathans, of the Indian soldiers who took part in this bad never been under shell fire before, but they faced the ordeal without finen. His lordship stopped Mr. Carver's arguing, and marched on imperturbably with ment, and repeated his former statement scarcely a pause when gaps were made in

This collec that the only question he had to consider their ranks by falling shells. was as to whether the debt was an ad-

tive courage was supplemented by indivi- One It was a. debt admitted dual daring and self-sacrifice. mittel debt. bath in account and as coming with Pathan sepoy volunteered to go back acros in the jurisdiction of the Court. It was

a space of 250 yards, swept with shells and admitted that the only point trally calling bullets, to fetch a machine gun; another for serious consideration was as to whether sepoy of the 129th Baluchis volunteered the claim fell under any particular section to carry a message across a similar fire- not whether it came under sub-sections swept zoue, and completed his task though. The use of four or five of section four, but whether it badly wounded by a shell. came nader ny part of that section.

poison gas by the Germans finally com- was admitted that if t came under any polled our force to retire; but even then section it came under section four, That

a mixed party, consisting of Connaught wus оро side of the question only Rangers, Manchesters, Pathans, Sikha ani At the quiser, Mr. Mundell said that When they came to the other side of the Baluchis, dug themselves in and held the he proposed simply to set before his lord-question, they had to consider what, enemy at bay till dusk. An Indian officer, ship what he considered to be the various winding up the affairs of the company, Subndar Mir Dast, who specially dis- constructions that might be put on the the liquidator had to pay. The section tinguished himself on this occasion, was Ordinance. He proceeded to read in a was not particularly definite on the point; awarded the Victoria Cross. davit by the liquidator, in the course of they simply had broad words. He could Indian offer when all the British officers which Mr. Macgregor stated that at the not but think that if there had been any. in his company had been killed, took cath- time that he was appointed liquidator the intention of the legislature to restrict the mand and rallied and re-formed his men. company was indebted to the Bank section to suns which were solely concern That such deeds should be done by won respect of overdrafts at different branchesed with local trade it would have said fighting far away from their homes in a of the company, spel as the Batavia and

In the Hongkong Ordinance something no; ed regarding the amounts owing. He was much the same meaning was inserted. advised to reject any claim in respect of Here they had nothing of the sort. debts owing by branches of the company the ordinary construction, and in the ordi- outside the Colony, he being only appointmary use of the language, it seemed to him e liquidator to deal with claims arising that there was no gort of restriction of any within the Colony. He therefore refused kia whatsoever. As a consequence, 24 to adot any such clajm.

the Ordinance stood, it seemed to him that With reference to this paragraph, Mr.it was necessary to pay such sum as those Mundell said that he should like it to be in question, and he held that the claim clear to his lordship and to the Press that must be admitted. under sub-section 16 section 4 of the

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3.Parades for to-day.

5.30 p.m. Recruits of Right Section M. G. Co. Sqund drill on Cricket ground 5.30 p.m. Recruits of all units (except Right Section M. G. Co. and Signalling Seelson) who have not been passed out--Squad drill and Rifle exorcises at Headquarters under Sorgf. Major Higby and Sergt. T. Sutherland (Eng C).

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Sourabaya branches. Correspondence pass quite of the same nature is having very quarrel the full purport of which they 30, 9.15, No. 1 Section

On

Uliance the liquidator had to conform costs of both parties be paid out of the

with any directions which might be given, to him by the Government. The liquida. tor did not take upon himself the rejection

of those claims.

It was ordered by his lordship that the

assets of the liquidation.

can hardly be expected to understand speaks volumes for the spirit of loyalty thut has bech bred in the Indian Army by its British officers. That spirit springs from mutual confidence breeding mutaal devotion, and the Indian Eye-Witness ap- vristely supplements his tales of Indian heroism with the account of the way i which a British officer, hadly wounded, asked to be carried to hospital by two of his Pathans, so that he might have them with him if he died on the way,

His lordship-If he takes directions A HONGKONG MAN AT THE Rennick, who was in command of the 40th

from the Government, why should he come into Court!

Mr. Mundell-At the time that the Attorney-General, or the representative of the Attorney-General, advised the rejection of the claims, he also said that the Bank might bring the matter before the Court under section 4 sub-section

16.

By arrangement with the Bank, added counsel, the liquidator took out the sum mons instead of the Bank, It was

mention that this was only one of several similar cus

10 10 5 gested that there is any such order of Government as referred to in sub-section

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His lordship--Well, what is it 1 Mr. Mundell said that all directions from the Government to the liquidator came through the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, Mr. Saunders, and there had been directions that good-will and property should not be sold that the good-will of the business should not be sold, that no property should be sold, and so on, Those were perhaps not, absolute directions from Government under section 16, but they were directions which ho thought a liquidator could not very wet ufford to ignore.

His lordship later suggested that per haps it would be better if Mr. Mundell recalled what he had said about section 16 and simply that it was suggested that the matter might be brought before the Court. Mr. Mundell-I may put it that the liquidator has no desire to reject a claim by a British Bank, and that in acting as he has done in bringing this matter before the Court he is acting in accordance with instructions received from the authorities, and the arrangement under which this application is made is a friendly arrange ment with the Bank...

WITHIN LOCAL JURISDICTION.

His lordship-The claim is one on which The Bank could have proceeded in this Court T

Mr. Mundell-Certainly,

His lordship-They would not have to go to Batavia and Suurabaya ?

Mr. Mundell--I think they can sue the company wherever they find it.

His lordship-That is to say, the subject matter of these bills lies as a fact within the jurisdiction of this Court.

Mr. MundelYes, I think so, my lord, There is no doubt that the money is owing from the company to the Bank, and that the Bank can sue the company where

they find it.

His lordship-They could have sued them, say, in Hongkong?

During the course of further argument, his lordship said that it seemed to hisa that all that he had to consider was that here they had a debt which was admitted to ho a debt which would normally fail within the jurisdiction of the Court, there had been no war, the Hongkong an Shanghai Bank would have come to thit Court and seed Behn, Meyer & Co. there. Mr. Mundell said that if mast be remen- bered that here there was a liquidation, and he prosceded to point out the differ- ences that this made in the situation.

If

FRONT,

The reference in the concluding lines of the foregoing extract from the London Daily Graphic is to the death of Lieut. Colonel Pathan, which went direct from Hong- kong to the front. In an account by an Indian Eye-Witness of the operations around Ypres of the Lahore Division of the Sgt. Robert Lapsley, and Middlesex Indian Army Corps from April 28th to Regt., 15th platoon D. Co., who went May tar of this year, issued last month by home from Hongkong on December 1, the Press Bureau, the following reference 1914, by the P. & O. str. Delta to join the is made to Lieut-Colonel Rennick : -- -

The assault commenced shortly after 2 army, writea from the firing line" to p.m., and our men, advancing by short his brother, Mr. H. W. Lapsley, at the rushes, reached the crest of the first, slope without a check, but owing to heavy shell- Eastern Extension Telegraph Co., Shang-fire the casualties were already numerous, hai:

of

Within 300 yards of the start Liout. Colonel Rennick foll mortally wounded. empty list how the Adity Sergeant and

On July 1st to full ant Lient. Campbell, where he lay Sergeant, so am fully satisfied with dusk. His last thoughts were for his re- my progress in the army. I was giment, and as he was put on a stretchar wounded about the middle he said, "Please send two of my Pathans June when I was standing up on a ma with me. If I dis on the way to hospital chine-gun emplacement examining a large I should like to be with them." Can it be tree felled by German artillery. A bullet wondered at that our Indian troops will came across my chest, cut through the follow such officers into the jews of hell? coat and shirt of my left arm and burnt the flesh. I was lucky to escape with such a slight wound, and was off duty THE BOTTLED-UP". FLEET, for a day. I have been struck with shell splinters a few times, but at a distanse that resulted in no hurt at all. It is really wonderful how one escapes when on trench duty, as the Germans are not many hundred yards away and are con-been visiting Australia. Admiral Chisaka, Japanese training-ships have recently tinually potting at us with bullets and who accompanied the ships, discussed the occasionally awakening us with a variety war, and said that the first period of the of their artillery and trench mortars.

"There are no more casualties among the Hongkongites who joined this regi scent, but since the Battle of Fromelics, from May 9 to May 11 we have not been in any general engagement other than navy, he was reassuring, if disinclined to manning trenches, which duty always he said, that the Germans would not come be a prophet. There was no possible doubt, entails casualties, latterly minimized to a small number that nearly brings this out, because they were afraid, battalion to full strength.

JAPANESE ADMIRAL ON THE GERMAN NAVY.

struggle was already over, and it was now only a question of patience, endurance, and national resources.

As to the "uncorking" of the German

His point of view seemed to be that the slate until the war is over. bottled-up ships may just be rubbed off the

After the

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HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

PATEOLO (CENTRAL)

Tuesday, September 21st.

5,50 p.m.-Onn Sergeant and seven P.Cs. detailed by Inspector D'Almada. 8.50 p.m.-Crown-Sergeant Sirdar Khan and seven P.Cs. Inspector Taylır. will visit the 8.50 patrols. Wednesday, September 22nd. -

5.50 p.m.-Inspector Wilden, Sergeant Chingher, and P.Cs. Potter, Witcholl (3) Ormiston (3), Eustace (5), Cart- wright (5), Arnold (8). Bryan(B). 8.50 p.m.Crown-Sergeant Langley and seven P.CR. detailed by Crown- Sergeant Sirdar Khan.

Thursday, September 23rd,

5.50 p.m.-One Sorgeant and servi PC to he detailed by Inspector Wong.

8.50 p.m.--One Sergeant and sevent P.C to be detailed by Inspector Wong.

CATHOLI (WATER POLICE). Tuesday, September 21st.

5.50 p.m.-Hyndman (9); D'Aquiao'

(S), Inspector 'Almada (P), 8.50 p.m.-A. Ablong (S), Maxwell (8),

Doughty (F). Wednesday, September 22nd.

5.50 p.m.-Goodwin (S), Ramsay (S),

Ireson (P),

9.50 p.m. Neves (S), J. H. Pereira (8),

Crown-Sergeant Bilva (P). Thursday, September 23rd.

5.50 p.m.-Rozario (S), Rola (S), Ser-

geant Figueiredo (P). 8.50 p.m.-F. Hobbs (S), W. Hobbs

(S), Bunje (P)

PARADES.

Tuesday, September 21st.

Four Chinese Platoons in mufti and without rifles, at Central Station, 5.80 p.m. sharp. Wednesday, September 22nd.

Indian Recruits, rife exercises, 6.89

p.m. ROUTE MARCH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD.

The D. S. P. regrets that, for police res- son, the hour for this Parade has to bo altered. All ranks will fall in at the Water Police Station at 9.20 p.m. sharp. By cour tesy of the Star Ferry Co., a special free forry will leave Hongkong

and

"We are continually moving about, at least once a week staying in the same billets, continually changing-farms and.

"As to the question of trying to get at them," the Admiral said, would be giving us varied experiences of camping; foolish to destroy those ships, food and smokes, although the latter are in and out. We coly lack variety of

war they will belong to you. provided at times free, the cigaretes and "Germany's future depends upon her 9.05 tobacco are too light for me to enjoy soland forces. I had to send to England for strong ay will have na chance whatever, su tobacco. Goodness knows when the next there would be no use in attacking it. In big battle eames off also I think the new ariny is coming out in large numbers.

THE NEED OF MALL, LUXURIES.

If these are defeated har

the Baltic the position is that Russia has not sufficient ships to atack the Germana, bat she can defend herself and her sea coasts against German attack.!!

DUTCH APPEAL FOR PEACE.

French, and German, exhorting all belli gerent peoples to proclaim their desire for peace.

Luckily my health is good. I have

Rear-Admiral Chisaka also attended a never been off duty for a day and cam out bere eighteen weeks ago. I have felt dinner arranged in honour of the visit, and said the German rabbits had been variety in fond. All our pay is expended Navy, and the Pacifle and Indian Oceans seady for a few days owing to lack of driven into the traps set by the British in food army rations are plentiful and excellent, but the monotony palls, hence had been made clear. It made little differ- one and all spend their pay whenever ence which of the hunters actually caught we are near any village, furnis or small then, for they worked in perfect harmony towns, on estra food such as tinned milk, with the others for the common object. bread and fruit or any imped stuff. The majority of the troops have parcels of food went to them, all greatly relished and appreciated. Up to now I cannot say I have ses a German except through issued an appeal in Dutch, English, The Dutch Anti-War Coune" has a elescope 300 yards away, so you can imagine what this war means. I prefer to be in the trenches ihan out, as we have more liberty there despite more sentry

The appeal, in the English version, recug duties, but all parades, saluting, ele, are not observed. Never put your head above uses that neutral pebremakers may be asked what the deuce enters their heads to mix the parapet in daylight, the chances are even of getting shot through the head. themselves in other peoples' affairs, since they

Letterly, the Germans have been very

themselves refuse to tako their share of the His lordship was understood to say that spring with shells, so much so that in common burden of the nations at war? he did not propose to give a decision ou

our last trench duty of a week not one Undiscouraged, however, by the prospect the points raised as to the interpretation shell came over. How far my good luck of such a question, the author of the manifesto of the Ordinance. That was not needel,

will continue I cannot say, but I have proceed to state "neither victory nor a for, as he had said before, they had sn

crested a good impression of being nerve-nexation is going to assure you future admitted debt capable in normal circum-less when under shell fire and I am con-peace," which can only be secured by the stances of being recovered in that Court:

Mr. Mundell pointed out that in the tinually picked for outpost duty at nigh moral victory of peoples over themselves.

in no-man's land,' i.c., the ground be The document proceeds: "You will not Hongkong Ordinance words were inserted tween the Germans and urs. One night he expected to live up truly to the super- to prevent the liquidator from paying any I was out in charge of three men exaab humanity of the admonition Then shalt deby that was not incurred in respect of ing bronches for mines and Gormans, trade carried on actually within the when one of my men was rendered Zora love thy enemy like thyself, and not even Colony. Those words were omitted from de dombat, so I had to carry him back to the older yet already far too difficult ad- the Straits Ordinance which was passed, he myself. I think through this the comition to Love thy neighbour like thy

All that the document considers thought, after the Hongkong Ordinance, mankaat gave me the third stripe and self." and very closely followed it in almost since then this dangerous duty generally necessary is to respect thy neighbour like

thyself." falls to my lot." every-respect.

-Beuter

at will punctually, p.m. return at about 10.80 p.m. Uniform, with caps and rifles. Patrol men and those med cally exempted, and only these, are per- mitted to be absent. The Parade State with names of absentees is to be placed before the Hon. C. S. P.

This parade will be regarded as cancelled in the event of steady rain falling at 8.45

P. C. JENKIN, D. S. P. (Reserve).

p.m.

THE RIGHT TO SPEAK FRENCH.

A Berlin Court heard recently the appeal of a certain Professor Oscar Vogt, director of the Royal Neuro-Biological Institute, against a fine of 30s, imposed upon him by who is French by birth, and his children's the police. He was walking with his wife, Swiss governess, when he was hailed by a Lutheran paster named Kettner, who ask- ed why he did not speak German. professor and the paster oxchanged a good deal of abusive language, and were ulti- mately separated by a policeman. The professor was then fined for causing a dis- turbance.

The

The Court reduced the fine to 10s. on the ground that only an assault had been proved, It was laid down that the use of the French language in the streets must be permitted, if only out of consideration for neutral visitors, but that it is not permissible to speak enemy languages loudly.

THE "METEUR'S " EXPLOIT. The crew of the feleor, who blew up their ship in the North Ben, were greeted as heroes on their return to Kiel. They were received on their arrival by Prince and Princess Henry. of Prussie, and speeches were delivered by Prince Henry, the officer in command of the Kiel railway station, and the commander of the Meteor,