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JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE

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LOCAL BILLIARDS.. STEVENSON'S LAST GAME." RETEEN MATCH AT THE CLUB LUSITANO.

Mr. H. M. Stevenson, ex-champion of Ragland, played the last billiards match of his present tour in Hongkong yeater-

The occasion was a return game at the Lusitana Chib, his opponent being Mr. R. D. Roza, to whom Steverson con-

It appears from comments in the Japanese Press that the attitude of in- Aurance companies towards the cost of the damage caused by the great earth quake on September 1st is still the subtly evening. jerk of lively" discussion, states a City Note in The Times, The attitude of the great British Ere insurance companies remains absolutely unchanged-namely. that the risk of damage by earthquaked 300 start in 800 up. The English-

man eventually won by 20 points. apvißeally excluded from their pulleis, except, "in "those cases in which the risk was covered in return for serial premiang and that they not, in the interest of sound insurances pay large sums in respect of the occur rence of a contingency for which it was generally known they had declined to accept liability. It, may well be contend- ed that they could not do so in justiceshewed that he has a knowledge of the to their other assured and to their pro prietors, gal that they would not have oreated a precedent which might. in fature, have been shown seriously to have derinined the sound methods on which fire insurer is conducted.

"

A NEW PROPOSAL

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Stevenson, who told "a fiony Press pa presentative that he was feeling in better touch than in any previous match of his present visit, showed excellent form, scoring a fine 11 at his second visit to the table. As usual, masterly nursery canoens" at the top of the table contri- buted mainly to this total.

Roza played with much confidence, "aml game and its tactics well abcre the aver age, but the balls ran noticeably badly for him from start to finish, what looki like promising break openings, being rendered abortive after a few strokes by narrow failures at well-played shots.

Stevenson's second break of over hundred cape. before the interval, the English ex-champion-cumpiling an admir

After the resumption, in the course of a compilation of 36 by the visitor, a pretty masse cannou excited, much sul- miration.

Just before the end Stevenson put on. his third big break. It totalled 102, l in it. Stevenson, gave the Lusitano Club enthusiasts an illustration of thas branch of billiard tactics, which consists of alternating close connons and red win ning hazards.

A proposal, reparted in the Japanese Press, that the foreign companies" would join the Japanese companies "inable 136. returning a year's premium is, however, on a rather different footing. How such proposal originated in Japan is not clear. One report seems to credit it to Viscount Mayesa. Minister of Agricul ture and Camerer. There are ohjee tions on principle, even to the payment of such aims, but they are certainly less serion than those which would apply to the payment of a percentage of the losses The only possible justifications for the prumsal would be that, by intimating their willingness to act in this way, the insurance companies would be giving a farther practical expression of their sym- pathy with the Japanese nation in the disaster which overtook it last autum. And the offres could only contemplate the return of the premiums if they had the fullest assurance that their action would really be welcomed by the Japanese tiov ernment und by all the assured as a prac tical expression of sympathy.

MARINE LIABILITIES,

Closing acores:-~

Stevenson Rozn

Broaks:-

53N A

Stevenson: 14, 136, 56, 43, 36, 44, 34, 102, 39

Roza: 25, 29,

Mr. Stevenson is due to leave Hong- kong to-day by the s. Kashgar,

"TRAFFIC IN ARMS. IMPORTANT ABREST IN ENGLAND.

There now appears to he good ground. for thinking that the claims to be paid in connection with the earthquake in Japan last year will not he nearly s heavy as was considered probable at first. Apart from eases where goods had Arrived in Yokohama but had not yet been discharged, several excellent sal

For example, vages are reported.. valuable cargo of metal sheets which had been discharged into lighters in the har hour, and which were considered totally fost, has now been salved, and the de preciatim has been agreed at few hun-received from Home to the effect that dred pounds only, whereas the value of the sheets was in the neighbourhood of $13,000 There yet remain, however many uses where the liability is not yet determined.

As a sequel to recent seizures of small armis at the Kowloon Wharf, -important" "disclosures are expected, involving deal-

ing in arms on an extensive seņle.

CHINA STATION.

When a "Chinese nated Cheung sheung Yin, of So. 67, Wanchai Road, was charged, on remand, before. Mr. R. E. Lindsell, at the Magistraky, se terday, an a count of being implicat ed in the imitation of arms to the Colony, it was stated by Chief Detective Inspector Grant that a cable had been the polite there had arrested a man and had been enabled in that way to obtain possession of documents which disclosed The very extensive dealings in arms charges against the defendant were:-

(E) That pu the 28th March he w lawfully did import into the Colony, per thes. Jurken 117 Mausers and 2,000 rounds of corresponding ammuni tion. Considerable comment has been male (2) That on the 24th May he law. on the fact that the China Naval Com-Tully did import into the Colony, per mand has born duced from a thre

the ss., daur Marie, four cases markeil year one to a two years une, contrary, K.M. 20/4 containing do Luger pistols, to the usual practice in commands of its

120 spare magazines, ef stocks, 5,606 importane. The reason for this

rounds of ammunisibu, ! rounds of flat- tion is, there are not enough vaccinused summation; and ton cases marked commands to go round among the many. 30/33 containing 93 Mauser pistols officers who rendered such magnificent

rvices during the late war, and give and 10,070 rounds of ammunition. rach of them a

a three years' tenure, so the Admiralty in doing the best possible thing under the circumstants, and that is to reduce the period of command and thus give one-third more afheers their tarni The Express and Telegra ah (London).

PERIOD OF COMMAND REDUCED

du

A JAPAN EARTHQUAKE STORY.

Chia at and Ng Tit Hing, arrested at Princes Terrace, were also charged with being concerned in these importa tions.

All the accused were formally remand. ed.

POSSESSION OF ARMS.

THREE SAILORS REMANDED AT KOWLOON, ነ፡

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CONT

On Sunday, the 25th uiting, the skele. ton of Mrs. Saran And Gray, mother of Mr. J. Gray of Messrs. E. J. King & Co.,

Three Chinese, the No. 1 bósun, the Tokyo, and also of Mrs. F. W. Harley of Yokohama. was accidentally discovered No. 3 bosin, and a greater of the .. at 105. Bluff, Yokohama, by some coolies 'armurvonshire, appeared before Me who were gaged in repairing and re-. W. Hamilton at the Kowloon Magis plaring an arth-retaining wall on that tracy, yesterday, charged with the un sito. Mrs. Gray lived at the Central lawful possession of urine Palace Hotel, situated almost opposite her daughter's residence, No. 105. As she was missing after the earthquake, a special search was, made for her in the neighbourhood but no trace could be dia covered, and it was naturally concluded that she had perished. It appears that she had ucension to un lo her daughter's residence accompanied by her dog and was caught in the quake. She was evi. dently knocked down by the earth retain ing wall for she and the dog were fustnd buried in the earth. Her son, who was immediately apprised of the discovery, came down froin Tokyo and took off the skeleton which has been" ereinated and will in due courke be interred.

CINEMA NOTES.

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Inspector Spear, asking for a cittal, described how Revenue Officer, L. Lanigan, in searching the No. 1 Losun, felt something heavy in the man's trou sera, which he judged to be a Mauser pistol. A struggle ensued, during which the defendant threw something to the No. 2 boaun, who was on the deck above. No. 2 threw it into the sea, and as 11.0 Lanigan saw it whirling through the air, it had the appearance of a Mauser Pistol. A Mauser pista (produced in Court) was afterwards rxovered from the harbour, close to the place where the incident had nccurred.

All three men were remanded until Tuesday morning.

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