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"YACHT CHELIDON REACHES NAGASAKI.THE HARDOON WILL STABBED TO DEATH.

SHANGHAI VESSEL MEETS CALMS AND LIGHT

WINDS MOST OF WAY,

ENCOUNTER WITH SHARKS: ATTACK MADE WHILE CREW WAS BATHING...

Taking two days longer than she did on her trip last year, tho Shanghai yacht Chelidon yesterday morning arrived at Nagasaki, after a pasange which was comparatively slow owing to the light. winds which generally prevailed.

Anxiety in Shanghai regarding the yacht was increasing until news was received on Saturday afternoon that she had been sight- ed off Nagasaki. Late on Saturday night the Chelidon crept close. the harbour, and anchored, entering at 8 m. yesterdny.

Described as uneventful," the trip. has placed an unusun! entry on the Chelidon's log, as the crew opened fire on one ocentior to scare away sharks which suddenly appeared while some of the crew were bathing. No casualties were reported on either side.

SLOWER TRIP THAN LAST YEAR.

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Nagumki, Ame 12.-We arrived, ed around in the usual way and were nt. Nagasaki this morning, nichor-thoroughly enjoying ourselves when ing in the outer harbour at 1.30 we got a shock. Suddenly one of a.m., and not attempting to enter number saw a blanke fix rise out of the inger barbour until there was the water not very far away. Then ough light. After we had all got he saw another fin, and yet an good part of a night's rest, we other, and he suddenly found his Sharks" was the word sailed in, mooring inside at a.m. voice..

Every which suddenly resounded across (4 am Shanghai time). meader of our crew is very it. the water. and, there was an imme- Our page from Shanghai to date dish to the ship's side, and Nagasaki was very pleasant and up and over

took wæventful, and two days longer than the time taken by the [Chelidon and the Nidaros last year, a trip taken at much the same time of year. On that occasion Nidaros experienced a calm period of 38 hours. On this trip Chelidon had calms or light winds, with the ex- ception of two days, at the begin ning of the trip, on one day a head wind and another a fine sailing.

Uncomfortable Night,

We took our departure from Shanghai at 2.40 p.m. on Saturday, 'Jang '4, and made our way through Shanghai's tangle of shipping on. the Whangpoo to Woosung in good styl.

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The Crow.

Those on board the Chelidon, which ties the German dag, are:-

Mr. H. Auet, owner, German, of Meaars. Feo. Glanzmann.

CASE.

K.C.'S SPIRITED DEFENCE OF MRS. HARDOON.

JEWISH LAW DISCOUNTED.

Shanghai, June

GRUESOME AFFAIR IN. WELLINGTON STREET.

APPARENTLY NO MOTIVE.

amok.

A gruesome murder was committed 12-In H.M. on Saturday morning in Walling Supreme Court, yesterday, uceton Street when Cheung Chi Wai, Sir Peter Grain continued the hear.aged proprietor of air alectric goods ark of the action in probate by store, was done to death with a pair of scissors by a middle-aged Chineac Earn Abdullah Hardoon (claiming | to be a cousin of the inte Mr. 8, polin, who had apparently run A. Hardoon, of Shanghai) against

The assailant, with apparently no Mr. Liza Hardoon (the widow), motive for his dastardly "deed, at- executrix and sole beneficiary winder tacked Cheung without warning and the will, with a view to determinafter inflicting nearly thirty ing the validity of the will. The wounds with his keen adged instru plaintiff is represented by Mr. H.

mont, which he obtained from a P. Wilkinson, R.C... with Mr. H. tailor's bench, walked quickly away. Browets, and the defendant by Mr. Eldon Potter, KC., vi Hong Kong, with Mr. G. H. Wright; whilst Mr. H. B. Samuel, of London, with Mr.him, he attempted to

in the detective but the latter drow E. L. Hartopp, is joined as a plain asissors, by now covered with blood. tiff on behalf of Mr. Isaac Silas Jacob Hardoon, of Bombay, who big.ruvolver and shot him in the also claims to be a relative of her, leg and abdomen. The assail-

deceased.

M. Potter, opening the ease for the defendady, said:-

Attacked Detective. When a Chinese detective accosted use his

ant attempted to get away, but col- lapsed and was taken to hospital.

According to a report, the man, Who is believed to be mentally de- ficient, refuses to give any explaan- tion or supply any motive for the crime, His condition is not very

sericus,

LESSON SERMON.

www.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, HONG KONG.

1s the universe, including man, gonalved by atomic force?", was tha subject of the Lesson-Sarmon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, June 10.

The Golden Text was.-The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork." (Psalms 19; 1.)

"I conerive it my duty to make took nebody parti-certain submissions on what I think cularly long. The first man aboard may fairly be described as an un- made a rush for the guns, and

savour aspect of this case. I refer within a few seconds war was open to the allogation that the defendant (Mrs. Hardoon) was not married ed on the sharks, who, almost im

to the deceased. I say frankly and mediately disappeared. The battle ended with no casualties on either publicly that I resent in the very bitterest way the fact that this. side.

The day's run on Friday, was 68, plaintiff this peddler of peanuts followed by a brisk sail until dawn and sweetmeats, as he himself says- or the official slaughterer as Mr. on Saturday. Most of Saturday wa were becalmed, bus we managed Wilkinson describes him-should to make a run of 67 miles up to have dared to allege, although he midnight, when, we made the head has not attempted to prove, that lande. At 1.30 am. to-day we this lady, who has lived for 45 reached the outer harbour and un-years as the wife of the deceased, chored, not entering the inner har- wis recognised as such by every bour and tying up at our moorings member of the community, whose until 9 a.m.

name appears on the tablet of the Synagogue as the wife of the de-

Among the citations which com

the coased-I resent most bitterly that this man should in the first place prised, the Lesson-Sermon was

+ I will dare to make this allegation, and following from the Bible then, as I shall show, he has not sing of the mercies of the Lord for made the least attempt to prove ever with my mouth will I make it. I have been warned more than known thy faithfulness to all genera- once from the other side by Mr. tions. And the heavens shall praise Samuel that, if certain things were thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithful not done by me, certain consequen-

ness also in the congregation of "the ees would follow, May 1, for the ara tino, issue warning There saints. The heavens are thine, the was another case many years ago, earth also is thine: As for the world where a man of humble position and the fulness thereof, thou bast claimed to be the heir to a great founded them. (Paalm 8; 1,5,11) estate. By some strange coincid

The Lessoa-Sermon also includ ence, that claimant was the son of રણે the following passage from Science textbook Wapping butcher. I need say no the Christian more to make the parallel, fairlyScience and Health, with Key to clear. He lost his civil action, as the Scriptures,' by Mary Baker Last year saw two yachts attempt submit this plaintiff will, and he Eddy, The compounded minerals the round trip to Nagasaki, the lost his criminal proceedings when or aggregated substances composing first time in the history of local charged with perjury, and before the surth, the relations which con

this case is finished shall put stituent masses hold to each other,. The next day, Monday, proved toynehting. The vessels were he the only day of the trip in waren Chelidon and the Nidaros, the first that this plaintiff has committed the magnitudes, distances, and re- we got the ren sailing weather that under the German Bag, as to-day, wilful perjury in the affidavit he volations of the celestial bodies, are

and the second under the Americanfiled, and he should be dealt with of no real importance, when we desired. Running free" with a following sea, we logged 145 miles flag of its owner Mr. E. M. All accordingly. I pray forgiveness of remember that they all must give I have and a word I should not, place to the spiritual fuct by the for our day's run, almost as good

Of the present crow of the Cheli-but I do reset this unpalatable and translation of man and the universe" As the best run last year. All the

back into Spirit. In proportion crew found their sen legs this day. don, four made the trip last year, unpleasant isang

Happily, I submit that the this is done, man and the univerge At dawn two in Chelidon and two in Nidaros.

harmonious and Then a calm found us. on Taesday there was absolutely no The former were the owner and Court will be entirely relieved of it will be found

After leaving Woosung, however, we ran into a strong bead wind. Both the main and mizzen sails had to be double-reofed, and we spent In most uncomfortabit sight, with the vessel pitching, heavily and naking very slow progress. After the terra firma of Shanghai and the comparative peacefulness of sailing on the Whangpoo in harbour races, the motion of the yacht had's most unpleasant effect and most of the crew were under the weather.

On Sunday early we anchored, to wait for the tide at the Fairway Bell Buoy, after having accomplish ed a day's run of 35 miles. Then at noon we got under way again The weather improved and we all begin to pack up again.

At 3.45 poa. we had reached and passed North Saditle, and handled for the Mesima Grdup.

Running Free.

Mr. W. D. Neil, British, of the Finance Dept. Shanghai Municipal

Council.

Mr. J. R. Milligan, British, of Mosars. Ilbert & Co.

Mr C. Trenchard-Davis, British,. associated with Mr. John A. Moller, Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Mr. V. V. M. Fretwell, British, Asintio Petroleum Co.

Mr. J. Heinze, German, formerly of Chenju University."

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slightly with the current, hands took the opportunity to over the side for a Lathe, and felt manch the better for it.

and gone. I subunit that the plain- tiff has entirely failed to prove this Both yachts last year left at 3.30

issue and there is literally no evi- pm on Saturday, May 23. Cheli- dence at all on his side, whilst there the Jewish Synagogue had nothing is an abundant body of evidence.to do with the English law, any Later in the day a wind sprang don arrived at Nagasaki at 8 am

on Friday, May 29, while Nidaros conclusive and uncontradicted, from more than the sites of the English up, but it was very light. We man

man and a woman lived nged to cover 60 miles, however, became in five hours later, neither the pitinti's witnesses; and docu-Church bad. The law said that, fore allother ealin set in after, dusk, having sighted each other for the ments already in. which prove a where

whole trip after breaking company marriage. The plaintiff as not together as man and wife and ao- The calm continued all night.

was concluded. It was all one way Wednesday was even worse for in the Yangisze, and no reports of made out, a case and, in fact and quired that reputation, the matter lack of wind. Calmas interspersed either being made by shipping within law, the marriage is proved.

Mr. Potter continued that there and there was no evidence the other with very light winds persisted all the exception of an Empress ship

was not a scintilla of evidence that way. It was not a question of through the day, and only 37 miles near Fairway Bell Buoy.

Once again this year no ship-le lady was a Chinese citizen and concubinage, for the law held that were covered. All hands again bathed. For the second consecu- ping reports were made of Cheli- it would not matter if there was. in such circumstances the parties Also it had been contended that were man and wife. Actually it tive night there was not a breath don, until she was sent by the str. of wind and the yacht lay still 'upon Nagasalti Mara on Saturday after-Trakian law applied and that law was of no account, and yet the other the waters. At dawn, however, noon, at 2.4 p.m., 20 miles from had not been proved at all. The side had definitely proved that a Nagasaki and exactly seven daysmas was on the plaintiff to prove ceremony of marriage had been gone there was a change for the better.

what he had alleged and he had through and the marriage registry On Tursday the dawn wind out of Shanghai. sprang up with fair force, and we Last year the two yachts left done nothing of the sort. They had of the British Consulate showed logged 38 miles a good need be Nagasaki on the returning trip at had been told that a Jew could not that Mr. and Mrs. Hardoon were fore it died down. At intervals 10 am, on June 2. Chelidon ar marry a non-Jew, but how that help married according to the rites of th Mr. Potter said that the last light winds blew, and we rande some rived at Poorting Point at 7.15 p.m. the other side he could not see, Jewish Church in 1886. progress, until at midnight the on June 7, while Nidaros go as far It would be just as relevant if Mesima Light was picked up. ne Changkahpang by 20 p.m. the someone went into the box and said thing he would do would be to put same, right, coming up to her moor-that a Hottentot could not marry a Mra Hardown to the pain and suf the next morning at 8.30 southern Irishman. By English law fering of being examined as to there was nothing to prevent a whether she had been living for '45 Reprinted from N.C.D.N.

southern. Irishman marrying a Hot- years in a state of concubinage, but, entet, and the pair living together if it was suggested that he as man and wife, and it was the afraid to put her in the box, and anms with regard to the Jewish law. if the Judge ruled that she should He hoped after that they would hear be called, then called she would be. Counsel further argued that it had no more of this unpalatable issue.

been shown that at least the defen dant for many years and conpulant- ly had practised as a Jewess. Fin- Nor was there any question of a ally, after quoting legal authorities eses in he asked the Judge, before proceed- 41/16 nom. ceremony. There was

which a Judge hold, that there had ing further with his opening, to WEL a give a ruling as to whether, the par. been a ceremony, but it 1/3 15/16 farge and it could be forgotten asties could be considered as a mar

On Friday we all went over the side for our customary daily bathe with the yacht hovo to.. We splash.

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mony had nothing whatever to do replied, and the Judas reserved his with the question, and the rites of decision, the Court adjourning until,

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