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benefit from the undertaking, hy the advantages they will enjoy when visiting their native place.. We make no doubt they will con- tribute Überally. If they do not, they should.

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taking. It therefore remains for We are given to understand | the inhabitants of Macao to do it that some of the leading members themselves. The cost "is estimated of the Macao community are At 83,000 and as the Portuguese desirous to make arrangements here will derive the principal for facilitating the landing and debarkation of passengers off the Praya Grande. The plan suggest ed is to run a jetty off the Ban Francisco fort, in the direction of Typa into deep, water, which will not only form a breakwater to TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES the Eastern end of the Praya

Telegraphic (which is greatly required when with Great Britain may now be communtentions the wind blows hard from East to looked upon as a South) but steamers can go along- The Colonial Government is

settled point. side of the end of it, and dis- favour of it, the commercial com- charge or receive, passengers munity have given, through the without the aid of a boat.

Chamber of Commerce, & strong Beyond doubt such a construc-recommendation in its favour. tion would be a great public con-

and, indeed, the general voice of venience and would therefore the Colonies is in favour of grant confer a benefit on the trade of ing to Mr. Osborne the guarantee Macao by developing its resources. or subsidy that he requires. in It really is perfectly ridiculous

order that the undertaking may landing off the Macao Fraya when be entered into without further there is any swell on, and some-

delay. It will therefore behove what dangerous too, whilst going our merchants and traders before into the Inner Harbour involves long to prepare for the complete great delay, which a steamer revolution that such daily com- bound on to Canton or Hongkongmunication will have upon trade can hardly be expected to incur. In general. The system of credit Should the plan we have alluded in importing will have to be en- to be carried out, all this annoy-tirely remodelled, and capital ance will be avoided and parties employed in trade will then and be enabled to land with ease and a certain and steady comfort.

tion: we do not expect to see the large pronts that are occasionally realised, neither do we anticipate that heavy losses will be made in. Imported goods as is now too often the case.

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Although Governor Guimaraes has a considerable surplus of revenue in the treasury, yet he will not sanction any outlay on account of this desirable under-

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UNREGISTERED MUI TSAI.

Chinese Woman Appears in Court.

A Chinese woman, Chan Sung," appeared before Mr. Balfour yes- terday charged with keeping an ünregistered mui tsal.

Sub-Inspector H. W. Fraser, of the B.C.A.," said that on January 2, the girl came to the S.C.A. and complained of being ill-treated. She was seen by a lady inspector, and had two cane marks on the left arm as well as other bruises on her body. She was brought on payment of some money to the defendant's daughter-in-law. The girl was made to raise at 7 am and retire to bed at 11 p.m. and should she be late in rising, she was caned with a feather duster, She did household work, and, in addition, had to care for the youngest daughter of the defen- dant's married daughter.

WINE AND TOBACCO

Smuggler's Boat Confiscated

COLLISION IN HARBOUR

Chinese Motor-Boat Sunk

According to the report made by ...] Leung“Kau, a motor boat coxswain, to the Water Police yesterday, it ass stated that at about 7:45 am. on Thursday morning, Leung Kau, coxswain of the mator-bost "Hop Hing" moored his boat along the Water Front, at Wanchai, "facing Lugard Road to take a Japanese passenger out to a certain steamer at Mongkok.

While sailing in the Naval An- chorage in the middle of the har- bour, just passing the No. 3: Naval Buoy to which an oil-tanker was moored, his engine suddenly broke 'down. The motor-boat at that time was about 100 yards from the bow of the oil-tanker

At that moment, a British steamer, the ss Kwei Yang, was steaming on his port side and was coming straight at his boat, giving no sound signal, and eventually hit the thator-bost on the port quar- ter.

As a result of the collision, the motor-boat suffered a heavy list to starboard. and the passenger, was thrown into the sea Water then came in rapidly and within three minutes the motor-boat sank,

Seeing the accident, the crew of the Kwel Yong threw a life-buoy but could not pull up until she was well ahead for over half a mile from the vicinity.

Fortunately no casualties have" been reported as a result of the collision. The losses in connection with the sinking of the motor-boat. are not known yet.

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MENINGITIS ON WARSHIP.

Junior. Ratings In Quarantine.

A case of meningitis affecting a junior rating on board H.M.S. Cumberland, has caused stringent measures to be taken to prevent al wider outbreak,

Alt junior ratings (ranking as Boys) have been placed under quar- antine and will be kept under observation for some days. Speciał The officers of the Revenue Deprecautions are being taken among partment yesterday brought before other ranke. Mr. Balfour at Central Magistracy two Chinese boatmen on charges of posion of 924 gallons (39 jare) of Chinese wine and a quantity of Chinese prepared tobacco and fire pounds of cigars, on which duty had been evaded. The contraband was smuggled on their boat, of 86 picuis capacity, from Macao.

behalf of the first defendant and Mr. Horace Lo pleaded guilty on

not guilty on behalf of the second man.

For the prosecution, R. O, Grim-. mitt accepted the ples and the s cond defendant was discharged.

K. O. Grimmitt said the prosecn- tion asked for the maximum penalty to be imposed of the first man. girl's mother was an amah in Heatted with rubber cars, for floating The jare found on, the boat were nessy Road, being driven away from the country by a ne'er-do-

well husband

The girl considered herself to be a mut-tsal and the defendant con- sidered she was a relative.

Evidence was taken and the case was adjourned until Saturday morning.

FIRST DIVORCE PETITION.

Filed In Supreme Court this Week. The first divorce petition in Hong Kong was filled during the week at the Supreme Court. The petition is by Mrs. Dorothy Soares against Mr. Alfredo Marie de Lourdes Soares, practising barris- ter-at-law.

Infidelity is put forward as one of the main grounds of the pet tion.

Respondent is at the moment in Shanghal

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and picking up" purposes was also purposes. Gear for dropping" discovered on the bout at Aplichau. $2.000 or six months' hard labour, The first defendant was fined

and the contraband, together with catod. the boat, was ordered to be confis

BRITISH RAILWAYS ARE ACTIVE

The London Midland and Scot- tish Railway Company has recent y placed orders with a number of British motor-car manufactur- ers for 166 new 'road motor vehicles, and for the recondition ing of 25 chassis. These orders, which comprise the company's vehicles programme of new road motor for the current year, embrace all types of vehicles in- cluding

heavy lorry chasals,

vans, and Scammell "mechanical- parcel

horse" tractors. The supplying

Mrs. Soares 1s an woman. The couple were, married Livestock carriers, Light some years ago when respondent was at Cambridge.. Mrs. Soares is at present in Singapore.

firms include, in addition to

Her husband practised at Singa-Messrs. Scammell Lorries, Limited:. pore and Hong Kong before remas- ing to Shanghai some months ago.

Messrs. Albion Motors, Limited; This is the first petition filed Messrs. Karrier Motors, Limited: Messrs. Leyland Motors, Limited; under the new Divorce Ordinance Messrs. Associated Equipment which came into force in Novem-Company. Limited; Messrs. Ford

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Motor Company, Limited; Messrs. Morris Commercial Cars, Limited: Messrs. Miles... Limited; Messrs. 8MT Company (Alexander Mo-:

A shop proprietor of Staveley 1 tors): Messrs. Jowett Cars, Limit- Street was fined $10 by Mr. Bal- four yesterday for exposing Inde cent pictures. for sale. The de- fendant claimed that he had bought the pictures for his own interest, but was not believed. The offending pictures were confiscat ed.

MARINE COURT CASE-

For falling to shade their lights while fishing in Kowloon Bay last Wednesday night, three Chinese boatmen were charged be fore Commander Hale at the Marine Court yesterday. They all pleaded guilty and were each fined

ed: Messrs. Carmes (Dereham), Timited Mesers Fleet Motors: and Messrs. J. 1. Thornycroft and Company Limited. In a number of cases cabs and bodies will be fitted in the works of the carriage and wagon department of the railway company.

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