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LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

SUPREME COURT.

IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION.

Befors Sir Fielding Clorka, Chief Justice, and His Honour Mr. A. G. Wint, Putine Judgi.)

January 4th.

THE PEARL ROBBERY SCANDAL.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1896.

INDIAN AND BURMA TRADE ROUTES TO WESTERN CRINA.

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and most feasible, because of its shortners and not a third of the salaries paid to their predo connecting with an organised fleet of rivercessors. £sca to Lãoc yearly was once quite a steamers, is that from Bhame to Yunnan, but usual screw; now 150 per annum is about the for the mail and passenger trade the Calcutta (1) limit, and the billers are rushed for by really line should be commenced forthwith by making Brat-class men at that. the section between Bhamo and the nearest Chinese tows.—Rangoon "Times,

WILD-CAT COLUMN.

SYONKY, December yih.

A new word—the Shylockracy. The latest thing out the New Woman with a latch-key,

Governor Brassey is now known as "His Deckcellency,"

City of Melbourne bank deposits are now relling at gr. in the nominal.

In N.S.W. just now the criminal law is being systematically used to collect debts.

A substanifal and well-respected Melb: firm Busst and Co."

Premier Forrest says the Westralla Govt. bas formulated a scheme to bring water from the ocean to Cool garde at a cost of al millor, but before starting on as mighty an effort It proposes

REFINERIES-China Sugars remain asteady.

which rate there are probable buyers. at 114, while Luona have found buyers at $59, at

MINNING STOCKS continua ve y quiet. Pan. joms and changed hands at $5 for ordinary and crashings, which may be known to-day or on $1.60 for preference shares. The December Monday, will decide on the course the market is publishes the mining manager's report for

Hotels. VICTORIA HOTEL,

CANTON,

(LATE SHAMKEN HOTEL, CANTON,)

SSRS, MADAR & FA FRIOR, Friends

pleasure to inform their Patrons,

to see if sufficient water cannot be got by boring, going to take. The Dally Press of to-day and the Public Generally that, having leased the Remots hope, for, up to date, whatever water is fund in W.A. by boring is densely salt and quickly exhausted. The hope of finding artosien water on the Coolgardie fields is almost abandoned. The ocean seems the only available adequate supply-and what will become of the feld meanwhile?

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November last, Charbonnages utterly neglected Balmorals have dropped to $1 without finding buyers, Jelebus are on offer at $2.00 per share, and Raubs at $4, while bayers do not offer better than $31.

Ah Tim against her convicilen by Mr. T from its sea mouth through Cambodia. | travels under the unconvlacing style of "Crook, smoothness than the solicitored and harristered the closing cash rate beleg 149 per cent. pre

purposes.

The Japanere, the French, and the Germans are in their different ways making efforts to open trade with the interior of China, says the Ziver pool Journal of Commerce. The Japanese succeeded in their treaty with the Chloers to rec ring the opening of new trading ports. The French are poshing into the provinces of Yannan sad Kwangsl, and also into North Barma, From a map of the kingdom of Burma we observa that the river Mekong enters what is now British territory, at Siem-la), and The pearl robbery case which was dis- thence it continue its course to Klang. posed of in November. at the Criminal hong, and crosses the border dividing the two empires. The Mekong flows a distance Saariong___*__before the-Fall Court thief about 150 miles from the State of morning, on an appeal by the woman Fung Slam through Burma to Yunnan, but the French have striven to control the Mekong Sercombe Smith, Police Magistrate, on the raia with respect to the creation of buffer December,'on three charges of false representa- tato between the French posscaslons and tlon by her to pawnbroker in pawning Burmah, which was supposed to have been jewels, in contravention of section 16 of roughly outlined and intended to be masked out, Ordinance No. 13 of 1860. Mr. H. E. Pollock, accept any such proposal. By the Convention the French, it is sald, have declined to (Instructed by Mr. 1. F. Reece) appeared for the signed at Pekin in June, 1887, the towns of appellant, and Mr. E. Robinson (instructed by Langchow, in the provinces of Kwangs, and Mr. K. W. Mounsey) for the respondent, the Mengtin, in Yunnan, were opened to French Queen by William Stanton, Inspector of Police.id to be expensive. The cost of carriage by trade, but the cost of transport la Tonquin is Mr. Pollack explained at great length his the port of Haiphong In Tonquin for 1331 lbs. grounds for asking for a rebearing, reviewing the of goods is $7, and the Kwangal merchance. evidence given at the Magistracy, and contend- prefer the Pakhol route and longer distance Ing that there was ample room for doubt in the because the cost for the same weight is only $3. canfleting evidence given by the pawnbroker at sending goods to Eastern China, but they take Hongkong merchants prefer the latter way of the inquiry before the Magistrate, and when be advantage of the two channels of communica- was giving evidence that led to the conviction too. Western China, however, is looked of Lam Kam-ta on a charge of stealing the upon us, the country to be reached for trading jewellery, on the 19th of November, when Lam Anderson, as

In the memorial of Mr. A. D. chaliman on behalf of the Kamo was sentenced to two years' imprison Liverpool East India and China Association, ment, He further pointed out that this ma

to the Secretary of State for India, July 10th, Lum Kam to had been convicted by jury of 1866, reference is made to Parliamentary papers stealing the pearls, and that therefore there was forwarded to Her Majesty's Ministers from of 1864, wherein mention is made of petitions nothing to prove that the woman had pawned twenty commercial chambers and associations the jewels in question, as the man had already of the United Kingdom praying for the extension been convicted to of doing.

of trade from Rangeen to Western China, bat to the Leeds Chamber of Commerce lately the no more has been made up to the present time! President raised the question of the best way of promoting British trade in South-west China, and he suggested that a railway from Earms to the south-west provinces, a distance of 700 miles, costing about five millions, should be promoted under an Imperial guarantee. The interest of 3 per cent. would, be said, asly involve a labliliy of £150,000 a year. It was decided to make representations in the matter to the Government. This looks like a revival of the demands made years since, Steam navigation was established on the river Irrawaddy within British jurisdiction about thirty years ago, and on November 11th, 1869, one of the steamers belonging to the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company conveyed the political agent from Rangoon. The boat reached Mandalay on the stb, where the party remaloed four days, and they reached Bhame on December 4th. The distance by the river was compated to be 350 miles to the then British frontier, 350 miles thence to Mandalay, and 275 to Bhamo, or in all 975 miles. In a despatch from Colonel A. F. Phayra, Chief Commissioner of British Burma, of October, 1866, he informed the Government of India that the mercantile community of British Burma were most suxious to have communciation with China. established, in which cast Rangaon in a few years would be nearly on a level with Calcatts and Bombay, and he submitted proposal from Mr. W. S. Steel, of the-firm of

Mr. Robinson at this juncture stated that *be conviction was brought about by private mtosecution, and that though the appellant had been arrested on the charge of stealing the jewels, she had been released by the police at the sequest of the prosecution, who asserted that the man had stolen item.

the owner

Within a month the market value of the

seven principal Broken Hill silver mines has

gone up 27 får cent.

because of the price of water. Plenty of gold, Graesome fact Bayley's battery closed down of course, but dear water !

"How is it we never, bear of a lady-castler balting with her employer's money ? Because she takes the employer, too. To release it from "reconstruct would be a Victoria Baptist Fund has 64,000 locked up, Kohe Mlb, fre-boom rason it just about due.

test for the efficacy of prayer. Weather nice and dry, everything beautifully Inflammable, and water-pressure low.

Ono day fast week five women, unassisted by lawyers, appeared in person in Judge Windeyer's Count to claim divorces, and it was made matter of remark that they got their cases successfully through with more expedition and saltors: Don't go away with the idea," wald a court official, "that women are as clever at other law business as at divorce, The smartest of these divorce women couldn't fill up a dog. heads they study the whole thing like a cate license. But once they take divorce in their

cblem."

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parodied at Cue, Westralia, where the church is Dear Bulletin-A Golden Shanty" Is

partly built of quartz blocks donated by claim. greater than their faith in the British purchasing holders whose bellelin Providence was apparently

gold, the steady church-goer has a chance to get pubile. As many of these specimens show shotty even on the collection plate with the point of his pocket-knife ; and should the field ever go bung The Earl of Yarmouth bas settled in Rock. the parzon can, by dollying up the sacred fabric hampton, Q, where he is managing (amongsod panning it off in holy water, get enough to other sweet things) a sugar plantation,

his coach fare to the coast. Wonder some sacrilegious fossicker has not pegged out the House of God as a quartz claim ere this.-W. w.

Another decision by Chief Justice Madden upset. Melb Board of Works asked the City of Melb. Bank to transmit £7.616 to J. Ball, mortgagee. The bank accepted the contract, sald Trust-money--must ante-up." Brother then closed its doors, then refused to pay. Board Madden said "No." Full Court alte down hard on Madden and says "Yes," Verdict with costs against bank, In another care, apparently on all-fours with foregoins, Prahran City Council attempted to despatch 3.110 per City Bank to J. Ball, mortgagee. Bank likewise reconstructed "bank must ante-up Full Court supports the £3.110. Madden gave contrary decision- Madden, with costs against bank depositors 1-Sydney Bulletin,

A man went round Blackall (Q) a week on two ago, trying in valo to buy a Bible. You could more easily get one in the heat of Canton, Most of the Melb. real-estate qualipacers now forage for a living among the furnitate dealers, their old occupation being as extinct as the moa tlon of N.S.W, and Queensland has decided, to

The Land, Building and Investment Associa give up struggling with the inevitable and go Into liquidation.

A million pounds' worth of batter was 'exported from Victoria in '94, and even more will go this year. And still they have plenty wherewith to

smooth down' Gov. Brasscy.

taking up old leases round Broken Hill. Bai The carrion is scented. Adeialde men are Broken Hill looks as if it were not going to stand any boom tricks.

Within the last six months the Union Bank his shipped 65 clerks to its Westralla branches. The bank has no vacancies to fill for the Various offices easily spated them.

In the theatre. Old gentleman: "Excuse me, madam, I paid half-s-crown for admission, but cannot see anything owing to your hat.* She (indignantly): "Sir! I paid ten times as much for my 'at."

It would make many a boomster til to go and see the celebrated White Rock at Drake. £60,000 worth of machinery standing idle for years. The whole affair was sold a few weeks

lace, to Howell, for £3,000.

Melbourne drapers now employ fiends who worth of goods for 21. down and a shilling canvas for orders from door to door, offering week. This is the most powerful temptation the wives of the workers have to combat

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THIRD TERM TALK.

Poo:

At the present time with President Cleveland straining every nerve to get la" somehow for

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third term, the following "talk"

may be

There is no longer any reasonable doubt that a determined and dangerous movement is on foot to nominate Grover Cleveland for a third Prest dential term. The New York Herald in lead- Ing the movement, and more than roo,000 office. holdera will join in the following. Nearly twenty years ago the Republican party met and crushed ment, and the Democratic party will fall in loyalty in its own ranks this peril to our form of govern. to its principles If It does less-Pet: Appial.

„DOCK, WHARVES AND. Gonow 's-Hong- kong and Whampoa Dock Company's shares have further improved thele-position, and sales: 'have been effected at 747 to 149 per cent, prem for cab, ut 15 to 153 per cent. prem. for 31st Inst., and at 154 per cent. prem, for 19th Feb. sellers. Hongkong "and Kewison Wharf, and Godown Company's shares have been sold for the Settlements at $498, but shares can be got now at $49. Whanchals unchanged. New Amoy Deck Company's shares changed hands at $1 cash, a'so at $11.30 Mod $11.50 for delivery on 31st March.

SHAMEEN HOTEL, they have Refurnished the whole Establishment, had it vastly improved in every department, and have now RE-OPENED It under the more popolar Style of VICTORIA. HOTEL

For further Particulars, apply to the

MANAGER

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NEW VICTORIA HOTEL,

Hongkong, Hongkong, roth-December, 1891- [1729

FUJIYA HOTEL,

MIYANOSHITA, HAKONE Four and a half hours from Yokokama. FIRST-CLASS

ACCOMMODATION, NATURAL HOT SPRINGS.

THE

BUILDINGS

TWO ENGLISH BILLIARD TABLES, EXCELLENT CUISINE.

further rather important sales at $9.

LANDS. HOTELS AND BUILDINGS.-After | "THE ELECTRIC LIGHT IN ALL THE

small lot of Hongkong Land Investment and $693, and holders are now demandlag $70, 1 Agency Company's share, has been taken at

tlas and will present a good balance sheet, Kear that this Company Is In a very good post- although the final dividend is not likely to 221 be a larger one than usual. Kowloon Lands and West Points without business. Hongkong MACAO. Hotels are on the market at $igi, while Humphreys Estates remain nominaliy at $98.

MISCELLANEOUS,Green Islands kavereceded

S. N. YAMAGUCHI,

Proprietor.

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shares are quiet, with a few allem at $12. VISITING MACAO FOR CHANGE OF AIR. to $14 with sales. A. S. Watson & Co. | SPECIAL ATTENTION TO FAMILIES Browns are offering at $6, but there do not seem to be any buyers for this stock at present. Hong- kong Electrics changed hands in small quaail-IRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATION. Fenwicks are in demand at gao, Hongkong ties at $61 snd more shares are wanted. Geo. Ices have improved with sales at 306 and $97, and $98 is now offered in valo; it is reported that the earnings of the past year have been very good, and that in all probability anal dividend of 24 per cent, will be declared. Dalry Farms found buyers at $9 ex dividend, Other stocks under this heading enchanged.

SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.

MAILS DUE: American (Gaelic) 6th inst. Indian (Arvatoon Apear) 6th inst. French (Caledonian) 8th lost. Tacoma (Tacoma) 9th fast, English, 14th lost.

American (City of Prðing) 16th inst.

THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s steamer Sundo, from Chins, arrived at London on the evening of the and inst.

Singapore for this port al noon to-day. THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s steamer Borneo left

SHIPPING RETURNS.

From & p.m. yesterday to 6 p.m. to-day.

ARRIVALS.

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Daphne rast Thekla.......... Kwongtang mas

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Aggregatlog` 12,200 tona reglater, DEPARTURES.

who have started "long firm ventures (one of Within the last four months 11 individuals,

Chicago Times-Herald, There is no written constitutional barrier them displayed 30 agencies in various parts of against President Cleveined remaining President Victoria) have been cleared out by the Melbourne of the United States for as many terms as he Trade Protection Sacletler. In several cacetary Morton is right. Yet it must also be true m gaol has followed. Salah!

can manage to get and keep the office. Secres Haiphong ..................................teamer, from Swolow, that the people of the United States are not Bevan The time-honored "sickening thad" of Melbourne evening paper execation reports is disposed or prepared to Mexicanize the Prest-Nagato Mars defunct. Emma Williams" hanging" with "A convulsive no matter how able an official the President Melbourne Herald concluded the deney of the United States, with or without law, cry! And its loathsome contemporary's veralon may b

A "Chow" had fat luck near Bendigo recently, by getting Cleveland nominated for a third term was "A choking gasp

New York Sun. The effort to revolutionize American politica John was fossicklog, and gathered a tab-fall of dirt from about an old stump. When puddiede the air, threatening the National" and panned off the stuff went a hat-fall of sevs Democratic party, representing it as devold of Hertha to the lab. The coins were dated about 30 years pollical stability and equipment, forlora and Triumph

traditions, disturbing and discrediting the

promise to extend. back. No rush has set in as the lead does dot indifferent of its history, untrue to its owD

pilaelples, bocertain and untrustworthy.

New York Tribune issues" mean Cleveland, Nothing more.

Bear in mind, however, that "National | Petrarch

is the only "National issue" the Democrats

He Azameran

s Singapore. week, but, when he gets his next drink, makes had for a dozen years.

Aggregating 9,474 tons register, No principles: up for all back time,”

No platform. No leadership. Just Cleveland. And now wherever they "fight it out on that Has they get thrashed out of their boots. The moral of which is, "Bab for a Third Termin

His Lordship the Chief Justice, alter Hirtening to the arguments of appellant's counsel, without criling upon the respondent's I think this case, in as clear as evidence can make a case. The charges against the appellant are of having pawned jewellry and giving a fiellttoas name and address of the nwner. There is no doubt that the Jewellery belonged to Ho Chat, and that a fictitions name and address was gives. The name of WAS given " Ab Tal and the address No, 12 Gratam Street, and again, No. 12 Elgin Street. The only question remain ing is, is the evidence clear enough to warrant the conviction that this woman is the person who took the jewellry to the pawn shop. The evidence on this point is also very clear. The pawnbroker har known this woman and ked dealings with her over the same sort of jewellry since April, and she gave different names and two or three different addresses. He did not es for her real name and address as he knew her well enough to know she was acting for some one who desired to remain bidden. One of his assistants also recognised, her as the person who pawned one let of Jewellery, Gladstone, Wyllie, and Co., and Mr. Leon pollee constable who happened to be in Hernandes, agent to a Burmese trading company, the shop at the time she pawned one lot to form a company for making a railway from recognised her, and another pawnbroker Rangoon to Western China on the same terms Identified her as the person who brought certain is those granted to rallway companies in India. of the jewels in question to him and compared The seaport of Fangoon is served by steamers bla prices with those of another shop. This to Bhamo, and the distance from that town to evidence seems to me to be very clear. It seems Western China is about one hundred miles, and to me unlikely that this jewellery could have a trade is gradually extending from the hundreds bera pawned over and over again since Aprill of towns and villager on the Irrawaddy to the without the knowledge of Ho Chut. I have very Shan Stater. When the first steamer went up Httle doubt that Ho Chut authorised these jewels that river from Mandalay scarce a trace of Euro- to be pawned, and that some of the jeweld were pean manufactures could be di.covered. The not redeemed, and then, for some reason or other, people grow their own cotton, and made their

Private letter from Coolgirdle: Water has it was discovered that they were in a pawns own clothes. Scissors and a few articles of cutlery

gone up to gå, a gallon, Two water camels which broker's shop unredeemed. Whether there ever were found to be of native manufacture. The It's all rot about the camel being able to go

had been on the dry for a week cost me £3 10 was a theft or not is difficult to say. It may be only imports that had penetrated so far inland without watch. He can keep his thirst for a this woman may have taken some jewels without Bhamo were small quantities of twist, sewing authority. On the other hand may not be needles, and thread. There seemed to be 10. It may be they were silll being pledged nothing produced for export, but the country was for Ho Chat. But when it was suggested that well adapted for the cultivation of cotton, tobacco, there had been theft and the pawnbreker teel seed, tine, wheat, and potatoes; hides, ivory, went to Ho Chat's house to identify the person lac, and beeswax were procurable in quantiless who had pawed the goods, Ho Chut lats this and immense forests of teak were observed, woman Ah Tim go to Canton so as not to be seen. This looks very strange. It has Thambo presented excellent sample of coal, The malees at been suggested that there has been conspiracy and being near the surface might be easily on the part of the witnesses on whose evidence worked. from and copper were seen to abound, this conviction was made, but this seems most and it was thought gold and silver would be unlikely. On the whole, I do not think there is found. The soil and climate were favourable any condict of evidence. There are many cons for t tradictions, but the evidence of the prosecution which were plentiful, but never experted. The rearing buffalces, cattle, and ponies, all of seems to me quite clear, and therefore I am quite inhabitants were oppressed by people who clear that there is sufficient reliable evidenca to farmed out monepolles, but under British convlet this woman.. I must say a word or two about the prosecution of the convicted man. I tribes living beyond the boundaries of India

rule and protection the oppressed Shan question b ve looked through the depositions in this case, have flocked fato and in the criminal court, and have consulted with the learned Judge (Mr. Wise) who tried that case, and have seen bis notes on the evidence

which had never been lifted.

Burms,

of

Four youths have been dismissed from the S. A. Taxation Dept. for playing pitch-and-toss In the basement during work hours. Yet pald M'.P. continually play cards in the commitee- rooms while the House is sitting, and there is during working konza. always a "Cap sweep" got up in the Legislature

great style at Sydacy bicycle sports, Awalle Mandaria Quong Tart handled the pistol in back Quang was starting some races when his old horse-pistol kept missing fire. Met next day "Oh, I don't know, unless the wretched Chinese and asked what the difficulty was, he replied, cartridges were filled with sand.

Pittsburg Press.

Kwongiang....... Chittagongratz

teamer, for Singapore.

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Holbow, Shanghai, Saigon.

Selgon,

Saigon.

The British steamabip Artur leté Auping an the and festant, and had light north-ngai vlada and hazy weather with rain,

The greatest and most Infsential Democratic The Japanese steamship Nagato Maru left newspa; ers of the country to-day are out-spokta Moji on the goth ultimo, and had nine weather in favor of the President's renomination. One | and moderatë sen (hroughout the voyage. New York World, the New York Et ming need only mention the New York Herald, the Post, the 54 Louts Republican, and there are others by the score, net omitting the Pittsburg Fost

If lots of cheap "fall_talk" will do it Mr. mate casc.—H.K.T. Grover Cleveland should get in with consum-

and think it clear that the care as presented change. The proper the fallway with Day on November 23rd. The usual grow! came | iurnéð at noon to-day states —

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The British steamship Benvenus felt Moji on west winds to Tang-yungi thance to Breaker the goth ultimo, and had light west and north.

Polot had light north-east monsoons from there to port had light variable" winda and smooth sea.

The Britla steamship Halioong left Tamsul on the gist aktima, and had moderate north. easterly winds and forg rolling sex. Wind increasing to a moderate gale ; arrived in Amoy 14.30 am. on the rst instant. Left Amoy on the and, and had fresh breess and cloudy weather to Swatow. Left Swatow on the 3rd,

rala and bad similar weather with occasional Ught Ia Amoy the steamships Hong-long, Wenchow and Kwongmo, la Swalow the steamship Human.

HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA' DOCK' RETURNS,«

BANK SHARRE-Hongkong and Shangbals have been in fair demand and sales have been- sflected at 181, 183, and 183 per cent, prem, for can, the market closing very firm with further Trend ........... la Kowloon Dock: buyers. On time, transactions have taken place || Amo}.................................... at 185 per cent. prem for arst lostant, at 187 to Zajtrs 188 per cent, prem, for 29th February, and at

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A London chairman-Now, the water always cropping up at these West Australian macilags, but I can assure you that Burman has all you have got to do is to leave the water

COMMERCIAL NEWS. of Ara was driven out by our troops, and the British brains, and it will come all right in the advanced materially in progress since the King question in W.. to British enterprise and

HONGKONG BHARE MARKET. fature of that province betrays indications cad. Praise Ball from whom all waters flow!

Hongkong, January 4th. to the Court shows a strong case sgalost the

to do, therefore, Vic, banks, as usual, celebrated Constitution Mr. Eslab Georg la bis Wrekly Share Litt|| man, The strongest evidence is that of the Western China. Other links will follow

teams to be to connect Bhamo iltle girl who says she took the jewels and gave course, General Sir Arthur Cotton, of the Royal Three statutory Vic. bank holidaysWhit stocks close firm with a slightly upward from the e empty tressary chest of local commerce. Business is a little more Hvely again and most them to the man, and as this constitutes her on Engineers, who took a leading share in the Monday, Separation Day, and Constitution Day tendency. accomplice her gvidinee should be looked upon with extreme caution. And then there was the

Tarious projects for connecting India with days on no debt can be demanded, or Cal Mat alleged confession of the prisoner. The prisoner

paper before the Royal bil fall dae-are repudiated by traders in stated that whatever confession be made was the able fit enter this topic, la general, Banks, Insurance offices, and stock

which he remarked that The and share markets close. extorted from him by threats and intimidation throwing open of all Todia to all China-the of what would be done by Feng Wha-chuso. At access of country containing two hundred

From Australian Star, some more awful effects of the combined cable service any file the Jay convicted. The learned judge mlilians to the produce of a country occupied by quite agrees with me that it is quite clear now foar bundred millions (and the opposite), to say

LONDON, November 230d. that this man ought not to have been convicted, th

A quantity of hay, to the value of £40,000, 190 per cent, prem, for 31st March. The Chow fa.............. and that being as the featzed judge will be lasting of Central Aals, would be of its kind a belonging to the late Mr. Stokes, who was exe-London quotation is unchanged, Nationals and Evandale

position to make a recommendation for his sching it has ever been seen to the world; and

work of such magnitude as that nothing appro- cused on the Congo, has arrived

the coast." release, which I shall be galto prepared to

which can report a caravan seriously paper endorse.

the export of a large portion of the produce of humping £40,000 worth of hay across the Dark qalet and the only transactions I know of area

MARINE INSURANCE SHARES have ruled Kong Bing umu Western China for Europe, through our own Continent has no idea of avoirdupois

Dorts¶¶¶ principal port of Calcutta, is an imperial ques-

on of the very fist importance. In Hindostan bard lately that some are inclined to pull down of Stralis. Insurances at $243. This latter is a Betgis

Big Engleb

bookles have been knocked so fam. Unions at $200 and at $197, the stocke

closing with sellers at the higher rates and a lot Reina Cristina mamm The views of General Cotton gained acceptance, the blinds. One declares a loss of 5 bat in Barms local interests laffuenced the the season opened. Stasting price system is forced sale, and shares are wanted now at $243. | Germanto...moi

£50,000 since selection of router. Five reutes have been mainly responsible. The Australian Ikey Mo Canard on off: at $100 zlatarest warrauts sketched. These Kro Calcutta to Silhet, doesn't

A Sydney daily is our authority for stating that | THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT dieam or fancy double, and

Lazer are offering at quotations. China Traders

& AGENCY Ca., Ltd. Shangbal; (3) Rangoon to Mandalay, Theinnu luvokes the turf Joss to trip up the packed fe-ald, have just been done at 8733.

Ronkone, 31st December, iRos to Yuanan; (3) Magwe on the Irrawaddy to or send heavy rain to have his little crop. FIRE INSURANCE SHARES have been in steady crossing the Salween and Cambodia rivers,

Hung and lo Cantos (4) the Sprye route Everyone prays for rain in this depraved country, demand, and higher prices have been paid, The sprints at the Melb. Hibernians' fole Hongkongs changed hands at $270 to $281) svolding Mandalay and Bhames (5) Rangoon to were judged by Balid's autom ́tio Judging and are wanted at $180, while Chinas have been Finng Hung. A sixth would follow the course of machine, and thoughsomedeseosed.

done and are in request at $90. the Irrawaddy to Bbamo, and thence to China, the machine's vardict was never

SHIPPING--Hongkong, Canton and Macaos Route went from The following cases were set downs for the of Bengal, to Bhamo, The Arraken chain of Athletic Club, the strongest in Vic., has decisted $374, $37, and again at $374, at which latter Chittagong, on the Bay The thing is so far a success that Stawell have been done at very irregular rates, $378, 1espective dates :—

malu line from Calcutta was in operation following solt. Baird, Sydney boy and ex-been done at 358 and 8373 carb, sies at 86; for mountains was deemed objectionable, but if a for it, and several other sports promoters are rate. Shares are offering, Indo-Chinas hars Tuesday, January 7th,

branch could be run from Chittagong to Cachar, Han Firm v, Lam 991.96 Gentral

of the Forest Lodge, Harriers, is 25th and 30th April, and at 862 for grat bany, 3163 The Nam Shang v. Wong Un 293,80 Casal Cotton mapped ont portiernative rette syndicating the affair to exploit Anterica and China and Manlies found buyers at 870, and are strong at that figurs. Douglases, which (Western China). These routes have been The need for retrenching salaries in Melo were in good demand in the early part of the planned by British officers serving in India, and bourne commercial circles bae caused the weak, with sales at $53 cash and at $55 for 75.00 the next century the whole night may be dismissal of many managers and head nesount stat March, have weakened, and after further curled out. They are all required to serve anls who have held their positions for your cash sales at Be3 and $59, also at 851), close districts that may not be enabled to dispense with their respective firme. Their places have work with malleti ne gja zaak.” “China Mutian whh railways and iclagraphs, The absagery, boon inked by juniora drawing, in many ensory mohangai

Mr. Justice Wise: I cannot enough express my sorrow that this evidence was met placed before the Jary, I am quite clear that if it had been there would have been no conviction.'

The Chief Justice: The appeal is dismissed,

SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

(Before His Honour Mr. Justice Wiss.)

January 4th.

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Cachar, Munipore, Bhamo, to Yusage, and to † lays the ally" through post-belling, paid on and Instant. North Chinas and Yang.]

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