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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1900.

DEATH. Died at the United States Consulate General, Hongkong, 9 am, the 16th January, 1900, MIS. DERTHA ISABEL FOOTE, wife of Hon. W. W. Foote of Oakland, Califonia, and Aunt of Mrs. Rounsevelle Wildman. [83b

The Hongkong Telegraph

BONGRONG, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1909.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

THE RIGHLAND IRDJADE. On Wednesday last our evening fouten. puray published a telegram from Colombo which stated that "The soldiers comprising

WEATHER REPORT.

The Observatory report says --

On the 19th at 11.55-a.. the barometer has risen slightly an the E. coast of China, fallen- a little on the S. coast. Pressure is high over N. China and low, probably, in the N.E. part of the Sea of Japan. Gradients slight to made- rate, with moderate soon on the coast and fresh monsoon in the No part of the China Sea FORECAST :--Moderate Ń.E. winle'; figin

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Soupira was senteneish to be impriamed for six weeks for pushing the ticket collector of the steam taunch Zerož into the harlanta. A CHINAMAN was this morning at the Magest. racy fined $25 or in lefault one' 'month's Reformatory at Causeway Bay without a per-

Levit.

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LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

SUPREME COURT.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

(Before His Hon, W. M. Goodman, Acting Chief Justice)

January 18th...

ARAĘKU KOBBERY, The witnesses for the prosecution in the anisskrobiyay case tupported the statements mlade byg Mu-Pullock, if his opening address in she jung į

CHINESE OFFICIALS.

the criminal proceedings would be dropper. and that the charges of torgery and conspiracy might not be proceeded with.. 3 could not im- derstand otherwise, why pending remand at It cannot be gainsaid that in refusing to the Magistracy, Mr. Reece, the Solicitor for the acquiesce in the repented request of the Chinese.. prosecution, should have interviewed the pri government for permission to establish a con- saners with his Interpreter and obtained from sulate at Hongkong, the government of that them a document so fatal to their chance of colony has adopted a very wise policy. The defending themselves; especially as the pri- Chinese were induced to emigrate bag and soners were defended by Solicitor, at all events baggage to Hongkong in such large numbers- from 6th November. The Investigation of the solely through the protection the British govern.

anent afforded te, life and property, specially; charge at the Magistracy was commenced on 25th October, 1891), and there were a great many from the rapacity of the mandarindom, and

under its benignant rule they thruse and, remands. The prosecution was a private one and I deemed it my duty in call, the attention amassed fortunes in a way that would never of the Attorney-General to the matter so that have been their fo on the mainland. This Esidence aur the picice was then gone into any attempt to hush up the criminal aspect of is the whole secret of the wealth and pros- which showed that the Prosecutor had been the case, if a crime had really been committed, perity of this southern colony. The advent in consideration of the cancellation of the deed of a Chinese consular representative, Fows mayed by Tain for two months, as his

should not succeed without the coufent of some ever, would undoubtedly change this happy joki and had stolen the 240 from him.

stale of things. An imperium in imperio The Prascrute is being recalled denied responsible officer. In the event, the case was ever having been in Tam Ti's employ and

committed for trial and the two prisoners would be created and the wealthy native pleaded guilty yesterday, to the third count, traders would feel as insecure as if they were The book was produced and showed pay-

which alleges that they conspired and agreed ander the immediate clutches of their own meurs made to losecution, who, then said the together, on 24th October, 1898, falacly and authorities, and the prosperity of Hongkong baok

Chung Tong.

Pang Sui Cheung, out of his undivided moiety This is not fiction but a neural and inevitable produced did not belong to Tam T but fraudulently to cheat and defraud the little boy, would receive a serious, if not a fatal blow. Chung Tong was then called and sworn. He of the laud known as Section 1 of Inland Lot out of any influence that the Chinese 202. Now, when one looks at the deed of the authorities might be allowed to exercise in said Lam ting, the Prosecutor, used to be

poyed by Tam Ti as a foki and it was not 24th October, 1898, it is clear that the document 1ongkong, for it is an open secret that the right for him to steal his master's money.

is a fraudulent conveyance. It recites, inter Protector of Chinese in that colony-un officer alia, that the first prisoner is trustce to assign very much needed in Shanghai-has much of His Lordship warned Lam Hing against not

the property to Pang Sui Chrong on his attain- his valuable time taken up in watching the speaking the ath, but he still persisted in

Customs there do not terrorise the Chinese, but denying ever having been in the employ of ing manhood. The first prisoner therefore Canon and Kowloon authorities. Even the Tam Ti.

knew he was a trustee. It further recites that

cases have occurred in which wealthy Chinese Pung Sui Clicung had atlained the age of

have been kidnapped from the colony by the twenty-one years and had requested the 1st

mandarins. The case of Lee-Lun Kwaj, may, prisoner to assign to him. As matter of fact, this was a falsehood, for the little boy is now till be. rentembered by old, residents, when Chef Justice Summale thought it his only seven or eight years of age, but to carry through the fraud the second prisoner duty to impose a sentence of thiny years' penal serve as a deterrent to other emissaries of the personated the boy and became a party to the servitude on that archscoundrel in order to deed as if he had been the boy grown up in manhood. Of course, after registration at the Chinese authorities who dared to exploit the

tative inhabitants of Hongkong. Land Office which was duly effected, the deed being duly drawn up at the Solictor's office, there was nothing to prevent the second prisoner from assigning the property to a purchaser and going off with the money. Fortunately however, this has not been done. 1 adjourned the case yesterday to allow of affidavits in mitigation of sentence being filed. The prisoners have, respectively, filed an affidavit each accordingly.

REGULAR MEETING of the the Highland Brigade with Lord Martes's imprisonment for getting stone behind the challenged him to produce his wages book. VICTORIA PRECEPTORY will be heldColumn, the and Rrigal Highlanders (Black at the FREEMASONS HALL on FRIDAY, Watch), 200 Seaforth Highlanders, st the 26th instant, at 8.30 for 1.3. precisely, Higland Light Infantry, 1st Argyll and Visiting Sir Knights are cordially invited to Sutherland Highlanders and Cron-MORROW Pernoon, on the Haqpy Valley, Highlanders, refuse absolutely in salate in the second round for the Hongkong Football [84b Lieutenant General Lord METIN." We Challenge Shield, 25th Company, E. D., R.A., carnestly trust that this telegram, which has, will play "B" Company, RW.F. Kick-off at

four o'clock. so far, received no cantirmation, will prose to be erroneous. Our contemporary remarks

THERE will be a football match at Causeway that the conduct of the men smacks of in-Bay between the i.K., Engineers P. C. and subordination, but military me with whom we have spoken upon the subjectusz a much stronger term and express the opinion that if Captain Batt, will be despatched as above the news be true, and they hope that it is not, the whole of the insubordinate Highlanders on TUESDAY, the 20th February,

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will be sent to the rear and deprived of the part that they would have otherwise taken in the operations. For our own part we cannot believe the report to be true. High tail troopslavṛúlways been noted as amongst the smartest of the Britishy, Army and it is difficult to believe that in the face of the Chemy, as it were, they would take a course which, while perhaps intended to in- dicate that they had lost faith in their com mander,would certainly cause the commander to lose faith in them and doubt their trust worthiness to carry out his orders. We camot believe that trained and tried soldiers would ever have stooped to such childish-

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THD: "ENDESRATH" INCHENT, It is somewhat difficult to credit Reuter's statement that besities having irritated Ger many we shall be obliged to pay a heavy inkinity for the detention of the Bundes with. We have been told that Britain's reply to Germany's protest upheld her right to “ YAWATA-MARU,”

search neutral vessels and, this being the (3,800 Tons Gross, Captain, A. E. Moses,) will be case Reuter's piece of news comes as a con- despatched for the above, Port, on, FRIDAY, plete samprise. May it not be that the the 20th instant, at 4. P.M.

This new Mail Steamer is specially cons.telegram has been mutilated an that sit tructed for service in the Tropics and is provided with Superior Accommodation and with all modern fittings and improvements for the safety and comfort of Passengers, Electric Light and Refrigerator, Doctor and Stewardess carried.

Return Tickets issued by this Company are available for retum by steamers of the other

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Hongkong, 19th January, 1900

AN APPEAL.

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HE SUPERIORESS of the ITALIAN

CONVENT, CSS a best respectfully to APPEAL to the Residents of Hongkong and the Past Ports, for their kind patronage and support, and desires to state that she will be pleased to receive orders for all kinds of NEEDLE WORK.

Gentlemen's Shirts made to order, and Cuffs and Collars renewed on old ones.

Ladies and Children's Under-clothing Chil dren's Dresses, and all kinds of Embroidery: Materials can be supplied, if required.

The Superioress will also be most grateful for any PAPER, or old ENVELOPES to be made into Books for the Children of the Poor Schools, who are taught by the Sisters... Hongkong, 22nd April, 1892.

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Royal Engineers F. C. to-morrow. Kick-off at 4p.m. The following will play for the Engi- neers--ti. Moore, Dyer, Lapsley, Tooby, Wilson, Ritchie, Blades, R. Helerson. McQuise, Smillie, and Duncan. A CASE, in which five Chinamen are charged with unlawfully stealing, shells from the waters of the Colony, instituted by the fee Hing Com pany, cane, on for hearing at the Magistracy this afternoon. But no evidence was taken as Mr. Francis who is to appear for the defendants was unable to attend. Adjourned till next Friday,

This Lordship, addressing the Jury, said the only witness fir the prosecution was Lan Vin. That man had been convicted by the Magistrate of having stolen the very money which he alleged the prisoner stole from him. Of course people must not rub thief, but the thing was this, bad they any reasonable doubt about the guilt of the prisoner, and were they prepared to find him guilty on the unsupported evidence of Tam Vinader the circumstances he did not think it would be safe to do so."

The jury found the prisoner not guilty, His Lordship believed Tan Yin had been telling lies, and he sentenced him to three month's hard labour.

January 19th.

TUE Band of the Hongkong Regiment will play at the Hongkong Hotel, to-morrow, Ying came up for sentence, they having pleaded This morning Pang Hin Yau and Pang Tak Saturday) evening, from 5 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.:-guilty to the third count of the indictment, viz,

conspiracy to cheat and defraud."

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CRICKET.

On Saturday at 11.30 aug. the H. K. C. c. will play the Navy on the Cricket ground,

CLUB TEAM.

K. B. Johnston. G. R. Vallings. Capt. Langlinne.

J. A. Lawson. F. Maitland.

H. C. Hancock. R. L. Thomson. 3. M. G. Burnie.

E. 11. Hinds. Capt. Dyson.

A. G. Ward.

HONGKONG BOAT CLUB. Yesterday evening the members of the frong kong Boat Club had a scratch race between themselves. Three boats were entered and the course was from the Yau-ma-ti Police Station to the Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's first pier, a distance of approximately three "We Congratulate Major DROWN, R.A.M.C.quaners of mile. Mr. C. f. Grace acted in and Mr. McKik upain the suchess which the capacity of Starter and Umpire, attended their first onslaught upon filth. IL

bottoms. somewhere

CLANGRATULATION,

CREWS.

1

No. 1 Boat.

No. 2 Bont C. T. Katsch

2 Ellis,

No. 3 Beat

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Cos.

Mr. Francis in appealing to his Lordship for a lenient sentence said that the whole matter was a family ons, and the learned counsel related how the land had been first left to Pang Kong, when a boy, by his father, who on reaching manhood when he came into the pro- perty assigned one half to his mother. This, Mr. Francis obsen ed, might have been prompted by pure filial affection but that the law looked upon these transactions with a certain amount of suspicion, and the probability was that until the day of his death Pang Kong was sorry that he had done so. When the mother died, she left her property to Pang Kong's infant son, bat id not make the father the trustee, but Pang Hing Yau, Pang Kong's brother was appointed. Pang Kong unturally felt hurt and Mr. Francis respectfully submitted that that it was at his instigation that the fraudulent deed was drawn up, as he wished to obtain control of the property himself When Fang Kong died he left his property to his son (the same one as had been left his grand-mother's property) and appointed his sister, not his widow, as guardian. It was owing to Páng Hing Yau's conduct subsequent to the death of Fang Kong that he bad-advised him to plead guilty to the "third" count. Mr Francis asked for a light sentence for the first prisoner because it was probably at Pang Kong's instiga- tion and because in point of fact no actual larm had been done the boy, the land at the present time being registered in the

is me that Major Brows's first motion was negatived bit still Kowloon residents will. H. Gale........... have the satisfaction of knowing that they R. F. Johnston will canly have to enthire the nuisance for C. T. Butselt......3 C). Hance Office in his name, and long thing and another three months. Still, we think that G. M. Young... Stroke. J. Fredericks...Stroke.

Bain....... ...Cox. White steps should have been taken to ensure its inhaediate removal if possible; we agree with: Mr. Oksisay that latrines need fing necessarily he offensive, but when one is so, and is a const int source of complaint, the sooner it is done away with the better. Evidently Major PROWN and Mr. Meki an not en- tirely deficient in the sense of smell as so many of our Sanitary Officials appear to lie.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

REUTER'S SERVICE.

THE WAR.

Portugal and Delagoa Bay.

Losos, January 17th. Portugal has declared that she will neither sell, cede, nor lease any of her colonial possessions.

Martial Law in Cape Colony Sir Alfred Milner has proclaimed martial Jaw in the districts of Philipstown and Hope

Lown.

The Tugela River. Very heavy Artillery firing was heard on Monday in the direction of Springfield,

The Free Staters and the War. Various reports are current that the Free Staters are desirous of ending the war. It is stated that at a Council recently held at Bloomfontein it was declared that if the British did not attack by the 17th; instant the Free Staters would retuni ti their homes.

LATER.

race.

W. Canning ....

Major Watson......2

H. Yeates 3

J. Danby, Stroke, 1.t. Uarrett......Cax.

willing to renounce all rights as the boy's trustee, and for another to be appointed. For the second prisoner, Mr. Francis asked that his youth, only 18 when the fraudulant deed was signed, might be taken into account. The First Offenders Act was not in operation in Hongkong but its spirit so impregnated British law that he hoped his Lordship- would deal leniently with him. The widow of Pang Kong, was in Court and if his lord-

ship would call her she would say that she did not press for a severe sentence.

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The first prisoner alleges he had no fraudulent intent but executed the deed at the request of Pang Kong the father of the little boy.

Pang Kong died last May, and I am m aware of any evidence which i believe in so port of this charge against his memory.

The second prisoner alleges in his affidavit that he was only eighteen years old, on 14th October, 1898, and that he executed the diced under the influence of his mother and uncle (since deceased)and in entire ignorance of what he was really doing. But the deed recites that the boy whom he personated had arrived at mapliood, and though I am willing to make some allowance in consideration, of the second prisoner's age, I believe he knew perfectly well he was a party to a wicked and fraudulent proceeding.

I will deal with the case under Ordinance 14 of 1598 and of course, sentence the prisoners only on the count to which they have pleaded guilty. The sentence on the first prisoner is two years imprisonment with hard labour, and on the second prisoner (as he is young) the sentence will be one year's imprisonment with hard labour.

The Court then adjourned sine din

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A good start was made, No. 1 pulling ahead with much too fast a stroke, which they were not able to maintain, and so allowed No 1 boat, pulling a good, stealy, long stroke, to forge

Mr. Pollock said he regretted having to ask

We have been favoured with a copy of the ahead of them. No. 3 took up the position of that the extreme penalty be inflicted for a mis- third and managed to keep it throughout the deamour, as they had pleaded guilty of con- first number of a New Chinese newspaper Cnly once was there any doubt of the spiring with a wicked and criminal intention to published in the Colony and entitled China, result and that was caused by a junk crussing cheat and defraud Pang Shui Cheong. His learn-which, like the Kpkumin. Shimbun, published No. boat, which obliged their coxswain toed friend had tried to show that there was no

in Japan, bas an English column steer in a most erratic manner, No. 2, however, wicked intention. There was another serious were not fresh enough to take advantage of matter; that in the alladavit filed by the first their rival's misfortune, No. I coming in an prisoner he attempted to show that he was not, easy winner. No. 3's stroke towards the end the trustee of the boy bat of another one, the of the race was rowing purely with his arms son of a concubine; this he must have known and not utilizing the muscles of his back in any was false and had been proved so by two or way. Time 5 maius. 34 505.

three witnesses.

THE LATRINE QUESTION.

The motion was seconded by Dr. Hartigan. Mr. Osborne said that the latrine belonged to the Wharf, and Godown Company and he understood that the Sanitary Board had no power to order its removal. As a matter of fact, arrangements had been made for its removal in deference to the wishes of the Kowloon

The aims

of the new paper are set forth as follows;→

OUR PROGRAMME.

As this is the first issue of the China we feel that it is our duty to state clearly our opinions concerning China, which are as follows,

1, It is our since desire to see the peoples of England and China draw closer together in the bonds of friendship as we feel certain that if they were better acquainted with one another many if the prejudices existing on both sides would vanish and it seems to us that there is no better medium, for bringing this about than the publication in this Colony of a daily news or Chinamenj paper which can be read either by Britishers

2, We are in favour of complete reform in China-political-financial judicial-com mercial and social and towards this end our best energies will ever be directed, and we feel sure that in our efforts in this direction we shall always receive the sympathy of the British people.

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But the Singapore Governincat was not ns wise in its generation, and in an ill-advised moment received a Chinese Consul with the obvious result that soon afterwards the late Sir Charles Mitchell had to issue a proclamation to the Chinese inhabitants explaining the status of their Consul, who had been sub-rosa ex- entising extraterritorial rights under the very nose of the Straits Government,

Now, no sooner had the Model Settlement of Shanghai made the initial and irreparable blunder of admitting a Chinese imperium in imperia within the settlement in the shape of the Mixed Court, than it set about to reinely the evil, and we must say that if the remetly is not worse it is at least no better than the disease. Our city fathers see the absolute necessity of

sinews of the trade-in the Settlement and have, Protecting the Chinese-the back bone and in their wisdom, adopted the safeguards of requiring (1) that the runners of the Mixed Court shall make no arrest unless with the assistance of the Municipal Police, and (2) that no warrants from the City Magistrate shall be executed in the settlement without having been wish by the Senior Consul. These guarantees, at their best, hardly attain the object sought for, The first has been found to be unworkable and has been lately denounced from the bench by the Mixed Court Magistrate, and we have reasons to believe that the rule is more honoured in the breach than in the observance. As to the second it is on the face of it an utterly absurd provision, for by na manter of means could the Senior Consul be effected to enquire into every particular case before endorsing the wars rant. His function must necessarily be of a perfunctory nature. A case in point occurred the other day when a Chinese employd of a "Britisher was arrested under a warrant issued by the City Magistrate and duly countersigned by the Senior Cousal. The Britisher, knowing that the charge brought against his employe was a trivial or a truniped-up one, at once laid the matter before his energetic Consul, who had the employé in question immediately re- leased and actually brought to the British Consulate by the myrmidons of the City Ma- gistracy! Had not the Britisher intervened the innocent.man.would still be immured in the horrible City dungeon and fleeced to his bottom dollar. How many such like cases are daily occurring are doubtless represented by nearly as many warrants as are sent to the Senior Consul for his signature. And we are informied that they are neither few nor far between.

It would therefore be generally admitted that if the so-called safeguards for the protec- tion of the Chinese residents are of any value in principle, they are, as we have shown, in Practice, utterly worthless and unworthy of appearing any longer in our local statutes. For the credit and honour of our Council- Flors it is sincerely to he hoped that... they will loss no time in devising more intelli- gent means by which our Chinese fellow residents can be protected from the rascality of their officials.. It was only the other day that we had occasion to give a general estimate of the character of the genus yclept the Chipeso Magistrate, and the moral was supplied by. On passing Sentence His Lordship said :--

Detective Sergeant Gilfillan at the Mixed Court There are circumstances in this case 10

yesterday, when he made the astounding state- which I think it my duty to call attention.

ment that a counterfeiter of coins who was Al yesterday's meeting of the Sanitary Board,Or 14th November, 1800, a writ was issued

supposed to be doing five years hard at the Major Brown, K.A.M.C., in moving that the in the original civil jurisdiction of the Supreme

City Magistracy was met by him coolly walking latrine in Elgin Road, Kowloon, be removed, Court, on behalf of a little boy nained Pang

along Seward Road. The logical deduction said that it almost seemed as if sites for latrines Sui Cheung, by his next friend, against the two had been selected on the principal of making prisoners as defendants praying that a Deed of

is assuredly that a criminal of the deepest, them the greatest possible nuisance to the Assignment, dated 24th October, 1898, purport-

dye can purchase his freedom in China, and that it is mainly honest proverty greatest possible number of persons and that ing to be an assignment by the first prisoner

that suffers the rigours of Chinese justice. Case it behoves the the Elgin Road urine was a striking example of an undivided moiety of Section 1. of Inland

Such being the and had been complained of most bitterly by Lot No. 202. should be declared fraudulent on

ratepayers, if the Councillors do nothing of Kowloon residents. He wished to have it the ground that the assignee, who purported to

their own initiative, to force their own initiative, removed to a site where it would cause annoy be the little boy Plaintiff, was personated by ance to as few persons as possible.

the second prisoner, and that the Deed should

to force their hands either by trying to mend the future the execution in the settlement of be cancelled and the Registration thereof, at

or end the Mixed Count or by forbidding for die Land Office, should be vacated and the interest of the first prisoner in the property as 3, We are fully aware of the necessity for any warrants from the City Magistrate. There Trustee for the little boy, should be assigned maintaining the integrity of China, but we feel is no shirking the fact that as a civilized people we have a stern duty to perform towards our and vested in some other trustee for him. In that this should be done by forces from within other words, was suggested that the first and that our country must learn to depend less civilized brethren. Let us be manlier in prisoner had, in reality, assigned to the second upon her own resources and thus frustrate the the future than we have been in the past and prisoner the property of the little boy with a machination of those Fowers who seek to bring let us without flinching discharge this duty. It would not be onerous in anyway, for we believe view to cheat the child out of the land about her destruction,

4, Humiliating as it is we are bound to admit the Chinese would, gladly pay an increased to which he was entitled ns beneficiary. On the 6th December, 1899, Mr. Reece, the that at the present day almost everything conlaxation to defray the cost of the establishment

of the needful judicial macbinety-Mercury, nected with China is in an utterly corrupt con- Solicitor for the Plaintiff, applied to me for a decrce in the Civil Suit by consent of Defend-dition, but this we hold to be entirely the ants, practically in terms of the writ, and filed outcome of the gross dishonesty of the Pekin an affidavit in support with the following docu-government and its Manction officials, who ment as an Exhibit:-"We the undersigned have for the last two and a half-centuries Tang Wing yau of No. 7 Pottinger Street, Vic- been the great barrier to Chinese progress loria, Hongkong, Shroff, and Pang Tak-ying of and reform. Yet, we are not without hope that No. 177 Holywood Road, Victoria aforesaid, great changes for the better may take place in Trader, hereby consent to the Indenture of China, bit it will require considerable energy Assignment bearing date the 24th day of Octo on the part of the patrioti portion of the ber 1898 and expressed to be made between Chinese people to make the ruling classes un Pang Hing-you-of the one part and Pang Suiderstand their true position and realize the fact cheong (in fact personated by lang Tak-ying) that, if China is to coatinio as nation, she of the other part of one undivided half part must awaken or share of land in Section 1 of Inland Lot 5. It is our opinion, that one of China's No 202 boing set aside and cancelled and to

the Land Office greatest nécessities is a sound Cenaluutional the Registration thereof. After some discussion, Mr. Osborne proposed being vacated and to alltite estate and interest government which would place the legis

of the country entirely in the hands as an amendment that the contractor base of Pang Hing-yau in the said half part or share

sadly needed) the general reloma non of the quired to construct a bamboo pier leading being assigned to or vested in Pang Tam-sui, people. This would be followed by what is so below low watermark and establish the latrine or some other Trustee or Trustees for the be laws of the Empire and the establishment of at the end of it. This amendment was carried.nefit of her son Pang Sui-cheong

the system of ujal by jury Mr. McKie proposed the removal of the Dated this 3rd day of November 1899 latrine situated on the western boundary of the Witness F. Reece, Solicitor, Hongkong, Cricket ground, saying that it was a great Interpreted &c. &a The Times Correspondent at Lorenzo-

nuisance to those going that way to the Tram Marques states that Malcking was holding Station and to frequenters of the Cricket ground, its own pluckily on the 11th instant and that After some discussion the motion was amended there was no likelihood of its being comand it was decided that the latrine should be pelled to surrender. The garrison had removed to some spot, more westward to the plenty of cattle and tinned meats, north of the City Hall

residents.

matter.

The "Bundesrath" Incident. The steamer Bundesrath will be released Mr. Ormsby remarked that he saw no objec- immediately. Great Britain besides having | tion to a latrine being in a public place and did deeply irritated Germany will have to pay anot see why it should be offensive, but, in view of its removal having been promised by Mr. heavy indemnity.

Osborne, he had nothing farther to say on the In reply to Major Brown, Mr. Osborne said that the latrine would be removed within the Dr. Clarke pointed out that the only way in which the Board could deal with a private latrine was to summon the owner for commit ting a nuisance.

Departure of the 2nd Sydney. Contingent.

The second Sydney Contingent has sailed next three months. amidst boundless enthusiasm.

Losses at Rensborg. The British losses at Rensberg on the 15th instant were 7 killed and 6 wounded, Cap- tain Orr of the Yorkshire dangerously, HONGKONG VOLUNTEER GAZETTE SERVICE.. Modder Rivor. General Methuen on Tuesday made a demonstration in föfte and shelled the enemy's left, which was found strongly oc- cupied. The enemy did not reply until the -British wildzes, there were no casualties

Mafoking.

The motion was put and lost. Major Brown then put his second motion, for the removal of the matshed latrine between Knutsford and Ormsby, Terraces, saying that there had been continual complaints from the residents in the vicinity.

Mr. McKie seconded,

Signed in Chinese by Pang Hing you and Pang Tak yeng

and quickly,

6. We consider that all the ed in this programme are and nothing short of the substantial and

I found, however, that criminal proceedings In this pur Grap against the 2 prisoners were proceeding at the briefly state our political vie time at the Magistracy and had my suspinterest and meet all the cians that, when my decree had beta obláided, readers

PEKING.

Our native correspondent at Peking, writes. as follows-It is generally reported here that the Empress Dowager intends to appoint Viceroy Liu Kun-vi a member of of the Grand Council when he comes up for his audience, which means that she is going to keep him by her side instead of allowing him to hold office is pedal in the province With reference to the impeachment of the Emperor's retired Tutor, the now cashiered Assistant: Grand Secretary, Wong Tung-ho, by Kang Yi and Lj.- Ping heng which occurred not long ago, I TH ears that the Empress Dowager who read the

emonials in question in the presence

Council was so great tier language