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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, NOV. 12, 1903.

THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

A granite block, bearing a suitable inserip tion in letters of gold, has been swung plumb and laid true into its appointed place. In the edification of archaeologists of some future generation, copies of the newspapers

His Excellency in person this afternoon.

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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LIEUT. Colonel Ilyume, the new Military Attaché to the British Legation in Tokjo, was presented to His Majesty the Emperor on the 30th ultimo.

To death is announced of Mr. John R. Grey for some years fureman at the Kowloon Docks. He was in his 51st year, and died at the Go- vernment Civil Hospital yesterday.

The Universal Gazette says that the first section of the Canton-Hankow Railway will be formally opened on. Nov. 15. The first train will ran between Canton' and Fatshan.

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MAJOR M. E Willoughby, and Lancers, D.A.A.G. Bengal Command, has been deput- ed to collect information as to the supply of males in the districts of China adjoining the Burma frontier and to purchase any suitable koimals that may be available..

A SAN Francisco exchange says that the Commercial Cab e Company have been load-

the schooner /ulas E. Whales for Midway island. She was to take a cable operator from

fumber for new buildings, six months' supplies ~Honolulu,—-extra-help-being-needed-there, for 103 persons, and tons of fertile soil, to make

dating possible,

THE NEW LAW-COURTS:

LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE,

The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new Law Courts took place this afternoon before a large and representative gathering.". Two stands, instefully decorated with flags, plants and matting, had been erected within the enclosure surrounding the site of the future buildings for the accommodation of the privileved spectators. Inmediately facing them, a platform, draped in bright colours, had been constructed, from which the ceremony was enacted by His Excellency The Governor. Those present included H. E. the Governor

FIKE ANATHE KOWLOON”

TORPEDO DEPOT.

The news has leaked out of a small fire,

which occurred on Friday night, in the torpedo depot at Kowloon. It appears that shonly after 10 p.m., the officer in charge of the Naval men, stationed in this auxiliary yard, had his attention drawn to smoko issuing from the shed in which the electric cables are stored. He promptly investigated the matter, and discovered that a number of canvas screens, stored close to the door, had caught fire and the wooden reels upon which the cable is that the dames were rapidly spreading among

stowed. The dockyard fire-engine was quickly and Lady Blake, Sir John Keane, A.D.C. fire was soon under contal. The whole place on the spot, and with the help of the police the

Hall Bruton again petitioned on behalf of the AT the Supreme Court this morning M G. K. Ku Fat, of 76 Bonham Strand, and the Ku Fat Chan, of 289 Queen's Rond Central, importers of Furopean goods, for a receiving order in respect of their estates, that they might be ad- judged bankrupt. A lengthy discussion. en- sued and the Chief justice declined to make any order until all the partners had been noti-Your Excellency, Ladies and Gentleman, fied of the proceedings.

The Hon, the Director of Public Works said:

was full of smoke, and at first, it was feared

Sir William, and Lady Goodman, Hon. F. 1. and Mrs. May, Mr.. A. G. Wise, Hon. W. Chatham, Sir H. S. and Lady Berkeley, Sir that considerably more damage had been done Paul Chater, Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, Ifon. C. w.han'subsequently appeared. A number of the Dickson, Hon. Dr. Atkinson, Hon. Gershom wooden reels were badly charred, and it is Stewart, Messrs. F. B. L. Bowley, M. W. Slade, probable that a good dent of the cable, which 'Gompertz, A. Beth, J. W. Jones, J. Dyer Ball, is coated with indian-rubber insulation, will

E. A Hewett, Tooker, Fisher, and many ra

have been damaged by the heat. Beyond this there has been no serious loss, but the escape presentatives of the legal profession.

was a lucky one for the store is full of valuable electrical instruments and there is a good deal of woodwork about it. Had the fire not been discovered until it had begun to get a hold it' is impossible to estimate the magnitule of the

cular store in which the fire started is in very close proximity to, and partially surrounded by, a large quantity of wood, and if this bad caught fire the whole dockyard would have been in a blaze in no time. As it was, however, the Prompt manner in which the matter was dealt threatened to be a very serious piece of busi. with by the gunner in charge saved what

ness. The origin of the fire has not been ascertained, and, we believe, the only explana- tion forthcoming is spontaneous combustior, as work had ceased for several hours..

a.hollow in the great stone are placed, Jur vntuntarily open up more new trading centres Officers the Band of the 93rd Burma Infantry ready outgrown the accommodation afforded disaster that might have occurred. The parti

of Hongkong and specimens of each silver and bronze coin of the: Colony, of the latest

minting. The afficial ceremony, performed by His Excellency the Governor, with the aid of the traditional silver trowel, spirit level, and maller, attended with the appropriate speeches pronounced by the lending public servants, THE BEST INGREDIENTS vilyheads of the departments charged with the are used,

GUARANTEEING ABSOLUTE

PURITY.

Wi Ting-fang is arging the Covernment to

on the coast sail along the Yangtze Valley without waiting for the Powers to demand them.

THE Standard's telegram from

Üllowa

(Canada) states that the Canadian Government have decided to offer South Africa the tariff preference granted to Great Britain in return for tariff concessions granted by South Africa.

By kind permission of Major, Radcliffe and

will play the following programme of music, at the King Edward Hotel, during dinner,

on Friday, the 13th inst. —

March... Overne..

·PROGRAMME.

**Sonn of the Empire “................ (Pleadford)

."Stradella"..

....(Flotow)

Sepiction.

..“ San Toy “.................(Sidney Janes) Cornet Sol..." Eric Nacht in der Schovelte ".......{ Hunto) Selection .........“ Cigarette "......................(Kudyn Parry). Valte

Revivaus l'Amour ".......................(Fanchey). (Farrell)

Polonaise.

Gical save the King.

We are met together to-day to inaugurate the construction of the new Law Courts. The Colony, though still somewhat young, has al-

by the present Courts, which were built in 1848; and the question of erecting a new building

has, for a considerable time past, exercised the minds of the Government and the public. The first real move in the matter was made in 1896, when the then Director of Public Works, Mr. Cooper, submitted a chume for constructing

erection and future occupation of the massive houer has received a wire from the Empress We are still doing business at 31, 'Des Voeus public offices to accommodate several other

r is reported locally that Viceroy Tsen Chun-

Dowager ordering him to proceed to Sim Sai, which has been made the capital, owing to the unsatisfactory condition of affairs in Manchuria. We have not been able to verify the report.

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THE following telegraphic information, dated zad inst., has been received from the Sumatra Director and Manager of the Maatschappij to Nijo-Busch-en-f, nd-bouwexploitatie in Lang

Kullons.

LORD Kitchener will probably, leave Simula about the middle of this month on a visit to Karachi where he will inspect the harbour, d defence works. After that, he will proceed to Rawalpindi and will attend the maneuvres which will take place in that district and in which about twenty thousand troops will be engaged.

pile, in the presence of the flite of the com- munity, is over. Now that the foundation stone of our new Law Courts is laid, it is of interest to recall the original precincts and past peregrinations of our Supreme Court. On the 4th March, 1844, ai ten o'clock in the forenoon, in a temporary building near Government House, the first Criminal Coun ENGLISH EXPERTS for trial by jury was held in China. The Manage our Factories. and their then Governor, Sir Henry Pottinger, and the 'Lieul.-Governor, Major-General d'Aguilar, practical knowledge a constant both sat as Judges. The Governor sat in

MR Chang, anther wealthy Straits merchant, supervision enable us to produce plain clothes, the latter in uniform. Mi

Burgass officiated as Crown Prosecutor, and is now in Peking, and it is said will be kept waters of unrivalled-excellence and | sir. Hillier as Registrar. In addressing the there by the Government to assist with the purity.

grand jury, Sir Henry Pottinger stated:-commercial affairs. A jih degree Metropolitan 1 wish to God my share in the investigation Rank has been conferred on him, and it is proposed later on to send him to Melbourne to on which we are about to enter had fallen awaken Chinese interest there in home into more qualified hands, but, I can at least

enterprises.

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rigid impartiality as well as to temper justice IT is reported from the Palace at the Em with mercy, and I am assured that you will wager has been recently advised by a most cordially and anxiously unite with med Secretary to lay an electric railway on in the same feeling. Mr. Patrick Stewart the present public highway between the west gate of Peling and kho Park Falace, the was chosen foreman of the jury and two cases were tried. The holding of a Criminal money for the new line to be furnished by the treasurer of the Privy Purse, out of certain Court in the Colony gave undoubted satis-

Palace economies to be put in progress in the faction to the inhabitants, though disappoint near future. ment was expressed that the Judge, appointed under Charter, the 16th June, 1845, had not

If you want a first class photo of yourselt you yet arrived when the first sitting took place. can get it at LeMinyon's—Advt. The Honourable John Walter Huline, Esq., His Majesty's Government have ordered 14. M. Chief Justice, and Mr. Robert Dundas, Cay, S. Argonaut, first class cruiser 11,000 tons, now Registrar of the Supreme Court, landed in on her way home from the China station, to Hongkong on the 8th May, 1844." The

meet the Viceroy of India at Karachi in No Supreme Court was then held in a buildingvember and join his naval escort in the Persian Gulf This will consist of 5 men-of-war who situated in Wellington Street, until February: wil accompany the 1. M. S. Hardinge. . E 1848, when it was removed into the present the Viceroy will also have at his disposal the Road. Its former demeure, where so many more commodious buildings in Queen's despatch boat Lawrence which is always kept in the Persian Gulf, and the Indian Telegraph Department steamer Patrick Stewart.

noteworthy incidents had taken place, was

"XMAS & NEW YEAR CARDS.

FURNITURE soon put to quite a different purpose, and,

DEALERS.

DRAWING-ROOM,

DINING-ROOM,

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FURNITURE.

ELECTRO-PLATED,

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PASTEUR'S MICROBE-PROOF

FILTERS,

ROCHESTER LAMPS,

WHITE TURKISH TOWELS.

COUNTERPANES.

COOKING RANGES,,

KITCHEN UTENSILS, and

HOUSEHOLD REQUISITES.

UNDERTAKEN for AMATEURS,

IT is reported in mandarin circles in the North that Governor Chao Exh-sen of Hunan pro- vince has telegraphed the Grand Council reporting the presence in the departments of Chènchou and Lanshan, Hunan province, of

laly aggregate output of Crude

'Petroleum Crude Petroleum in Tanks at date

77,000 240,000

cates,

74,000

new Law Courts on a sic immediately to the north of the one we are now standing on. The Courts formed only a put of the scheme, which contemplated the erection on this site of

departments, including the Post Office. Mr. Couper's proposal was referred by the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Chumberlain, tò the cininent English architects, Messrs. Aston, Webb and Ingress Bell and, upon their recommendation, which was based upon the nadequate area of the site to the north of this, it was decided to erect the Courts here. The other departments, to which I have referred, will be provided for on lagre adjoining Blake Fier, where they will be more conveniently situated from a public pont o view. the area to the nor.h of this wili

CHINESE ENGINEERING AND MINING CO., LIMITED..

DIRECTORS' REPORT. The Directors beg to submit herewith the Audited Accounts for the year ending the 28th February, 1903

The Red Loss Account, after provid og for merest on the Debenture issue, the propor tion attributable to the year in respect of the redemption of Debentures, and the expenses of Administration in Europe, shows a balance of theretore remain unbuilt upon and an almost. 81,354 35. d., including, the sum of £3,611 go,coo unrivalled site for the Courts, having regardsight forward from the previous year. 31,0cothe open spaces which will adjoin them on

Out of this sum, £4,682 10s. 6d. has been writ three sides, will thus be created. Lack of

ten off from the Preliminary Expenses Account, funds has been responsible to some extent for €20,000 has been transferred to the Reserve the delay which has occurred in undertaking for Depreciation Account, leaving an available the work, and I may here mention that some

balance of 456,671 125, 11d. The Board pro. years ago an agitation was got up to arrest the

pose that a Dividend be declared of Five per progress of the reclamation works, by the

cent. on the Share Capital, which will absorb carrying out of which the site for the Couris£50,000, leaving a balance of £6,671 12s. Tīd. to be carried forward, subject to provision being made for Income Tax.

The Board regret to have to report in refer ence to the Works at Ching Wan Tao that, in the month of February last, it was ascertained that the jarrah piles used in the construction of the breakwater had been attacked by the terçdo navalis or sea worm, and that the piles would have only a very short life. Operations on the breakwater were therefore immediately sus-

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Kerosene made since the date of the preceding half-monthly telegram.. Kerosene shipped since the date of the preceding halfmonthly telegram.. Kerosene in Stock at Refinery at date, CAPTAIN Almond of the s.s. Hubi reports: Left Manila 10 am on the 7th inst. Heavy N.W. gale, tremendous sea and squalls. Put into Mariveles at noon; every indication of bad weather, Left Monday 9th at 4 a.m., Baro- meter rising. Lal 18 N wind away N.E. Fierce gale, tremendous sea and squails.bas been rendered available, as the cost of Ship rolling heavily. Passed s.s. Changsha the work will amount to about $750,000, it has and a British gunboat. On the 11th, at night, not been an easy matter to provide for it passed a steamer "hove to"-Captain Bris- among the numerous argent demands for

3.3. Tur Ping from

Wuhu public works caused by the rapid development sander of reports:-On the 5th inst. N.-W.'ly winds, of the Colony, Other factors in causing delay 6th, Left Woosung, wind fresh to strong

have been the difficulties arising out of the from N.N.E. 7, Wind increasing to gale

contract for the foundation, the necessity of anchored under Matsu. Toth, Left Matsu, removing the Praya Reclamation Office in during then ght, wind and sea, increasing swept urder to clear the site and, subsequently, ui the decks fore and ak, 11th, &. a.m.. off Breaker piling the urea which it had occupied and the

difficulty of obtaining a tender to construct the pended and arrangements were subsequently superstructures for a reasonable sun. Now prospect of the work progressing satisfactorily, that these have been overcome there is every though, on account of the large quantity of dressed granite to be employed-over 159,000 than if brick and plaster were used, in the case cubic feet-progress must necessarily be slower

The Board have pleasure in stating, that the sales for the current financial year show a” of most of the buildings around us. The build-satisfactory increase over those for the corres- worthy of the Colony, and of the high purpose tonnage and value... ing when completed will be in every way ponding period of the past year, both as regards

is designed to serve, and it may safely be predicted that in it, that justice, which plays.so important a part in British rule, will continue to be administered for many years to come. ! would now ask you, Sir, to lay this stone and

Point, wind and sea moderating. Fine weather

into port.

Ar a meeting of the Malay Peninsula Sugar Industry Association held on the 29th Oct. at Penang, resolutions were passed to this effect. That a conference be held in l'enang on Thursday, 12th November, at which delegates from the Governments of the Straits Settle- ments and the Federated Malay States and the United Planters Association of the Federated Malay States be invited to attend, and that this Association submit a basis of the scheme for the formation of a Labour Bureau to deal with the importation of Javanese and Calcutta coolies. That the Association appoint three delegates to represent them at the above con- ference.

as Mr. J. W. Norton-Kyshe tells us in his valuable work, The History of the Lates and Courts of Hangkung, "the Irishmen of the place celebrated St. Patrick's Day by giving a public dance in the hall of the old Court House: a worthy manner of washing off the large bodies of well-armed Kwangsi insurgents conference appoint a Bureau to undertake the Mr. Chan A Tong

who have crossed over and are now ravaging the countryside unopposed. Owing to the extremely weak state of the provincial forces, Governor Chao declares that he cannot drive the insurgents out of Hunan unassisted, and therefore implores that instructions be sent to Viceroy Yuan Shih-kai to send down at once to Hunan a brigade of his foreign-modelled Iroups.

to Canton. Owing to the numerous affairs in Canton which greatly taxed his unergies, be Iras contracted a cold and influenza and is spitting blood He has got a month's leave of absence for treatment but still looks after all important affairs.

ADDRESS TO H. E. THE

GOVERNOR.

for this purpose I have to hand you this trowel and mallet, which are the gift of the contractor,

made with the contractors for the termination of their contract. Under the advice of the constructed which will serve to protect the pier Consulting Engineers a rubble slope is being during the coming winter and form a basis for

the further works which will be necessary.

Mr. G. P. Walford, Mr., Georges de Laveleye The retiring Directors are Mr. G. T, Symous,

and Mr. Victor Stoclet who offer themselves for re-election..

& Co, retire in accordance with the Articles of Association, and, being eligible, offer them- selves for re-election.

The Transfer Books will be closed from the 7th to the 31st October, 1973, inclusive...

By order of the Board,

ALF. W. BERRY, Secretary.

The Auditore, Messrs. John Annan, Dexter

30th September, 1903.

CRICKET,

same That the delegates, at the

work in connection with the importation of

The Chief Justice made a few remarks upon Javanese and Calculta labourers.

It was pro- posed that Messrs. Turner, Boyd, and de

the present Supreme Court, and the practical Mornay should act as delegates at the con-

working of the administration of justice there- in. In the name' of all the members of the ference, which was carried unanimously.

legal profession, he congratulated H.E. that all obstacles baving at length been overcome the foundation stone was about to be laid of an edi. fice which, he thought, would be worthy of the Colony and conducive to the duo and proper administration of British justice. After making

H. K. C. C. versus GARRISON, several witty allusions to the difficulties which at present beset the judges in their task by The following will represent the Club'in the reason of the close proximity of the Post match to be played on Saturday, the 14th inst, Office, he concluded by observing that the recommencing at 1 a.m. :--- lations between the bench, the bar and the administered without undue delay or friction. solicitors were most amicable, and justice was

His Excellency then laid the foundation stone, observing that he did so in the name of justice. In the course of his subsequent observations he referred to the many difficulties encounter- ed by the authorities in the choice of a suitable site and the preparation of satisfactory plans which accounted for the delay in the work. He, himself, bad experienced the impatience of uninstructed ignorance and had personally endeavoured to expedite matters, but upon going into details he had realised the enormous difficulties that beset the P. W. D. and lef

The Chartered Bank, of India, Australia and China, The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, The Hongkong Club, The Ger- man Club, The Lusitano Club, The "Catholic Union Club, Messrs. Kelly & Watsb, Limited, Messrs. A. S. Watson & Co., Messrs, Lane, Crawford & Co., and Messrs. Campbell, Moore & Co.

many sorrows that had been enacted in the place." On several occasions the Court had to delay its sittings owing to the necessity of repairing the present building, and, in Au gust, 1892, it had once more to transplant its domain to allow of urgent modifications in the edifice, and the tribunal sat temporarily in the Masonic Hall in Zetland Street. Owing to the rapid growth of the Colony, the Tus Gaiversal Gazette cathers that wang G.C.M.G., has been prepared by the Committee The address to 11. E. Sir Henry A. Blake, inadequate accommodation of the presenting is in a prior financial state. The idea to and is now circulated for signature. All re- Law Courts soon made itself felt and com, impiove the pablic treasury by allowing thesidents in the Colony are cordially invited to plaints were frequent and oftimes bitter. A perchase of substantial official rank was first sign the address. Special copies for signature PHOTOGRAPHIC Committee was appointed us the 8th Sep exerted by Guverner Ran, not by the Viceroy will be found at the undermentioned hangs

While in Chin Chou the Viceroy tember, 1894, by His Excellency Sir William Tscu at all DEPARTMENT.

was suffering from an attack of cholera, for Robinson to repon on the advisability of DEVELOPING and PRINTING

constructing new public buildings. The which he proceeded to Liu Chou, and thence outcome of the report was that it was deem- ed of absolute necessity to construct new and more spacious Courts and, in 1896, a scheme was submitted by Mr. Cooper, then Director of the F. W. D., to erect a con struction, including in one building the Law Courts, Post Office and other departments, on a site to the north of the present one, on which the foundation stone was laid to-day The scheme was disapproved by the Secre- tary of State for the Colonies, the area pro-lifebelts were thrown out, Budding more was, posed being declared insufficient, and at a seen of the man. This sat accident cast a between Mr. Raphael Bolilins, only son of Mr. meeting of the Legislative Council on the 28th February, 1898, at which His Excellency the Acting Governor, Major-General Black, C.B., presided it was decided to adopt the present site for the erection of the new Law Courts. The acquisition of the land, how- ever, through protracted negotiations, was not accomplished until the closing of Sir

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exciting trip up from Honkong, reports the

THE H.A. L. S. Hamburg had rather an

N. C. D News. Thee hours after she had

left that port a seaman fell overboard, and although the vessel was promptly stopped and

gloom over the vessel A short time afterwards junk was observed making urgent signals Thinking that possibly the crew had picked up the lost snitor, the Capatin sent an officer on board. He found that the junk was sinking, and the crew begged to be taken on board. The Captain consented, and crew of 17 trans ferred on to the Hamburg, and were brought up to Shanghai,

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The address will be presented to H.E. The Governor, by the Chief Justice in the City Hall at ir am, on Saturday, 21st November, when

all signatories are invited to be present,

MR. RAPHAEL BELILIOS.

We hear that a marriage has been arranged

E. R. Belilios, C.M.G., and a daughter of Sir Israel Hart.

Mr. Belilios, fr., who is well and popularly known in Hongkong, went to England a fer years ago to continue the studies, which he commneticed in Hongkong, for the bar. He has since passed his examinations as a barrister at law, and will most likely return to Hongkong and establish a practice here.

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SHIPPING AND MAILS.

MAILS DUE. American (Nippon Maru) to-morrow. Tacoma (Olympia) idih fast. French (Armand Bekic) 16th inst. Indian (Arratoon Apcar) 16th inst. American (Siberia) zoth inst. Australian (Eastern) 2 th inst, Indian (Latsang) 23rd inst. Tacoma (Tacoma), 4th prox.

The C. P. R. Co's 5.9. Empress of China' their offices with a chastened spirit. He arrived Vancouver at noon on 11th inst. alluded to the enormous progress which theThe T. K.-K. sa-Roselia Mur left Manila Colony had made of late and drew a brilli yesterday evening, and is expected here on ant picture of, the future importance and Friday, 13th inst., p.m. prosperity which the Colony may attain when the Kowloon-Hankow railway will be completed, and when the building, of which the foundation stone was new laid, would be a fitting and proper temple for the impartial and incorruptible administration of justice tempered with mercy.

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The C. N. Co.'s 3.5. Kaifong left Manikk for this port on 11th inst, and is expected to arrive here on 14th inst., at daylight. Het g

The H. A. L. 15. Aragonia from Hamburg left Singapore for this port yesterday, p.m., and may be expected here on or about 17th inst.

The N. Y. K 4,5) - Tamba Maru:(European) Line) left Singapore for this port to-day, and is expected to arrive here on 18th inst., at 6.a.m.

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