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duty, especially in Hongkong with its large cosmopolitan population, but it is only right that outside opinion on questions of the day should be stated and submitted for the benefit of those high powers whose orbits circulata far outside the common people, and who are, no doubt, guided by considera- tions unknown to those mainly affected by these so-called reforms.. At the same time groundlings do feel keenly on many matters discussed at the Legislative Council, and bitterly criticise the character of the voting, when it seems to ignore their interests and leave them voiceless where subjects of vital importance to them are concerned. Indeed, it is their sense of impotence that occasional

railway in Shantung, which is now threaten- ing the whole province." "The Chinese,' he asserts, "have now fully realized that a railway in foreign hands is a menace," and that the control- of the Canton-Hankow Railway by a great foreign Power may threaten the whole of Southern China. They have no objections to receiving for cign capital or Government bonds or em ploying foreign engineers, "but an ab- solute control of a railway by a foreign individual or corporation is intolerable." The meaning of all this is, of course, ap parent. China is beginning to realise the far- reaching effect upon the country of the ex- tension of modern railways, and is desirous of controlling the means by which a greatly touches them on the raw; but, of course, economic transformation is to be brought about in her empire. Should she carry out faithfully the programme of railway ex tension that has for years past been mapped out, the result will inevitably redound to the advantage not only of herself but to the foreign countries with which she has for so long been associated in the way of trade.

THE "MIKASA”,

(15th September.) It is difficult to realise that in time of peace and under conditions which were in the highest degree conducive to safety, the flagship of Admiral Togo should have been lost, and, with it, 590 lives. The Mikasa was a modern warship in every respect; she had weathered the gales of the bleak coast off the Linotung Peninsula; had been in every naval fight and skirmish since the be gibining of the war; and had proved a valu- able weapon in the hands of Admiral Togo. Yet, when all is over, au accident occurs arid a historical career ends disastrously. We have no means at present of learning how the accident which terminated so tragically happened on the Mikuse. The appalling death-rate shows that there must have been some strange agency at work, for even in time of war the sinking of a warship is not necessarily attended by such startling results. When the Petroparlock with Admiral Makaroff on board ran upon three mines and sank almost instantaneously, a large proportion of the crew was rescued. the case of the Mike, however, out of a.

In

total complement of 735, no fewer than 5yy are lost, while the vessel is presumably lying at anchor in a busy harbour. The details of the disaster are so tantalisingly meagre that we are compelled to search for some explanation other than that given that fire broke out on board and caught the magazine. A warship of the type of the Mikasa is specially constructed to withstand fire. In battle, the vessel is stripped of every piece of material that would suggest the remotest possibility that Rames couli get a hold on the framework from shell-fire. Then the magazine of a battleship of 15,000 tons is protected by every means known to naval architects. Inside and outside the magazine is defended by armour-belts; it is the danger-spot of the ship, for if the maga zine is struck that is the end of the vessel. Yet the Afikas, resting after winning laurels for herself, her builders, her crew and her Admiral is tamely-if spectacularly-allowed to become the victim of an accident. incomprehensible, and the result of the investigation which is bound to be held in Japan will be awaited with the utmost interest by all who have the welfare of the Japanese at heart, and try that large body of Ja, articularly in the Far East, whose duty it is to acquaint themselves with the

minutest affairs of naval life.

JUNK LIGHTS.

those on higher circles seldom bear the mutterings of the vulgar herd, and have few opportunities of consulting those who might be in the slightest degree termed representative of the working class. The latest grievance is found in a Will which appears in the Agenda of the Legisla tive Council and reads as follows:- "First reading of a Bill entitled an Or dinance to transfer to the General Revenue the moneys standing in the Treasury to the credit of the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund, to provide for future payment of pensions to the Widows and Orphans of deceased Public Officers, and to make the payment of the same a charge upon and payable out of the said General Revenue." hat Bill has been on the agenda for the last two meetings, but it has been post- poned on each occasion, and, curiously enough, no copy of the proposed Or dinance has yet been circulated, That in itself is a peculiar circumstance, which we need not dilate upon at this stage. Rut coming to the character of the Bill as set forth in the title, we strike an old- standing grievance the change from a bad worse. This Widows' and system to a Orphans' Pension Fund has almost in- variably been the subject of the greatest In a few irritation among civil servants. cases it has proved, we cannot doubt, bene- fiat; but in the majority it has proved method whereby the civil be a licers of the Colony, could be lawfully bled by the Government-in other words, it has proved an official "squeeze.” We

to the civil servants, invested in the Colony we are quite certain that safe mortgages beating interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum could be secured, furnishing a return not short of some $15,000 a year on the existing Fudd. That suh we may take it would be sufficiently adequate to provide for those entitled to draw on the Fund. As it is, looking at the proposition soberly, we cannot see where these contributions are to end. As

the years roll on, the Fund would increase enormously until contributions would no longer be necessary, the interest on the accumulated sum being more than enough to meet all requirements. If in such a casc the demand for contributions were suspend- ed, a great injustice would be done to those whose contributions in the past had been conliscated. So to get over that difficulty, to bide their traces, the Government calmly throw the whole amount iuto General Revenue and neither the civil servant nor anybody else can tell then what has happen ed to the money. A really great scheme, indeed; the originator is a born actuary, and onewhose servicesare of supreme importance We cannot go into to the Government. further details on this question on account of the limited space at our disposal. The subject is, as we have shown, hedged about with intricacies, and will involve a good deal of calculation. The scheme, as we have pointed out, is wholly bad; it is calculated

to benefit the Governmest

alone; all others are dealt with as many pawns who are only tolerated be cause they are useful.

It is hardly pos-

sible for any one to say a good word for the scheme, and we do not suppose any of the elected members of the Legislative Council will be found to support it.

TELEGRAMS.

"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH "

BERVICE.

THE TOKIO RIOTS.

ATTACK ON CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS.

RIOTS AWATING,

[From Our Chen Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 9th September.

10.25 a.m.

The riots in Tokio continue.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1905.

the warship is reported to have now sunk.

By the number of men missing, it is evident that the warship, whose name is not given by the Japanese Naval Authorities, must be one of the first-class cruisers or a battleship. The latter of the Fuji class carries a complement of 6oo men; while that of the Mikari (Admiral Togo's flagship) type carries 740 men

The largest complement of the armoured Those of the Nisshin and Kasuga type do not isers is 673 carried by the lava and Iwate have on board more than 500 men -ED, H.K.7.]

RODJESIVENSKY

QUARTERED NEAR KIOTO.. [From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 15th September,

11.55 a.m.

Admiral Rodjestvensky is now quartered at Fushimi, near Kioto.

CANTON-HANKOW

: RAILWAY.

RAISING FUNDS.

TO PURCHASE THE CONCESSION,

[Finom Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 15th September,

11.55 a.m.

The Chinese Government have borrowed the sum of three million taels from the British on the security of the revenue derived from the Can. ton Imperial Maritime Customs.

It is announced that money has been raised partly for the pur- pose of meeting the fund necessitated by the recovery of the Canton-Han. kow Railway which the Government has acquired froin the American concessionaires on the payment of $6,750,000 (gold).

HUSBAND 2. WIFE

A DISPUTED DEPOSIT

IN THE HONGKONG DANK.

ith inst. Among the many matters which engaged the attention of his Lordship the Chief Justice at the Supreme Court this morning was an action

Yaumati, sued the Kwong Tak Cheong firm of shipbuilders, of Praya East, for $457.17, being balance due for werk duna and materials sup

plied.

Mr. P. W. Goldring, of Brution, Hell and Goldring, appeared for plaintiffs, and Mr. C. E. H. Beavis, of Wilkinson and Grist, repre- sented the defendants.

At the outset Mr. Goldring said that the other side bad already admitted bis claim, and it was now a matter of a set-off which, if his Honour

the amount was concerned.

heid was good, would be questioned so far as

GAMBLING GANGIS

GATHERED, IN,

15th inst. Yesterday was pay-day with the coolies em consequence no less than 69 had to face the ployed in the Naval Yard Extension, and as a

schools of #1, 23and 35, respectively. In the magistrate this morning at the Police Courts, in case of the first "school" Mr. C. J. Wilkinson,...... of Messrs. Wilkinson and Kärist, appeared on babalf of the second defendant, and sought to set up an alibi, and applied for a remand an his behalf for further evidence. Chief Detective Inspector Hanson prosecuted.

THE SECOND SCHOOL Next camé another batch, consisting of 23 coolies, all taken red-handed indulging in a game with money, dice, cards and other para phernalia before them. Guilt was proved against them all, and His Worship fined the keepers 525 each and the rest of the gang St each, or alternative terms in Victoria Gool

Capt Douglas, marine surveyor, of the firm of Goddard and Douglas, was then called. He said he understood that the rent of the slipway

Mr. Wilkinson said that his clieut was in for accommodating the s.s. Ping King was $200 for the first day, and $75 for the second attendance on a bader which required watch day. Expert engineers would receive about doing, at the time of the raid, but inspector Han

son proved that the man was with the gang. cents a day, and from, a dozen to twenty men

at the time of their arrest. The case against would be employed on the vessel at one time,

the second defendant was then remanded, bail Mr. Beavis said that the defendante' case was

The as follows. In or about the month of October, being allowed in the sum of $6,

rest of the men had no defence beyond the 103, the steamship Ying King was built, and

usual "only looking on and Mr. G. N. Orme the defendants ordered the Ngai Lum firm to

fined the first defendant, the leader, $30, and the make two propellers and do other work con-

remainder $4, with the usual alternatives. nected with the ship. These propellers were built and were examined by the defendant firm who rejected them as being unsatisfactory. Tong Cheong was informed of this and he promised to guarantee them for six months, partly because he was anxious to keep.bis busi. ess with the Kwang Tak Cheong firm and partly because that firm would save time and gel the steamer in the water without delay. Delend ants would not accept a verbal agreement," but asked the, manager of the plaintiff firm to write a letter of guarantee, so Tong Cheong wrote a letter which, unfortunately, said Mr. Beavis, bas "disappeared from my office during the last few days." The steamer was placed in the water in January, 1904, made her trial trip, and then started to run between Canton and Hong kong. Sometime about the end of May an ac- striking a rock, and shortly afterwards they cent occured to one of the propellers through were both examined by a diver as the result of which the defendant's manager ordered two new propellors. With regard to the one damaged in the accident the defendant firm were willing to pay, but would not undertake to make good the second as its construction was. found to be unsatisfactory and it was believed it would not last any length of time. Plaia- tiffs agreed to pay for a second propellor. In July, the Ying King was taken on the slip way of the Kwong Tak Cheong firm, and the propellers were again examined and were found to be of unsatisfactory make and of unsatis- factory material. The defects were pointed

out to the manager of the plaintiff firm who undertook to pay for two new ones which were subsequently put in. The defendants now charged the plaintiff firm under the guarantee with the expenses of making the propeller, $375, and the cost of fixing them, 581. That was how the set-off arose.

Evidence was heard, and judgment eventu ally given fordefendants,

ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT.

14thunst.

Yuen Chán Wan, bill-collector for the Li So serious an aspect have the dis-of some interest to depositors in local banks.

It was in the matter of the Code of Civil Proce-Sing Wau firm, was placed before Mr. G. N. turbances assumed that the mob, in dure, ch. 23, Section 529, and in the matter of Orme this afternoon, on the charge of embezz!- their violence, have attacked churches an application by the Hongkong and Shanghai. ing the sum of $192 the property of the firm. aml schools.

Missionaries have also been made victims of the prevailing disorders.

The Nicolai Cathedral is, however; saved.

The Government are adopting more stringent incusures for the sup- pression of the disturbance, the eflect of which is already felt by te riots

ahating.

THE CABINET RETAINS OFFICE

Banking Corporation for reef against the clams of Mrs. Augusta Carnilla Tavares made on behalf of herself and of her infant daughter, Julia Maria de Jesus Tavares, and against the claims of A. H. Tavares, husband of the said Mrs. A. C. Tavares,

Mr. C. F. Dixon, of Mr. John Ha-ting's office. appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Otto Kong Sing for the defence.

For the prosecution it was stated that on various dates since February last the defendant received money in payment of bills due to the firm and did not account for the same. Evidence was led proving the payments,

was

Mr. H.: E. Tubeck, KC., instructed by Mr. F. X d'Almada e Castro, appeared on behalf of Mr. A. H. Tavares, and said the question. For the defence Mr. Otto Kong Sing close- was whether a certain sum of the money dely cross-examined the complainant, who never 2 partner in ing Corporation should be decreed by his his firm, but he was allowed to use the Lordship to be property of the husband or of chop when he receive money for the firm. the wife, the defendant in the issue. The He collected hills, and also brought busi- circumstances of the case were that in 1903 ness to the firm. Witness paid defendant no Mr. Tavares deposited a sum of money in the salary, but gave him 40 per cent of all money Yokohama Specie Bank in the name of his wife, collected by him, and on orders brought in. ead of last year he withdrew it with the interest Moora for $192 he did not ask witnessfor $200, and for some reason or another, about the When defendant brought in a bill paid by

which had accrued thereon, Counsel under and he did not tell defendant that he could stood that the way in which he got it out was nake the 5192 towards the $100 he wanted, simply by writing his wife's naine on the bick Re-examined by Mr, Dixon, witness said that of the deposit receipt. It appears, said Mr. in March last no money was due to defendant Follock, that Mr. Tavares is a gentleman who whose account was all along overdrawn. does not want everyone to know his affairs, Mr. Quto Kong Sing here applied for an ad- and did not desire that everyone should know | journment to enable him to get the cheque who had the money in the bank, and being a from the Chartered Bank which was chopped suspicious man he endorsed the receipt in the by complainant for defendant to receive the name of his wife. The money he took out be money and take it in payment of the money he re-deposited in the Hongkong and Shanghai wanted, and which complainant denied having. Bank and, following his previous tactics, he chopped. again deposited it in his wife's name. On the

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THE THIRD CONTINGENT. The previous cales disposed of, the biggest batch of the lot, 35 in all, then took their stand, completely lining three sides of the Court-room. Sereant Gerrard proved the arrest of this gang and produced the mats, lamps, cards, dice money ($56) found on the space around where the men were sitting. As in the other cases the accused endeavoured to set up various ex-

passing by" and "on the way to work," when cuses, as to being there "in search of a friend," they were arrested. The leaders were fined $35, ten of the players 58, and the remainder $5, all with alternatives of imprisonment.

THE CULONY'S FINANCES,

JANUARY-JUNE.

The Hon. Mr. L. A. M. Johnstone, the Colonial Treasurer, has submitted to Govern mebl a statement of the finances of Hongkong for the first half of the current year. From the.

statement of assets and liabilities on the

Joth June it appears that the total liabilities were $3,269,30878, as against assets amounting to $1,021,017.27, thus leaving a balance of $1,348 391.51 not including $80,000 subsidiary coins in transit and $2,133,795 the estimates of silver at the mint. From the comparative statement of the revenue and expenditure daring the period under review, it is seen that the actual revenue up to the 10th June, includ ing $132,844.63 derived from land sales, was $34.952.33 as compared with $3,204,597.94. the increase, being accounted for principally through additional revenue, close upon $250,000, coining to hand under the heading of "licenses and intern 1 revenue not otherwise specified." On the other side of the account a marked increase is noticeable, for whereas the actual expenditure to the 30th June last was $3.415,359.65, the amount expended during the same period of the preceding year. totalled $3,036,805 67. The Post Office is responsible for increased disbursements amounting over $230,000, while the pay- ments on public works, extraordinary came to $649,976,36 "as against 3519.343.29 in the corresponding six months of 1994, or an in- crepse of 521,633.07 Military expenditure, cuatribution to Imperial Government and ex- penses of volunteers show an increase of over $50,0, while police, fire brigade and gaol are responsible for an addition of nearly $30,000 Items showing decreases to the total amount of $90,491.33, include $56,468.45 public works, te- current, and Laud Court, New Territory, £7.91 1.95. Altogether the total receipts, with

$336,413-17, amoupted, on the 30th June last, the opening balance on 1st January, of

to $131241,513.10, and the total payments, with an opening balance of $1,955-48, stood at $14,151,930.60, thus leaving a balance (over- paid) on the 30th June of $1,409,597.41.

ill submit some illustrations of the work JAPANESE PAPERS INTERDICTED.

support of our ing of this Fund in contention. To begin with it must be re membered that there is nothing voluntary about the Fond; it is a compulsory order that civil servants must pay a certain per centage of their monthly salaries to the Fund, no matter whether they expect to benefit from it or not. Take the case of a married man who has been in the service for a period of 15 or 20 years; his wife and children predecease him, and in disgust at the malificent effects of the Colony he decides to retire from the service and to return to his native land. All these years he has been contributing month after month to the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund, but now when he has resolved to retire all that money reverts to the Government. In other words, he is not entitled to a penny of

The Japanese newspapers--the the money which, it may be, against his will,

Tokio Nippon and irisu-have certainly without his voluntary consent, he has been contributing to the coffers of the suspended publication by order of the posited in the Hongkong and Shanghai lank said defendant It is

Government. He has been mulcted of that Police. - money, and has compulsorily made a gift of some 4 per cent. of his mouthly salary to the Government. Had that civil servant paid the money into an insurance so- ciety, the money would have been re- turned to him on the maturing of the policy, provided he survived his wife and family; or at his death it would have gone to swell his estate. But the money would not have been irretrievably lost, as in the case of the Government Fand. There would, besides, have been the accru ed interest to gather, but we may waive that point at present. Take another illustration, where a man resigns from the Service after a few years. If he be a married man his con tributions during that period are absolutely

Mr. Dixen objected to any adjournment under section 47 of the Protection of Women evidences Places of refuge mentioned in the Ordinance lost. If he be a single man the Government

5th July 1904, the deposit note was renewed, for the purpose of giving the defendant and Giris Ordinance No. 4 of 1897 for the waxes generous and refunds tim hair the

and according to the form of receipt read by an opportunity to manufacture was deposited in the Bank with interest at the the defendant had the right to use the receipt are made by the Governor in Council, on the total amount of money he has contributed,

Counsel, and dated 5th January last, $6,000 After further evidence was led showing that ad for the women and girls residing therein, so that whatever happens the Government is

rate of 38 er cent. per annum, There was an chop of the firm, Mr. Dixangapplied to have. The honte provided by the Pỏ Loung The hardship to the civil

plaintiff deposited the monies he did not-as on the safe side.

The statement was to the effect that de Counsel submitted he would have done, if he fendant did collect the $192, and told Com "squeeze" has been made. There is another the peace terms.

In The Mikado has authorized them intended them as giftsto his wife-communicate plainant he was drawing the money agai case, in which a widow is concerned. the particular case which we have in mind, to remain in office. cally unheeded. Recently a case came up the widow is entitled to the magnificent sum before the Puisne Judge, the owner of a steam launch being sued for damages as the of something like $5 per annum paid month-

S.M.S. * SEKADLER" result of a collision with a junk. On that ly from the Widows' and Orphans' Fund. occasion there was produced in Court the That is to say, she has to call once a month

STRANDED ON KENT ROCKS. lamp which it was alleged had been burn at the Treasury for her 42 cents. Before

| From Our Correspondent.] ing brilliantly at the masthead of the junk. the poor woman has come to town, waited A more dilapidated specimen of a lamp at the Treasury and taken a chair of a car

very little

Singapore. 9th September, it would have been impossible to imagine. home there can be The wick was a picce of twine, and two sides of that 42 cents. The thing is ridiculous;

12.10 p.m. of the lamp were gone. Yet the occupants but it illustrates the methods of the Govern ment, which is neither just nor generous.

The German cruiser Secaller, of the junk strongly asseverated their con viction that the lamp gave a brilliant light, Luder the new Ordinance, which proposes which left Singapore yesterday oven- to appropriate the Widows' and Orphans' ing bound for Colombo, is ashore on and even suggested that it was as good a lamp as the searchlight in front of steamers General Revenue of the Colony, it is to be

Pension Fund and incorporate with the the Kent Rocks, ten miles out. passing through the Suez Canal. Anybody

She has not yet got off the rocks. who saw this paragon among lamps would supposed (in the absence of the actual terms

[S.MS. Sedler is a German cruiser of 1,640

If the Merchant Shipping Amendment Bill, which passed through committee of the Legislative Council yesterday, adequately deals with the question of junk lights it will certainly prove a boon to the shipping in the Harbour. Time and again, when questions of collisions have been before the Courts, in which junks were concerned, the chief point has turned on the lights carried by the native craft. The Judges of the Supreme 'Court have repeatedly animadverted on the character of the lights displayed, but without inspectors to deal with offenders in this respect, the remonstrances have gone practi-

BY MIRADO'S AUTHORITY.

| Frum Om Dan Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 13th September,

9:15 a.. The Japanese Cabinet have waited upon the Emperor for His Imperial Majesty's directions as to whether the members should retain office in view of the disapproval manifested

PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS,

NEW RULES AND REGULATIONS, The following rules and regulations made

Taith instab

having legal provisions permitting the junk servant is only a question of degree; the by the people over the settlement of important point in the case. At the time the the defendants' statement, made on afgest Kuk under the Pó 1 cang Kuk Incorporation.

left

A-NAVAL DISASTER.

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with her.

His Lordship-That has been held in one case as not necessary.

+1.

"the account he had with the complainantes

The case was then adjourned the appli tion of Mr. Dilo Kong Slog. 2,

A SECOND CHARGE.

The above defendant was then arriicted on the charge of embezzling the sum of 12 received for various small bills.

Evidence similar to that in the above was given nad this case was also remanded fail

Mr. Pollock said it might not be necess ry;: but he would refer to cases at a later stage, At all events, without saying that it was abso lutely a sine qua non that his wife should be communicated with it was an important point for his Lordship to bear in mind. Another point was that the deposit receipt was kept by $750. Mr. Tavares and was never handed to his wife, while the third important point was the fact that he had not been on good terms with his wife for some considerable time past,, roughly:

since February, 1904.

The plaintiff was called and said it was his intention to live in Hongkong permanently. The sum of 16, was deposited in the name of his wife, in the Yokohama Specie Bank, in Ja nuary, 1903, for a period of six months. At the end of that period he withdrew the money by endorsing his wife's name on the deposit se

have laughed at the idea that such a lamp of the Bill) that the Government secs a ways and was, until recently, stationed in China could have been visible at two cables' lengths, of benefiting by the accumulation of the waters. She had the misfortune of reading ceipt. He did not inform his wife about de bunot so the junk-owner, When this decompulsory contributions from civil servants aground on the Trident Shoal at Labuan, on positing transferred the money to the Forg

as years go by. Those contributions when the 31st ull. After lightening her of her guns 1994, he generate example of a light was exhibited to "the Court, the Puisne Jndge remarked that accumulated may amount to a fabulous sum, and other moveables of heavy weight she was kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in the as the Colony increases in population and able to get off the shoal on the 2nd inst, whence name of his wife. The amount then was he had frequently commented on the charac ter of the lights borne by junks in Hongkong the Civil Service-as a natural consequence she proceeded to Singapore, and on leaving $5,500 He neither informed his wife ndr harbour, but without avail. What wonder-pands. There are no statistics before us the Southern port last evening a second mishap handed her the deposit receipt. In July, 1904 as to the ratio of the deaths to the number befalls her within a fortnight of the first. Ed., he added to this sum a sumn which, together was it that accidents occurred under these

H.K.T]

with the interest, brought the deposit up to of contributors to the Fund, but we may

$6,000. He did not inform his wife of this. circumstances? The junks were a menace

take it that the present average will be main-

The reason for his depositing the money in to the shipping of the port, and a danger to

her name was that his friends should not trou those on board. Now that the Attorney Lained. In that case, and taking into account

ble him for loans, tie having already tent General has taken up this question of junk the rate of increase in the Colony's popula

money to his friends-some $7,000 to $8,000 lights it is to be hoped that a salutary law tien, it will not be surprising if within the

being outstanding at the present time. He was will be passed requiring the junks to exhibit next half century the present accumulated

not living with his wife now as she went to Macao last year and refued to return. lle lights which are really lights, and not glim sum would have grown to $1,000,000—

gave her $3,000 when she left for Macao, mers in the dark which might be mistaken representing the contributions deducted

but did not intend the amount depositéd as a for shadows on the water. The question is from the salaries of Government officials,

gift to her: one which every seafaring man refers to in Now, we feel confident that many of

Case:adjourned. no uncertain tone, and it certainly is high those civil officers would far rather invest their money in annuities in any of the time that their grievance was rectified.

numerous insurance societies which are so

INJUSTICE TO HONGKONG CIVIL SERVANTS.

It has frequently been necessary of late to criticise the action of the Government and to call attention to what we have putted were wrongful methods which Bad Bent

In operation. At no time is that a pleasant

JAPANESE WARSHIP BURNT.

MAGAZINE EXPLODED.

599 MEN MISSING.

-{From Our Own Correspondent.)

Shanghai, 13th September,

9.15 a.m.

ready nowadays to offer a maximum of re- It is officially announced that a turn for a minimum of outlay. By its policy Japanese warship, name not given, up to the present time, the Government has was on fire on the 11th inst, "made a clear gain of some lakhs of dollars, The

and the process is to continue on even more

magazine of the burning

advantageous terms-advantagedus for the man-of-war exploded. Government we may be sure. Were the Five hundred and ninety-nine men accumulated funds, which properly belong of the ill-fated vessel are missing.

THE SS, "YING. KING'S" -

PROPELLERS.

A CLAIM FOR WORK DONE.

A CURIOUS CASE.

MARRIAGE LAW OF CHINA.

14th-inst

This afternoon before Mr. F. A. Hazeland, Oldorica, Neves, signalman. at Green Island, surrendered to his bail to take his trial on the charge, for that he, the said Oldorico Neves, Green Island signalman, on the toth day of September, 1995, at Victoria in this Colony did unlawfully, knowingly and without reasonable Li Kwai, married to the complainant according

excuse harbour a Chinese women named Mun

to the law of China, and who had leht the pro- tection of ber husband."

Mr. P. W. Goldring, of Messrs. Brutton, Hett and Goldring, appeared for the defence, Ins- pector Langley prosecuting on behalf of the Police.

Accured pleaded not guilty,

Ordinance, 1893, shall be a place of refuge in which the Registrar General may order a roman or girl to be detained under sections 34 dad 35 of the Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance, 180,

The institutions known as the Italian Convent, andys Mus Eyre's Refuge shall also be held 10, be places of refuge under the last mentioned Croing ces

No woman ort girl sent to a place of refige, hall leave of attempt to leave the same.

sout the written order of the Reginrar *General, fir excube or allempt to escape whilst being conducted to or from the raich place of

1224. No woman or girl detained in a place of efuge half hellige in disorderly or noisy

manner.

5. Every woman or girådetained in s piace of refugeshall obey all lawful orders and com- mand of the persons in charge of the said place of refuge and of the matronleichers and other persons placed in control of the inmates.

6. No woman or girl detained in a place of

municate with any person except with the op-

place of refuge,

refuge shall, communicate or attempt to com

proval of the persons in charge of the said

of

7. The maith with the approval of the com. mitee of the Pó Leung Kuk, and the managers places of refuge other than the Pó Loung Kuk, may direct the women and girls in the Pó Leung Kakor such other places of refuge respectively to wash clothes and cook and do other domestic work, and every iomate of the Tseng Bong, complainant, said that he was married eight years ago to Mun Li Kwai ac- Fó Leung, Kukór such other place of refuge cording to the marriage law of China. Presents shall perform.ruch work when so directed.

8. Any woman or girl. in the Pó Léung Kuk were sent and S100 handed to het mother. He identified the woman, Mun Li Kwai, in Court, who disobeys any of these regulations, for the as his wife. The woman said her name was first offence, may be confined in a room by the Josephina Neves. Witness, continuing, saldmatron for a period not exceeding one day. the certificate was signed by the bride's father. Such punishment shall be recorded and report. There was no chop on it. Witness seat bridal ed to the committes of the Pó Leung Kak jin chairs and his bride came in one accompanied case of repeated disobedience and recalcitrancy, The matran may: report the case to the said by a go-between named Si Kiu.

committee, who may order the offender, to be confined in a dark cell for any period not ex- seeding 24 hours. A record shall be kept of such punishment.

Si Kiu was called and was identified by witness.

Mr. Goldring applied to have the document in question translated, and in order to have an official translation made, His Worship said the case had better be postponed.

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Mr. Goldring raised the point as to whether 13th inst the Ordinance applied to marriages contracted 40 Summary: Juridiction, at the Supreme zaader the Chinese..marriage laws, Hong

Court, this morning, the hearing was continued, kong.

balore the Fuisne judge, of the action in which The cass was here remanded till Tuesday the Ngai Lum firm of brass andlign moulders, | next at 1.15 p.me/

9. The managers of places of refuge other. than the Fo Leung Kuk than have the power to inflict punishment similar to those provided in regulation & A record shall be kept af all punishments inflicted.

ia. The rules and regulations published in Government notification No. 436 of 15gyare kursby repealed.

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