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struction has shown a steady increase since December, 1903, and the present figures are within 57,000 tons of the total reached in September, 1901, which is the highest on record. As compared with the return for
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THE departure of the, Portland and Asiatic' 5.5. Co.'s 13. Arabla has been postponed to Thursday, the aand just, at 5.p.m., instead of as previously advertised.
IT is stated that the and Battalion Worcester
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
ALLAGED MURDER,
The second day of the Criminal Sessions opened this morning with the calling of Chan to the charge of the murder of Chau Ben Chav, aliar Choi Ming Chan, at Tai Po on the 3rd of February inst.
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The Editor will not undertake to be responsible for the September quarter the figures show anshire Regiment, now at Ceylon, should be in. Kam, Wong Sing, and Ho Ah Wong, to answer PRINCE ARTHUR IN JAPAN
any rejected 318, nor to return any Contribution.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES (IN ADVANCE), DAILY $80 per Kanum, WEEKLY $18 ESTATE.
The raton por quarter and per mensem, proportional, The daily imen is deliveral free when the address
accesible to mossenger. On cap'en sont by poet an
increase of 30,000 tons, while the June quarter's total is now exceeded by $4,000 tons." Going into details the reader will find that Great Britain still stands pre eminent in shipping, and seems likely to additional 11.80 por quarter is chargol for postage hold that position for a good many years The postage on the weekly inue to any part of the to
come, if the present condition of world la 80 conta per quarter. Single Copfes, Daily, ten couts: Weekly, twenty things continues. Out of these 515 vessels which are being built, no less than 390 have been laid down in British yards the tounage being 1,129,529 gross, of these. 390 ressels, 1369, are steamships
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DEATH.
On the 14th February, at 16, Morrison Hilf Road, at the age of 22, EMILY, the dearly
papers please copy.
And
Hongkong in May, when they will relieve the Royal West Kents. The and Bat. Norfolk Regiment from Bloemfontein should reach Colombo is April to permit of the departure
of the Worcestars.
Sir Henry Berkeley, Attorney-General, in- structed by Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, of the Crown Solicitor's office, appeared to prosecute, 'Mr. It has long been a grievance of British ship.
M. W. Slade, instructed by Mr. C. E. H. ping interests that foreign steamers tråde at an Hlearis,of Messra. Wilkinson and Grist, appear- advantage in British ports because they do noted for the first and third prisoner, and Mr. C. come under. the stringent British regulations G. Calthrop, under the same instructions, regarding load-line and other matters. Mr. appeared for the second prisoner. All the Lloyd George says he is going to alter all prisoners pleaded not guilty. that at once, and it will be a very good thing. il be does.
The following jury was impannelled - Messrs. C. G. 5. Mackie (foreman, A. R.
ADDRESS FROM TOGO.
WELCOMED BY EMPEROR AND CROWN
PRINCE.
[From Our Own Correspondent.)
Shanghai, 20th February, 2.5 p.m.
Prince Arthur of Connaught was
beloved daughter of Annetta Papier. Shanghas and 21 sailing vessels. Not a single nation In a Singapore paper which has just come to Low, C. E. P. Herbst, H. M. Tiffenbaker, H. not at Tokyo by Admiral Togo.
F. Campbell, E. S. Clark, and S. H. Michael.
The Admiral, on behalf of the land appeats an advertisement as follows:-
In opening the case, addressing the jury, the officers and mon of the Japanese "Dropped from carriage between Gardens and Cathedral a small bag-basket containing pocket Automey-General said that the pristners stood
The Hongkong Celegraph age of 32,751, are being built. For South Gible, Prayer Books, ele. No value except to charged with the murder of Chad Ben Chan, Navy, presented His Royal Highness
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1906.
"NOT MY PIDGIN"
owner, who will gladly reward finder, il return-tos Choi Ming Chan, and he asked the jury with an Address of Welcome. ed intact." Probably that was scarcely what the advertiser meant seeing that her name-it was a lady-and address were also givan,
to remember that the deceased's name was Chau Bea Chan, and to note that the initials were "C. B.C." which would appear of some
interest by-and-by. Deceased was an excise officer in the employ of the opium farmer and
was stationed at Tai-po, where he lived in a
in the world comes near these totals. For the "British Colonics" 19 vessels witli a ton
America there are only 19 vessels of 19,185 tons under construction. Norway follows with 14 vessels of 38,698 tons; France with to vessels of 14,719 tons and Germany with 7 of 28,610. All the rest are insignificant. although Austria-Hungry has 3 vessels of 11,532 tons on the stocks. It must be borne in mind that only vessels are dealt with here which are taken notice of by Lloyd's Register of Shipping, but as that is the principal compilation in the world on shipping the facts stated are the more im portant. There is a table showing the vessels classed according to tonnage, and from that it appears the largest number, 88, are to be of between 200 and 500 tons, the next being 84 of 3,000 to 4,000 tons, 83 of 4,000 10 5,000 tons and 60 of 1,000 10 2,000 tons. Two are between 12,000 and seriously.inconvenienced because the boy ig,000; 3 between 15,000 and 20,000; and. and Christie returned the money, So that bold of him and tied him
Every householder and employer of labour in Hongkong will rejoice at the verdict given by Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Magis tracy yesterday, in the action brought by Mr, C. D. Wilkinson against, two of his private chair coolies for refusing to perform duties which they characterised as "not my pidgin," Throughout the East that phrase "not my pidgin" is to be heard from morning till night. In the household, the coolics and "boys" have strictly defined duties-de- lined by themselves; and. from these they would not deviate one jota. Cases have been known where a household has been
-whose "pidgin" it was to do a certain
abovu 20,000 tons. Coming now to wek-
Os the Naval Football ground at Happy Valley yesterday afternoon a team from the "D" Company West Kent. Regiment played H.M.S. Virago. The Virage played a good game and won by one goal to mid-On the Hart in a friendly game, was played by these teams, and it resulted in a draw. Score two all-To-morrow after on the Hongkong Football Club nooo, ground a return match will be played between the Police. Kick-off at 5 p.m. the Club "A team and a team representing
Same ground .M.S. Alacrity met H.M.S. A briskmatch
matshed just behind the Tai-po market. The deceased bad with him a boy. about fourteen years of age, and two chair coolics, who had come and offered their services to the deceased on the 1st February, the incentive of such offer being, no doubi, robbery. On the night of the 2nd February or early in the morning of the 3rd February the bay closed up the house, and lay down in the front room and went to sleep.
master's room, and saw three men pressing his Later the boy was wakened by a noise in his
master down on the bed, and as he was getting PENANGITES do not seem to be very great up to go to his master's assistance, one of the So few turn men called out "Come," and five other men sports, says a Straits paper. ef up at the Drill Hall that McTaliffe emered. The men, seeing the boy, caught to a table, those who came should not be disappointed, and after ransacking the mutshed they Paton sang a couple of songs and the Midget went off with their booty. The boy man-
youngster who had challenged him. After master stark and stiff on the bed, and tied up this the Midges indulged in a set to for the in a peculiar munner, he rushed off to the Tai- benefit of the audience, and as a very good po Police Station and made a report, and the quantity of silver was thrown into the ring for police at once went to the spot and found the telephone in operation, and owing to the early and prompt information given by the boy, the
at half past three, by a police sergeant, who was in ambush at a place called Pik Tsa, same seven miles from Taipo, and, in their pusses- sion was found some of the deceated's pro-
At the Royal Palace at Shim- bashi, the Emperor of Japan and the Crown Prince heartily welcomed Prince Arthur to Japan,
The investiture of His Majesty the Emperor with the Insignia of tho Order of the Garter took place this morning.
FLOATING MINES.
DANGERS STILL CONTINUE.
Shanghai, 20th February, 2.5 p.m. Reports have been received to the effect that the dangers existing from
tyd netted for the ships under construction in the United ment, and the others refused to demean Kingdom, we learn that there are 6 battle. Jack boxed a couple of rounds with the Chinese aged to wriggle himself tree, and seeing his floating mines still continue."
themselves by performing his work. "No!
and MOST COMPLETE STOCKS of these GOODS in the Colony, and our Stocks being frequently turried over, ensures ail Goods being FRESH and in the BEST "pidgia." They seem generally to frame all in private yards; and 19 submarine boats. their benefit this is a proof that the show was deceased dead. The police then set the!
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CHEMISTS, DRUGGISTS, PERFUMERS,
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ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS, Hongkung, 20th January, 1906.
my pidgin" extends through the whole ships laid down, 4 of which are in Royal gamut of labour. At first it is frequently Dockyards; 7 1st-class armoured cruisers
4 in Royal yards; 17 torpedo boat destroyers, difficult to tell what is an employe's
selves. Then, when the order comes
all at Barrow. Under the heading of war- an arbitrary list of duties among them ships for foreign or not stated" nationalities, IN the latest number of the Far Eastern three prisoners were caught the same morning
there are being built at private yards, z
well worth seeing.
to
it appears that on 18th November last there were 5 vessels of 4,931 tons on the stocks at
however, add charm to the article, and as they are taken from several points of view they give an admirable impression of the mansion. Not
"MALICIOUS PROSECUTION."
A CLAIM THAT FAILED.
In Summary Jurisdiction this morning, His Honour Mr. A. G. Wise, Puîene Judge, prosid-;
ing, Wong In Tung, of No. 6 Shing Ying Lane, surd Lau Mun, of No. 40 Cochrane Street, for $50 damages for an alleged malicious prose- cution of the plaintiff by the defendant.
Mr. Q. D. Thomson appeared for the plain-
Reviewo there is a beautifully illustrated article A. S. WATSON & CO. cry. "Not my pidgin.”
do this or that, they triumphantly battleships, 2 cruisers, and 2 torpedo boats on Sir Faul Charter's new residence in the bill -a total of 8 warships at Royal Dockyards district. The text is taken from an article which, it may be remembered, appeared in the and 47 at private yards, the total tonnage of the $5 vessels being 262,025. In the tableongkong Telegraph shortly before the comperty, while on the moment of finding them.tiff, and Mr. P. W. Goldring, of Messre: Brut- headed foreign and colonial shipbuilding "pletion of the building. The illustrations, selves about to be captured they threw away 100, Hett and Goldring, for the defendant.
several articles which had been stolen from the Mr. Thomson' said that plaintiff was deceased, including a watch and chain. contractor, and defendant a dairyman. The A post mortem examination was held by Dr. | defendant on or about the 19th Novem- ber, 1905, maliciously and without reason-
probable cause, preferred charge of larceny against the plaintiff, before a Justice of the Peace, and prosecuted him there- on, at the Magistracy, where the plaintiff was. acquitted. In the particulars of special dam- ages were the items "Mr. John Hastings' bill ofcosts $75," and "Loss of tinie $10,"
And they sland by that principle with the steadfast ness of heroes—or the reverse; What is the direct result of this "pidgin" business? Surely, it must be plain that one distinct outcome is that three or four servants are necessary to do the work of one. Every Hongkong; I ship of 1,850 tons at Shang [34 house in Hongkong has three or four do-hai; and none at Singapore, or at least none mestics who would be absolutely unneces stated. The districts in the British Colonies
pidgin cry unheeded. mentioned as shipbuilding centres are And small households are over-rud with Hongkong. Melbourne, Newcastle, N.S.W., "boys" of one sort or another who are Singapore and Vancouver. There are 94 simply falling over each other's feet. Of vessels under construction in Germany, 41 course, the expenses are greatly enhanced, in the United States, 32 in Norway, 26 in and the ordinary troubles of life increased Holland, 19 in Japan, 17 in France, 16 in
GREGOR & CO.,
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this
only are there exterior views of the residence, but photographs of the various rooms are regulation was 'the cause of death. The three able produced, together with a plan of the interior, prisoners were present, and they were therefore all and each individually responsible for all acts done to effect the coprion purpose, which was robbery. To quote Archibald's Criminal Procedure: "When a person does get known to be dangerous to life and likely in itself to cause death, and death ensues, that is murder,
Hunter and he would state that manual stray. and
Vice
and
In the course of a speech delivered at Manila in connection with a new police bill, St. Barreto said:"There is more corruption to be found right here in the city of Manila to day than in any other city in the world, and the local police authorities should
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for in such a case it implies mulice afore-and the prosecution against the plaintiff were
Continuing, the Attorney General said tha
by this plethora of useless servants, who Italy and lesser numbers in other countries clean their own city up before trying to clean thought." have simply worked themselves into an. Altogether the returns form interesting read- 19, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL |asy billet by the parrot cry "Not my ing and prove that Britain still leads in
pidgin." No doubt in the days when every shipbuilding as well as shipping. other person was a merchant prince or a ducal scribe, and money was plentiful, an
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excess of servants and a large wages bill did LOCAL AND GENERAL.
not matter so much. But to-day most peo- ple have to emulate the mythical Scots-In connection with the Bible Christian Church four missionaries are about to sail for China to man and look at every nickel twice be fore spending it. With household ex-
strengthen the staff of workers in Yunnan, penditure growing and the ordinary THE Rev. Donald MacIver, M.A., who has necessities of life remaining at the same
been for several years preparing his dictionary figure as that at which they were priced of the Hakka, or Khich dialect of Chinese, when the dollar was only two-thirds of its will be published almost immediately.
announces that it is ready in 1,225 pages and
∙present value, people are turning into misers against their will and simply through the force of circumstances. Consequently, a stern foot should be planted on this "not my pidgin" arrangement. In the case which occurred yes. terday, Mr. Wilkinson had asked the boys,
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CHAN YUX-LUN, unemployed, 148, Des Vaux Road Central, figured in the dock in answer to charge of obtaining $to from Chiu Fong, a widow, 86, Second Street, by false pretences on the 17th instant. The case was adjourned.
A.
A LOAFER armed Bo Shiu was placed before
and six hours' stocks.
CHAU KIT, a conductor, Electric Tramcar Company, appeared before the Court this morning on a charge of stealing from a woman
up towns that are freer from vice than they. The gambling that gres on in the city of Manila in the church square, can be better compared to highway robbery. Let the police of Manila do its duty at home first and then it will be time to look to the needs of the less corrupt folks outside the city limits." WONG 1, a shopkeeper, 165 Third Street, was charged with assaulting Toge Schmidt, second engineer of the ss. Signal, early this morning, with intent to rob. The complainant said in evidence that be cogaged a ricksha near the Clock Tower, and told the coolie to take him to Pedder's wharf. When near the Central Market the ricksha coolie uopped the vehicle, and de- fendant, it was alleged, came up from behind and attempted to search complainant. Witness jumped out of the ricksha, and defendant seized him by the throat and a acuffie casued. 1o the meantime the ricksha coolie disappeared. The defendant was given into custody. Defendant denied the charge, and Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne dismissed the complaint for lack of evidence.
For the defence the preferring of the charge
admitted, but the defendunt denies that he acted therein maliciously, or without reasonable The partios were part-
all participating in such act were equally or probable cause. guilty of murder in the first degree, all beingness in the In On firm, and in September concerned'in the common object of the act.
Mr. Slade-Yes, the common object, but what, was the "common object "?
The Attorney-Gene al-The common object was robbery. But your Lordship must request my learned friend to reserve his comments until I have concluded my statement. Now, the common purpose in this case was robbery, and murder resulted, and therefore all those present at the time were guilty of that murder, without regard to whose hand actually caused the death.
The Attorney-General then proceeded to quote at some length authorities bearing on that point of law, even going so far back as to quole Leech's Act of 1730. `-
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Mr. Stade and Mr. Cathrop said that the Attorney-General had not quoted his authorities in full in some of which it was found the Judge was against the point, when
His Honour said they must not interrupt the the speaker at prescut. It was for him, later, to consider the point....*
The Attorney-General said he saw no use.
and
who were doing nothing, not even dreaming Mr. F. A. Hareland, at the Police Court this THOSE who are interested in the construction to wash the verandah windows. Of course that being somebody else's "pidgin "morning, to answer a charge of stealing, from of the Canton-Hankow railway-and that ap- a passenger on board the Canton boat Fathan, plies to mori people in Hongkong-will read could not be done by the chair coolies.early this morning, one trunk containing with attention an exhaustive and authoritsilin bis quoting irrelevant matter to the Court They said they would rather be dismissed clothing, etc., valued at $26. His Worship article on the subject which appears in the proceeded to read further authorities, after than perform "work to which they were not sentenced the thief to three weeks' hard labour January number of the Far Eastern Review, which he informed the jury that he would accustomed "--as if washing windows re
Manila. The article is headed "Construction satisfy them by the evidence that he would adduce that the prisoners at the bar were guilty of the Canton Samshui branch of the Canton of murder in the first degree, and be would quired a scientific education. Mr. Wilkin
Hankow Railway," and is written by Mr. C. W. ask them to return a verdict, if they were con- son promptly charged them under the Or
Mead, CE, late cogineer-in-chief of the rail-anced, to that effect. dinance, and for doing so, and taking the
way. The article is of a technical character, The first witness called was Lee Kam Sang,
praise and thanks of the community. The sooner that "not my pidgin "is roofed out of the minds of the coolies the better it will be for everybody. It is to be hoped that others who may meet with the same reply will adopt Mr. Wilkinson's plan and get their impudent servants punished at the Magistracy,
1905, plaintiff obtained $1,500 from the defen. dant to deposit with the military authorities as security on a tender submitted to do cer- |tain 'work, The plaintiff subsequently repaid a portion of the $1,500, and informed the de- fendant that the tender had not been accepted, and that the military authorities had forfeited the balance of the deposit money, at the same time producing a receipt from the Royal Engi." neer's Department for that, balance. The de- fendant made inquiries and found that as a fact no money had been forfeited by the mili tary authorities, and on that the charge was preferred against the plaintiff.
The defendant was not aware whether the plaintiff paid Mr. John Ifastings $75, or suffer. ed damage to the extent of Safor loss of time. Kvidence in corroboration of the above de.
fence having been heard,
His Honour gave judgment for the defendant with costs.
MYSTERIOUS death oF A SINGAPORE SKIPPER,
The body of a European found at Tanjong. Katong, Singapore, has been identified as that of a German named Wilhelm Ahlert who has been missing from Anderson's Hotel in Cecil. St., where be was staying, since the 8th instant. Deceased was of German nationality" and was known in Singapore as he has been in com- mand of the focal steamer Mong Wan, He pool. What caused deceased's death has not yet come out, though the police are making every effort to arrive at the facts, the stomach of deceased having been sent to the Govers- ment analyst for examination. When he left the hotel Ablert was wearing a watch and chain, but these were irat found où the body.
tronble of, going to Court, he deserves the gold car-pick, valued at $5, on the 19th and is profusely illustrated with photographs of aged fifteen, who had been the boy in the spoke English well and has a wife in Liver-
instant, in Queen's Road Central. The charge was proved, and Mr. F. A. Hazeland sentenced hours' stocks, and to be'deported. defendant to three weeks' hard labour and six
A NEW book on the war between Russia and
the permanent way, Salaam bridge, the methods of employing labour and other details, It is a valuable contribution to the question which has been agitating Hongkong and Canton in particular for some time past.
SHIPPING AND MAILS.
MAILS DUR,
employ of the deceased who spoke to being woke up and seeing the first prisoner, one of deceased's chair coolles, pressing his master down on the bed assisted by the other chair coolie, who bad escaped, and five other men, of whom the other prisoners were two of them, Decessed called to witness to "save life", and o he tried to make the men let go, but he was Japan, by Mr. William Maxwell, the well. CAPTAIN Jayawardene, of the Ceylon Volun- not strong enough and the first prisoner seized known war correspondent, will be issued short-teers, on being questioned recently as to the witness and held him, while another, whose face ly by Messrs. Huichiason and Co. Mr. Maxwell proposed world-wide inter-colonial shooting he could not sco, lied him up, with his arms claims to be the only correspondent who was competition, said that the idea was quite behind him, to a table. Witness then proceeded to corroborate the Attorney-General's opening with General Kuroki from the Yalu to the Sha feasible, and that he was already in corresciatement.
The case for the prosecution being closed, BRITISH SHIPping progrESS. | ho, and, with his interpreter, Mr. Ito, the only pondence with some of the Secretaries of
observer present at the last assaults upon Port Colonial Rifle Associations, The Bermudas Mr. Slade for the defence of the first and third defendants argued that no charge of murder We have received a copy of Lloyd's Re-Arthur
were quite agreeable to joining the competi- could lie against the prisoners inasmuch as gister Shipping Returns for the last quarter SPECIMENS of new silver dollars (one thel tion, but replies from several places had yet there was no malice aforethought, and said it of 1995, which provide some exceedingly value) have been sent from the central mint to
to be received. Capt. Jayawardene ssid also was for the prosecution to prove that the man interesting information with regard to ship the branch mials at Tientsin, Nanking, Wu- that there were prospects of Ceylon taking who held the deceased by the throat did so ping and shipbuilding in particular. Ex-chang and Canton with instructions that the part in the next inter-port shooting competi- with such force as to know that he was en- dangering life, or putting it in another way, cluding warships there were 515 vessels of minting of the coins begin at once. The new tion. This competition, which is annually that he intended to kill him, and unless that 1,355,756 gross under construction in the dollars will be first circulated in the treaty ports held in August, is now competed for by could be proved there was no other charge as stipulated in the new Anglo-Chinese Com- Hongkong, Singapore, and Burma, Captain than one of manslaughter possible, and he United Kingdom on 31st December last, as
mercial Treaty. Work on the four subsidhary Jayawardene had addressed the Secretary of submitted that that was all that the jury had to compared with 403 vessels of 1,049,000 coins will begin later.. It is expected that the the Singapore Rifle Augociation early in January consider. Mr. Slade then proceeded at great is due here on and prox, pod
length to quote authorities in support of his gross at the same date in 1904. The docu- new dollar, the silver standard of China, will on the subject, and said he expected a reply contention."
Case proceeding, [3614mant states that "the tonnage under con- be put into circulation before the and of 1906, shortly.
Per Caso of 8 Dozen Pints.
Hongkong, 16th June, 1905,
English (Della) 23rd inst., 8 a.m, indian (Arratoon Apear) azıd inst. American (Siberia) 24th insî, German (Złoten) 27th inst, Australian (Changika) and prox. American (America Afaru) 2nd prox. . The T. K. K. 5,3. America Marú lest Yoko-
on and prox.
hama yesterday, and is expected to arrive here The Boston Tow Boat Co.'s ss. Lyra sailed from Puget Sound for Hongkong via usual
The C. N. Co.'s x.s Changsha fràm. Aus ports on 18th inst. tralian Ports, lefty Thursday on 16th inst, and The Apcar Co.'s as, Arratoon Afcar from Calcutta lafi Singapore on 18th inst, and may. be expected here on agrå Inst,
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