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CHATEAU PONTET

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CARNET.... CHATEAU RAUZAN CHATEAU LAPITE

3.3.00 18.00 $1.00

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY, AUGUST 27

A FINE of St was imposed by Mr. F. A Haze land, at the Police Court, this morning, an i coolie for trespassing on the Government

plantation at Aptechas, yesterday,

be procured. This is due in a great men sure to the prevention of smuggling, which used formerly to be carried on with great success, and to the fact that owing to the high rate of wages now obtainable in the island,THE P. & 7. Time is plensed to learn that smokers' can afford more of the better quality Major Nathan, who sustained a sprained ankle drug than before Notwithstanding the oft-

by being thrown from his ricksta on 16th inst. has not been otherwise injured and only repeated threat that no more licences would be granted it is a significant fact that last requires complete rest. It is unfortunate the he will be unable to get about though for in March more than 30,000 new licences were

or three weeks. issued, of which 7.000 were le persons between the ages of 2 and 30, who can hardly have been smokers under the Chinese regione.

CAPTAIN Lunt, of the C. M. S. N. Co sleam-

: ALLEGED

BRIBERY.

SANITARY INSPECTOR COMMITTED FOR TRIAL

Francis Ward, the sanitary inspector, who is being charged with accepting bribes freni one Chau Tsun, on divers lates, and attempting to abstine the course of justice by threatening Chin Taun not to appear before the Sanitary Com mission to be examined, was brought up on remand, before Mr. F. A. Hazeland, at the Police Court, this afternoon,

The Crown Solicitor, Mr. F. B. L., Rowley,

Last week from Canton and Hongkong, repons Mr. E. J. Grist, of Messrs. Wilkuson and

On Sunday afternoon, the 19th August, at

Grist, defended, and Cinel Detective Inspector 3.40, the ship being then di Amay, she sud-

Hanson watched the case for the police. denly vibrated to some unknown shack. At

Sanitary Surveyor, Alized Carter, called and 4.53 a very severe shock, lasting from sigh,to ten seconds, was felt, the ship vibrating, said that on 1st March, 1934, defendant joined the sannary department, as district sani tary inspector, and was placed in charge of Xu. heavily; and at 5.30 she again rectivel ́à

g district.

It must, however, be admitted ship Awanglah, which arrived at Shanghai of Messrs. Dennys and Hayley, prosecuted.

that the number of these licences does not afford a very reliable guide to the actual number of smokers, for the licences, which are valid for life and only cost 30`sen, get' mislaid or hecome useless owing to a change of address of the owner, and 11.00 consequently have to be renewed, 15 14.50 sen being charged for the renewal." If the issue of licences to opium smokers, 22.00 remarks our Southern contemporary, were in the hands of a Government officer of re 26.00 solute character and independent quality, it may be casily imagined that opium-smoking would not be as common as it now is in Perak. A second test may, however, be at tained by reducing the number of opium dens and by making opium importation and selling less profitable. What is applicable to the Federated States has been attempted and tried in Hongkong, but the experiment was not attended by the anticipated results.

These CLARETS are specially Selected

shock, less severe than the second one, and asuin only from live to six seconds. The shocks were supposed, by those who were on beard, to have been caused by submariná earthquakes.-Shanghai Punes.

Pun Tsan Hling, a shopkeeper, of Lower Rut er Street, was charged before Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz, at the Poles Court, this morning, with behaving in a riotous and disorderly man- ner and sing abusive and. threatening lap- guage towards a stall-holder of the Westers Market, yesterday. Pan went 16 complainant's stall and bargained for some fowls. When the stall-holder thought he was going to get the money for the fowls, defendant told him to enter in his account. Complainant said he

1906.

MURDERS AT NAMHOL

THE YAUMATI DISTURBANCE:

PEACE NOT YET ASSURED..

EXTRAORDINARY ALLEGATIONS.

- PICKETS AND GUARDS STILL ON DUTY. The police at the Central Station are in pas.

The relations between the Indians and the session of a man, who Lives his name as Chan Siu Wan, and for whom the officials at Samhoi Chinese population at Yaumati are still at have been looking for the last six months.straining point. Should the natives happen to meet the ladings, it is the general opinion that The prisoner in wanted for committing murders in the Pi Chong village, and when he was ar- the Chinese will obtain revenge in such a manner rested he tole a statement to the police, that the encounter will not readily be forgot. admitting having murdered six persons in a ten. Although in the inst fight, details of which ngle day. The police say that in formar have appeared in these columns, the Chincan extradition cases the prisoners when arrested

were severely beaten and several of their num usually gave a name; quite different to that ber after the fracas were only fit for hospital, yet mentioned in the warrant, but the prisoner. the high-handed behaviour of the Indians in · when he was captured, gave his right name holding up native pedestrians und shopkeepers which corresponded with that on the warrant, ut Yaumati has been such as to create a feeling and admitted his guilt. According to witnesses of animosity amongst the Chinese on the other who arrived here recently from the Pi Chong side of the harbour. Rumour was current in village, the prisoner was a partner in a slaughter the city on Saturday to the effect that owing house in the Pi Chung village, Nam-hoito the rain on Friday evening, which was the district, is the province of Kwangtung cause of putting off a fight, something lively would liappen on Saturday night (weather per On the 24th February, 1906, at

'clock in the morning, he hid a quarrel with. mitting). Chan Pai, the father of the leading wita fobi, employed in the plaughter house, which ness for the 'posecution-Chan Taup-said he lived at No. 2, Water Street, occupy ing the whole house. Witness was the owner and lessee of a number of latrines in the Gulony. The latrines at Sam To Lane, Fast Street, Third Street, and Gough Street were his properly and were managed by his son. There were accoum inoks kept for each latrine. This was done by his son, who also collected When the money from the different latrines there was any work to be done to the latrites, suctaslime washing, tatring, etc., that work was On the 22nd June, junked after by ins son. witness was served with a subpuera to attend the Cogimission to be examine, and to bring

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and obtained from the LEADING and the tentative effort to run " the opium/mas nu acepunt and that be was not known, his boals. When the sergeant wok the sub-rushed up to prisoner, seized fum, sad a FRENCH GROWERS; they are of exceptrade in ffe Colony by a sub department given in charge. this Worship lined him $10.

tional value and in line condition. `-

LA ROSE is a good sound wind or exceptional value for the money.

LA TOUR CARNET. CHATEAU CHEYTEAU RAUZAN add CHATEAU LAFITE are recommended to the notice at Connoissents as high-class after-dinary Wines.

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of Government has bad to be abandoned.

WEST RIVER TRADE.

Defendant became very disorderly and was

tich.

Two cooks residing at No. 124, Station Street South, Yaumati, got mixed up in a row at Yau. mati on Saturday evening and the police had to take charge of the culinary artists before A gang of persons anything serious occurred assembled in Station Street South and bragged

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pozna to witness's house his sun wast there. Witness, continuing, said that soon alter he was served with the subpa he gathered all his books and went to the delec live effices, and later he was taken before the Commission. Witness and bis son were the

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A representative of this paper journeyed to Yauniati. that evening, but found everything peaceful Extra police from Hongkong did duty in pairs along the lending through. fares at Yaumati and most of their time was spent in dispersing the immense crowds on the road or Chhese that assembled facing the Indian barracks. Indian pickets were stationed just below the barracks and a guard consisting of about tweaty armed mes marched up and down to see that no Indian soldiers left the barracks:

ended in prisoner drawing a revolver and marial, ly injuring the foki, In consequence of that operations at the sian,hier house were stopped and a few hours later it was announced that prisoner had no further interest in the business. Some time later be turned up at the slaughter house and asked for the loan of a gun. His request was at first refused, but when he gave, as an excuse that he wanted the gun in order to smuggle in some suht the weapon was handed over, with eight cartridges. Prisoner loaded

On the brow of the hill could be seen an the gun and as soon as he gained the open he discharged two cartridges in the air, and a third ludion watching the movement of the Chinese atman standing near by, which went wide of mob below and signalling the news to his dil the the markt. The watchman of the abattoir confreres, while Chinese scouts

same. Inspector Macdonald, who was in The prisoner was the charge of the police, was kept very busy struggle casted.

Watchman was cleaning away the crowd that gathered in stronger

The crowd which had front of the Indian barracks, but they re knocked down. gathered was so dumbfounded that they could turned again and again, ready to wage war. do nothing. Gaining his legs again prisoner The Chinese cannot tell the difference between levelled his rifle at the prostrate form of the an Indian soldier, and an Indian watchman in watchman and shot bịm dead "The watch multi, the result is that they are treated alike, when proceeding 10 Yaumali. A couple of man's brother, who by this time had heard of the latter having to ask for police protection the disturbance, arived on the scene and see- ing the dead body of his brother on the road, watchmen narrowly missed being inquled by on the Praya at Vaumati, quite near to the po- was a struggle for life and death and in the the grappled with the murderer. Again there the crowd on Saturday evening. They were relieved of his lice station, bargaing for some fruit at a rule the murderer

hawker's stall, while a large, but unfriendly crowd, gathered around them. Apparently the price did not suit them, and instead of put ling the fruit down and walk away, they. threw them down with some force on the tray, muttered something, which could be nothing.

this was going on it could be seen that a few of else than insulting, and walked away. While

the restless ones near by had picked up stones and bricks, of large size, ready to hurl them at the Indians at the fensi provocation. This be haviour of the Indians naturally annoyed the Whether the Indians Chinese lookers-on.

for the mob or they were afraid of the con- considered that their numbers were, too small seinences, nothing of a serious character/ occurred and the Indians left, the Chinese jeering and screaming at them till they got out. of sight,

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CAPTAIN G. W. Eędy, of the steamer Ningh, caused twenty-three boarding-house runners and coolies to be arrested yesterday forenoon for being on bead bis vessel without his per.only two persons interested in the latrines, The unremunerative character of the mission. The men were removed to the Water there being ae other partners, Looking at the etendast, witness said he knew him. West River trade has been, the subject of Patice "tation and this morning they were

He was a sanitary inspector, About 7 p.m. comment on reputed occasioms in these paraded before Mr. Gomperty, in the Police

io witness's house with a Chinaṛnan, surnamed commas. The most recent utterance on the Court, where it was learnt that about ten of Jane 23 of this year, defendant went subject was at the dieeting of shareholders in the prisoners had the agent's permission to be Wong. When they entered witness told both on board and copisequently were discharged.

men to sit down. The defendant spoke in Engle by the crowd. Both men relied on the the Hongkong Canton and "Macau Steam-

With gard to the other Captain Eedy said liss to Wong, who interpreted in to witness suret, each trying to get the uppeṛhand beat Co, the pioneers of that trade, a fort that these people came on bound either to rob There were no others in the root. Then This prisonet was successful in doing so the throat, the interpreter said to witness: "Tell your son and seizing his viction by THE ABOVE PRICES ARE SUBJECT night ago, when the Chairman declared that the ship or the passengers. When they came

he switched a dagger out of his pocket, the working of the West River service con alongside it was their usual practice to cover

to go home and there will be no trouble.'

and ran it through the man's heart. All that tinues to be very unprofitable, especially the the number of their sampan with a piece of Through the interpreter defendant said that Hongkong Kangamonline and, as a conse. His Worship fined the defendants 53 when witness's son had left the Colony he line, and even when the first murder-that of (defendant) would look after the latrines. the foki-was 'committed prisoner made no at „quence, the directors of the Sigemboat Co.

"Did they tell you why they wished your tengt to escape, but as soon as he had kill son to go into the connus asked Mr. Bowley,ed the third ma-whether he had regained [recently decided, together with the othe joint owners, to withdraw the steamer Tak

his senses or not, could not be said he took Witness replied that defendant said that

to his heels, dropping the dagger on the sweet, Beg, thus abandoning this line. We have

Heian down to the waterside, jumped on board since learnt that the Yak Hing has been

what money was paid hins by witness's 50 was emered in the books, which was sold for $56,000 and will cave shortly, under the command of Captain Birss, Jora

being then asked for by the Commission, a sampan and ordered the bouwoman to sail When defendant was about to leave he shouk away The crowd that assembled on the water- side told the boat woman not to sail, but to wait until the arrival of the soldiers to arrest the ma derer. Seeing the woman was not going to obey his order, prisoner pulled out his revolver and shot her dead. The woman fell back- wards on top of her two-year-old child and it was killed. The other bostwoman, who was greatly scared, jumped into the sen to *Did you send him eventually ¿"— No, 1 | swim away, but the prisoner, who was seeking for more blood, ended her life in the water, by did not."

a bullet from his revolver. He then jumped into the wate, swam away, anil was seen not seen running up the hillside. He was again. The officials searched high and low for the murderer but he could not be found. They, however, learnt that he was in Hangkongner in the Lai Hing Bank. and negotiations with the police authorities here resulted in the arrest of the murderer.

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS. Boagkong, 22nd August; c9cfs,

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Mi contufantes!iaus tutended for puldandtion w "The HONGKONG TELEGRAPII" Jould be addrowed to The Editor, 1. Ice House Rand, and, should be accorapanied by the Writer's Naina Addre

"When defendant said he would look alter the latrines for you, if your sun went away, what did you say ? Mr. Bowley asked.

Northern port. Ningpo has been mentioned ¦ of what they would do if an Indian hayenes tands with witness and said "Chin-chin." as the probable destination of the Zuk binging. One of the cooks said that if there were nu policeman at Yaungti he would clean the streets with the Indiaos. Just then a police man arrived and told the men to. get a move on, but the coaks, who by this time had become greatly excited, threatened to bust the vificer. as They became very excited, but, nevertheless, a single policeman was sufficient to remove them to the lock-up. They admitted being rostous and disorderly this morning at the Police Coun, and were fined $3 each.

With the departure, of this steamer for Northern waters she will make the third steamer withdrawn from the West River trade whose inauguration has been fraught with chillicellies and expense and

a profitable Chang Jamilum Connoranzalone pould be addressedz), to whose countinuance, on"

The Manager.

basis, there exists considerable doubt. There should be no, reason why the trade! should not justify the enterprise of steamship WWDCIS. In fact, it should be made to pay,

The Fliter will not votermike to be responsilide for any reweled $15., we to reinen way Contríkalion.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES ON ADVANCE) DAILY $30 per us!

WHENLY $15 per anuum. The intis per quarter aid per namesti," perajmer 33tatemi. The daily is delivered free when the address is accesibile in messenger. Di copim sent by joss - additional $1,80 per quarter in charged for postage. l'lim postaga ana the weekly imao to any part of the

Work is 30 cents per quarter. Single Capo Daily, en cent: Weekly, twenty-

Are caule

· BIRTH.

On August 21, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. ALBRECUT CHULTZ, a daughter.

MARRIAGE.

On August 11, at Tientsin, CAROLINE GER- TRUDE, daughter of Emi! Gipperich, to Leo- POLD BIFLFELD.

DEATH.

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No Ying, a messenger, employed at the Yoko if unly order and security to life and prohama Specie Bank, was charged before Mr. If. party could be maintained. As conditions 11. 1. Gompert, at the Police Cour!, this arcat present it is very widely believed by morning, by Mr. T. Fatsui, chief clerk of the traders and shipowners that, unless piracy Bank, with stealing a gold ring and a twenty and lawlessness generally are promptly sap fine gold piece, on Saturday, last. On Satur pressed along the West River delta, the day morning the complainant, before commen absolute, cessation of traffic---if only teining work, took off his coat and hung it on a

narily is, inevitable.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE French mad of the 24th July was delivered in London un the 24th instant,

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rack in the mess-room. On complainant's watch chain were attached the ring and the gold coin. When complainkat left the bank to return home shortly after noon he discovered that the pendants were missing. Ile informed the price. A detective was despatched to look into the matter and under defendant's bed was

"I said: Please look after them for me.'" Were you willing to send your sou away -"No."

Some days after this defendant sent for wit ness and they met at the entrance of Sam Te Lane. Here they were alone, and defendant spoke in Chinese. He said:"Your son has not yet gone away. Send him away."

Witness replied that the Commission has When they do not yet questioned hist.

about it, fie did not send he would bee his son away, and the defendant did not speak to hini again. On the zad July witness gave

evidence before the Cornmission.

Here Mr. Grist intimated that he proposed to reserve his cross-examination.

Lo Wong Tie said he was in charge of Chan 'ui's turme at No. 3, Sam To Lang. He lived in the latrine. He was engaged by Chan Puj on 11th June of this year, and has been there daily ever since. Witness knew accused as a

At the Police, Court, this ferenson, the prisoner was placed before Mr. H. H. 1. Gompertz, by Chief of Detectives Hanson, and the case adj urned for a week.

MARINE COURT,

THE WHISTLING NUISANCE.

At the Marine Cour, this morning, before Hon. Captain LA. W. Barnes Lawrence, R.

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THE LAI BING BANK.

APPEAL TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL.

In Appellate jurisdiction this morning before their tours Sir Francis Piggott, Chiel justice, and Mr. A. G. Wise, Puisne Judge, sitting as a Full Bench, Mr. G. H. Wakeman, Official Receiver applied for leave to appeal to the Privy Council against the finding of the Chief Justice that Wong Ka Chuen was not a part-

Mr. H. G. Culthrop, instructed by Mr. G, K. Hall Brutton, of Messrs. Brutton and Helt, appeared for the Official Receiver, the appel. lant, and Mr. M. W. Slade, instructed by Mr. R. A. Harding, represented Wong Ka Chuen, the respondent,

Mr. Cakhrop reviewed the ficts as already mublished in these calumas, and said that on the 24th Noventber, 1905, an issue was ordered to be tried to determine whether the respon dent was, at the date of the presentation of the petition in bankruptcy, a partner in the Lai Hing Bank, the debtor firm. On the 14th April,

found the gold coin, and in his box the Latrine inspector. le visited witness' latrine Marine Magistrate, P. C. Winter, of the 1906, the jury found that the respondent was.

Defendant said that he puked the things up near the Clock tower. His Worship sentenced

The Shanghai Mercury understands that a new Chinese paper is to be started in Shanghaitim' to twenty-one days' hard fabour and six with a large capital. The production, we are

On August 18, at Shanghai, ANDREW Mc-informed, will be entirely in English, KECHNIE, of Kinnock, Scotland, First Officer, Revenue Cruiser Ping Ching, Imperial Maritime Customis, aged 52 years,

The Hongkong Celegraph

RETUEN of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending the 6th August, 1906:-Library, Non-Chinese, 333

Museum, Non- Chinese, 163; Totai, '456. Chinese, 91: Chinese, 2.338; Total,

2.424.

We are requested to draw attention to a change in the Peak Tramway's time-table for the greater convenience of the public. In future cars will run every ten minutes between the hours of 7.30 am, and 9.30 a m., instead of as heretofore.

A HOUSE coolie employed at Nu, 8, Knutsford Teae. Kowloon, dumped a bucket of rabbish in Kimberley Road yesterday inorning, and Rot arrested. On being placed before Mr. H. H. I Gomperte, at the Police Court, this morning, he was ordered to forfeit $5.

HONGKONG, MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1906

THE OPIUM QUESTION.

The interest aroused by the discussion of the opium question is such as to invite criticisms on the subject from all quarters of the Empire wherein the Chinese element forma a not inconsiderable proportion of the inhabitants. The Straits Press have discussed the question in the light of the substantial reduction in the value of the opium farm for the next triennial period. A recent writer in the Malay Mail, reviewing the present condition of the Chinese in Formosa, makes the following interesting comment:-"The opium monopoly is one of the Formosan Government's chief surces of revenue, and in spite of the number of licensed smokers having diminished from 160a64 in 1900, when it was estimated that all the smokers had been ascertained, to 131272 in December, 1905; the profits of the Monopoly Bureau have not sensibly diminished, though the exact Ogures cannot business.

PROBABLY a more surprised lukeng never left Mr. Gampertz's Court as did policeman Chan Cheong this morning. The fakong charged howket with hawking melons within the limits of the Western Market, namely, Upper Lastar Row. The policeman was reeling out is evidence in fine style, when he was brought to a sudden halt by his Worship saying, "Pri- soner is discharged." It transpired that Upper Lascar Row was not within the market limits. The policeman's face was a picture. With eyes bulging out like saucers he glanced around the Court, as much as to say that he had his doubts as to whether Mr. Gompertz knew his

hours' stucks.

defendanten he called Chan. Pai,

got a partner in the firm at such date. On the 8th April a new trial was sought for, with an

Water Police, charged Fung Sing, master of sometimes daily and at other times once in every two or three days. Sometimes defend the licensed steam launch Lee Shing, with ant brought an interpreter and sometimes unlawfully using his whistle on the 24th inst.arder setting aside the finding of the jury, on not, Only on une occasion-on 25th June-in Victoria harbour. Complainant stated that defendant asked witness to call his matter. 418,20 m, on the 24-h 294, the Lee Shing was HONGKÒNG VOLUNTEER RESERVE | Witness did not know what was said by classing from the Casin What! Inwards Kowloon When about half way between the ASSOCIATION,

Chief Belective I spector J. W. Hanson said whef and a group of sampas en his starboard knowledge of the petitioners at the time of the that by virtu: of warrant (produced) he arrested bow going eastward, he blew a short blast on the 25th inst. he was leaving a small wharf near the Canton wharf, and going astein when Street, at 6.30 p.m.

another launch was approaching the same wharf, when defendant blew one. blast instead of ree.

the ground that the judge misdirected the jury, that the verdict way against the weight of evidence, and on the ground that sew evidence had been discovered, which was not within the

trial. On the 4th July the Full Court refused the appellant therefore asked for leave to appeal. from the said verdict and judgment to His Majesty in his Privy Council, and that pending the said appeal all further proceedings may be stayed.

China Mail Cup, at disappearing targets, took defendant on the 15th instant, at No. 1, Chater his whistle and altered his course lo port. On appellant's motion for order for new trial, The..

The third montfly competition for, the place on the King's Park Range on Saturday, the 25th Augus!, when some goid scores were made, Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse making a "pus sible" while several scores of nine were made by members at the subsequent practice but were not allowed to count in the competition as by the rules only the first shoot coats. The following is the list of scare>:-

PP. J. Wodehouse

W. R. T. Davis

J. C. Gow.....

10

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W. L. Paltender..

J. Mcinnea

5

J. C. l'eler....

5

H. W. Bird....

4

4

4

1. C. Bird.......

D. J. Mckenzie

G. II, Wakeman...

G. E. Morre!!

P. N.H. Jones.

3

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J. II. Pidgeon W. Daniel...... Dr. G. M. Harston A. Mackenzie..

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H. T. Richardson .................................... E. B. Carruthers

'W. J. J. Gast

G. A. Hastings...................... Dr. Evans Jones..........

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That closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. Grist said he had no witnesses in call idi would like to address the Court shortly, prin cipally with reference to the sixth charge, that of obstructing the course of justice. He sub- mited that it was no offence either against the common law or against any ordinance and asked that that charge be struck out.

Mr. Bowley contended that the sixth charge

Defendant adnitted the charges.

His Worship pointed out that defendant was before the Court on the 16th inst., for a similar offence. He would be fined Sio or 7 days, and be re-examined.

Kwok Hi was charged with a similar mis-

In support of the above statements a pumber of affidavits were read, when the Chief Justice. said they might take the order for leave to ap peal, subject to filing of an affidavit verifying the petition, and depositing us security for costs 4300; judgment

was good in law as defendant was attempting use of his whistle. Complainant stated that successful before the Privy Council.

to stop witnesses from appearing before the Commission.

Mr. Grist replied that the Commission was holding a private inquiry, not a public one, and there was no offence.

His Worship held that there was a prima facte case against defendant and committed him to stand his trial at the next Criminal Sessions.

when he asked defendant what he whistled for he said it was to make some sampans get out of his way. When told be had no tight to blow his whistle in that way, he laughed and jeered at the complainant, the owner of the launch, who was on board at the time, telling the com plainant that defendant had a perfect right to whistle when he pleased.

Ite was fined $1 or seven days.

Chan Hoi, master of steam launch Lun On, In a previous issue of the Hongkong Tele who was charged by L. S. Counsell on Satur graph, it will ha remembered, an account was day, with using his whistle as a signol to the given of an accident which befell Quatter Indian constable to come and inspect his master-Sergeant Cramer, when he fell over the launch, as reported in these columne da Satur verandahs of the Warrant Officers' Mess, E.day, was fined $10, while it was requested that Block, and was severely injured. Report the Indian constable's conduct in condoning the offence and allowing the whistling, should be inquired into by the Captain Superintendent of Police,

4 to-day says that Cramer is progressing favour

ably, but it is feared he will become deaf, as A result of the fall.

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be carried into execution un the undertaking by respondent's solicitors to refund, in the event of the appeal being His Honour the Puisne Judge concurred. SHIPPING AND MAILS,

MAIL DIH.' Canadian (Athenian) 28th inst. German (Prina Bitel Friedrich) 28th inst. Australian (Changsha) 1st prox. American (Doric) 4th prox. Canadian (Empress of Japan) 4th prox. Canadian (Montagit) 11th prox.

The ss. Sikh sirived at Boston on 18th inst,' and at New York an 23rd inst.

The M. M. Co.'s s.. Salazie, with the next' French mail, will leave Singapore on 27th inst, The E. & A. ., Australian, from Sydney, 01 2 pm, for this post via Saigon. &c, left Fort Darwin yesterday; for Manila and this port, and is due here on 6th prox.

The Imperial German Mail 2.1. Prinu Blizi Friedrich left Shanghai on 25th fast., at 11a.m. and may be expected here on 29th inat, may