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HONGKONG PUBLIC WORKS.

PROGRAMME FOR 1907..

• in his address to the Legislative Council at yesterday's 'meeting, his Excellency dealt at fength on the Colonial Estimates for 1907. "In alluding to Public Works for the coming year, the Governor said:-

Water

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 1906.

to Blake Pier Shelter 31 Resuming nod filling in Fish

Pond at Tai Po ......

20,000 ARTS AND CRAFTS EXRIBITION.

9,000 35,000

100

22 Miscellaneous Works ........................ 23 Store Account minta terdeter PUBLIC HEALTH AND BUILDINGS ORDINANCE, 1903.

24 Compensation ........

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WATERWORKS.

15 Albany Filter Beds, i econstruc-

tion and Extension

26 Kowloon Water Works, Gravita- tion Scheme.*** 27 Tytam Tuk Scheme, First Section 28 Tytam Tuk Scheme, Second

Section 29 Miscellaneous Water Works

20,000

30,000

256,500 30,00

200,000

20,000

Total Public Works, Extraordinary-$1,210,700

HONGKONG INDUSTRIES.

1907 PROSPECTS.

THE MORPHINE TRADE.

NEW LEGISLATION,

The text of the Bill to regulate the trade in morphine, introduced into the Legislative Council yesterday, is as follows:

A Bill entitled an Ordinacce to amend The Prepared Opium Ordinance, 1891.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, Council thereof, as follows:- with the advice and consent of the Legislative

This Ordinance may be cited as The I'repared Opium Amendment Ordinance, 1906, and shall be read and construed as one with The Prepared Opium Ordinance.

z. Section 2 of the Principal Ordinance shall be amended by the addition of the follow ing definitions:-

14th inst.

At a meeting of the general committee, beld in the City Hall, on 12th instant, the following gentlemen were present:-Sir . S. Berkeley, K.C. (chairman), Capt. J. Marchant (secretary), Messrs, Gale, Vernon, Ram, Fung Wa Chun, Sutor, Kumabe, Sayle, Engel, Wilder, Liebert, Eitzen and Dr. Jordan, and Mr. Romano.,

The Committee was augmented by the addi- tion of the following gentlemen:-Hon. Mr. Wei Yuk, Mestre, Ho Kom Tong, Choy Lup Chee, Chan Kang Yu, Lau Chu Pak, Chau Siù Ki and Ku Fai Shan.

The following gentlemen were also pro: posed and elected, subject to consent Messrs. J. W. Bollee, A. G. Wood, H. N. Mody, Tomkins and Balloch,

The minutes of the Finance Committee were passed by the General Committee.

Mr. Vernon guaranteed to open an account at the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank for the, use of the secretary up to Szoo. The General Committee guaranteed ibe exhibition at $20 per head.

Future work to be done by each individual committee, which are organised as under, and Gale and Dr. Jordon; Section (2) Messis have full power to proceed. Bection (1).-Mr. Sayle, Sutor, and Engel; Section (3)-Mrs. Davis,, Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Marchant, and Mr. Fung Wa Chun; Section (4)-Messrs. Ram, (5)--Mr. Lennox Bird and Choy Lup Chee. Lau Chu Pak and Ho Kom Tong; Section

lowing:-M, Liebert, Dr. Jordan, Mr. Gale, The Working Committee consist of the fol Mrs. Marchant, Mrs. Bailey, Messrs. Fung Wa Chun, Ho Kom Tong, Sutor, Bird, Sayle, Kam, Mrs Trenchard Davis, Messrs. Vernon, Captain J. Marchant (secretary). Lau Chu l'ak, Chey Lup Chee and Engel, and

Refreshments and band to be arranged by the secretary.

Estry forms should he forwarded to the se- cretary with the section to which it refers plainly marked on the top left hand corner,

SHANGHAI AND QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS.“

A

14th inst cation from the Colonial Secretary:-

We have received the following communi

Consul General, Shanghai, dated 31st. August, Telegram from Colonial Secretary to H.D.M. 1906-"Clean bills of health resumed."

Further telegram from Colonial Secretary to H.D.M. Consul General, Shanghal, dated 7th September, 196:-"Could you not have Hong- kong released from quarantine ?"

Reply from H.B.M. Consul-General, Shang- hai, dated 8th September, 1906:-"Commis stoner of Customs proposal to have Hongkong released from quarantine from 15th September will be decided 11th September. Will tele graph' result."

Telegram from H. B.M. Consul-General, Shanghai, dated 12th September, 1906: Last wire Consular body agree to proposals of Com. mission."

IMPERIAL JAPANESE RAILIVAY'S..

14th inst."

We bave received from the Japanese Consul Railways of Japan," published by the "Tokio at this port copies of a very handsome and wall got-up"Guide to the Imperial Government Tsukiji Type Foundry Company." This little brochure is a credit to the printers and publishers, and should prove of great interest to all contemplating a tour through the Empire

Letterpress and illustrations alike are worthy of the Risen Sun, besides inducing many who

of the best traditions of the Printers' Art, and had not thought of taking such a trip to do so.

from the printers' hands in Japan. are entirely in keeping with all that emanates

'EMBEZZLEMENT, ›

CHINESE CLERK CONVICTED.

14th inst. Tam Yee, a checking clerk, until recently employed in the Steam Laundry Company, at Kowloon, was arraigned before Mr. . H. J. Gompertz, he Police Court, this morning, charged with emb zzling on the 15th August las: $3.0t and on joth August 9.70, funds of the SAILORS AND SOLDIERS HOME Company. Mr. W. H. Potts, managing di

ARSENAL STREET.

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34th inst..

The Sailors' and Soldiers' Hpme was erected some five years ago. Since then some con. siderable improvement has been made in the interior of the building, but nothing has been done to conserve or improve the outside there. pf. These internal improvements, however, were made when the fleet was large, and with out any appeal to the public, though in one. case a concert was given. Indeed at that time o appeal was necessary, for the fleet being large, men docked to the Home; moreover there was no other institution of the kind in Hongkong.

In the Public Works Department the decrease of $30,620 is due to higher exchange on salaries and the increase of $7,750 is due to automatic changes and the operation of the grading scheme. Building overseers salaries have beeg rained to bring them into live with sani- tary inspectors. The further increase of $884 is for minor alterations in conveyance and allowances. The net decrease in the public works is $21,986. In public works recurrent the increase of $4,000 is for the maintenance of buildings and $9,000 is for the maintenance of roads, $4,000 is for the maintenance of works. The new item put in of $12,500 is for typhoon damages. That amount is based on the average spent on repairs on damage caused in past years. Hitherto it has been customary to make a special vote, but it is Speaking on the Budget for 1907 the Govém more satisfactory to include the item in the or referred to the industries of the Colony, with estimates, The decrease of $10,0;a under special reference to the New Territories, in the public works recurrent is for the maintenance of lighting. This is due to a reduction in the leads one naturally to the question of the pro- following terms:-The question of public works prica of gas which we succeeded in obtaining gress of industries in this Colony. The year from the Gas Company. The net increase on promises to be a very important one in this public works recurrent is $18,300. In public respect. The mining in the New Territory is works extraordinary, whereas for buildings in 1906 we inserted $480,100 we have inserteding stage and if it proves to be the success that now apparently advancing beyond the prospett anly $381,500 in the estimates for 1907 or nearly $100,000 (255:

its promoters anticipate the Colony will benefit First of all we have thereby. Another great industry which has completed a certain number of buildings in the been started this year is flour milling at Juck current year. These are the Harbour Office, Bay, to which we wish every success. (Ap; the Western Market, the Mangkok Tsui plause. Speaking last year on the subject of Market, the Shanghai Post Office and industries referred to the assistance which five small buildings, I do not propose was given to the promotion by of industries to go on with the prison at the present exhibitions. Since then we have completed in timot appeared to be a very urgent neces cxhibition of the products of Hongkong and

The Committee for apportioning space and sity two years ago when we hardly knew what South China, in the Imperial Institute in Lon-ranging exhibits, outside the duties of section to do with prisoners, hut fortunately the don. An exhibition of industrial arts in the Bird, and Vernou.

committees, are:-Messrs, Ram (chairman), number is so much reduced that we are not Colony, has been arranged for, and we have only not overcrowded but enabled to cluse the also started again the annual flower show. branch prison. In these circumstances, the necessity for an additional prison can be reasonably cut out from the estimates. We have in the estimates some amounts for pro. ceeding with the Supreme Court and Post Office. The amouni.we considered we could effectually spend in pushing on the work as much as possible. Then we have had to in- clude amounts for certain buildings already in progress or for which contracts are let. The estimate for the latrines, urinals, time-ball station at Kowloon, l'ast Office at Wanchai and the Kowloon Morinary next year is $21,500 Then there are two new buildings and it is proposed to put only these, two in band. One is the Land Office at Lai l'o. This is absolutely necessary in order to prevent the risk of destruction of all land re- cords pertaining to the New Territories and the estimated cost is $15,000. Then it is pro posed to erect a market at Quarry Bay, the estimated cost of which is also $15,000. This was recommended by the Banitary Board. The continuation of, the Supreme Court and the Post Office, with these two buildings, bring the vote up to $381,500. For communications last. year we estimated $216,800. This year we have only estimated $90,000. Last year we in. cluded in the estimate for communications two items in connection with the railway amount. ing to Stoo,oca which will eventually be repaid to the revenue from the railway.. The Govern ment also estimated for the completion of Coo- duit Road but it is not possible to quite com- plete that with the amount inserted in the pre sent year's estimates, which is comparatively small to what was inserted last year. We have still got the item for extending Robinson Road, Kowloon, and an item for roads in the New Territories, and we have slightly increased the itam for forming and curbing streets as additional buildings required that the streets should be ready for them. Drainage for which Tast year you voted $70,000 is' estimated this year at 180,005, $10,000 having been added for miscellaneous drainage works, the amount at present in the estimates nal having proved sufficient. For the extending of lighting there is a small amon of $2,505 inserted. Mis. cellaneous is $9,100, $70,600 of which stood in the estimates for 1996. Of this, $20,000 is for a permanent shelter for Blake Pier. 1o the original grant it was also proposed to renew the Queen's Statue Pier, but we will have to let that remain for another year. In the meantime Blake Pier will be improved in accordance with my promise to the Council sometime ago. The other items are small ones which I intend to discuss *in detail. There is $5,000 for the renewal of the survey of the marks in the New Territory, This is necessary as otherwise the survey would be lost and we would have difficulties in con- nection with laying out the line. $22,00 is for concreting piers and the existing work has already commenced. $9,000 is for reclaiming the Taipo fish pond as intended to prevent what we believe will be an important place in the future from getting into an unsatisfactory state at the commencement. Under the Public Heath and Buildings Ordinance I have - estimated only $10,030 as against $160.000 this year. 520,00 is entirely for compensation we have to pay under the provisions of the Or- dinance. No amount has been included this year for the resumption of insanitary property for which $150.0oo was included last year. In waterworks provision has been made for 5536,- 600 and $286,300 of this amount is required for the completion of the Kowloon Gravitation scheme, and the Tytam Tuk first section. The remaining $200,000 is for starting the Tytam Tak second section in accordance with my promise to the Council. (Applapse),

PROGRAMME OF EXTRAORDINARY WORKS.

The programme of public works extraordia- ary is detailed in the Estimates as, below.

Against each item is the amount provided to

be expended in 1907.

I Law Courte....

2 Post Office......................

3 Pablic Latrines and Urinals......

4 Mortuary at Kowloon .....................

5 Time Ball Tower on Blackhead's

Hill, Kowloon

6 Branch Post Office at Wanchai...

7 Land Office at Tai Po.......................................

8 Market near Quarry Bay....................

COMMUNICATIONS. .

9 New Roads in Victoria, Exten- sion East and West of Conduit Road..........ostaus

10 New Roads is Kowloon

* New Road in New Territories... J2 Forming and Kerbing Street,

DRAINAGE.

13 Gullies Reconstruction

14 Training Nullahs

15 Large Flushing Tanks for Main Sewers and substitution of Iron for Earthenware Pipes

The expression compound of opiumi " means any substance, not coming within the above definition of prepared opium, which contains opium, or any constituent or alkaloid thereof, however the original form of such opium may have been altered.

Morphine" includes morphia and all salts of morphine and any solution or prepatation containing morphine."

3. The proviso to section to of the Principal substituted therefor: Ordinance is hereby repeated and the following

At present these conditions are changed. The men of the fleet have been diminished by perhaps one half, and therefore, apart from any other changes, the income has been propors tionately lessened.

have been erected.

rector of the company, prosecuted. The de- fendant pleaded guilty to both charges. The particulars under which defendant got the money were as under:Five years ago he joined the firm as checking clerk. Accord ing to Mr. Potts his character was good. .Lately defendant purchased a rubber stamp with his name engraved thereon and went out collecting bills. On the dates given he pre sented bills to Messrs. F. C. Hall and C. G. Mackie, which were paid, but prisoner kept the money. When the shroff of the company went to collect the bills for the firm he discovered they had been paid to defendant, but was not accounted for in the books of the company. He was then arrested.

His Worship, in sentencing the defendant to ilarco months hard labour, said he took into consideration liis previous good character and therefore would not give him stocks.

NEW HELMETS,

FOR THE POLICE.

14th inst,

Whilst up to the present the Committee have been able to pay its way, there is yet a debt on the building of £673. o. o, on which prevented from bond fide testing samples of

"Provided that no trader in opium shall be however no interest has to be paid. It was

"It is never too late to mead," is a trite and loaned to us by the Army and Navy Compithy saying: and apparently the full force of opium obtained in accordance with the promittee of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in

1. z "pit" of it has struck the powers that be forcerelating to raw opium and keeping the same visions of any Ordinance for the time being in England, on these easy conditions, in addition to which a substantial donation was made,

in at least one direction, for at last, after the for the purpose of his trade, the burden of from the same source, without which it would

heat and sweltering of the summer months, prool whereof shall in cach case be upon any

and just as the autumn is sciting in upon have been impossible that the building could us, it is interesting to note that new brand person alleging the same in his defence."

4. After section 12 of the Principal Ordinance

brimmed, round helmets (with spikes only to be used on dress" on occasion) are being issued the following shall be inserted:-

to the members of our local Police Force, to replace the military, spike-topped articles that have hitherto been issued as part of the re- cognized uniform of the guardians of the Peace -articles that afforded no protection from the san-that primary necessity having, apparently, been sacrificed to appearances, by some wise. acre, who has at last woke up from his Rip Van Winkle sleep, and taken a grasp of the fact that

"COMPOUNDS OF OPIUM.

126. (1) It shall be lawful for the Governor- in-Council to grant licences to such persons as he may think fit is such numbers as he may deem suitable and on such conditions as be may consider proper for importing for sale or use within the Colony, preparing, inanufactur ing or dealing in morphine and compounds of opium, and any perses so importing, mane facturing,

or dealing in morphine or any com- pound of bpium without such licence thall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.

(2. Any such licence may be revoked by the Governor-in-Council at his discretion and without assigning cause.

(3.) There shall be paid for each such licence an annual fee of twenty-five dollars which shall be awarded to the Opium Farmer,

(4) If the holder of any such licence does not comply with the conditions he shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.

128. Every importer whether for exportation from or for sale or use within the Colony of morphine or any compound of opium shall on the importation thereof truly declare before the superintendent of imports and exports the amount of morphine or oprum contained therein and any such importer making a false declara- tion in this regard shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance,

12c. Every importer of morphine or any compound of opium which is intended for sale or use in the Colony shall pay to the Opium Farmer a royalty thereon calculated at the rate of thirty dollars per tael of morphine and three dollars per tact of opium which royalty shall be paid to the Opium Farmer and may be re- covered by the Opium Farmer in a summary way before a Magistrate.

The time has come, however, when the building, both within and without, greatly needs to be overhauled. Its outside appearance is very grimy, and the building is deteriorating. If suffers by comparison with the Royal Naval be painted from floor to ceiling, and other in- Canteen next door. The interior also needs to cidental improvements which time and wear have rendered imperative.

The outlay will not be less than $1,000. Al- though the Committee have a small som in hand on the working account, there is not sufficient to meet this inrge additional outlay.

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even a policeman's head Ro morc impervious - co The cf. At a Committee meeting, therefore, on Tues-

fects of old Sol's rays, than are the craniums. of other people, and that they need greater place these facts before the public of long-hours they have to be on patrol, under a burn- day evening last, it was decided, nem con, to hung in the hope that there would be some

protection, in view of the fact of the many

the Home, ready to assist, and so enable us to knowing the good self-denying work done in put the Home in thorough repair. This insti- number of men of the Army, the Navy, and, at Intion is a general rallying-ground for a large umes, also some of the Mercantile Marine,

ithout distinction of denomination. Although no intoxicating drinks are sold in the liome, not infrequently men seek shelter at night drink, and these are always taken in. The who are unhappily under the influence of Committee therefore venture to hope that seeing no appeal has been made to ths public since the Home was built, and also in view of the nature of the work done, that there will be assist us in the good work. some sympathisers who will be willing to

the Rev. C. Bone, z Morrison Hill.

Crossed cheques may be made payable to

Signed, on behalf of the Committee, C. BONE, President.

J. W. WHITE, Hon. Secretary. CAPT. F. A. BROWN,

PHILIPPINE STAMPS.

ISSUE OF NEW SERIES.

Mr. C. M. Colterman, Director of Po

The following notice has been issued by

Postage stamps of the now series, known as the Philippine Issue" are now on sale. These

The Governor-in-Council may at his discre tion exempt any medicine containing morphine- or opium or any compound of opium maru- factured in and imported from Europe, America, the Princip and description of any medicine so or any British Colony from the provisions of Ordinance and this Ordinance: the name and 160,000 exempted shall be published in The Gazette,

13d. The Governor shall and the Opium 12,000 Farmer may establish one or more bonded stamps are of the same colours as the United 7.540 warehouses for the use of dealers in morphine States stamps overprinted "Philippines" of the and compound of opium imparted for exporta same value, but the value of the new stamps is 6,000

tion

and not for use or sple in the Colony and expressed in Philippine Currency. The fol 6,000 all

morphine and 15,000 be stored in such pounds of opium shalllowing is a brief description of each denomi- 15,000

100,000

warehouse or warehouses. The Governor-in-Council may from time to. úíme make, vary and rescind regulations with regard to the storage and removal of morphine and compounds of opium in and from such 14,000 warehouses, to the payment of charges for 30,000 storags therein and to such other purposes as 15,000 the Governor-in-Council may deem desirable 40,000 and such regulations when published in The

Gazette, shall have the force of law.

10,000.

20,000

16 Miscellaneous Drainage Works...

LIGHTING,

5,020 45,000

17 Extension of Gas Lighting.........

MISCELLANEOUS.

18 Permanent Marks for Traverse Survey Pointain New Territories

19 Reinforced Concrete Piers at Green Island Guopowder Depot, New Harbour Office and Kow toon City

+.........

5. Section 30 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby amended by inserting the words "compounds of opium, morphine," after the words "dross opium'

6. The Perpared Opium Amendment Ordin- ance, 1904, is hereby repealed...

nation;

Denomination

Design

2 centavo (1 cent) Rizal 4 centavo cent William McKinley 6 centavo 3 cont] Magellan 8 centavo cent Legaspi jo centavo cent General Lawton ja centavo cent Abraham Lincola 16 centavo (8 cent] Admirat Sampson 20 centava io cent] George Washington 26 centavo (13 cent] Carriedo

Arms.

Arms.

30 centavo (1) cent] Benjamin Franklin'

pesa (so cent) Philippine Govt. Cost of 2 peso [1 dollar] Philippine Govt. Coat of

A CHINESE Boldier, by name Hi Sam, was ar Arms.

4 peso (z dollar) Philippine Govt. Coat of 2,500 rested on board the Canton steamer Paul Acou 10 peso (5 dollar] Philippine Govt. Coat of

carly on Friday, and placed before Mr. F. Arms. A. Hareland, at the Police Court, later, on a 5,000 charge of carrying a dagger without police in the rates of postage. For example, a letter The use of the new stamps make no change permission. The "brave: admitted the charge, weighing not more than or addressed to an but pleaded ignorance, and his Worship dis office in the Philippines will require either a charged him with a caution, ordering the con two contavo "Philippine issue" stamp or a ona

cent stamp of the old issue.-Manila Times,

22,000 fiscation of the dagger,

ing tropical sun, and the risks they have, there- fore, to run, of sunstroke. But it is such a pity these innovations should be instituted at the wrong end of the year.

CANION WATERWORKS.

BUILDING THE RESERVOINS.

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A commencement has been made with the Construction of the Canton waterworks and four reservoirs have been dug out near a place called Tsang Poa. More than 2,000 Cantonese and Hakka coolies are employed on the works daily. These two clans come often into colli- sion with each other, resulting in free fights among themselves.

The superintendent of the company fearing lest this constant friction among the workmen will delay the progress of the work, has re- quested the Nam Hoi Magistrate to ask the Chief of Police to detail a guard near the works so as to present further disturbances,

SIR JOHN JORDAN,

DISPUTED RENZ.

14th ins In the Summary Count this morning, bis Honour, Mr. A. G. Wise, Puisno Judge, pre. siding, Mak Man sued Li Sang Ching for of rent dus from the defendant to the plaintiff. recovery of the sum of 5475, being the amouni His Honour (to defendant): Do you owe this money?

Defendant: Some of it.

His Honour: Then why don't you pay i Defendant: I have paid Sgo on account. His Honours Have you a receipt? Defendant: 'have a receipt in this book; (produces book).

His Honour: Whose book is it? Defendant;ft it my book.

His Honour is the entry signed? Defendant: No; the plaintiff did not want to sign, it, so I made the entry of payment.

His Honour: Well, I can't help you; you are very foolish to pay money without getting back a receipt for what you have paid..

Defendant: Plaintiff is here and must say I paid Him 550, and I owe him only $425, which

will pay.

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His Honour: Call up the plaintiff (To plaintiff) will you accept the $425 he offers you?

Plaintiff: No!

help you, and there must be judgment for His Honours (to defendant), Well I can't plaintiff with costs. He holds your promissory note for the ambunt he claims, and you hold nothing for the amount you claim to have paid on account.

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THE MAN AND HIS AUNT.

THEFT AND PERJURY,

14th inst. Li Wing, a street coolie, was arraigned be fore Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz, at the Police Court this morning, at the instance of Inspector Smith, on a charge of stealing $5 from a sam pan woman. The complainant was walking along Queen's Road West, near Possession Street, yesterday, with thres rolls of silver, each 10ll containing $5. She suddenly dropped a roll on the footpath and the coins scattered. Defendant rushed up, gathered up the coins before the woman could move, and was seen lying down the street. A chase ensued and defendant was captured, but the money could not be found, it being the opinion that he had handed it over to an accomplice. After evidence had been taken for the prose cution, a middle-aged, woman walked into Court and said she wanted to be exam.in. ed as a witness for the defence. She denied knowing the defendant, but said he was a good man, and proceeded to tell what she knew of the occurrence. The defendant was convicted and sentenced to three weeks' hard labour and six hours' stocks. The middle aged witness for the defence was then placed in the dock and asked to plead to a charge of perjury, the Court holding that her evidence on he prisoner's behalf was untrue. The woman swore she did not know the man, but it became known later that she was his aunt. She was dumbfounded when his Worship asked her to pay a fine of $75, or go to gaol får one month.

A JUNK "POKPS" WAGES.

ELUSIVE PAYMISTRESS.

#4th inst.

In the Summary Jurisdiction Court this morning, before Mr. A. G. Wise, Puisoe Judge, a junk fok sued the owner of a junk for wages refusing to pay. The woman said she had sold due, which she (an old Chinese women) was

the junk and had nothing more to do with it.

His Honour (to plaintiff): Did she give you notice of the sale of the junk ?

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AN ACT OF BANKRUPTCY,

13th last.

In the Bankruptcy Jurisdiction Court this moming, Mr. F. X. d'Almada e Castro appeared before his Honour Sir Francia Piggott, Chief Justice, and applied for a receiving order on behalf of the debtors in the case of the Chung Shun firm and others, ex parte the creditors, Mr. d'Almada u Castro said the debt on which this application was made was a debt of $740, due on a promissory note, and the firm had. committed an act of bankruptcy and that was the reason of this application."

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Bie Honourt. What was the act of bank- ruptcy?

Mr. d'Almada e Castro: The act of bank ruptcy, my Lord, was the issuing of a notice by the solvent firm, that they had stopped pay ment.

notice of the stoppage of payment?

His Honour: Had your client a written

Mr. d'Almada a Castro: Yes, my Lord. ilis Honour: Let me see that notice.

Lord, my client left it in Canton, where he went Mr. d'Almada e Castro: Unfortunately, my

if the notice was genuine, to ask and ol ↑ the partners in the insolvent firm

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His Honour But I must have that notice. Mr. d'Almada Castro: I have told my

client also had a verbal notice. Lordship will let the matter stand over? My client to send for it, my Lord. Perhaps your

His Honour: But is a verbal notice legal'?

verbal notice of stoppage of payment is quite Mr. d'Almada e Castro: Yes, my Lord, a sufficient to constitute an act of bankruptcy. The firm's debts, as far, as they could be ascertained, amounted to over $40,000 while the assets were something like S29,000.

His Honour: Well, I'll make the order ibat the matter stand over for one week, and the written notice must, in the meanwhile, be pro- duced. You can produce it Chambers.

FATAL LAUNCH COLLISION.

TWO CHILDREN DROWNED.

11th inst. Wong Shing, the coxswain of the steam Lunch Mike, which is owned by the Mitaui Bussan Kaisha, was arraigned before Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz, by Inspector Langley, of the Water Police, at the Magistracy this morning,. alleged that through his carelessness two sam to answer a charge of manslaughter. It was pan children. were drowned in the harbour. in bonds of $500 to come up for examination The defendant pleaded not guilty and was held.

o'clock last night the steam launch Milke was' at noon, on Saturday. At about half-past ten returning to her wharf at the Praya East. When off Bowrington Canal she ran into a sampas, which was made fast to a buoy, hitting il amidships and turning it over. Besides the parents there were two children on board the pampas. Both children were pitched into the sea and were drowned. The bodies have as yet not been recovered and the police are at. present having the spot where the collision occurred dredged in the hope of recovering the bodies. The coxswain, when he was arrested,. said it was an accident and that the sampari did not exhibit any lights,

SECRET SOCIEties in Cochin- CHINA.

Considerable apprehension is felt in Cochin- China in reference to the development of so- called "secret sacieties" which have hardly. anything secret in connection with them, ex- cept the names of the adherents and are purely ing hardly any political end, but occasionally and simply associations for theft, pussess- making use of a certain religious fanaticism. Their success is largely due to the augmenta tion in the number of vagabonds, as a conse-.. quence the present economic crisis, which, writes the Temps, Cochin-China has experi- enced two years in succession of crops, a fact without precedent, and the situation would be singularly aggravated if the next crop was again a bad one. It is pointed out that vag abondage cannot be dealt with under the His Honour: Well, let's hear what the de-French civil code. With regard to member- fendant has to say; call her up.

Defendant appeared, and began a voluble story, when she was summarily ordered to hold her tongue and only answer questions.

Plaintiff: No, my Lord. His Honour: And she engaged you? Plaintiff Yes, my Lord.

junk?

His Honour: Are you still working on the

my wuges.

Plaintiff Yes my Lord, but I cannot get

His honour: Do you owe this money? Defendant; I have a licence,

His Honour: De you owe this money? Defendant: I have sold the junk.

His Honour: Tell her if she doesn't answer the question she will not only lose the case but will be punished besides.

Defendant: There's the man I sold the junk, to (pointing to a man in the bo ty of the Court) His Honour: Answer the question; do you owe this money?

Defendant: No! I've nothing to do with the jank now.

The purchaser was called and stated that he bought the junk on the sili fost; he had a paper to show that it was so, and produced it,

His Honour: Did you agree to pay the plaintiff the wages dur?

Witness: No, I only purchased the junk on the 5th inst., and have nothing to do with anyone's wages,

His Honour: Sol see; have you a licence? Witness: No, the licence has, not been transferred to me.

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His Honour: Then you are running your junk without a licence?

Witness: Yes,

His Honour: You may think yourself lucky if I don't send you up to the Police Station. You had better get a licence at once or you will get into serious trouble and will suffer for your neglect. (To defendant): Why did you not hand over the licence for transfer?

Witness: Because! kept it.

ship in such societies, prosecution is possible, but proof is difficult, and so much more difficult, in view of the fact that a police force for the country has not yet been organised. There is, therefore, only one solution to the difficulty- namely, to give to the communal authorities under French control the task of repressing vagabondage and membership in the secret. societies. They would apply the Annamite code and not the French civil code, with the exception of corporal punishment, which could not be tolerated.

20NGSHAN GEMENT COMPANÝ.

The other day Viceroy Yuan Shih-kai order. His Honour: Call up the purchaser; we'lled Tautai Chou Hsich-hsi, acting Tao.a of hear him.

Tientsin, and Taotai Sung To-chin, the Direc tor of the Silver mint, to proceed to Tongshan to get the delivery of the Cement Company there and to provide one million taels so as to have the works of the Company extended. In the 3rd year of Kwanghiu (877) Tao- tai Tong King-sing started the longshan Cement Company by the order of Li Hung. chang with partly official and partly mer- chanis' shares of capital, but owing to the toss sustained the Company stopped working, arranged with the then Viceroy, Yu Tch of In the beginning of 1900 Tadini Chou had

Chible to reopen the works of the com pany, but awing to the Boxer froubles all the members of the company ran away, and the property of the company was occupied by a the Commissioner of the Imperial Maritime certain foreign troop. Therefore, Mr. Detring, Customsat Tientsin, consalted with the foreign staff of the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company at Tongshan to have the properties of the Tongshan Cement Company as those of the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company an as to recover the same from the bands" of the troubles and at the same time a special agree- foreign troops and in order to avoid future ment was entered into between the Mining Company and the Chinese authorities in order. to restore the properties to the Chinese authori ties whenever it is necessary to do so with thres months' previous notice to settle accoust. In the beginning of this year Viceroy Yuan Shik kai wanted to recover the properities and entrusted the matter to the hands of Total Chou and Taotai Chou'engaged Mr.. Detring to carry the matter ́out three months' notice was given to the Mining Then, a promised, Company from the 28th May to the 25th. Tarotai Chou to take delivery of the properties August. These Yuan Kung pao despatched and upon taking delivery of the same the said Taolai was entrusted with the Directorship of the Company. The Cement Company will extend its works a great deal and all kinds abroad which will soon come into the hands of of machinery has already been ordered from the Company-The Univerisi Gazette.

His Honour: Yes, I know you did, and you had no business to do so, having sold the junk. Witness: It is not the custom to give away the licence.

His Honour: Well, there will be judgment with costs against the defendant, and she can try to recover some of the amount from the

new owner,

Mr John Jordan's brief stay in Shanghai has been carried out in strict accordance with his own wishes. If his arrival was informal, his departure was still more so; but in the interval he has worked hard to put himself in close touch with the situation and the trend of events in the Setilement. In the short time there was at his disposal he managed to win golden opinions on all sides, and Shanghai was able to whahim God-speedan sthiast, in full confidence that its representations to Peking are assured of careful and sympathetic attention at the British Legation. In these days when the telegraph wire dominates the Diplomatic ser vice & Minister's or an Ambassador's views are not necessarily the final utterance of the Foreign Office on any given subject. We have. also to reckon with the fact that China, as well

KWAN Hing Chi, a shopkeeper, of 41, Bonham Strand East, proceeded against his No. 3 con- at South Africa and Egypt, has been taken under the wing of the Hyper-Sentimentalists cubice, before Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz, at the of Great Britain. By the very nature of their

Police Court on Saturday, for stealing from him, on the 6th instant, one gold watch and calling, which is inespective of party, they chain and a diamond ring, valued at $420. form the Permanent Upposition, and as such

The woman denied the charge. Complainant by a political paradox have to be given the ear

said defendant deserted him and took with her to bave had more than their fair share of an of the Government Of late they would seem

the jewellery. Defendant said she was engaged innings, and it may well be that the British by complainant some months ago as No. sense of fairplay will eventually reassert itself con

concubine. Recently he got another woman, and insist upon the man on the spot being promoted her No. 2 and reduced defendant in rauk. Defendant did not like that, and what given a chance. When this happens, British communitles in China will have no reason to regret that they have Sir John Jordan to repre-treated by the No. 2 concubine, and so she left was more aggravating was that she was ill- the house. Then this false charge was brought feat. British interests in Peking,--N. O, D.

against her. His Worship found the woman innocent of the charge and accordingly dis the Registrar General, who, it was said, would charged her. She was then told to go and sea in all probability settle the matter between the couple amicably,

News

THE foundation stone of the sea wall of the new dock at Quarry Bay was laid on Saturday, The ceremony was purely private,

murder of Harry Smith and the attempted THE trial of Peter Sidney Hyndman, for the murder of Mr. Rose, at Shanghai, bas been set down for the 18th initį,

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