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Intimation

THE HOM

MARCH

Court, this after

AG. Wise, Pulsa

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Blunck, of Nots Queen's Road Central, suad Long Hing and Company, photographic goods

Taofal Wên

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LIMITED.

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ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

and

have

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AGENTS.

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

Hongkong, aznd january, 1907, weil

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SUBSCRIPTION RATES (IN ADVANCE). DAILY-139 per sunum. WEEKLY-$15 per annum.

recovery of the sum of $570, being the amount das under an agreement dated 7th January, 1907. Mt. Otto Kong! Sing appeared for the plaintiff, defendants being represented, Mesa Goldring and Barlow, who were entered for the defence, having informed the Court that they were no longer instructed in the matter, nor did the defendants appear to perion.

Plaintiff said the agreement was for the pay ment of $4,000 on The Transfer of the lease of the premises formerly occupied by the plaintiff, together with the cost of all the electric and other fittings in the shop. The payment was to be made by instalmenja of Sti4 per month, and there were paid up to October, last, but since then the defendants had neglected to pay

Judgment for plaintiff with costs.

any more instalments.

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A SAN Francisco message is published in the Asali, stating that Mr. Takenouchi, a director "of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, is now at Seattle, and bas met Mr. Hill, president of the Great Northern Steamship Company. The subject considered is said to be a proposal of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha to open a now'service between Oriental poils and the Pacific Coast of the United States,

In his hurry to leave the premises when he beard the cry of "Police" raised, a chair bearer, residing on the first floor of a house in Staun ton Street, jumped over the verandah on Mon- day morning and landed on his back in the street. He was removed to the Tang. Wah isospital, where he died yesterday from injuries he received in the fall. On Monday night, bumber of chair coolies, including the deceas ed, was interested in a game of chance. A sankary inspector visited the premises to count the pumber of persons in the house (to avoid overcrowding), Thinking he was a police officer after gamblors, a cry was raised, and stampede among the gamblers followed. A rush to escape was made, deceased jumping over the verandah,

THE Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Afiliated Ilospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the funds of the hospitals

Canadian Pacific Railway Co....$50 G. Murray Dain '..

Dairy Farm Co., Ld.

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*** 25 Chios Export, Import & Bink Co. 25 Linstead & Davis

F. Bornemann...

Li Wai Lam

D. Dorabjen

A. Becker...

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Hon. A, W. Brewis...

A. G..Gordon

C. Abdoola & Coặ

F. H. D'Almada Castro...

G. de Champeaux

L. F. Cooke

Dorabjee & Son

H. Hurstbouso...

H. E. Calchrop...

Hughes & Hough ...

... 10'

to

... 10

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WILLIAM McEvoy, a fireman, of the American The rates per quarter and per mensen, proportionat, ship Aleeds, was arrested yesterday afternoon, The daily imus in delivered free when the addres is by Policeman Downie, for assaulting an Indian sectible to mewenger. On copies sent by post an watchman. Opposite the Cential Market, oa additional $1.80 per quarter la charged for postage, a strip of waste land, is erected a tent, Inside The postage on the weekly laue to any part of the the toni is exhibited a real live tiger. One

world le 10 centa por quarter. –

cent is charged for admission. At one side Bingle Coples, Dally, ten, centar Weekly, twenty-of the test stands a coolie beating a gong. Yesterday, McEvoy walked into the tnt to get a peep at stripes. He did On March 15, 1907, at Shanghai, the wife of not pay his way in, but that did not F. CARMISTEAD, of a daughter.

not be the sway in ball thathe Indian

five cents.

BIRTH.

The Hongkong Celegraph

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1907.'

LOCAL AND GENERAL: THE Kowloon City rifle range is allotted to the 3rd Batta, Middlesex Regiment on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday next, zand to 24th instant, and to the Army Service Corps on Monday and Tuesday'next, the 25th and 26th

· instants,' /** Kath

watchman, the showman said: "Put this man out. He is drusk. He might go too near the cage and get hurt.". The Indian went about to carry out the order. Mac promptly plugged him in the eye. The Indian thought that be was struck by "accident" and tried to seize. Mac by the arm. The Scot lat drive, catching the Indian in the neighbourhood of the ribs. He was arraigned before Mr. F. A. Hazeland, this morning, on a charge of arrault, and was fired 5..

Viceroy for his apy the soliciting of subscrip Canton Kowloon Railway gestion is as follows ---They porarily open a register for sbare at the Chinese Imperial Telegra tration offices at Hongkong

'com

Hameeting oljkhare.

Ey of this moon, and members was, elected to jurns, En charge of the issue of admission tickets for the extraordinary meeting. THE RICE FAMINE

of St will be collected on every share at the Dutch Hank. · When more iubscriptions are

A certain geblleman has submitted a sugges- obtained, an office will be opened for the partion to the Viceroy asking for permission to pose, and when subscriptions are fully collects take out 105,000 taels from the Government ed, the capital will be deposited at the Hopg, Treasury and to order the director of the Rice kang and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Reserve Granary to raise funds, and to send a Hongkong. Subscriptions for shares will be party to buy vice from Hongkong, with the only collected up to the sum equal to £750pc funds, and to sell it to the people at the same Shareholders are to enjoy the privilege as a market rate. Ifthis is done so that there are farge palated in the agreement entered upon by the quantities of rice floating in the market, the Chinese Government with the British Byadi-rice traders will find it impossible to store up

ate at Peking,

and to raise the price. rice for speculation The Viceroy is highly pleased with the sug gestion and is preparing to act accordingly,

H.E. Cha Bi T

DOST LAND RECOVNRED

~ NATIVE FIRM'S QUANDARY.

A portion of waste land at Kennedy Town bas during the past, week been giving the mag agers of the Ng Wo Tas firm, marine store dealers, of No. 12, Holland Street, West Paint, some inconvenience, not to say worry. Fart of this land belong to the Crown and the other part to the Ng Wo Tak: But unfortunately for the Ng We Tak they do noi kaow whete their land commences and where it ends, and therefore during the past month or so have been storing their iron on what they thought was their own land, but in reality was the property of the Crowà. This encroachment became known to Mr. Dillon, the land bailiff, and the Ng Wo Takfirm was summoned for the offence. The cans was heard last week and the Court made an order that the fron be removed at ence, at the same time adjdarniog the summons until this morning. The Ng Wo Tak people were none the wiser as to which portion of the land was their property when the case was adjourned. True they shifted the iron; obeying the order of the Coast, but the Iron never left Crown land. When the second hearing of the case was called ou, before Mr, F, A. Hazeland, this morning, Mr. E. J. Gris was retained by the defence to locate the land. He told the Countbat his clicas had removed the fron from its original place, but still found that he was encroaching,

"Its a bad case," remarked his Worship. "It is known that men in defendant's employ are working on Crown land."

"The iron is very difficult to remore, your Worship," said Mr. Grist,

Góverðmen

Factory at Y EMMA VICEROY SHUM'S RIQUEST!"

"They had no business there," went on his Worship.

"There is no mark to show which is Crowned land add which'lä-private-proporty,” said Mr., Grist "If the Cro

• Crown would show us where we are to dump Ad

"He can dump anything anywhere except on his own property," interrupted his Worship "But the man owon property, adjølsing this Crown land," said Mr. Grist tartly.

At this stage the land bailiff entered the Cobit,

His Worship-Is this iron removed, Mr. Dillon?

Mr. Dillon-It wasn't removed yesterday, your Worship. It is still on Crown land. *. Mr. Grist-That it the difficulty, We don't know which is Crown land and which is not.

Mr. Dillon obliged by drawing a sketch of the land and pointed out to Mr. Grist where his land was situated.

' .

"Oh!" remarked Mr. Grist, ha!!* 445, The defendant's name was then called, and a Chinaman dressed in's black long coat en teret the Court and stood beside the dock,

Mr. Dillon (pointing to the individual at the dock)-He is not the man that is summoned, your Worship."

"His Worship (to the Chinaman)-Where is the man who came up last time'?

"Outside," said the Chinaman. "Call bim in," said his Worship. "He is in Canton," remarked the Chinaman, correcting himself.

"They generally go to Canton when there is a case against (bem," said his Worship.

This man is a partner in the firm,' Mr. Grist said. "The summons' is against the firm."

"How long can you take to clear away the lion bow," asked the Court."

A CORRESPONDENT, with the nom de plume of Perplexed" rolates a somewhat curions ex- perience, and we do not at all wonder that be is" perplexed" over it. He says, that for the "Fourteen days," said the Chinaman. AFTER Watching a game of fantan which was past three weeks he has been wakened up every

"Fourteen days to clear away two tons of in follwing in a street at Cheung-chau for. morning, by a mosquito barring in his car iron? chorused several persons in Court, some time yesterday aftermoor, Police Con- There is nothing remarkable in that, of course. "I give you two days to do it in concluded stable sis swept down on the gang and secured But there is something really remarkable in the Court. The parties then proceeded to leave six men. Many escaped. The half dozen men the fact, the perplexing fact, says our corres the Court, but Mr. Grist was called back were charged with street gambling before Mr. pondeat, that the buzzing in his ear occurs ex- Handing dim be scrap of paper which contained CA. D. Melbourne, at the Police Court, to actly on the stroke of four o'clock, day after Mr. Dillon's sketch, his Worship, smiling day, and they were fined Si ench,

day! Then" Perplexed continues: "What is the broadly, remarked: Dont forget your plan CHAN TURG, a coolle, and Lai Ying, & brick. average age of a mosquito? Whatever the age, Mr. Grist

it cannot extend to so long, and therefore it layer, residing in a matshed at the Përk, wera

cannot be the same mosquito that visiti me charged before Mr. F. A. Hazeland, at the Podiermally. Is there a freemasonry amongst Hice Court; this morning, with stealing a tunic them that the visitation is so regular? And the property of Pte, T. Swallow, of H Com why at a am.? And how do they know the pany, 3rd Middlesex Regiment. Accused, achour, to be so remarkably punctual? I was cording to the evidence, galued admission, fato always of the impression that the cold weather Mount Austin Barracks last evening and were tired the mosquitos, but here it appears seen leaving the building with a bundle) They different If any of your readers could an- wen saised and the tunic recovered. Three swer some of the above questions, the curious W..Japan, and a depression appear to be fom weaks! hard labour each;""

occurance might be explained, but at pre-ing to the E of Formes

THE WHATHER.

The following report is from Mr. F. G. Figs First Annisiant of the Hongkong Observatory:- Os the 20th at 11.30 The barometer has riten in Japan, and fallen over China, and Forms and

Yellow Bea

Pressure is highest ove

By kind permission of Li-Col, Price, ro, lent it almost seems uncanny 1 Berange stories Gr

and Officers, the Band of the 129th (Duke of ure told in India of a cat mewing so loud Connaught's Own Balachis) will play the fol-ft to wake her master just as a Cobra War Fo Edwing programase of music, at the King Ed- crawling up the leg of his bed, which deadly winds over ward Hotel daring dinner, to-morrow, the 211 reptile by was thus enabled to

istant, (wasther permitting);

his revolver-before it did any

atch with

and

pēti.

Vésteiday, H.E Viceroy Chow-received a telegram from Viceroy Shum at Shanghinis asking him for the services of the present wang Chow Project, Chin Mong Trang, and Pxpectant Prefect Chal Wai Fong

LLEGED THEFT OF

CIGARETTES,

GENERAL SUMMING”UP).

GN Masses. A. Hon

Sir Paul Chater,: Wood, N. A. Siebt, E Goe

A Hewolf, Mosers. G. H. bledhurat, D. M. Nissim, A. J. Raymond, A Happt, R. Lensmann, and the Hon, Mr Ed, Osborne (secretary); Mesars, T.; F. Hough,

Orange, Ho Fook, F. K Elli

E. Jones E. J. Hughes, and Go de

The Secretary read the police calling the meeting.

WAR Bildirman aide.

your permission. I propose to take and accounts as send. "The recoll damage done by the fierce Septe over the Colony fresh in your minds, and Caty forsme

present to rebull: piers, – and with villising as much

for the purpose. As you s

large.

sed;"This report and the Volunteer the Secretary of State Committee for their observations on certal

general remark, British civif popul sonal support of The remark of th6 was sent. 30.the concurred.

This afternoon, at the Magistracy, a general summing up of the case in which Charles it has been our custom to appropriate au Humphrey Kane is charged by the British-qually from profits, large sums to write down the book values of your various murals, and the American Tobacco Company with slealing to bacco and cigarettes, valued at $2,000 odd, was wisdom of this policy is now more than -flated.

demonstra'ed. Under the circumstances your directors have not considered it necessary 10 make any provision for the wha ves and lighters totally destroyed, as the value of those remaining far exceeds their book value. Youity of shooting

yards, will observe that we have to provide out of the

practicable to hay cardings of the

year, a further, sum of Peak, but it has sin

Sir Henry Berkeley, K.C., instructed by Mr. M.-J. D. Stephens, appeared for the prosecu tion, while Mr. G. K. Hall-Bruiton and Mr. H.

Gardiner represented the defendant Mr. Brutton, in summing up, said that he bad a preliminary objection to make before going into the evidence, taken in the case, The objection referred to the form in which the charges were made. The first charge, Mr. Bruton said, read: "Unlawfully did steal 100

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$55,000 for actual losses, and I trust that never again may our Colony or company exparinace such a disasterous storm, Thining to the there is nothing that" occais to me ACCORD requiring spes pleased to note ibat work

cases of tobacco." - Counsel subunitted that the charges were not properly specified. Speaking at some length of the evidence the prosecationed profit of $16,949.07 after pass adduced during the trial, Mr. Bratton referred to for miscellaneous typ

meless," and ho went into detail to desire to express the board it as valueless, show why he considered the evidence worthless, the cheerful, energeti One of the witnesses, Mr. Brutton said, who which our staff Identified Kanske the man “without a queue, continued the comp with whom he had some transaction, miedo cally no intergy

in

useless witness. The witness had said in the box that Me Gardiner had cross-examined him when reality it was Mr. Bratton who cross-examined bins. Referring to the godown keeper who had absconded, Mr. Brutton said that he hid reason to abscond as he was the man who had sold the cigarettes-and not the defendant. There was no evidence which connected defendant's name with the selling of cigarettes. In the case of the godown keeperthey had. Several witncases said he had sold cigarettes to them. Conclud Ing, Mr. Brutton said he left the card in bis Worship's bands and asked his Worship jostrike out the evidence of certain mitoesses, to dis credit the tallyman's story, and to discharge the

Ɛcuand, Ca

plante

No questions were siked,"

Drugi

The Chairman then proposed the adoption the report and accounts.

Mr. Orange seconded...

The motion was carried onanimously. Mr. Hughes proposed the confirmation of Mr. D. M. Nissim and the re-election of Messr: E, Gooir and AG. Wood as director

Mr. Hough scanded, and the motion was carried.

Mr. Ho Fook proposed the re-appointment OD Gourdin of Messrs. W, H. Potts, and as auditors.

Mr. Kew seconded, and the mollon was carried.

that be be made

ticable. is Excell sent; asked that, given to the presid Henry Berkeley), which clamation;CT MARKAN

Sir Henry Berkeldy returne

After Mr. Robert Shewan ∙Company shortly, he called for the GoverODRED

Accordin

many people ware figures for February tom Department was the Press on Saturda looking forward to bad mated yield of about 5 per rice crop, and with a

ing it impossible for emille the price demanded. "at the same time:: in foreign markety of Burma and Fr inok, bas been

has been

The

to place his

The Chairman-Dividend warrants will be ready on application. I hope you will stay for as he said

and without the extraordinary meeting,

THE EXTRAORDINARY MEETIKO, “foreign

slackness

An extraordinary general meeting of the forgood, and Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godowe and Company, Lid, was held at the City Hall, to-day at 17.30 p.m.

Sir Henry Berkeley then presented the case for the prosecution. He said that according to the Magistrate's ordinance his Worship had the power to commit accused for trial if he' thought that a fring face case had been made out, If bis Worship hid decided to deal with the case summarily he must exercise the powers of a fury and go into the prør and cons of the case. If on the other hand his Worship The Chairman, the Hon. Mr. W. J. Gresson thought that the case was of sufficient gravity moved the adoption of several resolutions to go before a jury it was the Court's duty to which were necessary in consequence of see that a prima facie case had been made out Mesars. Jardine, Matheson & Co. bring con- Sir Henry thought that defendant ought to be rented into a limited liability comprey. committed for trial. The offence, whoever. Orange seconded the tesolutions, which committed it, be did not kay defendant com were adopted. mitted it, was a very grave one, and one which ought to go before a judge and jury,

Proceeding.

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188 FORMOSAN ZOTIBRY.

these

for February, totalled, then, the exports from

more than half a million. for January. The whole. tically, we fed over the mills

good stoc

of

Ain fact po The Chairman-1 thank you, Gentlemen, serious for your attendancer

A MID-OCEAN RESCUM

MARROW ESCAPE OF JAPANESE SIAMEN.

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opset

that her

busli

the

FARCICAL SITUATIONEN JAG SThe Holt Jiner ydeur; 7,441 tons, Captain the According to a Tokyo dispatch, the sales of Campbell, from Liverpool for Vancouver, atd Formosan lottery tickets in Tokyo have, con Puget Sound ports, reached Victoris from, Ja- siderably increased of late, Tron iome of the pan about the end of January, and later pro ceeded to Tacoma. The steamer bad about higher offici, l'are known to be inventing in tickets. The authorities of the Tokyo Chino 1,800 tons of general freight for Vancouver Saibanho, considering that this tyll liste of The deus, when she reached Victoria had alfairs can no longer 65:1geored, have been on board Captain Uyegaki" and searching for the agents of the tickets, Early the crew of the Japaness scho on Sunday morning Judges Kawashima, who were picked up at son in"] Owaki, Tanji and Harada, and Pocurer longitude 147 E., virtually starving,

out food for, ten Alitsubashi searched several houseï in the city, and as the result of their investigations five grains of rice. This wat on The schooner, a little' Coaste arjesta were made on Sunday and Mond

sailed from a place describe papers as Majko for

„coasting

is expected that about ten more arrests will be made shortly.

Mr. Kato Munayoshi, Vice-President of the 78th Bank of Háchipjj;

tery tick

been without

drove

forts

we have hear

Kakowa

op do well la that,

such that buyers 15t

had

Fade:

asked to taking. cheaper rates) T for a few Siam, taking). standard of her

wealths

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