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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 1908

SUMMARY PINKS FOR PERJURY.

HONGKONG PRECEDENTICITED..

CHINA'S CURRENCY REFORM.

GOOD NEWS FOR 1909:

"OLD MOORE" PREDICTS A MIIVĀMUIM

RAST OF DISASTERS.

“Old Moore," of Pilgrim-st-who anxiously impresses upon all his patrons that he has no connect on with any other "Old Moo10-a man of long views, and although this is only August, 1908, be has already issued his fore- casts for 1909.

People, therefore, who wish to be ready steeled to the bad times coming, in order that when adversity is actually upon them their calm courage may command the admiration of a distracted world, should invest a penny in his almanack.' It will be like a coat of armour to them..

THE SUBSIDIARY COIN QUESTION,

At the Supreme Coan, Singapore, on Monday There can be no doubt that the first bail for last, remarks the Park 2 weer editorially, the much needed reform in the currency of LONDON, 1st September. Justice Sercambe Smith delivered an import Chime must be the unifying of the present Telegram received at Berlin from Teheran ant judgment, affecting the right of appeal by monetary standards. It was proposed by Vice report that the revolutionaries at Tabriz tom-witnesses who are summarily food for perjury. roy Yuan Shih-kal; after the signing of the The hearing of the appeal had been adjourned, Mackay Treaty, to issue a new aliver coin of barded the Shah's troops while the latter pending the decision of Justice Braddell, the value of a Kuping Taul. Such coins were were parading, killing eight hundred. in a similar case which had, been brought actually issued by the Chibli Mint. As the Latest advices state that the fighting still before His Lordship at Penang. In that Kuping Tasicis the basis on which the case, the appellant, one Solomon Elias So taxes of China are estimated. and all lomon, had been summarily fined $15 for Government accounts are kept, Viceroy perjury, Mr. Justice Braddell held that there Yuan considered that this should be the proper could be no appeal from the order of the infer- standard. Is this prepisition, the actual con

It pleasant to see, however, that "Old ior court fining a witness for false evidence ditions were lost sight of in the desire to plan

for what would undoubtedly be the most de- Moore this time-deals out disasters with a Fummarily, as for contempt under section 12 of the Oaths Ordinance, 1890. The appellant sirable course of action." There can be no much more sparing hand than has been his was fined under the section in a criminal mat- doubt that, if a system could be devised habit of late years. The wont be can pick tec brought by the Crowa upon his complaint which would "carry as the financial oper up for us from the fateful conversation of The intention of the section was to provide ations of China for the future on the the stars is a quantity of more or less local machinery for the prompt punishment of same brais se in the past, it would labour troubles, and, some royal illnesses: gross or open perjury committed in the avoid much confusion, but it must be recogwhich he says are to give grave anxiety in face of the Court, u der circumalasces nized that, whereas China in her Bayern March and October. We shall be apparently showing that the wiiness could have no regard mental dealings recognises the teel at the better off in this respect than the Continent, for the duty itaposed on him as a witness called standard of value, the commercial transactions where assassinations in the royal circles of os toive evidence in a part of Justice, truth-of-the people have come to be basis of a Mex Russió, Spio,-and-Portugal-are-set-down as fully and with proper care and regard for what ican dollar. Hongkong, the Straits Settlements, mere casual incidents of the single month of he stated under the section of his oath, and as well as the open ports of China and all the therefore was acting id contempt of the court, Provincial riots, form a standing argument for. Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith, concurring with the use of the Mexican dollar as the silver the abova judgment, dismissed the appeal on currency for China. No system founded upon the ground of want of jurisdiction.

The U. 8 Fleet at Melbour 0. At a banquet at Melbourne, in honour of the visit of the United States battleship fleet, speeches were delivered by H. E. the Rt. Hon Lord Narthente, GEM G., Governor: General, the Hon. Alfred. Deakin, Prime Minister, and Admiral Sperry.

The latter, in the course of his (remarks, said that any rupture of the friendship of English-speaking nations would be a crime,

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Later.

Gales in Great Brit in Furious gales are raging in Great Britain, and wrecks are reported all round the cost. The telegraphs throughout England are

'down.

Morocco.

the tael can become current.

It will be seen that the abova decision wat With the adoption of the dollar as the unit b.sed upon the findings that's witness, who of the silver currency, there should be at once commits perjury, is guilty of contempt of court, the fixing of the s'avdard of the subsidiary and that there is no suppeal against a sentence coins. Silver 20-cost and to cent places should al fine imposed by a magistrate for this offence. || not form the jobject of speculation by Chinese The German consul in Morocco has left. The powers of Magistrate 12 punish for coo: banks. The Board of Revenue should take tempt of court are, however; strictly limited such stringent and urgent action as would pre. Tangier on his return to Fez

The Times correspondent at Tangier de by the Criminal Procedure Code, and stand vent any other method being followed than that on quite a different footing to the undefia five zo-cent pieces or ten t-cent pieces should be scribes the return as regrettable, Recing thated and unlimited authority to commit for worth ege dollar. The tendency of the Chinese at the beginning of Mulai "Hafid's campaign

banks to recognize these, subsidiary coins only the consuls were withdrawn by unanimous

for their value if melted into sycee cap and ought to be stopped by a strong government. decision, and he attributes to Germany the

If no other method can be adopted, all of the intention of stealing a march on the other

present silver 20-cent and 10-cent pieces should be recalled and new nickel colos issued in Powers

their stead. The adoption of nickel for then coins would immediately remove the possibi lity of the Chinese banks forming a comparison between the proportionate amount of silver in these subsidiary coins to that contained in the would be neither too large for too heavy to dollar. A 20-cent and a ro-cent nickel coin

serve this purpose.

A Remarkable Japanese Ship. A specially constructed Japanese ship has arrived in the Mersey She will take inside two submarines for Japan, her decks being removable for the purpose.

TYPHOON WARNING.

The following telegram was received at the American Consulate-General from the Manila Observatory at 11 a.m. to-day :-

Cyclone or typhoon South Eut of Naha, Direction unknown.

PORT ARİHUR SIBGE.

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON CLAIMS _FOR_COMPENSATION.

St. Petersburg, Oth_July.

contempt vasted, in the judges of the Supreme Court at the Colony, identical with that exerci- sed by Judges of the High Courts at home The Code distinctly allows an appeal, to the Supreme Court from every judgment, sentence or order of a magistrale except in cases where an offence is punishable with only a fine sot exceeding 25 dollars. As Magistrates are em powered to impose a fine of $jo for contempt, an appeal does not appear to be barred to the ordicary layman. Bis doubts as to the utensiled po perusal of reports of cases where glorious uncertainty of the law would be partiss committed to prison for contempt by

·Suprema Court-Judges are released on bail.

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April.

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So the nervous can take up "Old Moore with a comparatively light heart and antremb ling knees. "There will be an overflowing exchequer, and the working classes will have full occupation; those not working will be holiday making and spending monay ”—this, with which the good old man" opens hie-July forecast, is but a type of his cheery 1909 manner. IF¥

His good news is of all sorts, ranging from the cheapening of divorce (April) to a ze duction in taxes (March), the discovery of insuntains of silver ore in Mexico (June), and the nationalisation of the railways (April). If the reader is not personally af lested by any of these prophesies, be will at least pretend to be by this one, which occurt in the January forecast: The planetary. influences are good to bring to the frost honest men," Your chance will evidently come next January. Hang on a little longer! Taken all round, 1959 would almost seem to be years of the Millennium. The sage attempts now and again to sober down the hilarious aspect of bis picture by such remarks as these: (April): "A Nervous. Lookout, the effect of train-burry, new disease has come amongst us, "The

tram" and tube: grab, and motor whis"; but

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Volunteer Headquarters and Messrs, Kelly & Walsh.

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EASTERN AND AUSTRALIAN STEAM-

SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED - FOR SYDNEY And melbournE (Calling at Timer Port Darwin and Queens. Jand Ports, and taking through Cargo to Adaláide, New Zealand, Tasmania, Ac.)

THE Steamship

"ALDENHAM,"

Captain St. John George, will be despatched as above on THURSDAY, the 17th inst., at Noon. This well-known Steamer. is specially fitted far Passengers, and has a Refrigerating Cham her which ensures the supply of Fresh Provi alons, Ice, &c., throughout the voyage.

The Steamer is installed throughout with the Electric Ligbe

A Biowarders and a dely qualified Surgeon are carried.

N.B.-To assure the additional comfort of passengers the steamers of the Company have electric fans fitted in staterooms.

For Freight or Passago, apply to

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co., '..

Agents,

Dongkong, 3rd September, 1908,

"BEN" LINE OF STEAMERS.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

1812

S.S. BENVENUE," FROM MIDDLESBRO, ANTWERP,

* LONDON AND STRAITS: *

ONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godowe Co. Ltd.,

may claims wil whence and/or from the wharves delivery

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remain this is unworthy of him, forws__have_beening undelivered after the roth inst. will be suffering from "Nervous Lookout" for quite subject to rent.

long time already. It is one of the drawbacks of living exclusively among the stars that you

on all round your feet. are opt to be ignorant of events that are going

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-What is true of the subsidiary silver coine is pending the bearing of their appeals, which are also true of the copper coins. The provincial admitted, and disposed of on their merits.mints should be required to mint these copper The other day, a bankrupt committed to prison by Justice Sercomte Smith for three months, colos on a fixed uniform basis. At present the for contempt under the Bankruptcy Ordin", copper coins of one Provicce have more, alloy auce, was released on bail pending appeal. The that those of other Provinces, and each Pro decision of Justices Braddell and Sercombe vince, attempts to issue these coins-pot for. Smith would also seem to be at corfi et with the their v. lue as tokens, but in order to obtain the procedure, fullowed by the Chief Justice of selgaorage for their minting. If these coins are Hongkong, who gave leave to eight witnesses, issued on so uniform basis in the various Pro- whom he had summarily committed to prison vincer, it will be easily possibia for the central for perjury, to appeal to the full Court.. The Government to insist that ten of these copper Privy Council, in its uro, bas just grant coins. shall be worth a silver or nickel 10-cent manners of the modern Englishman is made

them special leave to appeal against the deci: tion of the Hongkong Court of Appeal con- firming the order of the Chief Justice, on the Rround that the appellants were not informed of the u legations of perjury made against them not all wed time to make their dafance,

"MAN'S MENCILESS CRITIC.

HIS THOUGHTS TAKEN 'UP WITH SPORTS AND CIGARETTES. Astashing attack upon the physique and piece, and that too of them shotild be worth by Sophie Leppel, of London, in Die Welt -one-dollar-In-no-olber-country-in-tha-world- Way German.magizine,

would it have been possible that 86 of these

The typical Jobs Bull, she admits, is still toʻ copper coins should have been worth a dollar, be found in all parts af Great Britain, but he is and within gine months 124 of them should have generally middle-aged-a relic of a generation had the sarfe value. These copper are the very that is passing way. For the younger geneta life-blood ofthe working people, as in many intion of Englishmen she has nothing but scora. stances their wages are paid in item, and a

*Ib Germany," she says, “an educated man

All Claims against the Steamer must be pre- sented to the Undersigned on, or before the 17th inst, or they will not be recognized.

All broken, chaled, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godówas, where they will be examined on the 10;h insì, at, 11 A.M.

No Fire Insurance has been effected Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co, Agents,

. 1810 Hongkong, 3rd September, 1908, INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION:

COMPANY LIMITED." FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND SINGAPORE.

THE Company's Steamship

"NAMSANG," havingarrived from the above Ports, Consigneer

claims to consider, which is a mere nothing "auet have to be set right by the Privy Council deterioration io their value means untold expected to possest the manners of a gentle of. Cargo. by har are hereby informed that

*

If the Commission. had paid-all the money arked, it would have to raise a foreign loan for the purpose; but be.relentless, and perhaps -usjast-cutting-down-it-has-mide. it possible for the Russian Government to pay the claims -without-any-outside assistance.

suffering.

It is

The Commission appointed to consider claims for compensation in connection with Port Arthur will have finished its labours by January, 1907, having now only some 20:200When-even-learned judges of the Supreme when we remember the task which, faced it on matters of procedure affecting the working when it began its labours.

of the Oaths Ordinance, we think, that it is

"It is pleasing to note that, within the lastan, whether bore an aristocrat or not, and

ond rarely meets with an exception. highly inexpedient that ag absolute foality should be vested in the summary decisions of two weeks, the Governor of Honan has taken different in England."

UNCONSCIOUS OF HIS DEFECTS. Magistrates in such cases. We feel uncertain up this question, and that the Board of Revenus

The average yonog plebeian Englishman whether a Full Court would sent to ofis taking steps toward the end which we

-ouilised above.—A-memorial-buscan neither walk; sit;nor stand,-like ad English dissert from the separate decisions given been presented to Their Majesties by, the aristocrat or a German officer, she declares. that no appeal lies from summary convictions

Board of R venue, recommending the

"To observe him bowing and dancing, or unifying of the present standards on the basi red to the Government Council for repost and of the defects in his gait and manners. All his ful sight. He is apparently totally unconscious it is hoped that favourable action will be taken thoughts seem to be taken up with some kind

the matter. If the present coinage is brought of sport and cigarette smoking." to a uniform standard, the other necessary changes to render the monetary, system of China readable and possible will be easy-Shang

The extent to which this cutting-down by a Magistrate for contempt.. Under the

process was' carried may be judged from the Indian Criminal Procedure Code, on which of the dollar. "I beir memorial has been reler" raising·bis hat to a lady'ip the strent in a pain-i

fact, that- Ti-fon-tai, a wealthy Chinete, mar-

that of the Colony is based an appeal is allow chant who provisioned the Russian troops at ed as of right, In the F. M. S. any summary Port Arthur, Mukden, etc., during the war, and conviction, under the Affirmations Enactment, who had asked millions of roubles compensa-by any Magistrate is subject to the confirms tion for ploperty confiscated by the Japanese, tion of the Judicial Commissioner; and any will only get one hundred thousand-roubles such sentences, passed by the latter, is likewise The Minister of Foreign All tips has decided final only after bring confirmed by the Court of to inquire into the circumstances regarding the Appeal. While the suppression of perjury. confiscation by the Japanese in Port Arthur of by drastic, means, might be a desirable a sum of over R2009 standing in the name of object, it is at the same time, pecessary' Admiral Alexeie!f, but forming a fund intended to sit guard witnesses, from the possibility, of for the susport of the local schools, which was being victims to a miscarriage of justice. In originally contributed by various philanthropic the interests of the administration of justice, Russians, who are now inquiring what became we think, that the Government of the Colony of their money.

will be well advised were if 10,take steps either -to amend the Laths Ordinance on the lines of the F.M.S.firmations Enactment, or to allow a direct right of appeal which two Judges of the Supreme Court have separately declared to be non-existent.

VOLUNTEER CORPS ORDERS.

74R-SUEZ CANAL.

Returns of shipping and tonnage for the years*1905, 1906, and 19' 7 have been issued as ́a. Parliamentary 'paper (Cd. 4 177). The re- sults of the past year's working, were contained in the report issued by the company earlier in the year and presented to the share "-holders at the annual meeting held in Paris]. on Tump 2 The White Paper states that there was an increase of 1,281,930 tons in the naj tonnage for the past year, and an increase of nearly 8,030,000 fr, in the earnings. Of 3,354) 4 to 6 signallers. msichant vessole and vessels in ballast, of a net

fainage of 15,001,341 ions, pasting through the canal, 2,411 ships, of a net 1942829 of 8,573,061 tons, were British, being fully 75 per cant, of the number and nearly 78 per cont. of the tonnage: 311, or 9.5 per cent, wers Ger- man vessels whose tononge was xo per cent. of the whole; France, Hailand, Russit, Aus iria-Hongary, Denmark, Norway, and Turkey combined furnishing a total of 19.5 par cast, of the vessels and 10.8 per cent, of the tonage of the carrying trade to the East through the Suez Canal. It is stated that the main duration of passage for all vessels navi. gating the canal was 17 hrs, 58 min. in 1937, as compared with 18 hrs, 2 min, in 1906, whils the percentage of vessels navigating by night a wall as by day amounted to 957 per cent, In 1955, as, compared with gas per cunt. In

ARTILLERY UNITS.

et Pejiod-Training of meo es specialists, Date of attendances:-7th, gb, and' 11th Sepien.ber, at 530;p.m. Each company to provide 6 to 8 inyers, 4 to 6 raoge finders and

At ead of fortnight Officers Commanding Companies will be required to select 6 layers, angefinders and 4 signallers. Both artillers instructors will attend.............

INFANTRY AND ENGINEER COMPANIES. Parade. At headquarters at 5.30 p.m. og Monday, the 7th September, ant. Friday, the 11th September, for infantry drilly. Sergl, Downer, 3rd Middlesex Regi-; will attend,⠀⠀

_INTERPOST RIFLE PRACTICE,

Interport practice will commence at King's Park Range at 2 30 p.m, on Saltirday, the 5th September.

'CADET. COMPANY,

Complaints having been made of certain Cadets blawing bagles in the vicinity of dwalk ling houses, it is notified that if this practice in contioned the bugles will be withdrawn from the offendere,

"hai Times,

INDIAN OPIUM SALES.

·LARGE · INCREASE, IN REVENUE,

Simla, August 15. The policy to which the Government of India sales does not appear to be having the expected bave committed themselves of restricting opium

result,

The refuros to-day published show that the Indian opium revenue for the past month, is five lakhs larger than the estimate, and for the current official year to die, forty-three lakhs larger than the estimate. —Advocate of Imlió.

MME, SARAH BERNHARDT;

MAY VISIT THE CRIENT.

Manila, swa the Manila Times, She and her The divine Sara Harnhardt may come to company of players have been booked for a tour of Australia and being desirous of seeing the Orient she has directed 'her managers to

make inquiry as to the business possibilities la the cities of the Far East Cablograms have bees, received here and in the other cities of the Orient making inquiry as to the theatres and the extent to which the general public would be interested. Information is being supplied and there is a good chance that the Your will be booked

Sports, argues this vehement lady, may, with A great amount of trath, be regarded as one of

the chief causes of English physical deteriora tion, because it leads them to neglect rational physical training.

VIEW OF FOOTBALLERS.

their Goods will be delivered from alongside,

Carge, impeding the discharge or remaining on board after 4 PM, the 5th inst; will be landed at Consignee's risk and expenso. No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LD,

General Managers, Hongkong, 3rd September, 1908. [ro

CHINESK SAILORS:

M.P. ON END OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT. ON BRITISH SHIPS,

Mir Havelock Wilson, M. P., speaking last night (Aug. 5) at a meeting of the National Sailor and Firemen's Union; held at the Garrick Tavern, Leman-st., E., announced that

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For the footballer, for instance, she has no mercy The average footballer may be ployment on a British ship in the United King- recognised by a leaky figure; slouching gail, dom would be required, by a Board of Trade hollow checks, bad akin, defective teeth, erder, to show that he could speak English; bat sunken eyes, and thia bair; be is also perpeta Chinese could not possibly learn English between now and that date they would have to. ally smoking cigarettes.

"Even in pictures he can be seen in as go "And that would lead to the end of the and frequently with his mouth open. The face ungainly attituda, making some kind of grimace employment of Chinese on British vessels.

of the English-plebalan-sportsman does not exbibifa high order of intellect."

But the English girls evidently have cap tered this lady's heart. As to plebeian Eng. lish women," she contianas, "many beautiful giris can be seen daily in the principal streats of London at mid-day and in the afternoon, and it would be difficult to distinguish them from

Mr. Wilson drew attentivo to the treatment, of British seamen who, baing discharged abroad, had to make their way home.. Too frequently, he said, the British consuls were only Raxious to get rid of the men, and sent them down to the steamships without making say provision for their accommodation or for food and drink, with the result in many cases the men wers simply treated as "deck cargo"-that was, they

AND

SUNDAY

THE

aristocrats because they have so cleverly copied had to sleep as best they could on the deck. MACHADO'S STRING

the manners sod becoming style of dress of the upper tes thonrard,

NOT. WORTHY OF THE GIRLS,"

Before Parliament adjourned he brought a Becific case to nolice by putting down a "Their beautiful bair, complexions, teeth, question to the President of the Board of tion. Their manners are equally graceful and the meeting. and figures make them well worthy of admira Trade, and be road the reply just received to dignified That English plébeian girls-are-it-The latter stated, that on cas of the depar telligent is proved by the fact that they suc inquired into locally by an officer of the depart cessfully compete

ment, and it had bean found that previous to with men.

this case the Great Eastern Railway Company (on whose steamer Rogers the instance arose) had been careful to see that reamen obtained the necessary food and shelter, but that on the occasion in question the men were transmitted too late for the custoinery notice to be giran to the agept of master of the seamen's intention to travel by that steamer, with the result that the shelter aidally reserved, for seamen wa filed with cargo,

The Englishwoman's countrymen are not worthy of the girls is the parting shot which this merciless crític fires at the men. "Where the plebeian English girl appears to lack ideality," the winds up, "is in the choice of her sweet heart. On Sundays hundreds of young couples can be seen in the parks, the young man Despite the fact that the great actress plays | unually - representing a picture of physical entirely in French there would undoubtedly be deterioration, his partner being generally a generalinterest to her visitand the freest patron, beautiful and high-spirited girl. The only rea age of her performances. She is the greatest son for this apparent bad tasts must b actress of our time, and interest, even curiosity dearth of good-looking young men, so

sort of awensheart la better than noser.

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