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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY DECEMBER 3 1908

THE APPEAL COURT.

8837/1906.

[Continued from paga 53.

Government Hound, Hongkong, 6th October, 1938. Sir,-1 regret to leacă from your letter of September 29th, that my explanation of the actual words used by me in reference to the Court of Appeal and which I had believed would entirely dispose of Your Honour's cause of protast have not had that result.

2. Your Honour contends that "no dae who

Excellency's speech, and especially in that of the disappointed litigant, will; insvitably be that the appeal has bean a farce. I should therefore be obliged it Your Excellency would lay the cortaspondence on the table of Council It is of the first necessity that the appeal to the all Court should be considered by all, whether well or ill-informed people, as a serious matter, and not as a farce

Intimations.

Entimations.

PROFESSIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

DR W. R LAMB

AMERICAN OCULIST AND OPTICIAN.

NO. 11, KING EDWARD HOTEL ANNEXE.

is familiar with the work of a Judge "could to promote confidence in the Court, for they thena periods when the appetite fails, and food AS the plossaro of announcing hia reluxa to Hongkong where he will remain "till."

3. I nats what, Your Excellency anys on the subject in paragraph a of your letter of the oth October, but I regret that i cannot agres with it. I do not think that the remarks actually made by Your Excellency are at all calculated suggest criticisms of the decisions of the Chief Justice's judgment which would not otherwise occur la litigants or even ill-informed people. But the actual words used by Your Excellency are not before the public, as no one except members of Councila ses the local, Bansard Fhave, &c.

F. T. FIGGOTT, Chief Justice.

His Excellency

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Sir Frederick Lugard, K.C.M.G., Governor of Hongkong.

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attribute to him any but the highest motives when teasing an Appeal, whatever his decision might be. But the words used by me ("innur do" and "alleged" &c.) made it, I had hoped, amply clear that i was not referring to well- informed persons but to disappointed litigants aud irresponsible critics. I expressed in fact only the views which I have understood, your. self and Mr. Justice Wiso to have' affirmed. The words of the latter in this connection (forwarded to më ai at, enclosure in Your Honour's letter of the 19th February, 1908). were :--" As at present constituted the Appeal Court consists of the Chief Justice and the

Government House, Puisas Jadge, from one of whom' the appeal,

Hongkong, and November, 1908. necessarily lies, and the Chief Justice has a Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge your casting voe. The result is that anyone who letter, of October 28th having reference to the has the money will appeal against the decision words used by ma in a speech regarding the If the Puisse Judge (io consequence of the constitution of the Full Court. I am anxious casting vote) but that no one will appeal against to meet Your Honour's wishes as far as seems In decision of the Chief Justice unless he ins

to me practicable, but since as you point out tends to carry the case to the Privy Council." the members of the Council aiready bave the 3 In reply to your third paragraph I can corrected version of what I said before them is nly repeat the statement made by me in my the Honnird there seems no object in laying it observations on the Estimates after giving due before them in a separate paper. "Your Honour prominence to the fact that Your Hopour’held is anxious as 1 understand that it should be the view that - a Third judge was necessary to made known thất I did not use the words attri- cope with the work of the Supreme Court,buted to me in the local Press that the appeal withat after consulting those best qualified to the Full Court in a Tarée, and I will if you. to advise me I considered the weight of opin- so desire cause a letter to be written to the i was in favour of the Fiew that a Third Press quoting the words in Haus und.. Sessional Judge war hot immediately necessary, but I papers consist of the annual reports from do- hoped that when the bew County were finished partments and other permanent gords of the the Colony would be in a position to incur the Colony and I do not think, thanage corres expense involved. Your Honour was, as you corpondence to question is of a nature to be in- dially admit, informed of, the arguments which--| c'uded with them.. had been adduced in this connection and had 2. With reference to the question, of a Third an opportunity of fully disposing of them. Judge I have the honour to enclose in original Your letters were forwarded to the Secretary of for your petutal and favour of reture a private State and you were so informed; and...) am letter* 1 have just received from Sir H. da therefore at a loss to know what further reply. Saumarez together with, a copy of the des you expected, the absence of which leads you patch* from the Secretary of Biate dated 18th to the conclusion that your opinioo is disregard. | September, rypë; -1 personally agree with the cd. So soon as the reply of the Becretary of view Expressed by Sit H. de Saumarez.-1 State is received it will of course be communi- bàvo, &c., caled to you, but in the meantime í presume, from the telegram (which I at once.sent to you on receipt), that oftet a perusal of the corres. pondence he has adhered to his fórmér view that the appointment, of a Third Judge can be tem porarily deferred. In this matter which you select as a figrast instance that the local Government "shows ad consideration to the Chief Justice", I can find no possible grounds for such a conclusion.

F. D. Lugard, Governor, &c..

its Honour the Chief Justice.

Chambers, Supreme Court; *Hongkong, 4h November, 1958, Sir, I have the honour" to acknowledge Your Excellency's letter of and November, on the sabj:ct of Your Excellency's remarks in Council on the present constitution of the Full

Court

22:1 fear that the publication in the news- papers of the remarks actually used by Your for whereas the words as reported might have Excellency would do more harm than good;

been looked upon as an unfortunate slip; bad

We are all agreed that the appointment of a Third judge would be most desirable-but it is my duly to examine the comparative urgency of a bumber of extremely desirable require- ments in relation to the finances of the Colony --and have come to the conclusion so far as the impression created by them been corrected my personal view is concerned (the final deci ara sabrequent sitting of the Council, the pub- Excellency unaccompanied by my own obser vations, would seem to indicate that they em- body, as I fear they do, Your Excellency's opinion on the question."

who have used it, or are now using it, we have OF THE MULTITUDES never heard of any one who have bean dis- appointed in it. No claims are made for it. except those which are amply justified by exp perience. In commending it to the afflicted wo simply point to its record. It has done great things, and it is certain to continue the excel lent work. There is we may honestly affirms no medicine which can be used with greater and more reasonable faith and confidence. It nourishes and keeps up the strength during cannot be digested. To guard against imita tions and substitutions, our "trade mark" is put on avery bottle of Wampole's Propata tion," and without it none is genuine. It is palatable as honey and contains the nutritive and curative properties of Pure Cod Liver, Oil, extracted by us from fresh cod livers com bined with the Compound Syrup of Hypophos- phites and the Extracts of Malt and Wild Cherry. Taken. before meals it creates an appetite, alde digestion, renews vital power drives out disease germs, makes the blood rich, sed and full of constructive elements, and gives back to the pleasures and labours of the world many who had abandoned hops. Dr. S. H. McCoy, of Canada, says: pleasure to its unlimited usefulness as a tissue. "I testify with builder.". Its curative powers can always be relied upon. It makes a new era in medicine,

F1 DECEMBER TH

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sion resting with the Secretary of State after perlication of the remarks actually made by Your XMAS & NEW YEAR 1n Casks of $75 b, not $5.50 per Cask using Your Honour's arguments and the tables to which you refer) that in the coming year the Colony canool afford a Third. Judge. Provision has, however, been made for a Deputy Official Receiver on Your Honour's recommendation.

24. As regards the second case cited, 1 did make the sggestion regarding the Shanghai Judge in my letter to Your Honour of Bih

3. With regard to laying the correspondepco on the table of the Couceil, Your Excellency forgets that one of the pricipal objects of the practice is to make the papers so lată public.

Ribbons, add not go into it is detail I have had a long experience of procedures in

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until I should hear from the Secretary of State as to whether the idea was possible since Your Honour bad stated that you considered it to be out of the question for a Foreign Office Jude to come: libre poless there were reciprocity, which was impossible; Ai your desire I have cabled to the Secretary of State to inform him that you would wish to express an opinion re.. garding the working of the scheme before its details are decided;

Legislative Council, and I think that corres pondence which has passed between the Chief Justice and the Governor relative to remarks, made by the Governor in Council prejudicial to the administration of justice may fittingly || be laid upon the table. --

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F. T. PIGGOTT,Now for Sale at

Chief Justice.

Sir Frederick Lugard, K.C.M.Ó., Governor of Hongkong,

5. I have replied at some length-lo the "con. creteinstances brought forward by Your Honours Excellency: in support of your view that "consideration,14 paid to the opinion of the Chief Justice in matters affecting the administration of justice, "yni Tfearthkritis bayond"my-power to remove" what appears to bave.become an idés fixe in your mind. I have, &c,

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Government House -Hongkong, 16th November, 1908, Si-1. have the bonour to acknowledgo,ro- ceipt of your letter of November 4b in which you inform me that my proposal to cause the actual words used by me when addressing the Council on the subject of the Appeal Court to be published in the local Fress will not meet your views.

To deference to your opinion as Chief Justice Sir,-1 much regret to find an perasing Your |❘ that the remarks made by me may be prejudici- Excellency's speech on the second, reading of al to the administration of Justice I have direct. the Appropriation Ordinance on Thursday, 8th ed that this correspondence shall be laid on the October, that Your Exçeller'cy did pot take | table of the Legislative Council as you desire. the opportunity of correcting the impression But I do not propose to include the earissare left on the renders of some of the reports of to the Secretary of State's despatch of the pri Your Excel'ncy's speech, that in your view vale letter to ma from Sir H. de Sunamarez appeals to the Full Court as at present consti. which raise a separate issue.—1 bayo, Acu - tuted were a farce. I had hoped that for the

F. D. LUGARD,, reasons, and with the materials which ́ l ́had,

? 'Governor, &c supplied to Your Excellency in my letters on the subjec, same allusion would have been made to the subject.

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2. Your Excellency's remarks, as published în the papers, are, as I have already pointed but in my letter of 79th Septembar, calculated to ando the work which I bave done in pro- meling confidence in the Fall Court in spite of ite admittedly unsatisfactory constitution. Very shonly the Full Court will have to deliver im. portant judgments in a crib on appeal from my decision at nisi prius, which has beeà argued before it at great length. It may be that I shall differ from the Police Judge; it may be that I shall maintain, my former opinion; bat as to both of these questions the matter is still under consideration. But should those things happen the suggestion engender-

His Honour

The Chief Justice.

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THE Steamship

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Goods will be delivered from alongside?

THERAPION MÁY.NOW ALSO BE OBTAINED: IN DRAGES (TASTELESS) FORM. A BROKEN-DOWN SYSTEM ·

This is a condition (or disease) 10 which doctors give any Raman, bui, which law, tif_thus rondly undertand. It is implywaakzess--break-down, as it were, of the vital forces that sustain the syn

·iem. No matter what may be tis causes (for they an almost memberisos), ita syaploma area acá thịt) ,cama; the same proclamní bilag sleep »aandel. „sepse of prostratos ng maarlasen, dapa, nes of "Mirits and want of mergy for Mi shenery airsoff, Now, what alonelaakso{tial...,« z Allisch cases in Evereated witally qua VITAL STRENGTH & ENEVEY to thw off these morbid feelings, and expa PIONEE Thanh mà ai chỉ một đối thông tin moso certainly secured by a cons of THE NEW FRENOM REMEDY

THERAPION NO. 3

: Shas by say other kaTMws coullastios. Bo surely ay it is taken in accordance with the petate directions, accompanying-13 will the skatteenä. nealth be restored «TME EXPIRING LAMP OF LJEK

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7 semuąd worn-out; * and up,” and Tajanince. This wonderful medicament ii purely dvigutable zað, innocuous, li agrammbls to the tande -- suitable for all constitutiānā and emoäitions, da alther sous and it is dlijcult to imagiaw a cup of dimase of Gerangwyrat, whose main foni gesehen. those në dehát ry, that whil not be spendly and permaBully Despited.

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Cargo impeding the discharge will he landed at Consignees' risk, and expense into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous godowns of the Bongkang and Kowloon Wharf and Go- down Co, Limited

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

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Dentistry.

THIN TING.

*No. 859

IT is hereby notified that information bas

been received from the Military Authori ties that GUN PRACTICE will be carried out as ander

The practice notified in Government Notifi cation No, 825 for the 30th November is hereby cancelled.

"

O THURSDAY, the 3rd December

From Stonecutters in a North-Westerly direction, at ranges up to 6,000 yards, commencing at 6.30 PM, and finishing at 10 P.M.

ON FRIDAY, the 4th December

From L Belchers in a Westerly direction, at ringes up to 8,000 yards, commenc ing at 9.30 AM, and finishing at 12 Noop.

On MONDAY, the 7th December

From Central in a South-Westerly direc

tion, at ranges up to 10,000 yards, com- mencing at 10 AM; and finishing at a Nood:

From Albion in--North-Westerly direc tion, at ranges up to 6,000 yirdi, com mencing at 6.30 P.M... and finishing at

10 P.M.

On WEDNESDAY, the 9th December;-

From L Belchers in a North-Westerly direction, at ranges up to 8,000 yards, commencing at 9.30 a.M., and finishing at 12 Noon.

From Stonecutters (East) in a Westerly'

direction, at ranges up to 10,000 yards, commencing at 11.30 A.1, and finishing Rt 1 P.M.

OB THURSDAY; the roth December

From Stonecatters (Central) in a North- Westerly direction, at ranges up to 6,000. yards, commencing at 6.30 PM, and Boisblog at to P.M.

If the weather is unfavourable on any of the above-dates, practice will take place on the following day,

All ships, junks and other vessela am to keep clear of the

the ranger.

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