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the farthest completed point of the

Thence they were transported on skids a dis- tance of eighteen miles by coolies." Thea the long beams were lowered vertically to the on- chorages, and the arbalests were constracted in that position, largely by rivatera släng in boats- wain's chairs or mounted on dizzy scaffolding

During the construction the girders were held vertical by a gearing of wire cables veered over windlasses anchored to the rock inside

OFFICIAL BUSIN

From Our Own Cor bondent.],

Canton, 10th February,

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action of public business.

"SILPA'S WIDE

SAVER JUDGMENT DELIVERED.

Chief Justice delivered judgment in the case

Is the Supreme Court, this morning, in which an origloating summons was brought

It seems to nie, howave of my views

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the proparty hers that she has any such intention approve of though I do not seem

anking. aby, application which the Court may, think

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"BERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST MERCHANTW

Before Mr. J. R. Wood, Second Police Ma glstrate, at the Police Court, this morning, C. J Merchant, allax, C. Jonas, a Paret, was at S. WATSON & CO., wail the two great girders were completed, the official yament were re-opened for the trangt med; of 630 pesos: In the jurisdiction of the against the defendant (Maria Antonia, Flaed de anreasonable to stop such dispositions in the

On the 19th day of this moon (the oth instant); rigned on a charge of the alleged embezzlo by the plaintiff (Jello, Marla Place da Silva other hand will check the family from

United States on the yth lost; Detective-Ser NAMAN UNSAVOURY DUTYS

Silva)" for determination by, Court of some genot Wildes prosecuted, while the defendant questions upon the construction of the will of be a sufficient guide to the conduct of all With reference to the fire on the goth ultima was unrepresented, an

the late J. M. A. da Silva, The action, as parties for, the folure and parent nusarmy recovered yesterday by the volunteer workers | | |- can't afford to remaia la Police custody. I of the Canton Fong Pin Hospital on board the bave papers to prove that I possess property in Heary Berkeley, KC, who was assisted by Mr.

half of the plaintiff, was a deadly one. Sir seems exceedingly plain. Government fauncher is the harbour. The Bombay. I can Bod securities, I will find hospital men are still busily engaged to look bait for my release I have somid money, but log for floating corpses and their real in the the Police have taken it away from me, unsavoury duty has not been abated. The two Magistrates of Nambot, and Panyu have each subscribed four hundred dollam towards the expenses for the recovery and burylog of the dead bodies.

́ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

HIGH-CLASS

CONFECTIONERY.

We have just unpacked our NEW SEASON'S CONFECTIONERY imported from the leading London, Parisian and American

Houses.

CADBURY'S CHOCOLATES.

the tonuel When both girders were "com- | at Tai-sha-tau; seven more dead bodies warn The defendant-I am a business man and stated by Sir Henry Berkeley, K., on bè family disputer in... a matter which toʻmy mind.

plated they were slowly, lowered simuliane. ously from each side until they met. It was an anxious time for the engineers until it was found that all the calculations had been correct and the arbalests met trae-plumb over the centre of the chasm. Then they were rive ted together and braced and the longitudinal girdora were run out and fastened to them with fish platon

The building of the arbalesis wat begun on May 22nd of this year. They were finished by the end of June, but they were not lowered. into place until July 2and because the gigantic windlass and tackle were not ready. The rondbed of the bridge is 250 feet above the stream. The railroad when complete will be 392 miles long. It will connect at Lao-Kai with the French Tonkinese Railroad, which runs to Hanoi and Haiphong, the,, principal port of Tonkin. This will make a continuous line of about 675 miles from the capital of Yusrap to the sce. At the beginning of this year only nineteen miles of the Yunnan road were complete, running from the frontier to

IN FANCY BOXES;

Hokow, but a73 ware under construction. By CHOCOLATE ALMONDS, CHOCOLATE January 1, 1959, trains will be running to Meng-too, about half the length of the road. 11 WALNUTS, CHOCOLATE DE LA will take more than another year to reach Yun- pun, as the region is extremely wild and REINE, VIENNA CHOCOLATE and the terminus itself being more than 6,400 feet above sea level. The region others, in Great Variety,

traversed has great mineral wealth-New York

FULLER'S CONFECTIONERY.

COCOANUT TAFFY, ALMOND TAFFY,

OREME APRICOTS, SUCRE DE LA

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Sun.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. MR. G. E. Morrell, who had proceeded to San. dakan to relieve Mr. Barlow, arrived from Hongkong by the 23. Berach on the 5th ult

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CREME CARAMELS, PEPPERMINT | Tuk Ageats (Massagerios: Maritimes Co.) în- "form us that the cargo of silk shipped on board LUMPS MARSHMALLOW BALLS

the Ernest Shuous which left this port on the 4th alto, was delivered in Lyons on the 8th inst,

CHINA cannot be made a modern Stale, as Japão hai besa, without multiplying inde Gaitely its wealth and its trade, and without, A S. WATSON & CO., therefore, enriching all who have relations with

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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1909. ཡོན་མི་

BRIDGE BOİLDING IN CHINA.

Some remarkable lents of bridge-building have been performed in the last low months by French engineers who are in charge of the constraction of the railroad which is to connect the city of Yunnan, capital of the Chiness pro vince of that name, with Lao Kai, on the bofti der of the French province of Tonkin. Nice steal viaducts, having an aggregato length of About 1,650 fest, have been constructed, some of them under circumstances of extraordin difficulty. The one which called for the greatest exercise of ingenuity has been thrown Across the Poi-Ho; not the great Chinese river of that nams, but a minor stream trib

ntary to the Song Kol, or Red River. At this point the railroad line emerges by tunnels driven through toworing peaks of solid rock on both sides of a valley the walls of which are almost precipitous for several hundred feet. From one tunnel mouth to the other is a dis- tance of 250 feet. Owing to the steepness of the rock on both sides and the torrential charac. ter of the stream all ordinary methods of bridy. Ing were inapplicable. The problem was soly. ed by planning two girders of Iriangular shapes arbalests, or crossbows, the French engineers call them to be stepped is the rock fer below the roadway and meeting.in the middle in the form of a huge letter a, the horizontal girders being then run from the tunnels to their apex. ~Find of all men were lowered to construct the anchorages by quarrying out the socks. Then the steel beams and braces were brought up

it-Statint,

Ar the Staveley Coal and Iron Company's Markham Colliery a huge lump of coal has been got. In the rough it weighed, says the "Engineer, over 7 tons; after dressing it mea sured 3ft. by shit. by 8ft, and weighed over

4 tons.

MR. W. D. Peoney, Profector,, left Sandakan per.G.V. Petrel on 18 ult, to visit Batu Puteh Estate. Upon his return to Sandakan Mr. Pendey stated that crocodiles, and wild pigs, were very pleatiful op the Kinabatangan; he shot seven crocodiles during the trip,

DR. G. P. Jordan reports this morning that Her Excellency Lady Lugard's condition may now be considered to have entered the con valescent stage, but it will be some weeks before her strength will allow ber to be out. No further bulletins will how be issued,

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PURITY CRUSADE,

As an outcome of the fire at Tal-sha-tau, the

Viceroy, besides prohibiting the boat people from re-constructing their craft and resuming their business, has again issued a proclamation" commanding the extinction of immoral 'trade afloat.

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A SNAKE STORYNNs abogados

In rectat years, during the winter season, most of the native people in the city of Caútbú3en- tertain a penchant for eating soaker which they believe to be good for health; so daskes are found to be on sale in many places in the city. At the end of last year spakes to the number of several hundreds were kept by a snake vendor in Tai Luk Po, in a large basket. As the basket was not securely closed, a number of the soakes get out and invaded the neighbour- ing houses. Cattle have beep stung by the venomous reptiles. The neighbouring people prosecuted the soake-vendor, who has been ordered to remove in half a month's time.

K. Holmes, appeared for the plaintiff, while Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C, with Mr. A. ]. B. Games (of the firm of Otto Kong. Sing) repre sented the defendant

CATHEDRAL CONCERT,

ORGAN BENEFIT FUNDIS

We have received and print below the pro gramme of the concert, to be held at the City Hall-to-morrow, organised by the Choir of St. John's Cathedral to raise funds for the repairing

Antbert Bolo

Senti out Thy Light" ","All tlmugh the night ",a Max. O, 14, Edward Miss Nicholson, Mrs. Goldsmith, Mesata Edwards, Bides, Crispin. Piano Solo Alis and variations ***

CASA Miss Brotherton Hückes, VENTRESS .............." In dulci Jalile" (1870), Parcell

Mr. Rutonjer, who was present in Court was asked if He was willing to stand bail on behalf of the defendant, but this ho unid he'

His Lordship sald—Mr. de Süva died lay- was not prepared to do. He, however, applieding a will in which this clause appears, 1 fur permission to sea the prisoner while in give, devise and bequeath to my wife, Maria Police custody, which was granted.

An oaia Placé da Silva, as long as she romains The caie wax remanded to Thursday nex', a widow, all my houssbold farajtuge, jewellery, the 18th instant, ne to o'clock and is likely to silverware, electro-plated ware, library, philosoof the organ

phical lostrumonix, chemical insituments, and prove of interest.

effects of every description for her use, and she may dispose of them is” she thinks fil. This was subject to a special bequest of the piano to This daughter, and in a collection, of cośni which ho desired should be treated as beicooms. I have to decide whether this gives the widow an abielute interest in this property, as would ap pear from the last words of the Cluse giving her a power of disposition, or whether it is. only an interest so long as she remains a widow, which would deprive ber of any power of disposition, and would make an inventory bereivary for the purpose of check ng any ac in which she might take with regard to them, It uppears that some small trinketa have in fict been given by her to some of her children Quartes. Fweet and Low on the assumption that she, kad an absolute right of disposition. I am of opinion. in the first place that the words sho may dispose of them as she thinks Get mean she may diape of them as she thinks Gu" Therefore, apparently, we have two sou- tences in the same part of the will which are

À TAILON'S SORROW.

WOMAN ASSAULTS SARTORIAL ARTIST,

DALAMARTH That a' tailor's calling is by no means a bet of coses, especially in Hoogkong, was proved

case which came on before Mr. J. H Kemp, First Police Magistrate, at the Magis racy this morning, when the thorny paths which the sartorial fraternity has to tread was sufficiently demonstrated to make them feel their way cautiously in their future dealings. appears that at about 2.30 pa the afternoon. last Monday, a tailor oamed Chu Shing, of D'Aguilar Street, together with a fali, proceeded in No. 42: Wellington Street, where a woman hamed Luddie Caiosberg resides. The purpose Yesterday morning, when the steamer Naw of their visit was to conclude some arrange Ming-was on her way.to Canton-from-Wychowments for the completion of a silk dress which she was boarded by a number of passengers at the womae had ordered. he asked them to Samshui og her arrival there. Of these new go with her to an Indian shop to confirm the passengers some filleen, were discovered to be purchase of some silk, but this the two men re kidnapped as "Chi Tsai" ("little pigs," or emj. (ped to do, which appeared to inceuss the wo- grants). On the steamer's arrival at Canton the

man, A squabble ensued; when the woman men were handed to the Water, Police togbiber said to have thrown a chair at the foki. She then turned her attentions to the tailor,bimself, striking him several times on the head with a carved black wood figure which she seized from a table near by. By this time, the unfortunate tailor's head was bleeding profusely. He was taken downstairs and handed to' au.Indian policeman, who in tructed him to take summons against the

KIDNAPPER ARRESTED,

with the kidnapper to be dealt with,

À CHILD'S DEATH,

ACCIDENT IN ABERDEEN HARBOUR.

An inquiry was held at the Magistracy, this

woman.

This

to a good many cases by both sides, but in

Carol **** Mrs. Harrett, Miss Humphreys, 3 Map Seth, MDaly, Mrs. Itmughall, Mrs. Goldimli, Mesir Ayrlas,..

Matthews, White, Ramlali, Young and Bidea, Evening Hymn...gadame lightSalliran PART 11. Vocal Polka." Merry Jynin “.. ...Vincent (Soloists-Miss Seth and Mrs. Daly)," Salo

."Serenado."... Mr. E. Messrs. White, Wright, Young and Armstrong. Piano Solo

Mr. Denians Fuller.

1. Mr. G. 11, Edwania, Mrs. Troughali,

Mr. G. 11. Jdward, Mr. Handall.

·Sola with Chords..." Lhele Blue Mäsg'"'',

Mir Harrell Glee),

"There was an old woulag" {Sökölte=371e Beoghall and Mr. C, Crispin). ́s. With vocal accompaniment.

FIRE IN SANDAKAN.

EXTENSIVE DAMAGE,

A fire broke out at 7.20 p.m. on Sunday

Tong Watt, opposite the markel, caused by a night, January 24th, in the shop occupied by lamp falling and breaking jo the room above the shop. The flames caught the attap roof and spread from house to bousy, and within 15 flame. So rapid and fierce was the confiagra- minutes the whole black of 16 shops waria?

tion that the unfortunato occupasta had to

instantly vacate the shops, and had no time to

forenoon into the circumstanced surrounding the death of 'Mok-Loo-Tak, a female-child, which mot its death by drowning in Aberdeencois morning, the tailor made this appear barbour:on_the_5th_inst. It appears that on that day, the father of the child, a Chinaman badly-batiered, and showing comistakable to elementary principles: the first, th it I must their children and fled in any garment thầy" residing at 44. Cochrane Street, engaged a boat

siges of rough bandling. The woman, asked

in contradiction. For the family it is argued, and I think very plausibly, that if the power of disposition ware maintained it would anllify. the words "so long as she remains a widow," because it would enable the widow, for example, teaded to marry the next day. But this a to give this property to a man whom she is priori argument may be met by another; she might find herself in fizancial difficulties from which the sale of some of this property might theagh apparently her husbind intended to relieva her, and she would be unable to do so

give her power to dispose of it. I was referred

deciding the question. I need not go beyond save their effects or even coab, butt anatctied up discover the frus intention of the testator and happened to be wearing. The glare in the sky why she had assaulted the complainant, drift. at Aberdeen to go to Lamma faland and that into a long story of a dress which did not give effect to it: the second, which is given in brought a crowd from lar and dear; its best of the boat capsized on the way, Mr. 1, H. Kemp fit-This, however, did not affect the magists bound to give effect to every word of the will, seca at once that solbing could be done to save Williams, ninth edition, page 934-" the Churt the fire could be felt half a mile distant. It was presided, while the following jury, were, emterial mind que way or the other, and she was without change or rejection provides an eff.ct the burning shops, and so the the efforts of all panelled :-Messrs. R. D. Wall, T. F. A hoed $5 and ordered to pay $s compensation can be given to it, bot consistent with the gen helpers were centered on saving the remaining The defendant left the Court with audible mur eral intent of the whole will taken together!: block of shops separated by a few yards from mutings about a spoilt-dress.

Now, although ail the other clauses of the will the main fire. All available water from close at -give the wife an interest in all the different kinds band was brought in lins and buckets and of property "so long as the remains a widow," thrawa -on the side and the roof of the shop I do not think that I am bound to consirue nearest the file. This was lept up for two and the fifth clause in the same way, and, thus a half hours, when water had to be brought reject the last words of it. The insertion of from the river. In spite of drenching the roof these words itself show that I should be and walls the shop caught, fire two or three wrong in doing so. Is it then possible to give times, and the burning portion had to be back. effect in every word without change or re subside-sufficiently-to-give-the-helpers a mo RO ́intelligent meaning 'to the clause "giving ed away, and not until it p.m. did the fire Jection? I have given the question much thought, and I have come to the conclusion that I can do to people who make wills, though the law dubs them "testatori" are still human things; and they are apt in believe that what has gone on, and is going on while

Büne and G. F. Maldony

OPIOM SMUGGLING 47 BATAVIA.

The father's evidence showed that on the 5th inst., he engaged a "boat at Aberdeen to proceed to Lamma Island. Besides himself, there were bis wife, son, daughter, elder sister, two children and a servant. They bad unt proceeded far when their boas capsized. They

Large seizures of contraband opium at Tan were rescued by a sampan, but the child's body. Jong Priok, the harbour of Fatavia, bave just was found to be missing. Next day, the bodyshewn that it pays to smuggle the drug in Java, where the monopoly reiling price is about nice times the prime cos: of the article. The Batavia Niconllad, of January 19, gives particulars of the seizure of 25,000 guilders worth of the drug a dew day previously. According to the journal, the smuggling in mostly done through steamers which come from Singapore and China. The profits are

wai found,

Dr. Hunter said that on the 6th fast, be found the dead body of a child-about-five-years-old, on which be held a pest-mortem examination and found that death was due to drowning."

Sergeant Sim, of the local Police Station, also gave corroborative evidence.

Mr. Kemp said the point to consider was how far the capsizing of the boat caused the death A RETURN was issued on December 24th reef the child. The licence allowed only five

so great that the crews too often abet the they are alive, can go on uninterruptedly after lating to the cost of military.operations under passengers, including the crew, while the boat smugglers. Along the Java coast smuggling they are dead. I do not fad it very dificult taken on the Indian frontiers and elsewhere actually carried eight. Therefore they shoulds on briskly. The gains are so enormous to imagine that a busband, reposing all con- between 1899 and 1908. For the mission to consider -

that the risk run sinks to otbing. Once safe,fidence in his wife, should in some respects Tibet 5,200 troops were employed, and the ap

ly on shore, the opium finds ready buyers, and continue to repose that cor fi fence in her when proximate cost wan 15,046,003 rupees. Oo the Aden Bonodary Commission 3,500 troops were

the smugglers laugh at the Government,

question of a contribution by the British Trea caiployed, at a cost of 6,419,000 rupees. The

sory towards the cost of the Commission is still under consideration,

THE second hearing of the circumstances under which the late Lance-Sergeant-Milly, of The Hongkong Police, met his death, which was as unexpected in its occurrence as it was dastardly in its perpatration, took place at the

1. Cause of death."

duty or negligence on the part of the persons a. Whether death was due to any breach of

was also a breath of the Shipping Ordinance, in charge of the boat. If there was, then there

which tendered them liable to manslaughter, provided there was substantial evidence that the cause of death was due to the overcrowding of the boat. The evidence was rather meagre,

Į"but that was the only evidence they had.

turned the following verdict

-The jury retired for a few minutes and re-

1. Death was due to drowning, a. Death was due to misadventure, there

capsizing of the.boat/

MARINE COURT,

PROJECTING YULOS "

In the Marine Coon, this morning, before the Hon. Commander Basil Taylor, RN, Har bour Master, three baat people were charged with failing to keep the "yulo" of their boats out of water and rigged in so as not to project ootboard whilst alongside of a ship in the harbour yesterday.

the burning mars. The market, '5 yards away, men's rest. This shop was only 16 yards from caught are, but the iron roof saved great damage being done, and the wood- work was quickly extinguished, It is little short of a miracle that the remaining block of shops was not 'burnt, and had the wind been blowing a very few degrees more towards the West, nothing could have saved it. The shops keepers, in spite of the touch and go' condi- tion of affairs for 3 hours were reluctant to remove their goods--one or two refused.... either did those people offer any assistance in saving the one shop which was the key to the whole block, and to them no particle of credit in dua for not having, with the other unsartüsste,

and houses. Perhaps so people at the moat people, experienced total loss, of their property saved this block of shops, while a crowd of 200 at least gaped and did nothing.

he is writing his will, expecting her to justify it after his death. Mr. da silva's intention throughout the will is to my mind clearly 'macifested; his widow is to continue his position as head of the family, and is to enjoy while he was alive. With regard to the bulk his property in the same way as he himself did of his property be makes an ultimate disposi tion in favour of his children which is no more than carrying out his original intentions when he invested his money in shares. With regard the majority of occupants did not own the The fire has causad'very genuine distress, an to his furniture and other moveables, he de shops, and lost absolutely everything. The

he might dispose of it. He does not want preciated considerably in value. This gives sires the widow to have the same control over shops themselves would average little over Policeman J. F. Edwards, who prosecuted, it as he had himself; she may dispose of it an 550 each in value, as the properly had de one of the boats tied up alongside a Japanese her,, it is true, to have it should be marry tot lof $8,000. In goods and cash a very careful steamer with the "yulo" in the water. Two again, but so long as she does not matry again estimate reaches $37/03, making a total loss other boats were also tied up in a similar man.

It seems to me that he intended to repose saf- from the fire of $45,000. The morning after the ner alongside the s.s. Laisang.

ficient confidence in her not to dispose of it fire the District Officer, started a Relief Fund Two of the defendants were fioed 5.0 each entirely so he has given. her a power of dis- and by mid-day the sum of $500 was realized in while the third was fined $3

Magistracy this afternoon when the four men being no evidence to show the cause of the stated that at 1:45 yesterday offersoon, hin saw who are alleged to be concerned in the outrage: on Chinese New Year Eve, were again placed before Mr. J. R. Wood on a charge of alleged. armed robbery. Furtier evidence was taken and the case remanded.

contract for the constructios of the new graving dock at Singaporo, has been given to Messrs. Topham, Jones and Railton, bo Gibraltar. There are at present harbour im finished recently the new Admiralty dick at

Piovement and.dock work in progress at Singa- between two and three millions sterling. The pore involving an expenditure to the Colony of

Limited (mole and harbour reclamation), West- contractor engaged ato Sir John Jackson, minster Constraction Company (wharf acccom- modation and large wet, dock), and now this; Bow contract.

INVITATIONS have been issued for the "At Home" to be given by the yacht owners of the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club at the Club house on Saturday, the 13th March, at 2.45 p... The Ladies' Race will start at 3 pm. for Handicap Clais (1st prize for Handicap Class kindly presented by Mr. John Hastings and prize for this-Class and "rat and and prizes for One-design Class presented' by yacht owners), The Band of The Buff will play selections of music from 3.15.to 5.15 p.m. Special trams will leave from Murray Barracks at 7:30 pm. and from the Club-house at 5.30 p,m-

BRIGANDS IN SINGAPORE,

BENSATIONAL REPORT FROM SAIGON,

Chinese brigands captured in Upper Tonkin, continue to be forwarded to Singapore by the Gi verament of Indo-Chins, says the Saigon Opinion,

Every mail steamer arriving there from that province brings numbers of these 'evil-doers for inflow is likely to continue for a good while despatch to Singapore, and it seems that the

down the brigands and capturing many of them Flying columns in Upper Tonkin are hunting each day.

NO LIGHT.

2.

coeded against Leung Ip owner of an unlicens

In the same Court, Sergeant Jackson pro- ed Juak, with falling to exhibit the Regulation lights.

position while she remains a wiłów, which he and about, Beaufort. This money is being believes she will exercise reasonably; but if used to supply food and clothing, and it is hoped cease: It is to be noticed that there is no District Officer to put up temporary sheds and she marries again, then her power over it is to that more will be forthcoming to enable the special gift even with regard to the furniture, etc; sulps to house the people. An appeal is it would, in the event of her death or re-marri- | being made to each station in the country, and It was stated by prosecutor that at 7.19 p.m. off Stonecutter's without a light at the mastly reading the affidavits, Mrs de Ellys has done cases have been helped to tide over the next yesterday, he saw, defendant's boat under way

age; go into the general personal estate. I do contributions, however small, will be gladly got think this is unreasonable, and contain welcomed by the District Efficar. Over 50

On being asked why he did not have a light at she takes any other view than the one I bave again. No lost of life occurred, but two pon.. head. A light, war, however, displayed aft. nothing which would lead me to suppose that month, and many of these must be helped the masthead, defendast replied that he didn't expressed, though of course, in view of theus ple were badly burnt and had to be treated ju In connection with the above, we are official-know, ly informed that the Straits Government has A ñion of S15 was imposed.

proceedings, she has been compelled to claim hospital. Not one slagle shop was insured of the fall benefit of the last words of the clausethe, to burnt down. consented to receive 700 of these men, who are

DISREGARDING HARBOUR REGULATION. Nothing that she has done would have justified. The following were responsible for waving not really brigands, but may be correcily de- scribed "as refugees. They are arriving instance of P. C. O'Connor, with mooring their it in ao, that this is a friendly suit and all parties Allen; Horton, Pavlit, Schooner, fames; Kand

Three boatwomen were charged, at the in hostile proceedings; but I am told, and I hopa Beaufort, from entire destructioni-Messrs. < batches by every ship and are considered to be boats within top yards of low water-mark during desire my opinion, which I will now try to give diab, Som Kim, Mahomed Yusof, ok. P. C. a superior class of Chinese.

prohibited hours (at 4 a.m. this morning), formal expression to. I believe the testator's Bidak, Mo Fing, Lourdesamy, will a few of Defendants' boats were found lying in the intention to have been to give his widow a the Indian Police, and some Woodford Estate Southern Fairway at the steps, alongside the reasonable power of disposal of these things so coolies working under Me Liation Hall's fo- Wing Lok Street wharf. No permits.could belong as she remains a widow. The reason structions and, porsibly, three. Chinese coolies, produced by the defendants whethey were ableness is a question for the Court, and Meters, Swee Cheng and Gob Yong ZooD,

should the family shink that, say disposi who own between them the whole

"which" (sht?"may" shops saved should be duly gra "unreasonable, as ed they will warrest their app for example, if she warn getting rid of it all, I way which will help some of thh); then they must apply to the Cout!

Ms. H. L. Chittenden of the British Romeo Petroleum Syndicate, accompanied by Mesara Bigand and Ashmead Bartlett, reached Tawao on 7th January, by the no. Marudu, The liked for them. Segama, on charter from Daival Bay arrived on 10th January and Mr. Chittenden proposes 10 camtasace prospecting for mineral oil in the district immediately.

One of the defendants said that her daughter. - tion of" the foraltura in-law was ill at the time, and she brought her make in the fature bost in to get bez a purse,

Each of the women was fined; Sij.