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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY MARCH 26

Parentis to those left under his charro.bal

the dating of the official designated Public Trustee will prova of a most essions and diffi cult character can easily be understood, for to him will be faft the investment of monies com- mitted to his charge, as sole exécutor of am ostalo: Noon will appreciate better the relief thus ensured than those who have been in voluntarily constituted executors of estates of great valoo, and who have been thereby made

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

U.S. VICE-ADMIRAL Harber held a reception on board his flagship the Charleston this alternoon, to, which the principal residents ja the Colony were invited,

Trustee. It seems to us that there is abundant room here, and in all British Colonide abroad, for the institution of the office of Public Trustee on the exact analogy so successiefly inaugurated at home. The idea, at all events The Right Rev. C. H. Brent, D., Bishop of might be commended to the attention of the Fibe Philippine Islands, will be the preacher lo Acting Attorney-General, Sir Henry Berkeley, S. John's Cathedral on Sunday next, March whose experience would prove of infinite valde 28th, ar Malios at se a.m. to Mr. Rees Davine on his retorn from England:

THE HUMOURIST AT LARGE,

As a sedative it is well understand that opium and its producis occupy a prominent place in the British pharmacopoeia while its qualities as

Two bar "boys"-U Song and U Su-of the Royal Naval Canteeb, were arrested yesterday on a charge of stealing eleven bouins of bear. The defendants, it was reported, were about to remove the stuff when they were caught. The case was remanded.

MISSING POSTAGE STAMPS,

SERIOUS CHARGE, AGAINST P.O. CLERK.

Kemp (first police magistrate) continued to This afternoon, at the Magistracy, Mr. J. H.

take evidence in connection with the charge against the youth, William Nuttall, who is c cused of removing postage stamps from

amber of parcels in the Genstal Post Office some days agoyles

Martin, was re-called. He said that when he The Superintendent of Registration, Mr. first saw parcel No. 108 it bore a clean dollar stamp. Before the parcel was paci ed the stamp had been chopped,

Mr. Goldring then proceeded to cross

examine the witonas:

BLACK

There are very few

coura

cold summon op enoug when invited out to have a dra Indeed como as a surprise. there is at least one person to alter the word. That AR. Abbar, an inspector sorry for it at the time. On the of the Tramway Company

Abbas left bis house for stroll, Laser Row he met a friend named Malay, who is quartermaster on board. Rubina dla ch

"Hello, Abbas, where are you golog!" in

How long have been in the Post Office ?quired A Wang,

About 22 years.

All the time in the Registration Department ? Yo

Oh, no. How many clerks are onder you?—Twenty: four.

How many clerks in the Parcels Department? -Four,

And you bave a head clerk?—Yo1, A **Hain't the Registration Department recently besa added to the Post Office-The Registra tion? You mean the Parcels Department.

Yes. That is under the Chief Justice's room? Yes.

Are you over-staffed?-I can't say whether we are under-staffed or over-staffed..

And you are kept busy, very busy, at times? Yas.

while at the same time supplying the of: Bebar with fish, tod. Bib yuano." pretend to understand the allusion to | perform the tlas of the new office. fish and fish guano, but perhaps the idea is that In the Straits Settlements we are told that under when the Bebaris are bailated with curdled milk the "Courts Ordinance—arecabdensetment- and opium they will prepare themselves for t prepare themselves for an the Official Assignee has certain powers of an olber orgy by stuffing themselves with fish and optional character in the administration of the remains of fish, just as the Romans of old did states of deceased persons. Where there is when they felt inclined for another banquet .of.the estate of a deceased- person being but were unable to hold another mouthful personally insponsible for the proper ad-wasted for want of propas administration the There is much to be wald for Mr. D; N. Reid's ministration, of the fonds which will ultimate. Count may appoint, on a petition, a legates, or suggestion, so much, indeed, that spacs forbids ly have to be disposed of to the advantage next of kin, or the Official Assignee, to act as our attempting to discuss the theme. But it of the beneficiarias. An instance of the sad receiver of the property under the jurisdiction will certainly be granted that the idea is an results flowing from this source was recently of the Court. Where letters of administration original one and for that reason it deserves the afforded in the case of Lord Amberat, who are granted to the Official Assignee no security widest possible publicity. We only wonder about a year before his death lost practically shall be required from that officer. It will be sad whether Mr. Reid got his idea about curdled not only all his own money, but a large amount that these functions of the Official Assignée, milk and oplum from the dista commonly of trust money, through the defalcations of the inspect to estates, are more or less casual known, in what we presume to be his native solicitor whom he employed in his capacity dependent on circumstances. There is no, as cards and whey? trustee Had the trust in question been purovisios whatever for the Official Assignes into the bands of such a depatiment on that of assoming under a will the first-hand poiliion the Public Trustee, all that lose would have of exscator, as in the case of the Public heen avoided; but of course the department bad not been created at the time Lordm bert assumed those responsibilities that through no fault of his own proved so astrous to him, Turning to the report itself we find in the summarised version that the capital value of the estates in the 325 cases already accepted by the Public stee is approximately 1,095.900. The year's working showed a deficit of £3,271, but for the financial year ending March 31st next it binpal that the deficit will be only £2,000, instead of £1,800 as originally, contemplated. and 18,000 letters written. The slacrity with During the year 9,0co inquiries were received

which the public-have-placed-their-affairs-in-a-soporific have also been greatly-in-evidence the hands of the Public Trustee shows, it is during the discussions which have lately been submitted, that the fes nie fair and reason held with respect to the proposed extlection of able. It has been found, however, that the the poppy and the eradication of the opium minimum fees (capital fee and 109, 6d. habil. Indeed, faw persons outside the philan- income fee) are too high where senily, small thropists-at other people's expense-care io sums are involved, and they are to be reduced go beyond the fancial aspect of the question to 21 and 2s. 6d. respectively. The Public as it affects this Colony." It is, therefore, with Trustee has been able to reassure many

a feeling akin to joy that we abandon dull beneficiaries who

were anxiour about | platitudes for the rosy dreams, and suggestions their trust fanda. la' soma

the of a gentleman who evidently, knows what he made by a woman named Chi Tsoi Fung, o Cares abooupced intention to demand an audit is talking about No prossic rhodomontade brought evasive pr.contentious trustens to a about his ideas. He hits the mail on the head squse of their duty to furnish proper accounts. with such force that the reader in amazed at the In referring to this subject, the Singapore Free result. Some people might be luclined to, Prose has some exceedingly-interesting remarks fancy that the writer of the suggestions to which we will call attention, to a moment intends to be funny. That is not so he is quits clearly most prodigiously in caruest-which, of course, is next door to unconscious humour.; THE souvenir number if the South China The writer ip question is a man named Doonid Morning Posl, which we have just received, Norman Roid-a Scotsman by the lool; of tolong ko & the Third Pacific Squadron, should form an excellent memento of the visit and his defence of opium is, contained U.S. Fleet. It contains lo handy form all the letter to that highly respectable publication the doings of the Flect during its sojourn here, Fall Mall Garelle. According to him, if the reproduces the accounts of the banquettings-Yes, Chinese would only indulge freely in opium and junkettings which were given in honour of and absorb vast quantities of curdled milk the the officers and men, chronicles the results of dread disease of malaria would vanish off the the sports and generally affords one excellent face of the eant. Opium, he declares, is a proof our Americas kinsman, It is illustrated ides of how Hongkong appreciated the visit phylactic against fever. To quote his own with numerous photographs and should form words: "The deaths from fever alone is lodia in futore days aa, jotarenting and tangible re in the year 1901 amounted to 4,474,919, although miniscence for those who collect these records that year was a comparatively healthy one; and of pleasant memories. I have not the slightest hesitation in saying SOME beautifully illustrated guider to the chief that this death-roll would have been largely re-places of resort along the Californian coast duced by the free use of opam and of curdled have been received by us, through the medium milk. Teach the Chipese to take curdled milk, of Mr. T. D, McKay, the agent for the Over and I am couv.aced that, opium smoking will land Limited and California Limited railways, who is at presnut po a visit to Hongkong,

BINO

A. S. WATSON & CO., which apply quite as fittingly to Hongkong as

LIMITED, "

to Singapore and the Straits Settlements gen erally. In suggesting that the system of Public Tukices should be extended lathe Crown Co. tonies in the Far East our "cutemporary observes that the "ides is strengthened by the fact that the European community in the Straits Serdements and in Hongkong is as a túlé more or less temporary in its period of residenca in tropick.” “And even to the cases where two or even three genera tions of a family have been identified with one or other of the Colonies it will have been found that the individuals have spent their youth in 1. Kur will not undertake to be responsible for England, carry on the most of their commer-

vaný vojacial Medium in retarmady Contribution.

[cial or professional-career in the Colony, and then again retire to England. Even in these cases there is a discontinuity of residence. In the cases where merely an individual is in question, residence may average no more than a very few years, because a very large number of the young men who come here remain per

Ordinary basis magnicationg should be adilioaned

*t Thỏ Azuki.

• DEATH.

AT

On the 14th inst at his residence No. 7 Chancery Lnue, Hongkong, CHARLES CLE MENT WHOLTERS, aged 29 years. Australian and Shanghai papers please copy.

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On the roth the four clerks are working," Most of the Post Office staff, about sixty per cent, were of the Latin race-Spaniards and Portuguese. There was a permanent coolie stacked, to the Parcels branch, who remained there all day long. It was possible to enter the Parcels Department from three open. iogs in the counter and from the INVITATIONS bavce been issued by the manag. general office The parcels safe in which ing directernod angineer-in-chief of the Castes the Australian parcels were kept was a Kowloon Railway-(Imperial Chinese Section the month sito of the Registration Deputment, for the 2th proxi, on the occasiod of an official The parcels safe was opened from 7 am to visit to the railway, warks and the laying of the 5 p.m., and was within the reach of anybody. foundation stone for the general offices and Besides the Australian there were about twenty other parcels in the sife. Os the 9th witness station building by H.E. Viceroy Chang.

went into the Parcels Department four or five A TAILOR named Mok Tan, of 16, Gough times to see what was going on. The b.x Street, was charged in the Palice Court, today, which the witness discovered was not propenly with pawning clothing belonging to other peo-fastened was not in the Pascals Department. It ple without no hority. The complaint was

was at the back of the Registration Branch.

When was this bɔx« packed ?—I fancy on Quesa's Road, West. She stated that on the Thursday. I can't be sure.

Who fixes the bands on the boxes -Coolies, 15th February she gave defendant two pieces of clothing to mead. The jickets were to be Who-packed the boxes?--The office coolies. raady in a week's time. She called for them-Mr. Goldring pointed out to the witness on taveral occasions, but without any succok. that ho had stated that the Australian Yesterday defendant told her he had paward parcels had not been packed until after the

them, but could not get the money to redeem. them. Defendant was sentenced to fourteen days' hard labour.

defendant was arrested, while Mr. Britto had aware that the packing was done before. The witness, was asked for an explanation. He replied 1 think he (meaning Mr. Britto) was

mixed."

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For a walk, answered Abbas

"Come, and bave a drink, mar," asked the quartarmvator;

Abbas refused.

Let us have a walk, then,

#1 won't have sor," was the stubborn an [swer,

The duable reload so

that he bauled, off and the other's right eye, for nearly a week.

Malay

securing his assa fant and engi d'Almada Castro to o punishment was inflicted. The case latts Pulice Court, tafs defendant pleaded guilty to the ass2016,

Mr. KompWas he drunk ? Mr. d'Almada-He must have been. The complainant says he was nol.

Mr. Kemp-there any ill-fteling between them moeda bajet

Mr d'Almada Nobe whatever, They were very friendly,

The defeudsut was fije 15 and bound over In the sum of $15 to be of good behaviour for six months:

Contractor

POLICENEN SENT 10 GAOL,

were charged with assaulting a

The two lukongs (201, 148 and 15b) who Lam You Shan, and bis wife in Des Vœux Road Contrat the other night, particulars of which we printed in our last issue, gostibets desserts in the Police Court, today. Mr.J, R. Wood fentenred each to fourteen days bard

labour-a sentepce by no means too avere, but which should act as a deterrent to others of the same kidney

CANTON DAY BY DAY,

CANTEN-HANKOW RAILWAY. [From Our Own Correspondens

Canton; 250

25th March, Yun as Resident Director General in Canton Since the appointment of Tantal Wang Ping

When a customer buys itamps who affixes Railway (H.E. Chanz Chih Tong) to look by the Superintendent of the Canton Hankow

Bintself-sometimes the shroff does it for, kimway in the province of Kwangiang, the mome them to the parcels?-Sometimes to does it after the Interests of that portion of the t

Now, look at this parcel. It is oil-paper bars of the present Board of Directors of the Ian's it possible for the stamp to be detached? Cantoa-Hankow Raliway Company hers, feared

that the newly-appolated official would inter And on the others —No, thy, stamps would fere more or Isis with the working of the hang on there.

Demand Company and that they would consequintly low Now, Mr. Mania, you are a man of the world-much of the bored that they hitherto enjoyed the rush of business, and parcels come and know a bit about it. Isn't it possible in For the purpose of avoiding this the Directors with stemps newly affixed, for them to become Tung, requesting him to cancel the apppjat- io of the Company have wired to H. E. Chaoy Chih detached? Yes, it is possible.

Didn't the defendant buy the stamps for the refused to do, as already reported. On the ment of Total Wong, which H. E. Chang London parcels?—Yes, he did that

other hand, through the numerous complainta rod you saw a clean dollar stamp on it. Was H. E. Chang Chib Tong has been thoroughly You siated that when you saw parcel No. received from several parties of shareholders, that the proper amount? No. It should have acquainted with the state of affairs. He E been $1,80.

And in that case who makes up the defiwired to Canton appolating Admiral Li Chon -Chang Chitt Tng therefore yesterday again, cleocy The shroff,

and the Provincial Treasurer Wo Sedeg Lum to act as advisers of the Railway with.

Taolai Wong Ping Yun, the Resident' Director. General, in settling all railway questions. RAILWAY BHAREHOLDERS UNION FORMED

fx ha secured ?—Yes; •

Che Hunghong Gelegraph baps for only one term of engagemenwand persons may smile at this statement; but, the Soms of theie deurmptive pamphlets are the whare his, bond 2-1 dan'tsibick he is ses lastractions to work in co-operation with

HostKONG; FRIDAY, MARCHI 26, 1909.

THE QUESTION OF PUBLIC. TRUSIESS,

some of them oot even so long as that. When last cry in the aft of advertisement, and those this more or less temporary character of Euro. fact remains that in Behar, where the poppy is paid connection with the Colony is chatidetet, cultivated in every village, the number it will be understood that the ten lency for men of opium sots may be counted on one's when think of retiring to England after living and fingers Surely that should convince the most. working here, must be to realise their interests optical as to the value of the poppy. What and transfer them to England when they finally we want to know is whether this important fact Some remarkable statements appear in the depart Where there might be some induce was brought to the attention of the International press with regard to the operations of the meat in continue holding property or other Commission which sat at Shanghai the other newly constitated office of Public Trustee, interesis here must always arise the question day? And if not, why not? Were the Com. which was established in England for the pur- of agency and, in case of death, in England missioners treated to a dissertation on the value pose of relieving enwilling executors of the with properly but in this Colony, the difficulty of opium plus cuidled milk together with a burden placed upon tiem by departed friends. of executorship whers that office bay been as glass of the same, or were they kept in ignorance The office was opened on 1st January, 1908, sumed by some personal friend in England. It of the prophylactic qualities of these condi- so that it might be considered there was in- may occur to some that the constitution of the ments and allowed to invest their surplus sulficient time to judge of the usefulness or office of Public Trusted for these Colonies savings in the usual forms of stimulant? So necessity of this new department, but as a might aid to some extent in minimising the "matter of fact the results have been so as tendency to realise interests before departing, tonishing that the only wonder is the officeThe certainty that property could come under was not established long, ago. Within the the administration of a responsible Trustee, torelve months dealt with in the report, three permanent and impeccable, might induce hundred and twenty-five estates of an aggre- testator to provide for the continuance of gate e value of over two millions sterling, have his local holdings in property, with the cop. come under the Public Trusted's care and viction that his estate would get what bene already many people have given him notice" fit thight be derived from the higher ratni that he isto be appointed solo executor in thair of interest

cured pow.

railway maiters now appear to be to a Union has been formed by a party of share- state of confusion, a Reilway Shareholdera holders with its offices to the Western suburbs, This Union has now issued cliculars inviting shareholders to join. An entrance feeoftone cost for each share will be charged towards the foods for the maintenance of the Univare the object of the Union is to check the accounts of the beseft of the gooors: body of shareholders. the Company and to do what is necessary for

CLAN FIGH

Yesterday morning, the abagistrats of this Nagbq), district reported to iba wire ikat a serious armed clan

taking

Kao od LI Pai villages, and that it was. necessary to have a large, som

sent there with all baste to test

of soldiers

Yes

entitled. The Overland Rouja to the Road The question of weighing the parcels was of a Thousand Wanders and Through the theo, introduced, the witness stating that each Car Window" are marvels of pictriat decoration, parcel is weighed thrice before it is despiched The latter describes the scenery and character so as to avoid errors. There were no sulch is istics of the country seen by passengers who the Post Office against employees purchasing take advantage of the Pennsylvania lines, stamps-new or old. Ap order was istund while the former is so admirably got up pro recently by the Postihuster-General, at the win duction showing the chief features along the bess' suggestion, forbidding clerks in the Re route of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific gistration branch from going leto the Parcels from Omaha to Sau Franciaco, the sub-title Department; bat this order was not strictly being in the following picturesque language: adhered to Aubady returging from tiffin or the Overland Route is pictured in these pages doors shown in the plan. The clerks also pass "Over the wagon trail of the hard pioneers runs

a drink bid to pass through are of the three over plaios, once prairies, now farmland; past the cd under the counter near high outpost of the Rockless across the surface Department, the Registration of that strange inland sei, Great Salt Lake; Reexamined by the Crowe. Solicitor witness. over the crest of the high Sierra; through said that the letter written by the Postmaster far as we can discover, there le And the illustrations are worthy of the to the Australian, the Calcutta and four other

picturesque canyon and valley to the Golden to defendant asking for an explanation referepe blatë fashii district between the people of the mention of curdled milk in Mr. Clearate description, Half a dozen folders as parcels which were found in e-box which was manli'd report and uotif full particulars are they are called are also tempting invitations to ordered to be opened. added on this point the report must beces see the wonders of the Pacific coast and cross wily be considered locomplete. Moreover, America by the Overland. The only pity, is there is no delicacy to compare with curdled age of the trips and that life is too short to see that we are pot all millionaires to take advants milk, as Mr. Donald Norman Reid shows. The all the wonders of creation. Pomans went in for peacocks tongues, pit cons" brains and titbits of that sort, while the Chin- ese are known to regard sharks fins and birds- nest soup as luxuries, but hava they ever heardof ed by these notifications is no less than Trustee should be incorporated with that opium and curdled milk?. These Babaris, says L19,000,000. As a contemporary points out, it of the Official Receiver, or cial Assignse Ýr. D, N. Reid, consider a dish of curds “the has thus taken a very short time for the public as he is termed in the Southern Settlement, height of bliss. At this stags it will be but in our opinion that official la so heavily appropriate to remark, even if the aphorism, is burdened with the work which already falls to rather stale like; the curds "Chicar a son his department that any additional duties gafit," At the same time Me.-D.-N. Kein would simply tend to confuse the department is not content merely je stalo a fact, he and reduce its efficiency. If such an office has a suggestion to make which should appeal, charged was committed, a ativant in the e were constituted at all in Hongkong It should to the liberal-minded Chinese. Why not play of Yik Sz, an opium diran korper, at be a special dépazment separate from that send a batch of opium smoking Chinamen from Cochrane Sirest, and was a much trusted of the Official Receiver bat bot necessarily the Straits Settlemants to Bebar to be taught 100,. About a week ago, hia exclusively devoted to the administration of the value of curdled milk in conjunction with the bim 1

him $21.50 with which to pay the estates left to the care of the official executor, ass of opium? Tasso Chinaman would be te.. and to make certale punchas it may be suggested that the Colozy would be fully employed In Bokar as gardeners and saddled with, Iserassed expenditure, but sochy resting pigs for the Straits Settlements

his home in the New sket found would not be the case, because the pork belóg the favourite food of John Chloss day.

willer and the capital valueof the estates cover.porary Hugger het

to begin to apprehend the advantages of re- course to a Public Trustee, a fuoctionary who, belog permanent by the assured succession of an unbroken line of future incumbents, can never die or break down or default in his deal. ings with the Trusts committed to the charge of the depinment. The Public Trustee is, to all intents and porposes, an official detached from the Court of Chancery, and it in his duty to act as guardias_of children and young persons under age, wetlle questions as to their education, clothing, holidays, amuse

Fand indeed 1

Our contem office of Public

ALLEGED AMBEZZLEMENT.

A COOLIE IN TROUBLE,

Arrested in the New Territory yesterday by virtue of a warrant, Tang Xi made his ap a charge of embezzlement, He entered a plea pearance at the Magistracy to-day" to answer.

of not guilty, and the case was adjourned for au fow days, when it is expected the charge will be amended to one of Jarceny by haller Tang Ki was, until the offasce on which be“

At this stage-Me Bowly, who had been roterday afternoon, by order examining the witness go fresh parcels which to amend the chaude The defendant was and proceeded to the were also found deaciones stamps, aske i leave boarded the shallow-draft cru

Admiral L Chao,

originally charged with removing stamps from press the factious part nine parcels. Mr. Bowley wanted the word pipe altered to fourteen, the day

Mr. Goldfing said that the prosecution had Penty of time to prepare, the case): If, they were going to bring up fresh charges the case would never come to an end. Was the pro secation going to charge the defendant with bing responsible for the deficiency in postage.

or the past year). He left, be matter

the hands of the Court... The chuge was amended, and the re ex- amluation bed wor concluded when, out, repré» sociativo foft the Count

THB Carrier Saigonals publishes interesting figares, showing bow it stondi with tween Cóckin China and the Phi

1908. The Colony, that year, islands articles to the valu which elca apCONÚISA® LOT SAYA

i the French, CA)

arter to: supe

The collection

dues during the last.

Zikin officials, amounted to 46,504.9 5.o tsale. tan days of the soi

CHAIR COOLIE ASSAULTED

"ARK ALLEGEDİ