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Telegrams.

** HONGKONG TELEGRAPH "

SERVICE

TSINGTAU UNIVERSITY.

REGULATIONS APPROVED.

[By couriery of the " Sheung Po.")"

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY AUGUST 17, 1909.

THE ICE CASE.

EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEER.

To-day was the eighth day's bearing of the case in which the Hoogkong Milling Company, Limited, are gaing, Metsa: Arnhold, Karberg and Company to recover the sum of $100,000 for alleged breach of warranty.

Sir Francis Piggo (Chief Justice) and Mr. Justice Gompertz presided. Sir Hea Ber keley, KC, and Mr. M. W. Slade, instructed by Mr. John Hastings, of Messrs. Hastings and Hastings, appeared for the plaintiffs. The defendants' CASE Was in the hands

Peking, 16th August. The regulations for the Tsingtau of Mr. Duncan McNeill and Mr. C. Alabaster, University established by the Ger-instructed by Mr. H.-W. Looker, of Metra, man Government have been submit- ted to and approved by the Ministry .of Education.

Dencod, Looker and Deacon.

When the case resumed, Mr. Cruickshank, an engineer of the defendant firm, was called. He said he joined the firm in 1ges. He knew Mr. Rennie and saw very much of him. The The Ministry has despatched offi-wine was approached by Mr. Rennie in the atly pari of 1906 ob the subject of the cres, cials to Tinglan to make inquiries tion of an ice plact at juus Bay. This subject as very frequently discussed between them. (as to the University.

The withers thought Mr. Reanie had some knowledge of ica planta. As far as witness knew Mr. Rennie had the information regard ing ice manufacturers. At that time witness, had the idea of selling Mr. Rennie an ice plant,

SHANGHAI TAOTAL

PROPOSED DENUNCIATION.

[By courting of the Sheing Pe"]

After mentioning the different kinds of ma- chinery ho bad sold to Mr. Rennie, on behalf of bis firm, witness stated that he also sold to the same gentlemad a Brunswick can ice plant. There was some trouble regarding the pump." The machine, originally, was to be used with fresh water for cooling purposes, but this was

Peking, 16th August., It is proposed by the Censors. to present a joint memorial denouncing the Shanghai Taotii, H.E. Taui Nai-salt water. The pump was 5000 removed. Imang.

THE REGENT'S INSTRUC- TIONS.

OFFICIALS TO REPORT TO THE

GRAND COUNCIL, "

[·Py courtesy of the+-Sheung Pull},

soon altered by Mr. Rennie, who substituted

Mr. Slade took objection to the evidence. He said his friend should not go into the question of the machinery. If he was going to cortinus, he, Mr. Slade, would bave to pick the machinery to pieces. It was a question of the product,

SALE OF THE "HYGEIA"

LETTER FROM GOVERNMENT.

The following Jotter from Government rela- tive to the use of Kennedy Town Hospital for the treatment of small-pox and the sale of the hospital bulk' Hygata, was considered at the Sanitary Board meeting this afternoon -

Colonial Secretary's Office,

28th July, 1909.- Sir,-lam directed to state for the informa tion of the Sanitary Board that, upon the re commendation of the Principal Civil Medical Stedman, His Officer, supported by Dr.

decided Excellency the Governor. has to effect, retrenchment in the Colonial expenditure by using the Kennedy Town treatment of small-pox Hospital for the and by selling the hospital hu's Hygeia. His Excelleucy has also 'decided at the request of the Directors of the Tung Wab Hos pital that leave should be given to the Chinese community to use their infectious Diseases Hospital at Kennedy Town for the treatmap of small-pex, and the necessity of the construction of a new small-pox hospital, under the auspices of the Tung Wah Hospital, bas thus been obviated.—I am, etc.,

The Secretary,

Sanitary Board,

A. M. THOMSON; Colonial Secretary,

COMPANY PROMOTION IN HONGKONG.

OPINIONS IN SHANGHAI

The following letters on the above sutteet appear in the N, C. D. Neroin 1-

Sirin your comments under the above heading in to-day's issue of your paper you state, "The specific instance to which the writer alludes... is not a violation of the Hongkong not the penes of the product which was pro-Oydinances nor would it be a violation of the duced. If his friend wanted to deal with every English Company Acts." This would undoubt part of the plant, then the case would lastedly be ro according to the Companies Acts Another four or five days.

of to, but there can be no doubt 'whatever that, in the instance referred to, there would have been a violation of the existing Acts. Oos of the weak points of the Act of 1900 was that relating to the issue of prospectuses, and this weakness was so apparent that drastic amend ments were inserted in the Acts of 1967 and 1908. As it now steads, the English.Com. paules Act states, inter alia;

Mr. McNeill said that he wanted to show that his clients" "had" supplied a "complete -ice plant.

Mri Slade said that the inference drawn was that the plant they provided was the best in the world, and so was the ice produced..

Mr. Cruickshank, at this paini, went into technicalities. He explained at some length the working of an ice plast, how the ice was produced, and how the water was boiled, etc.;

Peking, 18th August." - The Prince Regent has given instructions that all officials after their audience with His Imperial Highness should proceed to theee. chambers of the Grand Council and report his instruction's so that they certain paris of the ice plant. Water might be noted by the Council.

A monthly statement of all' such was not super-saturated with air, the witness instructions should be submitted to

Under crass-examination, the witness said that the spale, produced was not drawn to vertical scales. ie was then called upon fo

under high pressure and allowed to flow out

went on "The reason why bubbles are left in a glass after the water had been draws from a

contained air, but on account of the water

Sec. 80. ss. 2.—A copy of every such pro- spectus; signed by every person who is named therein as a diector or proposed direc. tot of the company or by his agent authorized in writing, shall be filed for registration, and thereof has been filed for registration. Do such prospectus shall be issued until a copy

sa. 5.If a prospectus is issued without a

copy thereof being so filed, the company and

every person who is knowingly a party to the issue of the prospectus shall be liable to five

the Regent by the Grand Council. pipe had high pressure, was not because they not exceeding 45 for every day from the date

·HE KAO ERH CIFIEN.

ARPOINTMENT TO THE WAIWUPU.

"By courtesy of the "Sheung "Po.")

Peking, 16th August,

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'ALCOHOL PERSUS OPIUM.

"England, with all thy faults ['love thee still;"" wat the exclamation of some one, evidently for the moment carried away in a sudden outburst of patriotic enthusiasm, Nations, like individo- alt, no doubt have their certain particular faults and wankoesses, some more predomiÞAKI than others. There is no place at the present | day where the efforts of the social reformar, or the Societies for the ameliorating of the misery and wretched condition under which human brings exist, for the improvement of the condi- tion of the poor, and for the suppression of many forms of sin, vice and corruption, than in England, or rather in most of the larger cities throughout the British Isles No doubt tales could be related by the police "authorities, the city missionaries, by the authorities in charge of the finmonke refuge bearing the same of.its founder, Dr.

THE RETRENCHMENÍ SCHEME,

PROPROSED`ABOLITION OF POST OF ASSIST

Intimations.

THE

DAIRY FARM

LIMITED.

Co.,

RABBITS

ANT MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,

The following minute is by Mr. E. D. O, Wolfe, Head of the Sanitary Department ---

His Excellency has instructed me to as certain whether the members of the Board concur with me in stating that only two Medical Officers of Health are now required and not three. I proposed to refer the matter to members in connection with the Retrench- ment Committee's proposals; as the matter Choice Australian is urgent, however, 1-should like to bring it forward at the next meeting in the form of a resolution: "That the Board reccommends that there should is fututa be one Assistant Medical Officer of Health only and that the post of and Assistant Medical Officer of Health be abolished as soon as convenient, and that

partment for the loan of a medital officer dur ing the absence on leave, etc., of either tha Medical Officer of Health or the Assistant Medical Officer of Health, to discharge the duties of a sanitary adviser to the Board and the Department,”

13.8.09.

Barnardo, or testimony without limit could be arrangements be made with, the Medical De

given by the veteran 'General Booth, of the extent to which misery, sin, squalor and vice are rampant in the matropolis itself, in London, the richest city in the world.

Notwithstanding all the need of the efforts of philanthropists and the charitably disposed, so glaringly required at their own doors, numerous religions and other busy bodies' or 'faddiste' will persist in ignoring the existence of the same: The motto, that 'charity begins at home' is either forgotten or ignored, and their efforts at amelioration are directed towards other races of mankind, races of other creeds and colour, thousands of miles away.

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The most prominent question towards which their efforts have been directed of recent years, as far as big part of the world and the Far East generally, are concerned, is, without doubt, the much discussed oplum question, concerning which the latest papers from home give ac counts of some meetings of various societies, which have been held with the view of ac celerating the final extinction of the vice. A common saying, is to the effect that we all have our vices; and, if opium be the chief 'vice of the Chinese, undoubtedly 'drink' is the chief 'vice' or, as it is termed by many, the 'curse of the English people. Scenes of vice may be witnessed any night in the London gin palaces of the lower quarters of the city, compared with which nothing, os a similar scale so degrading cag ever be found in the Orient,

Mr. Ho Kom Tong minutod;-1 think ona A, M.O.H. is quite enough.

Mr. A. Shelton Hooper-With the large amount of mortarry work to be done by A. M. O. H, it is doubtful if the proposed retrench ment is advisable,

Dr. G. H. L. Fitzwilliams-1 think that this in a wise and suitable retrenchment and i don't agree with the minute of Mr. Sholton' Hooper that the amount of work in the mortuary is likely to give any serious trouble.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak :-1 agree with Dr. Fitz williams,

Hon. Mr. A. W. Browin:-This cannot be considered satisfactorily without full discussion in Commilice as to present duties of the A..M. . H. and some explanation of the reasons why the post can be now abolished,

Director of Public Works-1] ìblù k, 100 some explanation and discussion is necessRTY.

A COOK IN TROUBLE.

ACCUSED OF ROBBING HIS EMPLOYER,

A warrant, having been issued some time.

One of the principal meetings held was that of the Edinburgh Committen for the Suppres 90, a executed yesterday by Detective. sion of Opium Smoking in China, at which the sergeant. Grant, and a man giving the name of Li Lio was taken into'custody accused of thell, principal speakers were the Venerable Arch- dráčan Moule, formerly of Shanghai, and the. The complainant was Cheung Kai Hing, a Solicitor, General Juz Scotland, Mr. Arthur shopkeeper doing business at 3, New Street.

Li Liu was, until the 28th July last, engaged | Dewar, K.C, M.P., etc., a son of the chief man- aging director of the eminent whisky distillingas cook, to the complainant. On that day the film of that game, whose brands are not only so shopkeeper left the shop to transact some busi well-known in these parts, but who have also ness, and on his return he discovered that the the honour of being distillers under Royal cook was missing. It was then that be found Patronage.' The speech of the Archdeacon out that his room had been entered and a contains little that is either interesting or novel, box, containing a silver watch with gold chalo with the exception of his remark that "the attached, a piece of jadestone, a jade ear-drop, 'vice was last being extinguished, and that a Sto gold piece and a gold locket, the total Young China was'not smoking opium." It will value being $137, gone. When the Court resumed after the tiffio ad-

Bec. 185. 5. 2--The expression pros-be the hopenfall that those two-statements-may journment, Mr. A. Hough, an architect and pectus" meads any prospectus notice, circular, be true, but it has been already made public, and civil engineer, of Messrs. Leigh and Orange, advertisement or other invitation inviting the noy without considerable foundation, that if was called He said he had made some ins-public to subscribe for or purchase any shares Young China' are not taking to opium, they pection of ice of both companies, and his report or debentures of a company.

are taking to alcohol in place. The picture of was made in writing, which was read to the Even under the Hongkong Ordinance Mr. Dewar denouncing the vice, the son of Court, by Mr. McNeill. The report gave presume a company must be properly register one of the wealthiest families in Britain, and the time taken to melt-samples of the ice prosed before it can trade as a limited liability who owes the position he holds largely owing to

the profits derived from the produce af andther | duced by the two concerns. That showed that there was very little difference in the time takes

více,' which equally enslaves the people, has very much the appearance of Satan reproving KID,

striking a autface-

An Imperial ediet was issued on the 13th inst. appointing HE. Kufor the two companies ice to melt.

Erh Ch'ien first secretary of the Waiwupu..

Before he arrives to take up his new duties, Taotai Kwan will act

for him.

FAR BÄSTERN SHIPPING.

PROSPECTS OF COMPETITION FROM THE JAPANESE.

Trade in the East, and shipping'in parli-. cular, says Fairplay, wefe exceedingly bad when I passed over the ground in March and April of this year. In Hongkong I beard that most of the time-chartered boats which had hitherto been engaged in the China coasting trade had been sent home for good, and that out of some 140 only about go vessels remained on the Coast. In Shanghai the same tale was told, and is Japıq I was informed that out of a total tonnage of 1,400,000 of mercantile steam shipping owned by Japan 400,000 ton were laid up.

As regards the future of Japanese shipping, i am ei opinion that the low wages and cheap victualling will coable Japanese shipowners to successfully compete against Europeans, and to gradually displace many European vessels now chployed in the China-trades at present lack of fonds is the principal impediment.

INSTRUCTIONS have lately been issued to all commanders of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's vessels on the trags:Pacific service, that, on arriving at Yokobama on the west, bound trip, they should have in readiness a fall statement of all wireless telegraphic mass- ages exchanged as roufs either with the Em presses or with Nippon Yomen Kaishų steamers, Particulars of position will be given of time doring which the two ships were in communi- cation and any other items of public in terest. Bimilar statements are also to be got ready for the vessels' arrival at Shanghai and Hongkong, and the informalion will be immediately handed out to the newspapers for publication. In the same way reports of messages exchanged on the eastward trip' arw to be prepared for delivery at Yokohama, 'and Vancouver. The convenience of this arrange- mikat from the point of view of the navilling public speaks for itell

Mr. Slade, (cross-examining)-Did you take the temperature of the itë?

Witness No.

of the issue of the prospectus until a copy

-beraof-ix.so.filed...

concoro

H. P. KING.

I am, etc.

Shanghi, August 11, 1939.

Sir,-Your correspondent Mr. H. P. King is

He again reiterated the fact of his being a and which had been brought about by bis being And you took for the experiment a bad piece a little too positive in stating that it is illegal comparatively recent 'convert to the 'cause,

by English law to issue the prospectus of a

75 cents each

HARES

$1.50 each.

Hongkong, 17th July, 1909,

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The mattor was reported to the police, a OBTAINABLE AT— warrant was issued, and accused was arrested yesterday on his return from Cantos..

In the Police Court, this morning, he was charged with the offence, to which he picaded not guilty, and the case was adjourned,

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Intimations.

AN APPEAL.

“HB SUPERIORESS, of the 'ITALIAN

Hongkong and the Coast Ports, for their klad rospecifally to APPEAL to the Realdents of CONVENT, CAINE ROAD, bega most

that she will be pleased to recalva orders for all kinds of NEEDLE WORK

of the Ice Company's ica ?~~No.

How do you know that?- took the first company before the company has been incor-heckled on the question while addressing patronage and support, and desires to sinte

plece that came along. I did not chose it my. But-the-piece_you_took had many holes in

1cli.

it-No.

Mr. McNeill-Besides the size and shape you did not look for any particular kind of ice

No.›

And what did you do with the ice-1 took it to my fist.

How far away is your fist from the ice depot Two minutes' walk,"

experi And was it in your fat you held the ment?—No.

And how long was it after you reached your flat that you held the experiment ?-Five minutes.

With this, the casa for the defence closed and Mr. McNeill addressed the Court shortly. He said that what the plaintiff's 'had to prove, was that there was a warranty and that it was broken, also that their ice was the same as 'that of the Ice Company's product and that it was market able. If ast, there was no consideration for that warranty, and, therefore, it must fall.

porated. Section 80 of the Consolidated' Act of 1908 clearly contemplates the possibility of 4-prospectus being issued prior to incorpora

tion-as-it.commences as follows:-

Every prospectus issued by or on behalf of company shall be dated, etc." A company or in relation to any intended

some meetings of the elector of the conati- tacacy be represents in Parliament, concluding with the remarks that he had found the Report of the Royal Commission had misled him, that be-had found the topost was not in accordance with the evidence, and that from beginning to end, the wars, treaties and diplomacies were all shameful things for Great Britain. It will It is clearly illegal by English law to

be remembered, that, during: the sitting of issue a prospectus before the same has

the Conference at Shanghai, the Rev. Dr. G. teen filed for registration, but it is

file Campbell Morgan, speaking at the Westminster apparently legal and practicable to such prospectus for registration before Filing Bible School, made a fervid and impassioned the memo and articles for registration. Your appeal to his bearers 'to cry out to God day and be in harmony with his will,' and that Prayer. correspondent appears to have been confused pight that the findings of the Conference might between the regulations, providing for the fil- fog of a prospectus for registration and the re-meetings were accordingly held, and Divine gulations providing for the filing of the mem brandum and articles for registration, which Lre two quite different things.

inspiration was implored to enlighten the sit ing of the Conference, spiritual and–lem- poral weapons being thus employed, with zealous perseverance, and nothing being left. do to move the powers in Heaven above and on the Earth beneath.

It would naturally be expected that a com- pany established outside the United Kingdom should have to comply with the same condi-

None of the reports of the other meetings tions as a company established in the Un- ited Kingdom. There is, however, nothing contain much that is either new or interesting, Mr. Alabaster also addressed the Count on in the Act of 1908 to this effect, although there with the exception of ons held in far New Zealand, by that pious sect or body, the are provisions specifically relating to com Society of Friends, commonly known as the subject of the terms of the warranty.

Counsel pointed out that Mr. Rennie war pecies established outside the United KingQuakers," but which is too lengthy to bear ranted to supply the Ice Company with ice for dom. Section 274, subsection 4, merely pro- ten years, and be warranted for the sco plant vides that every company in which this sec-reproduction bere.·· from the defendants for ope year. The two-tion applies, and which uses the word "Limited" warranties were not identical. This was very as a part of its name, shall in every prospectus important for the defendants' cass.

inviting subscriptions for its shares or deben Mr. Alabaster wat still continuing his ad. tures in the United Kingdom state the country is which the company incorporated."-1 dress when our reprefentative left the Court.

victoria recreation Club.

SWIMMING-TETE-

The Victoria Rrereation Club are holding another of their Swimming Fetes on Saturday aftemoor, the 28;b August, commencing at 4 p.m. and judging from the list of events a good afternoon's sport will no doubt result. The Water Polo match will be contested between picked man and a splendid match will doubt less be the outcome.

The Programme is as andeṛt...... 1-One Length Handicap. 2-Running Header from Springboard. 3-Two Lengths Handicap. |*,4-Throwing Polë Ball

5-Team Race. · 4-Water Polo,

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** Prior to the, arrival of the above letter we bad received word from the Mr. King that he had overlooked the point raised by "H.*......

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COMMERCIAL.

5 p.m. Following are further alterations in Mesura, H.. S. Kadooria & Co,'s sharn list to-day :-.

Shanghai Docks.......................Tis, 79] salon. Hongkows

» 144 Chinese Engineerings... j 18) » Sumatras........................ 146 buyam-

Langkate

1,015.pulex

Feraks mimi sono n. 291

As we havo already-remarked,-it-seems a great pity that equal enthusiasm is not dis- played nearer home. The ravages, misery and crime caused by drink are innumerable, filling gaols, hospitals and asylums, reducing many from affluence to want, or finally ending in the disease so commonly known as D. T.'s when sleep, gantia sleep, nature'sTM aweet-restorer, is i banished, and, as regarde the victims,

Ten thousand demons Irauns him đay and night Haunt him like in darkness and In light,' Perak Pioneer....

HONGKONG WATER POLO

·SHIELD COMPETITION.

BIVENTH ROUND.

To-morrow afternoon at 5,30 p.m. the B.0.0 will meet the 88th Co. R.G.A. to play off their maich in the above round, and at 6 pm. the Victoria Recreatión: Club will play the Byrd GX RIGAU

Gentlemen's Shirts made to order, and Cufi'

and Collars renewed on old ones,

Ladies and Children's Under-clothing, Chil dron's Dressos, and-all-kinds of Embroidery... Materials can be supplied, if required.

The Superioress will also be most gratein' for any PAPER, or ald ENTELOPEs to be made Into Books for the Children of the Paor Schools, who are taught by the Sisters,

W smakene, send Amell »ane

Mestra CALDBEJK MCGREGOR & Co.

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