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Round the World.

CLARK'S PARTY SHORTLY DUE.

PROGRAMME FOR HONGKONG,

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The large party, conducted by Mr. Herbert E, Clark, around the world, is dus to arrive in Hongkong on the sard inst. at 1 p.m. sad will leave again on the following Sunday, 26th inst., at 11 am. The party, consisting of 646 tourists and 14 conductors are travelling by the s.s.

China' Mr. Wm,

Cleveland, 13,000 to 200 g Farmers The programme for Hongkong has been drawn up

and is as follows :---

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY DECEMBER 10 1900

p.m. by special tray cat for Happy Vallay, etc. (See Thursday's pro-ramme).".

Q'NDAY, DECEMBER ZŐ.

Ciolos Pany No. 3 (73 passengers), who have special breakfast at sum in forward dialog not yet visited the Peak of Hongkong, will havO

room, land and take rickshaws-to Peak Tram to the Pank and back. Station and back and special trams from thera

The ship sails Sunday, December 15, at 11. am sharp. The last tender leaves the shore at 10,30 a.m.

''HONGKONG-CANTON TIME. TABLE.

Party No. 1, Thursday, December 23, steamer Farahon, depart from Hongkong 13 p. m to Canton, 24 persons only; return Friday night 5.15 p.m., arriving Hongkong 1 am, Saturday Sleast tenders run daily until midnight beParty No. a Friday, December 24, steamer steamer tween the ship and Blake Pier, and passengers

Kinshas depart from Hongkong who are not op the river at Canton will lanch daily at 11,30 a.m. at the fine Hongkong Hotel, Canton, retro 5 pm. arriving midnight. All opposite Blake Pier.

__Party_No. 3 Friday, December 34, steamer amer Hungakan, depart from Hongkong 8 am, to Canion 70 persoas. Stop at Hotel Victoria arrivo 5.30 pm, Stay sight and next day. Laave Canton 3.15 pm Saturday by ordinary boat, arriving midnight.

Five Canton Parties. Each passenger bas received his Canton ticket before leaving New York, and no changes are possible.

* Thunday, December 95. Lunch at 11-45 a m. and 12.30 noon.

meals on steamer,

Cipton Parties Nos. 2 and 3 (320 persons) Party No. 4, Friday, Decembar 24, steamer will land promptly at 1 p.m., at Blake Pier, Honam, depart from Hongkong ro p.m. to facing the Hongkong Hotel, and leave no ro Canton, 6 persons, arriving 6.30 a.m. Baturday, special trolley cars for a 23-mile circle (to a Return leave Canton (15, auriving midsight. hour) to Kennedy Town Terminus, and then Party No. 5. Saturday, December 25, steamer to Happy Valley, where a short at p will be Kinahon, depart from Hongkong & a.m. to Can- made, then to Shau-ki-wan, and back to Hong-105, arriving nona. Leave 5 p.m., striving koor Hotel. There will be a guide on each midnight. All meals on steamer car to explalo and poini qut the different points Special steamier for asu comer alongside of of interest sa‘route. '

3.3. Cleveland on departure 5.30 am, and on her rotura at midnight.

All other Passengers, viz, Canton Parties Nos 1,4 and $ (300 persons), will land at g p.m, and will be transferred is carri get and rickshaws six blocks to Peak Tram Station, where special tramy will take all passengeis up to the Park of Hongkong for x grand view of the city and surroundings, returning by fram to Peak Tram Stald Jetstar 330 and spam, where causinges and rickshaws will traniter the passengers five blocks to Hong- kong otel, or Blake Pier, and passengers can embark at their convenience, teaders run-

All Caston tickats were given out in New York with the table seat tickets,

THE "PALAWAN", FATALITY,

In connection with the tragic death of an amah and Mr. and Mrs. Bird's child in the Suez Canal, Colonel Bruce circulated the follow ing cotice to all the police stations at Shanghai, on 29th pit, :--

The Captain Superintendent received the ping to and fro stil midnight. The Hong: following letter from the Commander of the P. & kang Hotel, which is the head quarters, is in D.S.Pawan. and it gives him great pleasure to the centre of the town and opposite the Blake publish same for the informatios of the Force: Pier. Dinner on ship at 6 and 7.30 p.m. -

Canton Party No. 1 (24 persons) will leaving to your notice the gallant conduct of Mr. Dear Sir, I have much pleasure in bring. the Cleveland at 9 pm. (with their valises) by A. W. Jones of the Shanghai Police Force, special tender, which will embark them on the

and a passenger on board this vessel under my K. Falshan which sails at to pm, from the command. Witbout the slightest hesitation pler of the Hongkong, Canton & Macao S. B. be jumped overboard whilst the ship was in Ob. Stop at Hotel Victoria at Canton,

trauzit of the Saci Cenal on the morning of October 22 to the rescun of a Chinese amah anloop passengers. He succeeded in reaching and the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Bird, first the child and supported it until the arrival of the boat,

I am, dear sir,

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24.

Canton Party No: 2 (250 persons) will leave word with their stewards to be called at 4.45 am. have coffee and rolls in forward dining room at 5.15 and will leave the ship by a fine, specially chartered, river steamer at 6 am, sharp, which comes ainogside of the Cleveland at 5.30 a.m. and brings the passengers back to the ship at 11.p.m.; due at Canton at noon, breakfast, early lunch and dinner being served on board. Chairs and guides will be furnish ed for the afternoon to the chief sights of Cro- ton, including: The Temple of the zoo Geull," the Temple of Confucius, the Temple of Lar rors, the Tanist Monastery, the Temple of Longevity, the Tample of the Queen of Beaven, the Five-Story Pagode, the Flowery Pagoda, the City Walls, the Water-Olock, the Swatow Guild Hall, the Examination Hall, the Execu- tion Ground, the Nam-boi Prison, the King. Others Feather Worken, the Rice Paper Picture Painters, the Jade Stone Workers, ibe Coffin Shops, the Silk Weavers, the Ivory and Mother-of-pearl Carvers, the Chy Loong Ginger Factories, the Yow Kee Tea Factory, etc, etc

There will be a guide for about every 12 per

patinat, as 25” chats traversing the very par row streets of Cantoniat one time will probably clusi a few blockaden and slight delays, as it will be something unusual. Every effort will be made to avoid confusion and delay, by hay lng tha, guides with their 13 passengers tako Various routes an account of the narrow streets and difficulty of the chairs passing each other in the garrow streets with regolar traffic.

etc.

Yours faithfully,

(Signed) C. RHONJDEN, P. C. Joads has been recommended for the Royal Humane Society's Medal and has also received from the passengers a testimonial ex- pressing high approbation of his gallant con- duct.

recruit for the Police, has been posted to the It may be added that P. C, Jones, who is a

N. G. D. News. new training depot at Gordon Road, says the

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\ THE OFÏOM AND, OTHER

HABITS.

Russo-Chinese Bank

#am Case.

FULL COURTE DECISION REVERSED. '

NOTES BY THE WAY.

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HIÄTUR IN SHANGHAI

bans put their compradore in the position of their agent to bring about this kind of business between iba', Babk`and: Obiness customers :

HOW THE YOURSOME RELE REFUSED TO 40. thay limit bis authority, or rather give him no authority at but provide that he is to get It did my heart good to see that the interest- They do these things differently in Shanghai APPEAL TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL allow him to be the vehicle of their decision to Ball lost nane of its wonted brilliance and its Caledonian Ball we tears according to the special instructions in each case, but they ing annual function known as St. Andrew's to what is the custom In Hongkong. At the the customer, but neither införm the customer hospitality this year. Everybody who were Bhanghai Mercury that " Unfortunately no what the instructions are, nor require any Inti- |. anybody were there and, as The Philosopher piper was available for the ball, and this was a mation from the customer that the decision has pointed out to me, everybody who were nobody decided misfortune, for however due a mast♪ | " A telegram was received by Messm. Johnson, been in fact conveyed to him. The customer were there too to sample their Scottish friends' | clan" a "iman may be it is generally taken for

Stobes and Master last Friday stating that knows that the compradore is the agent, de- the openi to the Privy Costell from a deci puted, to act in this manner, and kuona tookospitality. It has come to my ears that one granted that without a strong dash of Highland gentleman who allowed his axuberance blood to his valus bis Raels and Strathapays do sion of the Full Court, consisting of the Chief that he has no general authority to act. He to overlap ble commonsense, found himself not go with the proper vigour. This seemed to Justice (Sir Francis Piggott) and Mr. Jenice knows that the decision must come from the struggling in the water in a strange part of the be fully borne out, by the results, for the first Gompertz (Pulse Judge), delivered on maonger, and also that the compeadors is the town in the vicinity of the praya and was rescued Foursome Reel had to be performed twice. the 24th July, 1908, in the case in which the manager's selected messenger. The only thing from a watery grave by the good sampan. On the first occasion the mutic appeared en, Russo-Chinese Bank sought to revarse a deci. Ao knows in addition is that the manager la people and with much splattering, the rescued uncertain quantity, and the dancers not infrin alon of the Chief Justice in which judgment satisfied with sending a verbal message by his one mentioned something about bot water questly found themselves at sixes and sergDE, was delivered against them in favour of a mar-compradore, and requires nothing in the way batha, Doubtless, queer things do happen and when the Master of Ceremonies angounced - chant samed Li Yau, who claimed the sum of | of acknowledgment from him. In other words on there glorious occasions but anybody can that they would have it ovat there was much 30,000 teels, which he had paid to the Bank's the Paldan so far as the customer is awar sas that the above sorrowful tala is a’wila slans rejoicing; Then with springý truad and marry compradore to be transmitted to Bhaughal, and trusts his agent, and puts him in a position to der and I refuse to believe it for a moment; it "hooch away they want att again, watched by which wrs appropriated by the compradore, be trusted by the customer. If frar'd results the

(la more than likely that the worthy fellow bad admiring onlookers. At the next real tha orchen- who later absconded, was successful.. At the case, looked at as a frand on the customer, too great a respect for St. Andrew to celebrate us was not called upon, the music being played time, Mr, H. B. Pollock, K., instructed by seems to me to fall within the elementary ceses the occasion by drowning himself, least of all on the planoforte.” It seemed that not more, Mr. H. J. Godge, of Mesim, Johnson, Stokes where a principal has been held liable for the | in Hongkong,

than twenty-five par cant of those present and Master, appeared-for the appellante. Mr. acts of his agent, because they have been done

took part in the reals, but the remainder crowd- M. W. Slade, instructed by Mr. G. E. H. within the scope of his authority. Beavis, of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist, was

That august, assembly known as the Honged round and watched with eagar ayat. Mikay a regretful sigh was heard from people who for the respondent. Their Lordships found

kong Legislative Councills sometimes a source for the respondent with cosi,

of hearty amusement for the general body of could not dance it, and nu equal number of ex the public, when eloquence mixed with ressions of admiration was to be found." But humour is provided for the wide-awake where were all the kilts? Highland cos citizen free, grails and for nothing. Thursday her were surpassed by Volunteer and Fira at the Council Chamber was another of the Brigade mess uniformis. At, one stage of occasions. Had a stranger bean permitted to

"the dance it seemed as if those belonging be present within its sacred walls, be would | have probably thought that our legislators wors

to the Brigads were to have their evening's inn discussing a measure on which the life of the spoilt, for about eleven o'clock the clanging of The amount of thetoric the bell of a fire truck sounded through the Colony depended.

ball. In a moment cards were thrown down, expended was bowlidadog to the ordinary is drinks tak half anished and the fremus troop dividual and all to indicate-nothing. I am

ad peli-mall down stairs for the door. It was inclined to think that there was an implied sug- a false alarms fortunately as it was only a truck gestion of how have the mighty fallen, for can the nature of things than for His Majesty's there be anything so ridiculous and hardly to returning from daty at Óbang-wa-ho's. Gardens, effigy to be used a place for drylos 1HE FAR BAS2 IN PARLIAMENT. sails on? But la Hongkong, the authorities permit acts which is other countries might mean an unfortunate man's decapitation and kaight was in his noblest mood when he look happy over it. Our newly-bedubbad

facetiously referred to the Star Ferry Company's

There in ons point of practice to which I with to draw attention. It is gradually becoming the custom of Couvial is a jury case to mamit In the course of his lengthy Judgment, to the Judge a series of questions which they the Chief Justics said:-O these facia wish to be put to the jmy. I believe this to bo which have purposely gone inte in every wrong. Coapsel have a duty to perform in material detail, it seems to me impossible connection with questions framed by the Judge to contand that the Bank is not liable. They for submission to the jury: and if any materii have put an agent in the positios to do polat is not covered by the questions, Counsel transactions of this nature; he is put there must suggest its inclusion. But it is vary expressly to be belleved by, among others, the different thing to propound a whole series of plaintiff; he is believed, money in handed to questions, which, if the Counsel intends to him to receive on behalf of the Bank, be challange the summing up as being a mladitec pretends so to receive it, but instead of handing too, must be framed on an entirely different it over to the Bank he keeps it himself. Why scheme and it is impossible for the Judge to this should be called a fraud on the customer accept them without abandoning those which more like a fraud on his principal, the Bank, I must be framed on the scheme of law on which cannot imagine; it is on the face of it much he himself has prepared. Questions to the fury cannot see any difference between such a case, the summing up proceeds and as I say it in im. and the case I put to the jury of a customer passible to modify them, to suit the views of banding in money across the counter of a Euro-Counsel which are based on another set of legal pean Brok, which is pocketed by the counter ideas. clerk. Dat it was very strenuously urged on ba- Mr. Justice Gompertz held the same opinios, half of the Bank, that the law is otherwise. It is and gare bis judgment in similar terms. world, where I suppose such a simple case of ACCIDENT IN ASTREA CHANNEL. yet there is no case of fraud reported, so far på fraud must have happened hundreds of timen,

I know, which is on all fours with this one in simplicity: though there are dozens in other branches of the law of forts from which an argu- ment by analogy might be drawn. This search for Ruslogy would take us too far afield, and for this reason as well as because a principle has in cases of fraud, I think it advisable to keep been cited which is nearly always referred to strictly to the law applicable to frend by an

agant.

curious that this fraudulent

CONBERVANCY JUNK SUNK.

-THE CITY FATHERI,

Inaction with regard to the factions litle

malshed on the Hongkong side of the Com- pany's service. I wonder if the Colonial Secretary's rebuke will have the desired effect? At all events, the next typhoon will settle the doubt.

THE PORTOLA FESTIVAL.

Americans are enterprising. Lately, the good people in the States have been holding gigantic celebrations known as the Portola Festival and na a result the San Francisór Chronicle ihs athar day got up a special number contalning 116 pagas of lastrated and printed matter. La connection with the colebrations, I notice no less than two British warships of fate familar

on the China station: participated in the civic functions and represented Great Britain's mari- time power in 'Frisco barbour among the other ships of the nations. That's called doing it.

At about seven o'clock Wednesday evening a rather serious and fatal collision occurred bear the entrance to the Astria Chracol, as a result of which the tag Jaan, the property of the Franco-Dutch Dredging Company, the reports the Shanghai Times of 3rd last. The Whangpon Conservancy Contractors, as sunk, Hr. Ningshao, Captain Bell, which left here Farlier in the evening for Ningpo, was pass ing down the Astroma Channel when she met the tug-Faas coming up. How the collision, occurred we cannot say, but the Jaan was struck on the port side and very badly damaged, but fortunately she was pushed by the Ningshao well over toward the left bank out of the deep water channel, where she settled

THE FANCY VEST, down, The Ningshes was also badly, damaged,

--That interesting little publication which first having a hole stove la on ous side of her bow, saw light in gumy London known as the Tai- just above the waterline, and she returned to Shanghai at daylight this morning. After beror and Caller has been treating its readers to decidedly liberal views about the further ass cargo has been discharged, she will underge of the "blazer." The sartorial authority is of repairs. It is thought the faan will be refloated the opinion that the fancy vest is a disfigure- without much difficulty,

ment of London's male population and should be abolished. What would we do if a similar proposition was to be introduced here in Hong- where the fancy vest is one of Fashion's anwiltten laws?

When the two vessels collided it was very dark and the shock was so great that Captain C. V. d'Honvel of the Jaan was pitched from the bridge overboard into the water along with

There was a score of great excitement on board the-laodah and one of the Chinese suitors.

both vessels and for the time being the men ware not missed. As soon as the Ningthao bad backed away from the scano of the

'THE. A.D.C

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Eames were fewer than over, and in num.

RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA. :

In the House of Lords on November 9 Lord

Stanhope asked the representative of the

Foreign Once the age of s

1. In view of Germany's assertion of rights to participate on equal terms in the construc- tion and financing of railways in the Yangtera Provinces whether His Majesty's Government recognises German claims to an exclusivo position to mines and railways in Shantung.

2. Similarly, whether Russian Enanciers having intimated their Intention of participating in railway enterprises in the Yangtze Valley, the Anglo-Russian Convention, of 1899 with gard to railway enterpries in China has been abrogated, and whether in that cais British enterprise is in a position to claim equal op portualties to the region North of the Great 3. Whether it is not advisable to determine the geographical limits within which the Japan. ase Goverment is entitled to veto or faterrane lo such measures as the Chinese Government may desire to take for the development of Western Manchuris and Mongolia.

Wail.

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sons, and passengers are asked to be a little conditions of the traffic in the drug, and, If i And the plaintiff did not imagine that he was collision; she was anchored for the night,/ Those who remember the excellent treat pro similar terms to those on which the' Rússalanı,

The steamer will leave Canton promptly at § p.m., arriving alongside the Cleveland at 11 p.m., where passengers will embark. All meals on the rivar steamer,

Canton Party No, 3 (70 persons) will have special breakfast served on the Cleveland at am in forward dining room. Leave at 71; in special tender and embark on s.5. Hongshen at the what af the Hongkong, Capton and Macao S. B. Co.; lunch on river steamer and dive at Canton 3.30 p.m.; stay at Botel Victoria. Saturday forenoon chairs and guides about Canton ; leave 5.15 p.m. and em- Harkat midnight on the Cleveland,

Canton Parties Nos. 4 and 5 (285 persons) will breakfast at 8 a.m., land and take special reserved trolley cars from Hongkong Hotel to Happy Valley, atc, and lunch at Hongkong Hotel at 11.10 am. Afternoon, independent action. (See Thursday afternoon programme of Canton Parties Nož, 2 and 3.)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25. Canton Party No. 5 (350 persons) will leave word with their steward, to be called at 4.45 hara coffee and rolla in forward dining room

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This fraud, was committed by the agons for bis own benefit: therefore it cannot be for the master's benefit ; therefore, it would follow that where a fraud is committed by the agent for his own benefit the master is never llable; which is tantamount to saying that the master is never ilable for the frand of his agent, unless he, the master, has profited by it. Which is unsound

It will be as well to dispose of a fallacy on which much argument was built. It was strenuously insisted that as the plaintiff's man ager knew that the compradore had so author ity to enter into exchange contracts himself, he had practically given away his case. But the compradore never professed to enter into the contract himself: he did not even profess

The Lieutenant-Governor of Burma, in re-

to enter into it for and on behalf of the Bank viewing the spread of the encaine habit in

with the Manager's authority. What he did Burma, says that be "views with much apprecessary for bringing about a contract between was to pretend to perform the formalities no- hension the extension of the habit which results the plaintiff and the Bank, being specially in moral and physical degradation. Careful authorised to perform there formalities on inquiries and at present being made foto the similar occasions, though noi on this occasion.

The strengthening of the excise establish- Decossary, legislation will be resorted to entering into the contract with the compradore, per with the compradore for and on behalf of so check the habit before it spreads KDY ment may lead to more frequent seizures and the Bank; he imagined that he was entering further, but without the active co-operation formalities for bringing about such contract into the contract with the Bank; the necessary

task of mafutaining a moral standard in regard of the leaders of opiolon among the people the having apparently been performed, as they al- ways had been performed, by the person spa- to the use of intoxicating diuga is a heavy ong," cially authorised to perform there formalities It would seem as if, in altenipting to restrict on similar occasions. the use of opium in India and Burma (says the Englishman) wa hava given an impetus to the use of another equally, or perhaps mord dau gerous drug. There seems to have beep a lens deucy to ignore s'very important physiological fect, in the endeavour to restrict or prevent the use of drugs such as ópium. The buman organ]- sation would seem to require a narcotic silma laut of some kind. In every pair of the globe, even amongst the most primitive racail and savages, the human system would seem to crave for a marcotic stimulant. Tea, coffee, cocos, caca, icbicco, are all parcotic stimu. lapis, and oplem is the greatest of all. The South American Indians chew the coca leaf, and now use coffee on a large scale. Tobacco was first found in extensive use among the North American Indians; tea among the Chinese coffee among the Arabs,

·PETROLEUM IN SINGAPORE.

I notice that preparations are well under way for the production by the A.D.O. in January sext of that bright little place The Toreador vided in "A Country Girl" doubtless await the production of the piece with pleasant aall cipations. It is to be hoped that one or two performances will be given during Race Week amateurs occupied the boards of the Theatra Roral,

The Earl of Crewe, having congratulated the noble Earl on ble maides question, replied s —As regards the first questión, His Majesty's Government has not given the German Gavera- ment any assurance in that shore. The case raised by the second question is of a somewhat different character. The proposed participa tion by the Russians in railway enterprise in the Yangtze Valley is confined to a loan, which is not secured by any mortgage on the line, and that loan does not appear to contravene the terms of the Anglo-Rusilan Agreement of 1899. I ought to add that British participation la rail- Way enterprise north of the Great Wall on are engaged in the Yangture Valley will not Rossize. Government. When we are con- "occasion "any protest the part of the uidering these matters it is important to remember that owing to the great, change that has taken place lo the position of Obins aloca the two agreements illuded to by the noble cari were made all now rallways There is some talk of a wireless station for in China will be under the control of the Chia

are Government. In regard to the third quas- Hongkong. The wonder is that the subject was tion, the nobis earl was conscious that he was got brosched are now. A wireless station in reading on somewhat risky ground. 1 am Hongkong where messages can be trazimitted afraid I cannot follow him into the matters and received by the Government free of charge ralsed by that question. As the matter stands, will undoubtedly prove a valuable acquisition to It is one entirely for arrangement between the the powers that be, whose cry of a depleted ex- chegaer was never more fondly heard thespective Governments of China and Japan. now. It is to be hoped that the enterprising firm who proposed the innovation will meet with no opposition, either at the bands of Government or by private initiation.

an on the last occasion that the talented

WIRELESS FOR HONGKONG.

SIGNALS AZ SBA.

WEATHER SEMAPHORE STATION ON

CAPE VARELIA.

A NOVEL DEMONSTRATION, - As we all know, the King's Birthday celebra- logs were carried out in Hongkong with a

∙We are glad to learn that the French Gov- quiet dignity which marked the importance of erament have commenced the erection of a the occasion. But lu Shanghal, some loyal weather semaphore station on Capa Valla, subjects took the unprecedented course of says the Loading Light and China Coast Ship- demonstrating their loyalty by burning as Bing Garetic. The gear was to anime on October 23 and the signals are to be displayed ugly effigy of Keir Hardis. It le some- what difficult to realise that Shanghai, of all

as soon as the station is completed. places in the world, should have stop it to adopt the conical method that it did.. The in- ciden: was delightfully reminiscent of the Labour mamber's recent visit to India, when the loyalista mada abortive attempts to greet him with ancient eggs, putrid cabbage and dead cats.

UASUAL CRITIC.

BY FIRE.

It lu at a point where the ilgnals will be of Immense use to vessels passing the coast of Annam, it being on the last point of departure for vessels bound up, both from Singapore and Saigon.

Meanwhile the crew of the Jaan who bad escaped commenced a search for the missing Captain and sailor, but it was so, dark that all was renswed, but up to the present the bodies their afforts were in vain. To-day the search have not been found. The work of raising the sunken tow-boat was commenced to-day by Messrs. Wheelock and Co, and they expect to have ber raised to-morrow. As the damiga to But there is an important distinction be the Ningakdo was well above the water line, it tween the present case and Barwick's and will not be necessary to dock her. The damag. similar cases. The fraud there consisted ined plates will be cut out and new ones fitted in answering questions put by a customer; and their places, and it is expected that the repairs although the jury found in Barwick's case that will be completed this wook. An lavestigation it was within the scope of the authority of the into the cause of the collison will held manager, who committed the fraud, tu, answer shortly.. the questions, yet in their suit the principal, the Bank, derived no benefit from it. To such a fraud the doctrine of Willes J, was applied and io similar circumstances it was applied In A FEW DETAILS OF THE NEW, DUTY,' British Matgal. Charnwood Forest Raliway Co. But it la the first principle in the applica- As will be seen from our repon of the pro- ting of principles that the facts should be on ceedings of the Legislative Council,, held all fours with these in the case in which the yesterday afternoon, a new bill imposing' lax principle was laid down. And in this case the na petroleum throughout the colony was intro- facts bear no analogy whatever to the facts induced by Government, taken through all its these cases, for there was no questioning and no stages at the one sitting, and passed into law, Answering, merely a transaction put through says the Straits Times of 2716_alt, la the (Cannabis Indica), bhaug, ganja and charas of ness.

The several products of the hemp plant la "the ordinary course of the Bank's bust-

words of His Excellency the Governor, this It is true that in the Chamwood method of raising revenue was received by the the natives of India, bave been found to be in Canton Party No. 4 (36 persons) wll leave more or less general use among the savages generally used, the agent was put there in

Forest case, there were criticisms of the phrase unofficial member of council " if not with ac the Cleveland at 9 pm, with their valises, by

ceptance, at any rate with acquiescence" 1ho in the interior of Africa and among the tribes order to do "that class of acts" and when that ast result of the bill is that the consumer of in special tender and sail at to a.m. by the reinhabiting the African costs. Hashish is is the case the principal la liable. These words flammable oil will have to pay more for the galar night steamer for Canton, which has simply a preparation from the leaves of the comfortable accommodations. (Hotel Victoria hemp plast. Alcohol is the stimulant in use

create the only real difficulty in distinguisblog commodity, and it is estimated that the tax of this case from Barwick's and the other caso fira cents per gallon will add to the revenue of at Cletop.)

among the races inhabiting the temperate but I am disposed to think this difficulty is in the colony an annual sum of $302,000, or more. regions. But at all the dangerous narcotics, reality imaginary, and 1,adopt Bowen L-1.'s

The bill is printed in a Government Gazette that is, alcohol, cocaine and opium, the last expression of opioloo, when he says that "this Extraordinary published last night. It is styled BRITISH SIBAMER" DESTROYED rally too far away to be made out by those who, samed is the least, injurious to the human is a misapplication to a wholly different case of "An ordinance to make provision for the im- system.

This was very clearly brought out as expression which, in Barwick's case, was posing and collection of duty on petroleum at 5:15 and will leave at 6 pm. sharp from in the ovidence recorded by the Opium and perfectly appropriate with regard to the cir and other inflammable oils, and liquide.” The alongside of the Cleveland by specially char. Hemp Drugs Commission. Surgeon-General Rcumstances there." The Court of Appeal de- products taxable are what are generally know tered river steamer in Canton, and back, the Harvey, in the course of his evidence, said clined to extend the doctrine of Barwick's case as the mizeral oils, but they do not include same as the foregolog programme for Canton opium was God's greatest gift to man."

It is to facts which did not strictly come withla it; any liquid or substance which has a fasblog Party No. 1, who visit Canton the previous day.& curious fact that among the Chinese, who so I decline to apply an apparent limitation point higher than 150 degrees Fahrenheit. Breakfast, lunch and dine on river steamer. consume opium as a national habit, epidemic which that doctrine contains to facts which are All petroleum taken out of a vessel, on which

Os account of the lack of chairs at Candiseases, such as cholera, smallpox, favers entirely different.

it has been imported will, unless intended for too and difficulty in handling too large a known, Plague le prevalent, but that i a

especially malarial fever, are practically no. But it may be pointed out that the fraud was, transhipment only, be taken to what is termed party, some passengers go to Caston by rogu purely dirt disease; and people do not eat fit, and thus distinction was emphasised by Mr. purpose, and when removed from the store, committed apparently for the principal's bens- a dutiable patrolene store, licensed for the lar liver steamers and all for will have plague in orderto contract it; whereas cholera, Slade, who put it into the following form; that otherwise than for export, it must pay duty of received Canon tickets in New York, me sad and fevers of the typhoid and enteric type are, in Barwick's and the other cases, there would five cents per gallon. There are night gallons

the depenure printed on same number of the party. Conductors and guides as is well known, contracted by "enting."

have been no transaction at nil but for the of kerosene oil in one case. The tax per case will transfer these passengers by special tender, dered the Chinese immune against these epide- gose through in the ordinary course of busi

The opium habit would seem to have ron- fraud: in this case the transaction would hava will therefore be 40 cents, which will leave the Cleveland one hour bemics. Moreover, it is a well known fact that oess, but was intercepted by the fraud.

By rules which the Governor-lo Council is Jore the departure of the regular meamer, and

empowered to make, a fine may be imposed the Chinese are an extremely virile race. will take such passengers direct to the regular

Most white races have recognised this; hence sideration, whether or not the principal bad for each offence, and an additional $50 for In the first case the importance of the con- for breach of each rules act exceed for steamer of the Hod, kong, Canton and Macao the strong objection to unions between the bebefited by the frand, is manifest. But the each day on which the offence continues. of 8.B. Co at the Steamboat Colawat Any Pi Chinese and Europeans; especially in our law which makes the principal's Ilability lo such. With regard to the liability of existing sengers who may be stopping at hotels in Colonial possessions; because it has been a case depend on the beast received by the stocks: All petrolaum which may at the Hongkong on board of account man he found that the resulting race it all Mongolian, principal has obviously no application to an eammencement of this ordinance be stored in sure and be on board of the regular steamer in without ever a trace of the Caucasian. From other and entirely different at of circum- any licensed store shall be liable to the duty local garder will render orty decor and this physiologists argue that such virility and stances, where the question of benefit to the imposed by this ordinance and the provisions

every to thon in Kaiting to and from the local scaner, fluance outside of pure nationality; for it is clear that that rule is based on the fact that and payment of duty and romsoval from datiable persistent heredity must be due to some in-principal is sat an ingredient of the case. It of this ordinance with regard to liability to Upin the return of these passengers to Canton by regular alcamor they will be met by a sform

upsets the Mendelian law of heredity; and the principal has benefited: it is by no means petroleum stores, shall apply to all such patro tender, which will, transfer them back to the

the conclusion has been forced upon them that clear that his liability is not Baked to that lonm and to the licensees of all licensed we must look to opium as the predisposing cause benefit. But to apply that rule to every case MoreS Cleveland.

of such persistent virility. Therefore, carrying and to say that the principal is not šlable unless On inquiry at several shops, this morning, Canton pay No 2 (250 persons), who visit argument to its logical conclusion the inference he has beteljed is, as t sald just now, to deny the price of oil was quoted unchanged and in 'Canton Wilday, will fiolsh visiting the sights of is irresistibly forced upon one that the oplam that a principal is aver Ulable for his agents some cases the shopkeepers had on knowledge Hongkong Saturday, having Independent ac habit has more to recommend it than the alcohol fraud.

of the tax. Those who had heard if it, however, Hosle the forenoon, lunch at Hongkong and cocains habits; and that it does not deter. The necessity for this analyals shows, I think, were bually engaged in prosecuting, loquiries Hotel 42 11,10 mm; and leave from 1 to 3 pm. tomate the virility of the race, which alcohol and how much mere true it in to say that the fraud aad maanwhile, though willing to sell a small from Faak Trans Station for the Fek of ong cocaine undoubtedly do. Therefore, taking it is against the principal and not against the quantity, they would not dispose of any con kong returning from 4 to 5.30 p.m. Rickshawsthese facts into consideration it seems a pity customer,

derable number of cases at the old figure of foralsbid to and from Peak Tram Station, that the British race should have championed I cannot conceive a stmplar case of liability three dollar. Before the day if out, the tax › Canton Panty No. 1 (24 persons) will have in- the anti-opiam campaign, to the detriment of its of a principal for his agent's feand. It falls well will have become a matter of commda know. dependant action. is sim forsupon, lunch at 11, revenue, and as osicainted to lend to the use of i witain Bwire s. Francif, but it in not necsisáry lodge amongst the deslers, and the price will

suvel and foste the hoisini a much more harmful, drugs, 2

gren to rest the case on that 'choclates? They have risen accordingly.

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proved most useful in forewarning shipmasters The signals established on Padaran havo

of the weather they might encounter in the China Sea, but while these were aaally read by ships bound up from Saigon, they were gene In the typhoon season, choose the, westward rente ap from Singapore and pass to the sart- Vladivostok, Nav."13. ward of Palo decir de Mer. With reposting The vessel Prosper arrived, here yesterday station established on Cape Varalia the un- from Imperatoraky Fort with the crew of the xious shipmaster will be enabled to get the British steamer Byport (1), which has been latest wasther signal before leaving the vicinity destroyed by fire. The circumstances attend of the land and the shelter of Kam Rank Bay ing the boring of the vessel are curious. It to strike across for Hongkong, and it is an appears, according to the story of the men, to-inooration that will be greatly appreciated by was loaded with 2,000 tons of timber, be produced in the Dalmy Vostok, that the Ryport marinars using that ronte.

The days are long since passed when the longing to the Gley Company. On leaving sallos was content to rely on his barometer Imperatoriky Fort, the engine-room hands and the algus of the sky for warning of ap called the captain's attention to the extraordiproaching bad weather." We have come to - nary beat in the engine-room and expressed learn that it is not so much the atmospheric the opinion that the coal in the hitakers had conditions prevailing la our Immediate neigh- caught fire, in which case it was dangerous to bourhood that can give us adequate warning of proceed on the journey, The captalo, it is an approaching typhoon, but the conditions. of the men and continued the voyage. Mean- and of which the rallor can necessarily know alleged, paid no attention to the representations that obtain perhaps thousand miles away, while the best gradually increased, wail it was dothing without the aid of the invaluable me almost impossible for the stokers to work. In teorological observatories by which depressions these conditions the steamer proceeded for are registered and recorded, and the ne lass eighty miles from the port. The man thes en valuable semaphore service by which the know- deavoured to induce the captain to return, but Indgs so gained: is trabsmitted to him as ha crew then lost patience, and, forcibly removing he still declined to listen to their advice. The passes.

*? It Is for this reason that we hall the erection. the captain from the bridge, placed the of each new signal station as one more link in vessel in charge of the mate ordering him the chain of knowledge which, in this case, la to proceed to Imperatorsky Port The sorely power; power not to conquer the slas vessel was accordingly turned and brought mental warfare of the typhoon, but by the aid v back. By this time there was no doubt the of the warning gives, to sinds it, and by sosk vessel was on fire, as smoke was living from log safety in timely, dight, to show, that prude the coal-holds. On the port being reached an ence which, we are taught, la the batter part of attempt, was made to open the sea cocks, le valoaz. order to sink the ship, but they were stopped the time, we kopo, is coming when svaty up. The stormer continued to burn for ten lighthouse, on the Chilas Coast, by the aid of days all the 18th. An action has been flad wireless telegraphy, will be ausbird to give to in connection with the lost" of the vessel (pro. prasing ships the latest meteorological report;: sumably araiam thatcaptalo). The crew wers and by forewarning the marisarito mantova summoned to appear at the British Consulate in from his mind that empation of all cubuletes „Vladivostok en their arrival na che port thu saniwty of the náladu

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