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Intimation.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY MAY 26 1910

JURY STOP THE CABE,

PRISONER DISCHARGED BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE.

Stores Committee. With all the Londoner's THB TAIKOO DOLR'S PATALI71,"day and track the deceased then he must be thoroughness the scheme provides for á water supply sufficient for every probable re- quirement, allowing for progressive increase in population, for the next thirty years. T'en million ninc, hundred and thirty-eight S. WATSON & CO., thousand odd pounds sterling very dearly eleven million-is to be the total capital

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Before Hon. Mr. W. Recs-Davior, E.C., Act ing Chief Justice, at the Supreme Court this

either a locatic or he must have had a motive. He submitted that if the Crown could have provada motive thy would have done so. The fact of the matter was that there waL DO molive. The witnesses for the Crown" wgra all lists-be would, not say there had been discr ncies to the evidence but he would use the plain word "liers." If the jury thought

ANOTHER HONGKONG RUBBER CO.

SUMATRA PROPOSITION:

Following upon the successful flotation, by private subscription, of the Teerangie Rubber Co., Ld., the news of another Sumatra proposi tion being taken up in Hongkong, by the

A TRAGEDY OF THE SEA.

BFQUE LOSES COURSE IN HEAVY WEATHER."

¡A MONTH WITHOUT WATER. A tragedy of thin, sen, the rending of which sounds more like the fictlanni writings of Clark Russell than a chapter is the life of a living man, was brought to light on 17th just, on the

qutlay for this period. There will not be morning, the cabe was resumed in which Y they had heard enough, they could stop the successful promoters of the senior company Singapore. Yet the evidence is so clear, aud

Chau was indicted on a charge of the wilful murder of a boiler-maker at the Taikoo Docks en the 24th March last. Mr. M. W. Slade, K.C., Acting Attorney-General, instructed by Mr H. L. Dennys, Sr., from the Crown Solicitor's Office, appeared for the Crown, and Mr. Eldon Potter, inulracted by Mr. E Dâvidson, of Messrs. Hastings and Hastings, was for the defendant.

the slightest difficulty in finding this enor mous sum, On the contrary, there will be keen competition among investors to put their fooney into the scheme. The share. holders in ather Water Companies have been fortunate in London. That is one per fectly safe investment-whether munici palised or not. For if the water supply be municipalised, the payments of interest on money invented are absolutely guaranteed. There can be nothing safer in this unsafe

The following ware the jury:-Meusta, W. J. Kattey (forsman), A: K. Rahman, J. H. Seth, F. van Kees, T. Barnett, G. M. Dalgety, and C. H. Lyson.

case and it would not be necessary for him to call evidence.

At this point, the foreman of the jury an- Dounced that six out of the seven jurors were of the opinion that they had heard enough, His Lordship--What do you say, Mr Slade ? Mr. Slade The position is peculiar, Mr. Polter-There's nothing peculiar about

Mr. Slade-My friend has adopted an Irte gular course. He has asked the jury to stop the case before telling them if he intended

it.

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arrival of the Blue Funnel liner Telemachus at

so far as he is able, is corroborated by the cap. tain, of the above mentioned vessel, that there is no reason to look upon the tale as anything but the truth.

will not be received with surprise by the Hongkong Investors. Hongkong propositions in rubber ventures, "unlike. those hatched not. ten thousand miles from the Colony, with any fanfare of are not heralded

Briefly the facta disclose that the three hand trumpets, or meretiicious inducements by ed schooner rigged barque Sen. Quien, of Mahe, "boom whackers."Those responsible for the

la the Seychelle Islands, which left that promotion of this second company with head

port during the early part of January, was office in Hongkong, for exploiting rubber as caught in very heavy weather and was blown genuise enterprise; rely solely upon the pro-a-considerable way out of its course. Alter milux merits of the concern for its success. cruising about for some time, they still were The prospectus of the new company, therefore unable to sight innd, and provisions ran out,

world. And if not,, the experience of the On opening bis address for the defence, Mr. calling any evidence. Having done that, he is not yet public property, in the sense that 14 The crew of thra's were reduced to drinking

past proves that there is no more profitable Potter .ted that is learned friend had and paying investment than shares in a said that be was tore to try and have water company. The Metropolitan Water his client acquitted anyway he could it most strenuously urged that that was not the Board has therefore quite rightly decided to approve of the scheme, and to authorise the case lie was not there to try and obtain an introduction of a bill accordingly in the textual bow he could. He was there to try and bave the prisoner acquitted by all the session of Parliament. But-and here is legitimate micaas in bis power.

Mr. Slade said his friend had misconstrued Lis words. Everyone sa the Court-room except Mr. Potter knew exactly what he meant,

Mr. Potter said he was willing to accept his

friend's statement but he did not believe that the words complained of bad produced upon everybody the barmless effect which he was sore his.friend had meant,

Proceeding, Mr. Potter said that there were two ways of obtaining an acquittal. One way was when the Crown failed to make our a

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has not been advertised in the business columns

of a newspaper and beyond the fact that it circulates from hand to, band among a small circle of intending investors who are likely to interest themselves in this new but attrac

company withla

states what he conceives is going to be the evi- dence of the witnesses for the defence, which the Crown has had no opportunity of knowing and having been given no opportunity of cross examining the witnesses. I don't desire to con vict a man against the jury's conscience, but*five field for remunerative investment of am not inclived to let the jury return a verdict until I have had an opportunity of correcting certain very glaring misconceptions which may possibly be in their minds as a result of my friend's address, which has been undoubtedly ingenious but glaringly misleading."

Mr. Potter-My Lord, my friend is trying to introduce a system which, has never been at- tempted before. If my learned friend tried to introduce it at home, well, the judge would tell bins things. Why, it is unheard of......

His Lordship-I'm not prepared to say that Whether it is worth while` or pot is gaite an-` other maller."

After further discussion, the jury without re-

titing returned a verdict of not guilty on the charge of manslaughter by six to one and prisoner was acquilted.

WATER POLO.

FIRST MATCH OF THE SEASON. The opening match of the seaso; between the Victoria Recreation Cub and the "Buffa,' which took place yesterday afternos, in the Naval Ordnance Camber before a good may spectators, re:mited in a v cto y la the Civilians. The coloured water and abundance of jelly Gab made the game pretty lively for the swimmers, spent the later, who were responsible for a good deal of the "blue" language used, Mr. W. J. Carroll acted as referee, and Mr. Carl Buoji as timekeeper.

the "onc satiric touch-there were two dissentients to the rote of the Board, The first, Mr. Alderman E. H. Tripp objected to the scheme, and as tar as his remarks on the subject are suscep. tible of rational interpretation they merely. amount to this-that it was no good pro- viding a water supply large enough for a larger population than there was at present, What as nobody could tell with any certainty the population was going to be.. Politeness case. Secondly, an acquittal could be obtained must have forbidden his hearers from retort- when the Crown succeeded in making out a case but when the defence called evidence ing that nobody would have to wait while his ears grew longer to see the population of which negatived the Crown's evidence, or it any reasonable doubt was raised in the minds London increase. The second opponent

of the jury. In that case, the prosecution were was funnier still. He had two objections to

a long way off from having proved their case "putting up in a limited area of the Thames One of the finest rules of their foc English Valley a certain number of pentolds full of law was that a man is considered innocent til water." The first was that an carlhquake he is proved guilty. From the moment the might happen, Why so might! There prisoner stepped into the dock he

innocent and remained in that position fore, Oh good people of Hongkong, we must

all he was proved guilty. In other words, by similar reasoning instantly, cease all ex- tension of the Taitadi seservoir. The second the onus lay on the prosecution. As the learn. ed Attorney-General well put it, it was the duty was that the one weak spot in the defences of the prosecution to by the case impartially of London was that the water supply was 60 before the jury. The first veidi wasich could far afield that it would be possible to cut off be returned was a verdict of wiliul murder, is one of the great counties that supplied Lon, which case the sentence must necessarily ba.

Cloke opened the scoring for the Buffs at the don. Deary, deary Only the other day one of death. The second verdict was that of Straitscomtemporary (who by the way succeed. manslaughter, in which case the scatence very commencement of the game, but in less ed in inventing a "spy scare" in Hongkong could consist of one day or imprisonment for than a minute after A. H. Carroll equalised over that japanese who was caught sketching lile. The third verdict was, of course, that of After a good deal of fast play the Civilians not guilty. The jury, however, were, not con-managed to score another couple to their cre- foris on His Majesty's property at Lyemooncerned with the amount of the sentence. That dit, half time being called with the score 3-1. A. S. WATSON & CO., apparently proud of his nice new defences was a matter for his Lordship. it was pos The Club had matters nearly all their own at Singapore ventured to jerr at our woodensible, however, that they might find prisoner way in the second spell and added two more guds and tin soldiers, and told us that our guilty of manslaughter but he would submit goals to their score. Cloke of the "Bulls," water supply was so central that in a coming that prisoner was innocent of that charge. however, added another for his side just belore war it would be all up with us in a week, the Counsel then proceeded to read the defici- time, the foal result standing at 5 goals to a retervoirs would be "shelted from over the tion of voluntary manslaughter" zu laid down by what Counsel described as the Peak," Therefore again, my masters, we must not go on with the extension of that greatest authority on criminal law--Archibald How bad the Crown dealt in that case ? Taitan Reservoir. The Opposition says no

The Crown bad stated in open Court that on these weighty grounds, first that the they could not safely ask the jury to returo scheme costs money, and we wam to build verdict of wilful murder. So they were ques bandstands; secondly, that nobody can tell perfectly entitled to leave out the with any certainly what the population of tion of wilful murde. They were not to return Hongkong-will be fifteen years hence, or and thirdly, that if an earthquake docs nol swallow up Pokfulam and Taitam tog, the

the year we don't know what destroy them "from over the Peak," while our gunners and our torpédoes are doing nothing, we don't know why.

Botiles will be charged for at the Rate of Sr.zo, per doren, and credited to fall on being returned in good condition.

LIMUDED,

HONGKONG and KOWLOON. Hongkong, 30th April, 1910.

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The Hengkong Gelegesys

PLAGUE, ITS CAUSE AND "PREVENTION"

DUE TO HABITS OF PEOPLE, NOT

DEFECTIVE SANITATION,,

At a recent meeting of the Viceroy of India's Legislative Council, two, ledise members ad. vanced the view with unusual confidence that the

salt water and eating raw fish which they were

able to catch. Lifs under such terrible cond

tions soon told on the mes, and the second hand died in the agonies of thirst. Soon after the captain also succumbed, and a lad of 19

surplus capital. That it is the intention of as left the sole accupant of the ill-fated bar. the promoters to ultimately place scrips que. He existed on the frugal diet of fish

the means of and what little rain water and dew he could. of the investors af small means,niso, is proved by catch until he was picked up by the Tele

machwr-on-May-7th,+p40-milan-from-Mabe,- the fact that they have made the face value of skates of the popular denomination of is. each, On board the liner he received every biod at. tention, and beyond looking somewhat emaciat- instead of, as in the case of the Tossargie Coed on his arrival at Singapore there was no of one of sterling. The new company will

other outward sign to show the terrible ordeal ba kodwa as the

through which he had passed... THE LAD'S STORY

BOENGEI RAMPAK RUBBER ISTATE, LD., and will have a gominal share capital of £80, ooo divided into 800,000 shares of 25. each.

The company has been formed to acquire and develop the Soengei Rampab Estate in Suma tra. The estate comprises 2,000 acres of land,¦ end of this area 700 acres have been planted up with Heven Brazilienste; and an additional 300 acres will be put under rubber in the course of the current year, It is also contemplated to plaut 200 acres more by December next, leav: lug the remaining 500 acres to be planted in

1911.

THE PURCHASE CONSIDERATION" of the property is £38,000, of which the ven- 180,000 fully paid shares. They reserve to dors accept £10,000 in cash and the balance in themselves the option of taking up shares si par value to the extent of 100,000; such option to be exercisable within five years.

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SUBSCRIPTION OFFER,

Only 420,000 shares dre-offered for private subscription, 6d, being paid on application and a like amount on allotment, and the balance not before January next as required. It is believed that the captial will be ample for all develop ment purpose's within the estate,

PLANTING.

So far the 700 acres have been planted with 16,0co trees and arrangements have been made to plant 1,070 more in jade next. By. Decem ber the management bope to have the roco acros planted up with no less than 108,000 trees, that is, 108 trees to the acre.

SI1UATION.

The estate is situated in the Bedaxel district of Sumatra and is within easy reach--not more than one mile distant of the railway station of Rampah and Bamban. The concession is held for 7 years, option 50 years more. Expert report states that the property in in excellent condition and is so situated

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1910.

THE OPPOSITION AGAIN, An American after a prolonged visit to London was asked on his return how he had even five years hence, or one year hence is prove there was no manslaughter. The fered, terribly was due to the Government's liked the climate. His reply was that he badn't noticed any climate, but had experienc ed a deal of weather. Two Chinese, who it shells of, we don't know what coemy, will in this comment to make that in spite of Surgeon General Lackis, wbone speech is pot

a verdict which was pot asked for. The only reason Europeans in India escaped the ravages that the soil holds all the conditions favourable

of plague whereas the lodian population auf- to rubber plantation and development,

different times had lived in England, were asked what they thought of the English sum mer. One replied that he had seen no sum. mer in England, that the middle months of the year there were very like a cold rainy winter anywhere south of Shanghai. The ather said that he had suffered dreadfully from the heat. It had happened to be one of those queer exceptional years when Eng land really has a summer, and too much of

thing, therefore, he was concerned with was

Crown were actually afraid to rely on the evidence of theis, own witnesses. He had

the Attorney-General's decision not to ask for a verdict of wilful murder, the wretch ed min in the dock was indicted on a charge of murder, and the indictment was signed by the Attorney-General. That fact Daly increased the d fficulties of the defence.

Mr. Slade- can't stand these personal attacks. It's an absolute perversion of things, Mr. Potter-I'm making op personal attacks, Mr. Slade-Yoa aie, sir. I'm the Attorney General and signed the indictment: I am MESSRS. A. S. Wation & Co., Ld, pay a divi. willing to undertake all the responsibility. You have directed a personal attack on myself And I will deal with it later on.

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

A ROYAL saluie was fired at noon to-day in honour of Queen Mary's birthday.

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it. For it involved a water famine, not only dead of three per cent for 1999, in the country, but in some of the great cities, including part of London, The SIR John Jordan, K.C.H.G., the British Minister drought was felt most keenly, of course by to China, has arrived in London on leave.

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Lo Lisbon on the Eth june next.

the very poor quarters of the towns. The Tie Netherlands Trading Society has declared East End of Londoa knew what it meant to a dividend of nine per cent for the year tycg. be dry, outside as well as in. A fat police. man was put on "extra" in Trafalgar Square On completion of his term of service, Capt to protect the sacred fountains from the pro- Almeida of the Pasco da Gama, the Portuguese fane bodies of ppor 'little dry gutter-snipes craiser now in port, will relinquish the com yearning for a bath. It was amusing for pad of that vessel, Capt. Almeida preceeds onlookers to see him chasing two or three dripping little runaways. (they went THE friends in Hongkong of Mr. Plato Basto, clothes and all) while a waiting band Lieut..Commander of the Portugbass cruiser of lawless urchlos took advantage of Vasco da Gama, will be pleased to learn thal his retreating figure to Bop triumphant that gentleman has been appointed Goversor of Portuguese Congo. Mr. Fisto Basto leaves ly into the basin of the nearest foun tain. Back he would come, 'perspir- for Portugal in the 4ib prox, mis Siberia. ing and angry, but they would. jump TWENTY-tour Chiuzst appeared at the Magis. and flee laughing, and so on do cope. Iacy this morning for smoking cpium in a cer was felt that "something must, be done."tain establishment in the central district. The Of course it' needed two more such excep- two keepers were each fined $100 and the tionally dry seasons to really 'stir up the smokers had to pay $4 spiece. Another Chin happy-go-lucky Londoner. The latter has tho was fined $:50 for having prepared opium many virtues, bless him and one is that in bls possession and a further $100 for selling

the drug. when he really is stirred up he can't rest and won't let anyone else responsible iest until "something" is done, and thoroughly done. We think the public of Hongkong will be like that some day. The Metropoli- tain Water Board therefore considered the matter, which, after it had gone through all, the Committees and sub-Committees that the English love to appoint in every undertaking, from amateur theatricals to a new railway company, Aually crystallised into a scheme oblie it was passing through the Works and

COMMODORE Cresswell J. Eyres, who had just been appointed commodore at Hongkong, is as officer with a sound record of service. Ho was appointed a cadet in July, 1874, was pro- moted lieutenant in 1882, inking taking "bres frets," commander in 1897, and cap'ala in 1903. Captain Eyres was a middy of the old battleship Shah when she engaged the tabel tarrei ship Huascar, of the Feravian navy, off vie, in May, 1877 and he was a sub-lieutenant of the Hole during the Egyptian War, 1889 (medal and Khedive's star),

Mr. Potter-I've made no personal attack.. Mr. Slade-Absolutely..., Continuing, Mr. Potter said he had made no personal attack on Mr. Slade. To all intents and purposes, the man was before the Court

know that before,

failure to carry out a policy of sanitary im provement. A reply was promptly given by

without interest here:-He said;-1 did not intend to speak on this occasion, but I feel bound to correat the misapprehensions under which the hoo, members who have last spoken are laboaring with reference to the causation of plague. They infer that the reason why Europeans escape this fell disease' is that they are living in more sanitary surroundings than those which obtain in Indian cities and villages. Now, Sir, if there is one thing that we have tearot in the 13 years it is that plague has nothing whatever to do with pollusion of the soil, contamination of water supply, or defective drainage; and large sums of money have been spent by the Government without any effect as regards the checking, of the dis. ease. Recent discoveries

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proved that plague is essentially a disease of rats, and that the medium of communication betworn

Na lack of

LABOUR,

need be apprehended since as ample supply is drawable from Java, bere being at present on the estate mixed labour, representing fice Chinese and indentured Javanese and a few Bandarese. Altogether we understand that between 50s and 60s coolics are at present employed on the curate.

DIRECTORS.

The first directors of the Soengal Rampah Estato, Limited, are Meises. [. Pinckory and G Bailech. The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China are the Bankers: Messrs, Wilkinson and Grist have been retained as solicitors of the Company.

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CAPTAIN SCOTTS EXPEDITION.

SELECTING THE CREW FOR THE COMING ADVENTURE.

The story of the lad, a Franck Creole, named Josue Green, is as follows. The three handed schooner tigged baique Sco Queen is owned by my father, William Green, of Mabe, Seychelle Islands. In company with Anthendore Vidol, master, and Hessy Clothide, second hand, 1 sailed from Port Victoria, Maba, on January 8th, 1910, for Ause Royale, with a cargo of rice, intending to sail from there to L. Hedu Nord, for a cargo of guano for. Takamaki. Mahe. On January 9th the weather was very bad, a heavy rain falling and it was very misty. This continued until soon, when it cleared up. We then became aware that we had been blown out of our course and out of the sight of the islands. Our Captain did not know where we had got to. We sailed about, for a con

siderable time endeavouring to get a bight of land, but could not see any. We eventually sighted a Liverpool passenger steamor. The captain went on board and get como potatoes, calone and a keg of fresh water, "We were directed, to steer N. N. E. We continund sailing about not knowing our whereabouts and at all count of time and dates until all our fresh water was used up We occa sionally had iain and we collected all we possibly could. We caught some fish but having no fresh water or fuel we were unable to cook it, and had to eat it raw,

SALT WATER FOR A MONTH.

was reduced to "drisking salt water for quite a month before being rescued. I cannot remember all that happened ribe dates, but Henry Clabide died of thirst before our potatoes were finished and we put his body overboard. The captaie died some tinie.before

was rescued by the Telemachút, but I had not alter gth em ugh to hit his body overboard.. I saw two steamers before I was picked up, but evidently they did not so ce mo and sailed away. When I saw the Telemachus on May 7th I thought abę ould also pass me, she was going so fast. 1g've up all hope, but when I saw her turn and come up alongside me and a bottle of fresh water was lowered to me I had fresh water for the first time for

cannot say how many days. This revived me and I was taken on board the steamer, The Sex Quern after being overhauled by the mate was destroyed by fire, the body of the captain

and was capable of carrying four toas of cargo, being buried with it. My boat was 15 feet long and we traded round the Seychelle Islands Everything possible was done for me en the steamer and I am now feeling much better, They tell me on board the Telemacher that I was rescued in Lat 9 38 W. and Long. 65 34 E. 1,040 miles from Mahe.

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The captain of the Telemachus added a nota to the statement to the effect that the examina tion that was made of the boat went to prova

that the condition of affairs wat as stated by the lad is his statement.——Singapore Free Press. “ CHINESH IN BRITISH SHIPS,

on 28th ult., thei. views regarding the employ.

A deputation from the National Sailors' and' on a charge of wilful murder and the only rat and mat is the rat flea. What happens No vessel afloat will have a fizer crew than Firemen's Union put before the President of teason which could have led the Crown when plague breaks out amongst human beings the Terra Nova, Capt. Scott's ship for the the Board of Trade, at the Hours of Commons to sign the document was that they could is this. First of all the rats are attacked. So South Pole expedition, when the leaves the not have oppreciated the evidence. The soon as this happens, they begin to run away West India Docks early in June. It will be the meat of Chinesa, the language, text, and lasure jury were asked to relbin a verdict, of from the infected house, but in so doing they best crew it is possible to obtain anywhere, saldance against accidenta in mercantile mirise

ships. manslaughter but if prisoner was guilty of leave their nests behind them, and in these a member of the expedition last month.

Mr. Buxion, in reply, said he was alive to Each day, now, by twas and threes, the men masturbier, could they possibly conceive & eats are a large number of rat fleas. Now more cowardly or cold-blooded murder? Pri ordinarily the rat flea will not bite human are reporting themselves for service at the the dangers of the position. He desired to soner in that case would be guilty of murder beings, but when no rats are forthcoming they offices of the expedition and being sent dawo lessen the number of Chinese la British ships,

to the docks to the vessel. All are picked and he would do his best to bring about that - without any provocation whatever. The Crows are forced to do so, and thus they convey the for a verdict of wilful murder but he did not plague epidemic is started. in its leniency said that it could not sat ly ask infection to the inhabitants of the house and a men, selected by Capt. Scott himself, from the object. The Act of 19ed certainly was not It is obvious naval depate at Portsmouth and Chatham, and passed with any irtention of assisting or en therefore that the question of the prevan granted special leave by the Admiralty for couraging the increase of Chinese serving in Mr. Stade-You must not,sey that. You tion of plagus becomes one of domestic the expedition. Most of them are first-clses British ships. Fe thought perhaps there was an undoe slaim regarding the increase of Chi- knew it long before. I informed you of it.

pese. There had undoubledly been an in- bygiene, What is wanted is to teach patty officers who have seen service in His Addressing his Lordship, Mr. Slado said that the Indian public the danger of allow Majesty's ships in all quariess of the globe. A the usual practice in the Colony was to indicting the rat to remain a domestic animal few of them accompanied Capt. Scott in his dash crease, but the increase for some reason or man for murder in order to give him a chance and to advise them to try and prevent this by to the south in the Discovery. Every one of other was far greater in London than elte giving up the habit, of storing grain in the the crew hat boon, specially examined as to where. With regard to Chinese cisiming to of being represented by Counsel.

Mr. Polter--Gentlemen, my learned friend house, throwing remnants of food about in its physical fitness. All are stalwart, deep-cbered be British subjects, and thereby avoiding the bas accused me of improper conduct for say-viciuity, and by allowing collections of zubbish men, with arms and muscles capable of any ing I did not know he was going to withdraw bebied which fats can make their nests. So human fast of strength Their feath have been particularly losked 10, for-good sets are the charge of murder, Mr. Slide has given long as the rat remains a house dweller, so the explanation but 1, must say it never struck long will the danger of plague continas; and esential, me before. I'm only too glad to receive the until this fact is appreciated it is useless for the Government to squander large sums of explanation.

His Lordship-It struck me long ago.

móbay on sanitary improvements of doubtful Proceeding, Mr Potter said that all along value. I with, however, to state distinctly that the Crown had suggested no motive why in the must not be understood as deprecating sand middle of the zoon-day the prisoner, should tary improvements on general lives. I merely have rushed out and struck the deceased, He wish to point out that, as regards this pani

of it is the habits agreed that a motive was not necessary, cable and or can of care go the part of the but if it was true that prisoner rush Goverment which to largely responsible for si out in the middle of the porn | the persistence of the spidemic,,20

language test, he was going to see what would

be the best method of guarantee that the langoaga seat should be a really genuise and competent test for all practical purposes. For The Terra Nova is at present baving her his part, he would endeavour to incrdste tho boilers improved and is being prepared to take severity of the test. With the contest of the on board the vast quantities of foodstuffs and Home and India Offices, ha proposed to pub lith notices at all ports and elsewhere that Chl- stores of all kinds to be delivered in May.. Mr C. R. Mantes, ibn Thibotas traveller, has come nese and Luscars had the right to claim come pleted the purchase in Eastern Siberia of 30 passation from owners, and the Board of Trade leigh dogs and 27 Siberiau ponies for the intended to draw the Chinese authorities.com shore expeditions. These animals will be tice ip cases of accident, or death where there

could take the proper mainstay Pm KMAL shipped to New Zealand and picked up by the was no claimant for compensation, so that they Teren Nova there,