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THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY JANUARY 6 1911

America and Japanese ALLEGED THEFT OF DIAMOND

Unrest.

A REMARKABLE' CONFESSION.

WAR DESI ED, SAYS A JAPANESE. :

IN GAGE STREET,'.

ན་ ་ ད ན པཨིན TRIAL OF HAZEL LYNN TO-DÀY.

gih jakt.

B fore Sir Francis Piggott, Chief Justice, at the Cifminal ession this morning, Hazel Lyno was charged with the theft of three dia- monds, the property of Der's M rlowe, as 26th- October last, She pleaded not gely, The Atorney-Gebral, Hon. Mr. W, Rees Davies, KC. (instructed by Mr. H L. Dean's, Acting Crown Solicitar), ngpared for the Crwe; Mr. Eldon over (instructed by Vr. S sto Moins. Deacon, Luzker sod Deacor) appeared for has defence.

and I, C. Owen.

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at the back, and produced a lady's gew which

be asked witness to, examire to say whether or act the defendant could have fanced ap by herself?.

"Witness- I can't say, and in the first place that is not the gown,

Counsel-Bu could she have fastened it at the back hersel ? It has two overlapping sets of books and eyes; could she havo fationed these heise'f?

SANITARY BUARD,

MEETING THIS AFTERNOON.

3'd lost. A meeting of the Saaltary Board was bold this afternoon in the Board Room, Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe presided, and there wara.alaɔ prezent Hon. Mr. a. W. Brown (Registrar General), Hep. E. A. Hawal, Mr. A Shelton Hooper, Colonel Bedford, R.A.M.C. (Pincipal Medical Counse-Could you listen them ?

Officer), Lr. Fitzwiliams, De F. Clark --Witness—I don't know. I never were be

(Medical Officer of Health, Dr. W. W. Ientia gown,

The Attorney-General-Perhaps my fiload Mr. W. Bowen Rowlands (Secretary)."--:

(Assistant Medical Office of Health), ard

has made experiments.

Witness I don't krow.

Mr. at Ferhaps I bava. His Lord &ip-There are great mysteries the subject (laugh'e }

on

Mr. Iotter know the are, my La d. am approaching the unknown, I know,

In the course of the wines' cra sex unioa tlen teg`ring the beer-d-inking in defendant's

apartment was not con'umed. There were about twrbottles left.

It is strange lo fc that there is tru hin the first duties of His Excellenc: Viceroy Chang (abitace, inte uned from a three years' fer be prosecution, stated that the prisoner was room, she declared that all the beer in be

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slalemen's.

emangst

The following jur? were empinelled — Messrs. O, W. Alexandr, W. B. Stormer, H. Stephens. E. Ruby, i. Gourgey, J. S. Murray The Altaner General, lu opening the cisa American lil who resided at a Gage Street in the same house as the prosecutrix, Miss Marlowe. She girived at a Gago Street on 18lb October Tho diamends were missed on the úth. The inmates of the bous consisted of Miss Fare Lawrence (the landl dy) the prose corrix, the prisoner, and Miss Georgia Spercer Os 20h. October, the tree fatt-named went shopping together and other places tied Mesars, Grupp and Co's, Jewellers, where they saw Mr. Oto Wagener, no employes to the business,, who at Mis Marlow 1equest 7xamined her three dia- mand rings and told bar that the sttlingy appeared to be in order and the e was no danger if the stores filling out. From this day onwards the prosecutrix wore her rings continuously. About a quarter to two on the morning of the 26th she was esicep lu her owa. room when pelsoner came in, woke her up and then went out, returning again some len miontes later and asking her to unfasten her dress. At that time, the prisoner said that be would require

TO GET SOME MONEY

Consol D'd you want more beer? Whee-No.

THE DEATH RATE.

It was reported that during the week ended 1016 December the death fãs to the Colony- Iamoanted to roj per1,500 per annum of Iba populaìos, ns coins a ed with a tale of 203 fær ibo conosponding work of the previour yair..

ITALIAN CONVENT'S APPLICATION. " du application was submitted for permission to erect five water cicsste at the fùls n Con- vout in Cains Read

Bat you went to the ice chest looking for more heer?-es.

Why so. if you did not want iny more bier? -Becante wo might hayo wanted'it later op.

The case was adj urned till to-morrow

CRIMINAL SKSSIONE,

RSUMED TO-DAY.'

4th intt.

· This morning thẻ Décember "essions, post-, power from the 16th it, were esemed in' the Supreme Court brfar: Mr. justies F. A. Hixeland, i uvoo Judge.

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Dr. F. Clack minu'ed:-The Content n'W has five wate>classis fed (com the pub je malor.

They wish to erect another five in the new wir g

but will feed them by means of a well ind pump. Abo only question therofoin appears to bỏ whaihier they anoull be 'allowed to retaini the five ld ones with thar supply from the main, which they have had since 1894, or not, lo April list the Ho,re and the Governor in Council decided that not only the five cen cleants but also tha fize oli ooca s'ou'd be ti d' from the well sad, tunk. -The, prchitects say. that hey are unable to oi tain sufficient water | from a well to feed all lan ci rets and ask that the five, which have been supplied from the main since 1898 may remain and that the well bs used for the liva new cloras only. 1 advise: that this be allowed under the circumstances.

Colonel Bedford muutid that he agreed with the Medical Officer of Healib.

Mr. Hewit – in view of the present con. dition of our water supply, under no circum stances should water from the mains brused to dla bing parpests.

The M. C. His recommendation was.rp. proved in the matinn af Colonel B.dford, in loaded by Hos. Mr. Brewin.

******** MALAHIAL NULLAUST Further correspondenco: was laid on the table tel.tive to the training of nullahs in Bowen Roid to the cast of the Military Hospi-

Mers. H. Harcock, F. Dude, R. Sathe Jind, ini with a view to the stumping out of material A. Forbes, C. Straff rd, J, M. Vera and A. A de Luz

cr the exploitation of hlibest ustouched tracts gud to various commercial matters that have, of mineral deposits. Itira notorious fact, that een eccupying the attento sef virinus Comm. the Blish pioneer, who might expect at any bars (Commerce and associated Cha oboister rate the passive support of the supreme autho-kome years past, One of the main palets which rities in England, 100 often finds bis legitimato has got to be considered by the new Viceroy is demands repudiated by those is power at the matter of brigandigo. Heference in our Home. At this time of day it would servo li lie columnswillsbow that oa ofthethingató bili -purpose to recount all the aumerous ipstercés | His Exliency alluded int brigandage a dhe which could be cited in this respect. The past expressed the hops that, vid r'"h's m'e, decade itself has been fuitful of examples of brigandage w. u'd be suppices, asi happ:0

to view of the antico published in yesterday's this antipathetic attitude so often adopted by is our letter hom Canion to day we have Great Britain with regard to claims by ber reports often we outbreaks on the part of issc, as to the trouble to weeamerica and Japia, the following letters in the Evening the paviucial rabbeis nod bandits with the nationals for the falfilment of obligations by other Powers or interests. And lo no sphere resuit that many i ves have been lost nad mach Fou, New York, tre illoin pain-

a this moral pasilanimity on her part made booty bas been stolen and carried away view wt Henry H. Rogers, an officer in the Str-Mattoni on has been called to an Inter As a result of all these not only is Canton more apparent thin in the lack of that protec

artonal Guard, who says he has spent months Ion of our mercantile marine which is the very Government Lut, the ongkong Government

in study of m Itary matters in Germany and birthright of the magnificent seivice and should as well most ba ipsded to uacerinke drastic

Fran

ist the cen.ensus el oplaton and ba accorded without demur by the British meatures with the confident assurance that

amorg military meu 'n France and in Germany, people. Britain's power bas aired on the they will have the full support of the rew foundations lid securely by her sailor meich-V carey in uppressing the vis As our Can with wall he also grees, is that before the ants, and, to-day her very existence depends on correspodent points cut tod y incressi g compluti n of the Panama Catal Japan falcade to attack us, and that she will easily defeat on upon the strengib of bor marcantile marine and zumbers of dicoities and bigasdag in the pro

I bave lis ad quate protect on by the Royal Navy. Yet vince of Kworg Tung occur and it is one of the

the lut yer of which was spent in appareat anomaly that lo the very strength of to subdure god eradicare all the ev is that it 1: the Far East, India, Burman, she Straits Settle

men's, China, Japin, Korcë, ord Maacburia, Britate marica lies a grest wedkners. Waare exists The result of Viceroy Chang entering all congnisant of the direct encroachment from into his new sphero of lab:usert but maki drabt not that you agree with me that any which many of cur great poseer trade reu'es a new era of pro parity for the provinces serious discussion of these hobble-do-hoy baya effered within recent years with marned over, all of which be now by mperiai opinions is unnecessary. It may well be that decre presides eve. Oss thisg in parti French and Germ so military ex els suspect effect upon the bulk of our sational shipping

ed that this young person was typical of cur cular, that Viceroy Chang will have to husidiesi. And the worst of it is that in ex-

miny affis military powere, they might consider tha: a change for permitting the foreigner to compete deal with, oprt from the

castal raid by the Japaces, or even by the with us on level terms in the fields that we of Stale to which he referred in. bis ad.

Karens, into this county would be in the have opened up and developed we ricave dress at the Chinese Club is a puiat which has

DAEU-e of an exciting stegic pienic. The nothing to returo. In some cases, we get less been in a general sepse ignored in the "pas: by

the Viceroy of Canen. Ta is to say the suggestion that "the only way to lefluence the than noching india1: for our foreign rivals en

American Congressman 5'10 kick bim" will no eccasion make porch uè of mercantile, marius, previous V ceroys of Canton Fave for in n units or even solid fleets which had previously years past entirely disregarded he wishes arddrabi excite some curiosity as to the athe flown the Red Exsign and transfer them to not only tha w shes but the legitimate dimande e obility of the young person who propose their own, ibas securing (or them extended of the British merchants of Hongkong who to adopt it, and will be received with surprise privileges to fate ga pris whilst stili 10- have bad in under the no-fu fiment by many, and, perhaps, with 'regret by & low who have bine acconcimed to believe that the laining the free rights of British paris.' Is of treaty obligations, nather of the ques-

ifluence exerted by the power asociato with tips with which His Excellency the n is a regrettable fact that as time goes on,

will be faced is flitted it the Dome Heory H. Rogers bas usally been the number of foreign officers and men Viceroy

of a more s'orois + harcter. employed or ships of the British mercan-bas seker been suggested in diy journal by tile marge is steadily increasing. And so, the East nor in any circle of thought in be as it is laid down by the Imperial Maritime East, so far rs we are aware and th tiene el League, Hris merchant ships of which the the main lines of action which is Excellency officers an I crews are mainly foreigners might must follow in his sphero of activity in be British in Dams and a law, yet after the Canton must be the s ppression altogether of outbreak of a naval war they would be unlike dacity: The West Rive and its appoaches ly long to remain Belish In fact. For ships nie atthe present moment the west menaces so manned might require protection act only tza Chinese British trade shat exis's on the ngainal the enemy's cruisers, but also against whole of the Chien const. Trigandaĝo is ̋ra n- their own officers and er own crews, and pant Bri ish gun brats sent there are obalete, this latter protection the Ryel N vy, however Chinese gunbaits sent to the serncore r d cal powerful, could not supply. On the other hard,eux, Germen gui bolts come under the same it has always to be borne in mind that any class, In fact there is no such thing is de restrictia of the sources from which crews are fence in the inner d∙lia of the Yangtzz. supplied to British ships involves under exis Ling condition, loss to British shipowner, who are already affected by many legislative limitations. It requires therefore to be com sidered how best to increate the supply of Balt'sh mo'cantile rfficers and men, ind to Improve the position and prospects of thes without thereby casting any additional bord:n upon British shipowners. The question is one fraught with dificulier, the removal of which is at present engaging the attention it on greatest navil officers besides that of thou sands in the service. In certain quarters. effosta oto pow bring made to solve this im mense problem by the expedient of providing brig, r other means, for the purpose of trailing boys for the mercantile marina. These elfutts unfortunately betray sotal failure to ap- prehend the facts of the situation. For the paucity of British boys in that service is due not to any lack of previous training, but on the contrary, to the circumstance that the condi-

It is sincerely in be hoped that it is will be tions of life prevailing ia mosɩ Bri ish merchant.

the care and at the money will be depasi ed exzemely unattractive. Practical

with com reliable perarn, when Macmay be. experience ju plucing boys a British varselscled upon tu car it. There it just an Daly too well demonstra es this assertion. As a

essence of humour about the situation, and maiter of fact, the mfhs f Irining boys for

It is pleason to think, thật boxing is such sea service as able seamen are already in ex-

a paying game that a professional cin cars of the demand. The <llest of cur un stand out for a bet of no: less than flires official mariice patrinis bodies, the Mariaethausand. There are men in a different Society, which has been in beleg for upwards class altogether than anything we liave in of a hundred and fifty years has done and is India, who are content to cuck a side bet of still dolog work of unsurpassable Excellence in even 65, and here we have the man who this regard. Hut the difficulty of the Marine went down to Tiger Smili (a merinebidy a Society is first to fied ships for the boys wich Home) calling for ons of £20 if this gets to trained, and then, to induce these bags to the cars rf bezers in Eu1027 we shall net,d, a' app:oval of our trea'y allies, and would be room at (en o'clock and fouad the prison strakes of the birch.. mala in the service which they have entered: la villa of P. & O's to bring them cut thess mast, destructivs to the material pro tess of too many cases. Bach boys speedily show up happy hunting grounds where talk is in huu-Japan, but still it would seen to be the lesser the career in disgust if er á briel experience dreds its erd of fivers. This resalt is even more fr:quent in the lasfarce of lads who have known the order, the discipline, and the comfort of linining.bi.8 That some British merchantmen, even of the tramplus pesent concions les Iraclite are facts which aim at go without saying. The real problem then, fure which has to be solved, is how to improve the stato of affairs in the rest mass of British me chint ships, Here are contrasting difficul tes of much complexity and touching many diverse interests. The great bulk of the De marcantile marine cotists of teamp steamers and it is amongst these thit the deficiency of Britishy seamen in mst obvious. But in most cises, the cwpers of such steamers boys a'ready sufficien: cbstacles with which to con tend, without the imposition of additional -burdens by the State. Atary given memen', a lar.e percentage of British cargo-carriers is usually unemployed, and any exi a cost throw

men nie

ubat.

on the owners would only tend to increase that percentage, by diminishing still further the profi's acciu og í om capital-invested in cargo steamers. The effect of basty and ill-conside ed legislation might well be to deal a severe blow at one of the greatest of semio'ng British in.

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BOXING.

HILL LEWIS TO FIGHT IN PHILIPINES.

A wire was received on Thursd y sight which readi— Lewis leter received eccept terms beiter leave zpship leaves Manila after. Born first Denises Mr. Des sɔa iter anging that Lewis should meet a big coloured man at Zamboanga on Saturday, the rth of February or Monday, 3 h.

The fight coween Lexis and Stanton will probably be our little champion's last show Hongkong. This is on the 17th inst.

The Alan has been ruting Jack McAulif: 05 the grid of public cri esk Any mo, la India, there was a tespoise, and ho immediately losi t d on a sile het of at lerst Rs. 3,00

He chalinged

If it were not that I shrink fom the strain upon your spice and your courtesy, it would be easy, by a description of Jaza's gigantic tasks in Formose, in Ke ca, Atd in Mad churia, of her badensome debt, of the thest conveyed by two hind.ed thousand Russian solders in and about ber Manchurian terri- tory, of the impossibili y.of ob sising the sauc tion of her Biti h ally for such an attack, and of the difficulty in providing herself with trans portation and a sufficient guard flist, to dis. coyer to your readers how sciolistic are thes boyish vaporings.

Das of the jurors called was Me. ". W. Alex ardie, who asked to be excused fram service at he had been où du'y firm three o'clock yes.

lever.

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A letter from the Colonlal Sep etary cos- veyed the intimation that the Government had decided to take is hand at once the work of

ed of as sources of contig o 2,'an iba basis of a repon mide upon them by the Medical Officer of Health.

ALLFORD INTENT TO MURDER, The first cave called was that in which Yuen Tong Hop wat ebirged with laving on 20th Though it may be wil knewn hare that the

October last at T a sbime, Shaukiwan, shot with a few leer one Lam Fak with intertits present bester of the name Henry H. Regers

murder and kernatively with having shot with is on tauence fizconsiderable weight in poli tical, intelectual, er dip'omatic affai's hero,

having at the time and place forerad taken his pinigus may receive consideration in shoul. A little afterwards she left the room.net to do grievous bodily harm also with Prosecutrix cime downstairs about 48.m," and putibue infilium breuga igrorance.

pert in an armed sabb r. He pleaded not make bold to const upon yra as an ally to went with prisoner to visit some other houses

rosecution fortie Crawa waiconduced-by: counrejret such-mitchiev-us--and sop:fiziella.the seighbourhood, bat finding them closed, guily.

returned to their cw, house and went up to prosecutrix's bed-room, when, it appeared, they Mr. C. G. Alabaster is tuct, d by Mr. H. L. the flowing jury were empanelled :- together with Miss Spencer bad same beer-Denys, ir, of the Crow Solicitor's office. some five toules. At this time Miss Spencer saw the diamond rings on iss Marlowe's fin. geir. At o'clock the same morning the pro secattix west to bed and awake at bill-past five in the aftermone to find the si s sli ter fingers bat the diamonds missing este cuted 'fiem their setting. She made a com- plaint to Miss Laure ce, the mistest, who came almost at once with her to the priserer's room where they found her asleep and showed her the empty rings. The police were sen! for and she was arrested. So far as the direct evidence egiinst the prisoner WIT concerned, the proreentrix could merely

Mr. Alabaster, in opening, the case for the tay that while half-asleep the seemed to semimber the prisner bending over ber

prosecution stated that on the night in ques- ion about half an hour after midnight a kang and pulling her over on to her left side, There had bret a considerable amount of of tabbers of whom the prisoner was charged drink consumed, which accounted for the with leisg ene, went to a boure in this neigh somewhit hary memory of the winesis.bourhood, armed with various wespans, and However, the prosecurix's wash-amah said ransacked it. They also sit fire to the mas. that about ten o'clock she went into the priquito set. The prisoner was armed with soper's room and si ho together with Miss revolver, with which rae of the inmates was Maria wa Ind Miss Speater Her misties not arrested unia moth later, on board a told her to wake her at tiffin time. Att overboard but there were found on bis reson

teamer. When arcited be thew alevalver ).

a number of cartridges of the same kind as that which war extrac'ed from the body of the jejured mio. Frisoner nude a statement at the police station, admiting that be was pre- sent at the time of the int bary but remained outside the door. Be counted for his poises: stea of the cart idges by saying that be got them from aceiter man to keep for him.

terday akernoon net ht o'clock this mod-traiting the avilabs which had been complain. 10g.

His Lordship -H. va you bren at the fire? Mr. Alexander-Yes, your lordship. His Lordship-Turn you will be excure

New York, November 17,

FRICE CO LIER.

Sig-The er ument presented by Mt. Price Coller in his le ta publ aved in your paper as so why Mr. Ro, ers's statement of the posibility of a war with Japin should not receive cre- deuce, ends by hunnsacing as his spied xt that war is not tale exceed because Japan has gigantic task in Formosa, Korer, Mau churia, has a burdensome deb, and is threaten ed by two bundred thousand Russian soldiers, Mr. Collier evidently has failed to observe the pertinency of these condi lons.

Recepty I received a letter from a promin cat backer in Jap n--ore well known in this coustry-in which be says: " om worried abost the conditions of my country. Japan is Sffering from her inordinately rapid develop men'; her people are restive; they attribute the ills under which they are suffering to the verzi at, rnd I fear that th: gever meat will be obliged, in order to save iratif and privest an absolue cadition of anarchy, to diven the minds of the people by a war of some kind which will excite their patriolism. realize that such a war would unt receive the

vit. We have little fear of Rasels, as Russia has learned that we me suffering from our success in the to was, and dios cot care to Increase her prerelt tordens"

GEO. H. BENJAMINA

New York, Nevimber 21.

MR PRICE COLLIER KNOW HERE,

While Bombardier Wel's was winning the qualfing competition for the discovery of a heavy-weight boxing champion of England, the Cambridge University Vieitmia's nod No. vices' conterts introduced us 10 a new and very promising amateur at the weight in na leis a person than G. W. V. Hopley, a brother of the fimas "F. J. V" Young Hopley.

Mr Price Collier sp at some time in Horg. tinds well over six feet, and weight keng in the early part of last year and was somewhere about far, and gives, every Pearenaiced by several praa ident residents. mise of developing into as great a boxer as it brother, who was without a doubt the finest amateur heavy weight of his day. It has been sud by many can judges that, had jabo Hop'ey been properly trained, he would have been one of the very best at the weight Eng. lard has ever produced, either amateur or pro- fessional. He was a great athlete, and a real good fellow In bit Varsity days, ned,it is a got pity that he should have failed so coo.

SIR HENRY MAY KS ́A PACHTSMAN,

CLUB COLLEAGUES TO MEET RETIRING COLONIAL SECRETARY ON SATURDAY,

sistently in his ende av us to pass his legallay will be very much icl: by the Royal The departure of Sir Harry May from the eximications. At the momert he is with his Hongkong Yi chi Club, whose Commodire he father, Judge Hopley, ia South Africa,

was for ten years, nice of which were coa- -secalive from 8gy to 19253.

The usual fortnightly races take place on Sa u day next and will probably be the last in which Sir Henry May will be able to partici-

o'clock she went to call her but failed to wik her up. At hall-past five o'clock ste west op again and her mistress immedia ely con- plained of the

LOSS OF HER DIAMONDS. An important witness the prosecution was resewing amab. The land ady was cut out all meroing. This amih, who was sting ou side the rooms on a settee, said that she saw the prisoner en er the prosecutrix's room three times between half-pa t three and tiffin-time, | no one cccasios remaining about half-an-hrue- The house ccolie said he wet to porco six's coming out and she told him to go as his mistress was asleep. The tentegs of this logs had been forced open and there was a whitish depes.-left on use of the rngs, which on being analysed turned out to be saiphate of zinc. The allegation was that the prisoner was the on'y lady in the house who had sulphate of zinc is be possession. In the prisoner's room cext day weie fund a pairol tweezizi, general ly used for polling cut him. These tweerus were slightly bent. The suggestion of the pro-

on il ten o'clock to-marrow.

Mr. Alexander-Thank you

Esilence was then taken. TEC Jury found to prisiarr gaily on the recond and third carols, and sentenco wat passed of 14 years' pen 1 ssivitude with 74

POLICH SPORTS.

A FAREWELL PRESENTATION.

4th in't. On Monday of ersoon the actual children's sports in connection with the Police Force were fold it Happy V.l'ey, and the prizes wos were presented by Mr. F. ] Dadeley. Auramcuni of luo was provided for the youngsters and a very pleasnal time was spent in ea:sonable revelry. As psual particular interest cea'r d in the Christmas tree which was denuded of its g'cries to the accompaniment of old-fashioned expres sious cf delight in peor R. Festen a Father Christmas was a figure much to be admired and was indeed raved "diwn to the grouod"

srcation wis that it was with these that the diamond stones were extracted from the present c.adilion rings and that their showed that they must have been used for some such purpose. One of the roge had sulphate of zinc on it and upon the

jor and the washstand in the pitore's to min his frolicsome ré. Sergeant Pitt also did was also fouad salphate of zinc. persen could bave grt into the room that morning, and op other perion but the amab, went in except the flower-man whs went in in Mower pot. There could have brea company with the amah ani took down a

o olberyeoman re vire in a cher cler costume of his owa desiga. The band of the arth Rajputs under Bindmaster Coke was also present and played lively masiç during the afternoon.

The results of the speris evants ware as fɔl- lows:-

No Entrance made

Geat. Rict: Mɛ ·P. P. J. Wodehouse. Baya Over Teal, Wụ Là ghyi 1, H. Langley from the street as the windows of the rocm were balted on the inside, The Iteny ff the Cocoanut Shy: Mrs. Keni; 2, Mrs. Robert prosecution-it wat only a theory was tha100; 3. Mas, Gordon. Skipplag ompetitions the proper catered the room, that the prosecu-1, Miss Bater; 1, Mia Gerard Veterans Race: trix was probably very far gone io l'quor, that S. M. Higby: 2, Inspector Robertsar 3. these rlogs were taken from prosecutrix's fingers Inspecter Cimeren. Ifants' Race: Dorothy sominated by Vra. Gordoaj 2, Mr. Boulger, nominated by Miss Robertson. Egy nad pos Race: 1. Mrs. Wilgtı; 1, Miss Rotadabi ; 3 Mrs. Gordan,

dourles. Sothat any 'mproveme sitä be effected's afternoon, the case io which Woug The Commodore and Committee of the Club | and carried into her own room adjoining, that Baker. Button Sawing T, Mr. McLeoden,

must be dose without this danger ercurring The real and only remedy, in cur opinion, lies in the extention at privilege: in Breth mooned ships all over the fish mpre, if they wera g via preferential advantages in the coastwies trade as is done in the case of other countries to their own shipping, a much needed improvement woula probably, ba effected slaca! autimaticilly. Certainly the time for some active remedial measures-bas

long slace arrived.

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The Fegistrar-Geroral minuled :-Wera any atopherds found in these nullaha? What about the aqllabs in other Icalities?

Mr. Shel as mooper: -Very satufictory. Dr. Fer villiams:-I agree with Mr. Shal ton Hopper and hops that the numbers of cases from this dict daring the next fira moths will be least an those reported since the matter was i iss bef,re the Board.

la reply to the Registrar-General's mloa'e, Dr. Clark stated that as the result of previoan investigatos, anopheles marquitoes had been found to exist in these uscabs in question.

A SOLICITONS ENGAGEMENT,

News has just reached the Colony that Mr. Frank orrigion Peleas of Messrs. Deacon 1er and Deccan is engaged to be married at en chly due, M. Dsacon is at present en 10ste to New Zealand for the benefit of his bral h, which has been esnaiderably impaired, because of the accident he met with on the race care about a year ago and from which he bas never entirely recovered.

ITALIAN CONVENT EMERGENCY FUND.

The Superi ress:f the Italian Convent begi to acknowledge with gratefal thanks, the follow lng dinations tithe above fund :-

M. Maria Rora d' Assvedo,

Kowloon

$ 00:0 Mr. N.-J. Stabb, of the Hoog-

kong and Shanghal Bank ... 1ks Toller, of the Army Nursiok

Savice

Mr. Ha Fook...

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SPORTING.

TOMORROW'S FIXTURES,

The fixtures for to-morrow'ara as followsr.......

LEAGUE CRICKET,

Royal Engineers r Kowloon Cricket Club, on the Military Cround

Folce e Civil Service on the Police Ground, Hongkong Oicket Club "a" or "Yorks,”

the Club G

THE CONSPIRACY CASE, Belers Mr. E. R. all'ax atthe Maghtacy Kin, a one-tims stade is the, Colony, and two others are charged with alleged conspiracy therefore specially request that every member the diamant's were then extracted in ter room brothers with intert to come into possession point (falterdag at the Cq sense on Sateric found on the ring being found in the floor to murder two of the first defendant's younger who can passibly co so, will make a special which would account for the same sulphate of cerale property lif, by the Jalter's father, was day aficinoon sex, the 7: January, at 4 of her own raam. He (the Att.rsty Geatral)

At the conclusion of the sportr, an adj.am- continued.

p'clock, to rap farewell to Sir Henry May, who did not know why the sulphate of tiac was pai Hen Hang, a Chinese Police-sergeant, stattd is one of the oldest members of the Club and on the ring, but ne anders and that it crystallis ment was made to the Cinb House where one that he knew Mak Kia (she fi at witness) for the | who bas Cote so much for it.

ed readily and that if a sufficient amouet bad aud all foined in making pleasant the ceremony last bien fors. The ir ters produced were

to be deposited on the gold of the ing it might of saying farewell to Sergeant A. Wilson, who braught to him by Mak Kin and be reported

ssume an appearance as though the stone-i-goi- Heme-en-pension-after filieen-years service in the Cooty. The sp kesman for the occ Bion was aspec'or W. Withere, who in an appropriata spreh hide the popular Sergeant Kad apred io bis voyage to the Homsland and assured him of the lasting estimation in which he would be held by the members of the Police Force la general and this Police Recreatica Club In particular. Inspector Whhers then

The following have broa selected to play for handed to Bergeant Wilres a ba drome gald watch and chain as a memento from his friend" | the "A" tram i-Hop. Dr. J. M. Alkinion. Dr. in the Force and a token of their regard and 6, E. Abbrey, 4. A: Claxien, I. Hancock, R. esteems far bim. Ser exet "Tag" made a Hadcock, G. &. Ha tngs, P. Jacke, H. B. characteristic reply and toasts werd afterwards takin, Rev. S. W. Payne, T. H. Pearc, R, P. exchanged.

the matter to Mr. Hanson. On the 14th Decem-HONgkong's anNUAL REPORT. ber last, be accompanied Mr. Hanson und

THB AFFAIRS OF KWONG TUNG,[ two other Chineza détectives to No. 34, Elgio The Ancual Report on Hongkong for the

6 h January.) It is quite within the nature of things that weshouldtakecozaisance of the order which has broa recently given as regards the administra tion. One of the mais points laid down by the Imperial authorities is that all gambling should be suppressed because it leads to shelt and the prevalence of bandini.· From the reports that we have got fjem our accredited correspondents and the Canton littoral it appears that there reports contain far mera serious rows that what we originally expected to to the cust; because we tavs

Stren. Li Fook Roat up first and then they followed. The chop producet was found by bim in the sitting oam on a table.

Mr. Gardiner Did you make a careful search for other chops?-Yes.

Al you found which way useful and not use- ful ye brought to the station?-Yes,

Mr. Dawley-That is my case," your Wor- ship.

duced.

was still there,

Evidence was then fed.

chiding to cur advisers heard that dicoity and whelber he will send iña cõng to the Sessions sati:factory, the fijures showing o sebitzplial the rings ctomily yet not in a way that would

SMALL VALUE SHARES IN KIAO-CAOW,

oa

-Craigengower Cricket Club to the Remnants

the tormer's graeni at 2.15 pm. The Cragrogower will be representel by the following in their mich apsits: tho "Remsants"-L E. Eammer, H. H. Taylor, L. A. Rost, W. II. Vivensb, R. & Carval 10, E,

Braga, J. V. Braga, P. Coris, I, D. Nolia. C. Higgenbotham and R. Bass.

Thanfield,

The fallowing willrepresent the Remuants: G. A. Cooke, N., A. P. H.. Rasquette, .N R. H. Young, O. F. Shackletop, M. M. Mass, OE, Shield-W. E-Warburton, O.-F. Hose, R J. Saunders, W. Wat:rause and F. Matson.

The witness called had already all been year 19:9 is a somewhat belated documest examined at the Pal ce Court preliminary hear it was des; atched to the Cilsaial Secretary in 10g, and their evidence alreary appeared July, and might, we should have thought, hare la these columns. boen laitel in London tefora November. Thr

First of came the technical evidence ficts and figures which it contains concerning relerding particularly to the plans of the house ibe general, financial, and commercial cord and the relative positions of the prisoner's and tion of the Colony have been available, how the proseco's rooms.

As regards the value of the missing diamonds, ever, from oibar scurrs. These yealy so. Ps, nevenbeless, are exceedingly agial for Mr. Oto Wegener of Messrs. Gaupp and Co. "Mr. Gardiner raid he did not propose to call purposes of reference, while fraiselog at the stated that roughly be estimated the diamonds any evidence and he doub ed very much if bli sme time a succinct review of 8 that apper at about the value of $3,000 from the cursory Wonbip was sithfied with the evidence pro-alos to the official and business life of the inspection he made when he was asked bis

His Worship, rate ved his decision to Mon- into details, it may be noted the finances

Colony Witheet, at this time of day, going opinionlabau the safety of the setting.

At a later stage, Mr. Wegener, seculled, a'id day af ameon, when he will make it known of the Colony are generally speaking, not un

that the diamonds had not been removed from

The rejection by the Reichstag of a pro- posal to permit the issue of small value shares the West river and is this respect the Viceroyer not.

surplus toatend of the sticipated deficit. The bave been emplored by an expert,

in companies in the Protector to of Kino-chew, Chang Ming Chi will have con of the most

revetus lost en opium is being replaced by &fficult problems of his administratien to solve,

the datis imposed co intoxicating liquors, as

states a Shangbat correspondent of the Kol There is no doubt that His Excell buy is equal

some, whes arguing on other premises, have

nicht Zeitung, has led to the inauguration of a › to the task because he has proved in his

suggested would be the case. In some of the

movement in favour of the presentation of reti tiose to the German Parliams: t praying for Naval Yard 28, Hongkong Football Club on, govér:orship of Kwongsi province that The United States Luchosts Wheeling and Industries of the Colony, notably that of, aavi

Doris Merlowe, the prosecutrix, after repeat the speedy grant of section for the purpore lathe Naval Grund at 4 10 p.m. be Was egral

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sty difficult | Petrol arrived of Portsmouth, M. It, in Novem accilog and shipbuilding, the depression of

the Protectorate. It will be set forth to be im- situations that came poder his perview. At ber, completing a trip of 20 332 miles, which recent years continued. Ia shipping, the fra ing her narrative as already sparted in

possible to ludace the Chinese to buy shares the same time the main point as regards lis has carried them almost the entire distance ture of the year was a marked increase in the depositions, underwent a severe cross- admielitration of Canton so far as the mer around the world. The vessels siilei fom Japanese tonnage using the post. Above all, examination at the bands of Counsel for the ot50 which are at fully reid or to compel

By' Own Cube. 8th Company, Royal chants of "engkong are concerz ed is this, that San Francisco en Jone za fast, and after visit.

them to pay subsequently, whilst, on the other the colosy is to be congrats Isted upon its com- defence, and some lively passages ccenrred. Viceroy Chang, should, apart from all other Ing Alaska, crossed the Pacific Ocran to Japne, paratire immunity from plagne the number of Mr Alabastor in trying to make this point

ing to judgment as to regaire.to he protected 230 p.m. Viceregal consideratlans give heed to the views, tharreta Skógapore, thence to the Kid Sno, | deaths being 1: 8 compared with 996 in' 1508, that the accused bad been more than coco in hand, the Germans in Okina ara not so lack-Ga:ríon "Anilkkiy, on the Hitary ground at generally expressed, of the Hongkong mer and through the Suez Canal to the Meditera This happy result is doubtless largely due to the witness's room, asked if it was not the from speculation, for which, however, thefa i B.O.C. taamWhite, Y. & blas, Stemmals, chants who are hoping to bave through Viceroyed, This is the fine time that the Wheeling the prevrative measures underaken by the case that on a particolar p:catia previously treaty pleaty of rpaottanity is fattiga skares Cordeire, Khas, Goldenborg, Heigh, Bip istay Ghang their opinions fally expressed with co and the Potret bare baca to Atlantle waters.

(eg, Chunyai and Schuspal: samliary authorities.-2.4 6. Depesan-

the latter had fasioned the defendem:'s dicwup of low denominateur

brigandage are very much on the increase ou

GUNBOATS THAT "TRAVELLED PAR

Sergeant. J.,Waft gave evidence as to the search of the house after the loss of the d a mords was discovered, and also regarding the preliminary inquiries which he made smaug the lemos.

LEAGUE FOOTBALL.

FIRST DIVISION.

BECOND DIVISION,

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