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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY JUNE 30, 1911-

DAY BY DAY.

People who say just what they think are moro, numerous thinn popular.

SUPREME COURT. bill of lading giron in appendix A to Carver similarly makes the

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YAUMATI FERRY COLLISION.

Charge of Manslaughter.

At the Magistracy afternoon,

A NEW INDUSTRY IN HONGKONG.

First Steam Trawler.

| Interesting Shipping Judgment | shipowner responsible for goods of any description, which are Bales of Hunisu. Hairə. love the value of £100 per pack- "This morning at the Summary age not for gold, silver jewellery, Court, boforo Mr. Justice Com-works of art, silk, fura, dig. Enchi norte, the case was mentioned, in of the three forms, minkes a dine before Mr. E. A. Hazeland, Chim arived from. England the which the Wing Choong firm tinction betyroon valuables in the Lo, coxswain of the forry launch,

Within the past few days, there

stoom trawlor that has been seen

Hongkong waters, destined to

report for June 22 shows a total On Steamship Company the do-dinary cargo. 1 feel mysolfmanslaughter in connection with tuko part in the local fishing

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of 21 denths, 14 of them being infants

Messrs. A Fong live sent us

fondants. The caso dealt with a compelled to the conclusion that claim for 24.10, being the the, natural construction of the the root collision but our two dustry. The trawler is named value of one bule of human hair,olause before, me, is to be, road ferry boats in Yeumati Bay.

Mr. Rondor Harris prosecuted, by Messrs, Smith's Dook, Co. the Hei Fang and has been built delivered by the plaintiffs to the the words "silk or values", ús

a number of photograplis of the defendants for carriage to Kwong moaning "silk or articles of and Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton de Middlesborough, to the order of

Coronation.colobrations.

The entire United States Asiatic Fleet are expected in Manila for July 4th.

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The Hongkong Telegraph

HỌNGKONG, FRIDAY, JUNE 80, 1914.

CURRENCY REFORM.

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from the pest..

Manila Postal Official Arrested..

| Philippino postal laws.

Typhoon Warning).

The followingtyphoon warning has come to land thinnigh the courtesy of the American Consul ato Cloneral-

Manila, June 30, 10.20 a.m. Cyclone or Typhoon Case of the Northern Visayas, or southeastern Luzon. Direction unknown.

Enquiries about J. H. Forster

His Lardship for the purposes of expediency gave the gist of the judgment to the court, and, after words handed down the written decision.

Auch value be

The "Schoolmaster" Case

wners are liable for the full and of next month.

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dan seventeen building and seven or eight actually at work. Since on it is reported there are 22 building in Japan.

The Hoi Fang came out under arrived in first-rate fettle. her own stum, in 52 days.

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of

overhauling in the way of repaint

saw the other bost and received lying off Kollett's Island;"

Chowy Wan, which however was value."

"Valuable articles, lint not delivered at the destination is such na are usually classød.

Alleged Negligence- to which it was consigued, with silks in the exceptious iothe

Mr. Harris in his opening state- Mr. W. B. Hind was for the bill of lading. The issociation plaintiffs and Mr. P.W. Goldring of the two words here suggestment wild he would try to prove presents the latest and most up appoured on behalf of the do- that the latter is to be construed that defondant was not at the date type of trawler niloot

gonorically with the farmor. *whool when the accident happen- Mr Roy Kenny, the boxer, who fondante.

The steam trawling industry is boat Carlson on the 23rd inst.,

think the construction to be defendant would have been proved caninently a new one to flongkun left Hongkong to-day for Munin.

clear. But even if it were not so try on would guten patur and it is too soon yot n the case for the defendants can be guilty of gross negligence. Alter. Turing the 24 hours ended at

put no higher than to say that the evidence had been called proving prophecy as to whether noon to-day three cases of pluguo

clause is ambiguous, Inthatevent the collision Mr. Barris suggest a Steam Fisheries Company's ven were reported as having occurred The written judgment was us as I have pointed out the con, the holding of a denti inquiry so uro will prove to be a success of in the Colony.

follows: This is a point of struction adverse to the exception is to place the evidence before otherwise, but the promotors hanya Itwarising out of the construc- trust be the one adopted. I know the jury, The latest plague reports from tion of a clause in bill off no reison why shipowners is Worship could not agree to very confidence in its futurs al- India show that for the week end-ding, which was argued before should frame their contracts in that, as it was a criminal chargo, though at present it must be com

To-Day's Proceedings

-idered to be an experiment. ing May 30 last there woremo on Monday last. As this pidgiù" English, and if they 38,108 casos and 32,975 douths was stated to be a test case I prefer to do so they must take the The case was resumed this Juju, the steam trawling ment, which I have now decided fence before me I have of course it was entirely a question for and comprehension. Speaking ok time to consider my judg consequences. Having no evi-afternoon, when Mr. Bratton said industry is succeeding allost he Robert Hildebrand, formerly to deliver in writing. Cortain assumed that human hair is jury.

Ilis Worship ngreed.

t the initial formal meeting of n employe of the Manila post goods were accepted for carriage ordinary.cargo. The defendants office, was arrested at Atchison, by sen from Kwong Chow Wan to however may desire to prove that The evidence was continued the Stonn Fisheries Co. in Deconi- enbled request of Governor Cien-ion purports to limit the liability classed' muong, valuable articles his statement of yesterday, which Plummer) pointed out that where Kansas, on the 23rf inst. on the Hongkong. The clause in quesit is by the customs of merch nts und Mr. Chen Pai Sam added to her lust, the chairman (r, J., oral Forbos filiebrant is of the ship owners. I transcribe such as silk. 7 hul batter give was purely, forma opetency as it was then only two and a half charged with violation of the as it stands. The owners of judgment for the plaintiffs for the he said, hand hold a competency

the stoamer will not be responsible amount claimed with a stay for certificate since Mar 3rd 1900 years ago since the first stomm for silk or values for any amount one weak, if defondants wish to Ho kept a record of defendant's trawler started operating out of services. In that record there Nagasaki, there are now no less exceeding $25 tacle por valu-call evidence on this point,

go, unless

were fines against him.

Mr. Brutton: Do you know delivered at the time of ship- ment and freight shall be

whether the harbour master s At the Supreme Court this 'paid in proportion to the Students of history wilt doubtloss have noted that all the nations'

measurement and valuation."noring, before Mr. Justice issued instructions as to which Side launches are to steer going in havo hurt what might be termed parallel histories; each in its turn

Assume for the purposes of this compertz, the silmuster canend out of the place

was mentioned, in which Mr. judgment that the ship was o Hooms to have trodden the samo path in the plains of time, to have

Gardiner appeared for the plaintiff been instructed to keep the star Witness: All Jaunches have general ship and that she waA oncountered the same obstacles, and to have passed the same mile-

ad Mr. Otto Kong, Sing for the reasonably fit for the purposes of A pathetic interest attaches to the voyage. Lightcon cases of

board side of any fairway. In respect will be remembered, that practically stones, in his optie with its ninge, from the times, whon Sparta an advertisement enquiring, the human hair-having boon slippedsked by cumsel in this case to accident speciul ining the navigt-quire is certain amount

defendant.

Mr. Kong Sing: ive been instructione had Voyage, tho voskel

Mr. Brutton said that since the Necessarily, after such a temporarily solved the question of the provision of value tokens, by whereabouts of one J. H. Forator at Kwong Chow Wan, only seven-get an earlier date if possible. Sirtion of ferrios, stool, which had been rendered useless by quenching in vinegar, when of Frauenfeld, Switzerland. His

icon were delivered to the con red hot, to the stage in England's history, whon kings purposoly de-aged mother onquiros about her signees in Hongkong, and the lency Berkeley is in it, ut he hased the coin of the realni. Time was, when England's coinage was sou, whom she is anxious to neo

Chung Mow suit lo had been minted in different pinces, and when the weight and purity of the before she dies. He was last heard question is whether the ship than 10th spear belo conswain on the Wa Ying about ole., but it is expected ligt

two months. He left the Taumuti she will be ready to start trawling": coin was the only criterion as to its valuo. Consequently there was of in Singapore in August 1910.

value of the missing ease, which His Lordship:-Have, you al- time when commerce was merely barter, and coinage a thing un To Entertain Togo- is stated to be over $200, or who roady instructed him? Yes. It about 9-15 on the morning a very early dato. Ono zany be known. England's trado · was at that time in a chotic state, and, though, owing to the universal uso of the rut range amount mentioned in the on-

The American Congress buve ther their liability is limited to don't know whether my friend, who of accident and before pro-sure that those interested in thei

is for the plaintiff in this action, hot hd to turn round. Affor

ceeding across the harbour, the venture, before putting their Angrich dawoshorised once and for all the purity of British properly entertaining Admiral considering an exception of this.tination I might ask for in early wet, all he saw the stemmiaunch cortain not only of catching tho , was not $10,000 to be expended in caption. Now the gonoral rule in intende going on; if I had an in-turn round he stoored Soully into it, mado morally. coinage, that the trade of the little isle made huge strides to the logo of the Japanese navy, kind is perfectly clear, Where the prosent state of prosperity. Given such a proumble as this, we claim who will be *

Wai Hung about 600 yards away, ili but of satisfactorily disposing visitor to ngunge used leaves the intention His Lordship:- understan that incastrial progress is due to standard currency and that with the United States and will in doubt, it is to be construed in Sir Henry Berkeley is going proceeding from the south east of the fish when caught cut it, censoloss nuisance of a varying exchange would greatly be a guest of the government the sense adverse to the person for way Yos.

and was on this port sido. Wit hamper business of any sort,

Tho Hoi Fung is presently He soon as he arrives from: Lon-whose benefit it has been introduo will suit just as well?—Yes:

ness blow his whistle when he Turning to Chin we find our assertion justified. To begin with, on, where he was the chiefed. As Lord MacNaughton said in

I suppose Saturday, July 8, the dollar piece is worth slightly more than one hundred conts and Japanese delegate to the corona-Elderslies.. Co., Borthwick "An evidenco ?-If the case comes.on, ford side and the Wai Hung the samo divorgonco exists between, the cent and the cash. That in tion of King George.

suppose there won't be mich reply from the Wai Hung. Wit

aosa turned a little to the star- itself is bad for internal trade, but for international commerce it is

mbiguous document is no protec- decideilly worse. Tho yalno of the dollar, owing to the absence of

tiou." That is to say thint the onus /ero will be considerable amount continued her course unaltered a gold standard, is hardly the same for a week on end, and this bad between a foreign steamer and a liability falls upon the shipowner.

As the result of a collision of establishing thooxemption from of evidence, stato of affairs oxists throughout China. In no part of the Empire cargo host full of rice near the The language of the clause is of

The case was fixed for July tho Wai Hung collided with the { and at full speed."- A little lator has the currency boon in such an inchoate condition as, in Manwators of Thi Shan, a few miles course very extraordinary. The

Wa Ying, striking her on the churia. Certain markets live been absolutely void of coin, from Canton, not long ago, two whole document is drawn with a UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS

port aido, near the centre. business has been reduced to the level of mere bartering unten on the latter vessel were singularlack of artificeanditisfull

The hearing of the ovidence 86. an immediate rosult

credit system, pornicious crushed to death at the stern. It of what it is most charitable to de- in its very incoption, Ins had to hold sway, a credit based not on now appears that the owners ofcribo na prosa uisprints. Moro-lained ofegrmis lying in the

The following is a list of un- | coinage, but upon immoditios, whose value fluctuates even more the foreign steamer in questionly verbal errors of course the court than does the coinage in this land of strange contradictions, Man-havo paid a compensation of $180 can correct, int when that has bees Eastern Extension Australasia & churia was at one time an extremo case, and harsher things than to the family of tho decenso theso hayo boon said by merchants concerned. Even now, though Departure of Coronation Quests language used? This much we can offiro at Hongkong:-

dong, what is the meaning of the Chin Telegraph Company's a large importation of coppar and silvor subsidiary coin has dono The American delegatos, who perhaps get out of it. With regard much to remedy the condition of affairs, it is hardly improved, and came over from Manila to be to silk the shipownoraany that they Line Office, Chicago; Chiongele Arnhold, Stanleg. Pocific Mail the quasi modern Bank of Communications is at present issuing prosent at the coronation cole will not be liable for loss of damage an, Sinarang; Lawtichen, 221, dollar notes, not promising, to pay benter ane silver dollar, but, brations, and were guests of the for an amount Aceeding $25 a follywood, Batavia; Lokyo, ilan- mirabilis dictu, lon 10-cent pieces. There must be some serious Governor and II. E. Major package, unless a declaration becoon; Portugal, Penang: Sants, economic fault in the government of a province, whose wealth in General Anderson, leave to-day delivered at the time of shipment Macao; Shunchoong, Niadinh; Messrs. Watson's, Kowloon, was ad not one particle of variation guaged by a potty subsidiary coinage. We are not alone in our in the Zafiro for Manila. It will and a proportionate freight paid. Stoppani, Astor House, Alilan; charged with stealing 24 dozen from perfect health. The whole statement, for many writers who have oven touched the fringe of be remembered that the party Silk then is within the exception. Tohichong Hon Marche Central, mineral waters on Monday laat, venous and arterial circulu- this gigantic subject have not failed to comment on the peculiarity was of existing conditions.

composed of Bgdier-low about other goods? What I'nompenh; Taitong, Singapore; the property of his employers. tion was perfectly normal. ⠀ At In view of this state of affaire, it is is interesting to observe the Hon. Mr. Elliot and Mrs. Elliot, word "value"? Does it mean Francisco; Tuengshin per cent.

General and Mrs. Pershing, the is the exact signification of the Toylung 120 Cought, San They were valued at 25 dollars. trend of tolograms published on recont dutos on the subject. Taking Capt Loles, Lieut. J. P. Swift, "valuables," that is, neticles of Wengfatyen. Bouliam Strand, along with the first defendantving smoked, the half of twe the last three which have appeared in our columns, the series com- Dr. P. C. Frer, Col. J. I. Clm value, like silk, or ought it bo Port Darwin; Wagonalits, Singa with receiving the mineral waters cigarettes, the tracings showed

A money olanger was charged the end of fifteen minutes, after menco with a suggestion which gives the key to the whole situation, berlain and Mrs. Chamberlain, construed in a purely neutral or more; Yusnahan, Saigon, Yuen knowing them to have been manifest disturbance of the hoari'd The Chinese minister at Washington has nomorialized the Throne, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Derhamn nad colourless sense, as when we speak Viet, Torreon; 6006, 3883, 2837, stolen... suggesting the introduction of a gold standard in China, whieli Capt. Incke. would, he thought, facilitate the doafing with diplomatic matters,

af in animal value or to market 3932, Tientsin; 0678, 1344, 0361, The first deflant was allowed Hotion, and at the end of forty-fivo cropping up in connection with monetary questions. That is a

Married A Bookworm valus?Ifthis be done, the construc-0674, Macao; 2837, 3932, 4382, out on a bail of 100 dollars until ininutes, after parts of six-cigar suggestion; what is actually to be done will not, wo assert, greatly had several matrimonial experion might perhaps be accepted. Then

Avaudevillo woman, who hadtion asked for by Mr. Goldring Tientsin. affect the position. The Ministry of Finance intend to issue new ces, married for the fifth or sixth thesantoace might be paraphrased

Wednesday and the second de-ettes had been smoked, tha notes of issue in connection with the currency reform on Sept. 22. time. This time she took a man

Fondant on a 25 dollars bail. tracing showed the bent of the according to the second telegram. If that be done then the govern-in her own profession. Not long other articles to an amount exceed- "Not responsible for silk or any

RUSSIAN STOCK EX- Gaming House Keeper Fined.

heart to be unequal; at times ment must hold sufficent reserve of silver to cover the fave value of after the welding, when the ing tiels twenty-five in value."

CHANGE.

Seven Chiunmen were charged mpid; at times in jumps, evident- the notes in circulation. Even this does not remedy matters; the happy pair settled in a theatrical Several other forms of hills of

with keeping a gaming house it under the effect of some power- dollar will still fluctants and business will still be hampered by boarding-house, the wife did not lading, were handed in by the change is even more of an exclu-ho first defendant was fined int much of the neuraathenin The St. Petersburg Sinok Ex-8. Wing Shing Street. Six of theful drug ngont. From his fot the continual change. The third telegram is more promising for it got home one Sanday night until solicitors in the case. Thant uro sive cinh than the Paris Bourse; 81,000 or in default six months is due to narcotics, which should defendants were discharged, but it is asked, may we not conclude announces the intention of the Peking Government to pond a delo-after her husband land arrived. gato to England to study her coinage on the spot.

by the Chinn Navigation Co., whose membership is limited to imprisonment with lard labour only bo-use medicinally? Thas eventually his report will be in in agreement with the views room, poring over the comic eup-sibility for any value exceeding seventy, as compared with the He went down,

The husband was sitting in the emipts, the company from respon of the Chinese minister at Washington, we cannot for one momont plement of a Sunday newspaper. 8300 Mexican for any one puck-1,100 members of the New-York doubt, and if the Empiro standardises its coniuge, where docs long- His wife gave him a loving greet age kong stand? Our roudere will remember that a commission, appointed ing. He did not respond, but valuable cargo, and for any brokers and jobbers who oporate Mossrs. Watson's Dispensary sum-

of silk, valuables and Stock Exchange and the 5,000

A messenger in the employ of 19 1-9 inchos bi diameter. to investigate the matter, reported that Hongkong could not very continuod his investigations of value exceeding $100 for op the London Stock Explungeoncil: the manager of the New Will have a speed of 72 Toot well have a gold ourroney until China did. The time seems to be the conie pictures. approaching when China will establish a coinage anna reproche, and,

any other one package of oftior There are but fifty-six autho Tipvellers Hotel, Queens Road, second, and will be offective ove with Hongkong following suit, the interquinable money muddles, mained silent, absorbed in his China 8.8. Co., limit their respou- burg Exchange. Each one of Evidenco was given to show that Bualian Rubber Company

She spoko again and he recargo etc. Similarly, the Indo-rized brokers on the St, Potors for keeping a ferocious dog. range of 1,400 yards. that at presont exist will vanish intothe limbo of things past, yielding comic supplement. She looked sibility for gold, silver, bullion them must be a Russian subject, the dog attacked him, fie logs, place to a further Western ideal which has made only for good: The at him disgustedly,

The Basilan rubber com govorginent of Hsuan Tung stands, where Cromwell did. It is on

spocio, jewellery, precious stones

bolow the knees, word bully Moro province the bosom of a rising tide, which will either hard on to fortune, or luck with my husband!" she and beyond the value of 8100 inches in length was shot recently Defendant was ordered, to pay

"Don't play in the wors or precious metals altogether Anke measuring 20 feet 9 bitten passing by, leave the commerce of the Orient in the shallows of exclaimed, "This time I've mar for any one paokuga that la of in the son at Tanjong Rhu by ten dollars compensation to the mediocrity

ried a bookwarm "

ordinary cargo, The Liverpool Police Sergeant Alexander.

Fatal Collision Near Canton.

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will be continued to-morrow.

POLICE COURT.

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To-Day.

Before Mr. J. R. Wood and Mr. F. A. Hazeland.

Theft of Mineral Waters

AChinese clerk in the employ of

"Ferocious Dog.

TOBACCO AND THE

HEART.

taken by Dr. Schall, of New York, Experiments have been under-

to test the effects of cigarettes upon tho pervous system. The subjost of the experiments, a New York actress, was chosen on account of lier robust health. The results are thus described in the pre- sence of two or three physicians the sphygmograpli (pu'so ins dicator) was attached to the wrist, and a tracing taken of the heart beats. The tracing show-

The latest German torpedo is