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Sudden Death.

LETTING THE OLD I OST OFFICE.

HUGE RETURN FOR SMALL RENTAL

The son of the foreman of the Interesting Disclosures In Court. Forrestry Department died sud- denly yesterday; it is supposed that lie was a plague victim.. Death Dulles on Mr. Keswick's

Estate.

It is expected that the estate loft by the late Mr. W. Kawick (Jardino, Mutheson and Co) will have to pay donth duties amount ing to £65,000.

Interesting information was given on the lotting of the Old Post Office premises in the Supreme Court to-day when the defendant in the ease, and losses of the building in cross-examiua- tion by Mr. Potter, admitted that King's Birthday Parade. for the ground floor alone he was The Volunteers are taking part receiving $1,000 per month, in the King's Birthday. Farado on the Cricket Ground on Monday while for the upper floor he was next. Usually tho Parade is con- receiving $255. In answer to a finod to Regulars and Marines; question-put-to-the-government Minotaur Remains at Singapore by thoHon Mr. H, G. Pollock, K.C. at a meeting of the Legislative Council last year it was sisted that the rent paid by the lessee was $400 per month.

for King's Birthday. is likely that H. M. S. Minotaur, on her return froin Colombo after recomanimioning there, will remain at Singapore for the King's Birthday colobra- tions before going on to join the Admiral's flag in China watera.

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BONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1918.

A PLEA FOR PATIENCE.

At the Police Court this morn- 8 Chinose was charged with

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bolaving in a disorderly manner and damaging the property of Chinese woman to the extent of $4.

He was fined $2 nui orderod to pay $5 for the damage done.

Dead Bodies

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Mr. Eldon Potter, instructed'

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That was in June ?—Yes.

Ordered the Verandah And, in fact, you ordered the verandal from MacDonald in Kowloon ?-Yes.

It took some weeks to make ?wm:

Yea

Eventually it was made and brought ovor-Year

And up to that time you thought it would cost $800 or $900 ?-Yes.

And up to that time you were willing to erect it, if it only came to that sun?--Yes. I intended

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CHINESE BOARDING HOUSE KEEPER FINED.

Where Suspicious Characters Reside.

NOTES AND

COMMEN

Oak Apple Day."

In those days when a

At the Police Court, this morn- ing, Chinoso named Tam Sing onstoms are begining to fall was fined $50 for keeping the disrepute it is interesting to re premises, 182 Des Vooux Road, as the fact that to-day (May 20

Ray Chinese hotel or boarding house is "Oak Apple Day," or

Onk Day," without a licenco. ̧·

as it is varionaly Inspector Wills proscouted, and styled. In commemoration of the. in the course of his evidence, said miraculous rostoration of Charles he had to watch the ships for un II, the day was formerly universal- desirables. In nearly every in-ly observed throughout England, to build the verandah but I did stance that he stopped people on and, until as late as 1850, thero the ships they had given the was a special form of prayor in not get the permit.

Isn't it true, you arranged that, defendant's place as their last recognition of the day in the you could get a verandah for plase el residence. When he Prayer Book. There was also a $800 or $900 and the govern visited the place he found the nam sormon usually preached on this ment granted a permit, you would esof 58 persons entered in the book day in St. Margaret's Church, He went upstairs and found 55 Westminister, by the Chaplain of build it 7-Yes.

And was not Mr. Hazoland of them, men and women. He the onse of Commons before the "House" (usually represented by pointing out the verandah to pros-naked them whey there were pectiyo tenants?—Yes.

Mr. F. X. D'Almada, who de other officers and some half-dozen Then Mr. Hazeland would be going and they all shid Siam. the Speaker, the Sergeant-at-Arms, entitled to tell prospective tenants fondled, said there was no trans-members), but this observanco that you intended building lation of any payment for board has boen discontinued since 1858; verandah He had no authority and lodging in the book, only tho

ahmes of the people.

if

to tell them so.

out having to take out a licence.

by Mr. Grist of Messrs. Wilkin-anything about the verandah Bis client was a rice merchant son and Grist, appeared for the told them they should not think 10 verandalı on plaintifs, and Mr. C. G. Ala-hero was buster, Hou. Attorney-General, the ground-floor, even though instructed by Mr. J. II. Gardiner, it was on the plan.

The plaintifs have sworn that dofendod.

FOLL onid

you would built it for Li Hing, the defendant, in reply thoin if you got Government to Mr. Potter, said he became A number of dead bodies have tessco of the old Post Office builder nit. Do you dony that?---

I did not say that. been found in the open by the ings for the space of two years. polico over night, and in two Ho placed the work of preparing instances death was duet plague. plans, for alterations to the pre- Spocial constables were on dalyses, in the hands of Mr. Haze as watchmon in the Westorn land; these plans having to be district yesterday in cosequence shown to possible tenants. Part of of the prevalence of plagao in that the alterations, which he contem locality,

plated, was the creotion of vorandah.

Leave of Absence.

Leave of absorico on private You imagined that the veranlah affairs, to the neighbouring coun- would be built...for $800 tries, has boon granted to Tieut. | $9007-Yos:

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C. J. Aston, R.E., from June 1 In reply to subsequent ques to September 30; the leave of ions, witness said he would arence granted to utenants charge the same for the ground A. G. Buchanan and F. L. Brown, foor, whether there were a veran. R., mommenced on the 25th indah or no.

Boy Assaulted,

Concerning Rents.

Your total rontal for top floor

Advantage of a Verandah. Mr.Alubastor:--Whantadvantage would a verandalı be to you? there would be some advantage on the top floor.

At a subseqitent interview the defendant told the plaintiffs that it was not certain whether there would be verandah or not,

His Lordship reserved judg

cases young

unprovided with the" Royalonk;" while among West-country school- boys there is still a saying

Well, was he simply to point

A woman was called to give Some of the Customs. The case in which those fucts out the verandah on this plan, and evidence for the prosecution, and The day was observed in var- care to light is this one still being say nothing?It was part of his whilst she admitted being there, jous ways in different parts continued before Mr. Justice duty to tell them of the altera-she could not say what the of the country. In the North of charges were, as she had her ox England the common people used Gompertz in which Alexander tions.

What was he to tell them about For being in unlawful possos Kotes, George Maidonis, and

whoni sho was travelling. the oak, sometimes gilded, while sion of opium a Chinese dressed George Taavitsacopulas, trading the verandah; that, you were ponses paid by other women with to wear in their hats the leaves of

Old going to build the verandah, or not?

Mr. D'Almada contendod that in other parts the wearing of un in European clothes wasined $5 as tobacconistsnt the The rates per quarter and por mensen, proportional. Subscriptionet the Police Court this morning. Post Office, sued Liling. He would have to explain to was no evidence to prove that the onken loaf was enforced, especial- defendant was guilty of keepingly among boys, by a variety of for any period lose than ne month will be charged as for His defence was that helad been trader of 152 (neen's Rond, for tenants according to the plan...

You said you did not tell the a boarding house. There was methods, the idea boing to ro fill month,

a friend who $100 damages for breach of a The daily isans in delivered free when the address is accessible to given the opium by

agreed to constructa vorandah on except to warn them not to expect and he would subinit that a loyalty. Iu somo messenger. Peak subscribers can have their copios delivered at was trying to broak off the habit contract in which the defendant | plaintiffs about the verandahno evidence of any paymont, prunch the neglectful for want of premises occupied by the it because it was on the plan?man could fill his place with loyalists went out armed with I told them it was on the plan. friends as much hs he liked with- nettles in order to oceros those plaintifs.

Did you ever tell the plaintiffs

and did a lot of trade with Stam, and, when these people" Show us your oak

Or you get a poke. were passing through, they often

Sometimes those boys who stayed there the night. No pay. monts had been made and there were unable to procore onk'leaves He did oudeavoured to avoid the penal- was therefore no case. not consider there was any ties of their lack of foresight by necessity to call his client to give woaring" dog oak" (maple), but ovidence on his own behalf as the the punishment was always the prosecution had failed to make moro sovore on discovery of the out any case against him. It did imposition. It is well to recall not matter what had occurred the a fast-dying custome, and anterior to this case; the Bench many a more ill-conceived move had to deal with the facts as put mont has been launched than the Witness explained that, with, forward concerning the case in revival of some of these old. » the upw verandah, he would be question. He thought his client observances would be. able to transform two bathrooms should be dismissed, and he on the old verandah into offices. would ask his Worship to give The Attack that Failed.

The managing clock to Mr. vordict to that effect.

A quaint story of Chineso Hazeland said lio, told the two Mr. Melbourno considorod the

appears that, under the, com- plaintiffs that it was intended to case was proved and imposed the cuteness comes from Manila: It mund of Sergeant Henderson of have a verandah on Queen's Road. | fine mentioned.

MYSTERIOUS THEFT ON the Moisio previnet, a squad of American polica in civilian attire lowever, he made no definite promise on the matter nor did any THE S.S. SOSHU MARU one else, in his hearing.

attacked and practically destroy- Strong Room Broken Open andød the famous fortified opium Valuable Cargo Stolen dea at 730. Callo Santo Cristo, What appens to have been a Manila, last work. This place. rather startling theft took place has been under surveillance for on the Osaka Shoson Kaisha 8.8. a long time. The attack was a Soshu Maru this morning. There concerted one but futilo, as, by the appour to be quite a number of time the barricades, which con different tales going the rounds sisted of hard wood doors strong- a to what actually happened on thened with iron bars and steel board the steamer but the most plates, were broken in, the astonishing story had quite a Ohinese inside, previously warned dramatic flavour,

-------by u.spy, had made their escape. According to this report, six Ever since those days the lealing Chinoso of Hongkong have

men are said to have boarded the wielded very considerable influente over the Provisional Govern-

Mr. Sternborg's is $360; you

stonnier at about five o'clook in The Wily Coolle. inent at Canton, and wo` have again and again ubserved the some

forgotten him? Yes. have not put him in. Have you

the morning armed with revolvers, The spy in this instance was a what strange anomaly of man whe hive their abolu and most of

and meeting the quartermaster to Chiness sitting on the sidewalk So there is another $360 to go

have hold him up with their wonten ling a carabao, and having a their interests in Hongkong practically dictating to the authorities

on 2-300 instead of $300. in Canton what they may and may not do. One very marked in-

Mr. Potter. That is $1,003 for gmont as to priority developed pons while six chests of opium look depicted on his face of into a scuffle. A Chinese con-wars removed from the ship. the same lack of interest, in his the ground floor. stance of this character has bon provided by the recent protests of

[-table arrived on the scene und Enquiry at the offices of the surroundings as his carabao. But Do you suggest that, if you had for attempting to restore order he shipping company showed that he had at his feet, concealed in the looul Chinese against the suggesto lestablishment of a plague ward at

a verandah on the ground floor,

was threatened by one of the the firm was going to be reticent crack between two flugstones, Whampoa for the detention of suferers returning to Cantou from

you would not charge moro ?-I

mon who waved a formidable look-about the whole affair and our push-button with which he gave. Ilongkong and Maʊ. A joint letter sent to Canton by a hundred

should cliergo the same rate.

ing bamboo pole.

representative was told that some the warning to the inmates of the And would you charge the top Hongkong merchants described the proposal as "absolutely opposed

Four of the mon word arrested thing in the nature of a "tiff" den as soon as the police arrive to humanity." But, what is more significant than this attitude, is as odeurring in the Colony during floor the same rent? Yes, the and appeared before Mr. Mel- had occurred on board and that and started to break their way in

the wook ended May 28 was assume as at present.

bourne, at the Polics Court, this there had been a larceny of some Investigation showed that th the obvious impatienes displayed by these people at the slow mea follows:-Bubonic plague, 190 You took the price of the re- morning. They were found goods.

system of wiring was very com sure of progress being attained by the new regime, for in the some cases and 168 deaths; enterierandah into account as well as guilty and fined $2 each or in

Eventually, though we were un plate and extensive. communication they assert that although the Republic has boon fever 2 cases, 1 donth; Amullpox, other considerations when decid-default five days.

ablo to obtain any confirmation of the story of the quartermaster established, the people have not yet received the blessings of indo-o death. The total num-ing, the rent you would er rge?---

ber of casos of plagun from Yo pendence and are still being subjected to despotic and drastic inea- January 1 is 1,059 aul of deaths: You afterwards found that the Buros. Moreover," they continue," the Conseil at Canton has been 951.

verandale mauki cost considerably in existence many months but has an yet failed to procure any

1. Sum lag to the Fore.

more ?-Yea.

Tlio verandah would cost about benefits for the people whoni. they are supp sed to repressut, and Chinose residents of Manila oro

When Kipling was a stripling, $1,000 more thali you thought?

He wrote in metres rippling, petition or ask that the Council hɔ dissolvel and a now election said to be prepared to invest

YOR.

An Indian named Suder Singh

And his rhyming had a chiming be held." From the tone of this protest it woul] appear that the pesos 500,000 in domestic loan

Like the music of the bella," bonds on soon as Clins an issue. During the negotiations with was charged before Mr. Melbourne ignorant masses were not the only ones who im igine that the more them. This subscription, says the verandah on the plan and said: from another Indian, the value of The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice With a youthful gladness, bri

the plaintiffs you pointed out the with stealing a promissory note

Ria singing came a-ringing declaration of a Republic meant the instant alvont of the Millenium, "Singapore Free Pres" has been You must not take it that there which was $100.

Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals]

ing and we omfess to being surprised that shrewd, intelligent Chinese engineered by Li Bun-ling, the

Mr. R. Harris appeared for the bags to acknowledge with thanks To the weary and merchants should, at this early stage in the transition period, speak young Hongkong journalist whom is a verandah, though it is on the

plaintiff and asked for a romand. the following donations to the

Not alone, the Did you say you would have to He said he could call evidence to funds of the Hospitals:- of "the blessings of independens."-whatever they may conceive

get the Government's permission provs that defendant had no right L. P. Cooke those to be-as not yet being realland.

before you created it ?~~No. to take the promissory note, that. Tisdall ... uusia mema You never suggosto 1 that it he was seen at the drawer where J. R. Wood.................................................. would be built?No.

in the note was kept, soon taking E. A. Irving

What is vacant at the top ?-

If the inner history of the Chinese Revolution ever comes to be faithfully written, it will, without a doubt, be found that the part played therein by the Chineas of Hongkong, particularly of the merchant class, was a much more active one than most people at stant. present imagine to have been the oare. Bocanten of the right of· asylum which they enjoyed at the very, door of their native land,

At the Police Court, this is $255 ?-YCB. they were able to pave the way for the great aprising in a variety morning, a Chinese wa charged of ways; indeed, the view is hold insome quarters that the rebellion with assaulting a boy, the latter Three rooms,

with liis hoad

At the back?-lu the middle. was vory largely engincèrod from, block of buildings in Bonham appearing

They are not facing Queen's bandaged. Stroud. By that On it may, it is certain it nowhere

The Police said the touhle wos | Road 7--No, Po 'der St. wore there more enthusiastic supporters of the anti-Manchu re-rolly a family squabila. - For the bottom floor how much The Magistrate and there you getting ?-Ono portion

$376, one for $300, one fo [parties over,"

$180.80, ons for $48 and tho other for $400K

volt and probably nons who gave more liberally of their substance. to help forward the cause.

the

Library Visitors. The following is the return of and museum for the week ending visitors to the City Hd! library May 20, 1912—

Library Museum Non-Chinese...347 144 Chinese........144 2,010

Total ...401 2,754 Plague Return The number of comunicable diseases which have been notified

Mr. Gordon Bennett, ofthe "New Plan"?--Yoo, York Herald," once took under his

wing.

A

New U. S. Consult Official

for Shangh

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ment.

A FREE FIGHT.

Taking Water from the Hydrants.

Yesterday a number of inen were busy taking water from one of the street hydrants and an

ALLEGed theft of aA PROMISSORY NOTE.

being held up, we were aformed To Uncle Rudyard. that at about four o'clock in the The following from th morning the strong room of the "Sydney Evening Post," merit Vessel was broken open and some quotation valuable cargo removed.

ALICE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

For the foreigner, who is accustomed to rapid methods of pro⋅ gress and reform, there is perhaps some little excuse for impatience at this juncture in Chinese affair, but in the bold experiment to Mr. M. F. Perkins, Vico and Why did you put that verandah papera away and that later he Jorge & Co. is acas which the nation is now committed, her leaders have a right to ex-Deputy Conval at Cheloo, will on the plan at all ?-There was a offered to sell the note for $50. Dr. Chadwick Kow............ poot from their own nationale, nd petty criticisms and absurd do, shortly assume duties in the U.S. bathroom on the top floor and I Referring to bail Mr. Harris said Kuhn & Komor................. mendas for example the dissolution of a Provincial Council on Consulate at Shanghai, taking the was going to have that taken the defendant was on board a E. Maidhardt... such ragub grounds as those mentioned in the Hongkong protest-place of Mr. G.. C. Hanson, who down and a verandah built, so ship about to leave for Indis R. d. Piercy..................

Sennes Freres....ue podem dua sen 194, but helpful and constructive advies and aid. Above all, oritios of recently, anys the "Shanghal that people could walk about, the type of thors under notice will do well to remember tlust the Times," crossed to Japan for his You were prepared to expend The Magistrate adjourned the Ullmann & Cova sok eru cap can desires of tho few must always remain subservient to the rights of health and who will proveed from the sum of $800 to 3000 on a ose until Wednesday, fixing bail E, D. Kotowal

plaers port: to Chefoo

8100 vorand h?—Yes,,

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