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OPIUM CASE.

Merchants Charged with. Being Deficient in their Stock.

An interesting opium case wis continued before Mr. E. A. Irr- ing this afternoon in which two Chinese opium merobants were charged with being deficient in their sock of the drug and with giving false particular to the Superintendent of Imports and Exports.

THE ABSCONDING PART-

NER CASE..

Summonses Dismissed.

condo with the money of the

compang,

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1912.

THE JELLY-FISH TRADE.

Hongkong an Excellent Market,

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Friday, May 31.

Noon. Watkins, Ltd. Annual Meeting.

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Saturday, June 1.

Monday, Jano 3.

King's Birthday, General Holi-

Parade of Troops on Cricket

F. M. S. RUBBER.

An Expert Interviewed. Mr. E. G.. Money of Mossra Botislead Bros., who line returved A vory profitable industry in to Colombo after a business trip Chosen on a new line has boon At the Police Court, this morn ing the ciso against the Man to the Straits and F. M. S. has anggested by the authorities of Wing firm for issuing receipts for interesting remarks to make the Fishery Section of tho Govern- with regard to the rubber in ment-General. The industry is monies received was dismissed.

will be remembered that the of an interview with an "Ob. with, and will likely bring auch Annual general meeting, A..S. dustry in Malaya. In the sourse apparently not difficult to deul 12.15 p.in. Twenty-soventh women summoned did not Horver" representativo he said: profit to those undertaking it. It Watson and Co.

"Tho gonoral condition of the in the fishing for jellyfish, so or in the first instance and was explained that one had ab Mr. P. M. Hodgson, the, assis

estates I visited was very good abundantly found in the sons of und the growth of young" rub. West Chason. While the fish tant Crown Solicitor, apponred to

er very satisfactory. Ta, the offer much obstruction to the day. To-day the summonses were prosocuto, and Mr. Eldon Holter, amended and the existing partner case of estates in flat alluvial fishing industry in general, as its instructed by Mr. Crewe of Messrs of the firm represented by Mr. const lands, labour, generally presence in numbers often makes Ground: Hastings and Hastings; defended. Holmes appeared to answer .om, speaking, is more plentiful and the use of nots impossible and At the last hourlag it was Mr. Holes submitted that the cheaper than in the case of estates sometimes compole a fisherman alleged by the prosecution that prosecution could not go on under which are on undulating or hilly to abandon their work, the fol the defendants had a quantity of the section under which the sum

country. This is due to the fact itself will bring in a large amount opium on their premises when monses were inken out withom that the latter districts ato not so of money, it caught, properly they were visited by Revenue the sanction of the Attorno ricts of the interior malarial fever is a vast market for it, for it is healthy. In the undulating dis- prepared and exported to China. Officers after the defendants bad General. applied for a permit to remove

Mr: Melbourne said he believed gives a lot of trouble, and the there that salted jolly-fish is con- the opium, which was routined that what Mr. Holmes said was

donth ratening the Tamil cooliosidered a great delicacy, and one in aix chests, from the shop to a right and he would have to dis employed on these estates is very of the in spensable food stuffs. godown. On opening the elest

high. Consequently much of the it was found that two of them, instead of holding the drug they were supposed to do, only con- tained coal slack. The giving of false particulars complained of was describing those na chests of opium.

The Magistrate at the com mencoment of the sitting this afternoon hell that, with respect to the first charge, the prosecution had failed to make out a case, but held that with repect to the seconți there, was something for the defendants to miswer.

Mr. Potter. in his opening, pointed out that for the Crown to succeed they would have to prove

miss the summonses,

Mr. Holmes asked if that sim

Mr. Melbourne: I do not know anything about that.

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THE Stanship

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There is a great demand for it IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL

LINE. work on these estates lis to be every your from Shanghai, Ning- y moant an adjournment done by Chinese labour, which is po, Hongkong and Canton, the cause the other sido might take expensive. The cost of produc-amount of consumption of the out fresh summouses?

tion is, therefore, in this case article boing estimated in Shang- lai alone at about fifty thousand often very high.

The eystoms of tapping, which catlies. sean to be most generally

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DERFFLINGER," practised, are the quarter herring It is sold in Hongkong at about having arrived, Consignoes of oargo ar bone and the Basal V., commen four tacts for superior quality and hereby informed that their Goods, with eingat 13 inches from the base of two taels or three tacle for in- the excoption of Opium, Treasure and the tree. I am inclined to think ferior quality per one hundred Valuables, are being landed and stored the latter is the best method of cutties for Chinhai species, and at their risk into the hazardous and/or Įtapping, since it does not involve threo taels for superior quality extra kngardous Godowns of the St. Louis has a fouthly puhlithe removal of bark high and two tale for inferior quality, Hongkong and Kowloon Whail and eation called the Ghulet. Mike young traes where comparatively per ons hundred cattios, for Godown Company, Limited, Kowloon, Kinney, "teamster and editor," little latex mobtained."

Yangtzo specios. The guthoring and West Point Godowas, whence mouneos that this Gimlet is

uf jelly-fish will

delivery may be obtainai. be very monthly angazine for hardware

Javanese coolies are employed Basily accomplishod in Wost unles intimation is received from the Optional Cargo will be forwarded on that the person who gave theses and their clerks." Hoito a considerable extent on sono Choson. In Whanghai province, Consignces before Noon, TO-DAY, particulars had guilty knowledge a great believer in stean journal calates. On others there are pre-groat numbers of them are often requesting it to be landed hero. of the contents of the cases, and a recent issue he had atically ao Javanese employees, segu driftal ashore after a storm, dissertation on the subject in iond Javanese coolies make good and as many of them as one that was impossible as he

which initimate that news tappers, Javanese labour is not wishes can be gathered gratis. out of the Colonyat time when the particular proper mon take an'attitude about as cheap is Tomi hbour, bu

The cost of preparing will not From wied, I heard I should just were given, What, he had done as follows,

Wgive the people what they gine than intentared Javanero y estimated at sixty son por munt to much, it being rough- was, when he went away, to giv to the other lefondant, knowing wol. Sensation land eraginal bor force would be considero hundred catties. There is that then would be some transic new sells car papers. Every shly proferable in Chinese labour, no doubt that the industry will Extension of cultivation of rubbing in a largo profit. The only tions in opium, a number of blank paper that les mide the effort in forms with his name and chop he clean, la file, or has mother is proceeding practically inpoint to be considered is that care nede money, When the people every direction; and there are must be taken to provent the become educated to better things creat number of privato indivi-salted jellyfish from becoming we will be glad to conduct planer funds in the Malay Sites at the corrupt or insipid in the course of newspapers. We must print the present time who are busily on transportation for export. news.

gaged in planting rubber. I

must also be studied how to pre. Then the Gimlot resumes thus: noticed also that there is a groat The Case for Clean Journalism, deal of rubber planting carried pare it to make it suit the taste of Chinese customers: We-hopo the the chess moved on to their pre- We answer-In Europe there on by natives, mostly in small 09. Then, at the request of the are great clean newspapers. They blocks of anything from 10 to 50 industry will be undertaken by some enterprising persons. It purchaser, who was leaving there supported by the people. At or 100 acres.

will not only bring large profit to volony for a short time, the deli- we to believe that the people of

such persons but also contributo very was delayed and, as the

in giving work to many poor Koreans Scoul Prous..

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Continuing. Mr. Potter said that the opium in question had boon boki by the defendants as far back as January last, and, when the purchasor said that he wanted delivery of the goods, they had

of the polico.

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A. R. LOWE, Seentary.

"Manuring of rubber has no Europe are cleaner-minder than yet, appisently, been undertakon to any extent. But I think it will remaining-defendant wanted to our people?

In all our homes big and little he begun before long, & goud go to the Ching Ming-festival, he applied for a permit to have rich and poor we see an effort doal of forking of the soil is being the opium put into Apoar's Co- towards refinement. If our people done together with the applica down.. On April 15 the purchaser are so coarse and unrefined why tion of lime, in most cases with returned and asked for delivery of is this true?

vory beneficial and quickly. In the establishment and uso noticeable results, in the growth the drug, on which he had paid.

the yield $4000 deposit, only tabtold that of libraries, in the greater call of the trees and that delivery was impossible as for clean, wholesome books, of those which are in hear-

A representative of the A Tole-H.M. King George V. the opium was now in the hands in the demand for more parking. I am inclined to think, graph" paid a visit to the Dog's and playgrounds, botter and however, the very large yields Home at Causeway Bay yesterday The usso was proceeding as we cleaner streets and boulevards-given by some of the aller estates and had an opportunity.of in-

to our people show they are during the past two or three yours specting the new arrangements. Hongkong, 30th May, 1912, [405 morbid, criminal and decadent have been obtained by too rapid The home is situated behind the MARINE INSURANCE ASSO- in their tastes and desires? removal of bark, and such yields tiongkong Cotton Mills and is Would a newspaper man read cannot possibly be maintained us reached by a bridge over all the polluted and criminal a regular thing.

nullah. At the entrance, is a con- nows to his innocent young

crete house erected for the cus- daughter? If not, why doon he I saw some old rubber in va todian of the dogs. A wire fen sand such nows to the innocent rious places which, I should imaging suitably encloses the home. NOTION IS HEREBY GIVEN children of other people ? Will gino, would pay bofore very long, Accommodation for the dogs is that all Marine Insurance Ofoss that the papers to cut out and re-plant. I refer, of found in the concrete konnèle will be closed for the transaction of should only be read by adults? course, only to places whore trees erected at one end of the en- Public Brains 16 on MONDAY, 8rd The Question of Head lines. have originally been too closely closure while there is sufficient June, 1919 being the Birthday of If such nows must be publish planted and excessively and badly space outside to allow for them H.M. King George V. ad, why feature it with glowing tapped. Such rubber will not obtaining the necessary exercise By Orderi headlines on front pages? Why hold-its-own-in-competition on ground which is carefully

CHARGE OF INTIMI- DATION.

Revenus Officers Exonerated.

The case in which four revenue officers were charged with as- Baulting Chinese who hail been arrested for alleged offences against the Opium Ordinances was concluded yesterday after noon, before Mr. D. Melbourne, at the Magistracy.

Mr. Potter, instructed by Mr. Otto Kong Sing prosecuted, and Mr. W. L. Shonton of Messrs. Deagon Looker and Dancon de fended.

he maintain

Old Trees.

not segregate criminal news as with the young and better drained. financial and sporting news is stuff coming on a competition

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One oriticism, if indeed any be Hongkong, 80th May, 19:9,- now placed, in soparate sootions, which is sure to come about needed, is that no provision is Then those who do not care for before long. It is customary to made to giro adequate shelter such news could pass it over and go on tapping throughout the from the heat of the sun. This destroy the criminal section be-year. I am inclined to think would seem an important failing, IN accordance with. Ording ANG foro admitting the paper to their that it would probably pay beat for if any animale suffer from the BANKS will be cloret for the transso. homes.

to stop tapping altogether for heat, the dog is most certainly in of Poblie Busines on MONDAY, It will be remembered that the If the people are so corrupt, from one to two months, during one. Save for the kennels them-the 3rd June ease for the prosecution alleged how do the newspaper men as the spring, while the trees are selves, there is no shade in the Hongkong. 20th May, 1912, г407 that some Chineso, captured and count for the circulation, going wintering. During this time the home, and it is an open question aubsequently charged under the into the millions, of clean weekly tree is in a somewhat feeble state whether the kennels are any too NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. Opium Ordinances, were 1oked papers and monthly magazines and comparatively little latex is cool. The point is of importanus, and hit with truncheons until one The growth of the magazine obtained, while the bark ia inasmuch as Home of

the

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of them, fearing the results of reading habit, in my opinion, is being continuously removed, at doge admitted to the home further ill treatment, agreed to in itself a protest against the class the usual rate. Alternate day must be suffering from on THE Steamship confess....

of matter supplied by the daily topping is, I think, mostly prac or other of the canine illnesses, The defence consisted of a total press.

tised in the Malay States in and it is a well known fact that

'" DILWARA,” denial of the case as set out by Is the daily newspaper man onse of young rubber. I think if coolness and comfort are two of having arrived from the above porta, the prosecution and a good deal right in his catimate of what the the trees were allowed to rest and the primary qonditions precedent consigness of cargo are hereby informed of rebutting evidence was called, people want? Do you want eri- the bark enved during the month to recovery.

MOU that their goods will be delivered from In the result the defendants minal news in your home, for or two referred to, daily tapping In this respect, and this one alongside. were discharged.

your children to read?

If you do not, then it's your months of October, November, which was ander Inspector Landed at once, at consignes risk and might be resorted to during the only, the home falls short of that Cargo impeding the discharge will be duty to enter a strong, emphatic, an 1 December, when the trees are MoLwen's care. at Yaumati, a expense into the haridus and/or extra clear, not to be misunderstood in n-etste-of-active-production, description of which appeared in basa dots Godown of the Hongkong bealism" meetings in your town.

protest. Arrange "olean journ and with better all round results."

our columns some time ago. In und Kowloon Whart and findown Con- A "The shareholders of com- other directions it is a decided Tapy, Lilled.

No Fire Insurance has been effected. Write your daily paper in mo panire, who are accustomed to improvement on the old state of Bills of Lading will be conn'erigned uncertaintone. Do it alongs. We reo-ive monthly reports of the affairs.

*** by the nadimigned, A Chinese Coolie had beon takonte Ameriongs are the most passive, crops of rubber abisined, would

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