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THE HONGKONG==TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1912.
DAY BY DAY. Nothing was ever so unfami- liar and startling to a man as hie own thoughts..
More Dumping,
A dead body has been found in the open. Beath was apparent ly due to plague.
No Licence: Two buwkers were each fiued $2 at the, Police Court has morning, for not having a licence, ** At this time of the year u man should tail to truth" said a woman at the Police Court, this morning.
The Truthful Season-
Shanghai Custonis' Commissioner.
During the short absence from Shuughes of Mr. 11. F. Merrill,
The Gymkhana.
Crawford.
-No Permit
THE SOSHU MARU CASE.
Alleged "Tainted" Police Bvidince.
SOLDIER IMPRISONED
FOR THEFT.
Conflicting Stries Told to the
·Bench:
i
NOTES AND
Chaff"
COMMENTS.
Honour to wham honour is dus:
The weather being fine there was a very fair attendance at the
Johnson Flynn Fight. Gymkhana held at the racecourse this afternoon. The complete
Few people who have weighed results and descriptions of the
The addresses of counsel in the At the Police Court, this morn- the probabilities will have much races will appear in the "Telo- Band Night.
Soshu Mara case were hoard thising, Private James Murray, of the room for surprise at the result of The Peak Club is living its graph" on Monday.
Concert Tickets.
noon by Mr. Melbourne, at the K.O.Y.LI, was charged before the fight between Juok Johnson Mr. Dick Melbourne with stealand Jim Flynn, So far as ons band night to-night
In connection with the concert Magistracy.
Mr. Bowley, for the prosecution, ing a gold ring valued. $8 from can grow, the only real chance to be given by the Philharmonic Concert on Thursday, we are contended that the Bench should 80, Queen's Road Central, last that Flynn ever had of coming out top-doglayin the asked to announce, for the benefit have little diffionlty in committ-night.
According to the evidence of reasonable likelihood of the of those who have received no ing the defondants., other intimation; that all members Mr. Lewis in Caustic speech the polico, defendant was arrested black's having broome over-soft having paid their subscription Mr. Lewis said the only in Wyndham Street. Sergeant hy sonsoa of his unnthletic inode. for last season are entitled to one evidence connectising the do- Steward said that when the man of life during the past couple of complimentary ticket the plan is fondants with the affair was taken to the station ho gave years This, however, was not to be neon at Messrs. Lane and was that concorning the up the ring.
the ease apparently and the spannor. If that was so, the tw The manager of the shop said negro has won. engineers were connected with the that the defendant went into his This morning at the Marine erime-the witnesses for the shop about 9 15 last night and Magistrate's Court the master of prosecution. It was laid down said he wanted to buy a ring. He the steam launch Willing, was that one accomplice could not was shown some silver ones first hut we should do well to await charged with leaving Shaukivan corroborals, anotner. According and then a gold ono, lle asked further details before launch betoon the hours of 7 on to the evidence of the prosecution, the price of the gold no and was ing out into peans on behalf of the 30th ult. and 5 am on July even the two engineors were told $10. He said that was to the victor. At present we feel ntore 1 without having n pormit guilty. The identification of the much and thon lo (prosecutor) diaposoil to confine ourselves to signed by the Harbour Master.,
The defendant pleaded guilty spanner rusted entirely on the said he could have it for $8.expressions if regret that Tolu evidence of the second engineer. The defendant then took holl of could not refrain from exactly Plague at Shaukiwan
species of "chaft! Three cases of plagus liave been and was fined $24 by Commander He was a police informer and it the ring and ran out of the shop, the e
was not the first time he had given Witness blown whistle and which, beyond all question, reported from Shaukiwan, Two Bookwith.
Baby Interrupts Court ovidence on behalf of the police chased the defondant up For helped to decide the day in his persons have died ind the other
A baby in its mothers arms On a previous occasion when ho tinger Street. In Wyndham favour when his met deffries. To lies in a critical state in the hospi-hold the Court up this morning gave information and evidence Street the defendant was caught inant, one's opponent after this with its prattle. The efforts of on behalf of the police, the prosecu-by an officer. He had never lost fashion may be." amart" but it From A Fong we have received the mother to stop it, arguing tion failed. He does not come sight of the defendant from the
canons and traditions of aport. * capital photograph of II. E. the were of no avail, and Mr. Irving, into the Court with clean banda," time he left the shop to the time scarcely conforms to our British
showing commendable
The Hongkong-bred European Governor inspecting the guard of after
the youngster to be taken out of
In most parts of the East, Jay. honour on his arrival on Thurs patience, had eventually to order Court. The noisy infant was dande. Price & Co., Ltd.
hend their children Home as soon We understand that the Annual removed, mother as well, and the
Europe parents are obliged to as they retch the age of about six yoars, Hongkong, by reason of Price & Co., Ltd. will be held at more restored,
its being able to boast a winter wason, does not always head to Road Central, day of July 18 at
how to this general rule.
We the Company's Offices, 12, Queen's
wish, for the sake of the rising 12 o'clock noon.
generation, that it did. Certainly
Commissioner of Customne, Mr. A. W. Crous will be in charge of the Custom House at that port.
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Mr. Melbourne-vo you any tion of the spanner rested entire- ty on his evidence. The second questions to ask him? said Mr. Lewis. The identifion- he was arrealdd.
Defendant :-Didn't you first witness said the police suggested
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BONGKONG, SATURSDAY, JULY 6, 1912.
THE RUBBER OUTLOOK.
Alding and Abetting Stowaways. A man named Hung Test, was charged at the Police Court, with aiding and abetting stowaways on board the s.8, St. Albans. The case was remanded. ·
Mine Output, The total output of the Chinese Engineering and Mining Com pany's three mines, for the week feading 22nd June amounted to 18,752.68 tons, and the salov during the period, 'to 16,422.26
Lane.
Obliging Magistrate- At the Police Court, this mou inga woman who was sentenced to fourteen day's for stealing wood
asked for a fine.
Mr. Arving You want a fine do you? Vory well; $10.
Detecting Adulteration.
to him that the spanner was one ask $12 for the ring and then "It looked like it." That span- Prosecutor: did not say the ner was of the type of hundreds ring was $12; I said it was of spanners in Hongkong. There worth $10 as fi st. was no mark on it, no chop, no destructivo mark by which it ***I must come back even if you could be identified. The second banish mo ten times, becauso I
A CANDID PRISONER.
know nobody in tLocountry," said engineer said that about a month
Chinese to Mr. Mellionine, at the "go
!
Mr. Melbourne-And then you reduced it to $87
Prosecutor:-Yes, sir. Defen 'ant:-Didn't I say that
separation from his children just exile should be condemned to
lio had filed, it on I did not believe it was gold attis tragic enough that the British Police Court, this morning in one side. Examination of the the ridiculous price and say aaawor to a charge of returning spanner did not show any murks was going to take it to the Police when they are beginning to nedd wise guidance; but in our opinion of filing. The spannor was deep-Station ?
Prosecutor:-No. from banishment.
Mr. Molbourne :-One year and y caton with rust which must
Mr. Melbourne-Did he take there in even a greater element of tragedy overhanging the man have been growing eight months. This was the only evidence with the ring ?
who, from choice or necessity, al- four hours' stocks,
which the prosecution tried to
lows his boys and girls to remain in the Colony when they have connew those on the nonoh with
passed the childish age: the crime. The second engineer he was going to show it to the had stated that, on the 28th, la Police?
Over-wise for their years, lent the spanner to an unknown
А РІСКРОСКЕТ..
A man was charged at the Police Court this morning with picking the pocket of the chief shroff of the Electric Tramway Company, and also for returning from banishment.
Prosecutor-Yes.
Mr. Melbourne Did he say
Prosecutor: No, not at all,
Some parents seem unwilling to realise that a youngster deve.
that he did so without the consent first I would not have blown an for an unknown reason and he had not run away at of any other person on board. my whistle. If he had said be On this ground no one but him was going to the Police Stati namushi rore quickly here than at Home; that the Hongkong self could. Le connected with it. I would have followed hims
boy's or girl's fourteen years are thereabouts equivalent to
On the first chargo he was seu He had noted on his own re Sergeant Sloward :-If he was
tenced to three inonths' imprison
For the quarter eaded June ment and on the second six/ponsibility and initiative. The going to, the police station, why the English adolescent's sixteen
30th, four samplea each of milk and whisky and two each of brandy and rum wore analysed in Hongkong under the Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance. All were genuine savo one of rúm,
Prison-breaker Caught,
A Good Dividend.
Colony's Balance Sheet.
affair
Was
Ju
•ame type of youth. And when to "side" is added- ignoranos
Liverpool-Irish boatswaju. Per
only, person therefore con-id he go down Wyndham Street?
Mr. Melbourne-I don't know seventeen. The European okild who is reared exclusively in the months, the sentences to run con-
could be connected with the if I can ask lim that. Anyhow Fast may, almost be said to liave enrrently. He was also ordered nected with the launch who
the ROCOnd you can answer this if you wish, fourboura' stocks.
engineer hitself. The first de- though you are not bound to de no childhood, for, as soon as he can talk, he rapidly waxos overs knowing through not having SILK FOUND IN A COAL fondant, it had been proved, was 50.
Pofondant was looking for anffient of his fellows to BUNKER.
sick on the day in question and not being there, could not be con- the police station.
ub shoulders with. God help Never Meant to Steal Today's much capital is locked up, in the rubber industry
nected with the affair. These
The defence was that theft was hat boy or girl to whom the full that a very lively interest is aroused by pronouncements of the Adolf Grimsinger of U, 8, 8.
"Cincinnati," whose escape from Two Chinese, members of the people who were charged with possibility of discovering a substitute for the product which is now the American gaol at Shanghai wearew of the sa. Kwong Tung, Healing goods valued $20.000 never meant. He asked the price tent of the child-porn, luis ad-socks pup is intolerable in such general demand. For some years past there has been much reported yesterday, has been re-were charged bofore Mr. E. A were the next day found by the of the ring and it was so ridicul- von denied. The grudy-colour speculation as to whether or no an alternative could not be found captured by the polico. His fel- Irving, at the Police Court, to-day police quietly following their oc-pus the way the prosecutor came
́s ressonable hope that he will by the manufacture of synthetic rubber, and last month Professor low adventurer is stated to be still with being in unlawful possession cupation, and oven after their bail down from $12 to 38 that he benough in England, where there of twelve pieces of Chineso silk had been reduced there was not camo su picious that the ring was ne day got some of the corners Porkin, of Manchester, startled a gathoring in London when he at large.
valued at $100.
one who had sufficient money to not gold and he took it so as to declared that English chemists had forestalled their German The Netherlands India Com-
intolerablo" falla painfully Detective Sergeant Grant prose- get himself out. The evidence call the attention of the police to knocked off him; but out here brothron by taking out patents for the producing of such a commercial Bank have received advice outed and Mr. Johnson, of Messrs. tras such an no reasonable mind-the complainant's action modity. This assertion was followed up a low days later by the from their Head Officent Amstor Johnston Stokes and Master, da od jury would ever dream of con- misrepresenting the nature of the short in its effort to express the
victing on. Could his Worship ring. appearance of a Synthetic Products Company,.who were apparently dam, stating that a divided offended.
Both defendants pleaded not any on that evidence that there The police stated that the de-
would be sheer viciousness if it not merely concerned in the manufacture of synthetic rubber alone, 18 por cent, lus been declared
for the year ouding 31st Decem guilty.
was no reasonable doubt loft in his fendant had only thirty conta innd a heavy list towards what it being stated that it was possible to get acetone from the new bor 1011.
Detective Sergeant Grant said mind as to the guilt of the pribis possession when arrested. the goods were found in a coal ere? The idea was preposteris,
Prosecntar deposed that the were not sheer idiocy, one may product, which could be used in cordite manufacture and which
by pardoned for longing to do could be put on the market at a third of the present price. It is The financial statement for the bunker. The first defendant, and no reasonably minded jury ring was gold.
more than one Hongkong boy of Mr. Melbourne-Anything
eighteen or nineteen handovi över clear, however, that the enterprise was chiefly viewed from the month of April issued by the wateinman, received the goods and cald possibly convict. He asked
to the forecastle of a wind-jammers his Worship to dismiss the pri-known about defendant. ?. purely rabber standpoint, but we wewe saon informed by Router Hongkong Treasuay shows that pussed them on to an engineer.
The case was remanded until soners. The evidence was "taint- ho revenue for the month totalled"
Sergent Stoward:—Hò han just that the oity editors appeared to regard the new Company as a
$479,801.50. id the expendi Wednesday, bail being fixed at a first and tainted last. It was done nine mouths lately for in-nd the tender mercies of å speculative venture, while the advent of the corporation failed, to turo $842,283.14. The balance $100 onchi. adversely affect the rubber share market; indeed, the effect was in at the end of the mouth-was the other direction, and simultaneously Para rubber hardened, in $2,201,512.80 at the beginning
The Wrecke Quinta. price.
Yesterday, the Kowloon Dock Assuming a cheap and efficient substitute for rubbor could be Co.'s tug David Gilles left for the found, it is easy to foresee how far-reaching the effects of the dis- Paracels for the purpose of en- deavouring to salve the wrecked covery would be. Certain is it that they would be widespread, for stoner Quents. She carried fall the estimated annual consumption of rabber, owing to the develop-aquipment and six or seven divers follows:- ment of the electrical industry and the introduction of motor nud Great hopes are entertuinened of oyole tyres, is now put at somewhere about 100,000 tous. The getting the ill-fated steamor oli,
A Chinese Law Student. trict of Kwangtung Province. entered the house of Mr. James observations made at the Observa industry is, of course, not a now ono, but the developments referred to have so changed the trade as to make it practically a modern Amongst the student who pass Four of the missionary chapels Johnston, Carnarvon Road, Kow-tory, there were 120 hours of and the daily newspapers have not enterprise. The increasing demands for the product have been met, ed in Real Property 'on-have been pulled down, the homes loon, last night, but were distur-sanbine during June, compared even considered the incident de as everyone knows, by actual cultivation, instead of relying inerely veyancing at the general amin- of over 180 families of Chinese bed boiore, they could lay their with a 25 years' average men serving of a leading article. Tota on wild rubber, and overy year sees improvements in the methods ation of students of the Thus of converts have been looted, and hands on anything substantial. of 156.2. hotra. In all 14.100 what a sensation the formation by of cultivation and collection. It is believed that these improve Court, held in Lincoln's Inn Hall their houses burnt down, and, as a The pockets of a guest of the inches of rain fell, compared with the Libern Union Party onused ments will materially reduce the cost of putting the product on the on May 20, 21, 22, 28 and 24, is result, over 300 Chinese converts family were rifled and some 25 years average of 1038 in 1886." Thus writes "An M.P
This papers taken which the burglars Only on two daye was no rain in London Opinion,"" and, he market and at the same time bring it to a higher degroo of per-Tan Tiang-yow, of the Middle are rendered homeless.
Temple, who is placed in the third English Missionary Society there apparently thought were notes, registered. The average tempor continues, "The Liberals kep
has already reported the matter These were found afterwards in sture for the month was 81.6, the assuring us that the British peop) As to whether or no any reliable substitute for the natural class.
Notes and Specie. to the Governor General, asking the garden, which points to the highest being 89.3, on the 17th, had grown so accustomed to two rubber is likely to be invented, which can be applied equally well to all the purposes for which rubber is used, it would be unwise to Returna of the average amount for the despatch of troops to sup- fact that when it was realised that and the lowest 74, in the 5th Parties that they would never
tolerate the existence of a third- there were no noles among them The average humidity was 85.
a prediction which lite since bec say, but it has been pointed out that in any oase the margin of of bank notes in circulation and press the disturbance.
News has also reached Canton they were thrown sway,
nogst ved by the uprising) profit possible at present is large enough to allow of a diminution of apecio in reserve in Hongkong
The burglars are supposed to Volunteer's Resignation,
Governor Labour Pa of price and yet attract capital, From the manner in which the ducing the month of Jans show that the city of Haiping district Synthetic Products Company has been received it is obvious that the following figures:Charter has fallen into the hands of the have gained entry to the house His Excellency the
Whas been pleased to accept the Buon not much fear is yet felt in the rubber world at the possibilities of od Bank notes, $8,223,114; rebels, and the magistrate is taking by means of the rain-pipe,
The police have the metter in resignation by Iieutenaut J. B, these the new product. So bolders of rubber shares have no need for posire, $4,000,000. Hongkong shelter in Bun-oheong with his Alarm Bell is well to keep an eye on new experiments of this and Shanghal Bank notes defental troops. Reinforcement band but up to the time of going Golbay of his Commission In
$18.067.750 1 specie, 814, have already been despatched in press no arroits had toon - Hongkong Volunteer Cort dnd, which may very change the whole situation one.
from Canton. But that day seama still some way sheadse
fection.
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such that no judge would direct decent assault, your Worship. The jury to convict upon therefore Inst conviction was for being KWANGTUNG. UNREST.be asked his Worship to discharge drunk and disorderly.
the prisoners.
Mr. Melbourne :-Nothing for The prisoners were committed larceny?
Sergeant Sloward :---No, not as for trail at the Criminal Bossions, Mission Chapels Pulled Down
far as I know.
Mr. Melbourne:-Six weeks, Our Canton correspondent
writes under date of yesterday a DISTURBED BURGLARS.
Anti-mission trouble has
broken out in Tsing-sing dis We are informed that burglars
JUNE WEATHER, According to meteorological
aps the now University may liok some of these poor, freaks into shape. For the honour of the British race, Henvon grant it many.
A Extra Party,
We have become so phlegmintio in our politics that the fas on of the Liberal Unionists with theirs Conservative allies has not caused a ripple on the political waters,
No comments yet.
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