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JUOXOKONO SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1912.

POLITICAL PROBABILITIES.

DAY BY DAY,

SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

One is free in proportion as one DISCRETION AT A DISCOUNT. is strong.

Gilbert and Sullivan, In Real Lite

Mail Delivered..

The French mail of July 10 was delivored in London on August 18.

Body Found.

The body of a Chinese malo obild has been picked up cu the foreshoro: Death was apparently

due to natural causes

Woman Discharged.

tho within

limita

Alleged Savage Assault by Street Coolle,

NOTES AND

COMMENTS.

To Keep Off Burglars.

A resilont' has made the sug

We understand from that STABBED IN STOMACH, report of the proceedings which our representativo sub- mitted to us, that the Magis trate's decision apparently pro- oooded upon the basis that one of his predecessors in office had

Arising, out of a dispute over gestion to us that the guest way On the evening of Friday hold that it is necessary for the payment of coolie hire, a man of keeping burglars away from the 9th instant d'humble News newsboy to hold a licenco. If

was, according to the allegation one's premises is to keep a dog. boy was peacefully wonding his this be so, it is a basis of reason of the police, stabbed in the o says that more than once the

follow,

stomach and had to be taken to light-fingered gentry have been take way to the office of this Journal, ing which we fail to His pockets were laden with and in any event we "Coin of the Realm of the sub it that, in the caso both of the hospital where he remained soared from his residence by his dogs, for the Chinese have an for some weeks. sidiary order that which, though the present and of the formor At the Police Court, this morn- unholy dread of a dog's teeth. At lawfully bearing the effigy of our decision, neither can be legally Sovereign Lord the King, and sound in the absence of a Lawing, before Mr. E A Irving a Home dogs kept solely for the Oplum Fine

on a farm, or by shepherds, or by ing the injured man.. At the Police Court, this morn-being, under shadow of the sup-enacting in clear and unmistak-Woman was charged with assault purpose of tonding sheep or cattle Detective Sorgeant Grant, in blind persons for their guidance, ing, & man was fined $63, for port of his puissant representa able terms that the offences in re- being in possession of a quantity tives and advisors, Legal. Tenderspect where of nach decisions were stating the case for the prosecu are exempt from licencos. Perhaps

of the given were offences punishablo

tion, said that the complainant this principle could be recognised without a pormit,

Colony, is none the less under that Law. In this connec- but a poor compliment to its tion we would observe that no lose engaged coolies to carry furni- in Hongkong by permitting an

This amount the coolics con- protection from burg to. That At the Police Court, this morn-negis, since it only circulatos at an authority than the late Lord ture and paid thiom forty venta. sidoats to keep ono dog apoico for ing, a woman was charged with a discount of some six to seven Justice Collins (then Master of sidered inadequate and com- would be one way of dealing with perinitting children to sail new-por cent. on its declared legal the Rolls in England) hold it to monced un altercation with theorying evil. But would Hongkong which the or Kowloon with at least one dog complainant in papers in the streets without a ratio. Bearing this depreciated be sound doctrine that

The Rule that in inferior husband of the dofondant drow a in overy house, be a tolerable licence. She was discharged'. woalth, which with his small

Courts and proceedings by knife and stabbed him. The de- place to live in at nights? stock of unsold newspapers con

"Magistrates the maxim fendant held the complainant The Women's Festival. stituted, his "ittle all", this

"'omnia praesumuntur rito whilst her husband stabbed him. If the Chinese shopkooper is a It is notified in the Government luckless ad proceeded on his

osso neta (all things are The husband had cleared out and good judge of supply and demand Gazette that." The Association journey little dreaming of the

prosumed to have been had not been seen since..

there is overy reason to suppose for the Advancement of Educa-darksome tragedy that was about

"performed properly") doce

The complainant said he was that the keeping of the approach- tion "has been exempted from to befall him, but ere he had

not apply to give juris thrown on the bad and stabbed ing Chinese Festival held on the registration under the Societies' reached the end of his quest,

diction, has never been He did not realise that he was seventh day of the soventh moon, Ordinance.

misfortune, which is prono to

questioned." dog the steps of all of us, had proved to him a Veritable Nemo-Were the contrary to obtain stabbed until he saw the blood. will be kept as thoroughly as it The woman throw her arm round was in pre-republican days, while A man aged twenty-two years six, and had laid him by the hools, the absurd result would follow him and pulled him three or four ore are many Chinuso feaste foot to the bed. Ho saw the do- fow, except those in which some has been sent to the hospital for an ladian Constable, greater that because in Magistrate. A's

brains, opinion B was a hawker, when fondant's husband pull out the characteristic observance pre suffering from a wound on the in bulk forehead alleged to have been in-sooing, whant possibly his Polics arraigned before Magistrate on knife. This was whilst he was dominates, conio prontinently, be- Bioted by a woman in the course education and taught him were a similar charge would 'ipso lying on the had.

fore the European eye. Butomong Then it is not these is the festival the keeping. Mr. Irving- of a querrol.

tho tools of crime (to wit Nows-facto' be a hawker too!

We would very much like to! true that you had a row with this of which is a prerogative of the arrested him on sight and know what particular Law it is: man and you were stabbed in the Chinese woman. In the days papera! upon the boys's person, Under instructione from the haled him off o durance that provides that a Licence is Scoretary of State for the Colonies, vile so that ho poor wretch necessary for the sale of news His Excellency the Governor has in one short act involuntarily papers in the streets and that appointed Mr. J. A. S. Buckmill became a tainted person though such sale in the absence thereof to be Attorney-General, with he had committed no offence

against the Laws of the Colony O tempora O morce!

Exemption.

Wound on the Forehund.

The New Attorney General

elfect from the 13th Tust.

Launches Collide.

A collision is reported to have taken place in the Harbour yester day between the lunches Wa Lee and Fuk Lol. It is stated that the last-named launch collided with the former and damaged it to the extent of $25!

House Entered.

A married woman in the Shau- kiwan district has reported to the police that someone has entered for house and taken things to the value of $230. Three men have since been arrested and some of the property recovered.

Rald on an Alleged

thon in

The immediate consequence

was that our representative had

is

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course of the fight?—No.

Defondant said she did not He

(complainant) banged the table take any part in the fight.

him.

whon mythology was mile, there was a God of Heaven, whose posi- tion seemed on a lovol with that of Zous. Among his many bloss

a crime. We will go further and her husband find a row withings he counted a daughter who

and add this, that no such Law such a Law to find its way into

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possessed all the attributes that convey beauty to the Chinese

and mind, but hor great excellence mind. She was beautiful in body needlework, which sho with practised during her youth diligence which brought in its train porfection. The God of HANDED.Пorven, was nothing if not democratio in his idens and gavo

exists in Engloud, and that wore The nephew of the complain- Aftor hoaring further evidence, the Hongkong Ordinances, thosent gave corroborative evidence. to leave the precincts of his house responsible for its inclusion would. Mr. Irving discharged, the de

fondant. for those of the Contral Police by no manner of means cover Station in order to secure, by the themselves with glory in their process known as "Bail", the exploit. temporary rolease of the youthful | ollender from the Gaol accom- not appeal against the santones? CAUGHT RED modation" which would other- Our answer is that it is cheaper to

It may be asked why do we

wise have fallon to his unfortunate pay the fine, even though the Theft of Brass From Kowloon his daughter in marriage to lot.

Police continue their presont This having been successfully policy, Depreciation has to be accomplished, the youthful un provided for whether it be in fortunate was on the following respect of Machinery, Furniture day arraigned before the most or Subsidiary Coin. We must genial of our local Solons to stand therefore-for the present-go a his trial for the awful offence off stop further and provide for the commission of which we un-another kind of depreciation derstand he land bean charged viz. namely that concerning our "selling (it may have been "haw. "king") newspapers in the street

without a liconos.." We do not know whether the particular Law against which ho was alleged to have offended

possible deprivation in toto of the services of our newsboys. We have, however, at least the consolation of knowing that therecent raid by the Police on our newsboys had one beneficial result, in that our was made known to the alleged Special Offer made in consequence

Docks.

At the Police Court, this noraing, beforo Mr. E. A. Irving, man was charged with stealing two pieces of copper and a brass bolt, valued $2, the property of the Kowloon Docke.

Dofondant doniod the charge and said that a carpenter at the docks gave him the articles to take to the Empress of India,

The carpenter referred to was called and denied giving the defondant the things.

Tho hoad watchman at the!

a cowhord. Whether the young Indy was blessed with connubial bliss or not tradition does not say... It simply rocords the one great fault that after marriage the needlework was laid aahle, as are many of youth's pursuits, when marital responsibities are takon up.

A Protty Fable.

The lady grow indolent and, while there is no suggestion that father took exceedingly strong vioira on the matter and, either b the husband complained, ber

accident or dosiga punished bog.

Polities is becoming a grim business in the Old Country. And the Ulster agitation passes from a mere squabble of contending factious when a prominent newspaper speaks of the Government keeping a close watch on the asyings and doings of loading Unionists, and when a well-known member of Parliament refers to the possibility al indictmonts being prepared against ligh politicians for tronson and felony. Of course, it must not be over looked that these stories cununate from the Ministerial side, and aro manded without any evidence subsequently seen, convicted him full account of the arrest and The officers' and ongincers olev remain the whole r

Gambling House. Early this morning, Inspector Dymond and a number of sub- ordinates raided the premises 592, Queen's Road west, and arrested seventeen inon ou a charge of gambling.

The case was mentioned at the Police Court, to-day, but was re-

being tendered."

A Clever Troupe.

collones. Some of the triek

| dolinquent, or whether sunh Lawsecured for us a large increase in docks doposed to finding the cop for they wore romoved from

was even within the knowledge circulation, so that as we publish- per and brass in the defendunt's world and placed one on pist of the Magistrate, who, as will be ad in our issao of Saturday last a possession under his clothing

mala in se

"bad

Police,

MARINE COURT.

side of the Milky Way. The

through, beholding cook for from afar, The only allovipu comes on the seventh moon jen

a flock of magpies swarm upon

the earth, and out of pity in a bridge over which they mass for one day in the year. at fay the Chinese girls kecaigh festival, and many, a wish ex- pressed that they may el in

thus to be taken ens grano satis. Novertholoss, there is something

of the charge, but we do happen to subsequent proceedings in ques-ships and chit-books to sign for of ure sensational about the new developments, which will assuredly

know of that very elementary but tion, the energy of the Police will everything leaving on going on none the loss cardinal rule for be noro widely advertised than to the ships. Defendant had be followed with close interest by Britishers all the world over.

The Carangeot troups

of the subdivision of crimes viz. previously. We would, however, not a chit-book,

remark that it is, a curious fact Defendant was sentenced to six For the moment, Home Rule is certainly the prime issue in artistes appeared in the City Hall those which are

12 ór' in that in each recent instance weeks imprisonment and four Homo politics. Unionists intend to keep it sử, too, though the last night and was less generous("bad in themselves Liberal party persist in dragging red herrings across the track, excellence of the programme de-nature, and those which are newsboy in plurge of issue of

ly supported than the all-round other words" bad from their vory the arrost has been that of a hours stocks. their Intest and biggest specimen being the Land Reform crusade. served. The dress circle was "mala quia prohibita" ("b the "Hongkong Telegraph.'

By the byo have any arrestS But even with the Ministerialists it is becoming recognised that notably empty and dispiriting, because they are prohibited," or

At the Marine Court, this morn-sewing the wife who is on to public opinion will be heard on the Irish question; honce Mr. None the less the company went in other words "bad because been made in connection with

whole-heartedly about their work they

ex-any of the numerous burglarios are contrary to Churchill's references, in his latest tirade, to the next General and gave a sliow much above the press Law"). We

are cer- reported in our columns during ing, before Commander C. W. undergo the ponance of other -well the past month? If any Beckwith, R.N., two cargo boat your'e soparation, from hus- Election. Indeed, he goes as far as to say that before. Oraugemon average.

tainly not aware that "solting of our renders are unfortunate masters were charged with moor band. At one time sesarseeds are actually affected there must he anther appeal to the country.

There was little that was papers in the street without a He assumes, in his remarks, however, that the Bill will begone law strikingly new about the pro Licence" is either bad in itssif" enough to be visited by thieves, ing their hosts within 100 yards were stack together only one- let them report the matter to us of low water mark in a prohibited and fashioned, into houseables, before the General Election takes place, though for our past we con- gramine, but most of the turns or bad na boing contrary to any straightaway. We will continue aron and during prohibited hours. plates, shoes, fruit many Thoy wore eacfi fined $10, thor articles besides fcho uso. There is a pertinent legal items of news, but we shall need as heretofore to circulato anch sider this extremely improbable, for it is almost a dead certainty that were of a high standard of ex-express Law."

Junk Inspector R. Rooha of the reunited' coupleft now the Bill will be rejected by the House of Lords, and, even by bringing cycling, for stance, was the maxim to the effect that every- the assistance of the Burglars charged. Chan Al-ho, master of in this age of commatism, into force the provisions of the Parliament Act, two years would have cleverest we have ever seen; and body is supposed to know the victims, for information upon the the lighter Ching Chow, with these things can be light in

Law-presumably this applica as to olapse between the time it is introduced in the House of Commons that is to instance only one item nuo to Magistrato as to the subject of Burglaries is no longer failing to take out a licence for the shops.

Cholera in Shanghai. furnished to this paper by the his craft. and passes its third reading, ere it could receive the assent of the of many. On the whole, the show

offender who appears before him,

Defendant pleaded guilty but: can be heartily recommended.

The nows that chra has King. Even the most ardent Liberal would scarcely father the view

said the licence was always taken Thie at least is the Theory. What

broken out in Shang which of the fructice?

Liquid Fuel Steamers.

out by the offico. that tlie next General Election will be so far remote, What the ro-

There in another rule of Law The following is taken from

Inspector Rocha deposed that is contained in u specialogram sult of the next appeal, to the country will be, we would noi bo sO Seven lots of Crown Land which is supposed to operato rash us to predict. But it is more than a probability that there will situato in the New Territories are in favour of an alleged offender, steamers fitted for burning liquid no licences, all the Hongkong parently the outbreak one of Lloyd's Register "The throe Macao trading lighters lacto-day, is rather diaquig. Ap be a shrinkage in the Liberal vote. The Unionists may be con- to be said by auction at Taipo on to wit that which requires that fuel number 242, but it is noted lighters belonging to the firm considerable virulence,d some fidently expected to secure the biggest number of soats, but it is the 23rd inst. Another lot situato most doubilul if they will manage to attain a sufficiantly large at Taipo 0, 3,250 square feet in hey be not convicted save upou in regard to ono vessel, the owning the defendant's vossel were Europeans are affected owever

proves such Austrain-Lloyd liner Bohemia, licenced.

Hongkong may suf, from following to render them anything like independent of the other extent (upset price $68) is to be offender to be guilty beyond that she only uses liquid fuel for

The case was dismissed as there plague and small pox fevers, three parties. This is a difficulty which they will have to fuce for sold at the District Land Office, all possible doubt of the offence hor donkey boiler. The largest seemed to be some misunder-Shanghat seems to be preven many a long your, wo imagine. It is one of the most serious out Hongkong, on the 30th inst, as laid to his charge. growths of the party system in English politics and works with well an a lot an acre in extent,

steamers using liquid fuel are standing, but the defendant was more, take it all in all. We may The lenraed Magistrate after the Japanese liners Tenyo Maru, ordered to take out a licence take it for granted thate most special harshness on the Unionists.

aituate at Pun Shan,

atringont restrictions ill be investigating the matter came to of 13,154 gross tone, and the dating from April. But an evon greater problem is that of determining what procise.

placed upon all vesoolarrying On September 2nd a piece of the conclusion that the newsboy Chiyo Maru, of 13,431 gross tons, mandate is secured by any party which may happen to succeed in it land situate to the south-west of was guilty, and apoordingly con- both owned by the Toyo Kison Chinese Soldiera Mutiny. passengers from Shani, and General Election. More than one, and more than two, big issues the Naval Infectious Diseases victed him, but very kindly in- Kabushiki Koisha.

The soldiers of the third com-it is to be hopoil that so will are bound to loom in the next election. Who shall say, therefore, Hospital, Mount Parish, 10,000 licted a merely nominal penalty The list includes the names of pany of sixty-second division of be successful. Hangga when the fight is over, what the exact verdict of the people is? We square foot in extent (upset price of one dollar-payable we pre-about forty vessale of 5,000 gross the army in Chiakiang, have had its own peak of trofe this would that the great questions of the day could be definitely $1,000) is to be offered at the same in subsidiary coin! Pos- tone and upwards, all of which mutinied, setting fire to their bar year and it has no needor the pronounced upon consecutively, and thus the political air cleared so P. W. D. Office. At the samo sibly this was due to some are fitted for burning liquid fuel. racks on the 10in inst. asa prelude importition of a straynes or as to allow of more real, definite work and less noisy babbling of time and place Inland Lot 1920, recollection on the tongues. The Referendum is the obvious solution, but is there in situate to the west of May Itond, of the Magistrato of the marim steamers are owned by the big the trouble was prevented by den! of mischief. The ances England a party who would be bold and advanced enough to include about 31.128 square feet in De minimis non ourat lex oil companies. Quite a number their Commander-in-Chief Kou, are against this happent, but this system in the forefront of its platform? We think not. For extent, with an upset price of ("The Law caros not about very of the vessele are engaged in the and about a dozen of the would- the contingency has to We are all at heart more conservative thun we would fain admit. 86,220, in ta ho pus up.

sidered as ponible, be matineers ware arrested, | trilling matters"},

Land Sales,

erience which

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Fort A good number of oil-burning for a general rising. Fortunately two of cholera which mig do

Pacific,

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