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THE NAVY LEAGUE AND TRAFALGAR DAY,

"THE DICTATORS.”

We are croated, for a life of reciprocity.

- Interesting Argument in the

Deed of Trust:Case:

Steorago Passengers, By the Empress of Japan 400 Chinese steerage passenger arriginating summons on the con-To the Editor of the "Hongkong

To Land a Corpse.

ed to-day,

This morning the end of the in the case of the or- argument

struction to be placed on the deed

Telegraph." The as Bucephalus, from of trust in connection with the

Sir.As a former Hon. Secret Java, reports having called at Zoroastrian Charity fand of Hong-ary and former President of the Amoy to land a Chinese corpse.kong Canton and Macao was com- Hongkong Branch of the Navy

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Leaving for Swatow.

Mr. Stephonson-Jellie, of the Chinese Customs, is, we leara, about to leave for Swatow where he will remain for some little

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Arrivals.

By the s. Empress of Japan there arrived to-day Major S.K.B. and Mrs. Rice, Lieut and Mrs. Reynolds. Lieut. Palmer arrived from Shanghai by the 8,9. Linau.

Three Months Hard.

A man who endeavounod to obtain $72, worth of lilysood by falee protonses, was sentenced to three months hard labour, by Mr. 'Hongkong Telegraph," will. A. Irving, at the Police Court,

this morning.

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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1912.

FA SUGGESTION TO THE AUTHORITIES.

Watch Thist.

Longue it has occurred to me

and others to whom I have apokon so that view that it would be advisable to make Monday next. Trafalgar Day, the occasion for

ARMED ROBBERY CHARGE.

Complainant is the man who won 80,000 in the Maoso lottery for a ten conts investment. The defendants, he said, came into his place and rubbed his eyer with pepper. They hold him

NOTES AND

COMMENTS.

ton, who was to have consulted raviving the activity and energies down and told him to keep quiet rubber, without more than a of this Branch of the Leagus. He told them he would give them The work of the local Branch his things so long as they did not was formerly divided into the hurt him. following parts:

with him after yesterday's hear. ing, had taken ill. Mr. Jonkin explained this to the court and permission was given him to men- tion any other matters in Cham- |bers on Saturday morning.

The case had not concluded when we went to press.

THE COOLIE'S TALE.

1. The distribution of the

Longue Journal, "....." a 2.-The collection of subscrip- tions from Members and As. sociates and the periodical A molio employed at a local remittance of a portion of hong was given an envelope con- our Funds to the Head office |taining the sum of $270 to deliver lin London.

at a elop. He went back to his 3.-The devotion of a portion firm and told them that when

of our Funds towards local near the fruit market, he was af purposes connected with the tacked by two men who ought Navy, and

him by the throat and took the 4-The keeping of the Head envelope from him. The men, Office posted as to our needs, he said, ran away in the direction from the point of view of of Bonhamn Strand. This happen Defence, on land as well used, according to the story, in broad daylight, about a quarter to two. The police regard the story as doubtial.

on son.

The five men curged with Value of Rubber Per Acreag armed robbery at Yaumati Hongkong people who hold rubber shares will find material and remanded again, came for thought in a portion of a before Mr. E. A. Irving at the was slated that $170 worth of Police Court, this afternoon. It correspondence which we re- priated yesterday, under the property was stolen. The men, it above heading, from the "Fin was allogod, were armed with noter.". It is stronge that the very men who, before investing knives.

la mines, will insist on having the most up-to-dute expert's opinion, or who, in taking shares in a newspaper, will first find out the exact wage paid to the small- est office boy, are yet so often prepared to put their money into cursory glance at a prospectus or a balance-sheet. Probably there is no speculation of modern times over which meu are more ready to count their chickens before they ard hatched, than the rubbar ostates of the Far East. Such Mr. Eldon Patter, addressing

people will not see that, in the the court on behalf of the plaintiffe

long run, rabber planted on said that before dealing with the

mediocre soil, in a favourable questions specifically he would like

climate, and tended by practical. to address a few general remarke

men, who know the value of to the court on his friend's conten-

weeding, and who, by considerato treatment of coolies, will get a tions. His friend had said that thoy, the plaintiffs, were not djelatora,

maximum of work out of them, will give a belter return for money but merely trustees and if his Lordship construed the deed in

than that which grows on the the way the defendant wished him

best soil in the world and is to do the community would be

worked by ill-used-and there the dictators and the trustees

oro sullen-poolies, and controlled by unscrupulous managers who would be more nonentites. The

Whilst the first two parts of

wut down expenses in their own trustees, he submitted, wore in

and personal interest,

take fact the dictators--not in the bad the above work have been carried sense of the word that they were in, the third and fourth parts

Aqueezo" on every single trane action connected with the estate. Who Provides the Ball? tyrants and could do anything have boon in abeyance during the

Before Mr. G. D. Melbourne, a› what they were told they must sirable to revive them, but here « provided that they did not de past five years and it sooms de

Someone or other must be not do, and provided that they serious difficulty comes in, name the Police Court this morning, tremendously keen on making lid the things which the rulesly, the securing of an enthusiastic the unlawful possession of coal mooth the path of such Chinese told them that they were to do. Hon. Secretary who is willing to case, in which Mr. Lewis of who fain would enter Australia in Left to their Discretion. regularly devote some of his Messrs Johnson Stokes and fastor spite of all regulations to tho

contrary. Yesterday four men. Everything was left to their dis-leisure time to the work, say an defended, wasagain gone into.

At the last louring one of the were summoned to attend the cretion and in that souse they hour a week on the averago, woro dictators. They were to do I should be very much obliged two defendants was discharged, Court on a charge of stowing their bost, in their opinion, for if all those British Subjects, whethe defence on that occasion being away on .. Guthrie; two were the promotion of the welfare of ther Members or Associates of the that the present defendant was find, respectively, five and threo the trust and so they were diot League or not, who are interested engaged to clean out the hold of hundred dollars, and the others In connection with the allegedators providing they acted like in the above matters, would kind- the Luzon Maru and was given forfeited a thousand dollare bail reasonable men and providedly meet me at the City Hall on the coal in payment for the jab, for not appearing. Either Aus

tralia must be a wonderfully pro- they obeyed the rules which said Monday next, the 21st October, by the chief officer. they must not do something, they discussing the best stops to be le discharged, and no order was migrate to or else there is more p.m. for the purposes of The remaining defendant waitable country for n Chinese to must do something, leaving other

of the milk of human klädasss'in mitters in their absolute disore taken for reviving the activity made us regards the conl...

and usefulness of this Branch of:

the world than we had thoughto tion. His friend, Mr. Jonkin,

the League.

Wo foara British stowaway had said several times yesterday Cruelty to Pigeons.

Yours, etc..

would wait a long time before he Seargeant Le charged a man that these were matters for the

H. E. Pollock.

found a compatriot (or an organi. at the Police Court this morning the community; pure questions

The Raymond Teal Musicalation of compatriota?) ready to with oralty to pigeons. It was of management. For instance

VOLUNTEER ORDERS.

Comedy Company which is now go bail for him to the tune of a stated there were twenty four when he came to deal with the birda in a basket that was point us to whether the ques- Corps orders issued by Major in its 14th week of unqualified hundred pounds. small as to compel the pigeons tion of the application to the court D. Macdonald for the ensuing success, having broken all records Mr. Roosevelt's Mishap.

It is difficult to make head or to stand one on top of the other. was negligence, or when he came weak state that for the Artillery for attendance in Honolulu, Mr. Irving fined the defendant $3. to construe the question of ab- Company parades will be held at Yokohama, Tokyo, Kobo, and mail of the telegrams referring to Ronco, ho said :-Tuin is a ques headquarters on Monday, the Shanghai, will open a limited. Mr. Roosevelt's latest experience. Virt ho was unhurt, according to tion for the community." 21st., for company drill; on Tues-engagement at

His Lordship:-I don't think the question was whether appli- cation to the court was negligence, bat the taking of counsel's

A sentence of one month and four hours stocks was passed by Mr. C. D. Melbourne, at the Po- lico Court this morning, on man found guilty of the larceny of a watch and a jacket at Wad

chai.

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Selling Opium Dross. Two Chinose were charged at Police Court, this morning, before Mr. C. D. Melbournó, with selling opium.dross without a licence. One was flued $100 or in default six works, and the other

in default seven days..

Hotel Robbery.

or

robbery at the Hongkong Hotel, reported in the "Telegraph," last night, the police report that they have been acquainted with the matter but no arrests have

boon male,

Weather Reports.

It is to be regretted that up till the present, and despite the undenable urgency of the matter, nothing has been done nothing The 8.8. Empress of India. appears oven to have been suggested in the proper quarter-towards which arrived in port today, relieving the over-crowding in Victoria Gal. We have touched on reports experiencing strong N. this question more than once of late in these colu.ans; alike directly, gale and heavy seas through the in the way of recommending outside work for privwners, and Formona Chinnel. The 8. opinion.h indirectly by making paolie uertain facts oncerning the conditions Bucephalus reportalenvy wonther ander which warders in the prison sorve. It is, unhappily, too ofton from N.E from Lazon to Amoy, necessary in Hongkong, in great mattere and so small, to insist time and fair weather thence to port. and again on the need for energetto aetion before sluggisliness is removei and neelfal work commenced. Alike in soma aspects of

Lottery Tickets.

Small Fire.

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A Vote 'of Censure. Mr. Potter

Rt5.15

THE COAL CASE:

THE RAYMOND TEAL COMPANY.

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day for gun practice; on Wed-Royal for two nights only. Owing the messages, then he was nesday for butory drill; and on

to the extensive repertoire of the Friday for sem sphore abbrevin Raymond Teal Co. there will be Linna. Lectures will be given on Tuesday and Friday. Recruits' musketry course will be held at King's Park range at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday, the 19th, and Sun day, the 20th. nt 9.30 n.m. Battery who have not completed Trained men of the Artillery Part I of the musketry course old aftond the range on Ser turday or Sunday.

ctually shot. Later, the bullet as extracted, and Mr. Roosevelt now performance each night oft the hospital, feeling fine." By playing nothing but the latest ter still, the bullet had not musical comedies, the songs and been extracted and Mr. Rosevelt dances will be all new, and Mr. Was to be confined to hospital for Teal always carries a scenic artist ten days. And finally we are informed that the bullet "grazed, with him, which is a guarantee and now during the entire angage- that the soonery will be bright the liver and the lunga" It must ment. There will be no ward-hulled to that, and we have beon a pretty marvellous

robe reposted and there will would give deal to learn always be now and novel elec-how it travelled and yət made a

Valioy.

LOCAL SPORT

Cricket

TYPHOON WARNINGS.

If coming to court is not negligence, then the Twamen were chargol before avoid coming to court is not neg taking of counsel's opinion to work and of recreation, a curious thingy appears to press heavily Mr. C. D. Mathurne, at the Police ligence. The matter was brought npon the Colony. Thus it is thut, where in some cities attention Court, this morning, with being up because it buid arisen on a vote drawn to a griovance would so it speedily removed, in Hongkong in unlawful possession of lottery of censure and the vote of censure it is necessary to return to it quite often. More hints are of no avail tickets at Wanghai, The second shows how necessary it was for For the Engineer Company trical effects. The prices will be wound only three inches deep.. where the authorities have to be roused at times,

man was discharged sad the first the trustees not only to take coun

Meantime we note that Mr. Taft It has been suggested here before that the congestion in the find $50 ou in default two months sel's opinion but to come to this there will be parades at head- $3, $2 and $1.

and Mr. Woodrow Wilson have geol, wave it cannot be removed with sufficient expedition by adding with hard labour. Inspector court and ask the opinion of the quarters on Monday for company

cancelled all their campaign onė to the building, sould be relieved if prisoners were formed into MeHardy prosecuted.

court as to the meaning of the for field telephones; on Friday and ceremonial drill; on Tuesday

gagements until Mr. Roosevelt is chain-gange and put to outside work more necessary and more

rules.

well. That is an exceedingly remunerative than useless crauk-turning. The suggestion is re-

for semaphore signalling. On K. O. C. second eleven is to graceful touch which shows that A small fire is reported as la v

Mr. Polter, continuing, dealt peated and amplified now because we see in it a possibility of at

Wednesday, the 23rd, there will meet a team from H. M. §. New-men may at once, be politicians least one valuable and necessary bit of work being done. Why noting broken outin Yaumati about with the question of a trusted's be technical drille at West Fort, culo on Baturday at "Happy and five gentlemen.

Kowloon, at 9 p,m....

10 have Jubilee Bond completed by means of prison labour 79.30 last night. It is stated that absence from the colony and да to whether it created a

The Machine Gun company Originally, as many readers will remember, it was intended to make kerosine, cooking etove somehow

| Properous Philippine 'Gold Mine."{! this a road running round the island and thus finely commemorative set fire to a mosquito curtain in vagy among the trustees will prade at 6.30 ou Monday for

moment that

Prospority and successcontinue: of a great event which is recalled in its name. But ambition leapt one of the cubicles of a dwelling Supposing for a

trustee was absent from Mexim gun drill and range find- ompany drill, on Tuesday for

it the Colorado mine at Aroroy, ahead of the reach of the public's purse. Subscriptions did not house. By the efforts of the police realise the considerable amount necessary for the work, which still and the inmates the flames wore ling that they intended to elect on drill and mechanism, and on Obervatory by the American Con- announces the result of the work- The telegram quoted below (Philippines). A telegram re- on the colony and be lund an ink-

ing; on Wednesday for Maxim was received from the Manila ceived by the "Manila Time" romsins uncompleted. It is not at all a matter of pride to the extinguished before any great another trustee, it would be quite friday for somaphore signalling sulate General Hongkong, at 9.30 ings of the mine mill last month Colony that, having embarked on a scheme of this kind, it should damage was done.

competent for him, he submitted, There will be lectures on Tuesday, am to-day- have failed, during all these years, to have found some means for North China Insurance Company, to come to the court and apply and Friday.

BA P60,400. Three thousand and having it carried out.

The report for presentation at for an injunction restraining the

Oyolone or Typhoon near or forty-four tons of ore were milled In the suggestion to have the road completed by means of prison the meeting of shareholders of commenity from taking these have been posted to the Scouts W

The following new members over Mindoro moving W.N.W, or and the gold extracted broke all labour will be found the easiest and cheapest method of making the North China Insurance Com-proceedings,

Phillppins records for a month's Jubilee Road encircle the island, as was originally intended. Ipany, Limited, en, 20th October After dealing with the rules Cormack and S. M. Wood, E. A Company-G. B. Duunait, G.

work at as insular mine. The will also be a simple and far from costly plan for relieving prison states that after deducting an and Mr. Jonkin's contentions S. Russ has ben posted to the Low of Lives at Sea: an Annual total output of the mine since ever rowding for some time to come. Either resalt would justify interim dividend of 10 per cent. thereon, Mr. Potter again referred Howitzer section, O. D. Lambert A White Paper was issued last has passed the half million peso work was started in November the experiment; the fact that it secures, so simply, a double purpose aggregating Tools 37,200.80 to the question of absonde from is surely sufficient to justify it. The prisoners could be housed paid on 1st May Tast, there re the colony of a trustee and pointed and W. G. Clark to the Engineer month showing the lives lost by mark. The details of this either in a number of small matshoda set inside a stockade, or in maine a sum of Tools 149,138.93 ont that in one of the rules, tem: Company. A. G. Macdonald and wreck, drowning, or other accid- cremarkable showing areas one long building arranged barracke fashion. In either case, and which the Directors recommend porary absenos was presupposed. R. Henderson to the 10 prent in British sea-going merchant follows with Indian soldiers anxious for work of some kiäd, an efficien: should be appropriated in the Absence from the colony" did section.

Tons of ore Gold Saved: Pte E. J. Gill, of the Socats ships registered in the United

domirested, be guard could be provided. There would always, to be sure, be the following manner:-A Final not mean euch absence segoing to Company, is permitted to resign Kingdom last year. The total likelihood of a prisoner or two trying to escape, but that possibility Dividend of 10 per cent, on the Manila or India, especially as

number of masters and seaman | November"" 95089,509 exists to-day. And even though, an odd prisoner did win his way Paid-up Capital, making 20 per India was the home of the majority leaving the colony with effect employed in sailing and steam December..... 2366 23,660 clear, has a similar happening not been chroniolod, twice of late, cent for the year; A Bonus of of these persons..

vessels was 274,046 and the January concerning the gaol itself? As matters stand prisoners are being 15 per cent, upon Contributory His Lordship reserved bis deoi-

number of lives lost was 007. In February COPRA CASE. released, indodderable numbers, before their sentences have ex-Premiums: Taals 30,000.00 trans- sion and intimated his intention

addition 24 passengers were lost March ... pired, so that this escape of an odd prisoner would be no very serious forred to Silver Reserve, bring of giving a written judgment. The copra case again osme by wreck only, making the total pril matter, and that there would be the chance of an occasional rantway ing that Fand up to Taela 370, The Counsel in the case were before Mr. O: D. Melbourne, number of Il vou lost 1,021: The May is no valid argument, bu

000,00; And the Balanos to be Mr. OG Alabaster, with whom today. Mr. Otto Kong ding de percentage of masters and seamen June Here, then, without trouble and at trifing cost to the Colony, transferred to Underwriting Ro was Mr. Eldon Potter, instructed by fended four of the twe ve defen- who were lost by drowning to the Jaly is a means at once for relieving gaol pressure and completing a sarvo Account, closing the Account Messrs Deacon Looker and I woon dinte and Mr. Bender Harris of number employed wat usefal public work. We skeno more than that the suggestion for 1011 The Balance at credit for the plainan) and Mr. F. C. Mural Wilkinson and Grist, one, compared with one Moould be faffle considered. Given that and we do not doubt that of Working Account to 30th June, Jenkin, instructed by M To The Late När discharged and the pranonte tem Kwill ba

Hall Bration

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from the 10th jast

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2480 24,214.444 201517,97 LAT 2500 28,625.70 2403 24,930.00

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