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HONGKONG, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1912.

AFTER THE NEXT ELECTION.

DAY BY DAY.

You don't often get what you want exactly as you want it.

Commissioner's Visit.

Mr. J. B. Suttor, Commissioner in the East of the N. S.",W. Go- vernment, arrived in Haugkong to-day.

Alleged Armed Robbery. Three mon liave been arrested by the police in connection withi the alleged armed robbery at Reclamation Street, Yaumati, on the 5th; inst

Colonial Secretary Leaves.

The Hon. Mr. Claud Severn, Colonial Secretary, leaves for En- gland on Saturday on holiday. He expects to be away until the end of March.

Reported Collision. A bostan has reported to the police that his fishing boat was run into by the s.s. On Lee on the 15th. inst. and damaged to the extent of $500.

Indian Injured. An Indian has been sent to the hospital from Hung Hom suffor ing from a wound on his head, alleged to have been inflicted by two Indians now in custoʻly.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

so I propose to offer no evidence NOTES. AND in this last case to which he has ploaded not guilty.

COMMENTS,

His Lordship: Any previous Thursday's Boxing. convictions against him?

Mr. Alabaster-Yes, my Lord.

Those who watched the mil fary

INDIAN SOLDIER STANDS RE-TRIAL FOR MURDER. They have not come down yet, boxing competition on Thurs.lay

"OUR BURGLAR” APPEARS Well GUARDED AND GETS TEN YEARS.

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I can prove them in a few min could hardly fail to be struck by utes if my Lord will postpone the live interest taken in the pro- sentence until after the adjourn geedings by the officers of this garrison. In this respect our

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Prisoner was then taken out army and navy may be said to get of the dock, sentenca being post-a splendid example to the whole poned according to counsel's world; for in no other country oan officers enter so freely into the request.

În regard to the three charges lighter pursuits of their men, with- preferred against the prisoner he put stiffness, yet without losing was sentenced to two years, 10 an atom of prestige, as in Britain

officers know how to slanken with- years, and 10 years, with hard and her Possessions. Perhaps the out slackoning too much. Their labour in auch instance, the son explanation lies here: that British tentes to run concurrently.

A ROBBERY CHARGE

solt too cheap; and it is the very P.M. Hodgaon. Prisoner was that officer's making him- undefended.

This morning at the Courts of would be no use wasting the time Justice, the Criminal Sessions, of the court in going through were opened before the Chief long trial for two or three days. Justice, Mr. W. Rees. Davies KO. However, he put the question be- The first case in His Lordship's fure his Lordship now. Under list, was the re-trial of the native that clause what he proposed to Doforo Mr. Justice Gompertz, position in regard to sharing soldier, in the 128th Baluchistan show was that man was a soldier Infantry named Ibrahim, who in one of His Majesty's regiments tui Wai alias Leng Tai Wai, sports and recreations with their stands indicted en a elarge of and that, in addition, in order was charged with; along with men is anything but an easy one, two others not, in custody Tommy Atkins is an extremely Fle objects robbery at aeritieni gentleman. murder of Subadar Ali Shafa on that be should be enlisted, he Sept 42

had to take the oath of allegi-committing a The prisoner, it will be refance. Further he would show Chinese house 144 Prays East, to an officer'a exercising a sort Jeyobver him, but equally he niembered, was tried originally that in fact the accused did take and taking away $4,000 is oführee-maid's or school-mater's at the October sessions, and the oath of allegiance when he notos and jewellery.

Mr. A.C.G. Alabaster, acted would resent would even be jury disagreeing after a lengthy enlisted, by persone who were for the Crown, instructed by Mr. disgusted at the possibility of trial, the case was put back to be present when he did so. triad de noro. The feature of the first trial was the number of legal points raised by Mr. F. C. Jenkin, who, instructed by Mr. "As a child was about to enter. A. Harding, put up a very ablo defence. In his opening to a house in the Central district; a- man went up to it and stote its day the Attorney General, the two bangles valued $24. The Mr. J. A. S. Bucknill, instructed child screamed but the man got by the Crown Solicitor, Mr. J. H. Kemp, paid special attention to the points raised. The Kallan Mining Adminis-

The jury was composed as tration. The total output of the Kailan follows Messrs A. L. Shields. Mining Administration's nines foreman, W. Brown, E. Jacobs, for the week ending 2nd Novem-J. H. Barr C. Roberts; M.

Wells, and W..G. Goggio. ber, amounted to 295,578 tons and the Sales during the period, to 25,672.32 tons.

away..

uary.

Snatching.

First Case Sent Down.

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His Lordship: The more fact of his taking the oath of allegiance to the king, does not make him British subject.

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The Attorney General:-No; but it does make him one who enjoys His Majesty's protection There is another thing, I shall call F. M. Consul at Canton show in fact these Indian soldiers do enjoy Bis Majesty's protection. Surgeon Orwin, of H. M. Navy loposed to being called to the dicceased man on the evening of J.Sept. 4. The man was quite dead

[roin. a bullet wound.

Capt. F. J. Jarrad of the 126th Baluchis produced a plan of the locality which he had prepared.

Private Hussein gave evidence

Shewan.

The jury was sworn as follows; fact that the average British of- Mesars Frederick Johnson ficer, being a sportsman, knows Gellion (foremaa), John Henry how to strike the happy middle, Fone

Ellis that accounts for his popularity, Brister, Arthur

Francisco and for the confidence that lis Dunrich, William Vistor, Porphyrio Maria Nolasco ...... Miguel Xavier John Thome subordinates have in him. da Silva, and William Thomson The Cat and the Radicals

At lust a bill has passed its Mt. Alabaster said that the third reading in the Hons, pro

n robbery with two of ruffian for whom black- prisoner was charged with comviding for the flogging of a typs mitting robbery had the usual features.and therefore^· it

there not in custody, and the guard" is but a puny nama The evidence against the prisoner sremed good to some of the Ra It was also alleged by the Crown their own loaders who had . the was mainly that of identification.dical members to abuse one of that he had a conversation with pluck and the sense to move

has

The Hon Mr. J. A. S. Backnill, Found Hanged, after outlining the cage for the The body of a Chinese which Crown,said that he understood,tbis

up to the death of Ali Shafa.in which he frankly admitted Verily a man's foes shall be they was found hanging from the was the first case in which the Suns to the occurrences which led friends of his after the robbery such a bill. Poor Mr. McKenna beam of a house at Cheung Ubau, preme Court of China had sent He said that some of the soldiers that he had taken part in the rob of his own household. How, pray, has been removed to the mortan down for trial to Hongkong,

who had conversation with the lash-would our humanitarian A similar case was report and therefore he admitted it was were gambling and the deceased bory The jury would see a man-other than by the use of the

went over to stop them. Witnoss ed from the same district a few possible that there might be some added that the subadar abused prisoner and they would see friends propose to deal with logal point which might arise the prisoner, who remonstrated. witnesses who had said they an animal who lives on the

identified him,

earnings of a certain sort of daya ago.

with regard to the jurisdic-The deconsed told them to con-

A married woman whose lius. woman, and whose hardest work Fire Brigada's Rehearsal.

io of the Court, He thought that shier themselves live prisoners, band was the tenant of the house merely consists in booting or Farly this morning, the fire in order to avoid any questions Witness, wlio was one of the four in question said that on the day punching the said woman? Fines Brigade had a rehearsal, before arising on some such point head the East end of the City Hall, better put in the Order-in playing cards, said he then went of the robbery a man dressed in and moral quasion are very nice to sleep, but at about 10.30 p.m. when all the drills, and display Council in the "London Gazette," to was awakened by the sound European clothes came to her in theory, but ask any Loadan stipendiary what he thinks of work to be given at the annual and draw lus Lordship's attention |

He presented a letter and while their influence on such individ- inspection by H. E. the Governor, to the sections and clauses of the shot boing fired. The were gone through.

Order-in-Council under which the deceased shouted "Guard turn Catholles in Asia.

prisoner was sont down for trial out, and all the men went into she was reading it, threatened her ants as those whom we mention. with a dagger. He said he had Leave the affairs of England in The Rev. Fr. Spada, preaching here. It contained on Order-in. cap. He took his rifle and put come for her money. Other men the hands of the humanitarians

his balt on. Later he saw Ibrahim at the Church of the Rosary Council which dealt with the with his hands tied.

entered the house and after gagg-for ten years, and there will be no Kowloon, yesterday, said there jurisdiction of His Majesty's Witness was then cross-examined ing her, her husband, and servant, England at all. We shall be told were five million Catholics in Court in China and he would.

$4,000 in money,

thing for a soldier or sailor to Asin, one million in Africa, and refer His Lordship's attention tout some length by Mr. Jenkin as took five gold bangles and next that it is a cruel and wicked to the relative positions of the

Prisoner was sentenced to seven prevent an enemy from invading. thirty thousand in Bulgaria. This some of the sections which ap different personalities in the

years imprisonment with hard the country. In fact there are no wont to prove the advancement peared to be material in the pre-

fragedy.

labour.

hounds to the possibilities of of the Catholic Church through-sent case.

modern milksopdom... His Lordship-You say this is the first case which has been

The case was proceeding as we went to press.

house.

INCIDENT ON THE S.S. FATSHAN.

"Naval Decline.”

How soon Englishmen will be asked to go again to the polling-out the world.

The Fowl and the Frog.

"OUR BURGLAR.” booths no one can say, in view of what is happening, and is likely

Α roan was sentenced to one sent down?

The Imperint Maritime League to happen, in the Balkans; biit nono but the most sanguine Radicals

month's imprisonment and four Ha Attorney General:-I be- Sentenced to-day, at the Sessons.

It has been reported that an "Our Burglar," Wiong When will deny that another general election is within reasonably easy hours stocks, by Mr. Melbourne, at lieve so; we don't know of any

the dock this morning, to stand board the s.s. Fatshan on Tues- Trafalgar, Day, which is worth hail. What is more, only a Radical possessed of the faith that can the Police Court, this morning, other onse which has been sent Cheuk, alias Taci Tin, stoori in exciting incident took place on sends us a circular, referring to his trial before Mr. Justice H.H.J. day night of last week. The noting. It says: la view move mountains, will pretend that his Party has more than the for stealing a fowl. It was stated down.

The First Point that the muu used a small dried

naval position, and of the con wildest off chance of returning to power; for, if we are to judge by frog tied to a string, and when

Continuing, the Attorney Gen- Gompertz, sitting in Oriminal story is that a Chinese dook of the swift passing of our Jurisdiction, at the Second passenger attempted to steal a the Home press and by bye-election results, England is heartily the fowl swallowed the frog, he eral read clauec 50:-"Where a

British subject is accused of an Court, on four indictments of box belonging to another Chinese sequent peril in which the Coun tired of a Liberal rule that is anything but liberal; of a Government drew the fowl in to him. "

offence the cognisance whereof larceny from dwelling-houses on and that, on a report of this be try now stands, the Imperial Re-arrested whose first worl is freedom, and whoso first and last-uct id

A man who was arrested on appertains to any court establish the Peak, he was not only attend-ing made, the would-be thief was Maritime League is of opinion tyranny. The labouring classes who placed their whole trust in

ed under this ordinance, and it is ad by two Indian constables at onco placed under arrest. that the memory of the victory. Saturday for a bronch of the

Mr. A. U. G. Alabaster, rate of the prisoner is supposed away, should not be celebrated quired or tried, determined and

Wedding.

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A Confident Note.

Admittedly the two-power standard has not been main-

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election promises, Evel that the Government has batrayed them; and Opium Ordinance and who was expedient that the offence bo en- bat also by 'a European officer,Thereupon a friend or confede-whose fruits are now being throwa it would soom that the Irish Party is not too well satisfied with its bailed out, was re-arrested on a unished in a British possessionstructed by Mr. P. M. Hodgson, to have set light to a quantity of by banquets or rejoicing,—as is allies' understanding of the nature of an oath. Further, the basiness similar charge. Mr. Hazeland, the accused may uuder the For-Assistant Crown Solicitor, ap-paper with the intention of burn-being done elsewhere, but rath- section of the community, from the merchant-prince to the small at the Police Court, this morning, oigo Jurisdiction Aut. 1890 sec. 6 peared for the Crown, prisonoring the ship, but the fire was or in a spirit of mourning for

fined him $8 or, in default, ten

being

undefended.

quickly extinguished and the our naval decline, and of deter- be sent down for trial in Hongkong shopkeeper, knows to ite cost that the figuros which preclaim Eng-days on the first charge; and $13,

Prisoner pleaded guilty to two burning balos thrown overboard.mination to endeavour to retrieve the position.' But no good will or to Burmah." land's commercial prosperity under a Radical administration are- or in default fourteen days on

The first point that he had to charges of housebreaking and The incendiary is said to have well-figures rather than facts; that bankruptcy and the work-house the second.

deal with was as to whether the larceny, at the residences of Mr. jumped overboard and to have ever como of over-stating a case. sub. E. AM. Williams, of Messrs disappeared, while the man un-Tue position of the navy is not nearly so bad that people need have been, in all too many cases, the portion of those who believed

The wedding took place this accused is a British

jock body order to see Lowe, Bingham and Matthewe, der arrest was handed over to in the showy would-be altruism of Mr. Lloyd George.

afternoon in St. John's Cathedral what 1. British subject was, they 127, the Peak; and Mr. G. the Police authorities at Canton sit down and ery for it, But, having sent the Liberal Government about its business of Mr. William Cecil Duiton would have to turn to section 3. Caldwell's, No. 25, the Peak; and to be dealt with by them. and re-instated itself, where will the Conservative majority look for Turner, of the Hongkong and There chey found that a Britiek to common larceny of a watch be its leaders? What men are to compose its Cabinet? Neglecting Shanghai Banking Corporation, subject included (a) British longing to Mr. J. R. Wood, Direo MISSING BOOKKEEPER.

The police have nothing to tained; admittedly, too, the tives have one or two front-rank men--Lord Lans lowne, Mr. daughter of the late William say, a person who was a native of stealing a quantity of jewellery report in connection with Car Mediterranoan fleet is weaker Mr. Balfour, who may not unreasonably refase office, the Conservato Miss Annie Mary Cunningham protected person," that was to tor of Education. To the indictment Wyndham, Mr. Austen Chamberlain and the like-on whom ad- Murray Cunningham and Mrs. of any protectorate of His Majesty, and a cigarette holder from the valho, the book-keeper reported as than ever before, perhaps. But, mitedly they can rely; but these are not sufficient to ranke a Cabinet. Cunningham of 1, Oxford Terrace, He did not think, however, that residence of Mr. Ormiston, 8, the missing from the Union Insurance we pointed out in these columns a week or two ago, it is Mr. Bonar Law's chances of success as a leader remain to be seen; Edinburgh. A full report will that was very material because Peak, prisoner pleaded not guilty Society of Canton.

Prisoner: bought the cigar-

Reservoir Contract,

as clear as noonday that the with many people whoso opinion should be listened to with respect contend appear in to-morrow's issue of the he would tell them that the that he has not yet had a fair opportunity of showing what there is in Telegraph."

prisoner came from Afghanistan. ette holder at Canton from the

At a recent moeting of the drawal of -vessala from the Medi- In His two colleagues in the recent anti-Homo Rule campaign-

Hie Lordship-Ho is native Wong Hing shop for $1.00.

His Lordship-Not guilty on Legislative Council it was on-terranean is part of a far-reaching Bir Edward Carson and Mr. F. E. Smith-both of whom would "Notre Dame "a three act of Afghanistan ?! probably be called to office-have also to prove that they have cinematograph drama which is The Attorney General: Yes, this indictment to the whole lot? nounced that the contract for the schome. France is to guard the Prisoner: No, my Lord, not Tytam-tuk reservior had been Mediterranean and, Britain is to faculties deeper and more worthy the nation's respect than the bare being shown at the Victoria is a helieve so I don't think (a)

guilty to a single thing

placed and that the cost would concentrate on the North Sea, ability to capture votes, or to decide by mere force of vituperation fine piece of work which everyone touchos ham at all. and abuse, questions that have puzzled older and wiser heads than should see. It is a modern tragi- The Oath of Allegiance.

Mr. Alabaster: Prisoner has ba $1,781,817. We now learn That is. a strong combination... theirs. From Mr. Smith, indeed, the country has a right to expect comedy, with jealousy as ʼn, main-

Continuing counsel said that pleaded guilty to three indict that Sang Lee, who was the con- stronger than Britain could hope great things: ho is young, his brilliancy is something more than gloss; spring; and incidentally it reveals (b) was or otherwise enjoys ments for house breaking and tractor for many prominent build for if she worked in splendid and there seems no doubt but that, in an independent role, he some most interesting phases, of His Majesty's proection in China, stealing from dwelling houses, so ings in the Colony, scoured the isolation. There is no actual need would achieve a success which partnership with Sir Edward Carson life in the Colonies and in a or Korea That was the part, I think that it will probably be contract. and Mr Law can hardly be said to have brought to him. It is only French convict settlement. The under, which he imagined the only taking up the time of the

By the Hongkong Maru there like Drake and Nelson did not fair to suppose, too, that there are young men occupying back theatre was crowded on Saturday accused man would fall. It might court and jury unnecessarily to

and prove against him the arrived in Hongkong to-day M. ask that they should be about Opposition benches, who are ready to give the country of their best night, and the turns by the perhaps be a little irregular that try

Paul Ballone, French foneal at twice as strong, in the matter of and a best that is not to be despised; but further than supposi Franklings met with great and he should deal with legal points fourth. tion we may not go; there may be budding Beaconsfields among them, well-deserved applause. On Monat that stage, but it seemed de His Lordship-The case No. at Moji, Mr. B. P. Winslow, war vessels, as their opponents, Manager of the British section and we wonder how present-day and there may not. What we have to do is to look at the facts as they day the 25th, a joint farewell sirable that he should put the 2 is simply larceny

the Kumano for a tremendous superiority in stand, and to admit, straightforwardly and at once, that the Con- benefit is to be given to them and question before his Lordship, Mr. Alabaster: Yes, my Lord of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, commanders like, all this outory

the matter of resser servative party has seldom been so short of really big men to whom to the wo popular artistes Verne because if he decided that the only simple larceny the ethers arrived back by it could look for help at a minute's notice.

larcenies from dwelling houses, Mare from Manila, Iand Smith

man was not a British subject,

Victoria Theatre.

Arrivals:

for moarning yet, though there

always will be for care. Men