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THREE TUTUHS.
"The things that we know Personal Impressions of Canton's
The Mails.
A LENGTHY TRIAL.
The Business Relations of
Two Brothers.
have failed diem lly to benefit anyone unless it be themselves; whereas there seems every sign that General Lang is going to Recent Governors,
succeed. Of course it is experience against inexperience; practice. (Spændern* pie –Cows D). Against theory. General Lung ja
The eighteenth day was resoh Cho Kwing ning seems to a tried soldier, with all the in-ed to-day, in the trial of са which concerns American, Canadian and Siberian have heu a curious mingling of stincts of a ruler barn, in bin, the
the business relations ·0! Mails. Despatelied per es. dreamer, enthusiast and political where as the previous tatohe were; Tonye Maru at noon to-day. schemer. This was the opinion at best, but half-fledged students two brothers, and the ultimate American and Canadian Mails.the writer originally formed of of law, journalism and theoretical fate of the well known Tenng Arrived per s.s. Empress of him, and it may be said to have politics. Naturally no one would Biog theatre. It is being taken Husaia this morning. been confirmed by subsequent venture to guess at what lies be in the Original Court before the Siberian Mail--Despatched per manner there is far more personal the way of opposition, success, Davies K.C. and has been re- events. In his appearance and fore the new Governor General in Chief Justice, Sir William Ree' s.s. Lines at midnight dignity than in his predecessor's, failure ate; but, given anything markable for the little amount of Saturday,
but more than a touch of the like a fair chance, he promises to publio interest there has been in same nervous restlessness. His love Kangtung Provice a more the case, the greater part of which face is quite distinct from the prosperous and peaceful territory deals with partnership and part- ordinary Cantonese type; the than it has been within the nership accounts. The plaintiff is forehead is broad and sloping, memory of living man. giving almost a dome-shaped appearance to the bead. He is very slightly arosa-øyod.
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hopelessly mixed up with Venice:
The Eternal Truck Question."
By the way, wasn't there an Ordinance passed, some time since, in convection with mak- ing use of brakes on trucks ? If so, apparently the good news has not yet reached the ears of Hong kong coolies, for, we can se no difference between the dangers of the streets now and before the
on Saturday,
Siberian. Mail,-Due per 8.e.
Buslow to-morrow, p.m.`.
Kilted by Tramcar. Two boys, aged 16 and 18, who were walking on the railway line at Cheung Suin Tau, were knock ed down by a trancer and killed.
Lottery Tickets.
A man found in possession of 33 lottery tickets, was fined $30, or in default one month, by Mr. Geoffrey Norman Orme, at the Police Court,thismorning.
Fillis Circus.
Col. Fillis and bis troupe of performers arrived to-day by the 8. Aubui, and will open on Wednesday evening at Causeway Bay.
Shroff Absconds. Mr. A. Dunbash, manager of Messrs Graves and Dution Co.,
New Diocesan Girls' School- The Diocesan Girls' School at
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Wa Hon-man seemed to have
THE "MIN KWAN"
CANTON.
A Presidential Mandate,
Ho Chia Lam, alias Ho Yin Tong,
and the defendant is Ho Sam Kam, alias Ho Ngok Lau. The IN" plaintiff claimed as partner in the Po Chenng of Canton and the Wah Kee of Hongkong against the defendant for ;-
or emergency:
Dissolution of partnership en- tered into by the agreement dated April 13, 1894,
Appointment of receiver of partnership properties.
but little vanity; Chan Kwing- ming, on the other hand, was fall of it, and it may be taken that his frequent boast as to the willingness of his men to die for
A correspondent at Cinton in- him found no readier a believer forms us that President Yuan than himself; indeed he seemed Shib Kai has issued a proclama- to think that he was irresistible. tion, forbidding the enlistment Taking of partnership accounts. and that men must like him in of Min Kwan"
An injunction to restrain the Let us do spite of themselves.
The translation of the defendant from converting the troops. him the justice to say that the President's mandate is as follows: Taung Hing theatre into dwelling man seemed far from destitate of
Now that the trouble in house, or in any way interfering likeable characteristica, and that it is easy to conceive that he wangtung is over, and whereas with the structure thereof, and to there are sufficient troopa in that restrain him from interfering may have been popular a Province to preserve Fees and with the partcership assets,.. even loved in many quarters; fur
to maintain good order, and Mr M. W. Slade, K.O., with he was as amazingly complex anil whereas large sums of money are whom was M: F. O. Jenkin, in contradictory and inconsistent as required for the support of these structed by Messra Otto Kong any Stuart monarch.
troops, the Province of Kwang. Sing, and Leo D'Almada e Castro, Cruelty.
is therefore hard-pressed appeared for the plaintiff, and Like Wa-Hon man, he convey just now for money.
tung
Mr EE. Sharp K.O with whom fed the Suggestion that h "In the various Provincas the was Mr C. G. Alabaster instructed
could be intensely cruel; bat, cruel in a different sense was question of disbanding many of by Mr Reader Harris, of Messrs. the regiments existing has been Wilkinson and Grist, for the cruelty tomed to be merely that of ghd indifference to the brought forward, in order that defence. Aufferings of others; one felt that retrenchment might be accom he could have orked on quite plished; thus saving a waste of money for the upkeep of super coldly-could even have been
Buous troops and lightening the thinking about something else hardening for taxation) of the were being inflictal, but that he would not ordinarily have gone
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while the most horrible tortures
Ordinance became law. Every day, and almost every hour, 13, Zetland Street, reports, that heavily-laden trucks come how the auront as collected 11,848
In the course of this lengthy ng down the various slopes-and`abeconded. notably Icehouse and Pedder
trial there have been no less than three attempts to settle the dia Strests, both of which lead into
pute, but each has been unsuc the busiest parts of the city Kowloon is to be opened by
cessful. To-day a fourth attempt with so brake applied, and with H. E. the Officer Odministering
was made, the matter going into nothing but the strength of four
In the Province of Kwang-chambers. Apparently this st or five coolies to prevent the
ont of his way to sanction themtng, however, there are cerempt was as little au cessful as taio unprincipled persons who those formerly, for the case again passengers, chairs, ricksbas or
With Chan Kwing-ming the case motor-cars. is the Government. Jose Fillip Bemedios, raid to was otherwise; he was more the actually go about recruiting, un-came on later in the morning.
It was proceeding as we went der the pretence that they are writing for a few fatal accidents be a clerk, was found drank and man to prohibit any form of punish commissioned by the Coutral to press. hejore it takes action to enforce incapable in the street, and atment unless ordered by himself; Government to do so, and pro-
the Government on Wednesday
SANDERCOOK :-On August 30, at 141 B. The Peak, Hong- kong, the wife of Leslie Landercock, Chinese Customs Service, of a vehicle from dashing into foot-Sept., 10, at 5 30 p.m.
daughter.
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Cable Address: Telegraph, Hongkong.
Telephons: No. 1 A.B.C., 5th edition.
Western Union.
The Hongkong Telegraph.
HONGKONG, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1913.
THE COST OF DEFENCE.
Drunk and incapable.
genple
its own regulations? And is there the Police Court this morning get to plan with cool deliberate-fessing that what they do is quite
be was fined $10.
no danger that the Chinese may begin to argue that if one local law can be set at defiance s also can others?
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Preservation of Milk.
Injured on duty, Inspector Murison, of the Hongkong Police Force, has gone to hospital suffering from an injured band osused, by Japanese who was being arrested for being drunk and disorderly
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Back Again.
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the bottom course of the stone-
ness the death of anyone per-lawful. sonally obnoxious to him.
services, while other nations follow as hard on as they can afford on hours in the sun. Violet rayup of the roadway should be butówardé Europeans and his dis-
how.
a short business.
Gorilla Escapea.
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"This, however is not so : what they do is illegal, and con- trary to my express commands.
LENIENCY.
Ten Dollar Fine in an Arms Case.
THE NIPPON.
Arrangements for Departure
ing company, who escured the contract for the repair of the stranded steamer for 173,000 pasos, taking over the ship as she lay anchored in Manila Bay, in turn closed a contract with the Bureau of Navigation for the" safe delivery of the vessel as Shanghai, which explains the employment of the cable-ship. Rizal and officers of that bureau. in the present undertaking. Capt. Eggert, formerly master of the Nip- pon, accompanied by Mr E. Godhe
Lung Chal Kwong, The ruling Tatuh, Long Chai- kwong, is of a class quite apart
"I have therefore given orders from either of these two. Wu Hon
to General Lung Chaj-kwong, the
From Manila. a represented new-very new Governor Generul of Kwangiung Hongkong in vitally concerned
-China; Chan Kwang-ming stood in, the pure milk question, and
for the Chinese on the border Province, to make thorough in-
Released by an order from the for that reason especial interest
line those on whom Western stigations into the matter. I court of first instance, properly Among the passengers who ideas are not even a veneer, have directed attaches to a reported discovery:
that drastic cleared by the customs authorities from America to the effect that, arrived back in the Colony by but just the thinnest coat of ver-
moasurce should be adopted and commanded by officers of the while ordinary light hastens the the Empress of Russia to-day aieb, and that hardly dry; but the to disperse all those who have Bureau of Navigation, the famous spoiling of milk, radraye pre- were Archdeacon and Mrs Barnett, new Governor General is, slmost already enlisted themselves into steamer Nippon will proceed to vent it. We all know that pure from Nagasaki; Mr and Mrs H. confessedly, of the old school. In this bogus army or "Min Kwan"; morrow, or as soon thereafter av fresh milk, or sterilised and pas- T. Richardson, from Yokohams; short, he is the old-fashioned type and that, hereafter, whosoever practicables under her own steam Nothing is more striking in current European history than the tourfeed milk, if placed in an un- and Mr W. E. L. Shenton and Mr of Chinese gentleman that, an- dares to enroll men under the to Shanghai for permanent re- happily,is speedily being replaced pretext that he is authorised by pairs, says the "Manila Times". of efforts which are being put forward by the Great Powers to coloured bottle and left in the full C. A. S. Rose, from Shanghai.
the Central Government to do so August 27, strengthen their fighting forces. Though all the leading statesmen sunlight, soon turos poor; we are
The Clock Tower.
by something far less pleasant. pereist that they and the countries which they represent would now told that if a red (the most
The Nippon is now taking on He is tall and strongly built, an above-mentioned, such person Yesterday the workmen on what welcome a slackening of the pace, the deadly competition persists expensive colour to produce in on its course. One nation blames the other for the necessity for glass) glass bottle is substituted, was once the Clock Tower reached his whole appearance, whether he or persons shall be arrested and board sufficient ballast, coal, water is in military uniform or in native punished as a rebel or rebels, and provisions to last her, to these steps being taken, and so the process goes on with no regard or the ordinary bottle is wrapped work of that edifice, and age costume, suggesting severity and the case may be, in order that Shanghai, and will be convoyed to finality. Britain must build up her Navy to greater strength, in red paper, the milk. remains
formality. The only things good order may be kept and ill the way by thecable-ship Rizal, discipline maintained thoughout The Shanghai dock and engineer. France must reinforce her Army, Germany must expand both perfectly good after standing for only the foundation remains to be
removed, after which the making modern about him aro his gon-
erally-acknowledged friendliness the Province. on the other hand, cause the milk
"Obey this mandate." to "turn" If these statements
taste for the old Chinese method The whole question, of course, resolves itself into a financial be correct (and they can easily be
of doing things half-heartedly one, and it is on this point of finding the wherewithal to pay the he tested) we may yet see milk
This morning a gorilla escaped and vicariously. His life in Japan, MAGISTERIAL piper that divergencies of opinion have been springing up, partic-being delivered in red bottles in from Fillis' Circus and was and his intimacy with foreigners ularly in France and in Germany. In the case of France, the Three Hongkong. Millionaires will eventually caught on the Praya. in general, would seem to have Years Service Bill imposed an enormous expenditure, which the please furnish their own bottles. The animal, however, became so taught him that if you want. a Government had all along dealsred was to be met by taxes on the
Bavage that its keeper obained thing done you must do it your- wealthy classes. Owing to the strong opposition of the parties The Dumping Evil:
it to a telephone pole in Chater self, and that nothing is gained upon which the Ministerial majority depends, however, it had been
A nice point regarding durap-Road, where it remains at the by needless postponement and impossible to obtain from the Government any definite pledge as to
ing is raised in the Registrar time of writing.
procrastination. Undoubtedly, for At the Police Court, this morn- the method to be followed. It appears that for some years, un
the moment, be conveyed a biding, before Mr. Orme, a Chinese Income Tax Bill has been before the Senate, but that the Committe General's report for 1912, It
A stone cutter at Cho Kwo-impression by his delay in was charged with being in pos
coming down to to which it was referred have resorted to deliberate obstruction, appears that, during the first six
Canton session of a revolver and a quant- chief engineer, and Mr Moss, "Now we gather that to avoid a Government defeat, M. Barthou bas months of last year, when epid-ling had a quarrel with his uncle from Wuchow, but even those ity of ammunition without
the 3 representative of the Swedish emics of smallpox and plague in the
underwriters, will accompany the unless it is already passed by the Senate. This surrender of the severely attacked the Colony, 561 the uncle dying from the effects
vigorously on that score have since Inspector Macdonald "told his vessel as passengers.” income tax, and it is uncertain at the moment whether the Govern4gainst 315 in 1911. The total wards. The nephew then took his action to common prudence ed as he was about to board against the advice of local agents Contrary to expectations and Government is regarded as a great viotory for the supporters of the dumped bodies were found, as of the kiok, & few minutes after been the loudest in attributing | Worship that the man was arrest- the year was 780. This in in
and their attorneys, it appears OS declaration. In Germany the controversy follows other lines. It crease of course, was due to the direction of Shaukiwa.
troubled state of the city and the His Worship: Have you had tf the Swedish underwriters after Trees Destroyed. has long since been announced that the Army increases in that special sanitary precautions which are taken during an outbreak of
A Chinese was fined $5 by the leaders of the troops for any
readiness on the part of some of similar cases of men going to having consulted the best marine authorities in Europe, recognized country are to be very largely paid for by means of a non-recurring property tax. The idea, however, has never been palatable to the plague and small-por which are Mr. Orme, at the Police Court, form of treachery, it certainly
Inspector Macdonald :—Yes.
the rights of Messrs Erlanger Popis tax is only the sugar coating to the bitter pill of further report remarks that the question to destroy trees at Kowloon. Mr. Experience Against Inexperience, is it? The Macao police are on than willing to accept the His Worship: It is not serions, and Galinger, and were more people as a whole, and the belief has been freely expressed in Berlin not favoured of the Chinese. The this morning, for allowing cows oust be called indirect taxation. Some care has been taken to present the tax iu is now being considered whether Green said that three, trees bad
Is there no significance in the the look out too ?—Yes. the light of a jubilee sacrifice in celebration of the one hundredth the advantage to the Colony lies been destroyed and that it had cost fact that the less now-fashioned moniversary of the War of Liberation; but there is another section in keeping strictly to the regala the Government 37 each for the the less "up-to-date "the ruler of the public which is questioning the wisdom of exacting what is tions, which seem to lead to con- attendance on those tress during or the leader, the more strength}
cealment and dumping, or in the past two years...... practically awar tex" in time of peace,
zelaxing them to ensure that all Big military and naval programmes cost money, and wherese cases are brought to the notice of Bishop of Victoria's Addresses. hitherto the Enancial strain has not proved too great for the big of the authorities conccrued." The Bishop of Vistoria has an-
The telegram quoted below was Powers, there are evidences showing that the task of finding funds But would relaxation result in nounced a series of addresses or prosperity? Dr Sun was the is growing more acute every year. With ambitious countries a general notification? For our Bible Readings to be given at his newest of the new, while Yuan received by the Amarican Cansu programme of expansion, naval or military, must be continued once selves, we greatly doubt it, and it residence, 105, Mount Gough Shih-kaj is so "behind the times" ate General, Hongkong, fron the it is begun. Hence is it that no Great Power to-day can turn back, seems to us better to stick to the Road, The Peak, on Tuesdays 68 to be accused of pro-Man-Manila Observatory at 950 p.m. even should she desire to do to. Perhaps in the long run, however, regulations, and the cleansing of during September. at 11 a.m. The chuiem; yet which has proved to-day this very financial problem will become a more potent factor in the houses, even at the risk of dump anbisote are Sept 2nd, Faith; 9th himself the strong and reliable Ovolone or Typhoon E. preservation of pesce than any propaganda bad purely on ing than to relax them and Prayer: 16th. Love: 23rd, the leader of men? The same applies outhern Luzon, moving
Lord's Day: 30th, Jatare Life:i, here in the South. The "new" men-w.NEW. perhaps run a graver zisk, kumanitarian grounds.
Died from a Kick.
he has displayed for coinbatting the forces that have arrayed them- selves against China's peace and
Macao?
Ten dollars.
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reasonable terms offered by the salvora, namely: 150,000 pesos which is 25,000 pesos lese than the amount to have been paid had the salvage work been performed by regular ralvage
firms.
The formal proceeding in con nection with the release of the Nippon will be made as soon the salving firm receives official fication of the placi agreed sum to their ore
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