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correspondent "An Unconquered Scot" men- tions in his letter published to-day the word "havers." I know there are some Sco's who will have you every me, in fact, I have been had myself by one. Surely An Unconquered Scott do not mean that all Scotchmen are "hayers?" In future, I think it would be better for us loyal subjects of the Empire if, when we were to see an anonymous letter from an unspeakable name- less, aumentio able Scat or whatever else he likes to call himself, we were to ignore his Skye terrier bite and remember some of the things for which we ought to be grateful to Scotland:Whisky by Chiefs " Dewar, Buch- anan, Johnny Walker, etc; jams, pickles, tish and meat by Chiefs Maconoobie Bros, etc., Scotch scones, Scotch collies, porridge, Dundee marmalade, and, last but not least, butter scotch, which was surely invented in the "Land o' Cakes ours, etc.,
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EMPIRE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE “ DAILY PRESS." Hongkong, 25th June,
SIB, I really must express the thanks which I feel are due from me to the two Unspeakable ones from the North of the Tweed, The amusement they have afforded me by their highly instructive and entertaining letters is great and undoubtedly deserves acknowledg.. ment. I thank them most heartily.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
was sent to their clubs and libraries, as it might induce many others to carry on these innocent and amusing discussions to the edification of the leading public in general. Hoping this will receive your due consideration.
Yours, etc.,
INTERESTED.
[This correspondence must now close.-ED. D.P.]
SUBSIDIARY COINS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE 56 DAILY PRESS,
Hongkong, 23rd June. SIR-I think it is time now for our local Legislative Assembly or the Chamber of Commerce to take steps to put a stop to the circulation of Chinese coins min'ed at Canton I uuders and these coins at present command a discount of 7 per cent. Cannot a short bill be introduced at the next sitting of Council to stop the importation or circulation of these illegal coins within this Colony? To meet the deniands of this place the Government should wire at once for a big supply of Hongkong subsidiary coins.-Yours, etc.,
SYCEE.
PLAGUE AND THE USE OF SOAP.
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SUPREME COURT.
Friday, 19th June.
461
IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.
BEFORE HIS HONOUR SIB H. 8. BERKELEY (ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE).
FORGING A CHOP.
Fong Fai was charged with having on 23rd January, 1902, at Shaukiwan, stolen a chop and an account book, the property of U Kwan; forged a request fr the payment of and addressed to the Ut Lang shop; offered money purporting to be signed by” U Kwan' the said forged request to the Ut Lung; and r.ceived thereby, with intent to defraud, the sum of $150 from Tsan Ket g.
He pleaded not guilty.
The following jury was empanelle·l :— Messrs. Stoppa, R. Hemmings. F. E. Shuster. G. C. Oldörp (foreman), E. Kennedy, W. C. P. Brusse and W. B. Boyce.
Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C, who cɔnducted the prosecution ou behalf of the Acting Attorney- General, said in his opening statement that the prosecutor was master of the U Kwan fish-shop at Shankiwan. Ia August, 1901, accused w.s given TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS,"
some employm nt by the prosecutor. When Hongkong, 23rd Ju e. As regards the absorbtion of Scotland by Eng- SIR,--Mr. Grant Smith's letter in your issue
the latter was away buying fish the prisoner land, or vice versa, as An Unspeakable Scot"
used to look after the shop. Prisoner had been of the 22ud inst. was a most interesting one, would seem to prefer it. I do not think there is and reminds me of a conversation I had a little August, 1901, till January, 1902. On 23rd Jan. in the employment of U Kwan in this way from very much to be said. It is plainly obvions to while ago with an intelligent and unsophisticat- anybody who has aqy knowledge of history thated native. "Mr. Pairs," said he, "how is it
uary the prosecutor went out early in the morg- neither nation ever absorbed the other. The that Furopeans so seldom get plague"? Toing in a boat to get fish from Shaukiwan Harbour accession of James VI of Scotland to the throne which I unhesitatingly replied,
leaving prisouer behind in charge. Shortly Bacause they afto. It o'clock U. Kwan returned and found of England in 1603 was an event rendered usually use soap. On receiving this simple inevitable by laws of succession and by the reply the Oriential thanked me and withdrew that the prisoner had gone away. Next day the dying declaration of Queen Elizabeth. The He has since informed me that on his return prosecutor went to the Ut Lang salt-fish shop following is quoted from Tythr's History of homo he washed himself, his house. and his purporting to be a request for money from
on business and the master showed him a letter Scotland (Vol IV. page 314) - King James family with soap and water without dangerons Kwan and bearing the U Kwan chop. The pro- the Sixth was proclaim dheir and successor to con sequences, and that non, of his household secutor was very much astonished as he had never Elizabeth, both by proximity of blood, and, as has developed signs of plague since. I ve it was now positively added. by her own to think that there is something in my ap
authorised such a letter to be written. On going appointment upoù her deathbed."
back to his shop he found that the chop and an theory. Any ons provided with a Bose can assure himself of the lack of (the use of) sap in prisoner was connected with a place called Tai account-book were missing. He know that the the Chinese quarters by simply taking a stroll through the salubrious (?) purlieus of this great Tai O to look for the prisoner, whom he suspected U. Accordingly on 20th January he went to Plague Emporium of the East!-I am, &c.,
of being the thief. He saw the prisoner. When the prisoner saw him he jumped into the water and swam away. Ou a subsequent occasion the prosecutor again want to Tai O to look for the prisoner who once more mide g od his escape by jumping into the water. Ultimately the prisoner was arrested about 1st May this year
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In spite of the two nations being now under one Sovereign, the national institutions of each were still quite distinct and, as of old, antagonistic. So much was this the case that in 1640 a Scottish army of 26,000 men invaded Northern England and were so succes ful that Charles I concluded a trace with the Scots. England and Scotland ramained distinct nations until the Union of May, 1747. As late even as 1702 the Scottish Parliament passed an Act, which Queen Anne sanctioned to avoid war, whereby they retained to themselves the option of determining whether, after her demise, the union of the crowus should contigue. Even since the Union, Scottish law has remained distinct from the English even up to the present d y. The question of absorbtion is now brought down to the year 1707. I will leave it to the unspeakable ones and their opponents to decide which nation absorbed the other, merely remarking that the seat of Government was now in London rather than Edinburgh. Personally I should evade the question by declaring that both nations were equally absorbed by a new creation Great Britain.
There is one other point on which I should like to remark. In his second letter "An Un- speakable Scot" claims that Scots have done more than their share of colonising work "planting seed the fruit of which in all pro. bability the English reap Does he mean that the Scots have been used as catspaws by the English? His letter certainly conveys that impression. What a very ignominious position to claim!—Yours, etc
LOOK ER-ON.
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS,'
Hongkong, 25th June. SIR,Suggested that such an interesting and instructive (P) controversy as is now being carried on through the medium of your paper between the " Unspeakable Scot" and "English-
man
and others be issued later on in pamphlet form, as it would indeed be a pity to deprive those residents of Hongkong tem- porarily absent on business or leave of the opportunity of being amused and instructed (?) at the same time. It would certainly be of great use to other Eastern cities if this pamphlet
JOHN PAIRS:
MACAO LETTER DELIVERY.
TO THE ED TOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS.
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Hongkong, 27th June. SIR-Many complaints are current in the Colony about the late delivery of Macan letters, and for my part I can say that, of late, not less than four letters were delivered at my office after 3 pm.! One of those was a registered letter containing a cheque to be cashed and the money to b returned the same day. Of conrse this delay has put my correspondent to great disappointment and inconvenience, owing to the cheque being not cashable after 3 pm. This is not the only instance, but there are many more that I refr.in from bringing forward, being ordinary correspondence.
In my opinion, the new Postmaster-General should investigate the matter. I would suggest that, at least, two clerks should be detached to attend to the Macao mail daily, and that the correspondence be delivered as soon as the mail has been dealt with, without interference with any other inward or outward contract or private mails. This system has been proved to be very successful in illo tempore, when the Post Office was in its highest standard of efficiency under the able administration of the late Mr. Lister.
Thanking you for the insertion of above. Yours, etc,
PRO BONO PUBLICO.
The new Mint is stated to have paved the way to the adoption of an improvement in minting in Siam, the need of which has long been recog- nised. Coining from bar silver has been looked forward to for some time and it is now understood that a large purchase of bar silver has been made in London, and that an expert assayer has been engaged. At some not too distant date, therefore, the old system of manufacturing the silver coins of the country from dollars will come to an end.
prisoner guilty as libelled.
After hearing evidence the jury found the
imprisonment with hard labour.
His Lordship passed sentence of three years'
ANOTHER FORGERY CASE
27th April uttered forged requests for the Chan Kwong was charge with having on delivery of six bigs of almonds and ten baga of fangus and two boxes of pickled fish purporting to be chopped by th Tung Cheung Lung shop.
e pleaded not guilty.
The following jury was empanelled : -Mesir. E. Luders, R. J. Macgowan, H. A. Allen
and G. E. Gomes. H. M. Webb, W. A. H. Otto, D. A. Cordeiro,
conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Mr. T. Morgan Phillips, barrister-at law, Acting Attorney-General. He stated that prisoner was described as a person of no occup tion. On the morning of 27th April about Fat Yan 120, Des Voeux Road West, and seven o'clock he went to the shop of the Kwong ordered six bags of almonds and ten of fungu3, representing himself to be an agent for the Tung Cheung Lung. The salesman asked him to bring the ordinary request from the firm for the delivery of the goods. About twelve o'clock prisoner returned bringing with him a document purporting to be a request from the Tung Cheung Lang for delivery of these goods. Being suspicious regarding the crder, the salesman went along with the pisoner to the Fung Cheung Lung shop to verify it. The master of Fung Cheung Lang when shown the order said he had never made such an order and that it was a forgery Chan Kwong was accordingly arrested. It appeared that prisoner also went to the Wing Man shop in Bonham Strand West, said he wanted to buy some pickled fish, and arranged to buy two bozse
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