August 15, 1903.
they escorted him to the frontier safely. Most of the troops sent from Cantch to fight them have surrendered to them, It is reported that there are from two to thres hundred strange looking men of suspicious character coming from Waiohow to Canton daily by passage boats, so the officials are always on the look out, and either the prefect of Kwangchowfu or bis son is out on patrol every night in the city an:l with him about two hundred soldiers. The rebel chief Li Lap has sent a letter to the Viceroy Sham Chen Hün challenging him to fight to the death. His Excellency is waiting for reinforcements from Hunan and Hupeh, and quarters in the city are being built for their accommodation. The rebels hare caught Cheung Yung-yum, the magistrate of the Wai-yüa district, and have hang him in a cage similar to those that were invented by Li Hung chang. The reason for this is that he is alleged to have hang many unocent persons. Native papers say that Admird Fung Tez Tsai has gone to Kwangsi to fight the rebels, but from reliable sonrc's I have learnt that he is in Yum-chow with Viceroy Shum,
Owing to the Imperial Goverument having spent much money on fighting the rebels, and the Treasury being at a low ebb, His Excellency the Viceroy intends to abolish all the other vexa- tious taxation, and to impose taxes on ships and small boats-the Board of Reorganisation having recieved orders to that effect and also on barbers.
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CHUNG NGỌI BAN PO.
GOVERNOR V. VICEROY.
It is reported that Wang Chi-chan, late Governor of Kwangsi who has been dismissed from office by the Throne after being reported by H.E. Shum on account of his inability to suppress the rebellion and his corrupt govern- ment during the term of his office, has bribed some censors to memorialise the Throne against the action of the great Viceroy and the "unfair" charges brought against him. Governor Wang is still in Kwangsi bat will go to Peking in a few days, as soon as he has handed over the seals to the Acting Governor, Ting Tai-sheung, Provincial Treasurer of Kwangtung, who has arrived at Wuchow.
THE NEW RAILWAY.
The Canton and Hankow Railway has been built from Fatshan as far as to Im Po, in the Namhoi district. A good number of workmen have been employed daily, but owing to the serious news from Kwangsi, instructions were received from the authorities a few days ago to suspend work ut present till order has been restored.
DEALING WITH CORRUPTION.
H.E. Shum Chap-hua is very striot in con trolling his subordinate officers, military and civil, seventy-one of whom belonging to the province of Kwangtung, have been either dismissed from office or condemned to suffer the extreme penalty of the law.
It is said an equally large number of corrupt officials has also been severely dealt with in Kwangsi,
CORRESPONDENCE. LEADING OR FOLLOWING:
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS.
Hoogkong 11th August. SIR,I notice that te Attorney-General in moving in the Legislative Council the second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to set apart
a holiday to be known as Victoria Day, etc., informed the Council that Bong kong in this matter is following the example of, if not setting the example to, the rest of the Empire. One can imagine the Attorney- General sitting down and defying contradiction of the statement!
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Bat, perhaps, some of your readers may be interested to know exactly what Hongkong's position is in the matter.
May 24th is set apart as a public holiday under the designation of Victoria Day" in the Dominion Fofanada, Cape Colony, Natal, Orange River Colony, Transvaal, South Australia, Windward Islands Leeward Islands, Barbadoes and other parts of the Empire, so that Hong Kong is following rather than setting the example Yours, eto,||||
IMPERIALIST.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT. NON-EFFICIENT VOLUNTEERS.
TO THE ED.TOR OF THE DAILY PRESS.
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near.
I have one suggestion to offer with regard the closing of the Gardens to general admission, presenting cards, tickets, etc., should be allow It is that on such days as this is done"thos) to enter by the top gate, instead of having to people who coming down the Peak would preter --- Non-round as at present. There ara bumber of
to walk through the Gardens, but do not સ
Yours, etc., to walk round to one out-of-the-way gate,-**
Hongkong, 12th August. that every Volunteer, whether Britisher or SIR.-May I state my opinion in your paper naturalised Britisher, must fully ondoreo Major Chapman's action fa the matter r efficient Volunteers," and must consi ler that the evidence of the defence places an aspersion on the integrity of an officer and a gentleman to wit, the command int, and should be thoroughly cleared up.
strive to become soldiers of ability an
It is extremely hard for those of us, who only
not night at Headquarters and find two, three, or 'an useless item," to tarn up night after
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an insufficient number to form an effective
parade; and if attending the bar or billiard-
room
"pressure of busines," then the victims of of the Hongkong Hotel constitutes non-efficiency should have our greatest sym- pathy. To repeat the G.O.C.'s idea-5" good men are better than 200 "indifferents," and now. the Corps seems to cousist of the latter just Only fancy 79 at a church parade in 9, because I counted 10 who through "pressure fine weather; "as you were I should say of business" or pressure of something, wer). ia the church as civiliaus.
"Officers Non-commissiouet officers and men of the Hongkong Volunteer Artillery," to use some of the words of the authem which was sung that morning, in a moral sanse-It is bigh time to awake if we are to bз members of a corps which can deservedly have for it's wolto"
Nulli Secundus in Oriente." Thanking you for the insertion -Yoars, etc..
ONE OF THE GUNNERS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS.'
Hongkong. 13th August, SIR, I read with pleasure the remarks made by "One of the Gunuers" in your issue of this badly-attended drills, but volunteering is on all morning. I join in his lamentation over the fours with most things undertaken in this Colony, only half done and badly done at that. It is evidently too much to expect from the young man of Hongkong that he should give up his bathing even one afternoon in the ball in the winter, in order week in summer or one game of foot- to pat in after the hand has been put to the plough. a drill.
Th re is too much looking back It would be far better for men not to join the force at all if they have no intention of putting in their drills. For those who are keen and turn up regularly drills are rendered, by paucity of numbers, both uninteresting and uninstruc- tive. No progress is made and nothing new attempted, because of the erratic attendance of
whom, when they do e mo, everything has to be men who know nothing of their work, and to explained afresh. The grumbling that one- hears at almost every parade would be a thing turned up regularly and helped to swell the of the past if the grumblers themselves numbers. Drills would have some interest if there were men enough to work four guns. instead of too few to fool with one.
Before 1 close I should like to know the
reason for the number of resignations lately? It is that artillery dril does not "go down," or is it sheer laziness? I am afraid the latter. At any rate it is a sorry spectacle to see the once swagger
"A" Company reduced to 25 men, including N.CO's. It is certainly more than time to wake up," but such an awakening must
come
from without, as it bever will from within. Let the fresh blood in the Colony enlist and show the present crowd of “slackers how to work.-Yours, etc.,
VOLUNTEER.
THE BOTANIC GARDENS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS.
Hongkong, 12th August. SIR,-I cordially endorseall that you say in your leading article this morning with regard to the improvements in the management of the Botanic Gardens. I suppose, however, that the regula tions about putting feet upon the seats in the Gardens had not come into force on Saturday last, as on that afternoon I saw two coolies with their bare feet so placed, one of them indus
GARDENER.
SUPREME COURT.
Saturday, 8th August.
IN APPELLATà JurisdictioN.
BEFORE HIS HONOUR SIR WILLIAM M. GOODMAN (CHIEF JUSTICE)
CHIU BEOK LAM (APPELLAN ) AND THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL (KÉSPONDENT).
support of his motion, and no one appears for His Lordship said--In this osse, the Attorney. General, the respondent, appears in person in the appellant, who, yesterday, gave notice that New Territories Land Court Ordinance, No. 18 he withdrew his appeal. By section 16 of the
of 1900, a claimant dissatisfied with a decision of the Court, where the value of the claim is over $5,000, may, within 14 days from the for leave to appeal to the Full Court. In this date of such decision, apply to the Chief Justice oase, notice of motion h saded Chin Heok Lam, appellant, and the Attorney-Ge.eral, respondent, was given and pled on 7th August, 1901 (the last day for moving for leave), that the Court.” would be moved that day by Mr. Francis, K.C., for such leave to appeal from the Lind Court's decision. The notice should have said that the
Chief Justice" would be moved þat, bi that. as it may, the notice would have been better it is possible the Chief Justics may be occupied filed sooner, as when not filed till the last day
in other cases. It must be borne in mind that. fourteen days, and it is not enough that... a the actual motion must be made within the
mosion paper be filled within that time. How ever, in this case the motion was mads or men.. tioned in Court on 7th August, 1901, and was Justice. Considering that the Legisistare ha i adjourned sine die by the then Acting Chief fired a limit of fourteen days for moving, Ido not for one moment suppose that the learned judge intended, or that the appellant thought he in adjourning the hearing of the motion sine die intended, that the motion might be brought on gain a year or two later. It was, in the circumstances, the duty of the applicant, and, his solicitor to apply within a reasonab'e time. for the Court to fix a day for the further decision of the Land Court, the title of the hearing. With an appeal hanging over the land must remain in an unsatisfactory state, well. Nothing having been done for nearly and this the appellant must have known full-
two years to again bring on the motion for leave- to appeal, the Crown Solicitor wrote to the Government desires that the title to the land appellant on 26th June, 1903, saying: As the may be cleared up, I am directed to give you notice that unless you either proceed with: the appeal or abandon it within one monthze Court to strike out the appeal. This was from date, application will be made to the perfectly reasonable, but, instead of abandoning the appeal, the appellant insisted till 25th July, the day before the month had expired, and then; through his solicitor, writes asking for two months' further time. Naturally, the Crown Solicitor, acting for the Attorney General,!: the respondent mentioned in the appellant's original motion paper, declines, and adds ne“ I propose to take steps to bring the matter befora i the Court as soon as possible." - Accordingly, on 1st August, 1903, the Crown Balicitor having obtained leave to serve notice of motion for to-day (8th August) filed and served his.. notice of motion that the Court would be moradzi that the application for leave to appeal file on
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7th August, 1901, might be dismissed for want of prosecution. Again, ¿waiting till the last day, the applicant's solicitors w on 7th August, 1903) that on benalfor appellant they beg leave to withdraw the
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