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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
The complainant said that if he had not been holding tightly he would have been knocked off the tram when defendant assaulted him.
Cross-examined-His instructions were not to stop the car if any passenger refused to pay his fare. He had looked at defendant's monthly ticket but omitted to take his name then.
The conductor stated that defendant pushed the complainant when the car was going.
Cross-examined—By “pushing he meant that defendant tried to push past the com- plainant who barred his way and would not allow him to alight.
By the Court-Why did he push him?-Per. haps he wanted to make him fall down.
The motorman said defendant called the in- spector a black cow.
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Do you understand what it means ?-It means black cow.
P. C. Stewart spoke to having been called by the complainant who reported that defendant had refused to pay the lady's fare Witness heard defendant say to the complainant “you black car.'
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Mr. Otto Kong Sing said considerable respondence had taken place over the case.
convent does. It receives Chinese foundlings to the number of some 1400 or 1500, and out of that number about half of them are.restored to health and vigour who would otherwise in all probability have died in the streets. It receives about 100 Chinese adults in its hospital in addition to the large number of outpatients to whom medecine and treatment are supplied.. Its doors are open to aged and destitute women, to children, who are blind or lame or destitate. They are received here and taken care of. It has about 170 little orphans who are maintained and educated within these walls. This is the charitable branch. To-day we are privileged to visit the educational side. In this building there is maintained & school for European child- ren who number as we have just heard from his Lordship some 85 pupils which is an increase on which I may congratulate you of about thirty per cent. I am very glad also to congratulate you on the increase of your staff and sincerely hope with you, my lord, that you will earn next year the full grant in the higher grade of government schools (applause). We were all sorry to hear that the reverend other Superior will be compelled for reasons of health to go home and I join with you in earnestly hoping that her health may be restored and that she may soon come back again to the work she has so successfully prosecuted for so many years, It was my pleasant task the evening before last to welcome Admiral Perrin and the officers of the French fleet. I took occasion then in responding to a toast to refer to the glorious annals of France and to the common ties which bind our two nations together. Among the deeds of heroism which the annals of France can boast there is none greater than the silent devotion of those noble ladies who seek no public honours and are content to devote their lives day by day, year after year, to the unostentatious task of cheering the lives of the destitute and ministering to the helpless and hopeless and teaching their pupils by example the high and noble standards of the Christian faith. The legions of France have marched under streaming banners and to the sound of martial music to many a glorious victory. Your banner is the sign of the Cross. Your music is the voice of gratitude of those whose sickness you have alleviated. Your victory and your reward is in the consciousness of work bravely done and bravely supported daytime. after day and year after year. I spoke too of the ties which anite our nations together. Į There is no closer ties than the existence of this French Convent in the British Colony. These are the ties which bring us closer together and which teach us that there is no distinction of nationality in the common cause of humanity. (applause)
HIS EXCELLENCY then distributed the awards.
EUROPEAN AND HIS TRAM FARE.
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INTERESTING CASE AT THE MAGISTRACY.
At the Magistracy on March 25th, before Mr, Wood. A. G. Pile, of the Naval Yard was sum: moned for having assaulted a tramway inspec- tor. Mr. Steavenson appeared to prosecute and Mr. Otto Kong Sing defended.
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Defendant stated. that when the conductor asked for the fares he showed him a monthly ticket and produced a $10 bill asking for change in. Hongkong money. The conductor said he had not enough Hongkong money. A few minutes later complainant boarded the car. Defendant showed
his ticket and made the same offer as to the $10. The complainant wanted to retain the ten dol- lars and send the change next day, but he refused.. He offered to send the ten cents to the office next day but the complainant refused. When the car reached the Soldiers Club the complainant refused to allow him to alight. He went to get off but did not assault complainant who stood in his way. morning he reported the matter to the head office of the Tramway Company.
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Cross-examined-He was not asked to give his name to the conductor. He was asked if he would write his name and he said he would not do so. He said he would send the ten cents to the office in the morning.. He did not do so until the 7th. He refused to show his ticket a second
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Mr. Steavenson-That is a breach of the, conditions under which the monthly tickets are issued. They must be produced when asked by the company's servants.
His Worship said the inspector accelerated. the assault. He imposed. a fine of $5 on defendant.
CHINA'S SERVICE OF LOANS AND· REVENUE.
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absence of financial reorganisation, the Chinese Empire stands in imminent peril of insolvency (in spite of its undoubted resources), and thereafter to administration of its estate by a commission of its creditors. The men who now govern China, the party which has made its way to power since the death of the Emperor and the commencement of the Regency, are identified almost to a man with the hand to mouth policy and the old traditions, and it will require something more than the polite com- monplaces of diplomacy to convince them of their danger, and their parlous financial state.-- Chinese Public Opinion.
RENAMING HONGKONG STREETS.
It is notified in the Gazette that in order to prevent confusion arising from the existence of duplicate names of streets in Hongkong and Kowloon, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct that the streets in the subjoined list be re-named as shown therein.
STREETS IN HONGKONG.
Old Names. Chater Street Albany Street East Street West Street
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New Names. Catchick Street Tai Yuan Street Tung Street Sai Street
STREETS IN KOWLOON:
Chater Street Des Voeux Road Garden Road Robinson Road Macdonnell Road Elgin Road East Road East Avenue East Terrace
Peking Road
Chatham Road
Hankow Road
Nathan Road
Canton Road Haiphong Road Hanoi Road Sainam Avenue Wuchow Terrace
STREETS IN YAUMATI.
First Street Second Street Third Street Fourth Street Fifth Street Kennedy Streat Seventh Lane Fuk Shing Lane Macdonnell Road Station StreetNorth Station Street South Six Street
(to junction with Eighth Street 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and
6th Lane
Kansu Street
Pakhoi Street Saigon Street
Ningpo Street Nanking Street Woosung Street Yunnan Lane Suchow Lane Canton Road Shanghai Street Shanghai Street
Jordan Road Gascoigne Road.) Bowring Street. Notice boards to be
removed with these numbers on them as the lanes are merely scavenging lanes.
Temple Street is to be continued northwards to Man Ming Lane, Yaumati. Portland Street is to be continued Southwards to the same' point.
-STREETS IN MONGKOKTSUI. Macdonnel Road Canton Road Hill Street
Nullah Lane
Changsha Street
Shantung Lane
Station Street North Shanghai Street
STREETS IN HUNGHOM,
Des Voeux Road
Third Lane
Hill Street
Market Street Station Street
Chatham Road
Nanning Lane
Tientsin Street Wuhu Street Taku Street
Newchwang Street
STREETS IN FUNG TSUN HEUNG, High Street Praya
Station Street
Chungking Street Foochow Street.
China's foreign loans and indemnity service called for sterling payments in 1908 as follows: -Service of loans raised before 1902, £3,575,066; service of railway loans, £901,677; total, service of Boxer indemnity loans, £2,821,420;
the Maritime Customs revenue of, say, £4,000,000 £7,301,163. To meet these payments we have (deducting 10 per cent. for cost of collec- tion), and earnings of may be roughly put down at £1,000,000, railways, which leaving a balance of about £2,000,000 (say 15 millions of taels) to be supplied from other sources. The amount to be paid under the same headings in 1909 is £7,427,450. As- suming that the Board of Revenue's annual tances to the central government represent what statements of the provincial quota and remit-
distinguished from what the Capital levies in we may call the visible assets of Peking (as- kind and in secret levies), we may estimate laden with coal anchored on Tuesday night off A junk on its way from Hongkong to Canton
millions of taels per annum. these remittances something between 60 and 70 Castle Peak. An oyster boat with four men came alongside, and the men, two of whom were fund remaining to the Central Government, armed with knives, drove the crew of the junk after discharging its obligations abroad to below, while they raided it, carrying off clothing, politan Boards, may be estimated at Tls. direction of Deep Bay meet all the needs of the Palace and Metro-rice and $10 in money. They made off in the 50,000,000-say £7,000,000-i.e. the revenue of E second
Mr. Steavenson stated that on the evening of the 2nd March defendant and his wife boarded a tram car at Observation Place, travelling west. When the conductor applied to the defendant for his fare he produced a monthly ticket, and when asked for the fare of the lady he said he had a ten dollar note which he would give if the conductor would give him Hongkong money in return. The conductor said he had not enough Hongkong money and asked defendant to sign a chit which would be sent to his office in the morning, Defendant refused to sign his name and threw the paper away. The conductor called the inspector who was the complainant in this case.
The latter ap- proached with a view of seeing the tickets and defendant again refused to pay the lady's fare. The complainant, according to his instructions, would not allow a passenger to alight who had not paid his fare, and ordered the motorman not It has for some time been apparent to the more rate European Principality. to stop the car, although defendant wished to get enlightened among Chinese officials that no off at the Soldiers' Club, and defendant struck country having pretensions to a place among. complainant and made use of abusive language. I the Great Powers of the world can continue The car was stopped at Ice House Street,”
thus to administer its affairs, and that, in the
On this basis the
PIRACY AT CASTLE PEAK.
Manchuria, China and India during last year The export of Japanese cigarettes to Korea, is roughly estimated at about 1,000,000,000 lbs., of which 800,000,000lbs were consumed in Korea and Manchuria.
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