April 26, 1909.]
Plaintiff denied that such a custom existed. When the last witness bought sharks fins from him before, the agreement was cash on delivery,
one week allowed.
His Lordship give judgment with costs for the plaintiff.
Friday, April 23rd.
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
BEFORE HIS HONOUR MR. H. H. J. GOMPERTZ (PUISNE JUDGE).
A BEAMAN'S EMBARRASSMENTS.
His Lordship-What does it matter; you've got the junk?
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
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Consequently the Chinese
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as follows:-"The revocation of the Luso-Treaty of 1887. Chinese treaty negotiated at Pekin in 1887 Government was well informed of the whole between the Portuguese Minister and Prince facts. This narrative will enlighten the self- Ching and by which China has confirmed Art. II of the their gross error.'
the Chinese Minister Sun, government Society and convince them of
Lisbon Protocol dated the 26th March 1887 recognizing the occupation and government of Macao and its dependencies by Portugal. Second ly, the retrocession of Macao, or in the alterna- tive, the re-imposition of the annual tax and the acknowledgment of China's Sovereignty over the colony. Should these demands be refused, then the Society desired that measures should be adopted to enforce the same.
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[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]
STEAMERS DELAYED.
April 23rd.
This is the season of the year when the need for the dredging of the harbour is daily em- phasised. Owing to the low tides the arrival of → the steamers from Canton and Hongkong are delayed and much inconvenience results. The Cunton steamboats which are due at night are unable to enter the harbour until the morning, and yesterday the Sui Tai, for the first time this year, got stuck on the mud opposite the Light-house and did not get to her berth until about eight o'clock.
It is believed that the Chinese Government Ho Cheung, part owner of a junk, was before will not and cannot endorse such pretentions the Court to admit or deny several claims for from the Self-Government Society, which re- goods supplied. Mr. Reader Harris (of Messrs. presents no authority on the question at issue Wilkinson and Grist) appeared for the defend. and is quite ignorant of the history of Macad. ant, while Messrs. Otto Kong Sing, ('. F. Dixon
The Chinese Government are bound by solema (of Messrs. Hastings and Hastings), and J. H. engagements in the matter such as the protocol Gardiner (of Messrs. Brutton aud Hett) re-
of Lisbon and the Luso-Chinese Treaty of 1887, presented different plaintiffs.
as said above, and the mutual accord Mr. Kong Sing asked for judgment in hiscently celebrated at Lisbon between the Chinese action as the claim was admitted, and the defen- Minister and the Portuguese Minister for dant might run away.
Foreign Affairs. It is however, dreadful to noth how the Chinese agitators fail to speak the truth! We can assure them that on the part of Portugal there has not been the least violation of the Treaty of 1887, not one inch of Chinese land was ever occupied by the Portuguese since the signing of the Treaty. The agitators wish that the old wall of the City be considered the limit of Macao," but beyond this wall in the Guia" mountain, the well known Guia fort was built in the year 1637-The village of Mongha was already occupied, when in 1848 the English cemetery was built behind the Pagoda of the same village. The forts of Mongha and D. Maria were built in 1851. The village of Lung-tin-chiu lies 100 metres fromable nuisance. the
palace, the summer residence of the Governor of Macao. This building was erected in 1848 by a Ptuguese priest. Fr. Almeida and it was subsequently transferred to the Government during the administration ef Vice dmiral Sergio da Souza between
Mr. Dixon said that Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist were acting for creditors as well as for the defendant. The other day a member of that firm called to see him to pay him some money.
Mr. Harris-We are not. We should want to be paid if we were creditors, not to pay you.
Mr. Gardiner-I also have a writ against this defendant.
His Lordship-When do you come on, to-day?
Mr. Gardiner-I have a writ for substituted service.
Mr. Dixon-In action 413 I have an interim attachment.
Mr. Harris-Simply served on the place of business.
Mr. Dixon-The place of business is the junk. His Lordship-The best thing is to let these actions stand over until to-morrow morning, Mr. Harris will then know his client's views.
Mr. Kong Sing-Mr. Harris ought to know now, as his client is here.
Mr. Harris-I don't think one day makes any difference. You will know all about it to- morrow morning.
Mr. Dixon-This man knew of these proceed. ings ten days ago. If Mr. Harris comes here with insufficient instructions he ought to take the consequences.
me?
Mr. Harris-Do you want judgment against
Mr. Kong Sing--My intention this morning was to ask for immediate execution and sale. I also have an interim attachment against this junk.
His Lordship—'ll you people who come ou to-day ought to rank pari passu.
Mr. Kong Sing-I submit not. Mr. Dixon-Are you going to try to get in
before me?
Mr. Kong Sing-Mr. Dixon has precedence. Mr. Harris-I think the plaintiffs appear to have got all they want for the present. They can now wait until to-morrow morning.
His Lordship-Yes. I will take the case to- morrow morning.
THE DELIMITATION OF MACAO.
The following is translated from the Macao newspaper Vida Noru:--
"It appears that at Shanghai a meeting of Chinese from Canton has been held in order to discuss the Macao boundaries question, the meet- ing being held at the request of the Canton Self-Government Society. It was resolved at the meeting to send a reply to Canton that due attention will be given to the matter and that the latest information was required for their guidance.
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The little huts of Lung-tin-chün were expropriated in 1907. their owners receiving the equivalent value in cash, and in conse- quence of an epidemic of plague they were or- dered by the Government to be burnt down.
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In the vicinity of Jap-seak, where there is the fine asylum for the orphans under the cate of Santa Casa, close to the cemetery of S. Mignf). All the sheds, huts &c.. were bought by the Public Works Dept, and the human bones found there, while digging the ground, were sent to the Chinese Hospital Committee in order that the relatives of the deceased, if any, might take charge of them, the rest being buried by the Committee in the cemetery by the Hospital Committee at Cathay. There is still this cemetery as evidence of what we say,
The bones were never thrown in the sea, as falsely I stated at the meeting. The suburban villages referred to by the speaker at the meeting at Canton, for instance, Sakong. Salitan and, San Kin, have been occupied by the Portuguese from time immemorial. The Salitan alles Patane as we now call it, which lies in front of the Camoes grotto, had formerly unmerous Port. uguese houses and it was surmised that this site was where the first Portuguese established themselves when they arrived UL Macho. Patane and Tarrafeiro were formerly European districts where the wealthy people used to life. after a long time they transferred their residence to the Praya fraude.
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Il these villages were situated within the | boundary of Porta Corco alios Kuan-chap barrier, which the Chinese Government made in 1573 to divide Macao from the district of Heung-
shan. Close to this Porta do Cerco there is now a
Portuguese Guard station built of brick and stone some tens of years before the signing of the Treaty of 1887.
Fortunately, a long correspondence signed It is of importance to bring to the notice of by a Portuguese" has appeared in the N.-C. the public in general that the Governor of Daily News contradicting the unfounded char- Kuantung, Ung-tai-cheng, mentioned by the ges made by the Canton Society against the Por-speaker at the Canton meeting was sent to tuguese re territorial invasion and demonstrat- Macao in 1887 by the Central Government to ing that the intention of the Self-Government find out the truth of the complaints made by Society, as it was formulated in the meeting, the Heungshan people and after verifying de was not to discuss the question of the delimita- risu the land occupied by the Portuguese, he tion but their aim was to expel the Portuguese made his Report. It was upon his Report that from Macao. What they demanded was the Peking Government resolved to sign the
STREET STALLS.
Is it not time that in the interests of the shopkeepers, the Leal Seuado placed some restriction on the number of licenses for street stalls? These stalls are now scattered all over the city. Why should the Leal Senado grant licenses for stalls which are run as open- eating houses, encouraging competition against the restaurants which pay large contribu- tious to the city coffers by reason of the fact that they are on the list of house-holders ? Last year some authority placed restrictions on this abuse of the stall-holder's license, but of late there seems to have been a reversion to the old state of things, and the number of stalls in the public thoroughfares has become an intoler-
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THE HIDDEN LIGHT.
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A new lantern for the Guia· Fort arrived six or seven weeks ago, and has remained carefully packed in its case in the Government godown. I hope it will not be forgotten, like the seismograph which came out some years ago and still remains in its packing case.
MACAO'S RIVAL.
Great numbers of Chinese left the city to attend the ceremony of inaugurating the new Port of Heungchow yesterday.
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CORRESPONDENCE.
THE CHINESE BURIAL GROUNDS.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE
DAILY PRESS."]
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HONGKONG
SIR,-Your correspondent "Omega" doubt- less scored a point when he quoted from Con- incius to show that it was against the teaching desire to of the sage for the Chinese to beautify their burial places. The point may have been good against Mr. Lau Chu Pak as a disciple of the great teacher, but your correspondent overlooks the fact that most Chinese have no distinctive religion. They have absorbed the teachings of Buddha, of Confucius, of the Taoists, with the result that they have no particular creed. They merely follow certain customs, certain observances, and do not regard themselves as religionsists. Were it otherwise the Government might be asked to provide cemeteries for the Buddhists, for the followers of Confucius, and for the Taoists.
The question of proper cemeteries for the Chinese has not been approached courageously at all. The authorities for some reason or other When the better class seem to be afraid of it. Chinese recently sought a burial place for their dead. for which they were willing to pay a reasonable price, they learned that the Govern
pent did not approve of the site suggested at Pokfulum, but no reasons were given. Surely. the better class Chinese, whom the Government wish to settle here, have some claims for con- sideration in this respect.-Yours, etc.,
ALPHA.
Senator Stone of Missouri has introduced a bill in the United States Congress providing for unconditional free trade between the Philip- pines and the United States and for the independence of the Islands at the end of fifteen years-1924. }
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