Tha Chief Justice to-day ordered that the action of the shipping companies, including that of Messrs. Moller & Ca. (Shanghai), Ld., who claimed the profits resulting from the requisitioning of local ships during the war be discharg d.
Giving his decision, his Lordship remarked that regarding the merits of the Ordinance, the Court was not cone: rned: his duty was merely to administer the laws of the Colony and to order the shipping companies' actions to be stayed.—Reuter. 2
Soup the "Sinwanpao" be correctly informed, Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Constitutional artillery men are extremely poor shots, only one of their nine attempts to hit Waichow being successful.
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