Hong Kong Telegraph 1894-05-28

Hong Kong Telegraph 1894-05-28

Year: 1894

Supreme courtin summary jurisdiction (Before Mr .A.G. wise ,acting Pulsne judge) May 28tb More about wong tsoi hi The plague in Hongkong The work of cleansing the infected districts is being vigorously carried on by the Emergency corps of the sanitary Board, which includes a number of Police officers, under the supervision of the cantain superintendent of Police and sergean's smith and sergean's smith and Macivos Exhibition of Australian products Tornado at Singapore great damage done a Tanjong pagar A "drunken contract" in Singapore Drunkenness as a plea for the non-fulfillment of a contrast has says the strails times of May 16th ,been successfully pleaded in the suprene court of Singapore. Mr. Justice law has decided that you cannot at law compel the fulfillment of a contract that was drunk. The obligation to fulfil a contract of the party who was drunk at the eine it was made. He may afterwards, when he was virtually of unsound mind. In those circumstances there is nothing more to be said; for, were such a case to occur,it is presumable that the contract were equally agreeable to both parties. Further than China coast meteorological register Volunteer carbine competition