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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1019."
HONGKONG'S "CONSCRIPTION
BILL.'
So far as the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce is concerned, the local Man-Power Ordinance is a painful subject, which they would now prefer to see dropped, for ever. But as somebody will presently want to write a continuation of Eitel's History
Ltd
a Bil, the Chamber of Commerce “tion Board," with a substantial com.
ARE WE WORMS I
THE. CHINA MAIL.
-LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Today's return of communicable disease shows three cases of plague,
fatal.
Mr. Denman Faller will leave the Colony for Canada to-morrow on the R.M.S. Empress of Asia.
AEuropean gentleman had only just stepped off the sidewalk in Pedder
all Street yesterday, in order to get by a slowly moving crowd, when an Indian policeman approached him, looked him in the eye, waved his hand towards the sidewalk, and said: Walk on pavement." The man did not do it rudely. Unfamiliarity with the English language was his trouble.. It turned out that the police have crders (or they think they have orders, and behave as if they had orders) to chase every pedestrian off the road on to the trottoir.
faster. Is that it?
The P& O. Dunera is due here from Bombay on or about April 30, and will leave for Shanghai the following day.
The Kowloon Cricket Club, are holding their annual dinner to morrow night at the Hongkong Hotel It has not yet been decided who to take the chair."
FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1919.
present moment they are you and
SHIP LAUNCH AT ROWLOON.
1, ne representatives of the British uation. (Applause.)
3.9.
WAR SNIPER.
The least was drunk with söelauna. tion,
to come,
TO INCREASE OVERSEAS
*TRADE.
Great Britain is determined to Mrs. Gurner, in returning thanks enlarge and pick up her overs for the gold berg, said: It has been a trade that has been lost during that Another milestone, in the ship-moment of intense interest to me to war. This is shown very strongly building life of the Colony was reach he allowed to sand forth the good by the Department of Overs Trudo ed yesterday afternoon when there ship. War Sniper, on her can ife. in London appointing many repo- was launched at the Hongkong and Since Lady May launched the War sentatives throughout the Empire Whampoa Dock Company sard, the Drummer, we have won the Great and in other countries to look after War Sniper, which is the largest War, and there is no aged, mero her trade interests and to not vessel the Company has ever built, fully, for us to think of the War information bureau, in order that any Loere was a arge and representative Sniper taking part in the crusl strife enquiries can be dealt with promptly. | gathering, Mrs. Gntuar performed which was raging that August. May They have just established in Flong- Among those her future de spent only in speeding kong an office for this purpose in the the usual ceremony. present were: H.E. the Offices Ad- the commercial life of the Empire Post Office under the surge of Mr. If this is an answer to our appeal
isntering the Government, H.E. may she in her business excel, as did H.-J. Brett, who is a man of large.
Major-General Ventris and Mes Ven- her namesake in his during the war: experience in the commercial world. for a "speed limit" for automobiles
Tris, Commerses Gurner and Miss and may her life or the great waters having been attached to the Con- it is a poor one. It is one which
Capt Rolfe, Marine Superinten Gurner, William Rees-Davies, be prosperous, peaceful and happy salate at Shaogh and many oflies will not. please the public. It is a, method which does not do credit to dent of the Indo-China S. N. Com-R.C., Mr. Justice Melbourne, the The Commodore has asked me to important centres.
At the present moment Mr. Breit the mentality of the official respon-pany, leaves for home to-morrow. Hon. Sir Faul Chater, C.M.G., the congratulate you, Mr. Dyer, and the
He and Mr. Denman Fuller are to Hon. Mr. W. Chathai and Mrs. Bouglong and Whampoa Dock Co. is organising his office, and hopes sible for it....
Chatha the Hon. Mr. H. E. Fol-on your greas aobiovement in having shortly to be in a position to give But perhaps it is a high-handedbe in the same cabin..
lock, K.C., and Mrs. Folk, the built one of the largest ships ever further particulars us to the scope of attempt to reserve the streets The Hon. Mr. A. H. Lemon, Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolle and Mrs. laid down in the 'Colous. May she his work, but as he said it will take for automobiles, so that they can go CM.G.. Resident of Negri Sembilan, Wolfe, the Hon. Mr. E. H. Sharp. / be the forerunner of ever greatersonie Hrtle time to got feed un
At the time when the Great War and Mrs. Lemon, who haye been K... the Hon. Mr. Landle, the ships to be built by you in the years thornghly cognisant with the local conditions before I can really start.** was beginning, it is said there were away from the State in Hongkong Hon. Mr. S. H. Dowell, Mr. and
H.E. the Officer Administering the At the same time Mr. Brett is alwaye M. Dyer, Mr. "J. W. some Bolshevistically-minded people on a six weeks holiday, have arrived. R.
Graham, Col. ami Mas Young and Government: I rise to propose "sucwilling to answer any enquiries of of the Pacifist persuasion, who said back in Seremban.
Miss Young, Mr. J. H. Wallace, Mr. cess to the Hongkong and Whampoa local firms and to advise them as tor they would not join up, because they would just as soon be governed by
A meeting of the members of H. P. White, Major Harmond and Deck Co. in all their work in the the best of his ability as to the best German officials as by British. They the Hongkong Foultry Association Mrs. Hammond, Captaia Russell, future. I can only say that I pope markets for their merchandise: Ho calculated that they couldn't be worse will be held at Mesars Johnston Capt. Sydney. Sunith (M.S.V.R.), the day is not far distant when we will also be pleased to ascertain the Stokes, and Masters' office, Ice House Capt. Wahl, Mr. C. W. Beswick, shall accept their kind hospitality at best firms to do business, with in It sounds horrible, and it may Street, on Tuesday next to pass the Mr. G. Merton Snaith, Mr. J.. Reid, a launching, when, after leaving the other parts if the world as his De- Ar. K. B. Greig, and many others unch, we shall turn to the right purtient has bureaux in parly not be true: but so reports had rules drafted by the Committee.
After the launching, the gathering instead of to the left, and reuele blis övery big commercial centre of the it. If it be true, we think we can guess what made them talk so The Minister of Justice at Canadjourned to Mr. Dyer's office, where point at which a 6,000 or 1,000 ton | world.
Prior las voning to Hong foolishly. They had probably been ton has discovered that there are the health of the Super and its ship w be launched. Applause.)
Mr. R. M. Dyer, in acknowledging Brets was actively engaged a and. owners was duly irritated by some such rotten piece hundreds of prisoners who have been buikers
the tàush, suid: This slip represents department of the Corrueret of Bumbleism as these new traffic in jail for years and never had any toasted. regulations seem to be To be sort of trial. Steps are being taken
The Hon. Mr. S. M. Dexwell, ad- the is of some years' work, tache of the British Consulate at ordered back on to the sidewalk to try them. The evidence must be dressing the gathering, radot as this European gentleman was stale by this time.
many years ago a bunching in yesterday is exactly the same
"The Stunts" are giving Our the Colony was regarded us a great sort of thing that was the rule in Germany.
on April 5 at the Theatre vent. smacking one more step Except that our Boys" police don't wear swords, and that Royal to help the War Memorial industrial progress of our small but Fund. The cast will include Miss all-important Island. Now we are we, thank goodness, are less docile.
Now, do you ness, ach neu guess) Elfrida Osmund, who did "Cinderella" coming to look upon them as more or Aunt Caroline" in less every-day occurrences, and by what will be the immediate result of in "Pinkie".
Hongkong. I think I can bouestly note? We'll help you. The that play will be "Perkyn Middle- the end of this year we shall have that we could build good ships in ind so many that I fear it may be say that we have demonstrated this street police will be instructed not to wick" in this.
as difficult to get together a sepre fact in the last four or five years, do it again—to Europeans.
Exactly 350 years ago to-day sentative gathering at these function (pplause.) I trust this ship will be Because this is Hongkong, you
as it will be for the Chaindan to the forerunner of any others. excommun- know." Then the Chinc Mail will Queen Elizabeth was
to the subject,
andicated. It is not probable that sturdy think of something fresh to say on As a matter of fact, will say: That is not enough. lady worried much at the time, engl occasion. Flease
withdraw the ridiculous, though in those days it was an exasperating, characteristically Prus alarming experience; and she has This sian, quite un-British, instruc- made no complaint since.
teaches us that all our troubles are tion altogether. Regulate your traffic in the normal, civilized way, not necessarily calamities. by compelling vehicles to cease speeding, by preventing loitering and crowds, and the usual things.
After that, we don't know what will happen.
off.
this
return
Today's dollar, by worth 3-
mercial majority," and to suggest a badge to act as the hall-marked 2 3-166. excuse aforesaid. That was on April 16, 1918, by the way. when the war had been on more
racation.
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ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.
·
HONGKONG &
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though pot. perlups, in actual con Strugimi.. struction. Some of you bare taken
9.
part in battles in Flanders, and "tua South Sea, but the biggest battles! POLICE AND PRESS. the which the shipbuilders here have had t
Who'd kare Hongkong to run a to fight were with the Controller of Shipbuilding and other people at newspaper in Japon? The Japanese Home in the effors to convince them police have circulated these orders":
to the Press there
(1) Not to publish any articles prejudicial to the interests of Japan. (2) To take care in any articles
that we publish not to stimulate (is the Korsum) the sentiment of sell- The gathering the dispersed, re-determination or to write in such a
this evening does nark one more strip to Hongkong in hunches promoter as is likely to lead to hasty
vided by the Company.
in the progress of the Dock Com party in that the War Sniper is the rest reel we have et launched froth this yard: She is 400 feet long carries 9,000 tous, "and has a speedi of 11 knots.
DESCRIPTION OF VESSEL.
pets!
B) Not to publish articles sug The Tur Sniper is of the festing, implying, or stating that chiss Standard type, built to the the missionaries or sick purses of a order of the Controller of Shipping." certain country" participated in London, and to Lloyd's highest class the riots, as auch statements are
100 A.I. under special survey of the likely to produce undesirable diplo local representative, Mr. J. Fabertat & effects.
The dimensions of the vessel uroj as follows:-
Length overall
*** 412ft. Length between perpendi
eulurs
400.
(4) To relata from making con temptuous remarks or statements about the Korenas.
Those of you who were present the trin launching on the third an-j niversary of the gur, when the future looked somewhat ominous for US owing to the difficulty of getting
Not to tie the words inde- Steel, will remember that I expressed
pendence," "isturbances through- Cofetare „int ab Fry of the
tire, peninski, "*..*? distnibanezz Bayad of She did. The Bar Drammer, and) the War Sniper are bot built of
There are two steel decks, the spread of disturbances,
or other Arean steel, and they will shortly second deck 0 feet below the upper words giving un impression of the be followed by four others, all of deck; and a poop, aridge, and fore-gevity of the situation. American steel and oue of British Castle, 8 feet high, having lengths of (6) Not to use big type or big bend- feet, 112 feet, and 30 feet respec les a referring to Korean affairs..
His Excellency the Officer Admin istering the Government will present a.Motor Ambulance to the Brigade, on behalf of the Hongkong Automo bile Association, at & p.m. on Tues-all of them 8,000-ton goips with the day, April 1, at Government. House. exception of the Har Drummer. Nursing Pendants, Bars, Medallions
is
a
and Certificates will be presented, at I trust that the's co-operation with
or American Allies, and the hun
Mr. E. H. Sharp, O.B.E., than five minutes. By May 20ving for Home to-morrow, for the Government had Walter Lang's gracious permission to conscript men for warfare, with this proviso, Cunton tradesmen met erMatch that they must be "men belonging 20 and formally decided to accept to pure European descent." They the new nickel coinage, issued by (Lady May's Division) and of the the fore-runner of friendly amener I carried to the upper deck, forming!
were advised to copy Jamaica's Bill, rum procedure. The Chamber claims (in a footnote) that the volunteers" who left by the Em press of Russia, after the 16th, went because they saw conscription was
tively.
Water ballast will be carried in both peak tanks, and oil en water the Detachments mentioned below.
which extends all fore and at. Members of the No., L VAD. 20-operated during the war, may be
Seren watertight, bulklicads 'ure the Governmiens. Surely super Victoria Nursing Division are re
etal co-operation between the two four large cargo holds and tween atory procedure?
quested to attend at Governmentations after the war, with a view to deck spaces, and a reserve maker House not later than 5.50 p.m.
Uniform-Indoor Uniform to be Members of the Men's Divisions
the same time to certain Members of } Ared and one other ways we in.ballast in the Cellular double besoin
An obtine R.G.A. Hongkong worn. officer, Brig.-General P. A. Twiss,
the expansion of trade in the great; field that lies at our door, not only to our mutual advantage, but also to the very great benefit of China
(Applause.).
forward of the enge and boiler
ou, the latter being amkiships.
The urrungenzent for fouling anti
SERVICES ENTERTAIN-
MENT FUND.
BALANCE SHEET,
Total receipts March 1917
to February 1010- ....... $23,047.1-E Total Expenditure
22,472.91
coming. This is not quite kind. D.S.O.. M.V.0..- wax nwurled the fall in at Queen's College at 5.15 p.m. herself, if she would only realise it, charging of cargo, are up-so-lute Enlance, donated to the
The next interesting point (it is .G. in the New Year honours sharp. practically a spike) in the correspon- List. dence is the Governor's announce ment that he was not prepared
to extend the separation "allow- Major D. Clapham, R.G.A..
ances
R., officer commanded the RG A. Colonel C. W. Brownlow, an old in Singapore during the autiny.
Dress Helmets, shorts, puttees, haversacks, waterbottles.
$
CHINESE TELEGRAMS.
who will be reagembered as a pro and pensions to any men other than those conscripted.. Tominent cricketer when here about him, it would seem,
five years ago, has been awarded sne ten pressed
O.B.E. men were worth more than one volunteer. Next we find Mr. Holyoak of Hongkong, and bring it up to date, writing to the papers to say that the it would be a pity not to provide Chamber never meant local conscrip ample material for the work. Who tion to apply only to "pure Euro made a mess of it? The Govern- peans," and that the Government had Going on service lie won the 1.5.0.missionaries have proved to be false. broken a verbal pledge it gave in and the New Year list brings him ment or the Chamber? Whose version connection with the Bill. The
the C.M.G. of what took place is correct?. The Government took official notice historian will want to know this. Let us of this Press letter by address.
ing the Chamber. The "Cham- Another officer to get the C.M.G. help to make his job a little more con- ber endorsed Mr. Holyoak and is Brig. Genetur fusing and difficult by shoving our oar quoted the Governor as saying: "It This officer some years ago was Can-Ameeting is to take place here on in. It all began with a "controversy in is not necessary to put those words mundunt of the Hougkung Younters Sunday to demand (1) the cancella- the local Press," The historia into the Bill, as I say when the Corps. Later the comtile
of
[China Mail SPEĈIAL.]
Shanghai,, March 27. Reports sent from Shensi by foreign
Kiangsu Provincial Assembly is protesting against the 8th year public loan.
The army mobilized for Europe is i to be maintained to guard the
frontiers. !)
etion of the Sino-Japanese Pact (2) the He demobilization of the army referred to above, and (3) to rebuke Hsu Shu- tsang, who refused to take troops to the defence of Mongolia."
A LANDMARK GONE.
wineli.
in every detail. The latches are 26 feet in width and 30 feet to 35 feet Of course; as far as steel is con- ceme, it is within the hounds of in length. Double derries in two possibility that in the not very posts are fitted, each derrick being tunt Enture we may be independent operated by a n. x 12n. steam | of both 'Great Britain and America.
Efficiently ventilated and lighted The sceptical among you, may accommodation is provided, the crew that that is a dream, far to being berthed in the poop, and the ever to come true," Well, great Captain and Officers on the bridge, many things that have appeared at first like dreams have come true dur ing the hist few years. Sir Paul he addressed, you at the launching bride base, is controlled from the Chater alluded to the subject wiren the Marconi installation of 14 K.W.
Stean steering geur. fitter in the
the dynamo being of 10 K.Wand The real is electrically lighted,
PROPELLING MACHINKEY,”
in-
of the Fer Drainmst. The sceptical amongst you will again say that Sirvigating hedge.
Thiringum trials a total dead Paul is our greatest optin st-and-
o, thank God, he is, to the very weight of 8.000 ts will be carried. material benefit of this Colony in the when it is antic puted that mean There are a great rosy difficulties past and protably in the future peed of 11 knots will be to be surmounted, I ait: Some
'tuined,
of them have been removed by the winning of the war, and you can rely set of triple expansion surface on The vessel will be propelled by one that no stone, will be left unturned densing engines driving through to remove the others and so bring line of forged steel shafting, cust about a state of things that would on propeller. prove of abnost incalculablo talue to the industrial prosperity of the Colcay
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181,23
F... HASTINGS, Hon. Treasurer, S.E.F. Audited and found correct."""
G. C. DUFFING, Grief Writer, RN
March 21, 1910.
CORRESPONDENCE
UNGROUNDED FEARS.
To the Editor of the China Mail'') Dear Sir-As representatives fa Hongkong of the Estate of the Inte Mr. B. it. Belilios, C.M.G., and at the request of Jfr. B. E. Belitas, we wish emphatically to deny that there is any truth in the woulled very strong rumour as suggested by Distracted in his letter which
appeared in your issue of 26th inst etding the sale of the Bellos."
Terrace property.
Such a sale nerer was nor is in contemplation. Yours faithfully,
LINSTEAD & DAVIS
An Evaporator capable of prostic-
Government solemnly undertakes to 68th Company, H..A. here. providing he is not some impertinent interpret the phrase in a certain ing also won the D.S.0. outsider, will be able to imagine it. way that is as good as its being Seated in their editorial chairs, pre- brought into the "Bill". There
is too pared to shed their lost drop of ink thing in the Crown Colonies. If B.G.A., commanded a company in much of that sort of Major S. Watson, 3.5.0., for their courtry (if necessary), they there is
The Dimnsions of the Cylinders are a sufficient reason Singapore a couple of years ago.
HP. 27. diameter, 1.P. 44in. di- called everybody slackers, shrieked for a "solemn undertaking" by a He was mentioned in the lust de
meter, L.P. 78. diameter, euch that the Empire was at its last gasp Governor or any other official, there spatches of Sir Douglas Haig foxmpl
Before making you to jou with me with a stake of 18iu. for want of men, and generally is, ipso facto, a sufficient reason for France but was unfortunately Med
in drinking prosperity to the far enjoyed the excitement of their own concerned. If the government has bice.
its inclusion in the Bill of Ordinance just before the signing of the Armis.
Stenza is generated in three.singe fitted with a bilging connection 12in. Sniper, I would Fle to thank Mrs. ended boilers 15ft. Gin. internal hore which would cable the full bysteria. (This is the historian think no objection to making such a
The Flagstaff at the Peak, upon Gurner heartily for kindly and meter by 11ft. Gin. mean length con capacity of the pomp to be utilized which the typhoon and other signals ably performing the christening tetestricted to Lloyd's requirements for in the event of the vessel being fo ing-aloud.)
A number of young promise, it, cannot have a valid
were hoisted is no more. The official nony. It is indeed fitting that re men took, it seriously, especially objection to wording the Bil so Ing.-General J. G. B. Tullock, reason for its disappearance is that presentative of the Navy start quare inch and working under How
a working pressure of 180 per ed from any cause. the threat
being called as to make the promise unnecessary. was a General Staff Officer in Hong. It has been demobilised." What is this fine merchant-ship on hernier den's system of forced dught with ing 25 tons of fresh water par 1 'slackers," and "appealed to the Moreover, no such promise or kong bofore the war. A that time 'really meant by this is that this taipans of
the Chamber for undertaking, even when correctly he held the rank of Major in the particular signal station has been because the Navy is the godfather closed isipit and heated air. leave to go Hun-shooting. Now the a proviso in the text itself. The granted the CM. for his services have been operating it during the marine, the two services such as these vessels, steam for Auxiliaries complete with all connections minuted, can ever be as good as K.O.Y.L.I. He was previously abolished, consequently the men who and godmother of the Mercantile No. Donkey Boiler is provided in on vacuum type is fitted in engine "Laipans didn't want all of them to go! obvious result of the "pure Euro- in the war and in the New Year list päst few years have been demobilised great deal in the war, and without engine room, and for windlus, I for dealing with the exhaust steam
done, without great, fuss, such a or sent to other stations.
winches, &c., on deck being supplied from deck winches. bose help the Army could never from Main Boilers
The air supply for the forced hëve dealt sud a crushing knock-
The Auxiliary machinery consists draught system is obtained in a out blow to our enemies. (Applause of one Weir's feed pump me Weir owden Fan driven by an indepen I ask you, Mrs. Garner, to accept General Donkey pump and one Weir dent steam engine situated in engine The food water for the boilers in Bayramo ter supplying the necessary. this gold bag as al momento Fallust pump of the simples type room, and with a steam, driven fered and heated by a special ar- electric light; compistes the list of rangement in the air pump hotweh. Auxiliary machinery in engine roone the main engines in supplied by an steam driven ash hoist is fitted wit Cooling water for the condensar for In the Stoke hold a double oylinder independent stean driven centrifugal suitable gear for removing the aubre owners may eventually be at the circulating pump This pump in from the Stakehold
An instance of promotion fren
Z LIFE SAVER.
for some were indispensable; but pean" stunt was that the results fail gets the G.B. there were some that they coulded to justify the passage of any such spare Fesides, they also were Bill at all. In the circumstances, the patriotic. They thought it is the Government's alleged reluctance to historian musing) that a Compulsory, have the useless Ordinance repealed, the Hanka, Lieut.-Colonel W: H. Service Bill would kill two birds and their suspected intention to keep urray, Australian Machine Gun TT la sate to say that Chamberlain's of this occasion, and I will now ask with one shot. The indispensables, military conscription as a permanent Corps, won luis Distinguished Con Orlic and Diarrhea Bomody has being duly exempted, would be feature of Colonial law, looks like a duct Modal in the ranks at Gallipoli, Fauved the lives of more people and re- you all to drink long life and prosper -rescued from the stacker" trouble piece of presumption. Of course Theiving his com ssion for serving pliered more suffering than any other re-ity to the War Snipet and her own that was threatened (by having a they will have to do as they are told in the field, he reached his present the civilized world for its speedy cares of latter with particular enthusiasm, medy in existence. It is known all over. I think you can drink to the hall-marked excuse) and the army by London, and when the Home rank, won the D.S.O. and V.C.. and tramps in the stomach, diarrhea and all because, whoever the Wer Sniper's would gain the rest. In ask Government drops conscription, now has received the French Croix Intertinal pains. For sale by all ing the Government to produce they'll have to-
y de Guerre.
Cheminta and Storekeepers.
hours. "A" winch condenser of the.
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