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AFIDZE, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, OCT. 25, 1918.
ADVERSARIA.
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MAY IT FLEASE
THE CHINA MAIL.
from the fullest blaze of light and but as to that we cannot say it
Real happened thousands of years ago. publicity and examination.
and it is not easy to ascertain all the truth needs no policy of **hush."
correct details of far off events.
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interested demeanour,
WE GROW WARY.
And
We don't
SATURDAY: OCTOBER 25.
SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL HONGKONG.
The Central Council have much pleasure in submitting their Annual Report for the year ending August 31, 1919.
(1) The Balance on hand or August 31, 1918 was
In the Bank (Current
a/c)
1919.
ROBBERS AGAIN ON THE MOVE.
B
VILLAGERS 'SURPRISED
ATTACK.
An armed robbery is reported to have taken place in Ma Wan village, New Territory, on Thursday night- the robbers carrying away $2,000 in bank-notes.
....$ 723.27
It appears that seven men, two at "In the Bank (Fixed
Deposit) ........... 1000-whom were armed with revolvers In Cash
11.49 while the remainder carried torches, (2) The Receipts and Expenditures) broke into the bouse of Chan Po, con- for the year under review were as tractor, the wealthiest, local inhabi- follows:
RECEIPTS.
|
tant, who was away at the time. They tried to gain admission 1,734.76| 1.215.27 through the backyard and, falling, 10810 entered the house by tweaking open 157:20 the front door. Chan Po's wife
ed, or intimidated, or hindered. What the Hongkong Press was doing when it allowed the local Panjandrums, to impose this two dollar licence on
If you want to see a newspaper sellers we cannot now.
There was another Con-REPORT OF THE COMMIT TËR COMMERCE perfect example of a imagine. But the time has come,
aul once in a Southern FOR THE YRAN SEPTEMBER man preserving a calm AND
1918 TO AUGUST 1819. comment take
off again.
China part who-but f absolutely CONSULS, End
tris la coming too near Certainly the time has come to pro test against the arrogant pretension buttonhole a merchant and tell him Home, and we mustn't rush the Chine that they have any right to limit the that the War Trade Intelligence Mail into unnecessary libel actions. number of newspaper sellers. We Department has developed into an Sufice it to say that as a travelling submit respectfully to His Ex-Overseas Trade Department, intended Briton the last person we want ever cellency's consideration a point that to foster British trade. Tell him that to see is a British Consul. might otherwise not occur to him a Government Committee has report practical merchants have no time to His shrewdness is well known, and a ed against the Consular Service being waste on them either. Nor does the hint will suffice.
taken from the Foreign Office and merchant look for any real advantage As a public-handed over to the Board of Trade, out of these newfangled attempts of spirited news and forgive him for yawning. He the Government at Home to take a "YOUR EXCELLENCY. paper it may doesn't mean to be rude, but you are paternal interest in his affairs. All be our duty boring him. Add that the Committee they do is to try to milk him of his on occasion to criticise the Police recommends the appointment of a dearly bought and valuable know Department. The Police Department Standing Joint Board consisting of ledge, in the name of British Trade, is entrusted with the issue of licences the heads of the Foreign Office, the bat really for the advantage of new to newspaper sellers, and at present Board of Trade, and the Department competitors. If we are wrong, in it is entrusted with, or has assumed, of Overseas Trade, and then, if you this, let the British merchant of the a large measure of discretion as to are puzzled by his impassivity and pioneer firma say so the issue thereof.. Some time or utter lack of interest, come to expect he will other the Police Department may us and we will explain it. It is very conceivably resent our criticism. Is simple. He knows his business, and it right, is it fair to the Police Official he knows that the Government does concerned, that be should thus be not and never will: exposed to the temptation to se ust his power as to 'get even" with us? Is it fair to us, to put us go in his power that the law of self preservation might make us afraid to criticise his department, thus corrupting Your Excellency is aware, or will be aware en reflection. that the distrios. tion of a public print is as vital as the writing and editing and printing d of it, and that the Freedom of the
Today's return of communicable Press (one of Britain's most cherished of principles) may be as effectively merchants, after the mercharts were disease sbows one case of enteric and threatened in one department as done with it, and not before. In two of gastroenteritis. another. We are so confident that any case Consuls are appointed by a
Mr. Sin Tak Fan was amongst Your Excellency will perceive the bad system, from a wrong class. justice of this that we do not insult you by asking for relief. We bring the facts to Your Excellency's notice, and we leave it trustfully in your hands..
dren. Prima facit an excellent law,
WORKS.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
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Balance 31/8/18 Donations .....................TERORITE Conference Collections ... Church Collections. Bazaar 1918-Gross Receipts UULLEACHER (less donations included above)
Today's dollar is worth 4/5 Lusitano Recreation Club Annual Sports Sale of Programmes Interest
"a
He knows, for ex FERSONNEL. ample, that no man;
likely to be of any 11/168. practical use to commerce could be persuaded to take such a job. He
HMS. Hawkins, is due in would enter commerce himself by choice, because the rewards are port to-morrow morning. greater. No British Consul was ever worth tuppence to British trade or
A mail from the Straits arrived! to any British merchant. Their to-day by the s.s." Dunera."
reports have always consisted "obtained from information
"
Empress of
They invariably regard themselves the local residents who returned yes as little tin gods, and are about asterday by the sa approachable as a
bad-tampered Japan."
When
dog with a fresh bone.
Among those who arrived in the the traveling Britch is at last, and after due ceremony, admitted to the Colony, yesterday, from Shanghai, Presence, it is usually to find that were Mr. R. Ross. Thomson and Mr. he is in front of a brainless jack R. G. Shewan. anapes who has neither the ability nor the will to make himself useful Mr. A. H. Harris, Commissioner American Consuls are different, but of Customs, and Mrs. Harris, arrived then, they are usually newspaper in the Colony by the "Empress of
Japan" yesterday. men, and have savvy.
Only the other day, as HOW IT showing how insouciant our police are in their customary treatment of such inarticulate small-fry as hawkers, they actually did this.. To the news paper sellers applying. for licences they suddenly and unexpectedly put this conundrum: Which of the four papers did they wish to sell? Taken aback, many of the applicants must bave answered more or less at ran dom. But their licences were endorsed accordingly, and one result was that our senior morning paper lost a lot of its distributors one day. This, let us hasten to admit, was an excess of duty on the part of some policeman. It was a misunderstanding, and was hastily put right. Suppose a hawker Consul happened to be travelling by
Years ago the
The Hon. Dr. Lim Boon Keng. ADVENTURE WITH present writer 0.8.E, arrived from Singapore by TWO CONSULS. made a tour the s.s. "Hongwan" yesterday. He
of Formosa, Or
leaves for Amoy to-day. Taiwan as the Japanese now call it. in those days the Japanese were very attentive to journalists of influence, and there was something like a "guard of honour" to meet deponent at the steamer and escort him to the train for Tahoku. The British
claim for damaged or chafed goods Consignees are reminded that no "Tamba Mari" will be admitted after to-morrow..
99.
A lecture on "William Thomson, wished to sell cocoa, and the issuer the same train, and thinking to co Lord,Kelvin" will be delivered at the of licences demanded to know whe the right thing, the Japanese officer Helena May Institute on Monday and one that these at Home bewail-ther he was for Fry or for Cadbury, in charge of the deputation intro- November 3, at 5.15 p.m. by Profes-
and bound him to one.
Wouldn't duced us, before the deponent had sor A. G. Warren. ing "improvident marriages" have there be, a hullabaloo? Wouldn't time to object. There is nothing
The total output of the Kailan yearned for more than seldom. Its there be a quick suggestion that he snobbish about us, so we smiled, and Mining Administration's mines for most conspicuous result, however, was after a bribe from either Fry or tried to put the consular creature at the week ending October 11, amount was that half the births afterwards
Cadbury?
were 'illegitimate." At Honte even
bis ease. Our reward was what the
interference with the slave trade on the We only mention it to illustrate how started, and we were free of the Hongkong boy, who left for Home to
it.
BOYS,
So far as we
unconscious of principles and rights shrewd
4 THE ADVENTURE CONTINUED
It is understood that when Mr.
Colony by the next mail, M. C. D...
on the
EXFENDITURES.
Relief to the Poor
(including Provisions. Clothings, Shoes, Reat, Education, Medical as- sistance and Passage money etc.) Christmas Gifts to the
POOT... War Relief (Fcs. 1,000).... Bazaar 1918-Expenses... Special Treats to the Poor in honour of Victory-- Balance in hand 31 8/19
and three small children were in bed 9,510.02 | at the time, and, hearing the noise.
of the door being forced, screamed. out "Save life!" One of the rob- bers immediately seized the woman, closed her mouth, and threatened 73.80
to kill her and the children if they 128.60 made a noise and aroused the neigh-
bourhood.. $ 12,927.75
The men then ransacked the premises, but found nothing to satisfy them, except an iron safe, $4,023.20 which resisted all their efforts to break open. The robbers demand- ed the key of the safe from the woman, who promptly handed it over to them. The safe was then opencă and $2,000 in Hongkong bank notes were taken from it. The robbers 748.00 speedily made their escape. 233.69 The Police were communicated 2,094.82 with by telephone from Chin Wan, and a cordon of constables surround- 454.00ed the district, but were unable to 5,354.04 discover any trace of the malefactors. The robbery is believed to be the $ 12,927.75 work of some men in a neighbouring (3) The total receipts have greatly village who had information that the An armed robbery occurred in a exceeded those of previous years. money was lying in the safe. The large increase which was due principally to the unprecedented grocery store dt Yaumati at 9 p.m. success of the Bazaar held in Decem- on October 21, and the robbers shot. ber last, has enabled the Society to a fok in the arm and stabbed a wo extend its sphere of activity in every man in the back.
way and greatly to increase the It appears that the master of the amounts spent in relief to the poor, store was about to close his premises as the following figures will shew.for the night when six men came in and said they wished to purchase Amount spent in Relief,
$669.30 some stares. Suddenly three of them whipped out revolvers and three drew 1,124.20 daggers, and, after threatening the
February quarter ................. Amount spent in Relief,
May quarter Amount spent in Relief, August quarter ........................
the current quarter the sum of........... Eas been spent in the one month of Septem- ber alone.
While in
:
inmates, stole $4 from a till. A foki 1,550.50 of the shop and a woman called out 'save life!" and the robbers shot 703.20 the foki and stabbed the woman.
By the time the Police arrived on the scene the robbers had escaped. No arrests have been made so far.
>
KINEMA NOTES.
THE CORONET.
of
the Society has contributed to the (4) During the period under review maintenance of 87 families compris As we have said, Americans call the frozen face and ed to 69,703 tons and the sales ing 190 persons, and has also assisted now ecclesiastical opposition to divorce
these poor people to the extent of increases the sin of adultery. Amore CAMOUFLAGE. in this case it was hand. He was, in the circumstatices, during the period, to 69,982 tons.
$461.59 in their house rent difficul promptly putright. really rude. When the train had
Lieutenant F. C. Roberts, a ties. striking example is afforded by British
(5) As for the education of the eyes of the bowing "
join up" at the outbreak of hostili children of the poor the Society is A certain man that west coast of Africa. There was a
our departments become, when they Japanese, we made towards the
'Outwitted" is the title of the BANANA SKIN held high office movement to which no decent man
meritoriously returned yesterday by ing same with school fees, books, Metro 6-parts drama which has been LEGISLATION, stepped one day on would raise objection. But our nava: are long accustomed to doing pretty consul fellow, who had ensconced ties and who distinguished himself now looking after 66 children provid
a corner behind a
shoes etc. Under this head $249.26 drawing good houses at the Coronet. a piece of banana work and expenditure, led to a much as they like. If a policeman himself in
was spent in August and $277,66 in since Thursday. The story of the skin. It is a law of nature that when change in the build of the slavers, by hadn't hustled the Chief Justice one Daily Mail (we were a Consul, the "Empress of Japan."
September.
picture revolves around an interest- the feet of a man shoot forward which, to increase their speed, they day, would the Police Chief have so we'd read the Morning Post, and hastily admitted that the China Mail play the game. Mention this to His
(6) In view of the large increase ing personality-John Lawson- from beneath him, his head must go reduced the space occupied by the was right about that traffic order that Majesty, or whoever appoints con- Justice Gompertz returns to the in the regular monthly expenditure; heartless man to whom all that is backwards. In this posture instinct slaves to an intolerable narrowness, chevied us off the highways, and so sula.)
and increased the mortality. For a causes a convulsive movement to
Deponent pulled thar/Melbourne, who is acting as Puisne the extensive schemes-now underbeautiful in life was lost when his Judge, will be transferred to the consideration for providing a bus wife was taken from him by James wards the re-establishment of equili- long time our efforts aggravated the promptly have withdrawn it? We
Daily Mail out of his Supreme Court Registry to act for ness education for the more ad Bond, years ago. Besides Bond whom brium. This movement partly con sufferings of the slaves without sensi suspect not, although that was
hand, and spoke to Mr. H. A. Nisbet, who is going on
vanced children of the poor; and the he hated very bitterly, Lawson had sists in the body describing a right bly reducing the trade in them. It camouflaged as a "misunderstand
this effect.
Look leave.
over increasing appeal for more another enerny-Ben Farraday--a angle like .he blade of a half-opened was other measures which by reducing" on the part of subordinate.
police. The subordinate is the scape here, Mr. What's-your-name That
and still more assistance towards the broker. By 2 trick of fate. pocket knife. At that point in time in the dental, entually bed goat when banana skin legislation, is introduction was none of our seeking.
payment of house rent, the balance Lawson trade unprofitable, eventually killed
got *possession Among those who returned to now on hand will probably be only certain papers which would save when the perfect right angle is
exposed. We shall consider the You could see that it was forced advisability of applying to the Chief
the Colony, yesterday, actieved, the apex of the man is
upan 19. It doesn't count. We
Farraday from ruin but refused to usually coming into abrupt contact
can Justice in the matter of the news couldn't resent your rudeness before young, Lieut. Col. G. B. Crisp, Mr. the Public will assist them at their had pleaded to him.to put vengeance
"Empress of Japan" were Col. I. R. sufficient for a few months.
The Committee therefore hope that surrender. them although Farraday NEWSPAPER ascertain, it is due sellers licences, if this particular our Japanese friends who had meant and Mrs. R. de Journel and the forthcoming Bazaar, to take place on aside. Farraday employed Nan Ken- with the ground. The reader may
to a few irascible, banana-skin regulation is persisted well, but we want to tell you now Misses de Journel, Mr. and Mrs. D. December 7, as liberally as in other nedy to steal the papers from Law. safely take our word for it, without
liverish people here, in. experimenting, that there is an
that your face is as ugly as your K. Moss, Mr. George Grimble, and years, so as to enable them to son's safe but she was caught in the element of mental shock involved in whose nerves are so habitually on
There is no possibility manners; and that we hope never to Mr. S. J. Chinchen. 'pestering" of the this impact. Reason is thereby un-edge that the
THE SCUL. of overlooking the see it again. And if you object to
continue and it possible extend, the the attempt. Instead of sending her seated. An habitual gentleman will newspaper sellers on the streets sends
widespread interest this plain speaking, you know what
various undertakings enumerated in to jail, Lawson struck a bargain with at such moments utter remarks that them into crazy rages, that a law, or that is shown in such discussions as to do. He did nothing. He said
Tc-day Mr. B. James M.A. leaves this report.
her whereby she was to give him at would not release in cold blood by-law, or a departmental regulation that initiated in our columns by Mr. nothing. Possibly he though safer, Educational Department. He is rely to the Poor, which is the first care bidding. In the meantime Lawson the Colony, after 21 years in the (7) Besides the relief given regular one year of life and to do his and a drawing room. In the case of having the force of a law, is now Hill, and continued by us last night dignified. It was certainly the high official in our parable, being enforced. It limits the number when analysing a rejected contribu- the temper
of the Society, the following special had planned to strike James Bond In tiring on persion, owing to affected emotion continued for a while to of newspaper sellers to whom the
tion by Mr. Leveson. In one place Taihoku we happened to meet the lungs, and is going to Australia. He grants were made:-
through his
Billy. He usurp the seat of reason, or what Police are willing to issue licences, that we visit there was a heated and American Consul. He was a most is a Merton man, and a good chap. For Christmas Gifts to the
accordingly passed Nan off as his Wordworth would call "emotion re- at two dollars a bead. We are not sustained argument over last night's amiable chap. We were so struck We al hope the wonderful Australian
$ 748 niece and took her to the beach where membered in irritated retrospection." going to emphasise the facts that China Mail, and we hear to-day of with the contrast that we told him climate will restore his health.
For Special treats to the Poor
he introduced her to Billy. The While in this condition he procured these poor people are earning an
of the incident, humorously, for we
in honour of Victory
454 young couple soon became very the passage of a law, or of a regula honest living and at the same time another that took place elsewhere.
Unfortunately, so few men are had simmered down by then., He Here is another polite remark To the Central Council of the much attached to each other and tion or departmental order having are a convenience to the newspaper acquainted with the literature of the Estened, considered a while, and then by the Vicar of St. Mary's Welling Society in Paris for the relief
Lawson consented to their marri the force of a law, that henceforth buying public. That is so, but our subject. Judging by the arguments pleaded that we should not write borough Women are said to be
of the devastated areas in ake. At the wedding breakfast, he other arguments are so strong, so in Hongkong bananas should be con
we overheard, most of them assume about it, a thing we had not intended emancipated, but I do not know what France Fcs...............
1,000 brought a bomb shell on Billy's head traband. They should not be imported, transparently valid, that we do not that it can be approached de novo
"I know what newspapermen are from. If what I am told is true, the
(8) Among the many donations by announcing to the gathering that grown, stored, sold, or eaten, under need to make any appeal ad miseri- and completely comprehended by when they get their backs up," he women of the working classes, the gratefully received by the Society. Mrs. Billy Bond was a
Crook" penalty. This is not history. It is cordiam. That law, or by-law, or what they are pleased to call com- said, "but he's not euch a bad chap women of the middle classes, and special thanks are due to the follow What follows after this and how
There has been too police regulation, is what we call mon sense." They believe in "in when you know him.” A parable.
the women of the highest class haveing generous donors:— skin legislation. Some
Dawson ultimately discovered that much banana skin legislation in this banana
tuitive perception, and propound
been emancipated from morality."
$100 Billy was not Bond's but his own Colony, too much law manufactured irritable person was once interrupted long exploded thecries with some
The Colonial Government There was a British
Sir Paul Chater, C.M.G.
150 son had better be seen by the reader. merely by a newspaper seller, just as we such formula as "it stands to reason." meet exceptional or to
ANOTHER Consul in Honolulu, are constantly interrupted, pestered, So it does. It stood that way to the
At a general meeting of the Mrs. A. M. L. Saares.......... 100 The forceful picture has a very nice sporadic circumstances and cases.
whose perfect wisdom Hongkong University Medical Society, Dr. A. S. Gomes shouted
by at.
chair
100 ending. coolies Legislators need
"reason" of primitive and uneducated AN HISTORIC much longer vision and richa pullers. There is no dif men, as may be learned in the frankly admitted by decimal ought on October 24. Messrs. Cheah Toon Mr. H. P. White.com
ference, except that the newspaper illuminating pages of "The Golden ought ought one of the British Com awarded prizes. kindly presented by
Siew and Cheam Kim Cheang were Anonymous ...................... pesterers are less frequent, less cor- Bough," vol. i,the Dying God," in munity Cruel necessity sent a Briton Mr. Ho. Kwong, for the two best Mr. N. J. Stabb...... All "amending ordinances (and tinuous. Do the Police, therefore, chapter vll, "Succession to the soul," to him with a passport to be visa'd papers read last Session. Mr. Yeoh Hon. Mr. P. Holyoaksassa sani you know how common these have arbitrarily restrict the issue of licences as well as in other departments of this The Briton went about a fortnight Hone Soo was awarded the He Mrs. J. M. C. Basto been here) are in themselves evidence to chair and ricsha men on that
Very up before his steamer was due to sail, Kwong prize for distinguishing him. Mrs. Clarke...
DELOREA 15 álity or creed. An excellent plot of the original crdinance makers account? Perhaps they have over fairly, while no one raises objections thinking to save time. He was told self in the subsequent discussions. Boarders of St. Joseph's College... 15 ground and substantial buildings, bad overlooked something. Some looked it, and will now do so. Let to the appearance of orthodox to come back within 48 hours of the Mr. Ng Cheong Yew read an interest and the Society particularly wish to have been secured on advantageous allowance must be made for human them reduce the number of chairs
'sermons" in the newspapers, there sailing date. He did. He called 3
ing paper entitled "Some Anatomical error, as an historic example shows and ricshas at once by 75 per cent.is a convention which discourages times by appointment before he got Facts Concerning Man's Assumption express their thanks for the large terms through the generosity of the But in Hongkong that allowance has Our liver is out of order, and they us from presenting the other side. an interview. He was then told that of the Erect Position."" teen more generous than legislative annoy us, foresight has been extensive. This we hope to show before we end these notes. The illustrative example
EXAMPLE. than they some times seem to have.
from history at present in mind is
this. It was once enacted in Bavaria,
monument of erudition.
OF EM.
We
were in.
ard usefulness was
What may be the truth is buried in he couldn't be allowed to come to At Home the costly bocks, and public opinion has Hongkong, because his passport was OUR STRONGEST, newspaper sel- to form itself on ex parte and Interest issued in London, and bis last port
AN AID TO DIGESTION.
Poor..........
100
100
60
25 on the outskirts of Kowloon, for the
25 support of the aged Poor, men and
25 women, irrespective of race, nation-
number of anonymous donations of Government, while a sum of $5,000 $10 and upwards which are constant has been collected specially to meet ly being received.
the initial expenses of the undertak (9) Finally, it is with greating. The world-wide work of the -- ARGUMENT. lers are not re-ed propaganda. Anaxagoras had to was Sydney. He could get a visa to
pleasure that the Society is able to Little Sisters is well-known and garded as baw fy his country for having "blas go to London or to Sydney, which-
announce that the Little Sisters of universally apprivated; it is there kers and as hawkers licensed. Why? phemously' asserted that the sud ever he liked, but not to Hongkong.
the Poor, whose work is in all fore a source of satisfaction to know obviously with the best intentions for Because there the liberty of the Press, was not the chariot of the deity So that steamer was missed, and WHEN you have a fullness and
weight in the stomach after eat- countries so closely associated with that they will soon begin their work the commonweal, that no marriage the freedom of the Press, is re Helios, yet the intolerant mob never before the next one sailed he changed ing you may know that you have eaten that of the Society of St. Vincent of charity here also, where they will ebuuld be allowed except where the cognized as a valuable national asset, seems to learn from such incidents his mind, and did what he might too much, and abasli take one of Cham de Paul, are, at the invitation of the find much scope for their activities
J. M. ALVES, anthorities were assured there was a and the street sellers are recognized that, having been obviously wrong just as well have done at first. Aberlain's Tablets to aid your digestion. Presisent General and with the ap
F. J. BOWEN. Treasurer pasenable propret of the parties as an integral part of the machinery then, it may possibly be wrong now little bird whispers that he got a For sale by all Chemists and Store-proval of his Lordship Bishop. Pozzoni, about to establish a house 1eing able to provide for their chil of the Press that must not be thwart No re truth. has anything to fear cable message not to be such an ass, keepers.
President
J. M. S. Rosario, Secretary.