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TUESDAY, NAY 11, 1920
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she have money she is sate. To General when you want a stamp, or the poor, and unmarried. indicutes the C.S.P. when you want, a dog- Mental Defectiveness. · A Dr. Crip-licence.or the Bank Manager when pen is entitled to all the machinery you want to change a dollar and a that the law provides for safeguard-half into five thousand roubles. I to a anob, Let us choose the Ben- ing individual liberty. A young Then why insist on asking for the jamin Franklin variation. A negra [To the Editor of the China. Mall.] woman who has no money, and has editor or the editor's deputy when took off his hat to Ben. Ben re-
The Adversarian, in his wisdom, eaught a baby before she could, you haven job for a Chile Mail an moved his. "What," said a snob-
Sir,-Increments are being calcu- hath said that reporters are not sup catch a husband, may be incarcerat derstrapper" Only wernors and bish bystander. do your deff your lated on some unknown arbitrary posed to have any feelings. Be he ed for life without much publicity Colonial Secretaries and such do hat to nigger? Sure. anil basis, and not, as announced, on right or be he wrong, it would cer For fuss. The purpose of that adl, that, and even they are sometimes Ben Would you have me out number of years of service. Thus tainly seem ar times that his view is
it has been openly stated by unturned down.
done in politeness by a nigger. A some officials get more than they are shared by many in Hongkong who otheist of the Ñ.S.-P.C.C., wis to
His Honour Judge gentlenian shows good manners, not entitled to, others, a great deal less. rarely fail to deny to the Press even prevent the birth of undesirable A SHANGHAI Skinner Tinner innecessarily because the party of the The scale of increments is most the common courtesies due to them, Children. Undesirable children may
thether part deserves them. but meagre and insufficient. "School- if not as gentlemen, then as members Shanghai Supreme because he is a gentleman. Some masters who, up to the present time of a profession that scarcely loses but if they happen to have the
Court has ruled that fot the members of the Golf Club have just been able to eke out their anything in comparison with com superstitious, label of bastard affix it is the duty of a métor-car driver have yet to learn manz.ers. They attenuated salaries, may not now do mercial vocations. feil, they are undesirable. In the to keep clear of foot passengers. may be well dressed, and pass inso, as the Technical Institute, where Fate and the Editor required a re new Bill, which has now passed The fact that "Chinese do not al-Hongkong, where many of the many of them lectured in the evening, presentative of the China Mail to its second reading, there are the ways keep a straight course when lower orders do try to pass then is henceforth to be staffed by Govern- attend an extraordinary meeting of following clauses :---
walking on the roadway throws selves off as persons of quality, but ment teachers without additional re the Royal Hongkong Golf Club held Firstly, every woman registering an extra duty on the driver of athey are not gentlemen. Our remuneration. Thus most of these in the City Hall yesterday afternoon the birth of an illegitimate child is car, especially when overtaking foot porter's complaint of his treatment men get less salary, actually, than to consider the financial position of compelled under threat of imprison-passengers." Hle awarded $900 at the Golf Club meeting and we they formerly received from their em- the Club. ment to give evidence regarding the compensation to Ma Ying-tsin as understand he has onitted part of ployers, the Government. ather, such information to be ironi E. Bland, an employee of the it is only one incident added to flat rate of 2- to the dol- meeting commenced representatives placed in the Public Records. Municipal Health Department, many that have proved the existence ar represents a rate of exchange of the Press, who had seated them-
at their Secondly, afte registration, Mo was knocked down and had in our midst of numerons Den who worse than formerly. Unless the selves
until Police Court offical takes charge of his leg bruken. The award carried are quite ignorant of the rules of current value of the dollar rises as were requested to retire
high as 48 the former system-80 the vote the case, takes proceedings against costs.
ordinary courtesy. We have to de- per cent at 1/9 and 20 per cent at the meeting whether publicity had bean. put to the alleged father, and the woman)
The latest local plore the decay of good ranners current rate was more beneficial. should or should not be given to the is henceforth brought under Polies
that generally, but in Hongkong we just as our wealthy Government proceedings. To this request the supervision.
D'ESPRIT. every time the Vane-have noticed they are particularly boasted of having saved a huganum Pressmen readily acceded under the zneli comes into port uncouth. There is probably moneyber of dollars while sending their impression that immediately the enstody of her child are removed by it rains heavily: It certainly did awaiting some qualified person who employees to the Front, so, now, they vote had been put to the meeting making it a ward of the Children's yesterday.
will open & private class for instruc-are about to give. an ostensible they would be informed of its [Court, and the latter have the
There is a rattling tion on How to Appear to be increase and still save money. result, favourable or unfavourable. power to remove it from: her care PRETENDING Food plot in the Gentleman. There are a good In a Dollar Colony it is always it was not until fifteen to twenty to that of an institution.
Police personation many fellows here who know they absurd to engage servants at a ster minutes had elapsed and the Chair- case for a magazine are not would like to seem to be, ing salary-even at a fixed rate of man was apparently in the full or him story. The but don't know how. We propose, exchange. A salary of £400 per course
annum represents a monthly payment they realised that address that of $333.00 decreased by a deduction to be afforded the courtesy of 4 per cent towards a Widows' and of an intimation that the vote had Orphans Fund, notoriously badly been in the negative as they presum managed by the Government.
ed it had been when they were joined by another Pressman who had Uunior Schoolmaster), been denied admittante. Had they Former Salary (Rates £300 rising not left in disgust, they might have to £580) was equal to, during the waited, it seems, the two hours last few months: $300 rising to $550 during which the meeting is reported per month. increased in most cases to have lasted before they would by an average of $50 per month have received an official Intimation from Technical Institute Lecturing. that the meeting was not open to the
New Salary Rates (£400 rising to Press. | £600) - equal at all times to $318 rising to $480 per month (after ten years' service).
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will increase Asylums and Institu- toplim str, entrusted the stuff to offer our jeunesse d'ores a few hints tions, will be overcrowded. The some Filipinos, and when they re- in this column.
oral reformers will be happy, for used to disgorge either the opin Ja while. Only for a while. Make for its value, he was in a fix. He | nu muistakes. They will not stop at feould not, naturally, invoke the aid unenarried mothers. Ultimately a fof the real police, so he got his marriage licence will be made a European friend to pose is one. breeding licence, and the ideas of They made searches, and in trying the live-stock Fancier will be to work the bluff, managed to brought into the home. Ministry awaken the suspicion of a shrewd of Health officials will inspect all employee at the Hongkong Hotel lovers, and departmentally separate who deed the phone to pot the all who cannot pass their dugenic police wise. The man gets riff tests or bring sufficient influence cheaply for $50, for it is a very Notifiable disease last week was: to have them waived. In that day serious offence. It is had enough plague 2, smallpox 1, diphtheria 1. we shall have à generation of to have one's house invaded by the and C. S. fever 3. In the subsequent Britons fit for the show bench. At real police are cannot afford to ex-48 hours there were 2 more cases of present We are curious to know tend the privilege to kinema detec-C. S. fever. what the correct points will be. tives. Incidentally, the case illus- Curious how nationalization" of trates for the layman the absurd The annual general meeting of mere property annoys them, and tricks to which the legal mind can the Hongkong. Horticultural Society bow the nationalization ofcundescend. One of the counsel takes place at the board room of souls, of liberties, leaves them strongly stressed the point that the Messrs. Jardine Matheson and Co., unexcited and unmoved If we prosecution had omitted to prove at 5.15 this evening. should be living when that comes that the defendant was not a police- and at large, we shall most assured-man! When that failed. there The following approaching wed. ly endeavour to kidnap the presid-caine the appeal for leniency, on dings are announced: Mr. H. L. ent of the Eugenics Society, and do the two contradictory grounds that Grout, of Messrs. Thorensen and Co, (To the Editor of the " China Mail."*"] unnameable things to him.
ay if convicted he would lose histo Mrs. C. A. L. L. Charlton; Mr. C. job, and (b) that he was leaving the V. Carlos to Miss J. M. Delgado.
Sir,-My attention has just been Colony anyway. As he cannot
called to an article appearing in leave the Colony and retain his job, assistant cashier of the Naval Yard, under the title of "University Sensa Mr. J. R. Crees, acting yesterday's issue of the China Mail
ADVERSARIA.
THE ADVERSARLIN's
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FAVOUR
* our
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Would any business house in the Colony expect faithful service or in- tegrity while offering such remanera- tion? Even regularity of promotion or increases is no longer assured, if ever it was (in Government Service). Yours truly,
R. DUPP.
UNIVERSITY OF HONGKONG.
his
- NEW POLICE - PAY..
The rates of pay for the Police under the new scheme of Civil Ser- vants' Salaries are given below.
-Chief Inspector £500 to £600 by £25-annually.
Inspector £100 to £450-by: £12.10 annually.
Sub Inspector £320 to £360 by £10 annually,
Sergeant £220 to £300 by £10 an nually.
Lance Sergeant £160 to £180 by
£10 annually.
CHINESE. Inspector $720. Sergeant Major $600. Sergeant 1st class $408. Sergeant 2nd class $324. Constable 1st class $264. Constable 2nd class. $204. Recruit $180.
The Salaries of the Indian Police
The salaries before the war were Chief Inspector £300 to £360. Inspectors £240 to £260. Crown Sergeants £155 to £175, Lance Sergeants £130 to £145. Police Constables £100 to £120 In 1918 a temporary increase of 20 per cent. was granted, which now
ceases.
Mrs: Jennon...
of the passing of the second reading of a Hit by Mr. Neville Chamber- lain, providing for the registration of the putative fathers of illegiti
The Adversarian
The China Muilwho is retiring after being h. Hong tion." The article is unsigned and WEDE эп one
THE UNIVERSITY. has a story which eng for eleven years, was fast therefore I am justified in preavming described it for us it seemed a
crasion to stay
it is unable at
night presented with a silver rose that the Editor takes responsibility wholly exzellent Bill. tending to re-
bowl by his clerical colleagues. He for the statements contained in it. with an unele. the moment. to
get confirmed. ince the too high mortality amongst
He was a
is real Hongkong is like that. Last night leaves with his wife and daughter
true that the writer bastarde, and to penalize the ordin-old-fashioned early Victorian uncle. we published a story showing that
on the "Nore."
has qualified some of his Jary profligate as he should be. Be who kept the whisky decanter in a the University has not been cutting
Atatements. by the phrase yond the casual remark that the locked sideboard, and brought it out its coat according to its cloth. Artillery Company. H.K.V.D.C., last reports"; but I cannot help regrett- are still under consideration.
The election of officers for the according to well authenticated AVY-On May 3, at Shanghai. To illegitimate child will be under the after dinner and administered it as There is expected to be a deficit of night resulted as follows: Lieut.ing that I was not allowed to confirm THOMAS and Georgina DAVY,supervision of juvenile courts, if it were a sacrament. He used to $200,000. To-day's story is that McCann, Sergeant Greenhil; Cor or refute them before they appeared there was nothing in the telegram refer to the dear Prince Consort," the Government is taking over the porals, M. L. Railton and J. Lin print, for I have always endea. VILKS.On April 28, at Shanghai, to suggest any need for criticism or and to say that the drains at Wind entire administrative control, and MacPherson, Bombardiers Purvis voured to assist the Reporters of the lo Capt. and Mrs. WILKS, objection Happily in addition to sor Castle must have been respon that the Director of Education will and Rouse. The election for officers China Mail with official information daughter.
being seriously incomplete. Kenter sible for his untimely and deplor. hold a responsible past.. So far as of the Engineer Company takes whenever they have applied for it. HOMPSON-On
at news is also very belaret, so that able fatal sickness." · It Shanghai the wife of H. we are in a position to know mere doesn't portray the old gentieinas go, we take it there has been con-
that our present advices permit is to place this evening at 6.15.
Naturally I am unable to enter THOMPSON, of a daughter.
about it than he tells There is sufficiently for you, let us add that siderable misinanagement. We ex-
into any lengthy discussion on the OPE -On May 1, at Shanghai, much more-behind it than that.
James Farquhar, who was yester-subject at present in pendente lite,' he was a typical squire, whurn all [pect to return to the subject' agein. day remanded by Mr. N. L. Smith on but I must ask your permission to Mr. Neville Chamberlain is one the village respectfully saluted in
The gratitude of a charge of attempting to obtain contradict two or three erroneous of those who believe that the un-public, and in private described as
governments is like credit to the extent of $225, for statements in the article referred to, married mother is so hopelessly badla ruean old laggot. He never dis OF PRINCES. the proverbial fax-drinks consumed, with the intent of that she is, ipso facto, unfit to have bursed silver, where copper seeingil
1. The Authorities of the University P. & O. STEAMER IN PORT. of princes. cheating and defrauding the Hong- are in no doubt whatever as to how the enstoly of her own child. Lenough. On the becasion of this Many cases of meanness to our kong Hotel, failed to answer when they, stand, and we have found no OWAN-DRAKE-At St. John's There are people was will not share visit, the Aiversarian, reflecting war heroes have been reported, and the case was called this morning. difficulty, in drawing up a balance
Cathedral on 10th May, 1920, that gross prejudice. With two that one swalleg does not make a we are going to mention a récent His Worship ordered the bail of $10 sheet so accurate as to satisfy two The 5.9. "Nore" of the Peninsular Capt. PETER H. COWAN, S.Sillion excess wonnen in the coun-drink, and dwelling on the relative one to show what had results it to be estreated, and directed that different firms of Accountants. The & Oriental Line, a 6,703 gross ton ***Kanchow to Miss PATRICIA try, with our marrying nien deplet sizes, ut a pint of beer and an avininust have. A Hongkong lad volan- $2.25 of the money be handed over strictest supervision has been and is steamer, arrived yesterday from M-1 DRAKE. youngest daughed by a wasteful war, and with enlar peg of whisky, confessed to ateered for the Front early on and to the hotel in settlement of the exercised over all disbursements, ara Yokohama with the following pas ter of 5. A. DRAKE Esq., The motherhood remaining, as it ever partiality for good ute. Charters. S. Brocock, Cornwall. was and will be, the main natural keep it in the house, but I will take at Home, very late, and sent out
so unauthorized expenditure of any sengers for Hongkong, booked in I do not did good work. He was demobbed defendant's debt.
sort has been made.
Shanghai en route. SSIS HOYES-On May 1. at function and raison d'etre of good you where it may he got said the bere third class, in the glory charged before Mr. N. L. Smith with not cost the University a single cent; Ricou, Mr. R. H. Teigrate, Lt. Colonel A Chinese was this morning 2. The New Students' Union has Pay Lieut. Helmsley, Mr. C. E. Hongkew, ARTHUR A. D'ASSIS wonen, we are likely to hear more old gentleman Donning his hat, bole, in a stinking hold with clos attempting to export $20 worth of it has been erected from money Wepedham, Mr. A. G. Lamlugh, Mrs. of the lady in the immediate future, gloves, and stick, and ringing theed ports. Although a civilian, they subsidiary coins. He said the money collected and subscribed for that Webb, Mr. T. D. Bannister, and DOLDEN-MACFARLANE. On We do not want to hear her agoniz bell in order to inform a domestic tried to make hira do disgusting balonged to someone else, and denied specific purpose.
Jan. 31, ar Eastbourne, GUY E. ed screams when the damfool re- that we would not be absent more fatigues, cleaning latrines, etc., that he was going to board the ship. GOOLDEN, of Maidenhead, to formers and meddlers tear her baby than an hour, he walked the-Adver, which happily he had the sense to He went to the wharf to see a friend are not only equivalent to Degrees Captain K. M. Collyer, and Messrs. 3. The Degrees of this University The "Nore" is commanded by MADELEINE CHERRY MAC-from her. It is nationalization sarian about two miles to one of refuse, though they tried to bluff off. His Warship ordered the money conferred by many FARLANE, of Eastbourne. of a very pronounced and displeas the two village inas. "There was a bim with threats of court-martial to be confiscated. As he was being iversities (this University is itself the Hongkong agents, from whose British" Un Mackinnon, Mackenzie, & Co, are ELDON-BENN On April 30, ing sort, to have a government offi- potman there, but he asked for the Arrivet at Hongkong, very thin removed from the dock, the defend British-but are recognized as such, office the following bookings of
at Shanghai, VIRGIL ALLEN cial coming between a mother and landlord. The potman went out and (for the food was poor and meagre) ant said that he would be murdered not only by the General Medical passengers for SHELDON, of San Francisco, that which is flesh of her flesh and brought the landlord, probably from a sergeant of marines tried to pre- if he went back to the county with Council-but also by the Universities to
the voyage to JOSEPHINE
BENN, of bone of her bone. Coal mines are some important job. Ah, good vent him coming nabore; but lucki-out the money, which represented of Oxford and Cambridge which have Suez
London,. through the Shanghai.
nothing in comparison. The eugen-evening Smethurst," he said." Ily his father was on the job and several years' savings.
Canal, are announced: ists are people we would joyfully have brought my nephew here, who brought him off, under the very
this year granted us in convocation Surgeon Lieut. Curtis, Major and the same recognition and affiliation Mrs. Knaggs, Mrs. Riley, child, and tar and feather; the "Wellarists is from foreign"parts, to taste your guns of the enemy, as it were. Now
as that granted by them to other infant. Mrs. Crymble, Mr. Blomquist, we would be satisfied to fog and best ale, which I have assured him that lad, bern, and patriot if ever
British Universities. ADFORD.-On March 5. at banish. They both mean well is reputed to be good. The land there was one, will not join the
4. It is utterly impossible for any Miss Boulton, Mrs. Fowler, and Misa Foss, Mrs Edgar and infant, Hayant. Hamps re. ALICE The Ministry of Health (a danger-lord himself drew a glassful, and all volunteers, and both he and his
boy of fourteen to enter this Univer three children, Mr. Eastes, Mr. BRADFORD (for 15 years Matous. department, liable to damage three men, anele, potman, and parents will think it right to dis-.)
sity as a student; to pass the Matri Peaney, Bishop Foss, wife and on of The Municipal Isolation liberty with its routable fads) seara, landlord, stood by and watched the Buade, othere from doing so." Can When Jean Villarco, a fireman on culation Examination is a very child, Hospital, Shanghai),,
to have a leaning towards them and embarrassed
Mr. Lo Adversarian drink you wonder?
Peh Chi, Meanness never the ss. "Wonganela" of Manila, different matter from entering the Messrs. Joseph and their ideas. There is no donht that what the Australians call a "Jim-pays. We have warned the local [P: L, was charged with Unlawfully University--and it is a very common Inspector Chaud, Mr. Boyack, the this Bastardy Bill of 'Neville Cham-mie Woodser." Is it all right, government about its meanness in disobeying a lawful command of the occurrence for boys of fourteen at Misses Boyack, the Rev. and Mrs. The China Mail. the waters of this Colony, on the 8th exempt them from the Matriculation Fedoraaff, and others.
berlain's is a by-product of their nephew? Yes, Sir. It is very certain branches of the service, and Second Engineer in Victoria Harbour home to pass examinations which Sheppard and three children, Miss the Eugenics Society, has a motle, one? The answer was in the pay work out as we expect them to instant." -all concerned thought it Examinations of Home Universities. and it wants babies and wedding affirmative. Then landlord, if do, we shall have more to say shout would be somewhat of a case, but it
I am, Sir, rings to come together. She be- you will kindly provide clean it. These unfortunates, who have proved to be a washout.
Yours faithfully, lieves that a woman cannot possibly glass, my nephew will drink one put in so many years for pension, before. Marine Magistrate Captain, Villareo, a Fillpino, was tried į become "an unmarried mother with more."
N, TEESDALE MACKINTOSH. All this for a matter of cannot afford to fight their own Basil Taylour, R.N. The principal
Registrar. out being "morally defective." fourpence. There is a local point battle, just as it is, and so we must witness, was Chief Engineer C. K There is already a law on the to this little history, or it would do it for them.
May 11, 1920, We haven't the Barron who testified to the effect that Statute Book which provides, not have been narrated. It is told lightest doubt that the penjars the defendant, when ordered to ngland grows more socialistic, among other things, that any girl for the benefit of those people who drums who settle these things work on the 8th instant, OUR boy is always getting scratch-
A PARENT'S DUTY, PRO communistic, every day. Be-in receipt of Poor Law Relief who send or come with small advertise- gured on their helplessness. We had rehused to do so, claiming food or cut or bruised BetsareURING the summer the children our reformer do their doubt-is-pregnant or gives birth to unments of pars for the Cliana Mail, shall see. We want three sets of be sick. It was brought out by His these woonde have healed all right to no ood by stealth, instead of beat illegitimate child is liable to be and always ask for the busiest man figures the pre-war receipts of a worship's questions that the order sign they always will Got a bottle of bowels and should receive the most are eubject to disceders of "be druin like the Bolsheviks, no certified as Mentally Defective and on the staf, whose pidjin it is not. civil servant, the net result of the which was disobeyed was one of the Chamberlain's Pain. Bain and see that careful attention. As soon as any alarmed at the way we are sent to a Mentally Defective Insti- The patroan will attend to thom war-time and temporary allow Master a, not the Second Engineer's every injury is cared for Immediately unnatural looseness of the bowela r being shepherded into a tution for life, Note that two quite efficiently. In fact, we have ances, and the net gain or loss of As the Master was not present to pisce is too dangerous disease to risk. Dishtoen Remedy should be given, You can get nothing better, and blood noticed ⠀⠀⠀ Otemberlain's Cofic: scd nas docile and sheepish as the things gave her sanity from attack. un army of potmen: You do not the new rates. Then we can get testify, Hu Worship dismissed the For sale by all Chemists, and Store For sale by al Chemists and Store
Yesterday Reuter told us 15 she be married she is sane-If we trust) ask for the Postmaster to work.
cuse, on secount of lack of evidence. - keepera,
keeper
DEATH.
WIE JUSTICE PUBLIC SERVICE."
ONGEONO, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1890.
UNMARRIED MOTHERS. ·
་ ་
MARINE TRIAL A WASHOUT.
Detamore,
The Nore" balls at noon, to morrow, May 12th for London and Antwerp, via Singapore, Port Swetten- (ham, Penang. Colombo, Bombay, Port
Said and Marseilles.
BOWEL COMPLAINT. IN
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