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ing the year. Strange! We had expected more of both.
NO EXPLANATION OK APOLOGY.
BRITISH AND FORRIGN
BIBLE. SOCIETY.
CHINA AGENCY'S REPORT.
THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1920.
THE CAPSUIMUN OPIUM CASE.
KIDNAPPING CHARGE FAILS
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE,
· DECISION RESERVED.
We are very BOTTJ to have to men- tion that at the 4.77 persons put $808.9-21-inta the Savings Bank during the year,
time of writing but they took 8071.213 out. High
(10 a.m., Thurs- exchange explains that. At the day) no explanation, retractation. end of the year there was still or apology has arrived from the
After 105 years of work in Chine At the Magistracy, before Mr. N. 5984 in, drawing 3 per cent: Registrar of the University,.Mr.
Before Mr. R. O. Hutchison, at the We have 197 miles of roads and Mackintosh, who invented a state the British and Foreign Bible Siery L. Smith, yesterday afternoon, In-
iment, ascribed it to the China Mail, continues its labour for the spreading spector Grant charged a Chinese Magistracy, yesterday afternoon, sireets.
The foregoing are tit-bits, picked and described it as a double, dis of Christianity and the distribution of woman with unlawfully harbouring three Chinese women were brought Samahuipo, without the up, on remand, to answer a charge out casually. Those desirous of ❘ tilled lie.” We did not allege any- the Scriptures. Its report for the year little girl,
Island, Capsuiman, of 663 tsels of accumulating further information thing worse than gross carelessness 1919, which has just been issued. re-consent of her parents. The defen- of the unlawful possession, on Mawan are referred to the book itself. when calling attention to it, and cards that during its existence in dant pleaded not guilty."" which is well printed by the Gov-we pointed out that as an honour China no less than 42,845, 110 copies The Inspector said that he at prepared non-Government opium, Mr. C. F. Mason appeared for the difficulty in tracing the child's ernment printers. Who, however, able man he was sure to make the of the Scriptures have been circulated. first thought there would be no and 4,997 teels of raw opium. was responsible for the block of necessary admission. This is our common with other organisations parents, but the Fo Leung Kok bad defence. the royal arms, which omits from first experience of a false accusa-dealing in printed matter in this part failed to do so, and he was unable to the Garter motto the word" qui"?tion, publicly made, publicly de of the world, the Society has had ex- offer any evidence against the de- abnormally high fendant, excepting what the girl monstrated to be unjust. not being perience of the retracted. And we can claim some change, ruinously dear paper and alleged against ber. He thought it experience in controversy. We are the appreciable advance in the price of was best to withdraw the charge.
skilled labour. Thus while an in- His Worship decided to hear the crease is reported both `in issues and ] child's stery.
ADVERSARIA.
very sorry,
F.M.
Many happy returns”! to King George. God bless him.
SAFETY IN FLYING.
"He's a king.
BY A FORGOTTEN 8 true. right
thought the
Evidence was entered to the effect
that when the Palice entered the but in which the opium was found, the second and third defendants were present. The, first defendant who admitted being the owner of the but, returned whilst the search was in
sirculation, there has been a serious Giving evidence in the witness progress. Upon being questioned, decrease in printing. The Society's box, the girl said her name was Yue she produced a key which opened one printers in Japan failed them alro-Yick Kam.. She was eleven years of of the three boxes containing the gether. Specially high war-wages age. Her father's name is Yue Foo drug..
Mr. Mason at this stage asked for in view of the keen interest in and labour troubles of all kinds com- Kied. They lived in the village of FORTNARSTON. King, that dares acronaatics being stimulated locally pletely disorganised all ordinary in Tong Chi Fu, in Chinese territory. the production of the first defen- defendant dant's statement, which was made to do ought save by Messrs. C. E. W. Ricou & Cora- dustries, robbed the printing establish- She
from -Wei Chow. She the Police after she had been charged. wrong: Fras nothing mortal; but pany, who have imported a numberments of their skilled workmen and came to be unjust: Who is not blown up of aircraft, and who are going to give let them to do their best with such (defendant) lived in Samshtipo. Wit- Counsel said he understood that his izexperienced men and women ness bad been living for some time client said in the statement that the with the flattering puffs Of spongy exhibition fights here, which it is sycophants; who stands inmored said many Chinese are already in- could be induced to work for a rea-with the defendant. The defendant other defendants had nothing to do | Despite the jostling of opinion." terested, some of them intending, it sable wage. The printing-shows a did not buy witness. She was taken with the opium. They were simply to the defendant's house by a man lodgers in the hut, and had no con- decrease of 2.109.751 volumes. While largely in is understood, to be passengers of It seems that exchange is just as named Lam Chee Po. The defend- trol of the cubicle in which some of JOURNALISM, Sympathy with the Captain Ricou and his aviators in the
neither was Lam a relative.
Inspector Grant, who prosecuted, views of Arthur A. coming flights at Repulse Bay, the much worry to the missionary as to ant was not a relative of hers, the drug was kept.
Replying to his Worship, Inspector said "Fe did not take a statement Baumann, who has a slashing at following excerpt from the American the ordinary individual, for the report
asks. Were we justified in making Grant said that the girl could depose from any of the defendants. tack in the Fortnightly on Kennedy Exporter will prove of interest:
large and adequate contracts when a further that some time ago eight Mr. Mason submitted that that was Ltd Jones's as we must register a
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· HONGKONG BLUE BOOK.
The Hongkong Blue Book for 1919 is out, and is interesting. On page 74 is perhaps the most interesting item of all.
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ELEMENT OF RISK IN FLYING,
of 1919 was
of harping on one aspect, which is 405,000, and in that period three ohvissly not the heat step to any pilots and a mechanic lost their lives, thing deerring the name of wide giving a death rate of one to more than 100.000 miles flown. The
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Inspecter Grant,said it was only
Aside from the exhibits of planes pound serling changed for less that robbers attacked her parents house, an extraordinary procedure, and ask- protest against his argument that j any sort of journalism weakens and accessories most of the manufacthree taels? Our shelves would then and she was kidnapped. She did noted the Magistrate to discharge the the power of judgment by conftis turers and the Army and Navy De- have been flied with Bibles and know what happened to the other second and third defendants. ing men's minds and presenting ratments presented statistics show Testaments that cost more than double members of the family, who might too many superficies at the same ing the comparatively small element the ordinary price, involving a further have been murdered by the robbers. fair to the defendants that he should time to the eve. Mirals which are of risk in flying. The aerial mail ser-increase in the selling rates or a fur-She was brought here by Lam-and confirm what Mr. Mason had said ther heavy loss to the Society. Al-placed in the custody of the with regard to the first defendant's confused by the multitude of facets vice of the United States has been a
statement, shifting all blame from. that the jewel truth always has valuable source of such statistics.gether it was a time of real per defendant.
plexity." The arount collected by Continuing her evidence, the girl the other two. cannot justly be called minis. The The total mileage down in the mail ladies of Hongkong and Shanghai is said, in reply to his Worship, that Mr. Mason enquired why they argument suggests the alternative service at the end
Lam Chee Fo was not one of the were not dismissed in the first place given as $5,847.14.
He did not see why the Police should The list of Scriptures printed for rabbers. the first time is rusually long- His Worship enquired how the have proceeded against second and
National Phonetic Script, Man-Police came to know about the mat-third defendants at all..
The Inspector said he brought all darin.-The Gospels of Mark and ter, and Inspector Grant said that a John, and the Epistles of James and Chinese detective received informs the defendants before the Magistrate
tion that a little girl was being kept for him to decide John.
house in In her evidence, which was cor Mandarin-Arabic (Diglot). Gos- against her will in
Samshuipo, and going there, roborated by the other two defen- dants, No. 1 said that her friends in pels of Manhew and John.
Amoy-New Testament with he arrested the defendant."
His Worship: It was quite pos- the dock had nothing to do with the vised references.
sible that there was some transaction oplum, over which she only had con- between this man Lam and the trol Explaining how the drug came defendant, but she was ignorant of to be in her hut, the defendant said the fact that the child had been one night about a month ago, two kidnapped.
men who were strangers to her,
ment.
BIGGER
FERRIES.
the
The
Anybody.
mechanic lost his life when he fell phrase is.
with half against a whirling propeller. an ere,could see pilots were killed in crashes when that the Star ferry they were forced to descend "between bonts were small for the traffic fields in conditions of fog and rain Any ordinary fool must have seen a darkness which prevented their that bigger cralt. must come, so picking proper landing spots. In all We dont brag of or claits credit the service no plane has fallen fron for the fact that we sail so in this the sky. It is believed that an ade- column a year and a half ago. Wequate system of emergency landing would Congratulate the directors fields would have prevented the fatali- very sincerely on their enterprise ties to the pilots..
re-
Annamese-The Acts. Qzaq-Turki.-The Acts. Tingchow.-Gospel of Matthew. Swatow-New Edition containing
65 Psalms-16 newly translated.. Wenli Bible, Union Version. Mandarin Bible, Union Version. "Mandarin New Testament, Unior Version, Revised..
The Inspector agreed, bat said that brought three locked boxes to her it was admitted that the girl was fand asked her to keep them, handed over to the defendant. by promising to pay her $10 for the- Lam to be sold.
trouble. She agreed, and took
MARIE TEMPEST.
'A'FAREWELL VISIT TO
HONGKONG.
An announcement is made in our
and foresight if we thought The greatest compilation of figures they deserved it, but as we cer.in the United States is that of the War tainly cannot imagine any intalli Department for the training of avia-
- Giving evidence in her own behalf, custody of the boxes, but she was gent person agreeing with Mr. tors in the army service from the
1919 should be a memorable dare the defendant said she did not buy ignorant of their contents. The other în the calendar of the Chinese the girl from Lam, and knew nothing] two defendants were seamstresses. The Kaiser sing. The four orphan John Julistont's idea that the beginning of the war to the close of: In that period 17,690 young] children of a post office. employee, change is "a few years before its 1918.
Church, says the report, as the about her When Lam brought the They had only lately come down an effort and men learned to fly. They were in the
the first publication of girl to her house, he told her that from Shaiting.
His Worship reserved his decision "TRUTA, JUSTICE, FUBLIC SERVICE" who draw $90,76 per annum, ought time." we make
presumably to be very grateful for restrain the hupuise. Countless air 705.243 hours and the latality rate year of the scrupulos generosity which in travellers have retaarker that all was one to every 2.310 hours down the new Mandaria and Wenli Bibles. the child was his niece. She believed BONGKONG, THURSDAY, JOSE 3, 1920.
sists on adding the old 76 cents, though our Star canes are neat Statistics secured from the British Air So soon as notices were out that the him. He asked her to look after until Saturday. especially as their late father prob- contrivances, well designed to Ministry showed that if a man were long-waited-for translations were in the child for him, but she told him could not afford to feed the child. ably contributed, something every meet the peculiar politions of 12 become a passenger for a two-hour the press, orders, began to pour in that she was a widow and poor, and month towards it.
harbour traffic, and very well rau, ride his chances to land safely would upon us until the first edition of 7,000 Lam told her he would buy ber a copies (as large as the available sup dollar's worth of rice, and she be approximately 10,000 to 1. For the sake of remembering it, they have very plainly become too
Figures compiled from army, navy ply of paper would permit was all could give the child two meals let us note that we have. 5,160 small for the volume of part and civilian sources, and made public said before the printing was finished, a day for about ten days, after which male British and foreign residents, which cannot become less bura not counting soldiers and sailors. bridge) and is sure to become more, during the exposition by the Manu There were delivered by the printers time he hoped to have made arrange. Females, 5,40. There are 6 By the way, it may be taken for facturers Aircraft Association, show before the year closed 17,000 copies ments to have her taken to the coun- places of religions worship. granted that we have now heard that the dirigible and the spherical bal- and of these there were sent out try. Lam visited the house two or
The Government. in a return of the last of bridge schenies over the loon have a high facror of safety. 16,954, leaving us with a stock of three times a day during the time advertisement columns to-day which the principal publications, gets in barbour, as the Star ferry people This is clearly proved by the records less than 50 books-all in the better the girl stayed with her, then the will give Hongkong residents a little
made by lighter-than-air craft during bindings and a multinde of orders Police came. Unfortunately, on the thrill of pleasure.
day the Police visited the house, Lam a nasty one at the newspapers. Would surely, before embarking on
The reception the Mandarin Bible was not there. There are 16 periodicals, and with such huge outlay as they now con- the war at one American naval air still unfilled.
has mer with is mos gratifying. His Worship said he had not the will play three farewell performances Doesn't it look pretty? One can the exception of the Government template get some sort of assur-station. Dirigibles made 789 fights, almost imagine a complacent sinile ¦ Gazette (408) copies) and the schootance from the Government on tha: Crying 2,711 passengers, and cover Chinese pastors and missignaries alike least doubt that the defendant was in the City on her return from the
The spherical | above the hand that wrote "Nil." magazine You Dragon (750) the point. Large ferry boats, such as ing 25.280 miles.
Inspector Grant: She is. In fact, North so Hongkong will have the Pensions absorb nearly $200,000 proprietors and editors have de- those between Liverpool and Bir balloon flights number 1,312; there speak of its style and its excellence an ordinary dealer in children-
God-speed to our distinguished of our yearly revenue. Glancing clined to furnish the government | kenhead-or San Francisco and were 4.622 passengers, the time in a translation in the highest terms.
It was not expected that there would she was offered $90 for the child, Pleasure and the honour of bidding similar but as she had been instructed not visitor and her talented Associates on through the list we notice here and with any information as to the Oakland, should serve Hongkong's the air was 1,971 hours, and the total
But to accept less than $95, she did not their departure from China in ad- ibere noteworthy cases, some get-, nuinber of copies printed. Op- needs for two or three generations. distance covered was 35,480 miles. be anything approaching a
demand for the Wenli Bible. sing 100 little, some getting too posite the China Mail line, the
Just as all good To stimulate the sale of airplanes where it has been examined, especi- sell.
His Worship: At the same time, dition to having had the privilege o ch. Thomas Sercotabe Smith, Government is welcome in its next
debut in China some three months police magistrate, described as re-edition to insert the words, Lat-HEN WE Americans when they for commercial and pleasure purposes ally in the Old Testament part, the
RETIRE.
die go to. Paris, Ko it is generally admined that the civil smoothness of its chinese and the you are not in a position to produce welcoming her on the occasion of her
evidence to disprove the woman's
ago. tiring owing to age." was gest circulation of the lot." Did
all good Hongkongan public must be educated, as to the gresier accuracy of its renderings are story?-Unfortunately, no, your Thursday June the 17th, Friday **transferred to Singapore." in the Government explain when itmen when they retire and become element of safety in flying, and aereadily acknowledged. 1907, and has been drawing 53,140 asked for the information for what Emeritus Taipans go to British cordingly during the past year aircraft
So much has been written shour Worship. That is why I propose to June the 18th and Saturday June the 2 year. When last we heard of an innocent purpose it wanted it? Columbia. At least, so we have builders have circulated a great deal the Chu Yin Tsu Mu, or National
His Worship: discharge the de. 19th are the dates arranged for, and him he held a Jucrative, job, as That might have made a difference beard. We have also heard that of propaganda to that end. There is System of Phonetics for writing and fendant, but the child is to be placed the plays chosen for presentation are "The Duke of Killicrankie." "The We had over five million tons of British Columbia is a beautiful no doubt that the business is growing reading the spoken language, that in the care of the Fo Leung Kok Marriage of Kitty" and "Outcast" shipping entered and cleared. country and a, sportsman's paradise, and will continue to grow with pub- only a few sentences describing the until claimed.
POLITICAL FRANCHISE
Ni
judge, in Federated Malaya, where
he will presumably earn another pension. Sir F. Piggott, here as J. for seven years, on the not inadequate salary of £2,000.a year, draws 2000 a year for the rest of his life. Contrary to general
opinion, there is quite a good num-
ber of police recipients. Who re.
members Jeremiah Foley, who died
last year, aged 887 The poor old
F. Grey died the same year, azed
There were no fatal accidents.
In its table of average rate of but have never seen it because city as a stimulant, but at present it Society's part in this interesting de wages for labour," the Government there were already too many Hong is said that the majority of sales are velopment need to be added here. classifies labour on the land as kong kuci there. Now Mr. Consul to individual prots and not to business The possibility of using these phone-
predial," a good but unfamiliar Anderson in one of his always read-enterprises.
tics to instruct the many literate word. It puts then at $36 to $90able trade reports has stated that
"A LUNAR MARVEL
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withdraw the charge.
FIRE.
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That greatest of all contemporary British actresses, Miss Marie Tempest
respectively.
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To meet the popular. demand popular prices will prevail on this occasion and reserved seats can be- booked at Messrs. Moutries at four dollars for Stalls or Dress Circle.
The next Cosmopolitan engage-
It is freely predicted, however, that members of the Church and to make per annum with board and lodging, men of British nationality who these conditions will change in a com-the Word of God the Book for all,
A fire broke out on the fourthment of this unique combination is It does not describe the labour of are closing up their affairs with a paratively short time and that regular has moved a targe number of mission- domestic servants employed by view of retiring are in an immense passenger, express and freight air aries with a new enthusiasm, and in four of a dwelling house in Wing at Buenos Aires where they are due foreigners as predatory," which ly large proportion of cases prepar- lines will be established in many sec- every Mandarin-speaking province Lok Street, at 4.30 am to-day. The
Odeon Theatre at the end of chap was on a $200 pension, which would have seemed to follow nator-ing to go to the United States and tions of the country. Already a few there are now teachers of the system. cause of the outbreak is not known to commence a long season at the. in his last year would be worth less ally. They get, it says, from $84 Canada. They base their plans such lines have been established in A distinct call came to the Bible So- but the flames spread rapidly and September.
En route to the Argentine the than a pound a week. Thomas to $360, with lodging. Chinese
The inmates of the house fortunate Company are under agreement to employers are supposed to pay less. the fact that the United the Middle West and West. During ciety to provide the Scriptures in soon the whole floor was enveloped.
States at the present time is a more the show one company announced an
phonetics. The Society gladly re 73, and we henceforth save $400 a We have far more manufactures pleasant place to live in than any order for 235 machines, to cost ap.sponded, inconvenient as it was, toy escaped without waiting to salye appear for a few nights at Manila sear in consequence.
Donald than we imagined, over 80, without country in Europe; that taxes proproximately $1,000,000, for use in finance a new and expensive enter their valuables. The Fire Brigade was and for one maith only in Sydney, promptly on the scene, but it was not Australia. At present they tre ap: Thompson lingers on at 78, and counting the New Territories.. We mise to be less than in any country the South and Middle West.
prise at such a time.
until the flames had spread to the third pearing in Hankow, next week they costs us $400 a year. We hope have two firms making mirrors, six in Europe: that returns from in-
Several things, however, have foor that they were able to get some make two farewell appearances in be may last as long as Sir Francis, making clocks, and one making vestments in the long run promise
caused considerable delay in print sort of control. After an hour of Shanghai and on the 17th, 18th and who is ten years younger. Sir varnish. The glass-blowing estab-to be safer and better; and that life.
ing. Naturally many questions, such strenuous fight, the fire was subdued 19th inst, as detailed above, they will Henry May is drawing $5,580, and lishment we already knew of. Most in the United States, on the whole,
as style of type, method of marking and eventually put out The two make their final bow to China at our all will probably admit that he interesting.
offers more attractions to mes of
tones, use of certain sound symbols, floors were completely gutted. The local theatre. Their tour through earned it. With memories of the We have "abont 18,000 fishing their class than life in Eur STRANGE DUAL MANIFESTATION. | Cts., had to-be settled, the prepare unfortunate inmates of the house the North has been in the nature of 1905 typhoon still vivid, we rather and other junks. 304 steam When we read that we were sode- begrudge $1,860 a year to William launches were licensed.. People what pained to think that such It is reported in the Chinese Press proved to be no easy mater and, the starss of the Fire Stair will be a very long time ere Chinz Doberck, but cannot, of course, trying to hire em lately for bath- fervid patriots as ours are could be that 12 o'clock on the night of naturally, the printers properly obtion, and the promptitude with which will have the happiness to entertain object to his going on getting it. ing picnics will hardly believe this, accused of an intention to deprive April 30- last,, two Chinese characjected to make large fonts of type the call was answered, there is no and to be entertained by a theatrical James Livingstone (police) has as you can buy a yacht for the the Motherland of their money, toters, one in red and the other in unth standard sizes had been decided doubt that the fire would have party so talented and so distinguished. been drawing $204 every year since price charged per afternoon... Ray nothing of their countenance, green successively appeared in theon. Notwithstanding these difficul-developed into a serious affair as that of Marie Tempest and her 1874, 45 years. If it bad been a With regard to Victoria Jail we merely to be taxed less heavily and moon over the cities of Liencheng ties the following books have been involving a score of houses. A little Company couple of thousand, we could have read that the prisoners are at all to get safer investments. Then and Shikangsu, in the province of issued: S. Mark, S. John, the breeze which was blowing at the congratulated him heartily. He is times under the immediate super-we recollected that Mr. Anderson Kwangtung The characters are said Epistles of 1 John and James; whilst time fanned the dames, and proved now 81, and we wish him the best vision of principal wardere, ward was an American, and that all to bewan" and "siang," meaning S. Matthew, S. Lake and The Acts to be a stubborn factor against which of health There is almost a repi- ers, and assistant warders. Hm. thage people had been telling him female phoenix and sound production are nearly ready, and the complete the fire fighters had to put up a big ment of Indian police pensioners. The figures show an increase of that just to please him, because be respectively. Some people in Pehoi, New Testament is in preparation. struggle. George Watt, who retired in 1912 crime, thong 1916 seems to have is the sort of man one wants to a district about 70-II from Liencheng, Miss S., Garland, Mr. Harry, Price, with a guinea a week, died in 1917, been also a bad year, and makes please. We reflected that Hong did not credit the queer story but are and others have placed us under great One called Kaiser Singh is at 49 the increase look less.
kong men with money rarely do said to have been convinced of the obligations in these experimental before the year closed, and another years of age in receipt of $62 ner Only 16 cases of alcoholism, and retire anywhere, until they pass fact on visiting the city at midnight, stages, Nearly 50,000 copies of the 34,000 have been called for up to sunum. Hardly enough to make 12 of imbecility were recorded dur- the Monument at five o'clock when they witnessed the plienomena. Scriptures in Chu Yin had been issued the time of writing,
tion of." copy" and reading of proofs lost all their property. But for a triumphal procession and we fear
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