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THURSDAY, AUGUST 4. 1921.
CHINESE AFFAIRS.
SECRETARY'S REPORT,
SOME SOBDID PACTS,
The report of the secretary for Chinese affairs, Mr. S. B. C. Ross for the year 1920 states:-
REVENUE.
are anticed to proceed to the Straits," and there forced to become prosti-. tutes. They were recovered and re- patriated by the Straits Government. (d) From Java.--One woman who was unable to earn her living in Jara was repatriated and arrangements were made by this office to have her returned to her native place.
(0)
Woman
tus
That the case had not been satis- factorily proved either way, was the
British North Ecruro-A substance of Magistrate Orme's find
from repatriated SHANGHAI August 4. ing yesterday afternoon, in the case
Jesselton. because in the opinion of The Cingalese, K. Peter before in which Messrs. Jardine, Matheson
The revenue derived from all the Chinese Consul and the Chinese execution yesterday expressed contri. and Co. General Managers of the sources during the year was $18,007: Conmunity she was undesirable. As tion. Mr. Garstin, the British Acting Indo-China Steam Navigation Co.. less than that for 1919 by $3,423. all efforts to trace through the Com Consul, and the Deputy Governor of were summoned, at the instance of
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
One case of cerebro spinal fever, Chinese, was notified yesterday.
A new motor trolley along the Kedah railway is attracting consider able attention. It is said it can run at the rate of abert 40 to 50 miles an hour.
and
The total expenditure was $57.716 fell short of the estimate by $120. as compared with $32,631 in 1919 and
The increase as compared with 1919 was due to the introduction of the new scheme of salaries.
TROTECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.
11-(a) The Assisted Emigration to Banca continued throughout the year, and the figures show an increase on those of 1919.
(6.) The Billiton Emigration ceased entirely after the mcnth of July, and the figures show a consider- able redzetion on those of 1919.
excellence; all he says is that in his opinion the Chinese demand for them will not be good. He may be right or wrong as to that: he is certainly not as ignorant" Mr. Oakley considers him. Indeed, if *D* ignorance is observable in the premises it is in Mr. Oakley's incomprehensible outburst. If we read his letter jaright, he has not even the provoca - tion of fearing that his own business may be hurt by such observations. for in the following passage he seems to say he is pushing other than Australian predicts:
"As for the demand being small in China for edible lines, such as the Jail, Mr. King, a magistrate, Dr. Mr. N. L. Smith, Superintendent of The decrease was due to the smaller mittee of the Po Leang Kuk the canned fruits, vegetables, custard Gauntlet, a Roman Catholic priest. Import and Export, for having allow-issue of Chinese Boarding House whereabouts of her relatives failed Passage Broker's he was allowed to proceed to her Aned the s.s. "Komsang" to be used for Licences powder, jams, jellies, etc.. again and jail warders were present.
the transportation of Dlicit oplum. Licences and to less Registration of home unaccompanied.
Prosecutions under the Women and - Taipan shews bis ignorance of inquest was subsequently held.
Revenue officers, acting an in- Societies. China's requirements. Does he think
formation received, paid out the There were two itens which showed Girls Protection Ordinance under- it is only the foreign community who
anchor chain weighing some 30 tons, increases, vi.. Marriage Licences, raken by this office numbered 12 purchase this class of goods? No.
and found 40 bags of raw opium in the and Certificates to Chinese entering with 10 convictions as compared with bottom of the chain locker. The the United States of America. 7 cases and 3 convictions in 1919. Taipan." I carry these lines myself, and should know at least something
port cable was also paid out, and
(ÎÌ)—MALE EMIGRATION, (ABSISTED)- more illicit opium was found. The about this business in China. 1
prosecution maintain that as it was admit my lines are what you call
impossible for the opium to be con- British but I think Australians are i also British. at least the Union Jack
cealed in the chain locker without flies there, and furthermore Australian
fully paying out the chain, and as tinued fruits, jams, etc.. are equal,
such procedure required steam, the smuggling must come under the if not better then most lines sold in
cognisance of the ship's officers, thus
3. The number of persons detained this market."
making the Company clearly liable.
The case for the defence (conducted under warrant and sent direct to the by Mr. A. H. Crew) was that the Po Leung Kak during the year was chair had never been fully paid out 85 ax compared with 167 in 1919; since January when the ship was The number of women whose détection undergoing overhaul in deck. Mr. was found unnecessary and who Crew's contention was that the opium were allowed to leave after investiga- labourers. was concealed in the chain locker in tion was 56 or 63.5%, as compared January, the smugglers not knowing with S1 or 48.59% in 1919: 14 were British North Borneo was continuous that it would be impossible to take sent to their native places; 3 were throughout the year and also showed out the drag again. When they discovered their mistake, they gave restored to their relatives; married an increase as compared with 1919.
13. The year 1920 has seen a the information in order to earn the and 2 were sent to Charitable institu- reward money and thus recover part tions in China: while 9 cases were considerable extension of assisted of their loss.
still under consideration on December j emigration.
(a) Christmas Island (via Sing- Mr. Taylor, in charge of the opium 31.
4. Three names were added to apore).-Several small parties have farm, however, said that the drug was Indian and Singapore opium. the list of girls under bond to report been sent there to work for the Besides, it was quite fresh, which themselves annually. ball-yearly or Christinas Island Phosphate Company showed that it had only recently quarterly to the Secretary for Chinese An early difficulty over the terms of been stowed away. His experience Affairs, a precaution taken to guard repatriation was satisfactorily ad- had been that after keeping for six against their being forced into pro-justed through the good offices of months, opium became quite dry.
stitation. The names of three girls the Singapore Government.
(b.) Fauru. Western Samod and had been heard in support of both were struck off the list; one of them theories, it was suggested that the was married and the other two were Ocean Leland-An application from informer might throw some light on sent back to their relatives. The the New Zealand Government as the matter, and the
number of names on the list en mandatory power to ship assisted emigrants to these territories to adjourned in order that this witness December 31 was 13. might be called.
The number of persons reported work for the Pacific Phosphate Com- Court again yesterday afternoon, Leung Kuk as missing during the the Colony in Spring of the year.
When the case came before the by Hongkong residents to the Po pany led to several batches leaving Mr. Smith announced that he had year was 80, of whom 33 were found, been unable to find the actual infor- as compared with 84 and 38 in 1919. mer, but, he had got it second hand The total number of persons reported that if was not necessary, to take the missing, including reports
- His sva
is AS disordered, you will observe, as are his sentiments, It is not easy to disentangle bis intention from his verbiage: but we surmise on the latter as a whole that
Ltd. Oakley did not read Taipan's
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Twenty million dollars worth of chandu was sold in the FM S. during 1920 as against seventeen millions worth in 1919. The price was, of course, increased.
artiels right through. jumped to the While the accountant of a Chi conclusion that it was an anti-nese shop ic Des Voeux Road Central Australias contribution, and straight-was absent yesterday afternoon $742 way flew off the handle. He accuses in notes was stolen from the drawer the Hongkong taipan of trying to of his desk which he had forgotten injure Australian business." and into lock. various ways misquotes and mistakes
him. He certainly overlooks very in- Students and friends of the In- portant points in the original article.ternational Correspondence Schools such as that referring to Australian will be interested to know that Mr. imports and tarifs, which those J. E. Ollerton who held an exhibition Australians desirous of establishing a of students' work at the Old Post considerable foreign trade will do well Office in Pedder St. in 1915 arrived a few days ago on the "Silver State" to study. As we were responsible from Shanghai and will act here in for the publication of the original the capacity of Hongkong agent. article. we are oblized to take notice Mr. Ollerton served in France and of this stupid and uncalled for attack elsewhere during the war as lieuten- on it. although we imagine that most ant in the British Army. Australians would advise us it was not worthy of notice. If Mr. Oakley had not in his extraordinary letter announced himself a business man.
we should have guessed him to be.
from his letter, a schoolboy who had run away before completing his
education.
HAROUN AL RASCHID BEPORTS.
LITTLE THINGS THAT WANT SEEING TO.
At the northern end of Choo Loong street (between A Tack's and Ab
"Strictly Confidential" is a good horse, but he has not won all the events for which he entered. When the Governor of Hongkong sent home a petition in favour of constitutional reform, he refused to give any is formation as to Strictly Confident Press "Topicist." The Secretary of State had no hesitation in telling the Commons that the trainer of the horse thought there was no demand for If there is to be any appeal at all from the Crown Colonies to the
After much argument, and evidence
case
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(r.) There was a great increase in the emigration to the petroleum depot at Balik Papan, the men passed including both artisans and unskilled
12. The nosisted emigration to
A noteworthy feature of this Em-
igration is the extremely favourable terms granted to the labourer. from An effort to induce the labourers
al's" form, says the Singapore Free chain up to get underneath the chain China and Macao, was 103, of whom to take their wives met with little or
locker. If he were permitted to re-
him.
Secretary of State, surely one side ought not to be excluded from the Court?
call Revenue Officer Ward, that wit-2 were found, as compared with ness would say that he got down 42 out of 117 in 1919. there before the chain had been paid
out.
- EMIGRATION. The number of female and minor passengers examined and allowed to proceed shroad was 20.690 (women 13,002, girls 1.734, and boys 5,900)
no response
(c) British Solomon Islands.--A- few carpenters were recruited to work in these territories for Messrs. Lever's Pacific Plantations Ltd.
(d.) Makaten-An application from the (French) Government of Tahiti for Chinese assisted labourers as compared with 8,550 in 1919. to work for the Compagnie Francaise During the year one ship carrying des Phosphates de L'Occanie was women and children left for South approved. One shipment left in the Africa and three for Mauritias. mouth of May.
Emigrants to Bangkok are not The whole of this South Sea Island
tion. brought to this office for examina-emigration has been carried out through the agency of Messrs. Gibb, The record of the occupations of Livingston & Co., to whom is due the female emigrants over 16 years an acknowledgment of their courtesy of age shows that out of a total of and readiness to meet the require 13.002, 4,280 were going to join ments of the Asiatic Emigration relatives, 2,839 with relatives, or Ordinance. husbands, 733 as tailoresses, 1,198
The Magistrate: Revenue Officer ward said a: first he could not do so. Mr. Smith said it seemed such an elaborate hiding place that, although the Magistrate must convict under His many friends in the Straits the Section (he submitted), the Euro- Nam) there is a hole, which gives and in Hongkong will regret to pean cfficers were to some extent his death which took exonerated. Mr. Smith added that the frequent handcart men a lot of bear of
in the General Hospital, he was now inclined to take the view trouble at the same time blocking place
of Mr. G. N. Olsson, says that the cable was not moved. the traffic. The P.WD could easily the Pinang Gazette. The deceased.
Mr. Crew then called Mr. George fill it up some spare evening.
who had been planting in Perlis for Gray, ex second officer of the "Kum- On the postal delivery staff there some years, entered the hospital a sang," he said it would be im is a postman who, when he is tired, few days ago suffering from an acute possible to get down between the marks the letters of Hongkong's attack of fever, and his sudden end chain and the sides of the chain most notorious journalist addressee will come as a surprise to his large without the officers knowing it. unknown." and sends 'em back to circle of friends. Mr. G. N. Olsson Mr. Harold Meek, the present
(e.) Deli, Sumatra. As the result the sender. But the Postmaster is was 44 years of age, a native of second officer, gave similar evidence. already attending to him,
Sweden, and bad travelled much in He said that the chain would not as prostitutes, 2,833 as maidservants of an application from the Deli On the bill above Shaukiwan his time. Before coming to the go into the chain locker, unless it or nurses, 633 as cooks, 366 to work Planters Association arrangements in tin mines or on plantations. There have been made for a regular Bow (round the island road) there is a Straits he was in the service of the Im- was closely stowed.
Mr. Claud Bassell, cadet on the were also 1 teacher, 4 actresses, 54 of assisted labour to this port. This "Now one comes to A Taipan's water works enclosure, and a notice perial Chinese Maritime Customs for Mildred, the beloved wife of H. prejudice to anything Australian, board warning of big penalties for about seventeen years, most of that ship, said he was in the chain locker hairdressers, 5 auns and 1 repatriated emigration which, until his regret
after the overhaul to see that the when he speaks about Australian pollution by animals. Yet the gentle-time being spent at Kowloon.
table decease, was managed by Mr. chains were properly stowed. butter and cheese being looked upon man (or one of the gentlemen) who
Mr. Smith: I think it is quite in-
Five out of the total number of Van Yzeren, promises in every way Commenting on the Hongkong credible that the opium was put on by the ordinary Chinese with re- has the key. has a promising lot of Rents Ordinance, the Singapore Free board in dock, in Hongkong last as against 44 in 1919. Of these two assisted emigration to the Dutch women were detained for enquiries to uphold the good traditions of pugnance. This clearly shews his chickens inside. unfriendliness to Australis. I do
Press, cbserves:-But plainly any At Causeway Bay there is a very such measure as that of Hongkong January, as suggested. not know whether "A Taipan is handsome and expensive "shelter," or of our rent board ordinance, mest The Magistrate: Unfortunately we was sent to bèr native place, one was from the Hoklo districts round
DEATH-
BRAND-At Kuliang, on Sunday, July 31, 1921, from pneumonia,
S. Brand, of Foochow
The China Mail.
*ROTE, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE."
A TOUCHY AUSTRALIAN.
cheese only but to all butter and cheese, evoked this needlessly angry rejoinder:
by Government.
were restored to their relatives, one East Indies. The men are recruited
British. but presume he is, and if plainly labelled over the doorway as only be regarded as a temporary Mr. Smith's getting something from
are little in the dark. I relied on married, and one sent to a Couvent. Swatow, and efforts have been made,
he knows anything about England, for first-class passengers on the measure in a time of peculiar difficulty the informer. Evidence has been given
Repatriation of Women and Girls with considerable success, to induce HONGLONG, THURSDAY, ACGCsr 4, 1921. think he will find that Australia trams. Yet of late weeks it has been and emergency. Such measures do with great multiplicity that the chain tutes who went to Singapore were The first shipment for Deli left in the (a) From Singapore.-36 prosti wives to follow their husbands abroadi does a large export trade in better used as a parliament by conductors not add a single cubicle to the housing would fill the locker and would present back on the ground that they late autumn. with Great Britain, and the many and-or drivers, who do not get up to capacity of the town, but they are a vent the passage of anybody, but friends I have roet in England speak let waiting passengers sit down, but temporary palliative an unwelcome now Mr. Smith suggests recalling the were too young to practise prostitu- Owing to the scarcity of direct very highly of Australian butter as stare and grin impudently at them.necessity the real remedies being first witness to contradict what he tion. They were all seen off to their shipe from Hongkong to Deli. these Mr. A. J. Oakley of 76 Sizza Road, regards quality. What a "Taipan" On Saturday there were as many as the Government itself shall be care
land development schemes wherein said before, I do not feel inclined destinations.
men are sometimes sect in British Shanghai, contributes a tirade two
means by his term "the ordinary ten all sitting in that shelter, and ful to avoid rack-renting for the land, to consent to it. As the evidence 16 prostitutes were sent back from ships as far as Singapore, where, arrangements have been made for columns long to the North China Chinese" I do not know, and if can-jabbering away like a Congress of but shall provide many new sites at /Stands it does not seem I can reason- Singapore at their own request. Daily News, denouncing what he nod fruits are so expensive as to Barbera."
Four applications were received their transhipment. a reasonable price, the provision of ably convict. It simply amounts supposes to be the views of u taipan prevent even foreigners buying this
Cuba-The sxation of the There is reason to believe that the streets and facilities for the new to the issue not being proved by the for the recovery of women who had which the China Mail published a luxury. I fail to see how the "ordinary Police have warned newspaper sellers habitations, in the shape of water Crown. On the evidence I do not emigrated to Singapore. Two were restriction on Chinese immigration had republished our special article, Australian butter and be judges of ing to withdraw the licences of those ing on a large scale shall be encour have access to the place where the for the recovery of girls who had ations under the International Sugar fortnight ago. The Shanghai paper Chinese" us I know them could buy against selling on Sundays, threaten- and gas and drainage, so that build think I can possibly find that the found to be based on false informa into Cubs, so as to enable the Cuban crew or servants of the company can ation; the others were applications Government to discharge its oblig- which discussed and doubted the the quality. I am afraid " A Taipon" who do. As it is several days since aged. But, of course, in the long
opium was found. possibility of big business between doesn't know real butter, or he would we addressed enquiries to the C.S.P. run, any interference with the "free-
Both Convention led to a rush of Chinese Mr. Smith: It will be cleared up if emigrated as prostitutes. dom of trade" in houses must tend Australia and China, Mr. Oakley never make such a ridiculous state-on this matter, and we have not to discourage capital from going into We could have more evidence from these latter were recovered and hand-emigrants to Cuba. The Secretary of State has ruled that apart, from 15 managed completely to misunder-ment."
yet been favoured with a reply, we
Revenue Officer Ward, but of course ed back to their relatives. stand our taipan's views, and in an If that clearly shows" to Mr. will give him till next week, and then
I should have got that out in the first Six girls were repatriated from old emigrants returning to Cuba, such entirely unnecessary defence of Aust- Oakley that the Hongkong taipan tell the world all about the extraordin-
instance.
Singapore in connection with emigratico could not be permitted rafis, its men and its products, has had unfriendliness to Australia," ary arbitrariness of the blooming A remand was sought this MrCrew: The position of any trafficking" cases. Of these girls without the sanction of the Govern- displayed what we trust is not a the sooner Mr. Oakley consults a bureaucrats who etc., etc.
morning by Mr. H. K. Woo on behalf defendant is difficult if the prosecu one was given in adoption as a ments of China and Cuba. In the typically Australian lack of reason. brain specialist the better for himself.
of a Wanchai Chinese charged with tion's witnesses are allowed to eat daughter to a family in Hongkong, absence of any efforts on the part of Better than columns of description He must be mentally failing to see
having in his possession 74 torged their own words.
and the others were sent away to the Government of Cuba to put the to show just how Mr. Qaldey has any unfriendliness to Australia in
Government opium labels, and 420 The Magistrate: I think as the their homes in the country.
emigration on a regular looting the jamped to wrong conclusions, and the casual mention of a well-known!
dutiable cigarettes. Magistrate Orme case stands it will have to be left in Four women were repatriated by position is still unsatisfactory.. fized the hearing of the case for Tues-its present unsatisfactory position the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, aetorted with more heat than sense, Chinese aversion, an aversion, by let us quote together a passage from the way, not shared by amabs, if
day next at noon, allowing ball in the and remain urproved as to how the our article and Mr. Oakley's comment domestic anuals may be trusted.
The Hongkong taipan who gave us
LOCAL BASEBALL.
NEXT SATURDAY'S GAME.
that business,
The total number of free emigrants
small parties at irregular intervals,
sum of $500. Mr Woo also mention opium got there. I shall find that on Singapore, because on various grounds to the Fiji Islands, who passed through The Hongkong baseball team willed the case in which the Wai Yee ss. the evidence the defendants are they were unable to make & living this office was 42, They went in Our Taipan, quoting from Aust-present a very much changed line-up Company were last week remanded exonerated, adding that I do not in the country. ralian offers then in his hands, merely on Saturday in their game with the on a charge of having allowed their think it had been satisfactorily prov
(b.) From Penang.-Five prostitu- the benefit of his views (and who, we observed that he did not think Chidori team, as Scott is still on the ship, the Shuncheong," to be used ed either way.
tes were repatriated from Penang can guarantee,has no prejudice against Australian hopes of a big export sick list and Lake will probably be for the transportation of illicit opium. The summons was dismissed. on the ground that they were too Anstralia or Australians) remarked trade to China would be realized, out of the game on account of an Revenue Officers searched the vessel
young to practise prostitution there. ARE YOU GOING ON A JOURNEY? in the course of his observations on so far as their "asparagus, butter, injured ankle.
on her arrival from upriver and seized SUPPLIED BY ALL CHEMISTS. One prostitute found in Penang in HAMBERLAIN'S Colic and Distrit Jocal demand.:
bottled fruit, coffee, cocoa, custard The Japanese claim their team has 110 taels of prepared non-Government | DHYSICIANS prescribe Chamberlains | a destitute condition was repatriated os Remedy should be racked in Batter and cheese, two of Aust-powder, cheese, rich block cake, the Colony but the loca's are pinning has not yet returned from her last caure it relieves crampa in the stow
defeated everything of their class-in opium. Mr. Woo said that the ship Colic and Diarrhoes Remedy be to China.
your hand luggage when gulog on a One woman whose husband was temperature all tend to produce bowel journey. Change of water. diet and zalia's principle products, are looked canned fruits and vegetables, their faith on Pace, who will twirl trip. She would most probably be and intestinal pains quicker than any
pon by the ordinary Chinese with calyptus extract, jams, jellies, and The game will be played on thella by next Wednesday, and he asked i propantion they can componed. It can killed in a motor car accident was tronhle, and this medicins cannot be
pickles" are concerned. He did not Hongkong Football Club feld at that the case be provisionally re will keep for years, and no home is be bought from may chemist. A bottle and does not deny that these things Happy Valley and will be called atimanded until then.
plication complete without it the laby are very good; he admits their four o'clock.
was granted.
Chemists and Stavekeepers.
repugnance."
That innocent remark, which does
zot refer to Australian butter and
repatriated.
who
bad egrated to Bangkok, (c.). From Bangkok-Three women
recused on beard the train or.atesmahip...
by all Chamists and Storskiepers. It may sare much sulle log and inen- sinnce it you have, it handy. For sale