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sex. I have witnessed many u scene created by these fellows with their fares when they usually closed up with a flow of abusive words in their own dialect which is, of course, not understandable by the majority of Cantonese. But what I saw last night makes me think that the police are also help less in the matter.
SATURDAY AUGUST 16 1924.
DEADLOCK.
SHAMEEN STRIKE CONTINUES.
Waiting Game.
HÖPES STILL HELD FOR EARLY SETTLEMENT.
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SHANGHAI CASE.
POLICE INSPECTOR BEFORE. COURT.
DEATH OF COOLJE.
(Reuter's Service.)
course would mean "administra- tive and financial chaos." Surely it needs no saying that any system which banishes ordinary common. sense under threat of "administra- tive and "nancial chaos" is a thoroughly bad system which should be scrapped at once. Hav. ing agreed that the Colony's exist-"Sick A'Bed." ing health system should be
Stungbai, August 15, replaced without delay, we musi
Police inspector Thomas Dune was charged at the British, Police hext ask what system shall be
Our Canton correspondent, writ- Court this morning with causing substituted? Dr. Koch favours a Board of Health. The "China
ing under yesterday's date, re-e death of a coolie employed at ported hardly any change in the The Station.
The Polier Prosecutar stated Mail" thinks that a 'properly con-
Shameen strike situation. Appar- stituted and adequately staffed}
ently, the rank and file of the that Inspector Dunno, dissatisfied workers are waiting for more the work of the coolic, pri- The coolie became Health Department would possibly
A lady from Kowloon Intending details before making a move and ended him, serve the Colony's needs even
to go to the Government Civil mennwhile, the strike "bosses" impudent and the Inspector slapped His free, Next day, He, coblio helter. Excellent reasons can be
September
16.-Extraordinary Hospital, arrived on this side of decided that the strike is to be died in hospital. Medical exmain
tion showed an injury at the Imm adduced to support either plan. general meeting of The Chias the Star Ferry wharf and got into
Arrangements in hand on the of the skull. The case was and we urge once again, therefore, Sgr Refining Co., Ltd.. nt the a ricsha which after proceeding that the Government lose no time red Office of the Company, for a short distance refused to go Concession before the settlement journed for a week in order net
leder. Street, noun.
any further for no reason what was reported are still being follow-pest-mortem to be held. Buil of in "appointing a Commission to October 3-Second meeting of ever. The lady being alone, had ed-out by the Shameen residents. $500 on accuser's own! study the whole problem. Reform the China, Sugar Refining Co.. no alternative but to walk back to The strikers' pickets seem to be snees was allowed. is urgently needed and whatever at Co.'s Office, Pedder the wharf and reported the matter increasing in numbers but in spite
Street, noon.
to the constable on traffic duty of this the number of passengers system the Government finally October 18 - Extraordinary
dopts must stand the test offeneral Meeting of Douglas S.5. he seemed to be quite helpless, coming down to Hongkong by the years, the test of years in a Colony Co., Ltd., at the Registered Office and only asked the lady to take Steamboat Co.'s vessels is on the @GICHOMONG where health problems are becom-loud. Central, noo
of the Company, 20 Des Yeux another ricsha. This time, the increase
coólie was also very impertinent, refusing to pull until forced by the constable, and when he did walk away it was only to be jeered at by all the other coolies who, were him. apparently intimidating This I found out to be true for the fellow was beginning to put down his shafts when I not being able
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The Sudan Menüce.
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COMPANY MEETINOS,
October 20-Third meeting of The China Sugar Refining Co., Ind.. at Co.'s Office, Pedder Street, "noon,"
Novebiber 5. Further extra ordinary meeting of Douglas S.S. Vo.. Lid.. at 20 Des Vaux Road Central, noon.
OTHER MEETING." August, 25-Hongkong Cricket egne meeting, at Hongkong Cricket Club Pavilion, 5.15 pin,
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LOCAL AND GENERAL
to watch his insolence any more. went up to him and asked him for his reasons for doing so. He gave me a very poor excuse saying that he wanted twenty cents for his fare, but I understood that from the beginning the lady was willing
continued.
Hopes have not been abandoned that settlement will shortly be arrived at through the medium of "neutral" mediators.
COLLISION.
RIVER-BOATS CLASH,
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LITTLE DAMAGE DONE,
"Gentlemen's Agreement."
A collision occurred at eight o'clock last night near Swesha way, The following statement has at the entrance to the river, be-
issued by the British and tween thening Ona pas g French Consuls-General:
senger and eargo boat, and the "Wo Ping," cargo boat, as hobli' were soaking for Hongkong.
The impact was considerable and
Canton, August 11.
In the statement issued on the 131, reference was made to the
the
Gotlemen's Agreement," which the damage sustained by '
The names of the Kung Yik
ined the precise inathod of Chung On" will in all probability doing with the police. Publicity necessitate her going to dock is given to this "Gentlemen's when she has finished discharging
to pay him anything. After my Agruent in view of the accusther cargo to-day. The "Wo Ping" Canton is not so badly damaged, but there tion wife by the Gazette." that the police were dere unmistakable signs in the liberately decrived. The terms of stern showing where she came into the tinkleanen's Agreement are collision with the starboard, side of
the Chung Oil."
Phough. fortunately, the out- renks in the Sudan, bave only been of minor character, the authorities are evidently taking every precaution to cope with an
warning him, he finally took away The uprising on a larger scale. White Flag Society appears to he Bank Ltd., and the Bank of Toi his fare, not of course without his at the back of the unrest. On Shan Ltd., have both been struck customary abusive words.
In conclusion, I think the Police June 25, it will be remembered, off the Companies' Register.
Department would be doing there was a riot in Khartum,
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha an-public good by stationing one or Which it is alleged 'was timed to
more constables in this nounce the recent acquisition two appear in the light of a popular.
new pier in the ship-locality who would be willing to confirmation of Zaglut Pasha's of a
ping centre of New York. help people when being approach- scornful reference. in the it has
good connection withed, as I am sure this, is not the Egyptian Chumber, to the action railroad terminals, so that every only case that has happened here. of a number of Sudanese notables | facility is afforded in trucking and Thanking you for the courtesy in expressing their approval of distributing on arrival.
of your columns. the existing system of administra- tion in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
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to have organized this and the subsequent disorderly demonstra-f tion in Omdurman, and its leader, Ali Abdel Latif, who is said to have been cashiered from the Egyptian Army, was arrested,
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
A Reuter message states that Mr. Walter Cyril Ward, formerly a resident of Shanghai, had left estate valued at £68,734.
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YUNNANESE DEFEAT.
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INTRUDERS,
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On June 28 the Society received instructions from Caire Lo embark upon a "campaign of violence" on nounced of Mr. Roman Alfred The forthcoming wedding is an- the familiar Egyptian lines, but Ockerteller, merchant, residing the local conditions are somewhat at No. 1 Felix Villas, Pokfulam, 10 different from those in the Delta, Miss Maria Kmoch, en route from and many of the older Sudanese, Vienna, Austria, by the s.s: "Trier." who can remember what Egyptian |
The Society, according to the Cairo correspondent of "The His Excellency the Governor Times," seems to be supported by has been pleased to appoint a number of Sudanese who have Dr. Robert Fowler Walker to act been "retrenched out of their as Second Health Officer of the former employments as officers or Port, with effect from August 6. officials. Some of them were!
(From Our Own Corrispondent.)! educated at Gordon College, and Mr. James Walker, of Aberdeen, when in Government service be- for many years manager of the
PAKHAL Kongmoon, August 15. came accustomed to a stangiard of Dairy Farm Co., Ltd., in Hong,
Practical assistance front living which they cannot now long is how chairman of the
"fraternal" organisations at Fat- Aberdeenshire Bacon Curing afford. As a result they have a Factory Ltd., a new concern..
shan, Heungshan, Shiulam, Koon. grievance against the Government i
shan, etc., has helped the Merchants' and, as they are collected in the
Mr. Ho Kom-tong left London Volunteers at Kowkong to drive Capital, they form a little party of to return to Hongkong by the out the Yunnanese mercenaries. discontent, and have been care-"Katori Maru" on July 19. Other it is stated that the volunteers fully canvassed by Egyptian passengers by the same vessel suffered over 200 casualties in the agents;
include Mr. F. W. Barnes end Mr. fighting. Over 50 persons were taken away by the regulars. Since L. A. Langley.
the Yunnanese departure, about nocent victims killed during their 300 burials have taken place of in- occupation and left unattended because of the chaos. The town was en fete for a few days after their unwelcome visitors had left.
The Sunning Railway has been
Improvements Planned
as follows :-
"As regards the police, it is After lying to for half an hour- recognised that they must be after the collision to ascertain the breated on terins, which shall extent of the damago, the two cause po resentiment or ill-feel- bants continued the voyage and ing, the desire of both sides arrived at Hongkong only a short being that a permanent settle time after scheduled time. Lawnt shall be_ffected. It is The Chung On" was formerly accordingly agreed that the The Muget a small American Concils will accept the resigna-gun-bort in service in the Philip tion of the police and grant to pines. She made her first trip for each a gratuity based on length her new owners on Sunday. of service and that. subject to
the uployment of such of the men as the Councils may select
Tt.
for police or other service (the police with the workers, but the nimber of such men being in the 'mounts were already fixed. absolutes discretion of the Coun- was further explained that the cil), the strikers will accept the advent of the new, polien, had filled offer of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, whose the police barmicks, and therefore' good offices have been sollicited in the puller rould not remain in the matter, to incorporate the Shameen overnight.. Ng Yun "Ühen men not so re-enaployed into the asked whether it was clear Out Chinese. Police Force of the City they should noturn to-morrow with of Canton, In enlisting new; the" workers, and the reply heing police, the Councils will bent in given in the affirmative, the police mind the advisability of employ-fhen retired from Shameen. ing Kwangtong men in order to The Municipal workers were avoid the possibility of mix them dealt with. They were at understanding and friction likely muc reinstated, hut also fold that to be caused by police who du not", some of their pinces had been teņi- speak the Cantapese dialect." porily fillet, and could not be The arguments employed in the vacated till the next day; they „“Cantiii Gazetté," and the fngħ¦ asked "to be allowed to remain, in that up to 10 8.0. to-day the Shamon overnight, and their nim." pickets. far from being removed,bers being sun, arrangements have been doubled, after repeated were made to accommodate them. references to the Provincial Foreign
"
In the French Concession the lice and their, verbal assurance police were dealt with through the that the pickets would be removed ('medium of 途 Anent-speaking it wential that, the public should police signifying that they wished as soon as possible, Inve rendered French-Cantonese speaker, and the Ite in possession of the full text and to resign, they were dealt with all it means.
under Assumption No. 2. They Yesterday afternoon the police were given a paper to sign tender; of both Concessions returned un-ling their resignation, which was
workers. The police were dealt dividually translated to them in rule was like in the days before The passengers by the "Empress bled to such an extent that it could accompanied by any but Municipal netepted, the contents being in-
with under three the Mahdi overthrew it, showed no of Australia" yesterday morning only afford a handful of workmen
pre-arranged Cantonese A paper was given to great anxiety to risk their own included Mr. W. E. Roberts, to salvage a locomotive which had lives and liberty in order to re- General Manager of the Hongkong run off the rails at Sze Chin station. alternative ussumptions().That the leader dinding, the French the illegitimate programme pub-1 Municipality to pay the gratuity in Tramways Co., Ltd, who is, for Trains are not running regularly lished in the Canton Gazette of the Gentlemen's Agreement on establish it at the pistol's point.,
now and, to add insult to injury, the day before would be married the ectory of the workers, as early On the other hand, many of the take up an appointment in London family reasons, going Home to
some of the workmen struck be Younger Sudanese intelligentsia Mr. Roberts came here in 1915 as cause they have received all their out: namely, the police would come as possible, and they were then in frat, and when the workers saw instructed to return with the are quite willing that Cairo should Secretary of the Company, and was pay
that they were reinstated they workers. The reason why the would return. 121 The police document was in French was that The China Mail. Bourd meetings. In the first place sund money to Khartum to support made General Manager a year later
it has long been known that the the policy of "Up with Moslem During his stay in the Colony he. It now seems likely that Chan would come in sepurately to tender one of the police could write Sanitary Board is seriously ender Egypt and down with Infidel Eng has made numerous friends, who Wing-wai, magistrate of Sanwai, their resignations. The police Chiese and the Consulate Chinese land," not necessarily as an indict-wish him all happiness in the Oid will be able to carry out his pro- would come in with the workers. Istur band ant returned owing to pre- staffed: that idthough the tion that they wish to substitute Country. Other passengers were ject of dismantling the city walls In the British Connession, Ng, vention by the pickota. Colony's population has increased Egyptian for British rule or be Mr. and Mrs. S. Collett, Mr, and to make room for improvements at Yan was interviewed by the Cour It is known by whose action the enormously during the last five cause they are devoted to a Pan-Mrs. F. C. Todd, Lieut. R. R Sanwui city. He lost the position cil, and asked where the workers arrangements so carefully con-
the of magistrate when he was hore were. He said they wore mitside and eluded between
Consuls Islamic policy, but as a manifesta Beaucharup, Mr. D. I. Lewis, Mr years and the area under the tion of their desire that Great W. D. Bufe. Mr. C. S. Paget and last but has now been re-appointed. would return to work on the next epal, the Chinese Government Sanitary Department's care has Britain should pay more attention Mr. C. H. L. Shank.
On August 11, a general strike day. He was then asked whether and the strike leaders has been was declared at Sanwul city owing they had come in to tender their temporarily upset, but the policy Hongkong, as a local directory nearly doubled only a few addi- to the demand of "The Sudan for
to a dispute over revenue stamps. resignations, to which he replied forced on the two foreign Council .it, is one of the healthiest tional inspectors have been pro- the Sudanese," and make room for
Some of the smaller junk ferries that they had come in to do wint by the effort of such action is a spots in the world for its latitude, vided and the number of executive them in the administration of the
country. That the
have stopped running in sympathy the Councils told them to do. policy strictly in accordance with with the movement. thanks, one could add, to the tire-officera has actually been reduced; Sudanese hold such views is,
These two replies fulfilling the the whole trend of the recent conditions of Assumption No. 1, negotiations und the Agreement lems efforts of our health officers, that compared with any Home naturally hotly denied by the A notice in the "Government
the Chairman explained to him the thereby reached. The fact remainų, pest, and present. That Hongkong town of equal size Hongkong, in White Flag Society, which is Gazette" states that the Secre
"Gentlemen's Agreement,** and that the strike lenders have agreed anxious to subject the whole tary of State for the Colonies has will always be able to boast this respect of its health service, is country to the Government of sanctioned the formation of proud fact is not so certain woefully backward; and that there Cairo, but talks 'pleasantly of Port Development Department to
thole matters con Evidence has not been incking is in this Colony a vast amount of "uniting the sister nations, body deal with
ing the last fortnight that our work, such as inspecting food, and soul," regardless of the fact nected with the development of that many of the inhabitants of the Port of Hongkong which have Health laws are quite out of date, which should form part of the the Sudan differ from the Egypt-Previously been dealt with by the that we are, in the Bernard Shaw routine but which is at present ian in race, language, religion, and head of this department will have. Public Works Department. The smile we quoted last Saturday, never touched owing to sheer lack civilization.
the title, of Port. Engineer. drawing too heavily upon Nature's of hands. Then there is the Already a Government official in Mr. J. Duncan, M.I.C.E. has been
redits. That is to say, compara- extremely anomalous state of the Khartum, attracted by the Islamic appointed to the post. tively, free from trouble though health system itself. As we have your in the White Society's policy, has been imprisoned for we are to-day our present apathy now several times pointed out, this preaching sedition. Knowing of may have only too terrible results system allows officials outside the the religious intolerance among In the future. These are not by health service to exercise arbitrary the Egyptian masses, and their any means alarmist fears. They control over vital questions like tendency to be swayed by sudden guste of Muhammadan fanaticism, are based upon well-known facts, impure water, unhealthy drainage one has to atknowledge that a me of which have been driven and malarial nullahs, because-real menace to peace, and order home by the last two Sanitary forsooth-to follow any other exists..
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when it was understood asked who to the terms, which include the ther this had already been made removal of prevention of the return clear to him; he replied that he had of workers, and that prevention been told some of it at the union. has never been removed." The Chairman then explained that Those of the Municipal workers according to the terms of the agree who have been reinstated will not mont agreed between the Consulsbe prevented from leaving equin if General and the Government, and the strike leators wish to call them subsequently confirmed by the out, but they will be warned that hal, have issued the following:
The Maritime Customs, Shang- Governments us, nccepted by then second reinstatement is a matter
strike lenders, the return of the quite outside the scope of any pre-s Notice is hereby given that the police could not be acepted as avions discussion. After 4 p.m. tós
Themorrow a notice will be posted in surveying-beacon on House Island termination of the strike. and the Liuchiao Surveying-beacon Chairman explained that the Chinese on the gates, and, if per- have been moved as follows: V gratuities mentioned in the Agree-mitted, in the Chinese newspapers, The beacon on House Island has ment would be paid ou soon as warning workers that hereafter been moved 6.65 cables N. 81⁄2° work was generally resumed fof their places are liable to be filled W., magnetic. from its former course, in reasonable time). Ng permanently. It is hoped, how- You then asked what the gratuities ever, that what has appeared to be position.
The Luchiao Beacon has been { would amount to, and the Chair- In branch of faith has in reality been moved 1.I cables. N. 54 Eman, replied he could not sayin mistake which can be satisfac magnetic, from its former position. | the amount until the return of the torily rectified.